New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-19
OUR COLLEGES.
TRINITY COLLEGE.


H,RrFoRp. July 15.-The year just passed
has been in many respects bright one for Trinity
Among other things legaces have been eit het ny
the Hon Isaac Tcey and the Hon Chester Adams Inc
one great disadvantage under which TINS college Is aOo'
ing Is the mistaken impression possessed ny nh{ o
she il an extremely sectarian institution ana th e
fore she a sort NJ preparatory school lol u inrt
echooI Hero graduates however, occupy prOnlnfnt
Dostons in an the professional and merahtue pursue
OF the country, well rs In the ministry Oh ne %
TAM Fniscopal Church. She has also among her gIa
dnates clergyInen Of other denomnati0ns VINO ar ~,
their Ina Mater There rs Sn0S tb MANY per
sons and consequently, operates to the vi
~ n ,ro,nnent members OF the Democratic party
have become associated with the College etne
lecncies left by Them in other ways, tle Coege
10 in ia tendencies This the Faculty and Irus
tees and they assert that Trinity College recognizes
TbS eyercses of commencement day were held yester.
day i'm Robertss Opera House. The largest anehe tat
has attended Commencement here III nuDIr W 31
vas nreseut larger number OF the Alumni than uslal
were also here. The order of literary exercises was aS
F,uaory in Greek Harlow Rlggles wlok Conn Chqne VIM
RoD S T F o. Iso Luther Martin Kunett IT, NO The
Decue Of Absolutsm in Europe Brady hcus BALM I'm %
81 sn Heny Merlin barbour The Relation Of Labor CAPITAL
Wm ob Mowe Ne Shakespeare Historian Geo Bu9ley MS
gan Smuei TAYLOR Cond5 Robert torthe Bshy ~ e
e Arthu Broeissby Conn Tiaes Dcsrcs Geo Lewis
Igthef Conn vaIedie,ary Goo Mcclellan Fislc Conn.
The exercises were concluded at p m ON me Stage
were President Jackson and the Faculty the Right Rev
Bishop williams, Chancellor, the Right Rev Blshop
Nicely Of Mane the Rev. VIM W. Niles, Bishop elect OF
NewlIampshire, ex Professor OF Latin IN tne ooiego'
and many other distinguished men. The oratons We're
all good and some were really very credltaDle tuo!Is.
This year. by OF regulation, no prompting
allowed. The results, as compared win Iast year.
beneficial; and since the members OF the elaS h
been Obliged commit their OratiOns, respectively 10
memory, much more perfectly than before, there was
none OF that hesitation and breaking down which gener
ally occurs Arthur Overs secured him the prize
offered by the Phi Beta Kappa Society Tor the OfatlO
which eXcelled both IN matter ana delivery VINE pi
seNa tt4fu Yarp lrF1l
number, including those who nave del ana VIM h''o
left College for various reasons, Is nearly forty
The following degrees were conferred: Bachelor vi
Arts in course-B f. Backus, " NJ Barbour, X r. BlNDy'
A. BrOcklesby, r. ;. Bryant, g. L. Cooke IT, A. Dyer T.
McC. Fiske, l.. NJ Kennett, Jr, f. s. Luther, IT. T. B'
Toriert f. W Whtock, II. r. Whitlock. The following
are graduated IN hOnOrs: Backus, III mathematics;
Cooke, in mathematics Greek ana Lhi FISH III c t
tai philosophy, political philosophy, enc lniH ana h
ura science Luther, in the same H. X WhtiOcK IN
mathematics, Greek, and Latin. Master OF Arts, IN
courscIhe Rev. Angus Morrison Ives B A. oJg I fT
radan, b. A., 1861; William Rchard mackay b. ~,
Leland Sinons b. A., 1867; the Rev. VIM. G. Pf0ut - A,
I-uiy of " C.; the Rev. Jas Earl Hail. Is. A. Hamilton
Master of Arts dd e,lndeln-Roger Brown Hildrcth, NJ
A. Harvard. Master of Arts hOt,OriS cduSd-lhe rev
Robert Carey, Palmyra, Mo-. Doctor in Dlynlty-lhss
Rev. VIM. Woodruff Niles, NJ. A. 1871, ex- PROFESSOR oi
Latin i'm Trinity College, and BshOpelect of New-iamp-
shire; the Rev. Jno. Adams Paddock. NJ A. Si0 rector
of ST. Peters Church Brooklyn n. Y; the Rev. Jno
Rrainard NJ A. ISL Rector of IT. Peters Church, Au
burn, " Y; the Rev VIM Rudder, NJ A. 1873, rector oi
ST. stephens Church. Philadelphia, Penn Doctor Oh
IaWs-The Hon. Stewart Lyndon W0OdiOrd, NJ A., 20
lumbia and Trinity; John Ordr9nneux, VI. e. DaLt re
mouth III. b., Harvard, NJ. D., Hanover Professor OF
Jurisprudence in Columbia College. "a, -, -.
The Commencement dinner took pace at = T. NJ az
the United States Hotel 1t was very pleasant ahdr.
Speeches delivered by Bishop Nicely OF Maine, me
Rev. DR. Fairbairn Of 81 stephens CWiegt le ny -.
eN-Gov. Gen Hawey, JnO. f. Lines OF me BrOOEty"
Union ex GOV. Jewell, and the Rev Jno. a. Paddock