New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-19
CoITEGE COMMANDMENTS
AMHERST COLLEGE.

AMHERST. Mass, July 19.-The State Agri-
cultural College in this town complications week 9'
four wears Of active lfe and offers to the puonc' from
whom II has drawn in liberal measure bolh praise MI"
criticism the first examples Of the results oi Tvs oo
~ training and instruction Omlttng the timehonored
and tmedefying Commencement" OF the older col
Isgos Il observes a simple graduation anniversary
Offering limited programme and modest Illustration
Of the daily life and practical working oi
the institution. Yesterday was occupieu VIZ"
public examinations of some OF tho cIas'''
others being conducted in private und'r .lo"
respective instructors and to-day tho complexion oi o
examinations class-day exercises, and an address Wy
Dr. George b. Loring, leave for tolnoffO" on! 'io
formal graduation exercises, which Gov Claim VIII NJ
,o,a Comnared with the great semi centennial celc-
braon OF last week. the occasion creates only rPpio
NJ interest Few strangers disturb the repose ol o
ouet village and everything proceeds ""ho"t
hustle or confusion All the EXAMINATIONS VI
classes Yesterday were oral and wore CoHuu0'ou
in the large chapel OF the lns,n.oI, Unit cnIt,Tc
topded The Juniors were examiner III nun NiIy.t1t
the SophOmores in surveying III When t,Vao
proficiency was displayed tne m NJ Dictinson 60
of Boston. Tue course OF lectures Wien M
Dickinson has lately We e Kind in this country or
TrglanI and though so far but an experiment ehOusn
hAHiin' iucd and learned TO demonstrate it, great
s yainc IRE topics reviewed yesterday touched
ieG bu in the plineSt and most direct manner upon
Y Nations of husband and wife, parent and child
he matters of ii les easements. aud inheritance
nd crlns on which highways and railways are laid
w. - taiuod of fences, bridges, and bitches, with
other topics of daily life and perpetual htgaOl as 100
many many farmers have paid dearly to learn.
Ter fbe examinations OF the day concluded,
drill and parade of the College battalion was hc1d
on e nave sf Been supplied by the United states Gov
ernment with Remington hreech4oaders OF the latest
model with complete equipments, and Gov Claim mas
presented the battalion with elegant stand OF colors,
including the state and Fedcr.' -;s, both OF SILK OF
regulation size, aud bcauti - counted. Ihese were
dspayed for the first tine at parade last evening
aud were greeted with nearly cheers Inc
cordance with Upton were conducted 10y officers from
the senior class under general SUPERVISION OF Capl.
Henry f. AvOrd Of the regular army who detailed Ter
permanent duty ut this place. and III addition TO lnsdc-
iOn In military drl and science discharges the dnes
professor OF drawing aud surveying Inc cadets as
played thorough acquaintance Win the Rlslhfss Or
arms, and scadness and frnEess OF execution In the
various movements which would have done cTedt 10 reg
ulars. The officers rOm the corps are ali selected nom
the senior class and il is the design OF ne College a
thOrcs that any of their graduates shall be competent
TO command and drill company ora battalion Prince
AIinOT MOr the japanese Ambassador, who witnessed
college drill few days since. aud also inspected other
features the institution remarked he was leaving,
81 like you and your system Of instruction. You are
teaching your students TWO tAlngs WmcL NSh an tn9
young men OF my country might learn: how 10 ieed
themselves and how TO defend themselves" The Elm
Certy of the words OF the Eastern Prince Is shown III INC
presence to-day OF two nOblcmen OF his own country
among the applicants for admission to the class OF 1870
The defamation III the large hall OF Amherst college
last evening for three prizes-one TO member OF
each OF the lower classes-gven by william knowitOh OF
Upton, Mass and which were awarded in tie order OF
classes to W. Dickinson OF Amherst James II. Webb
Of NewHayen, Conn, and Russell ". Lyernore OF Boz
rahvile, Conn.
This morning written examination Of applicants for
admission to the college has been IN progress ire mum
her OF candidates large, out the number ana names OIL
those who have been successful Will not be known until
All lhe papers nave pecn examiner. Icl questions O
each OF the topics OF al1thmetlc gfmmaf history ara
geography, were submitted 10 the aspiIants, mat
HN 1 RECURRING TsT familiarity with ali the eadng
rules of the science, including cube root, and
and technical. The examination. however IS designed
to exhibit fairly and ntelgantly the ability and ac-
more the Va good common school education should sup
ply The last examination OF the SENIOR Class ny fioi
| stockbridge, on agriculture, also occurred this
taion Gave another exhibition Of military training
| ground. Two ioid-pieces have lately been supplied
ability to handle and them eaectuafly. This after
oG1 Re eaSay IN T o 81 U ever
ming Dr. George b. Loring Of salem delivered an address
before the literary societies OF the College, upon IHe
Mission of Science ia Agriculture"
PROSPECTS TIE COLLEGE.
IL is vet much early % pronounce judgment upol
the practical results and positive value of the Stale As
rcultura College, though it has already become prom
inent and representative institution. and, its friends
claim established beyond doubt or experiment Public
confdence-a plant of slower growth in Mas
sachusetts than almost any other state,-in the
integrity unlincLins Perseverance ana deter deter
of the College has been firmly ana finally Won and tA9
Slg5OOO to the Institution, OF which $4,000 will te cx
pended buldngB and the renaider adgcd 10 inc
the College from this enlarged fund viii, II
IS estimated. pay It's current expenses, and
Available for additional buildings, apparatus q
libraries, all Of which viii constantly be needed
Of 5000 but the situation will ere long be reversed
and income Of that amount be derived from the
head of neat cattle Of superior, imported, ana mixed
blood the growing crops Including five acres Of sugar
beets, promise finely; the great barn rapidly filling
with hay and grain; the nursery and vineyard on the
slope OF the eastern hills thrifty and vigorous, and
IN If fIsf
tuition appears hopeful and prosperous.
THE MANUAL LABOR QUESTION.
The question OF the manual labor Of students is also
among those which have been settled practically and
satisfactorily. Each student Is required to work, at
whatever may be the farm labor Of tho day. six hours
week and allowed pay for the service the rate Of
l2t cents per hour Each class divided into squads OF
about half DOZEN is required 10 spend three hOuls In
of Prof stOckbrdge, who insists on punctuality,
in this as in any of the exercises of the College.
The students are supplied with tools by the COLLEGE
good order BY this course of training they made
acquainted with the practical duties OF the iar and
competent 10 superntend and instruct others The sys
has worked for the past four years TO the entire sat
isacon Of students and teachers and the manual labor
problem no longer among the open questions at the
Agricultural College. In addition 10 the re-
quIed labor. students are permitted 70 work
ties will allow For this service they are paid
the wages which such labor commands in the fields of
adacc 1t farmers. BY this means some students have
earned money enough to pay nearly all the expenses OF
Their college course and from $50 to S5 per term Is not
an unusual amount. The study and practice Of field
surveying and the difficult branches OF civil en-
cheering have also been prosecuted by the students
with great enthusiasm and success. They have done OF
late, all the farm surveying running Of highways,
laying out railroad lines and similar work which
has been performed in this vicinity and always with
curacy and acceptance Some OF the finest mathematical
and chemical charts in the colleges Of the country have
recently been completed by the students Of sophomore
and junior classes several OF whom have hand
ORDERS both from American and foreign cities, which will
keep them here and at work during the entire ensuing
vacation All the charts maps and diagrams used in the
college or its productions and those illustrating
the subject Of spectral analysis pronounced uDequaed
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