New-York tribune., 1871-06-28

the obbes congratuating themselves that though not
successful getting they not suffering from
the heat which oppressed those In tho crowded audo
rum. Throngs OF disappointed ticket holders wandered
about the outside of tho building not caring 70 stana IN
tho obbes suppOsng from the crowded state OF he
front doors that there room at all inside
Isaac Bell, presiding, announced the duet, Ine L0Td
is my Shepherd" the first exercise After the singing
Of this. with grand chorus accompaniment Miss Annie
III. Wentworth read a well-written SautatOiy. , =,
The Gloria Patri" then sung. The chOruses had
been we'll arranged 10 suit tho stage so that IN almost
OF the singers in the front and seathe voices OF
those far back seeming to como from great distance
the /" work OF Life" read in such low voice that she
could not DO heard by people 30 feet distant Miss Free
shows show by taking The Kelly silver Medal that she Is
thinker even n not an orator After another nterlude
tered essay entitled Line upon Line The song OF Tho
Reapers" finely rendered and then Miss Alice M.
In full clear voice, in which she flung hatred and full
defiance" at the " male oppressOrs" OF her sex.
Miss Margaret Duff sang the Last Rose Of Summer"
and was encOreh until she repeated verse After the
singing of "Taras Hail." Richard OGorman delivered
Miss Florence Allen deplored the Days that are no
more" in essay, and Bernard Smyth awarded the
diplomas to the graduates who received numerous Doau
The honors were distributed by Isaac Bell. Mr. Bor-
YoUSG LADIES OF The GRADUATING CLASS The
agreeable duty has been assigned to me OF presenting 10
you the medals and diplomas. You have gone success
fully through tho grammar schools, and you are now
about TO graduate aud receive the highest hOnOrs ana
ustlnCtOns IDls INSTITUTION Gun lOu "
your good department, puncual attendance, Industry,
and attention to your studies, mastered them all ana
you have reached that period in your lives that
while 1t oOnfers the highest honors that the college can
bestOw separates You from this institution and all con-
neced with it, forever TO enter upon and more ex
tonded fields OF usefulness, where the knowledge ana
ability possess will have ample scope for It's devel
Opment and where in the discharge Of the active duties
Of life you will be enabed-at least those of you who
embrace the profession OF teachngto mpart TO others
that instruction that has enabled to reach The enYl
able positions you occupy to-day. Young ladies, 20
Of you this may be the turning point OF your lives
your Intercourse with the world conduct yourselves
in that will reflect credit upon this institution
and its graduates. And above all show by your good
conduct and for truth that tho education you
have acquired has not been confined 10 the head but that
the heart also has been instructed. And nOw young Ia
DIES trust that you will he successful In all your un
dcrtakDgs and that you will Crediaby discharge the
duties OF any position in which you may be placed and
that the great Gver Of all good will assist you aud guide
you through all the trials and vicissitudes of life.
See the Conquering Hero Comes" was sung as intro
ducOry TO Miss Jenny B. Merrills "VaedictOry" aud
then Miss Merrill read her practical little speech In
Clear, loud voice. After the singing of the Normal
College Song" President Hunter spoke his g Farewell
10 tie Graduates aud the exercises closed with d0x
OlOgy.