New-York tribune., 1871-07-14
TUFTS COLLEGE.

SoMERvILLE, Mass, July 13-The Alumni
OF Tufts together Tuesday at the schoo' Church.
Boston. committee appointed to nominate officers for
the ensuing year reported in favor Of the old Board with
the exception OF Mcssrs Otis spaulding, and Morse Of
the Board OF Directors for whose places Messrs. Byron
Grose W. A. Start, and II. NJ KnowltOn were recon-
mendcd. The report was accepted and the nominees
were elected unanimously. Mr. Start, in behalf Of the
slider and report to the best method by which the
Alumni could testify their respect for the memory OF de-
ceased members recommended the reading OF obituaries
at the annual meetings and their publication every three
years with the trennial catalogue. The Secretary, Mr.
The Executive Committee, who were Instructed
o. the last annual meeting 70 consider tle exped
cncy Of admitting to membership In the Association per-
who have taken the degree OF a. b. r. at the Col
ege, reported adversely on TIE POp9sllo anu inc re-
port was adopted Mr.. knOvltOu addressed the meeting
IN favor OF movement TO gain FOR The alumni NtuS
patton the gov rnmcnt Of tie College, aludng To iue
agtations Of this kind in other colleges, and assert
that there was question to the advantages OF the
government Of an Institution Of learning by lis alumni
The final action of the meeting ON t1S subject was 10
Irpt"s ~ RoSto, tbc ~ Mr. Powers of Meieg and
Mr. W. L. Warrea OF Springfield committee upon the
motion of Mr. knOwltOn The commencement exercises
ce-sful members o. the Senior Junior and sophomore
witnessed hy few spectators. The Contestants were
Mcssrs Coffin ard Harris Of the Senior class True sut-
ton. Hawes, and Gilbert OF the Junior class and White,
Lawrence, Bailey, and ia.es Of the Sophomore class
Tie excellence un''t rm that the iudccSProf B
Boston. and thc rev Nm. y. Stove of Clarlcstovn-
unable TO agree at tic time, and their dee son was
crvHd.
oC In pIccrco oI great number Of friends. At half
past 10 Oc.uCk tie f. Uv AMI alumni were escorted 20
tho chapel By te graduating class and undergrad
the cell ge Tlc Rev. s. A. Miner President OF the
College, II sided. Music WdS furnished by Gilm0r
bani. after which the sutatCry Grafton was delivered
by Joseph Oliver BurGctt " Wakefield who took for
his slfet The D.nccr~ Of Ollr Country's Future"
To realers and subject in order were n ,,,
Z, Of Labor" John l. Co on Merose Mass; True Life"
JOSEPH < Dlnlam Wehf'nk ye; "M.shod" Wallace Mayor
Or-rye: Abuses Of tie Sliut" William Prescott NevariC
The enGeucy ullon ovas! Cds Joseph Sle' Nike
f The Kuotom CemirF' Joseph H. Weeks, ProSi1eeio"n
.ion" Henry lisrIis. Ogkcsi-
Following the Uitous The regular degrees con-
foTred on the cradU1trs At the close OF in
the chapel the faculty graduates. students and their
friends formed ia procession, and TO the music oi Gil
mOres Band marched the East Hail in the diu!ngrOum
Of which plates had been laid for about $50
people, and where great many speeches were
enhancement of the College interest. Dr. Miner sad
that in regarding the success of Tus College, ana com
pairing it with great unyers les such th1t OF Mlch-
gan people often forget that the latter had the SYM
pathy aud support Of great States, while TUFTS was
founded and supported by people who few years
ago called iniidels and drunkards. Although the
members Of the denomination from which the support
OF Tufts College drawn were lew in number, com
pared with other sectS he thought tn" College
would compare avorably with the colleges OF those secs
at a like stage in their existence.
At O'Clock the association OF aumni held its eXer-
cises in the chapel the President, r. f. Leighton in ue
chair. Mr.. J. W. Hammond Of Cambridge OF tie class
OF 1901 was introduced, and delivered an grafton
on "The Mutual Relation OF Moral and Municipal Law,
after which the poet Of the occasion, Mr. Byron Grace,
read a me,rca essay suitable 10 the time and place.