The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-27
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY, JUNE H. 1s72-TRPLE SHEET

other purpose. To successfully elude them is to
come through an ordeal not to be rashly courted;
and to be delivered safely, though tardily, to the
pretty girls, In delicate lace draperes who beamed
down, like guardian angels, from the DOORS Is an
event to be congratulated upon. As they -FOUR
ished their potent rods OF ONCE and whispered
that good seat had been reserved for the
HERALD representative, perils past faded into OBJ
security.
The coup d'ea was very brilliant. The pillars
were trimmed with evergreens and the stage
adorned with flowers. Ranged on one side were
the trustees Of the college, and on the other the
faculty and teachers, among those prominent the
gentle face of Miss Terry the lady Principal; Pro
lessor Maria Mitchell and President Raymond
Occupying the front seats OF the central row were
the graduates, twentyeight In number ANNA
Blackmar, Newark; Maria Porter Brace, Leaven-
worth, Kan; Sarah ANA Catin, Crown Point; Ida
Corson, Plymouth Meeting. Pa. Lucy Elliott Crock
EFT, Boston, Mass, Alice Dinsmoor, Sterling Ill. ;
Williemena Hannah Elliot, Kalamazoo, Mich. ;
Finch, Morrsanla; Annie Barker Folger. San Fran
cisco, CAL Ala Wright Foster Worcester, Mass Jag
son Harrington. Remington Centre Vt Ella strait
HOLSTER, Cincinnati, Ono Elizabeth Pomeroy
KTny ,acksGnye M Mary Alice Looms Bng
Olive Peck Rochester; Mary Jeanette Rawson
Kingsyie, Ohio; Anna Eliza Richardson, Brooklyn;
Seelye Cleveland, Ohio; Ada Stanton, Washington,
d. @. Sallie McMeens stem, Sandusky, Ohio; Hattie
Lucinda Thornton, Watertown Mary Elizabeth
Van Etten, Chemung; Matte Merceia WaldrOn,
Otselic; Alice Mary Wetmore, Warren, Pa.
or the programme the organ voluntary; prayer;
"0ratio Salutatoria, "Ala Wright Foster Worcester
Mass. 'The Conservation Of Thonght,n Elizabeth
POmeroy Kirby, Jacksonville, Ill. SANITARY Science
In Our Homes' Harriet Robinson Harrington Ben
ningtOn Centre VT, had already been delivered
and Misses HOLSTER and Kirby were just beginning
"Etudes SymphOnique,n by Schumann, on two pi-
amos, an elaborate work, OF which the fine playing
left hand mOVpmpnts dpQarvaa appcia1 m
1.-THE Antagonism OF Science and Religion by
Charlotte Elizabeth Finch OF Morrsania, was a
warfares up to the present time. Religion had
mistaken its function In sitting at all on scientific
subjects Acting as III deemed Its central thought
not impregnable II had defended every outpost
but only finally to relinquish them one by one. 1t
was also melancholy fact that the study OF science
does not lead toward the Church But rs both be-
eve in the essential value and unity Of TRUTH they
may yet be reconciled, and the book OF nature and
revelation , confirm one another;
Folger, OF San Francisco, was as clearly stated as
fby Herbert Spencer himself. Development, con-
the greatest triumph OF this age The monkey
element In it the great barrier to Its accept
ance by the unthinking. Special creation was held
by the majority as prejudice, not as belief.
She then treated the wars OF the Swans over
natural selection as n means inadequate to the
end, and the investigation into spontaneous gen.
Grafton The essay was listened to with marked
attention, and great many elderly people looked
really the wiser at It's close.
HOLSTER OF Cincinnati opened q discussion. She
alluded with true conservative scorn In every into
nation, TO our modern love for what Is new OF our
This was seen In the laxity of Sabbath-keeping;
in the growth OF equal rights; In our abandonment
OF the divine right of kings; In the spirit of Com
munism rampant, and OF the necessity Of contend
ing for place for the Bible In our schools; In the
dsrespect Of children to their parents and In mod
ern scepticism. With our theories there could be
no reverence for superiority, for there was
no superiority; Our reverence for ourselves
OF seldshnes the mark OF our age. Williemenna
Hannah Elliott, OF Kalamazoo, Mich. shook back
her yellow curls, and with flushed cheeks assembled
the rOstrum the very spirit OF controversy as she
began to defend her theme-Thls age specially
reverent. She alluded with equal scorn TO. the
cries Of the timid minded. who carried their fears
so far that they camored even for one Presidential
turn, no matter who was the alternative. II was
plainly to be seem who Mrs. WilIiemena would not
at once rejected old creeds and theories, when
they are proven false and only then The
great political revolutions which had swept
through Germany, France, Italy and America,
were to be welcomed, for they were In the interests
of humanity, though reverence for man was reve-
renee Tor the Creator. The religion OF to-day was
not to be estimated by the number that went to
church on Sunday but that which went to work with
earnestness on Monday. For this the "Dons" on
taken up by the multitude and, with a glowing
defence OF the nineteenth century, she closed. Ev-
In her cause, and she had done her best for it.
This central portion OF the exercises was
somewhat . remarkable. It was VAS. suggest a.
girls, with blooming roses on their bosom and
trailing vines in their hair, talking on the live is
sues OF to-day, but 1t was gratifying to hear them
do 1t so intelligently and much more entertaining
than to hear them plead to be buried amid nature IS
beauties, or state their preferences for desiring to
die in spring time
The latter portion OF the programme opened with
an organ solo, Senate No. !, Mendelssohn, by Miss
Smith, played with much feeling Deutschland, du
TRACER du Performati0n, by Alice Dcnnlng Seeye,
OF Cleveland, Ohio, was delivered with good deal
that it sounded very Dutch
''The Progressive Phases Of Astronomical Sci
ence,n by Maria Porter Brace" OF LeavenwOrth,
Fan., opened with the remark that as astronomy
was the Oldest science among nations Its problems
were the first presented to the individual mind. In
the childish rhyme,
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars"
we commence to try to solve them; and In well
chosen words she led us from the first crude
thoughts to the latest astronomical discoveries.
..The Hope OF Our Literature by Sarah ANA
Catlin, of Grown Point, began with an eulogy OF
America which sounded not unlike something heard
before on commencement OCCASIONS But she
turned her attention to Analysing our American
literature. Literature Is the product OF the age.
We are practical people and our literature
is practical. Our serious poetry is philosophical
rather than imaginative, our humorous have, too,
use In making us laugh; we are more concerned
yet in thought rather than expression. Greece
was thousand years old before she had her Golden
Age. A literature is the work Of centuries. The
game young lady delivered the valedictory Difficult
task as 1t is to be in the least original on such
occasions the young lady succeeded and produced
one OF the most touching and feeling OF farewels.
The class exercises closed with P0lOnaise by
LisZt performed by Miss HOLSTER who, with some
deficiency In execution, played cOmprehendingly.
The comforting OF degrees by President Raymond
began with discipuldr duectissirnR, when the
audience all looked wise II 1t understood every
word, and listened to the end. The graduating
class then filed by received their diplomas and the
class OF ~ were merged into aumn9.
The exercises whole were thoroughly to be
enjoyed. They were neither long nor prosy. The
h0nors OF the class were bestowed on the ten who
took part The vaedictOrian was chosen by the
class Something must be said for the admirable
delivery OF the young ladies'. Their enuncation
was very clear and distinct, and their voices
though moderately keyed, were clearly heard. The
essays were recited and accompanied by gestures
for fbn afuln and