Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-07-18
University of Vermont Commence
mcnt bay.

Commencement day opened Wedncs-
day morning in all its glory, with Il hot
sun, but a most welcome breeze
from the lake had the effect of render
ing the weather quite bearable. At half
past nine the procession was formed in
front of the college buildings by VI. 3.
Carpenter, Of st. Albans, class Of 'G8,
marshal of the day. First came the band,
then the undergraduates, the graduating
class, the president with the faculty and
trustees, and lastly the alumni. They
then marched down to the Collcgc-strect
Church, where a large and brilliant audi
ence had already assembled to listen to
the following programme:
Music. Fruhlin@s' Erwachen- Bach.
l. Prayer by Rev. Dr.. McCosh of Prince
Music. Finale from Zemira and Azor-
,. Dainty Men-Edwin Eli Dickinson,
3. Napoeonic Diplomacy George Footo
Marsh, Burlington.
Music. Ku-KluX POlSa-HeZOg.
4. Latent neutrality-suspicious. Harvey
Robinson, Burlington.
>. The Golden Age of the Past and of
- Fu+uTp-I OuiS Auu1ts+us II Tr1.-
hngton.
Music. Scena and Aria-Bergson.
Candidates for the degree of civil cngin-
eering
6. Invention Friendly to the Higher
imgto iIS >'''' II 'i'''' u i''"' a. '''' III
~, :. Raiiroad GTon5,truction-EdW' llaight
Music li Walt, Kocni%siicdcr- strauss.
"n Tho I"p ilieSI Poe 1t9 81
Edwin Charles Ferguson, a. B., Burling-
'o Music, Chorus from Tanuhaii~cr-waa-
ner. ,........-..,..,
10. Bcnediction.
The following is the list of degrees
conferred by the president:
y. al. \. Arthur, G. F. Marsh, J. II.
i', Pm. 3, in conrxe-E. Z. Dickinson.
n, &. e. IN co"FSe-A' H. Dow and i. H.
q. s. in couyse-C. 4. Catlin. r. NJ. Catlin.
I" n u Dodge, L. VI; h5,SeIS' NJ p,.,,o,
Esbon Churchill. g. P. Collins, E; Ii; Davis,
lon. II. W. Hendrick. J. 4. Maze, 4. J..
Merrill, Isaac Rice. r. H. F@bGrts' \. G.
Wheeler, j. d. Woodworth.
~, a ~, ~ IN c3,fSe-E' G. ferguson ana bE
va ,.,.l.-,,.,..
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E,,,cnj'lG past Ghir.,ero. mi. Ind 5T.n,.v
smallcl, OF Brooklyn.
III: Edmund IN, - 8ennrtt Dean OF tn"
la" 'o'i''' IL ''''''. II : IL
The corporation DINNER Immediately
followed the exercises. 1t vas rtyrn at
the Van Moss How, Abont one Inn
1ec.-1..
uieu an" hi'y "'uil1''' INV I'0'' > "-''9 '''i'
TRENDS OF the college sat Gown 20 an eN-
cellent table loaded with all the deli
cacies of fine season. handsomoIv set off
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"l'll po''',''l - ',,,'''i WI 'l'1
VINE pIesSlhS was lu'"Neu ny ,l'e l'eV
DR.. Clark OF Boston, nearly an h0urWaS
spent in satisfying the wants of the in
nor mon Thap tho cIot+or of diobos
was Hus.le't an" L lesi''eii' DuchH"il''
who presided, made FEW very welcome
remarks concerning the welfare of the
University. after which he introduced
ID n. roCoc,, If pu:r,oo4o,, ~
NV WV VIZ
Iege' Whoh ne SaI'l hau come 10 the
United States about tour years ago and
found Princeton a poor institution, but
that he had made it one of the leading
colleges in the country. DIR. McCosh
said that he did not see any reason why
he was invited here; that there We're
many alumni present who had a better
right to occupy the time than he: that
the college had done great deal of
Wsuid 90 good III the future. In REFER
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