The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-21
SETON HALL.

The Sixteenth Annual Commencement Of
the Institution-The Sfudcnts' Ora
mountaineering of Degrees and
Awarding Of Prixes-Bishop Bailey's
Address-The Advantages or the Col
lege-BachclOrs and Masters Of Art
The Roll Of HonOr-The Faculty.
The sixteenth annual commencement Of Seton
Hall College took place yesterday, the exercises
being conducted beneath large awning spread in
the college grounds not far from the buildings.
Nearly thousand ladies' and gentlemen, friends
Of the students or Of the institution, occupied
seats in front Of the platform, on which were
seated the students who were to take q part in
the exercises, and the clergy. OF the latter. be-
sides the Right Rev. Bishop Bailey, who presided,
there were present the Right Rev. Bishop
McQuaid, Of Rochester; Right Rev. Bishop
Mcfarland, Of Providence; Rev. DR.. McGlynn, Rev.
Father Preston M0nsignOr Seton, Rev. Father
Lynch, Rev. Father DOane, Chancellor of the
diocese Of Newark; Rev. Father COrrigan Rev.
Father Senez, Rev. Father McGahan, Rev. Father
Hogan, Rev. Father Kellian, Rev. Father Fleming,
Rev. Father Downes, Rev. Father Connolly, Rev.
Father McNulty, Rev. Father Mccarthy and others.
THE CREATIONS.
The exercises opened about nalfpast ten O'Clock
A. NJ. with music, and the following students then
delivered orations:-Joscph TIERS on National
able Fasclnatlons;n Robert Emmett Burke, on
cardinal Ximenes;n r. McCabe, on political De-
pravity," and John A. Sheppard, on .'The Good
Things OF Great JOY" These essays were unexcep-
tionably good, and were especially noticeable
for the absence Of much OF the highfalutin
jingle which generally goes to make up
the students Grafton The little there was OF the
grandilOquent went more to show the existence of
q good Imagination than to exhibit distorted no.
ton OF what true el0qu nnce Is. Each OF the five
young gentlemen who addressed the assemblage
has acquired an excellent method of delivery, with
nothing OF sameness In style, and all well deserved
the applause they received from delighted friends
and the audience generally.
BACHELORS OF ART.
The 0rations having been concluded, the next
part OF the programme was the comforting Of the
college, announced the following named gentlemen
as having attained the degree OF Bachelor of Arts:-
Burke, John l.. Caruand, Arthur J. Henry, Patrick
McCabe, Bernard J. Mulligan, Thomas B. Preston,
William J: st. Lawrence, John Sheppard, Joseph
Tiers and Isaac p. Whean.
MASTERS OF ART.
The following named he announced as having
gained the degree OF Master OF Arts:-A. Bentha
Briggs, William .Calan, James Curran Patrick
Egan, Joseph M. Flynn, Thomas 7. Hendrick,
Michael j. Holland, Michael T. Madden, NJ. A. Nc
Manus and John II. Plunkett.
THE HONOR MEN.
The honor men for the year were as follows =
Good Conduct the gold medal, James X. Avehe
silver medals for same, s. B. Hedges, W. II. Sim
mons, George r. Barnard; Christian Doctrine the
Seton prize, T. McCaoe; Latin, The Anderson prize,
Daniel Egan; Greek, the Bayley prize, Christopher
Faon and Daniel Egan; Philosophy, the McQuaid
prize, p; Mcoabe; Ethics, the Preston prize,
Of European Civilization, the gold medal,
J: L. G. Caruand and Edmund Briggs Logic
the gold medal, John ooGnno.r; Rhetoricand Elo
the Bossier prize, gold medal to Daniel Egan and
silver medal to P. +. Bruner; Improvement in
ship, the Foley prize, Il. o. Mckinney; best recita-
tions in Freshman Class the Presidents prize
Christopher Fallon.
The diplomas and prizes were handed to each
student by Bishop Bayley.
BISHOP BAYLEy's ADDRESS.
After all the honors had been distributed and the
programme concluded Bishop Bayley made brief
address to the assemblagc. He said that while he
might be unwilling here TO say too much OF the col
lege in which he took SO deep an interest he could
not refrain from saying that IL had never before
been In so good condition as 1t was now. II was
true that much had been done by us In
the way of Catholic education, and that
all over the land there were good schools
moral course of instruction. But he thought, even
with all this, that more might he DONE We
needed that both the clergy and the laty should be
educated IN to high standard, the former not
only In all that related to his sacred office, but also
in the arts and sciences, at least so that the
principles on which these studies rested
And none the less did the laity
need such sound moral training and proficiency
in education as would enable the battle Of life TO be
fought and the errors disseminated by our adver-
saries detected and exposed. lie had in his own
experience leafneu lt was very inlng
to kill u lic A lie seemed to have so many
lives that, no matter how often II was ap
parently dead, you were certain finally to discover
that had got new life and was again on its way
rejoicing. Since the time OF the Reformation we
had been accustomed to see this going on, and not.
withstandng the fact that many OF the leaders OF
our adversaIcs had, as completely as we ourselves
had exposed the falsehoods and ridculed the
caumnies aganstthe true faith YET the 1alsehoods
had been revvifed, dressed up aud again ana again
paradeL with extraordinary elTrontery. In reading
over a ew York paper u few days since ne saw
a report OF q meeting OF the Young Mems CHRISTIAN
Association at which a resolution was passed that
bibles should be distributed among us the Catho-
lies. He confessed that this ignorance, real or
feigned, this lie, had caused him pain. The
bishop then went on to speak further OF the
malignant character OF the attacks upon the
Church by means OF lies and how necessary 1t was
to be prepared to meet the enemy when such
scandalOus methods as these were used TO prop up
a bad cause in the name of God and OF religion. He
then again urged the claims OF Seton Han College
Tor patronage promising that In the perfect condl-
ti0n In which all its departments were, and IN the
care bestowed upon the institution no better home
could be found for youth IN WHICH TO learn.
The Bishop WAS warmly applnUded at the con.
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