The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-28
OUR COLLEGES.
Commencement Exercises Of the College Of
the City Of New York, St. Joseph's
Academy, Flushing, and Mount
Washington Institute.
MUSIC, CREATIONS AND HoNoRs
THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

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Twentieth Annual Commencement-The
Academy OF Music Filled With the
Friends OF tho Institution.
The Twentieth Annual Commencement OF the
College OF the city Of New York was held last even
Ing In the Academy of Music before an assemblage
OF ladies and gentlemen that filed the house in
every part. In this season OF commencements
when every collegiate institution endeavors at its
best to present to the public in passing scene
the result OF whole years labor, grazing
the display with time-honored formulas 1t
is gratifying to the pride OF the city to see its own
highest and most cherished school acquit itself
with such signal success as attended the exercises
last evening" 1t is worthy OF note, too, that the
large audience was not composed OF mere sight
seers, but was for the most part made up Of the
alumni, their friends and the friends OF the institu-
ton. As Is the pleasant custom on occasions like
this, the farer well and most favorably rep
resented the ladies coming In full force to the
h0nors awarded to the youthful, handsome and
hopeful candidates, with the recollection, no
doubt, that after all weli-fought battles certain
other awards are ever sought for by the victors
and duly priced II more brilliant gatherings have
been seen within the Academy walls, certainly
there have not been seen audiences more interest
ing to the thoughtful spectator, to whom the entire
scene could not have appeared otherwise than as q
local reunion of the friends and children OF this
noble school. The hour announced for the opening
OF the exercises was seven O'Clock. but it was half
an hour later when General Webb. the President Of
the college, the Faculty and several members OF
the Board of Education appeared on the platform
The orchestra then played the overture to
"MasanielO" and the march rom lie PrOphetev
which were followed by prayer from the Rev. Dr.
thompson. After few remarks from General
Webb. in which he stated that, owing to good
management Of the Board OF Trustees, the educa-
uOnal standard OF the college had improved
and that the system Of awarding felowships
introduced by the Board had worked admirably, the
following programme was then carried Out:-Salu-
tatory address and second honorary grafton, 'The
True Genius, Henry L. Thornell music, galop Fair
Ladies'" Parlow; fourth honorary Grafton, ''scep-
grafton Movable Morals James ars %ood
ward; music, waltz, Thousand and one Nlghts,n
Strauss; fifth honorary grafton, 1.-THE Phoenician
'srhe Battle of Gettysburg Hamilton " Meeks;
music, galop "Glocken SPIEL tabitzky; first dis
sertation, Marlowe John G. Quick i music s se H,
lions, "Indigo" Strauss; second dissertation 'The
Tools to the Fittest," Samuel J. Beach, nth dissert
overture "Merry Wives Of Windsor" Ncolai: vale
dctory address and first honorary Grafton, 'Nobesse
o6ge Arthur Beach, music "Anld Lang syne"
latter being delivered by those who had stood high
est In elocution and English compositon-were
well written and well delivered. 1t would OF
with the sentiments expressed In some OF them:
but taken altogether they would compare most
favOrably with similar efforts at similar institutions
this season. In every instance the student retired
from the stage the proud pOssessor OF little load
OF flowers, the gift OF some fair friend in the audi
ence
This part Of the programme over, medals and
prizes were distributed as follows:-
MEDALS.
PEI Medal Medal goldrHsnry l. hornel Senior
tory.
Burr Medal, gold-Jed Frye, Jr Senior.
Burr Medal, slver-Arthur Beach, Senior.
Cromwell Medal, gold-Wiam A. Murray, Sopho-
Cromwell Medal silver-Richard P. Williams, Jr.,
so %ard Meoo,.- cnor,,s+rv u.rr r,oou
Senior; Natural History, William II. Kenyon, Intro
ductory; Natural Philosophy Wenzel A. Rabock,
pS law 9smas Wooawa4d ssnol
English; Frederick A. Lyons, Junior; Greek, Her
Fren: Latin Ghstopnr Gregory
Benno Iewinson, junior oratory John 9. Quick
Henry @ g an5xr seai
Van SantvoOrd Seni0r History, Samson Lachman,
%reir Dr anvil Thomas "
4.rrtroduaaGe.tosS; HyNeKe Christopher wtherstne,
Honorably Mentioned-History, Warren r. Dix,
Sophomore; logic, Edward NJ Cole, Junior.
Riggs Medals-AdOlphus II. StOiber Senior; John
Sherman Battell, Junior.
Kelly Medas-First. Adolphus H. stoiber, OF the
thai, OF the Cli0nian Society.
Clanin Medals-Gold Greek, Emanuel Hoch-
heimer, Senior; gold, Latin, l.. Eugene Jones,
Junior; silver, Greek, John Muller, Freshman;
silver, Latin, John Muller, Freshman.
Prize Sprakng-PrOse, Abraham Solomon, Junior
Class; poetry, John G. Gulick, Senior Glass.
French Prize Observation-Disclosures l.. Woodward,
Senior.
Degrees were then conferred as follows:-
Bachelor Of Arts-Jacob Abarbanell, Sheppard
Banks, Arthur Beach, Samuel Jackson Beach.
George Henry Blish, David Clark Cocks,
Frederick Harmon Comstock, John Henry
Fruchtnicht Samuel Greenbaum,. Emanuel
Hochheimer, Henry Loewenthal, James
ton Victor Meeks, Leopold Putzel, William otis
Ruston, Adolphus Henry St0iber, Segman Joseph
Strauss, Henry Lloyd Thornell, Henry Van Kleeck,
Richard Van Santvoord, James Lawrence Wood
ward.
Bachelor Of Sciences-Jacob Abarbanell, Oscar
Birnbaum Harry Dodge Cooper, James Mackie Don
aid, BENJAMIN Joseph Falk, Jed Frye, Jr., John
Cowan Gulick, Emanuel Hochheimer, william
Burdge Howe, Frank Keck, Leopold Putzel, David
Solomon, John Egmont Schermerhorn, Eddy Ship
ley, Selgman Joseph Strauss, Henry Van Kleeck.
Master OF Arts-Alphonse Anselm JakObi, A. B.
and Il. s.. George Cowes Lay, Jr., A. B.; william
Henry Clark, A. b. /; Henry Orne Hiscox, A. b.
Master OF Scences-Wiliam Howe B. s.
Certificates OF FellOwships were received by John
Hampden Dougherty and Charles Edward Ly
decker.
All the hon0rs having been awarded benedictfon
was given after which the orchestra played q seec-
ton of college airs, the audience then dispensing.
The friends of the students soon Hooked around the
youthful victo-s, and heaped the usual c0ngratula
lions on them.