The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-26

evening had plate glass transparency anu Polsn.
She is the exact antipode OF that dehniti0n winch
some one has given Of the average governess-a
woman who knows nothing and teaches every
thing; not that Miss Whitney Is governess, now.
ever. Her address abounded with evidences OF
extensive reading and study and independent ana
serious reflection II was m the delivery tnat ner
orator as scholar IL would not be easy TO limit the
influence which her cultivated intellect would en-
than an hour In length, and was delivered without
the use OF notes or manuscript. The speaker was
introduced by MISS Blanche Wider presIaent a %
with the friends OF the pupils the gallery peing
mainly occupied by the pupils themselves. me
chapel was lavishly decorated with evergreens ana
flowers Gas jets were constructed into the word
"Philaetheann over the organ, and arbor Vita was
fashioned over the front OF the stage inlo the
figures "1S73n and "a Posse ad Esse." The en-
tertainment was over at about hali-past nine.
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
When, in 'All's Well That Ends Well" the
Countess OF Rousillon remarks OF Helena. II nave
those hopes OF her good which her education
promises" she but prehRures the anticipation
which must have stirred IN the bosom OIL every
mother present at the Vassar commencement TO-
day. 1t has been well said that II we rob woman
OF the ground on which she has right to stand, IL
signifies little with what grimaces OF gaantry we
offer her q chair. II was very evident from inc
tone OF the commencement to-day tnat ~ Is Inc
aim OF Vassar to restore to woman tnat grounu,
and to invite the world 10 witness with what hrm-
ness and grace she maintains her position tnere.
his own mother has rendered all women
venerated," he invoked benedlctlon winch your
correspondent l. sure you VIII agree a w.n n MN
himself in fair way to. enjoy. And
all the goodly company assembled at the college
provided they thought OF the matter ut all. But
fear that mamas and papas were too mucn Occu-
pied with the individual tliumphs OF their daugh-
tiers to bestow much thought upon the dead and
gone founder. Apokeepslnk--et me call Rough
keepsie by its melinuous Indian name Just once
dis played herself all her strength. All the cars
and carriages in the little city came thr0nglng to
the gates OF the college, and what with me toets,
ana p ana ann afa ruk
general anxiety and flush, the hour was satisiac.
torlly confusing, AS to the programme furnished
you yesterday, 1t was conscientiously carried out.
The opening prayer was offered by the Rev.
Edward Lathrop, or Stamford, Conn. The saluta-
tory was delivered in Latin by Miss Elma Doremus
swift. 1t is unlucky that sautatories like valedic-
tories, must always deal with the same subject,
and. therefore, admit OF criticism only with respect
to The mode of delivery and the graceulness with
which certain proportion OF routine work IS trans
acted Miss Swift was not below the level OF the
herself to be ut home in the Latin tongue. In con-
sderng "rhomas Arnold as an Educator" Miss
Anna Kedhed Phelps took the ground that educa-
of progress and that with Church and State the
English school had been degeneratlng, until Dr:
Arnold made his appearance: His career dated
from 1927, and he 1t was who led the way to that
Improvement which had already been. effected
on the Continent by Rnshx ana cont
the father OF the entire school system OF
England was his aim, and the success he achieved
exercised. 1t is by such men as Arnold, who prove
the soundness OF their views by the goodness OF
education OF The future Will be perfected Miss
Mary Eva Perry selected as her theme ellie
in the Deep Sea-" and said much that was
interesting in relation to 1t. The 900 square
miles which constitute the bed of the ocean are
not by any means aZoc. They are densely IN
habited by fauna, whose richness and delicacy
often surpass those OF any with which the solid
earth has yet made US acquainted That cold
now from the Polar region passes over the bottom
all parts OF the world, whenever deep soundings
have been taken, the temperature sinks with the
increasing depth. The question OF the mode OF
nutrition of animals at great ocean depths was
considered at some little length. world of ami
mails may live in those dark abysses, but 1t Is
necessary condition that they belong to class
supported by matter in solution, absorbed through
the surface of the body. In this department new
fields OF boundless extent and great interest were
opening TO the naturalist Miss Elizabeth Hale
Brewers Theory Of Perturbations" was crispy
and vigorously expressed, and was one of the best
the announcement that the planets disturb each
other, the sun dsturDs them all, and each
satellite has an influence on Its primary. the
speaker then introduced one or two bold and CON-
prehensve specuatlons. She suggested that these
perturbations, acting constantly on the different
planets might gradually accumulate into vast
amounts, which would entirely change the aspect
OF the solar system. Might not orbits coincide 80
to bring two planets into collision, and thus in
time cause total arrangement in the universe2
This, however. was offered merely as suggestion
to the imagination, and not as statement
80 unfortunate a .f11I pas. All variations which
would bring ruin to us are osclllatory In regard
TO the mean distances OF planets, changes are eX-
pressed in snes and cosnes OF circular arcs.
sine or cosne can never exceed the radius, so that
when it has reached that limit 1t must return TO
zero. Perhaps the accumulative perturbations are
included in cycle which extends from inflnity to
infnity and has but one period of revolution.
From MISS Blanche Wilder, OF Brooklyn, en-
ansted an ingenious argument to prove the Litter
AZURE or the Day Critical Rather than Creative"
Miss wilders method OF delivery was piquant and
a q mn 4
her arguments toward making converts 70 her way
OF thinking. She enforced her logic with iustra-
lions drawn from several OF the leading poets and
novelists of the day, more particularly Browning
and George Eliot, and referred to the fact that
every important newspaper supported AS stan OF
ises were fairly stated and the conclusions tenn
peratey, good-humoredly and naively drawn. To
Miss Wilder succeeded Miss Clara Jenette Wilson,
who took the opposite view OF the subject, and the
audience was relreshingly exercised in balancing
the two sides OF the argument. Miss Wilson began
with quoting TennysOn's verse;
How pure at heart and sound in head,
With what divine affections bold
An hours communion with the dead
But clearer and calmer should be the Judgment,
finer the ear ana purer the heart Of him who would
noises OF the age touch the keynote and pierce to
the substance OF that spiritual reality in which. as
Emerson says, the times have their root. Creation
in literature was the stamping OF self on ones
WORK, the chemical union OF the soul with the sub
dramatsts have persisted by the score II criticism
be an impartial Judging, in which mind and heart
and imagination may combine; II 1t means to enter
into the heart OF poet through his works, and
from stray hints only noted by poets eyes, to con.
struct o lofty ideal OF humanity, OF poetry and OF
truth, then IS the age critical aud also more truly
and more r0Diy creative.
Miss Mary Adams Hopson delivered a short adj
dress, In good French. on "Charles l. d'Angleterre
ct Louis xvi" She inquired into the nature OF the
political changes so disastrous to these nnfortu-
nate monarchs, and sought, with some ingenuity,
to establish parallel between portions OF the his.
tories OF the two nations over which they respect
lively rei3ned. Progress, the speaker thought, had
been made by each revolution. After the count
less number experienced BY France during seventy
two years, VINO would compare the French Repub-
lie OF to-day with that which worshipped
the Goddess OF Reason Ihe political influence
OF Uncle Toms Cabin by Miss Caroline Maria
Gerrish, was composed with considerable veli-
ness, II was manly eulogy OF Mrs. Stoves cee-
brated novel, and was characterized by generous
enthusiasm and argumentative adroitness. The
speaker concluded her cordial espousal by saying
that looked for thirty years for the North Star