The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-22
COLLEGE COKMEEC 3NENTS.
A Busy Week in Prospect at the Great Seats Of
Learains-B ccalaureate ssrmons To-
Day and the Weeks Programme
The Closing Of tho
Public Schools

The commencement season at all the Institutions
OF learning In the land is now fully inaugurated,
and already the ceremonies have passed al many
OF the most famous colleges In the various States
Rutgers Female College, the New York University.
Madison University, Wisconsin University, Vest
Virginia University and other popular seats or
education have had their commandments during
the past few DAYS; but the week now opened Will
witness the commandments of some OF the most
famous colleges In the Union ana the results will
be fraught with the deepest interest to thousands
OF people, not merely OF the present time but Of
future generations
To-day the baccaaureate services or no less
than fifteen institutions will naugurate their COM
mencement exercises, as follows:- Yale College,
New Haven, Conn; Harvard College, Cambridge,
Mass; Princeton College, Princeton, n j.; Brown
University Providence, r. l.; Dartmouth College,
Hanover. N. H.; Hamilton College, Clinton, N Y.s
Wesleyan University. Middetown Conn. Pennsyl-
vana College, Gettysburg; Bates College, Lewis
ton, Me-; University OF Syracuse, New York; Mich
igan University, Ann Arbor, Mich; ST. Lawrence
University Canton, N. y; Iowa State University,
Iowa CITY; Northwestern University, Evanston,
Ind; Davidson College, Mecklenburg, N. c.; Wes-
leyan Academy. Wilbraham, Mass; Norwich Uni
versty North1ed, Vt. =
Alter these fitting proemial ceremonies the real
campaign or brains Will commence, and the week
will, indeed be a busy one, with It's long array OF
ships and bachelorsnps of arts and laws and the
stres Tor medals, and the fierce longings for the
stamps OF merit from alma mater. The pro-
grammcs of exercises prepared for the various
schools, universities, colleges and institutes are
very unique and attractive, and the number OF
graduates VIII this year be extremely large
The following Is a list Of nearly all the commence.
ments yet TO be held and the chronology OF the
MONDAY, June 23-College OF ST. Francis Xavier,
New York city.
bridge, Mass. t235thl Princeton College, Prince
ton n. J. .p2dth; Columbia College, New York
osn St. 'I lawrence st University Canton, 7.
Q7th); University at Lewisburg, Pa. (z6thl Seton
Ian College, south Orange j. @ W Msson
Academy, ,wilbraham, Mass; st. johns College.
Forahan, n. r.; Bordentown M .l Female Col
THuRsDAY, June 26-Yale College, New Haven,
Conn. u73d) Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. II.
Wesleyan University, Middletown Conn. (42dj
Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg (4lstl Michigan
Me anp 81
Iowa state University, Iowa City u3th) North
western University, Evanston, Ill dsth, David
| College, Springfield, ohio l29th) Smithson Col
lege aosanspor Ind Ind 2d hec Sas Mass
FRIDAY June T-Cornell University, Ithaca, n.
| MONDAY June 3O-Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.
| WEDNESDAY, July 2-Union College, Schenectady,
N. Y. 7sth) University, OF Rochester, NJ Y. l23d)
Marietta College, Ohio (3sth) Connecticut Liter
4 Pittsfeld
THURSDAY, July 3-Trinity College, Hartford,
| Conn. (50thl University OF Virginia, CharlOtres.
4 vile l4sth) Indiana State University Blooming
ton t45th).
| WEDNESDAY, July e-University Of Vermont Bur-
lington (a2dl Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.
| (71st.
THURSDAY. July 1o.-Amherst College, Amherst
1 Mass. (52d). aA, .
WEDNESDAY, July 1a-University OF. California,
at Oakland lsth); Massachusetts Agricultural, az
Amherst (6th). ~
The commandments of an especially local char.
acter Will be those Of Columbia College, Seton
! Hall College and St Johns College, which take
place on Wednesday; st. Francis Xavier College,
tomorrow, and the College Of the City Of New
| York on Thursday.
| The new hall OF Dartmouth Chapter, Alpha Delta
Phi fraternity, will be dedicated at nine O'Clock on
Wednesday morning, and tie following members
/ will officate wv. w. Niles, 1885, orator; Il. Il.
Smith, 1865, poet; A. H. Crosby, 1885, toast master.