National Republican., 1873-06-26
Commencement Exercise. Yestcrday-Tsc
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The annual commencement exercises Of 20.
lumbian College took place yesterday Of Lincoln
hall, In the presence Of one Of tho most cultl-
waited audiences that Washington can produce.
The hall was nlled TO over1owing.
Upon the stage were President WelllnR, sam
peI dyler ~, D.; Judge Bolie, Rsas Rev
Cuthbert, Ingersoll, Parker, Brady, OF Balti-
more; Professors Mason, Fristoe, Bremmerman,
Mason, principal Of the preparatory department men
zens, President welnR introduced the Rev.
DR.. bradley, OF Baltimore, who invoked the
divine blessing 10 rest upon the future. as II had
Amer the delicious strains Of Donch's band
had subsidized, llartwell Edwards, Of South Caro-
lima, was introduced and delivered the Latin
salutatoty. Benjamin white, Of Maryland, next
delivered the E0gllsh salutatoryi then came an
address by Jesse II. Wilson, Of the District Of
Columbia, entitled the Conquest Of the Riglfe'
Language" BY Theodore j. King, Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, followed, and was well re-
ceIyed.
Armenian orntory," by 4. l.. c. Ward, Of
quently delivered. "The ModIncailon OF Ma
tional Character" by Z. Frank Rowe, nf the DIS
trict Of Columbia, displayed considerable insight
y Views AN IN he Realms Of Reason" followed next,
ater which the Drapery OF Reality" by II. c.
Fuller, OF Illinois, was delivered. Then came
GOD In the Little" by Edsard u, May, OF the
District Of Columbia, which called forth good
"The Limits Of Human Thought Master Of
Arts Grafton, was delivered by X. ". Gull, Of the
District Of Columbia, and waa an able address.
The yaledictory was delivered by J. II. Cuth.
bert, with much feeling.
Candidate for the degree Of Bachelor Of Let
ters-Henry e. Fuller, OF llllrois.
science-Arthur l.. Green, Richard Hamilton,
Edwin u. Hay, and Z. Frank Rowe, Of the DIS
Candidates ioT the degree Of Bachelor Of Arts
james u. Cuthbert, jr., and Benjamin White,
| u the District Of Columbia.
Candidate for the degree Of Master Of Arts
]. Hartwell Edwards, OF South Carolina.
Students entitled TO certificates Of proficiency
p. Il. Besscy, EngllSn; J. B, q. Curtis, Latin,
mathematics; W. A. Dutton, French; $. W. Keen,
science; sT Page Page nnSarn, GSees, LATIN. % T %sShe.
| mates; Benz. Miller, IL, French, mathematics,
| natural science; ". II. singleton, mathematics;
SarIs ri mSo GScss 1 I..ln Of 'P Pa; RapS "a u 6emsn,
naturGl science, OF CAL; Moung ElwIn, Greek,
Latin, mathematics, Burmah; Goo. II. .Gott,
latin, natural science, Of Nd; WIN. johnson,
English, OF W. Va; q. A. Thompson, natural
science, ofN. j.; D. d. winbornc, natural science,
Of N. G.
Students entitled to dlplomas-J. II. Cuthbert,
IT,, English, Greek, Latin, natural sclnce, phllos-
Uphy; A. L. Green, English, mathematics,
natural science, philosophy: X. Hamilton, Bng.
llsh, mathematics, natural science, philosophy;
4. II. Hay, English, mathematics, philosophy;
5. W. Keen, English; Theo. !. King modern
Phillips, modern languages; G. 7. Rowe, English,
mathematics, natural science, philosophy;,J J. 4.
Wilson, modern languages, OF ID. G; J. IL.
Edwards, English, Greek, Latin, mathematics,
philosophy, OF s. O.; II. Z. Fuller English, Greek,
Latin, philosophy, q Ill.; Geo, i. Cot, modern
philosophy, Of Nd; VIM. johnson, mathematics,
laturN science, Of W. Va; Z. A. Thompson,
mathematics, natural science. of n. j.: 4. L. G.
Ward, modern languages, OF ". q.
COsFERRING oF the DEGREEs.
The honorary degree OF Doctor OF Laws was
conferred upon the following gentlemen: The
4 the diocese Of Marylind and the District 81
Columbia; John c. Kennedy, esq, Of Washing
ION, ID. G.; the Hon. VIM. A. Richardson, secre-
Inc honorary degree Of Doctor OF Divinity was
Virginia.
Inc honorary degree Of Master Of Arts was
ginlA.
IL was announced by President welllng that a
past-graduate course Of Instruction In legal prac-
lice had been established by the corporation OF
Charles G. Mott associate judge Of the United
states Court OF CLAIMS, had been appointed to
tho new prOfessorship thus created.
Upon the conclusion Of the addresses the
Davis prize medals In elooutlon were awarded
~ Rev. Dr.. Tiffany, Of the Metropolitan N. L.
church, TO Messrs; I; 2. Hay, OF the District OF
Columbia, and j. ii. EDWARDS, OF South Carolina.
DR. wklIINGs ADDRESS
The following Is Dc. WallIHys address to the
graduating class, which concluded the exercises
PRESIDENT wELLfN0s ADDRESS.
GENTLEMEN on TnE GRADUATING CLASS: A few
more words that make US linger under the
shadows OF the academic clotster, and We shall
old y9S GOD speed r asw send sen you forth to
the dew Of your youth Is still fresh upon you,
| the age In which your lot has been cast Is one
that summons you At the very threshold of &C.
i've life 10 girl up the lOlns Of your mind and "a
quit you like men. When you review the meas.
1red lists In which, for many year, with better
late than that Of Hyaculthus IN the classic lie.
gend, you have thrown the discus with Apollo,
and contrast the gymnastic OF the schools with
The tug OF war which awaits you In yondeT
Valley OF Decision, well may you exclaim, with
he Hebrew seer, at In the land OF peace,
wherein we trusted, they wearied Us, then how
vii we do In the swelling Of Jordan1n II in
searching for truth In the groves OF the academy
sIa nIye nS,6anssI s ,s mSatned, S rn me on
hidden at the bottom OF well, how much more
BorelJ shall your faith and patience be tried by
those great problems Of practical duty with
which you must now grapple as you shall trans
late, not PatOis Greek into MlltOn's speech, but
the thoughts OF your soul into the action OF your
This day you ioIn the public brotherhood n,
scholars. It has been said that "the priesthood
Il learning Ia the only surviving caste Of modern
ines" All other NOBILITY survives more In
,Ame than In power, and lt is certain that II you
ave purchased 10 yourselves any good degree
n the mysterieA Of this high priesthood, you
ave also assumed the VOWS Of a pTe-emlnenI
service In the cause OF God and humanity. And
adds TO your responsibilities that you are
;alled TO take these VOWS In day of intellectual
Sddlness and revolt, when many run to and frC
throughout the land, crying, so! here" and
there as they give heed TO seduclng
lie are who will tell you that a special
mi ,ery has fallen on the men OF our times; thai
fAl n has grown bankrupt, and that positive
science has been left TO administer on her estate
and take an inventory OF her assets; that the old
ideals OF manhood no longer nurse brood Ol
nerves; that doubt has stOrmed In upon the soul.
OF men through every nook and Granny until
tbs present age, As 1t stands shiyeTing between
the old creeds unreAlized and the new creed,
unconnned, may be llkened to another Hamlet
as shakespeare has drawn hlm-"Born to duties
greater than It can perform, and haunted by
thoughts which perpek and oVerpoweT IT,"
Let none OF these complalnlngs move you
There Is no temptation likely TO befal you which
has not befallen the saints and sages who lived
before you. think It not strange concerning
the neTy trial which is 10 Try you, as though
some strange thing happened unto you" ek.
claimed st. Peter, As he stood In the Imminent
deadly breach Of the battle that was opening on
hts day between Christianity and heathenism
That was trying time when 81. Augustine, as
he surveyed the wide wreck OF the Roman EN-.
pire, was called TO Justify the ways OF eternal
providence amid the desolatlons OF returning
oarbarism In Europe, when all the flowers OF cui.
ture and art had been laid low under the relent.
less scythes OF the Goth and yandal. Mems
nearts failed them for fear OF the things that
were TO come on the earth when the feudal
uuutT tnt tuTOeb hnu tOuA
which preceded the birth OF new social order.
And yet In these valleys OF AchoI door OF hope
was opened for all time to the coming genera
tons OF men.
You have so learned the philosophy OF history
as TO draw from Il lessons Of comfort and not Of
despair. Eyery age Is called 10 light Its own
life battle, and you have been clothed with the
panoply OF the schools that you may enter the
combat with weapons OF more ethereal mould
aud celestial temper than ever were welded by
knight or paladln In the days OF old romance
You are, indeed, TO ~ owe all things, but in doing
20, be sure that you hold fast what is good. The
truth which has been weighed in the balances OF
for the eternal years. The fine gold on which
the blessed and only pOtentate has stamped His
image aud superscnptiOn, you may not sell to
Oe melted down and coined anew by any pre-
lender 10 Ills throne, whether the pretender
come In the name OF a new philosophy, falsely
socaned, or CLOAK himself IN the cutoff gar
ments OF the old GnosticisIn.
Think not that In thus warning you against
the arrogant sClollsm OF our times, would have
you do dishOn0r 10 the genius Of the age In which
you live. The present time shall seem to you
the best time that has ever dawned on the world,
II only you can rightly divide Its good from Us
evil. To deaplse anu Teylle our age Is to commit
human history, and who appoints to US the
bounds OF our habitatibn. nut do not for any
mess OF pottage sell your blrthTight In that great
patlmony OF the past ages, Into the possession
OF which, as scholars, as thinkers, and as Chris
uans, you are permitted TO enter. Let others, II
by the blood Of martyrs and rear crumbling altars
TO some Protean god OF modern discovery. Let
others, II they Will, seal up their breasts at the
blddlnK OF n lOW.browcd mateTlallsm, those
springs OF thought and feeling which start from
"9Od, who Is our hOme,n Tue beautiful In liter.
All aaha IN r.