New-York tribune., 1873-06-26

lectures upon them, which when read are discussed by
the class, and supplemental lecture by the professor
roows the correction Of any into which the
students may have falleE.
! The need OF vassar OF all colleges for women. s
scholarships Mr. vassar gave s5OOOO for this purpose,
and Mr. AlansOn j. Fox contributed ~ 0OD more, which
provide for tho training indigent students
selected FOR their superior promise II Is s hoped BY
the trustees OF the institution that wealthy OF
country coming TO know the great advantages OF
the college. and the State ven will endow scholar
ships here instead OF in those for young only but
thus Tar there been aid from either Mr..
Fox indeed tho only person who has aided Mr. Vassar
in this way aud he has somew what impaired the value OF
his Gift ~ making It condition that preference shall
be given the INDECENT daughters Baptist clergymen
Commencement week this year at vassar began on
Sunday afternoon, juno o. with the Baccaaureate Ser
the Theory OF Evolution" BY President Ray
mond. On Monday evening soiree Musicale given,
under the direction OF F. L. Ritter OF New York the
Musical Professor Of the college The programme was
more entertaining chan usual from the fact that the
music lighter and more varied and therefore better
calculated TO please promiscuous audience The pleas
derived would have been still greater had the pro
gramme, which embraced vocal and Instrumental seIec
tions from Liszt Guck Meyerbeer. and Mendelssohn
contained few simple English ballads
At 10 a. m. on Tuesday the Board OF Trustees held
their annual meeting, when Bishop Huntington Of the
Diocese OF Syracuse, Howard Crosby, and R. j. White
elected trustees. An appropriation Of 5000 was
made for the purchase Of a collection OF photographs
illustrating the history OF painting sculpture, and
architecture from earliest times the present gen.
tleman OF POughkeepsie-Mr WinslOw, l understand
has given another thousand dollars FOR the purpose
These phOtOgr phs be selected by Prof Lubke OF
Stuttgart, Germany. and Will be under tho charge OF
Prof Van Inger the resident Professor OF Drawing and
Painting.
An overlooking house greeted the students at their
classday exercises Tuesday afternoon. Miss Helen
c. Hiscock the President and Vaedctorian OF
the class presided The occasion with great grace,
dignity, selfpossession. Miss Lucy F. COrss OF
Nantucket, Mass the OF the day, welcomed the
guests ia a graceful, cordial manner She wished the
audience TO feel in perfect sympathy with the class
"We do not regulate mind 20 your pleasure but ask
you govern mood and thought by ours" Then con-
tinung a very artless way Miss Corss made brief
and amusing paraphrase OF the programme, which
everybody had been studying Notwithstanding her
evident timdlty before audience, ths young lady
has very peculiar tastes which disprove her tmidty
for il understood her favorte pet young alligator
for which she has displayed singular fondness Then
followed an interesting history OF the class, by Miss
Adelaide skcel OF Newburgh, " Y the class poem, by
Miss NJ. G.. Townsend. West Chester Penn; the
prophecy by Miss Ella Weed Of Newburgh, ". Y.
Then the guests ushered from the chapel 20 the
grounds witness the ceremony OF the presentation TO
Class Of the spade-the very spade-used By
Matthew Vassar laying the foundation OF the COLLEGE
Miss Sarah s. Dana Of Johnsbury w. delivered the
Senior charge, and Miss Marvin replied on the part OF
the Juniors. The exercises were euiryened By music
from Grafua's Seventh Regiment band.sTn the even
ing, the annual address before the Pholehean Society
was delivered bY Miss whitney OF the class OF '6s.
The regular Commencement exercises took place at
1880 a. N. yesterday morning. On the platform were
the Rev DR.. Bellows DAVID Dudley Field, Benson j.
Losing, Mss Mary Carpenter the prison reformer and
others including Mrs WilbOur and large delegation
from sorosis, special guests OF Prof Maria Mitchell
The attendance was larger than before and the
chapel could not hold many guests The cass this
year very sensbly decided not 70 wear the Inevitable
white dress but as a matter OF economy well as or
taste, appeared in their ordinary costumes.
Fortysix young candidates for the Bacca
laureate degree TIE largest class ever graduated Their
names follows:
CANDIDATES FOR THE BAccVAURFArE DEGREE.
Elizabeth owen Abbot, Providence, x. l.
Isabel Angel FOrCstvlle.
Abbie Anna Bartlett, Gardiner, Ne.
Jenny HObrOok Beach, New-YOrk.
julia Esther Bell Greenweh Com. -,
EhaabotS haRS asTins Hale reSeT @ spu tocLbrd Mass
julia E.ecta Chaplin, East Bloomfield.
Alice Maurice Ch1mar, Trenton, n. j.
Lucy Foster Corliss, Gloucester, Mass.
sarah sophia Dana, st. Johnsbury, VI
Ida Jane Duck, Salem, Ohio
Frances Eloise Durand, Racine. Wis.
Caroline Maria Gerrish Portland, Ne.
Emily Call CIR. ffitn Brooklyn.
Helen COrnelia Hiscock, Syracuse
Mary Adams HopsOn Bridgeport Conn.
Elizabeth Goodridge Houghton Boston Mas.
Grace Bavey Jewett, POughkeepsIe.
C0rnela Knowles, bridgeport, Conn.
Frances lhIlsylna la<SeIt, II @ @Leage1worth' Kan
Marie Antoinette Marcher, fremont
Mary Monroe, Toledo, Ohio.
Fe Icia Ellis Moore, Catettsburg, Ky.
Merrilla Tuttle Morss. Woodbourpe.
Harriet Noble, Vincennes Ind.
Mary Eva Perry Rockford H.
Anna Redheld Phelps Syracuse.
Auce Reeve Randall, Port Jefferson.
Mary CarringtOn Raymond POughkeepsle
Ade aide Skee, Newburgh.
MIRA Ameda Smith, Minneapolis, MINI.
Fima Doremus Swift, Poughkeepse.
Harriet Knowles swinburne, Newport. I.
Virginia shields swnb4rne, Newport, r. l.
harposa Taylor New-York.
Sarah IAlla Thomas, Hastings.
Marguerite Gibbons Townsend, West Chester. Penn
CHARLOTTE Esther Drumm3nd Walker Trenton, ". J.
Froe!ove Emma Waller seneca Falls.
Fila Weed, NeyBurgh.
ZeiInda lydia Welc6, New Haven, Conn.
ABbIe sophia White, Brooklyn.
Al.une Stearls whitney, Waltham, Mass.
RIaorhe wilder. BROOKLYN
Clara Jenette Wilson, Rock Island, III.
The following is the programme OF the Commence
rsent exercises;
organ Volun+arv Prayer. CRATIC salutatoria, Elma
Doremus swift, Poughkeepsie. Thomas Arnold as
Fiucator Anna Rsddeld Phelps, Syracuse. Lfe IN the
tbe Ffth syrnphouy Beethoven. Misses Hopson, Perry,
Lggat qat Taea The Theory o., o. PerTgroaons Tl
tire of the day Critical rather than Creative, Blanche
wilder Brooklyn. The Literature of the day Creative
rather than Critical Clara Jenette Wilson, Rock Island
IN Arr with Verdurc Clad" HAYDN. Mss Chumar.
charles l. D'Angeterre 20 Louis XVI, Mary Adams
Hrpson. bridgeport, Conn. Historical Fiction, Kate
Mussey Lnpton Cincinnati, 0ho. The Political Infu-
ence Of Uncle Toms CABIN" Caroline Maria Gerrish
portIand Me ValedctOry Helen COrnclia HiscOck,
syracuse scherZO nat minor, Chopin, Mlss Wilson.
The Conferring OF De- grees Doxology.
Among these the most noticeable oratiOns was one on
'The Theory OF Perurbatops' bv Miss E. II. Brewer
niece OF David Dudley Field; The Literature OF the
Critical rather than Creatverthe finest written essay
on the whoe-by Miss Blanche Wilder OF Brooklyn and
aTbe Political Influence of Uncle Toms Cabin" by