New-York tribune., 1874-06-22
COMMENCEMENT NOTES.

The nineteenth annual Commencement OF the
Iowa Wesleyan University, the old pioneer college Vi
Iowa. at Mt Pleasant, was ned last Wednesday. Ten
Of the Il graduates were women.
The graduating exercises of vhe Class of
1874 at Monmouth College, Monmouth Ill., took place on
| Thursday. sixty-two degrees were conferred. Tue
first honors the Bachelor OF Arts taken
by T. F,9dey and those OF tue Bac"eor OF Science
The first annual Commencement OF the Mis-
souri, School of Mines, at Roa, Mo-, held on the 18Th
nst when the degrees Of Civil Engineer and Mining
Engineer conferred after the reading Of the theses
by the graduates Addresses were made by Prof C. p
Williams the Director of the School, the Hon. Albert
Todd the Hon JOHN MOntetn, ami the Hon. Jonn C.
Phelps.
The Commencement exercises at BelOit Col
lego Wis, Will began Sunday June 49, when President
Chaplin will deliver the baceaaureate sermon. On We'd
nesday, July /. Commencement Day. the exercises will
be closed. At Lawrence University, Appleton Wis, the
baec aureae sermon Will be preached On Sunday, June
Is, by President Steele. Thursday July p viii DC Com
nieucement Day.
Commencement week at the Iowa State
University Iowa City, viii begin June rs and close July
l. The acadeInical and law examinations will DE held
on the 25th 26th and 27th inst. Gu tie 2h inst the
baccalaureate Will Also be preached, aGd the
29lh the Alumni Association will celebrate It's
sary. The Rev Isaac Esrett VIII denver the UNIVERSITY
Grafton on the 3Dth 1nst when the Commencement OF
Law Department viii also take place. Tne Acaiem
ieal Commencement will be held July !.
The Wisconsin State University Commence
ment Madison last Thursday occupied only
little than two hours time, although nineteen
young spoke. Degrees were conferred follows
Doctor OF Philosophy Prof. oseph Fickin of Mis-
souri, University; Master Of Arts on five grad
yates Of 1862 ten OF 1870, and six OF lsE; Master
Of Science three, and Engineering on one;
Bachelor Of Arts six young men and one
young lady, Miss Jennie Muzzy, wac has been
study ing classics graduation from the English
Department. three years ago. aud is tne INST lady VINO
tlal,a md rae l Ia.
gree Of A. B. The degree OF Bicneor OF Science Was
also conferred Ii young laIIes ana ~ young men,
Bachelor OF Law on 20 young men.
The exercises on Commencement Day, the 18th
lust, at Kalamazoo College, Mich, opened by tue
Alumni Association, which, among other things decided
TO raise fund to endOw Proiessorsh!p IN the college.
The OF the graduates the degrees they received
and the titles OF their orations aud essays
were as follows: Elmer L. Grlhln OF Napoleon,
Ohio Bachelor Of Science. 1.-THE Next Issue IN
Mich. Bachelor OF Science, THE Worth of Bold Imas
iuaton !" Miss ALMA L. Burr OF LowelI, b. :, west-
McEwan OF Bovine, Bachelor OF Pniiosophy, True
Charity T. H.. Brooks OF Port Huron, BIcneior OF
Arts, Constructive and Destructive Powers;" Miss
Sarah Howell OF Kalamazoo. Bachelor OF Philosophy,
Ancient Inscriptions" Several honorary degrees
also conferred
Commencement day at Madison University,
Hamilton. n. Y, Wednesday, well attended, not
whstanding the heavy that prevailed the night,
before and the drzzng rain that with the
ing The Latin salutaory was delivered by Andrew ".
Clark and the valedictory Grafton and address The
Relation Of the Scholar 10 Society" by Wm. Thomas
Henry. The other graduates, whose names fol-
lows, not all able 10 speak, the time being
shott Francis Miller Beebe. Cinton Prescott Chamber
laiu William Randall Kowlands, Thomas Marcus Blaks
lee, Jehu Patterson Applegatc, James Hoyt Beebe
George Washington Bliss, Arthur Wakefield Cadv An-
drew Nsu Buren, Crumb william Alexander Granger
Louis Jeremy Gross, Benjamin Franklin Lcipsner Ara-
ham Gray Miller Lewis Hackaliah Mllier Alfred
Charles Nichols. George Ridgwav Robbins, Archibald
Cyrus Wheston, Elisha Whitman Samuel Whitney Mich
following honorary degrees were conferred Doctor OF
Divinity the Revs. u. W. Lasher L. j. Matteson, j. Ped
die, H. A Cordo. aud J. W. Bauines. Master OF Arts
Messrs. Z. L. Lss0n, L. ii. Warriner, III. g. Hubbard
J. W. Henry, ]. NJ. Adams and A. 6. Walsh.
On Wednesday the Commencement exercises
OF Delaware College. at Newark Del, were opened Dy
addresses by the seven graduates as follows: "Optm-
ism," by Gouverneur Emerson OF Milford, Penn; Man
Initiative Being" b. A. +. Williamson OF Newark
Del; "The Newspaper Press" by w. V. Martin of Snow
Hill, Md. "science," by Thomas Lumb. lr., OF Newark
Del; "The Drama." by II. NJ. COlvin Of Baltimore
Mysteries" by Ii. W. Marshall OF Milford; college
Influences" by J. N. Houston OF New.London Penn.
Pune conferred the degree Of Bachelor of Arts on ali
the graduates. Honorary degrees conferred as
follows; Doctor OF Divinity, the Rsv George A. Phoe-
bus and the Rev. James yaiandighan Master OF Ars
John NJ. Derenderfer OF MartinsDurg. West Va. the
concluding address Of the occasion then delivered
by Vim. H. Wah. Ph. d.. Secretary OF the FraDkhn To-
stitute OF Phladelpia who gave interesting review
OF the progressive march OF SCIENCE and recountod is
early sIrusses Win pTojadce aaa SuperstiuYn; sfIer