National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-25
COLUMBIAN COLLEGE.
nEpFSTISe EXERCISES OF THE
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT.

pRIzEs-CoNTEsTANTs FOR THE DAVIS
1rnA1-CANDIDATEsF FOR THE DEGREES
OFRA-PREsIDEET wELLING's Address
no THE GRADUATING CLASS.
A select and appreciatiye audience assembled
IN lincoln hall yesterday at IL O'Clock to wit
mess the ffty-second annual commencement OF
che Columbian College. The beautiful and
artistic trimmings which adorned the hall in
the rear Of the rostrum night before last on
the occasion of the preparatory department
exercises still remained, and added much to
the life and brittany Of the entertainment.
Among the distinguished persons seated on the
stage were noticed President yelling, Rev.
Drs. GRAY, Parker and Meador, Professors
Fristoe, Mason, Shute, Huntington, Kennedy,
Bremmerman, Hon. William Stickney, DR..
Brautly, of Baltimore; Messrs. Rothwel,
Fenwick, Webb and others. . 500
The following was the order of exercises:
PRAYER by DR.. Gray. Latin salutatory-frst
honor, BY Thee Ingalls, King, of Me. The
Known and the Unknown, by E. L. G. Ward,
ofN. c.. The Future Of American Literature,
by B. B. Winborne, of N. C. The Religion Of
Nature, by Thee Ingalls, King, of Ne. Science
an Act of Worship, by Jesse 81. Wilson, of D.
c. Imagination in Science, by Geo. R. Got,
of Nd. The Master of Arts Grafton, by r. D.
Locke, Of Ala. Valedictory Address-second
honor, by Jesse II. Wilson, of D. C. Address
before the Society of the Alumni, by VIM. B.
Webb, ESQ.,, of D. G. Presenting of the prize
medals of the Enosinian and Philophrenian
Societies to ]. Il. Wilson and c. E. Brown by
Prof Huntington. Awarding of prize medals
by DR.. Brantly, of Baltimore, as follows: The
first Davis prize for Observation-Disclosures In
gals King, Me-; the second Davis prize for
elocution-Jesse Il. Wilson, D. C.; the Elton
prize for Greek-Moung Edwin, Burmah; the
Staughton prize for Latin-Theo Ingalls,
King, Me-; the first Ruggles prize for Mathe-
matics-Theo Ingalls, King, Me-; the Lindsly
prize for Reading-A. Frank Gusts, D. c.;
the Young prize for Metaphysics-George r.
Gott, Md, and Jesse H. Wilson, D. C.
Presenting of special certificates and confer
ring of degrees by the president as follows: Di-
Plomas to the following graduates; George K.
Gott, of Md; Chas. H. Thompson, Of N. j.;
Jesse H. Wilson, of D. c.. Theo Ingalls, King,
of Me. Honorary degrees were conferred as
follows: Upon Prof. Simon Newcomb, Ii. D.,
Addison B. Atkins, (of Georgetown,) D. D.;
Geo. F. Adams, of Va, D. D.; and Q. P. Sewers,
N. of Arts.
Contestants for the Davis Prize Medals in
Elocution-E.L. C. Ward, Ounior class of
n. c.; B. B. Winborne, Cjunior class of N.
c.; George R. Gott, graduating class,) of
Md; Theo Ingalls, King, Graduating CLASP
of Me-; Jesse II. Wilson, graduating class,)
of D. c.
Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Let
ters-George R. Gott, of Nd.
Candidates for the Degree Of Bachelor of
Arts-Chas. H. Thompson, of N. j.; Jesse Il.
Wilson, of D. c.
Candidates forthe Degree of Master of Arts
Theo Ingalls, King, of Me-, (by examination;)
R. H. Hardness, of D. C., Tin course;) Frank
Havenner, of D. c., Tin course;) r. D. Locke,
of Ala, Gin eourse;) L. B. Wynne, Of D. e.,
Gin course.)
The other honors were awarded as follows:
Students entitled to certificates proficiency:
C. E. BrowI, A. H. W. Clum. ]. B. G. Gusts,
L. NJ. Cuthbert, D. c.; R. NJ. Dement,, Cal;
W. A. Dutton, D. c.; NJ. Edwin, Burmah; W.
B. Frisby, 3. Fuller, S. F. Gorham, T. II.
TrumbuIl, D. c.; F. White, Md; William II.
Singleton, Geo. York, D. C..
Students entitled to diplomas: A. F. Gusts,
j. G. Gusts, W. A button, D. c.; NJ. Ed
win, Burmah; G. R. Gott, Md; T. ]. King,
Me-; j. B Kinney, P. L. Phillips, P. P. Phillips,
D. c.; c. II. Thompson, Nj; I. Il. Trumbull,
F. H. Wilson, d. c.; B. B. Winborne, E. L. c.
Ward, n. C.
- After which the benediction was pronounced
BY Rev. DR.. Gray -
The addresses by VIM. B. Webb, esq.,, and
Or. yelling, when comforting the degrees, were
able and eloquent, and commanded universal
attention.
The following is the address which was de-
Ivered by President yelling to the graduating
class:
GENTLEMEN OF THE GRADUATING CLASS:
The mystic words have been spoken and, the
term Of your noIitiste ended, you are about to
the great fe1I6%Sss-iI, III Er6nf afHe0s liff fpte
DAYS Of your youth you have ever fallen asleep
under the spell of an enchanter's wand, and
dreamed that life is beauty, you are now to
wake from that regerie and find that life is
duty. And yet in forsaking the formative dis
cipline of the cloister for the harder lessons
you are to learn in the school of experience,
you are not called upon to approach the latter
with a saddened and downcast visage like that
of those who emerged from the tabled cave OF
Trophonius, but with head erect and with
heart elate you are to grid up the loins Of your
mind and take your appointed place in the
ranks, prepared to quit yourselves like men in
the battle of life. While n.putting on the
harness you are not TO boast yourselves as he
that putteth it of, you are to free your spirits
from the thraldom of q craven dependency.
In forecasting the future you are not so much
to mark the desert sands through which the
path Of your pilgrimage may lead as to fix your
eyes on the great rocks and consider the pleas
ant bowers beneath whose shadow you may
refresh your souls when overcome with the
burden and heat Of the day. IT,
If within college halls you have been mi
tiated into the mysteries Of learning and of the
liberal arts, it is that in those mysteries you
may find 8 solace as well as a support. If
under the lead of "star-eyed science" you have
learned to stray ''far as the solar walk, it is
that, mounted on her pinions, you may learn TO
soar higher than Astolpho in the verse Of
Ariosto, and emerging at intervals from the
dust and din of the Olympic contest, may
breathe at will that serene atmosphere which
is native and congenial TO the ministers and
interpreters of nature. If the fountains of
Efar fur have haeO nngealad for PniOV-
ment, tits that these waters of life may follow
you in all your course as the stream from the
smtten rock followed the Israelites in their wan
dering through the wilderness, and as you Stake
your thirst at these well-heads of old poesy
and of divine philosophy, you shall find your
souls quickened with new energy and animated
with fresh zeal, For you the waters Of Helicon
need never run dry. For you Parnassus may
ever abide as the haunt of the muses., and for
you the groves Of the Academy need never re-
fuse to spread their sheltering branches, while
beneath their shade you talk with the spirits Of
Socrates and OF Plato as men talk with fami-
liar friends; for by adoption you are citizens of
the world, and as heirs of all the ages you have
q patrimonial right to the accumulated lore of
the past generations. If for you the muse of
history has opened her we'll filled volume, it is
that from her pictured pages you may draw
the philosophy which teaches by example, and
that, tracing the footprints of God in the
SANDS OF lime, you may discern the rudlments
of that moral order which has been impressed
on the world alike for our guidance and for our
consolation.
And if scholarship has its delights / need
not remind you that scholarship has also its
solemn duties; and these duties were never so
arduous and so exigent as at the present day.
Heaven doth with US as we with torches do;
Not light them for themselves" .
The torch of learning has been placed In
your hands. Lift it high that others may
rejoice in its beams, and pass 1t on swiftly in
the race that those who receive it from your
hands may find 1t trimmed and bdrning like
the lamps of the wise and Watchful virgins.
And It is your duty not only to increase the
talents committed to your care, but to adorn
your high calling as scholars in your day and
generation. You will not forget that to the
strength and beauty of Intellectual culture you
are to add all those graces and amenities of
life which stamp their possessors as gentlemen
1t is in one and the same breath that the fore
most of the apostles adjures US to be pitiful
and to be courteous-giving pity to whom pity
is due, anG giving honor to all men. You have
read what was said Of Edmund Burke, that
one could not stand with him under the same
archway during transient shower Of rain
without perceiYing that he belonged to the
elite of humanity. In all the rude collisions
and coarse contacts of your daily life let 1t be