New-York tribune., 1874-07-31

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WORCESTER INSTITUTE COMMENCEMENT
SCOPE AND PURPOSES OF THE INsTIrUTIoN-GRADU-
AT1yG EXERCISES OF THE CLASS OF 'H-THEsEs
READ
IFRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF Tue TRiBuNEl
WORCESTER, Mass, July 29.-This instltu-
tion Is novelty In American education III claimsIa
scope and purpose essentially like the technical schools
OF Europe but differs from the scientific schools OF TINS
country the special prominence which IL gives 10 its
practical department To the study of textbooks 1t
unites a thorough course of manual labor extending
over the space nearly three years. thus giving as the
catalogue has it, broader and brighter training than
the popular method OF learning trade, and more SIM
pie and direct than the socaed liberal education" For
Instance, student chooses the department OF mechan
zeal engineering with view TO the obtaining q knowl
edge Of the use OF tools and the management OF ma
chimes In connection with thorough course OF study,
he enters the maehneshop which Is furnished with the
best tools and machinery and there. under the eye OF
skilled practical mechanic he serves sort OF appren-
tceship with this great advantage however, that he Is
advanced as fast as his abilities warrant, no
student being kept at the drudgery OF the
shop longer than Is actually necessary for the
mastery Of the details. This system OF course
produces trained minds in connection with
trained hands The other departments, such as civil
engineering architecture chemistry. &c.. are conducted
upon the same principle Throughout the nstit'ition
visitor observes the careful combination OF the prac-
tcal with the theoretical 1t is obvious that this system
Of education meets public need. Hence IL has met
with quick favor from the community, and aithougn
nominaly county institute the school Ia fast becoming
cosmopolitan its character, already embracing among
its alumni and undergraduates representatives of about
dozen different States. The Insttute is rapidly grow
ing under the efficient management OF its Principai
Prof c. 0. Thompson gentleman well known through
out the State original thinker upon educatonai
topics. One hundred and ten pupils have been con-
nected with the three classes already graduated and
glance at the alumni register shows them TO be now en-
gagged as engineers, draughsmen journeymen &c. In
honorable and lucrative positions The present Junior
Glass numbers 5 and from rs to 100 applications for
admission are expected at the coming examinations.
The Institute founded by John Boynton III 1862 ana
has been literally endowed by the Hon. Stephen SalS-
bury the late Hon. Ichabod Washburn, ana others.
Tue commencement exercises OF tho Class of "A took
place to-day in Boynton Hail. elegant granite build
ing 1iS feet long feet wde built by the citizens OF
Worcester Sixteen theses read IN the morning as
| follows:
Wrapping Connectors, C. A. Chandler, BrdGewater
The Gifard Injector II. L. Knsey. Worcester; Found.
| aons and Foundation Beds E. ii. Lincoln. Lancaster
| in Trusses. c. F. Smith, Barre; The Steam FireEn-
| cine $. II. Leonard. West Newton; Cannon. c. a.
Strange Bangor, Me-; MInOrs Ledge Lighthouse, W.
X. Bailey, Fchburg; The Engine Lathe ". $; Locke
seIlingi The RELATION of Chemistry 20 Irahe e. n =
1
| pot, ii. II. Barnes Dudley; The Hydraulic Crane.
/ il. s. Howe, Worcester; New-York Per OF the Il ISL
River Bridge, L. r. Painter, Worcester; The HoOsic
Tunnel L. W. Cutler, Hpllist0n; Mechanical NOEaton
! II. j. Russell, Worcester.
To an unsclehc audience the efforts Of Messrs. Boyce
Wilder and Leonard appeared especially able and origi
nal AT the close Of the exercises the audience wan
| dered about the building examining the collection Of
very nely-ex drawings both freehand and me-
chanical. In the afternoon address delivered
before the friends of the school by Prof j. p Cook OF
Harvard University. The subject of the address was
"The Nobility of Knowledge" 1t was an earnest plea
for the pursuit OF knowledge for its sake deprecat
ing the custom of estimating the worth of education by
its marketable value in dollars and cents. The valedc
tory address behalf of the class by Mr. Joslin fol-
lowed responded by Prof. Thompson. who then for
may presented the class to the Trustees. The Hon.
stephen Salisbury, President Of tho BOaId. conferred
upon the members of the class diplomas in the usual
form. The audience then adjourned to witness tho
planting of class tree inaugurated by the
class OF ~ THIS evening passed very pleasantly by
the members and friends OF the Institute at the house OF
Mr. Salisbury and Thursday evening has been set apart
by for the discussion of tempting bill OF fare ut the
Bay Sfate House. which occasion the general public
is not respectfully invited 20 be present.
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, July 30.-There is a
growing attendance upon the American Institute OF
instruction at North Adams. Yesterday papers were
int nj nf tha a