, 1874-07-13
shorlin Theological Se'ninaryy77!Ho .Ap.
.prqaelipg Dedication Of ,Coup-
Gil Hall.
twentieth Annual Commencement pe n !t!! Of st.
clara .!'( Academy, .sinslnawla "
Mound, Wis.
Examination Of Pupils at St. Joseph's;
Academy, Kankakee, Ill.

OF tho 1900 young apostles Of Congregations
,alism who hive gono forth .Lenco duly grad
uatod in tho full courao OF Calynstio theology
as taught In tho ol4est Theological Seminary in
tho United States of tho thousands Of students
graduated, ungraduated, or expelled, from
Phillips Academy, since, in ITS, its founders
signed tho constitution Of ".school for tho
purpose Of inatrucling youth, not only in Englieh
ind Latin grammar, but moro especially to
loarn them tho great end and roal businosB Of
llving;" md of tho 1osta Of a1uunm whose
bluo ribbons and gilt-odgod egHay-papers hnyc
isuttarcd oxhibition-days till this, tue forty
Atxth annivorsary of Abbott Female sominary,-
Honorable names not fow " aro reckoned
among tho Subscribers to TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
in tho Northwest, and notablo representatives i'll
Chicago circles. religious, educational literary,
businosH, and social.
Now tint tho exercises Of graduation OF these
thrge institutions have boen brought together
and included within the .apaco OF the last ton
dnys Of juno aud first OF July,
"AEN1yEnsARY-wEER"
ia more than ever q phrase Of pregnant s'gniA-
cance to tho Andoyer ,student, -" Thoolog.,"
"Acadomy-Doy," or Fem.- .-sem.,'-as well ns
to the !" Profs.,' = Trusteoa, prcceptreasos, Mat
,roHs, proctors Of tho " Halls" Commons"
Clnbs," otc., OF "T1o Inutitutions," and to
the whole category of boarding -house-kooporB,
book-acllors, livcry-stablors, "butchers bakers,
and caudlcstck-makers," who gain or lose N
living in their Horyice The latter are busy foot
ing up their figures, and estimating their "iu-
cidentals " and "oxtras." 80 inoomprehonsiblo to
dobtor and 80 clear to creditor. as standing for
brokon china, boot-baclsol tilieB. knito-hacked
pLnirs, tobncco-smokcd Ceilings, robbed orch
urds. spawned horsoa ,decppitated chickons,
or, at least, inls-bospatsered carpets. koroaeue-
oiled table-coyerB, ind logs-ear diotionn1ies,-
tho accoptcd concomitants Of tho boys ''learning
the great and real .business Of living !" or tic
lnildor misdemcanors Of the grl's pencil.acrib-
bled walls croquot-worn lawns, pickle-stoalings,
and molasses:candy scrapes. The youths and
maidcns. meanwhile, arc contemplating their
drcBs-coats, white waiHtcoats, and button-holo
bouquets, or discussing the mysteries Of muslins,
11id.sllppers, and eashes, having their photo
graphs taken, filling their autqgsap!.-books md
albums, planning their programmes, ,cramming
for examinations, ransaoking laxicons, enoyclo-
pedas. .and pootcal selections, in the interests OF
salutatory and Vaiedietory, rehoarsing tho do
bAtcs and coloquicH destined to delight their
wondering parents by tleir e3tcmpora1ioous elo-
9nonco aud impromEtu ropartoo, aud thinking,
through j. oil, that this is, -
''AfrrEn ALL, Il PRETTY GOOD rIAcE,"--
tnb OH to"n tnoy are 20 SOON 20 loave, as they
pnshoticaily repeat, forever" aud which thoy
lave-by the boys "oursod" and the girls
" horrid "-so often malienel aa old-fogyish,
dull, prison aud penitontiary. How fail and
smiling now seems tho face Of Alma Mater, TINT,
inthe light Of scanty rasious, ndpoa-cofree, aud
strict discipline, looked orst 10 grim aud
tcowling.
The theological student--wllo used, in dignity,
TO look on from afar ut the inyenllitica Of tile
yo,tnglings and, in sorono rehabilitation con-
rust their crudltics md aentimouta!iBnls, mud
bolnbast, with the profound philosophy correct
logic, and chaste rhetoric which himHetf moau-
while waB apoattnK to the babbliuSs Of Shaw
tho solitudoA Of SUNSET l.ocl. IN anticipatlon of
tho August days wien ho should (ec}nim them
% tho soa Of, upturltd facos In Old south'a
honorod walls-has now come down from tho
his mite Of Thought at the same feast. although
not until tho ''last great day" thereof. Tie
Phillips Academy anniversaries occurred juno
10 to %, incluaivo ;'the Abbott Academy. Juno
~ ~ 70 in|! laiy the Theological Seminary June 29
OF ALL TIE "rERrEor pAys"
which, Air. Lowell tells uH, "come in June"
qs.s none WINS ever, scn. as it seemed te .'so
have broken over Alslorer iiill in this Anniver-
Eary-Wcck Of III. Tho lawns mover could haye
looked groonor, or the elu-archos moro minister
aud cathedral likc tho shies never could layo
,ccn bluer or tho orioles suug sweeter; tho
,eighboring hills mover could have shown fairor m
Ind more 'smilingly picturesque. dotted with
ttacks OF now.mown hay aud their omhoHsing
'olingo; the distant mountains never could have
iftod grandor outlines Oh tho horizon tho sun
iet.skioa neyor been more gorgeouay suggestive
of tho "Gatos A. jar" to tho Imagination which
ans drawn ita inspiration from those scenes
The neutrality-suspicious. never more Holcmuy in
IF isTho still Hour Which hau made mado the i nan.o
Vt Prof. Austin Phelps gu much household
word In Audoyer homes as TINT Of the populur
Ruthoress. his daughter, Elizauoth Stuart.
Que who has heou abseut even for q few years
from Andover anniversaries
MARIE MANY CHANGES,
What must DO the memories attrrcd In tho
minds Of thoso whito-lairoa representatives Of
former gendrat1ous, some OF whom still drng
their trembling @ stops to tho sime-houoraJ fcsti-
y4l! Within the remembrance of Iii III middle
lie, the frescoed aud llower-adur,ed church was
tho great. ul,eouth, blink, and bare " moeting-
d,ud ai.l Aung " Psalms Of "Watts'' Select" by
the ''p:,ieh.choirr;" instead Of Prof. Chur-
cAll's inconnlpnrable elocutiouary training,
we hsd tho nassl twaag and d,ono
a oHe s s1onGs IN sco 81 S''1as0i as utsssa pGsss
quick, kcetf, crit'sng elindliro1ent, and per-
chance sioptical audience Of to-day, intellect
sharponoti by periodical aud daily preHs, was tho
halr-aplttting, dogma -worshiping, though vital
prnrerful und piouH congregation OF tic faithful
sll lefersilg respectfully to Systematic Theology
mud tho oxpoundera theroof
It must Aayo seemed to some of the Elders
in Israel an innovation Indicative OF tho deune,
II NOT TUE 1CuADuD-pErARTuAE,
of the former glory, when tue 'llouso OF Got i"
echocd to .'applauso," aud That Of Tho doctriney
Of the Unitarian 4. !. Peabody. Of helct!eal
Cambridge by men who hnye '..shubscribeu >.
eolemn declaration Of their faith" in the doc
trneH OF tho Gospel as "sllmmarlly cxplehsel In
,lle Westminster AasoMb!y's ellortor oato-
chism." and ''to mantyM and inculcato the
Christian faith - thus OIL :.rsea, ;, jn
opposition, not only to Atlss,sts and lnhdels
but to Jews, hloAu1llnedAlH, .Arla''s, l'oagiAnn,
Antinomisus Atnliulans souinians, unItarians
mud Unlyersaists, and to I'LL otllor 'hororics and
errors, anciont ormolern, which may bo opposed
to the Gospel Of Christ or hazardous to tho
soniB Of 1nan."
What better return could Chicago make for
ita obligations to A.nloyer than to Aonl mis-
sonary to thus degenerate nothor, alll try II tho
youthful zeal which met with such discourage
Ilouts in itH laboEn With Prof. Swing and Patterson
would 1iul itH arlor tamponed BY the obdllracy
Of tle Iley. .Profs. EdW artls A, Park, John L.
Taylot, ri; Austin plslps:. Egbert g, smyth. r,
paEal!olaa tho esQAsalk1tca erlInp lQt preaching