The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-19
COLLEGE COMMANDMENTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
Annual commencement and Addresses
by the Faculty and Graduates-Advice
to the Students to Marry Quickly, by
Chancellor Crosby.
At ten O'Clock yesterday morning the Academy
OF Music was filled by vast audience OF ladies' all
attired in silken sheen, and young gentlemen
wearing flowers in their button holes. white kid
gloves on their hands and black silk academicsi
gowns over their shoulders. Some OF the gentle
men wore light purple streamers pendant from
their lett shoulders, and number had silver and
gold badges betokening the fact that they belonged
to secret societies with high sounding names.
The occasion OF this gathering was the commence
ment exercises Of the University of the City OF
YORK. This university as all New YORK schoolboys
know, Is situated In Washington square, on the
eastern side Of the pieasaunce, and has o gray
stone front and castellated appearance, with
old.fashioned windows. On the lower door Is the
chapel Of the university, also q grim looking
building or dark stone in which the students go to
prayers. the Chancellor Of this New York UNI
verstty Is the Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby, well known
in former times for his scholastic attainments but
lately become famous for his pucky defence of
wine drinking In moderate and useful quantities.
There are four departments in the university,
namely, OF CARTS" Science" "Medicinen and
LAW" In the two nrst the instruction
Is free. In Arts and Science there are
122 matriculated students this year, among
whom are four young ladies In the art
school. There are 257 students in the medi-
Cal school and 50 students in the law school, Any
student who visits billiard room or tavern will
be expelled by the faculty.
PARTERRE OF FLOWERS.
The parquet and the proscenium parquets, the
dress circles and galleries were filed at an early
hour OF the day with host Of the prettiest girls
that Manhattan could send forth to crown the
graduates with their willing smiles. Hither and
thither among these fair beings members OF the
"Zeta "Psi," "B. K" and "Phomathean" socie-
ties belonging to the university ran to and fro
in right gallant way, whispering and doing lip
service, and above all shone the miniature gardens
Of horticulture, which made the Academy bloom
like dollhouse. In some Of the proscenium boxes
II was almost impossible to see the ladies, owing to
the nOral iortifcatiOns which were planted, max
Ing curtain about their fair faces.
sALUTATORY.
At about ten O'Clock the smooth, bald head Of
Grafula appeared before the prompters drum
and at Q motion OF his wand wave Of music
s9rged through the house, the brilliant overture
music had been stilled Chancellor CROSBY, 'i in
nat cap, rose and introduced the Rev. DR.. Alex
ander r. Thompson, who offered prayer, which
was listened with respectful silence; Then the
seem 70 have any significance whatever in these
practical days, was delivered in clever way by
Mr.. Richard Ferris, OF Belleve. N. j., would have
followed with philosophical oration but owing
the Oarnv% 'D saer waiss Of 1o name
Strauss, to which succeeded young gen.
tleman named James Harris Balston,
address, entitled political degeneracy." The
young gentleman took the ground that America
admixture Of foreigners among the pure-biooded
native American citizens. He said that five years
that In that Time it was impossible for them to
become identified with the interests OF the country
IN which they lived. He was In favor OF elongatlng
the term Of citizenship, and he warned the
born young men and his feu0w-students that they
should be on the watch for any encrOachment or
ROsstni. Mr.. John Jacob Morris, Jr., delivered a
rather poetlcal dissertation on the Holy Land"
which suggested combination OF all the Christian
Mr. Charles Ripley G. Nett. Of New York, de.
livered an Grafton on the subject, "The Educating
to show how by the influence OF habit and thorough
routine every man became perfect ia his own
specially inc surgeon VINO .remoied at the sight
callous to all such sights alter their repetition;
the artisan perfected himself in mechanical
constant use. This young man received
the delicious waltz rom FaussS A1 followed we'd
as q corollary to the deluge OF floral sweetness.
The next Grafton was called ITO the frontn and
was made by Charles Cornelius Bull, OF this city.
His idea was to suggest ambitious incentive In all
human effort. He quoted history to show what In
pages. He said that we could not all expect to he
Washlngtons or Websters yet each man might he
able to equal those great men In the performance
a mr. wi
gone he said, the present is flying away, and the
future has Its expectations and Its demand upon
our energies.
AN ASSAULT ON HORACE GREELEY.
The next speaker was an exceedingly tall young
man, whose name appeared on the programme as
noble carriage, and was a blonde OF about twenty
seven years OF age. His disse rtationthat Is what
and was preceded by verdi's delicious quartet
from the "Rigoletto." He was succeeded BY
waltz written by Strauss, which as lively In It's
theory was that al sel-made men were only
ignorant gI s num1omgs, and that badly
sufcient to cover all other shorScomnrs a was
defects. To those who had even the theory OF the
scholars and pedants belonged the world. art
labors OF h1s four years. college lie and his train
Ing. He stated that the newspaper press was full
made men, who merely knew the prcc OF gold,
the state OF the money market and the price Of
provisions: Beyond this their pen d q not extend.
speakers voice was heard from the big
drum OF the prompter, following the orator word
by word and creating decidedly amusing
effect among the audience. In concluding Mr..
Beckley, waxing warm, followed up his attack by
death FAD confused the English sneaknH w wnGsc
He SAID, "And among these sefmade men was
the sefsatlsned and self-conceited III. g. mean
ing thereby Horace Greeley, who had said, Of all
horned cattle deliver me from the average college
student.,u In these extraordinary concluding re-
marks OF Mr.. Beckley the audience did not seem to
manifest any very warm enthusiasm, and there was
lull for more music, which was Afforded by the
ever c0mplaisant Grafulla The grand marshal, q
very good looking young gentleman, was every
where In the assemblage, chatting and doing the
polite TO all the ladies' and his purple rlbboned
assistants manifest great diligence In assisting
him In the pleasant duty.
SOUL AND SPIRIT.
Close upon the heels of Mr.. Beckley, who spoke
so profoundly and with such bon govt came dark
compile xioned, good-looking young fellow named
Harold Morgan Smith, whose theme was s'The
Splrit.n Mr.. Smith, who Is son OF
the Corporation Counsel dealt chiefly with