The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-25
~ THE 0HADUATIN0 GLASS.
The graduating class ts as follows =

The graduating class Ia as follows:- i
James Bayard Backus, George Maxon,
ysiisy SSaans Bssjs%in, Iswrsscs 4 ssryiss -''''
sSe ' Man FI Ws1s
James taylor Hoyt Fitch James swinburne.'
Henry Webster i4sS!snes, Henry Adams waidron,
CIVIL KNcINEKRs: ia
as%:s 4Tssa He.a,y John x Esls Maxwell
James Lewis oy yr n,I Henry n Sssd Wilcox
Governor John A. DIX who Is Honorary, Chan
celor Of the University. addressed Inc graduating
below only the most Prominent points He sad:
GENTLEMEN OF THE GRADUATING CLAss:-I DO
not come before You 10 make formal address, but
for the purpose OF presenting IN the most familiar.
sS onsa er ,housu DsSSs' sSssss
which you are about to enter. 1t has often
occurred to me that there was seeming incon-
Exercises connected with the termination Of the
collegiate year, followed as Il Is by the LONGEST
on po o a nd paps i
suspended. But there IS . sense in winch this APP
plication OF the term appropriate and significant
1t should be regarded AS the real commencement
Of your literary life. ana what you have acquired
should be considered merely rs the rudiments or,
to speak nguratively, the materials with which the
foundation OF the fabric Is to be laid. fear that
1t is rarely treated and that the greater part Of
phrase is, think their literary labors ended when
the doors OF their Alma Mater are closed
apD misty y'I rememprance Of the lights Of science
which beamed on them IN their student days.
Ihs s more
are there. for instance. who after the lapse OF
fifteen or twenty years have 9 SUFFICIENT knowl-
the the Roman writer's quotations which i!,
meet in their miscellaneous reading, or
Ts0 page. Virgil Ho.cs without oG se Ws
which they were once familiar, lear the number
e wn ON
the practical business OF lite Is the waste and
abuse Of time Indeed. II may be regarded IS the
dustrial pursuits, with which society sbounds.
do not speak OF It in the sense OF the old adaae
under which It can be considered, although
In saying this ! am not, am aware, IN
also, In much higher sense knowledge, intellect
ual power and c0utentment OF spirit. There IL no
e 80 weary ana rksome Is ,nss 2, an lSer none
call ennui AZ that OF him whose mental faculties are
systematically employed. do not mean that there
Is TO be no ntermsson OF labor or application.
Quite the contrary The intellectual powers require
after protracted exercise, suspension OF effort,
extent as the corporeal. They may, by changing
the subject OF thought, obtain the relaxation
s we regard this cspoy Is
benencent endowment by Providence to enable
US to 60 ON without interruption In the pursuit
or knowledge, thus constantly advancing towards
tho divine omniscience, though forever doomed,
through the imperectlon Of our nature to approach
II at an immcasurable distances TO illustrate
what suggest: believe It to DC undeniapIe thas
when We have been. engaged In working out the
solution OF mathematical problem or IN bringing
tram OF reasoning to q logical conclusion until
we are incapable OF further effort In one direction,
We may turn to the consideration OF another sub
ject and nnd relief in the change alone. 1t IL GER
tainly SO n the new subject demands no exercise
OF the reasoning faculties put mercy n orlngs 9n-
der our cognizance ideas or iacts rom the outer
world. -
Let me give yon one caution. II you become
writer's or public speakers, never quote from
the Latin without consulting the orig.
insl author 10 not trust to any dictionary Of
| Quotations. I viii tell you my own experience.
| Some years ago, having occasion TO use Latin
I phrase and not FEELING quite sure OF II, looked
| Tor Il ia the dictionary OF Latin quotations. which
forms part OF Bohn's classical library, and 70 my
! surprise found II attributed TO wrong author
10 ovid, when Knew II was from Juvenal-al-
| thcugn the work was compiled by Cambridge
scholar and was commented by the British pub
Usher for Us accuracy The discovery OF this error
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