The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-24

oaI chemist and the theoretical chem.
the latter "a philosopher rhe one lived 10
world OF PHYSICAL iacts, the other Is ony y uisea
In quick succs -sion the dlnerent changes winch
succeeding theories hau wrought In the science
until she arrived Al ths automatic theory OF to-
day. which, though nrst opposed, Is now ac-
epted. she very justly claimed that TINS
theory had orldged the chasm between mineral
cnenIlsJs were mere anaIsts, ana that new
ones had raised syntnesis TO science, ne closed
with an appeal for imagination Ia these words:-
'Let not INA 1ination IN science De despised-l do
not mean unDrdisd Imagination, out imagination
governed by conservative Judgment lt na1
done much for science lately and will shortly 40
m0re.n
BeethOyen's symphony IN minor by the Misses
LoreIu, Hoister, Pease and chamberlain, Miss
Vaticantsmus Isl etn Fetnd des fortscatts una der
FTelhetLi iQhe influence OF the vatican an enemy
TO progress and lreedom.l
ESSAY.
Her essay was German In It's thought rs wen ~
speech she spoke IN glowing terms OF the dls-
sentng German bishops, sneered at the p!gr ms
20 La salle,te, ana aired MANY thread
bare objection TO the vatican a11r,ra inqu-
however howe in the effort To- stamp MISS
Kellogg as person OF no mean ability; dad sue
might nave Tiled the pages OF ner effort; Dut nav
ing depended on others ior her IDIOT hot
Nation. her arguments lost force 1.-The, they
Miss Kate Louise Maltby next faced the audience
TO prove that the sciences were superior to the
opened with the Assertion that art appeals to
MANS senses and accomp lishes no result; that
science adds utility TO beauty and promotes mans
COMFORT ''wnat results Of art" she asks, (which
be compared with the results OF the tele-
graph the steam press AMI locomotive r. again,
and the telegraph greater than the
chlsef After many more such cogent aIsamenA
IN favor OF ner proposition, she took her seat to
make room for MISS Kate McBain whose aim 1t
was to prove that the ne arts are superior TO the
influence
In science said the ialr debdier, one century
laughs at another and all through the chain OF
years theory explodes theory. The opinion winch
science holds OF art has been told to Us. Does Its
narrator, deeply versed In science, remember the
time wnen men thought that the sun made dur
nal trip around the world III SO she may also
know that that opinion did not in the least way
AFFECT the sun. Nor does sciences opinion OF art
after art whit little; it Is what IL always has
BEEN an educator o men. The great achieve
havs oeen brought ABOUT by few men VINO now
stand On The hilltop OF lame, while around the
base pam ting and unsatlshed thousands have gath
cred. "Gaze,n SAID Miss McBain. ION the emf
nence occupied by great artists" see the
thousands drinking In gadness and inspira-
OF bush and cnloell Hear the responsive
tnroo OF million hearts to the melody Of the
musician They say n, arts are sensuous and
idte, but tne absurdity OF toe assertion is
evident In art every mental faculty is called
into play. LIE. me ask tae fair champion
OF science-Did civilization only begin When
science began 70 tnunderS Is not
ana hal opened channels OF sympathy between
narlons Can the chemist make a perfect being
tive ms moral ''DS Vita TINS
v0lley OF interrogation she closed, and
Theory OF Reform" Miss Kate Roberts. VINO
came next, had two great men TO deal with.
Aaasslz and Darwin. sue louna In the early sur
ent oinons The first being the desceudant
or six generations OF clergymen, he had too much
the beaten track. The other was early
taught Independence, ano 30 when quite
young beiag OF Philosophical turn ol
mind, ne began reas IN for himself and express
the results OF such reasoning. To sum up MISS
Roberts opinions OF botn men 1t may be said that
she thinks Agassiz was TOO respectful OF prece-
cent, wniie her chief objection to Darwin Is 70 Dc
found IN the menagerie.
Inc last address on the programme was the
'valedictoryn delivered by Mss Florence Clinton
Perkins, which hss been snoken OF above.
Alter piano solo oy Miss McBaIn the following
young ladies' received oaccalaureate degrees
THE GRADUATES
THE GRADUATES.
Mamie Alston, Chllncotne, Ohio; Susannah
U1ase Barton, @nsooro; Margaret Wyne Ben.
Mary Frances Buiinqton, Ktttanning Pa.
Emma Julia chamberlain, New YORK; En-
SI As9S.,a c oamou
Lucia Haskell Conner Fairfield, Me-; Ada
Bertha Cnmnngs. Maplewood Mass; Annis
cry, Mansfield onto Adelaide Eliza Foster, Port
land Ne; Jennie AUGUSTA Gouds, NewburR; Alice
LYDIA Granarn, Canton, I'LL. kmma Bilwel Hollis
ter. Cincinnati, OHIO; sara Jane Kelley, wo.
burn. Mass; Lucy Wright Kellogg, WATERBURY,.
ford Fonraine Loverln, Galveston, Texas
Alice Hetue LowTie, Fort WAYNE, Ind. Katharine
Tlchenor LYMAN, Montreal Can: lrret Eliza
betn LYON. Essex; Kate McBaln, Toledo, ohio;
Kate Louise Matby, Waterbury, Conn; Mary Will
kInson Mlllard, North Adams, Mass. Alice Maud
Mi cnell Dubuque, Iowa; Julia Maria Pease,
Austin, Texas; Florence Clinton Perkins,
Coo gerstown: Lillian Eliza Prudden, New
Haven, G nn.: Emma Adeia Rice Buffalo;
Kate Roberts. Boston. Mass !: Elizabeth Dorothy
SAVAGE Brooklyn; Lucy sellers, West Phllaiel
phIa. Pa. Annie Ju son Shepard, BrooKlyn Nancy
Warner skinner, Hulyoke, Mass; Frances Cod
smith Swift. POUCH seepsie; Sarah whiting Tai
colt, west Hartford, conn; Eva March Tappan,
Providence, r. l.; Mary Barter TAYLOR. Mont
clair NJ j.. Florenca Curry Wheat, Leaven-
worth, Kan. CorneIia Florence White, Walton.
President RaFmo I'd. after c0nferring the de-
grees said lew words OF encouragc ment to the
girls and concluded oy ordering all to join In th3
'Doxoosy,n which concluded the exercises