The New York herald., 1875-07-01
SETON HALL COLLEGE.
OPEN AIR ExERcIsEs-ADDREss By BISHOP

OPEN AIR EXERCIsES-ADDRESs BY BISHOP
CoRRIGAN.
The nineteenth annual Commencement OF Seton
Hall College, st South Orange, New Jersey, took
place yesterday. To state that on delightful
summer day the college grounds were mantled In
green, with o beautiful lawn stretching out In
front OF the building, and oversnadowed by the
thick foliage or the trees, Afforded a retreat
rarely enjoyed, would be to repeat an
Old story. The DAY was too warm to
make the exercises comfortable Within the
building. tent was accordingly erected
before the main entrance and thus sheltered from
the sun the friends OF the graduates and students
Witnessed the proceedings On the platform were
the Right Rev. Bishop Corrigan, Rev. James H..
Corrgan, Rev. George W. Corrigan. Very Rev. G.
II. Doane V. c.; Very Rev. DR.. Brann, Washing
ton Heights; Rev. Fathers Marechal and Frede-
rici, 8. j.; Very Rev. Mgr. Seton, Prothonotary
Apostolic; Rev. Thomas M. Kileen, Rev. Charles
A. Reilly, Rev. Joseph f. Dalton, Rev. Pierce Nc
Cartuy, Rev. +. McGovern Rev. J. =. Smytn, Rev.
Thomas J. rooney, Rev. j. p. Norris, Rev. Eugene
Cassidy. Brooklyn; Rev. L. A. schneider, Rev. S.
J. Walsh, Rev. Walter Fleming, Rev. NJ. L. Kane,
Rev. J. Borgheae, Rev. Edward Corcoran, Brook
lyn, and several other clcfyymen.
The programme was admirable in one respect.
and ior tue comfort OF the assemblase the prece-
dent Is worthy OF imitation-lt was brief Mr..
Jonn Joseph Murphy discoursed ON "The Source
OF Human Elevation:' Mr.. Charles Edward
McNeey on ''Arbltration and War;, Mr.. Henry
Joseph Lamarcho on principles in Life" and
Mr. Joseph Henry, on ssFhe Sphere OF Civil Gov
ernmenLn The essays were very credllable, es-
pecaly the first. The following degrees were
conferred
BAcnELoR or sclnseK-Cnarles Edward McNeely;
BACHELOR OF ARrs-Lawrence Cornelius Carroll James
Devine, Michael Doand Joseph Henry hi uenry Jo-
seph Lamarche Martin Mulvcy, John Jose OH Murphy
MASTER or AnTs~charles lhomss Beck, Luke John
Mulvany, James Augustine McFaul, Maurice Peter
O'Connor, william Farrell O'Connor, John Joseph
OConnor
+, The Hamilton.Ahern gold medal for good con-
duct was conferred on John 4. Qulnlan, and the
silver medals by the same donors John V. La
marche, George DOugherty and Francis O. Hut
ton Tne Seton prize Tor Christian doctrine was
awarded to John +. Kerr; the Preston prize lOr
Tor philosophy 10 Charles L. McNeely the Logic
prize to Howard Q. Clagett; the Anderson prize
Ior Latin TO Charles Il. LIE Barber; the Bayley
prize Tor Greek also to Mr.. LIE Barber; the Pro-
lessors prize to Charles 4. McNeely; the Bruner
prize Tor history TO Messrs. LIE Barber and James
F. McNeey; the Crlmmins prize, Isaac
p. CALDWELL; the prize for mathema tics,
Charles A. McFadden and Charles L. lie Barber
the Byrne I rlze, Isaac p Caldwell; the Bossler
pr re. Rudolph Pnil1ppi the prize Tor Bible his :
ship, Leonard OWES Adolio Hernandez; and the
silver medal for drawing, Raphael Arozarena.
Three brotnerS named Scully, or South Amboy,
carried OF load Of prizes and we're loudly ap-
piauded.
visitation IN the college, during the year. There
were Iour weeks uf excruclating agony ana yet
only one death was the result THIS was most re-
markable, as the physicians declared tnat In such
cases the mortality was one In Ten. Thirty stu
gents were attacked with the fever He also
stated that during the year Arch oishop Bayley mad
established burse OF $1,000 ior o student IN the
eccleslasrical seminary.