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THE UNIVERSITY or VERMONT
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.

COMMENtEMENI EAEttiNIIo'
TIE BACCALAUR sATE SERMON MINOR EXERCISES
TIE GRADUATING CLASS.
TFnOM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE Tribune
BURLINGTON, VT, July 1.-THE scvcnth-hiSt
Commencement exercises OF the University of Vermont
and STATE Agricultural College were held this week
President Buckham delivered the baccalaurcat sermon
on Sunday In the OF hs Sermon he addressed tue
Graduating Glass as follows
fthe question should arise in your minds whether
religion were Que thing to the educated ana another 10
the uncducatcd whether Christianity IKE some ~ ihe
ancient religions had its 0XO;cc ana llS cspcic doc
dishonciabe to Christianity ana to its author. You
would clearly thu? mans religious toidlloh Is lu
condition of his conscience BIS affections ana ms WI oI
his spiritual nature and not of his intellect Ana yet one
the suhes temptations that beset higy educated
on that they are entitled TO religion o different
order from that which is adapted TO al Inferior class 81
presentations but IN character AMI su5,; '". such men
often havo the fc1ne-though q. may not
is good enough for the people ii Is not 900
enough, not intellectual not rccol;de enough S ~
same temptation is the idea that nicccIunl mans
religion consists mainly in sl'ns doubts s Il, eY VI
that old or new scrine thsta scholar il bound not to
m Inc has gone 10 the top and bottom OF the whole sub
jcct OF religion and made bis way clear rom inc Oeg-
ming to the end OF the religious fe Ley me earnestly
Here, al the threshold OF your career, which l
trust WIN Dc @ a", Sat an Ncrr IA speo re-
iision somewhere waiting for your discovery or nven-
mon Christianity TIL yon have found that. There ia no
such tGng tho scholars reiigen IL there were, my
XaIne yenr sous health and safty Il anybody invites
Won into this that church che intellectual church
una cha, se ' to O ses nS the HOS Csoo church Which
is the communion OF sains-sAnts OF oil ages. ciiaes
We'll as rich, silnps ~ wen az learned. al mingllns
their worship and prayer in ono mighty stfaim
do Not
koeniy aud cOufute all ,rctcs H~t triaI9inliy aii
which worships reyercnty Prays nost foivcniy
loves both God and man most soyccdy an laDos most
Chxrch Whatever your secular calling mag be- We hope
and pray that you all MA, DO priests. Whatever learning
mower you may have attaned-and II this tho place
ior compliments could say mnch for your nde.iS ana
i11d more n holy ministry Give bot heart and
inSlleci to Christ and Ho Will give ycn double service
AMI glorious reward.
The Society for Religious Inquiry held s annual cee-
braf1on Sunday evening. Prof smyth of the Andover
THEOLOGICAL Seminary delivered n sermon on Tho
Adaptation Of tho Higher Truths Of tho Gospel to De
vlOp Maiuy4iy VI blind" Ii exceedingly inter
estIng DISCOURSE and attracted unusual attendance
On Tucsday one of the College societies. tho Delta Psi
held public celebration and Il. s. Buckham. Principal
OF tie state Normal School at Buffalo, N " an elder
brother OF the PRECEDENT delivered address 1.-The
Danger 10 our Institutions from the D,spOtsm OF 1Gnor-
ance OF Organized Dishonesty, Of seshnt and OF
AGGRESSIVE Eeclesastlcisln." In the afternoon. tho
Alumni Association hed SIS biennial celebration. An
Grafton was delivered by VIM T. Wells OF Detroit on
1.-THE Relations Of Educated Mcn 10 American Politics..
and poem was read ~ the Key h. r. HcFricA VI Onc
sea. W.
TIC exhibition Of the Junior Class Tuesday evening
was "a very creditab!c one Commencement took place
e. day Tho military drill OF tic students on the College
campus in tho morning. under the command OF Capt..
Robinson attracted many spectators The names o! the
graduating class and the subjects OF their addresses
rs follows:
and . "ph,losop,v Of France in Eighteenth Century
Edward Webster Andrews. shebura. ,...,,.....
B. IN, Wager cattle" Ed.ar Michael co BuilmGton
A. Eny cheering Agent OF AoNcrn CIVILIZATION John
T. Tie . Units Of Jaw or Wheeler Hard, South Eur
aseH, s,,e,c. q, Agriculture oryIne Samuel Bastord
: The Ethics Of Engineering" Fred Eugene Lucas Bur
influence Of Ncv.Enrlaud in Establishing English Lib
o. .s",f Myths" iohn brooks Whccer, Burlington.
10 True Txceleace Conformity To Principle Ida MaS"f
H. 1S VsiSco Of Appeal TO Common SENSE. Ellen Lila
~ Te relation Of Art TO Morals" frank Edward WOOD
x Inc Wisdom Of Atcnc" Alfred Natlanc Tager ~Ac
1.-THE Claims Of rro Theory" Louis Augustus Ar Aui,
a. b., Burlington.
The University Of Vermont has LONG had high rcpnta
tom for the excellence Of the rhetorical exercises II Com
mcnccncn: aud this year exception Ia lis pre- do
ccs3ors Two young women have been graduated this
wear one ranking second, and the other even with
young man as third and Our in scholarship; and that
Notwithstanding STANDARD hieho, tan ~ orner Years
q standard which would task o.. some o lie Phi Beta
Kappa mon OF 90 and 30 years ago reach. Among the
notable men present were Gov. Peck, Judge POwers
seuaior Morrill, Prot Peabody % Chicago the Hon WIN
k,bclt>o OF Montreal, H. o. IIokhtDn; john n.
TOnrruy, the oldest living graduate; the Key. Drs
Llo id Cutler Of Mas.acAlscts. ani Prot +. y. Bone
dict Of jersey many years professor here. the
Honorary dcg1 en- If Doctor of Laws conferred upon
Judge Clas l.. AeHc 1T OF tie Cass ot l9i''