New-York tribune., 1875-06-30
POCUrSTFR UNIVERSITY,

THE DOlNGs OF rIE ALUMNG-AN EFFORT TO BE
MADE IN '7G To RAISE S5O.0Oo-DR sAGE's AID
DREss-A BUSINESS MANS POEM.
(rRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSE.I
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, June 29.-Last evening
the Sophomore Glass of the University contended for tie
Dewey defamation prizes before large audience in
Corfnthian Hall. The speaking the best for many
years This Alumni Day. and graduates were seen this
morning In little groups on the streets shaking hands
with classmates they had not for from to twenty
years OF l0ungig round the IIa where ther meeting
was To be held. This morning the Trustees
of the University he! their regular meeting tIansacting
however. 40 business of unusual Importance AT p m
the Alumni Association called order by Samuel C.
Pierce Of 1850 the President. The meeting was not
largely attended. TIE committee the $4,000 fund
76 and OF then making an effort douhlc the This
viii beknown rs the Alumni Fund ana VIII be devoted to
Albany was elected President the coming year Chas
A. u wcy OF New-York, vce-Presidrni p. 8. Evars of
tsr ng%aorP G PSes to- T IhS o. a stoa Ga as rnae %
This evening the oIaiion and poem before the Alrmn
sag o Hartford le latter by j. r. Munro of syrtcs"
1t T. hardly doing justice to sach an able effort rs d.
The subject was Arnold o Bes Ia as Illustrating tue
revival OF liberty ia coLn'eiioh win edu'a"nd inll-
Hay, lie sal that Arnold of Dresca, the pFoo mar
tyr of Liberty in modern days, was Christian schoor
lie WIS product OF the revival of ffetpm through
the traditions Of od Rome the dissolution o tie feuil
ysie tie var o, nafsh ana state e. t,S snsrt of te M
spirit OF the Latin classics OF The Ndzlrne through te
Teaching o Abcard and the monastery. Absolute sundtr-
Ing Of Church ani stae his principle The effort to a
portion the school lnd amOug the sects il AN attempt To
subyert this principle Freedom must be perpetuated hy
AN educlted people DatiOnalzed. Arnold has been Nv
ing factor in thc establishment OF Italian unity ami
ranks with Savonnrola Mazzni, aud Garihalli. The
Germans have legend that Barbarossa would awake
and come forth ~ establish German unity. Ii
Arnold whom BarharosSa delivered O DEATH that awOke
10 the ca Poet Nccon in 1913 TO stir the passion of
liberty the hearts Of Italians, and initiate taNs unity
,ui irdemnlonce. The Grafton occupied an hour but
not In the audience grew weary.
The poem was snort but appropriate Mr. Munro is
practicnl bSn and not accustomed or late years
To giving himself To poetic ancies and he very wisely
made no attempt at what he could not reach a result
his poem appreciated AMI applandcd His subject
was Bunker Hill AT times he vas very happy in the
poetic expression OF really good Thought In speaking
OF the future good that Bunker i won for the nation
he said: ~
.No from the city tho distant Als
well,
The watchwoId gruly spoken Of the drowsy sentinel.
A prophet thou, sentinel slow pacing 10 and ifO
Unconscious Freedom herald OF the day long ago.
Like the Grafton, the poem deserves to he published In
full o. he appreciateL l. Tomorrow IN Commencement
Day the last the college and the Graduating class
is p!uming itself for It's final houors.