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COMMENCEMENT KSEMess1s.
Fn'eddt eorrfspo'h<nee Of 7at ch'tn0o Tribune.
Aurora. ILL.,, juno 20.--Ienntngs Seminary,
tho hcaut .sttuslel educational Institution
.. tno loca liver conference, C it1 ocsp'o .o
RsoA'eF pat' ot 'As% "oex WIN toh'"'e"su'nent
exercises. The proceedings OF tho week woro
iuauguratotI OF R.,.day, tho 1ath inst, III eor-
va ,at " '' - curch % = IN 1 nov IIIp stanaoy @
.nss .,' ~. - oausu 1 .,a..>,,a 49, 1.ss
TOOK Ills to1t from tho o4hoftauoh OF MING
David to Ills son Solomon. Tho drift Of tho
toxs and discourse Was, aboyc and bogord knovi-
,,.sinr % fo,nd In, ia .1 tevsr c,.t ro, N :,
having ioana 4A'n no VII" no'eF caot so' ou'
Iho fevofend Gentleman GRADUALLY cspandod
into brilliant eioqnsnso, reminding his Young
IN somelhinc better That Religious Intuition
- 0e naa,a ,'rssa,,s ' ~ H. ,ss. a a.an,tea
uuu r'7'uo 10 ,aa",a s1n s"'' sa,,p.son '..''e..
ana acal OF OUT xno"ioueo' ~1hont
which it must bo vapid and hingeloss.
djsporscd ] With Tho feeling tlnt tl.or Soninary a
wna promoter Of polished cruditiou deserving
Of every support.
~ H. Iqssd"g css4 q1H oann'd n o
partmont OF natural science, tho most striking
results Of tho yoar's work woro shown
in tho Dotany class. Besides much intel
igoneo in t,,o theory q ,p,snt physIo'0gy each
pressed and mounted. During tho lnttor part
Of the snripg torn, excursions designed to giyo
tho yonng latlica and gcntlctnon Of tho ciaeA
special opportunities to gnther specimens, had
boon arratiiyed and led by their zealot,s and
n11c]i-beloyed tcnchcr, Prof. C. ", Rolfo, In
tho mathematics u.cro Was observed the
fruit Of tho stronger nul moro intellect
bsacing culture through tho tnoans
Of peometry, Urcat interest and HRttsfActtop
wns manifested, also, BY those rho looked on In
the EXAMINATIONS In rhetoric and IN moral phil-
osophy.
ruosday evening led tho students from theao
fui md inspiring altogether. Tho art Of dec!a-
nation cannot 30 too highly valued In our de-
mocracy. Tho Republic Of Homo know no bottos
safeguard to her fusure polittca than
to tuyptro her youth with Hcat
for hor nobto Institutions, and to furnish thsm
with tho aptitude TO uphold and to WELD them.
Tho FREQ Hririt and brilliant talent Of The
Atheninn yorth found no bettor expression than
Tho % enormous starrod and striped buns:
ing which hung in trob!o foetoona
covering noarly tho ontiro background
OF tho platform ID tho Seminary Chapel, seomod
oa 10 Rsts e thu, % mar .so on9nG s, *. ss
sn aracsa Of ofeuso ] oratory, Eyorsroeps m 1 wers
froeiy ttstr1buted in poslee. wroatLs. and
fratoons In all parts Of tho chapel. A ycry
largo audience was simply electrified with
intorcst md excitcment aroused By tLo
patriotic spirlt aud ambitions clo1uouce of tho
yonnv spenkorH. One f}no apoctrnen uf Illinois
manlood rendered most feeling and dieniucl
iutorprotntiuu OF Winthror's HMon thpt Mnro A
State" Ihu audiopce was viaibly stirred: and,
az tl1o yonng mar turned to mako his bow sni
ouit the stage, ho received complete shower Of
fresh aud brilliant posies.
Wednesday .was tho day act apart for tho
sixtod Of original orasions aad ossaYa, PLEASANTLY
intoru,ineled With music from son,o Of tho iaxy
students. assisted by Prof. anfl Mrs. St. Clair,
''CharltY." by a lady; "Tno Boy tho Father OF
IF af 1sse5 as Nsss rsis sss
Of tho subjects feollngiy md apititodly.troated,
In tho eveu!ng tho students md their friends
again adjourned to tho Ft.st II. Z. Church. to
liston to . lecture by tho Nov. Il. i. Shepherd,
| Dut Thursday Was tic day that was looked
forward TO as Tho Climax of tho procoetlings; for
on shat day tho graduates vere to deliver their
GfaSns a 5ase sod receive tSss nemss
Ito use @ of tho Aarosa opera.Houne. @ ~ 1i1.a hail.
Designed chiofly for Iuustcal and dramatic nor nor
formances, ID worry taatofuilY tlocorntod within,
and to add to Its lively appearance on
numerous pi!oa OF rcs,oa and bou-
qurts, designed for notorious gradnatos.
Tho interior was completely fl!ed Before tho
sorylccs OF the dny oon,mencod. tho general
gazo being bonr On tho stage oxpccstng tho
c4.trce OF tic lady and gentlemen graduates-to-
be-, soou thoY cutorad, tnstefully d1cssed for
tlo occusiou. taking theIr pIaccs On The front
row Of CHAIRS, laoe On The lott and genss On tho
r,ghf. i,slind than. sas ths mDtnl,ers * I'M
Facuity, aud further bobiud tic ComtuIttco OF
Examination.
rho procecdiucs being apnropriately opeped,
tho rst Of the lsdy Ct adl,ates cams forward, moi
| without some am1ablo tropdatlon, and road an
eHsay on tia "Iiecomnensn Of Iierardr'" Ma
pooner 1 " bai sha Foldad bor ~ nansr to retiro
si,an motion among % the ~ crowded. sudlonca
eud vastly among the f]owcr.heaps gayo
warning ~ nrofnsn shower n Rnu.
a,,oss. which soon lay smiling up prcttlIy
around her uannlin IA sho prScnfultv fnwcd
| rocopnitiou Mnsio VIVA nleasnntly inter.
mineeI viii, tla eeaayn md ornfinnE. Amnnp
tnosS vhicf were Temarkabie smonv Tia
1nt.or ,nnst ho mont,onad t1,st n Nr. hn1or.
ann Dwyrn'a On i publtn 1n;nion.1 This nieco
wsH d4sfnr,,,sboil by Tho stentor,an power 81 its
delivery, eflluouce Of language, and abundant
beon iutarnrste, with mnci, cruca Of reat1,ro,