New-York tribune., 1876-06-26
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
AMHERsr COLLEGE.

LHGE MATTERS
.fysom a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or rHR TiubUsr't
A,orEasr, Mass, June 25.--The recent death
of President searns little change IN the usual
order of commencement week at AmhersL This is as
he would have IT, precise keeping with the prao
tcal business-lke way of Amherst and s management
bs alumni reception on Wednesday evening. Of which
DE- stoarns be the genial host and the In
spirng presence, and the Commencement dinner. at
which he always presided with the rarsst and Dig
nifty viii be- omitted hut with these exceptions the Gus
tsmary programme familiar to all grsdses is unatered
Though no formal In honor OF the late Presdent
win be held until Autumn, when Prof Tyler VIII
deliver O memorial discourse, now needed. 20
closely does the and almost the presence OF the
departed President around aud among the scenes
with which be familiar. Nor, indeed cond any
be more simple aud effective than the reading, this
morning OF the farewell sermon to the graduating Class
from Sttarns's hand, and completed by HIM ON
his last birthday March IL This ence OF respect ana
affection was performed by the Rev. L. Clark seeye'
President of the smith College for women IN Norfhamp
ton and several years Professor OF Rhetoric IA Am
herst.
The discourse based upon the passage In the lst
and 18th verses of the 9th chapter OF Deuteronomy
and its central idea the necessity of moral power to
the permanence Of tue State. The principle wss clearly
defined end ny illustrated ny reference To the history
of nations which risen and passed over the worlds
stage while its application to the es mt SITUATION ana
future demands Of the American repubhr was earnest
and effective Probably few II any Of Dr. Sfearnss ser
mons 10 the graduating cassos have been thoroughly
filed with strong vigorous thought, eloquent pleading
for higher aud purer public life. and appeals for the
higher Christian civilization this last effort In wbch
he being dead vet speakeh" Perhaps no better idea
Of the drift aud scope Of the whole DISCOURSE can DC oo
tained than from the closing remarks 20 the graduating
class which cannot interest the thousands Of now
active men OF the world who have stood before the late
President and received similar admOniton aud enfour-
aeernent to many which they heard from
his lips The the graduates in full, AS
follows:
addressed yOu thus far representatives, o thosahd
educated iaen, speak to yOn In an exhotsaon ol
country's sake to love and cherish your Alma Mater
Amherst College viii always ne dear 70 you ana m,oe
which agreeable aud will think OF those things
which nd you up aSG sSss ySS and coee
Friendships Will sometimes os looked back upon with
S% s%S'' u.s. Il Sou anu can do hing for dear old
Amherst have no fear you T G Ic nTS eSe tde
the thronged meetings the peading , prayr,s, ,,
and toward you the newborn r,)9lyings, wiii sone
times In crOwing memories OF thankiulness come urh
10 remembeT Am erst for your eonuiry's sake IL wM
founded the name OF Christianity and American civil
PATRIOTS Its builders and bcDefactors have all been pa
Ss s EGadanS ss %na .es'ns M oyer s walls and on
its foundations and its domes IN scarlet letters oi out
pouring lives your country and, if need be- lie Tor
H. Cherish the college not only for what iC has done,
but make power national goodness ana 50 OF na
rctn Birthday. you are tae favored graduates %
1876 Pass on the nhe'iianee 6eie han you iold u,
of the esuoaed meu who openei Tue doors OF tu Seco
century ad made IL purified temple of freedom ana
human tdvanoemrnL -,
The remaining exhortation relates to your own char,
viii ten you again Ia moment; but reii on whoh does
not improve character is worth nothing or tnis wVrid %
another. Whoeless what We uecd Obedience 10 our
moral nature without, and the eternal Ihe ~ ~nlouns
thereto within I give you Scripture text a a 'he-
M shall not fcpF'dch llc as
long as live" oh! those heart repionenes more inin
shonIde1s stO1p Men who have lost Character, how
deeply should We eoninser'Ie them Ih@T , ne , mere %
failure. Aud the fut reg II theIe Is anyahng "IJn
approxmat decentralization in moral Syuehtei' @ m ~, u Is
that It shall be well with them who do We'll ana h VIII
those who do evil Toe fnsuTe, the great tnt"iei we
must as wise men, take II INTO consideration OA the
nsnoring IN day aud night and rolling out centuries
sne alter another in their time; esath i rnslnns
through the everlasting space Ol the innens'y
around u.s. Of myriad ships cut ON The shOress sea
feghted with s teousDd millions o. ouap ~ %ng' %
aso into It's eoso.I And now ano,lei century cent g1ng
sparked md with hearts tnst ga TSsT tS run nsS men
a assos.tsd a Etls With itS 9S M the mortal 6r,
DAY year, an al gone And w., W., TO- ,ar ave % y%
Gicn TO the great uncertainty beyond No. not nat to
imota 10y has been 6rougt 10 lhl anu IN 3he nv u'ule W
ment OF tie present BE not despondent There is ia
ionnS men he strong And eud hnpart unto your
inInost beng the wisdom and tie power whicn ls r.
Won nave might witnn. In AL Tn VI opniods. al
me preteusuns, thcie N bhch u 'uhS 40
qniet, restful fIith winch mas men cain anu sou-
and Lhis found Crst wish could tsil yOii an
j snOud Ouly express the experience Oi mag' " I'D,
helm through many a long hfo CLrlsJ ana
tine Book which explains linn nave D9eD 10
the intensest emotions Of being. wsh you i coad
know bcseech you then as nave often Oisogui otHei
the more AS read on the covers oi TINS sooy
copy of it, and these BooAs OF Pralre the Mots Gu
gIaYed {" Presented by the Class oi 1870. lie ptIu
tul offerings you thus 80 Kindly made al lhe De-il'
of yur college course may (ey he as sweet st'Of u1O
end now t Inc eud OF it, aud iay the Word winch you
thus honored nep you al all your lu1uc Do'n mere ""u
forever Amen
This evening the annual address before the Society OF
Inquiry was delivered by the Rev. Reuen Thomas o
BrOokline. Mass.
Concerning succession the Presidency nothing is
certain or even clearly indicated The trustees VIII
meet on Tuesday Of this week, but whether they VIII
proceed at to fill the vacancy is doubtful. Ihe
problem before tine body Is snmewhat dieuL stated n
IFS smpest TERMS 1t 10 induce $1,000 man 10 accept
SO 600 place, with house rent and few mlnp0rtahi
persuisi,es added. The limitations of financial chaihc'
Ter now surrounding the position aud sharply
defined and IT is moi likely that in the present iallene
circumstances Of the college they eau DO very soon en-
larged or i'm proved For this some OF the most
,romjnent names which have been mentioned IN connec
tion with the ofeo OF the question: though Am
brs nges the services the ablest Presdcnt the cou
fry Affords The members OF the Faculty have at re-
Quest OF the trustees, communicated thciF views
and pnruoses to their Secretary the Rev. Dr. Dwlghl
of Iadley aud though that coDheDce Is stu strictly
resp4d u is safe say that the majority favor Tue
promotion Of Prof j. H. seelye. now representing ~is
district in Congress- to the he'd oi the INSTITUTION ~
which e has so long ahOred In Iced II Is ain 0 see
t,at the local feeling among Faculty and students IS III
tavor ~ prof seelye though from OF evident
rroprtey no EXPRESSION or effort influence the action
M the trustees WI be made One OF the strongest points
made by Prof eeyes advocates Is the moral certainty
that the college loses him entirely unless she Keeps o