New-York tribune., 1876-06-30
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
MEETING OF THE ALUMNl-srEEcHES OF JAN -
RUSSELL LOWELL, PRESIDENT ELIOT, AND PROP
WHITNEY.

MEETING OF THE ALUMNI-srEECHES OF JANIS
RUSSELL LOWELL, PRESIDENT ELIOT, AND PROP.
WHITNEY.
rPHoM ~ NsIoSAL CORRESPONDENT OF r'ir TRIrySE
CAMBRIDGE, June 2S.-ln one respect yes
,crd,y Commencement exercises peculiar; Is Wis
Tie first University Commencement ever held at lar
yard. Former Commencemeuts have been Cole-e Gem
.pcpcsmcnts IN which onl the college has been repre-
scptel The law anG medical schools were eNclG"d ana
the divinity school had Commencement Oi us own.
Yesterday every department OF the university N- rep
resented and there significance, dignity ana scope
to tie exercises which hey have never Ed before E't"
II TIE professional schools WAS reprcs MED by one
spc.r and the number of parts assigned % the college
was diminished to six The divinity school now r'c up
its special Commencement visitation day, Ia which all
It's graduating were accustomed % tAc lit' -hd
els II return the additional dignity OF voice ~ TIC
University Commencement The experiment rs a Whole
must be pronounced decided success. The change
further made remarkable by The appearance Of al! The
professors IN goans. 1t is harl to whether the
Faculty gained in dignity By ,'c change Of dfc's; but
there was certainly more uniformity, ami the uniformity
was tIaditionaily scholastic
The following made Masters OF Art: william
,jlsfee F.pgllosa, A. T.; Charles Abncf Ham. :. r.;
Eliot Lord, A. r.; Woodbury. Lowory, A. b.; William
Harlow Melville; \. T.. John Murdoch, \. b.; Marshall
Livingston Perrin 4. b. And the following Doctors OF
Philosophy; Lucius Henry buckingham. a. NJ; Robert
Grant, A. f.; Jacob Lawrence LOughlin A. B.; Henry
Cabot Lodge, a. Il; Ernest Young, \. j. On Prof. Ma
tianie southgate shaler member Of the Faculty there
was conferred egree OF Doctor OF -ccDcc. The AS
,ociaon Of Alumni held its annual meeting in Harvard
Hall at 230 D. m President james Russell Lowell in the
chair Beyond the election Of officers business Of i'm
portance was transacted The officers for The ensuing
year are follows:
PIe-tiont-uen. Charles 3evens n.
Vice dcutsJ. Thomas Stevenson, Gorge ) Illafd
Henry w. Fellows, T.smas Donaldson IIcnr, Lee, Manning
+ forcc Joseph ~ ChoAte Philips brooks Horace cray. and
Francis J. Cntlc. ~
En-sr sthuJ Lincoln, Edmund QUINCY CHARLES Eliot Nor
'irers fotirop Thorndile lin place Of Aug. Lowell,
dcc;incd Ieelcctonl
secIeiaIy- samuel A. Green.
The Association then formed into line End marched TO
Memorial Hall where the annual dinner WAS held James
Russoli Eowc! in the chair Prayer was offered by nc
me thirty-eigh tmc, started tie tme-houored hymn.
Give ear ye chllrfn 10 my ~ M ia"i TO me 'S T p w. ~
allowed dinner, when the Chairman. james IN gen
LnHeli called the Association % order. .nd sth ihAt
thonqh perlaps there ncihing in hGudieGih year 10
make it more emphatic tau wich precrd@ ana tiat
witch follows H. vet no wise bc indifferent 20
any sentiment which profoundly aud powerfully ar
fccts the mass Of li, fellows Wnen We look back upon
hundred years through which the country has Is-ed,
the vista he thought, Is not dshearcbin2 ss 20 me
undis iscsted fancy might first appear 1t - w0i come
symbol that beginning 10 show something ~ liat
talcat for grumbDg which Is an undouDel her'00m 81
that race 10 which belong. Even the Fourth % July
Grafton II odging around To Lecture on our ha'loal
shortcomings, and the sprcadelgle hInact ~ VeEinE
10 have little isgying a. the amplitude betwtob me
tips of his wings Bat ne 100 one d"nnCtd VII 'he ~
national estimate OF right and wrong has been 80 iuch
del sonnet nlcS tempted u Iilah, ara
whether the soft money Of scntment9ltJ which prom
ISIS 10 nav has altogether driven out The siefhng coin Oi
urgbt Purposes aud self-deByiu and ffIment. ZAP
uausel Then referring 20 the festive occasion Wniol
they we're about celebrate, lie hoped ms example oi
gravity might act rather ing tAdH pFCte-
dent After paving brief but elegant tribute 10 Le
subject of his toast he proposed the he1h u Pfesldh
bot The toa was received with loud applause ana
three hearty cheers and the band played FAIR HAI
ward" IL.
which had been paid him. 10 the honor vi the UnNos
What uster end vas ever proposed D! men o " i9st
tutions than that which the founders Of Harvard Ci
ege before themselves and who has been more teia-
cious executing their sacred trusts Year Eter year
we come together filled with the sentiments OF
love aud de- oton with the same hope ftr ue unlreF-
sity with determin a4On to serve ner WIN I1
sas belief that she win her county,; ana III tis
wear when many bitter notifications aud disasters nave
come upon that country, when many trying CREAM,
stances throughout the world have CAUSED Wideepreau