New-York tribune., 1876-01-04

the plan OF intercollegiate literary competition tne on
yersty supports che Association loyalty good degree
Of attention is paid 10 oratoFical stadles ana eA'e
lence in tho regular studies Of the eu,.r,s eur
s 'nmh"r of the University appointed the repre-
sentative in oratory IL j. Duane Pheps who is taxing
E rndn ls ths n subiec lie wan tho silent" repre-
sentative in Greek il H. NJ wheeler who IL an unusually
fine scholar. Marvin t. spooner has been appo'eu W
represent the University IN Mathematical
COLLEGE OF THR CITY oP SEw-YoRK
Oratory mas always been a favored study In the 'o
lege of tue City of NewYork, and every facility mas oe'
afforded and every incentive held out TO those desou'
NJ xo.ling I'm this study Students Of the three higher
classes after careful drilling by q speciai ihSfue
TO deliver speeches from the chapel stage Tue sopo
declam selected pieces, ana ,ng Once
Seniors deliver ora.ions of their own coposlopi Gh,
III each year tho public are invited 10 JUNO, LND Ii
Gn St wch dlch g IN spe"tin@ a. they may have
acquired. At the Annual C0nmehcemsht hNc s,l W
the speakers arc appointed on account Oh ploncSS
in oratory Oratory being taken To include composon
Tnere also the public exercises OF PFlLe Speng, m
each Of the three higher classes contend for tne palm of
clo0nenee medal is also awarded to him VINO mas re- IT.
cN ed the hest number OF marks Tor srahlnS III ne
Senior Class The two Literary suciees devote portion
of their energies o tho development OF oTa"ry when
I'm last Winters nercueg ate Contest, victory was &c
clared for the NewYorh Unyersity, many lnelnher5 OF
tie College Of the City Of New-1ork Regretted naNlus
taken no part and when the Committee OF Arrangements
for the ensuing year met tle Class OF 1870 delegated
a committee TO confer with the representatives
application for admission TO toe Assocatlon After
ng adtSsa @ IOH5 sesg or ws sus eiectl to rep
resent his college Ia oratoly. s previous career Juh'
fed mis- classmates their selection. lie bad nceii
Junior EXhDInr had been awarded by the Faculty the
first dissertation at Commencement had taken Ihe hcun
OratIry In tine Senior Glass; aud had tlTlre Dee
Prize speaker besides having awarded prize for
excellence in debate ut one oi tne joint dscnssons heu
by tue two Societies
The prominence which Hamilton College gives to
rhetorical studies IL well stated In tho following extract
from Il e1it0 ia article IN The Christian Cnto by Prof.
Moses Colt Tyler of University OF Michigan written
when connected with that newspaper:
No other American college. fancy ls cherished more
anettoull by its scattered brOOds " children than II
Hamilton College. glance at the catalogue wich now
lies nr,or ms shows thai the college still encourages that
zeal for imptOv in writing and speaking when hs
always It's characteristic, ana which li- maze Hun
iltOn tue mother Of great multitude of dlstnguished
orator. To auy IN VIM knows how OratOry IL suubbed
and sneered at by the authorities ~ most coies u WI
cutva,ed nj Hamilton. In shot, II there II on'
place in world which has not been invaded by tash
onalo contempt for rhetoric, That place 10 h"li'0h
College.
Rhetorical training this institution, ns has been in
tirnatcd s not matter of choice with the student IL
has an important pace the college curriculum, and is
excrciees are no more allowed 10 be neglected an are
the exercises OF any other department. In ad-
dtlon to tie study Of the principles and ruies
of rhetoric and elocution during three terms o'
the course there are exercises In composition
and extemporaneous debate in the several classes on
Thursday of each week and In the chapcl on "'u.os
days and saturdays public exhibitions OF defamation
original =, dsputCn, ana oFitlohH, uh
der the direction and criticism OF the Professor
Of Rhetoric TIE aim 81 the departmsest
Is make exceptional writer's and spoaNes o u"
stude Is uf rare natural gift but to bring the
whole class to high an uvernge of rhctoHcai
culture az four years careful training will permit
Hamtn's representative II Julien NJ Eiot Of this city
u member tie lass OF 1876. liis lrgaroh Tor col
Irge Wa. made the school OF the Rev. L. T. l1douN, III
Cornwall. N. Y. lie Class Orator at The Junior
Exhibition ami received tom the Faculty his appoint
Iueut for the Intetco pato Contest ou his rhetorical
record He IL NiccPrcdcn Oi the lntcroOlleIaie Ut
erary Assuciaton ana has always taken prominent
par ia a. IS aud college matters at Hamilton. The col
iegc did for The prize p essay wiitns nor ~
Greek, nat represented In Mathematics by AicLoa
L. Love of East Saginaw, Mioh.