New-York tribune., 1876-06-19
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
nPnWN UNIVERSITY.

BROWN UNIVERSITY.
WHAT TIE COLLEGE IS DOING FOR EpUCATIoN-ITs
urTuoDs AND FAcULTY--PBFsIDGNr koBIHsON's
B4CCALAUREATE SFRMON
iyRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRlBuSH.J
pRovIpgSCR X. l., June 1910 provide an
education both thorough and LIBERAL ana to make no
promlses which not fulfilled, express in tho com
pactest shape the determination of the guardians and
officers Of instruction Of Brown University With
strong Faculty, comprising several professors OF wide
reputation with able and sagacous President july
alive the needs OF the present day. bat not given to
holding too lightly the methods which time and
ample experience have approved with large and we'll
stored library, with heritage OF noble traditions and
history OF excellent achievement; with long roll of
graduates many OF whom in the past century have held
positions OF the highest confidence and importance in the
nation have eXerted wde influence on the culture,
the thought the life of their times; with saubrOus
and attractive site in city which appreciates sound
learning and the society of which in refinement and in
tegenco need not shrink from comparison with that Of
any other city in the countrywith these advantages
and many more Brown Unvers ty doing wol its work,
and filling honoraby its place among American colleges
The past year has OF satisfactory labor and pro-
gross. The number Of students is e55a larger number
has been usual of yearsand the class which
will be graduated next Wednesday numbers 55. The
requirements for admission more exactng than they
few years the standard OF scholarship nee
essary for passing the examinations at the end
OF eaeh has been raised and this institution year
by year makes wide tho distinction between It's
methods and those of the American high schools. so
many OF which existed under the ttle OF colleges" IN
parts of the country Changes in the course oi
study and the plan of the university are made slowly ana
with caution. IL - In contemplation TO afford the
students larger field in elective sudies and probably
ere | ng classics French and German will take less
advanced place required studies than they now
occupy the curriculum Not that the amount of atten-
tiOn paid To them will be lcsseDed. but French, as re-
qured study, lkely to be put in tue Freshman year
rather than the Sophomore, where 1t now s German
will up before the Senior year. and the required
amount study in the classics and mathematics VIII be
confined 10 the Sophomore and Junior years. Abundant
opportunity will be given fof students with taste for
those branches them further elective studies
No chan ges in the Facglty been made dur ng the
past year and IL is moi expected That there viii be any
new profesSorships Immediately. The clair OF Modern
Languages formerly occupied by Prof Angell has not
been filled OF late years, instruction in German having
been given by Prof John L. Lincoln, the well-known
Latin scholar whose sudies IN the classics nave been
long and profound but whose love for and familiarity
with the German language and literature make hun
thoroughly competent To- guide students in them, while
the interest with which he invests every subject he
handles in the classroom make the students gaJ
TO take up new study with him after they have
laid by their Llun books. The SoPhinores nave been
taught in French by instructor. In september 1877,
there win prObab he Profess ssOr Of Modern Ian
guages preliminary steps have been taken for the
nomination. for the action OF the Executive Committee,
of AlOrzO s. Williams, graduate OF BInwn OF tlc cH-S
OF 1870. and an instructor IN The Friends SChoOl IN
this cty. IL expected that Mr. Williams VIII spend
year in Europe III study DefOr" cnefing upon s
duties at Brown.
Educators speak in high terms of the present Faculty
of this University. The President, tie Rev. Dr. j.. c.
Robinson, ii scholar, who had high reputation at
Rochester before coming 10 Providence twieie ne IS
greatly respected and esteemed and where MS admins,
a a1oa 9I me m Nnlys1y , m d7 G Won s wE[Ts m 4 is @ m m
telleeiud philosophy and natural theology. Iae iahe
country, aud their many years OF adHoas service have
been OF the highest value to Brown For ceaness and
tbn sianI' ih, t.cbm,s f PT,,f L~yiS bnngu I'm his
tory and political economy make the hours spUt in
recitation room among he most peasant an pr"htihe
future is the establishment Of chairs Of geology ana
zoology bat no definite arrangements nave ytt 0eeh
Friday was the undergraduates fcstiyh-Cass DIyas
Commencement is the holiday o. tie graduates, bHt
I'm tie Senior Class, wIc eut of the usual exercses-tle
oratOG. poem, and addresses by the president 0 Tue
class in the morning in Manning Hall, and the himg
OF the claSs-iTecS the college campus la the afternoon
The whole class however, united in SymS promenade
concert Oh the COLLEGE sroumdS last eVehh2 anu ID tGc
class supper alteW3IL Tie grounds were Peihiy
the music d. the evening was cool bui nos lily
and the concert very successful The only draw
IA the ficsct sVstrr OF dnis.e Ia tLs rrouu,s was
iopGcd. Striwb Tres and Ieeerean sold IN IN LII
P.ovS cafe to wipe out deJt ON the 60 leso boat
suits.
Tne exercises OF Commencement week proper were be-
gun today, Prcsdcu kOyinsOn preached the Bac-
calaurcal, sermon the First Baptist M euughousc
at A O'Clock. He took for Eis text tec 26tu Psann,
1lth verse " As Tor ue | win walk in my iGte-rity."
After carefully pointing out the difference OetNe.n
Conscious purity sud uluyutlrss !uOSr, OF when
one properly ard conn emily clam IL bc pOaessOr
perfection OF character, TO wa CD Tie tcL-
ri isheOls tlay ly clam. the preacher announced Qn-
secus Personal Integrity" his tlIeue. lie GwcwOn
Soe ir,t,, of rms prs,ual imie.r to tLs induinI
character and wci-iuiug showing tIat every an be-
comes IN character and app OF wiolchomeSs what
tine inner purpose % ms beng makes Ihm ihb rcIa-
ton OF Integrity 10 The national lie ana
Institutions then taken up and the Loslii0n IA
which the individual stands 10 the nation was tOncheu
upOn. DR.. Robinson Of the special place OcCupiro
by men edutatIOn tue prominence which tner Cutn
tie shDcA iclt bY the people when II - discovered
that any man of thiS class j. in IN honesty ana
honor. Tie next points dlaCd upon were the RELATION
OF personal int grty to The consolidated Laws % hc lild
nature n, relation of personal character "a the
mo al tC;ici the lines, and the prevailing conccp
tCn oi law IN iuiu upOn character Tine preacher
then attempted Go SHOW that Christianity WIS ~ hrmOny
will bc discovered in regard 10 the nyiOlibliity
OF physical law, AID tAat Christianity Is sth the
one neans Tor seeming conscious personal Mtt6hJ.
contribution tIe calculation Ol plJ ical law is
welcomed with hedruness Dy true ana en-. .sAtcIed
Christians.
Dr. I0nBsOB's sermon was heard 10y large cOn.Tcga
fioI aud hs fOrcibe arguments AN! Tue lcrSOEa Wltn
he sought BRING home ns hearers, uii'e q mdr6ed
Impression Dr. j. G. Taylor preached IN toe evening
before the Society Of Missionary Inquiry.
THE NEW CHAPEL AT YALE.
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