, 1876-06-23
EDUCATIONAL.
Commencement Day at the
Northwestern University.
Announcement of tho Prizes...The
Orators and Their Subjects.
Michigan Fennlc Semlnnry--.0thcr Edu.
cati9nal Anniversaries.

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et'e''na' h''"''ei"aite"'
THE N)KTlIWT TSTETsN.
u,.. tah nlo.,fhssth 1,., Hss"A'' to""ksesnsSr
nt lie northwestern University was held III tho
First Methodist Church, Esat,ston, yesterday
afternoon, and attracted "a large and cultivated
am, m fo.h,,,oi1n ~, ,,,,t.nnt =. ~, ro,,r..
.,.... a 80 ..' ',.,,'.. ~ "uu'.ee No wy .o'ese
to"h eaa eSilhli. EVanft"n a'whYa toes 'ta
uuty well during the Commencement scason of
the University, sl,ct, is at once its pride and
chief nrnnmcnt. nnd a1I fhr crrrtfsra
~ tI,o ,vo",, t,o,,a ,.,, ,,..t, .,,u,,.., r,.''
=. Wv "Iua ,s' ''"to "csu 'ueet's "t.e'ea' ta'
constant lnefease IN inc ha'nner OF 1taaehta III
attendance from nil 1>arts of the Union {thn
catalogue Just issued showing that ncarly every
Stutc il rcIfeecntctl,. and IN tho number nnn,,oi
=, ,..,,,,.,r. ,a1. -, ,.,.'. -. s .,' .. ,.'''
limo ~ euet' .su an'ee
number III Visitors from abroad :" attenu the
t.on.
I'm In cvcrv hond. ,mono tho a1umnt AMI, fr,cn1s
If t,,r tJn;vcrsty. Tho ,,tn,st % grattdatlon M % r.
" t"o o'.."!' WV at"o's htas'"sat'e. ~
expressed With thc action taken ny tile EOard OF
Trustees during the week to relieve the tempo
rary ernbarrassncn,e ub,,cr Which the tnstItu.
tton. in rommou with nil othcra In .hc l,nd la.
,'o, ,s,.,.'.. :. :. ~, ,.'..rn..,.s- 49, .,'".
thcHc c'n'arFnss'nents nave resulted from tue
ycrslty within tic last decade, Such prosperity
iu.ti]e,l lnuucl,Iur out md enlargement II tie
fcqps Of tG Th the pas tn,t fr
nnlirv ,as .nn,c1 n,i rs,.,i wi,i,, '.. var . ~
r,' 1us. n", ~ t asIrc a"l,t ~ tfs III, u
yersity. nTi. when thIs sbail have bccn nccO,n.
rlshr, its net incnIoe will cna'lc Il to o1cr a,'
prun,}tcnt institutions In the land can euccras-
tnl1y tntnt,rtr Tin fact TINT M PRESIDENT won
etcctcl viii ny M mcUps leave the University
without an efficient and energetic head.
Tllg alumni and students will bcar witness
tllat Prof. Oliver Narry, who ,yaa appointed
Acting President, In intellectual aud executive
abIlity, mental and n.orat force md powcr, Is
the pccr of any ,sllu could have becn chosen for
tic position.
THE pxKnc1sga or THE DAT
began with lie Formation nj tho usunl nro-
ccssion at University Hall, composed Of stu.
dents In the order Of their classes thr Faculty,
band, marched to the church, Where svats lad
hec1 reserved.
Aftrr PRAYER hy the retiring President, Dr..
Fowler, and n1,propriato music IL tho band,
LruvAnD q, COCHRAN,
of Annie River. ill.,, wns Introduced, and smoke
ulun Tic subject of s' Oneness Of Aim."3 lie
considered The present flay of keen competition,
in which tic mobt skilliul succeed. Victory
depends uron finding the one work witch q mai
cat do wcll, aud prosecuting it with al Ills c1l-
rr,lca.
JOHN cunnEn,
Of Chicago, dlscoursed upnn .tA Noble Man.
hoo,l.DI which he considercd part Of
man's Inner btpg qlnllty nf Ills
f" honcsty In 1cn9cnea e.s s soFngs scsa & Sas n IL
NET VII no., nn91 H. un1 fs oh ,'S c@ H. f"s @ M
nsd ni a: H Tas s' pr5'la;ton was wcll composed
~, p,4sl sihns1s i; f,e1.sw;oop. .,,,...
III H Iio,ua,ifsn, ~ in rMul stytr Hnmstfsfn