New-York tribune., 1876-06-28
WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
A CONTEST IN .KY-BACCAL> CREATE SERMON
a PRIZE FOR HETEROGENEOUS sPEAHING--

a CONTEST ~ Ar..Kr-BAccAL>oREArr SERMON
a PRIZE FOR EXTEMPOkANLous sPEAHING-
ALUMNI rKEsfNr.
IFROM Al OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF riIE TRIBuNtl
WILLIAMSBURG, Mass, June 26.-The eXer-
discs of commencement eek at Williams college began
Saturday epeD.ng with the annda nei"'Ut 5ia" Pre-
paatory cOntesi oraiOy. OF tno Sax Ibeh VINO spoke
-four we're from tle Ccs and Two from tDo junior
Glass; The irst place was awarded to Albert H. ioinah
Of PtSHelo Mass, and the second 10 Samuel d. Dodge
OF Gle, ,elald, Ohio. Both Juniors and h0th spoke
upon John Milton" II less tnan cllht colleges are req
resented nj NewYork next winter both will 20; II
more, only Mr. TolnaD Yesterday morning
Chan llor Howard Crosby. ID. d., LID, 0i
New-York. addressed the Mills Young hehA
Christian Association. His discourse was plea fo
surtu Christianity aud especially Tor spri1uai hi-
isry President CBadurue delivered the Baca'auI'sile
serlno to the Graduating Class, in the Cong cgatonal
Church. al p. Sunday. The text Was Psalm l. .;
And he shall be like planted by the rivers o
wafer that bIingeth forth his mutt in his season. ls
Ie,falso shall not witer and whasO .er he dOeib shall
prosper"
A shower preventing the holding OF the annual mis-
sionary prayer-meering in Mission PARK around the
monument Which bears the inscriptions TIE birthplace
OF American fneigu Missions 1t Was bed ~ the church
ius,ead Dr Marx Hopkins presided. the Rev. Dr. >
Chouu OF tue class ~ 20 spoke of his long mission
ary labors IN SYRIA. He was followed by the Rev Dr D
.Piiue of HewYork, also Of the class Of - One in-
portant priz Of which mention bas not been made, w"s
established the past year. "The Van VeehieD
P,izr for ExtemporheOus Speaking. who's founder Il
Avw Van veohten OF New-York aud oi class OF lSl7.
Tho object Of the prize Is thus expressed in Mr. Van
yechten's letter to President Chadbourne;
You are hereby auihOrz to one prize of so 10 be
rom any of the c cs OF Williams College,, who, Tor
practical urpses shdl at the end o TIE ihld term O
Faculty or ia -gch manner tie Faculty may arrange
and aplruvt the best extemlore speak I'D COLLEGE
IL A Di A
equal tue frequent occasions l plic ana s"'El nc
wien. without notes, or aI,la.ent 9 nimlln,ht 70
memory nc ely. oral, u,iblc, Intelligent expression
OF fact Illustration or oinniou "diihg upon any
rnbecl int iest, 10 iho ni decide interest," cIsudde
is nctsled m reasonably 'xcctcd The ability ." fecitc
one eSsun prom ty, hueuily, with interest ii tisAc
tion To- the prof ss nr and himself, cun inoing
earh thaI m ha. = srnu I've hold OF the ing ntcd
snd sesr OF sone of ts herts and ratonS, Is the germ
and proof ~ what BY lhaeiiee nn ieIriadlis am
aIniInn rtult IN al whch Ia tis sprct wc cOvcL In
the belief th,t the opportunities OF Wilains anu her
friends and rqUai Oh TIE average !" ANY hbg
els, where expected or dcs'ed din bapi9, wan
your kno approx al thus Ia rvioence any interest ~ J~
matter become 40 justly al heoashsy Pi""h u''
IT, carry out these views a. well allow the stu
dents this matter. tbc following plan WAS
adol Each of the fso literary sodeIieA elected the
foni men wHom tel ,ons'ira' & Zen @ % ~ % @ %
by Soesetes, or not aud nom tne 10 u5 sl.c ou
the Faculty decd which b,s satisfies The conditions for
tie award. Practically the result hns b,h tths ,ne
classes se,ccoI the same uen as tie s"cttCs ana us
tic Faculty have only e-Lt tO doc.A be'"eoh. I"e le-
cult 10 10 b. announced alter the -'noloomont i oA.
cises with the rest y. the prizes one or Two hOhOdIie
The newly elected uienllers OF the Phi Beta Kappa
Society from tie Class of 20 are LnlaDu'l Conen of
scranton Penn; George r. ChpptI held of spiingh' d
ONO William A. flst OF Bath. N. V, and Francis H.
D,wey =. of Worcester Mass tBeIDDrTs nom tno
Class Emerson W. Judd 0f Atbo, Mass Abrt
II Tolman O PiItsIeid Mass. koo Ogden OF Lansing
mr., n y and stephen Stedmau of Newport, X. l.
Among the Jronin, Ut alumni already Ia tOHn are the
Rev. DR.. X. r. booth OF hew-YoIk, .he ky. In. = /
Prime William Cuien B.yant Judge Erastus c.
Bsnedict tie Hon j. A Gq6eid the Hon Giles Kelogg,
Esd & hoa anS Pt sdrnt Basom OF Wisconsin UNIVERSITY
Inv .Ifge tsti