, 1876-08-07

second psain VIA tic finest thing pf tic even.
Ing. THE first aM' hht ehoE1'sca wrrc srmaMa. maa
nnyel fcatar Il te Fo|1a.e | .,ro VA ~s. Mr dt
TIN by j. +. Morgnn, n SOU Of Dr, Morgan, Pro-
fcssor In the Seminary here.
The n',lcst orntlon Of the collegiate graduates
was by Charles l.. Low!s, Of Otfawa, III. While,
among. tile seminary graduates, Irrasl l'rown,
Of Wctlrnn, ILL.,, t,xik lsigh rnnk. There. were
eleven States represented among the grns!''ate' i
Of the thrcu COURSES. W. "
A CLERICAL v1s1rOn's ACCOUNT.
10 tho Editor af TIE Tribune.
OnEnLtN, O., Aug. I-'fhr furty.tlifrti nnntlMl
commencement Of tils far.fa1netl Brllool closed
ycsterhay. In trans!tu to the Centennial, wc-l
mean myself md wfs-atoppcl tu enjoy the oc.
cAAfon.
Tho weather has been perfect; had It been
gotten up to order, It could MT have tccn tn-
proved. And this placo--. little ctsy Of sonio
G,00O tAllalltu,Its-is u,u Ut
THE MOST w1rcHINa
YOU wcro ever In. IL WIS built by md for tho
Coice,., aud is exactly fitted to Its end. There
arc few sl1ops md stores here, nj
| most no manufacturing, n'.l no appearance
OF business Or hurry u1uut The place. It's hn]ls
md churches aro colnlnulous and tasteful,
built for ttsc, rutlcr then for oruatncnt- Its
dwellings, almost wilhuut exception are cn-
bosomcd III green lawns und ornamental trees,
suggestive OF taste, culture, ard comfort. We
have not noticed m unpaintctI, TIckcty, drunk
ard-louking house In the place. No intoxicating
drinks have ever been sold here. There Ia not,
am told, q topper In tho town, and in wccks
soiouin huyc seen but three lighted ctsars. 1t
ia tho scrcncat town Of us size was ever III.
| Everything wears The aig of culture, thought.
fulncss, atl rcpose. OF ull places, no one
| tn,tld 10 better fitted for n
GREAT cEHrNE or EprcArioN.
There are uirty-four teachcss-twcnty-eig
gentlemen and six 1nlics-conncctcd with ilit
board of Instruction. The Catalogue, soon Il
be Issued, will contain the nRmcs Of s0nc l,D0I
studcnts,-a slight tncrease nn last year. For
pcrs5ns among The number,-;:osnr q or pc
cr1.t- This feAturc Of Obcrlin-.loubtlcss II
! consequence Ut the increasing number Df color
Csl scllools-fs passing nway, though tllc door
of the College aTe as widely open tn thfa c(as
J us over. Tilcre WIS but une ainong the grndu
atcs OF yesterday.
beGn tho
MEMoAlAl SERVICES or TIE hAxEsTEp FIN
Ono whole day-narnlng, afternoon, mi
great lI.ar,. Prominent unolg thoso who tool
: William i. Dodge, Of New York; Dr. stanton
OF Cincinnati; tho Rev. Mrssrs. Pearson, Q
Detroit, md Parker ,antl Wright, of Mass
I ashusetts; ama rrofs. Morgan and c1v1cs, 9
s Fnrchtl1, on the Saf,DAth, which, like ever.
L thing else from tiat source, WAS brantifn
i llnstietl erhnustivc,-mlA devoted 10 this sui
d iect Taking the exercises together, they 'vet
sspy ss,5y | Many i 'sa5 ss was aaS S1Sppi
whom the world is such n t1chto
d Tic sentiment OF Oberlin toward him lies SOM
&c where between vencrutiou ntd worship. Mo'
- totlS In 1n1 nIIn Hr
l. to tl,u credit Of this wonderful man. hal Il
I; pleasure Of visiting The cemetery where all TIL
d sras murtnl OF President Ftnhey sleeps; and,
gathered some pebbles from his grave, felt
N waa bending over the rcmalus Of tic nost po,
y, erl1l AMI successful preacher nnd
T. THE rRoFourDEsT THEOLOGICAL THINKER
10 Of the alsr. lavt l,otlo,bt that history, III Il
ar ncur future, will assign him this position. i
Aatobogr.phy presents but sinsls s!,le 81 81 y !
i. 5re can read 1t without 1eing impressed wi
" the fact that he has hceu tho Instrument oi leu
ce inr mare souls to God than auy lnan who live
or has ltyctl s!uce the days Of Adam.
ID Another volume Of Ftnncy's sermons Ia sot
III to bc issued from thu press, ulllcr the SUM-
is vision OF the lscy Dr. Cowlcs and It H. eontideI
1c " hopsl we s1nll iAvo fuller biography, n1lt
ig new edition Of hts Theology, from tho Preside
~ From tfc different departments, ffty-nt
have graduated this year; lram the Collie
IN proper, thirty.one; and from Theology, clcyt
- -ail unusually small number.
A. THE dttA ADuATtS2 EXERCISES
in were crctl(taole tn the graduates thcmselr
hi anil sustained te !igl, reputation Of the selo
w w Tho Conservatory of Nl,lslc-which IL 50 pro
IN nent feature Of the !nstltutfolt-s safd to h:
nd executed Its part splenlilly. presume It 4
r1as.lral cs Hu music W s brout @ over ir5 Gerlnnny
H. ] Will rather havo NOld IIuu,lrul," or so
~, tur,a whirll will allow to understand
~. words, ut least when they arc befuro t1c. -,