New-York tribune., 1877-06-23

His subject art Education Essential Part OF
Collegiate Course and he object to arouse the
OF estohlishing n c,air Of Art in the college.
Mr. Clement handled his subject with much ability.
The po"t of tho occasion Mr.. +. A. Nichols Of The
BosoR GLOBE, also alumnus Of the colege. His sn'
icct was patriotic one, and was well handed TUFTS
has for distinguished for the excellence
of It's Commencement exercises, and those o today were
fully NJ 20 the mlrk. The range Of subjects chosen was
unusully A. and though many or the ahstruSe ques
tons discussed treated IN that dog'nar and conf
deut way which seems TO be in'enaflhe from me
handling Of such topics hv college subjects or those
about t. grauate every oraol showed snn" evidences
Of original Thought, aud sew raj were Delivered WIN
force and rOwer rarely shown in Commencement
"r'rts." The following was the order of exercises;
salni tory Grafton: "Mrabeau" Charles winfield Par
. nisq iislton The Province Of Art" George Edwin
3 psguis.tion "Patria Potestas" Philip Novel; Branch
l. sophicai or,tion "The EloQuence Of Ruins" Dan1
ph osorhlcal OrdTion: "The Russian and the Turk"
Clarelce Elmorc Churciiu, Nashua, y. u ,- 49,, a.
7. English Grafton: Physical Morality Frank Bishop
Eas L.i oraion: "conscrvato9 Of energy in Life and
o English Oration: Dowafal OF Napoleon" Charles
10 Dsqaisiiiou Commerce and Civilization" Howard
H. pSiiosoph,ca Grafton Classical Learning" Barua
bas Bai ou Pitner casry ysney n "a ,e s,ats- Frank
Arthur spoon, r. Charlton
EIScs, rS fP Rdlson ms Weaver Ili aSlebnrr i
H. Iis,erfaton Tho Impicy Of the Pious. HahI'oh
Is Enesl oIaion 'The Progress Of Chemistry" Charles
i6 Valelic.oIV Oratioa The Philosophy Of the stocs
Charles Morrison Jordan, SOmcrsI.le.
Tho following Gegre were rnuftfif0: ,. ~,
I.cbef y. of fr'e.-Cc Edwin Bill. PhiIp NOVEL;
Branch Daniel Rollins Brown Clarence timOit thnl, .l
Alnom rdgar Cl veugT, Frank Bi.h9p Harlnc on W ~
MURRAY Howard Nash Charles Winfield ParmsIlei,
parr abas Baiiou Prfner, ank Arthur Sp"1ucf ii
Kendall Weaver Hamilton Lee Whithej, Charles S"lei
W0Ohiudale.
(frii EaciRecr.-GeOrge LycurGus Perry. r.,
Bgrlef0rs NJ U.rufE.-Georgc NJ. Dallas fIh'F iIVVi
Adelbor; Ristcc Charles Henry Eaton, wafer scn N"'
Harrison S9OnoTd Whitman, Warren Sinltl NOoopi"7o
No honorary degrees were conferred ,
The exercises in the chapel were followed ny the an
punl Commencement dim 10 when a least 50 StsIs
sal down After tne coffee had been served PicslG'hi
Cappn called company T. order aud sld tla' n h'
Ellie Of interest touching the college me III
come o the college, said, d been somewhat rcdNceo
durns the past wear, its invested capital had heci
less pro uctivc, while the necessities OF tue luSt ioh
called for greater expenditures This had Left the GO"
cge somewhat crippled financially and made ihe hceu
OF an addit onal endowment az 100000 very npetNe
President Eliot OF Harvard COi'c.c followed, and fcac'
an interesting cJrnt tHat occurred when comhhi'c
of the trustees TUFTS College called upon nni Ne
tween two ard three years 10 AK hs adyCc anu'
tre selection OF President He advised t1e enc
tion OF an aunnu- and suggested that MI Capch, IN
spite OF fact that n young man; lSht NJ le
place successfully. HIS advice was acted arm ITcs
dcni Eliot ad ted strong words OF cncouagcSlh
and forrtod a ciul and successful future Tor tnc cor
lege. The remaining speakers were Poi III. H. snip
man. the Rev. Mr. Ryder and Mr. H. L. White'