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New-York tribune., 1877-06-29
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.

THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE CoLLEGE-MR. PAR.
DEE's GIFlS-THE SCIENTIFIC coURsE-Hy
GRADUATING CLASS SPEAKERS.
lFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TmBusgJ
EAsToN, Penn, June 23-Lafayette College
although young coege-ony 45 years old and for Tho
first 30 years of existence small, struggling and up-
knOwnbas during the last ten years developed into one
OF the leading educational institutions Of The country s
rapid growth and progress having few, il any, equals in
the history OF education. In 1868 there 80 student
in tho college; Commencement exercises were held
md there was talk OF closing the institution altogether
With the Inauguration Of the present President the Rev
william Catte ID. D., IN 1864, began the nros erty OF
Lafa cite the Of students increasing To l0I in
1867 233 in 1871 335 in 1876 and with 296 the roll
at the present tne In 1868 the Faculty consisted Of
nine members. and there are now ~ on the list.
These great changes due 10 the eXertions Of Pres
dent Cattel, who aroused AN interest in the college
amoug Pennsylyanians many of whom contributed gem
erously for its Improvement and support The chief
benefactor Ario Pardee of Hazlet0n who endowed
the Pardee Scientific Department and built Pardee Hail.
costing $2j0O0O his gifts amounting altogether to
100000.
The exercises OF the forty-second Commencement
began yesterday the annual examinations having
been completed last week The town is filled
with strangers among them beng Gen. Benjamin
Harris Of Indiana and family. II7 son Is member of
the graduating class The bacCaaureatc sermon was
preached yesterday by the Rev. William c. CatelL D. D.,
President of Lafayette frOl Jeremiah X % and p:
Let the wise glory IN his wisdom, melt Der let
the nighty glory his might; let not the rich man
glory in his riches DUt let him that goieth glory IN
this, tlat. he IN lciSt dn6eth ami knOWeth"
This afternoon the seniors celebrated Class DAY on
the college campus ia TIE presence oil large ASSEM-
blaze OF ladies and gentlemen Tie performance passed
Oh pleas My VITA ihr follow ing rier Of exercises:
Address, DyJ. w. Codaing, Master OF Ceremonies.
Music-lnvocatOn.
Salua; ry ~ j. l.cAes
Class Ora'ion .'.--------J' 81 Leeeh
presentation -....-.......G. II. r. Plumb
Glass song.
History .............. II. VI McIntr6
Mem0ria Grafton ............ ...........H NJ Fisher
Music
NatdiciIfy J. " filalu
Tie furnished by the Bluggud Band OF
Readiue Penn The alton II comic gifts TO yari-
ous of the class, aud the aDsud iuures lore
told by prophet afforded much amusement 70 those
acuutiatel WiIh TIE pecui dIj Scs Of the sud ns.
Juls evening large audience attended the Glass Con-
cert given IN Ablts Opera House ~ the Acndcissohn
Ounettc Cb Oi Boston, with IIss Ea C. Lewis az ihe
vocalist. Later the various college fraterniucs gave
their annual supIers. That OF the Theta Dita C vas
held at United state, HOt' the Hon D. W GfSss Ol
Paterson, n j. beng the orator aud j. Kennedy Stout of
New-GOrk tne poet OF tnc OccasiOn
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29
NEw.YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1877

The shining cataract halfway down the hignt
Breaks into mist; the haunting strain, that leh
On listeners unaware,
Ends incomplete, but through the starry night
The ear still waits for what it did not tell.
EDMUND &. S1EDMAN.
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Union UNIVERSITY.
UNION UNIVERSITY.
THE COMMENCEMENT DAY ExERcGsEs-NAMEs OF
THE PERSONS UPON WHOM DEGREES WERE con-

THE COMMENCEMENT DAY EXERCISEs-NAhEs OF
THE PERSONS UPON WHOM DEGREES WERE CON-
FERRED.
IFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THB rRTBuSE.l
SCHENECTADY, June 2S.-The procession on
Commencement Day, which for many years has marched
from the college to the church. started promptly at 93o
yesterday from the college chapel for the FIRST e-
formed Church. Long before the hour Of the exercises
the eddce was crowded The services opened with
PRAYER by the Rev. Dr. McNastcr, who so was
graduated from Union The following orations were
then spoken by members Of the Senior Glass:
Latin salutntory," John D. Washburne Ashla9d Penn
moras sa sna tsdT sR2fi Iniueace %' Clarence =
Tne Bss T9n GeTss Fecc j. 5ss Albany
"Unwrte9 IIisIory" John Deehan.y A6ang y: n, ".
ley Po.aln, y "The Fate of Nations William A. Hol.
man. egy in erstu Hlsqs John G. Pennie Abany ~ y
leced Leaf OF History" William b. Eanhine Geneva N T.
CoNFERRISG OF DEGREES.
President Potter then conferred the degrees in
as follows:
George Wasaneion Albright Albany Frederic James Bas
Augustine S {Beeaant Albany george afS
Lueius Everett Iswley Potsdami John Brewster Hub0s
Ia Henry Ia he, Laurel In s. C.; pewitt
n'g Iame e0r Peter se AnGeS Ss4e wam Bc6 1e
Coucys Jo'snb Countire Rus.lm CetrcvIlc Ma: Johi
Gaen Van Ness, Osbomcs Bridge; John Bohen Washburn'
Tie degree o. b 5 upon Spencer Madison Ad'it vschers
Ferry; Prank Adams DE Pny, ev.York John Fisher Co
lumhia, : G. villa Asaph Holman Gien's rams Jonn :.
Peunie Albany; william Cleveland koDersOn NeN-l0lk;
James Tayio. Cohoes, Bartlett Wmtlock, Brookyn ~
The Il, crce ~ g. r. upon Edwin Crawford Bard Dayton
OHIO: Frank " BroWne schenectady John Caney, Schen
ecady Francis Horton COcock, Beaufort c. George I'd
muni Grain 80 Nfwaukee Vs.. Adeibrrt Eugene Cumming,
Ohio; William :. De 1Teve Omngebdrg ;. C. John Towns
end Hart CaIcstOn. C.. Oliver James Hart Charleston,
= C Pau Tryp jenkins Charleston C.. Oscar H. Rogers
slant; John pennc Albany John b. WashbuThe'
Ashland. Penn.
The rec Of NJ D. SO students in course during the
year. degree OF LII upon n students Total deSrees
conferred during the year in course, li7.
Registrar announces that The institution expended
nearly -, 900 aiding mcrOrOus students during the
year. The fsllOwships which have nely been endowed
will this amount 10 oyer $1,000 IN te coming
year In evening areccpfon was neld H. Dis NOlts
residence from uil 10 to which all cordially IN
yited. After the ptiOn ball was ned, az Is me Gus
tom. H. th, gymnasium The grounds were very prculy
and tasieiully illuminated with japanese and Chinese
lanterns.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29
Into such blossom brake


Our northern hedge, that neither mortal sadness
Nor the drear thought of lives that strive and fall
Nor any hues it's sombeT leaves might take
From clouded skies, could overcome it's gladness
Or in the blessing OF its shade prevail.
Fresh sprays II yielded them of Merry Mount
For wedding wreaths blithe Phoebe with the
sweet
Pure flowers her promise to her lover gave:
Beside II, from iount
Where Pearl and Pansle FLASHED their innocent
feet
A brook ran on and kissed Zenobias grave
Silent and dark the spell
Laid Oh New England by the frozen North
Long. long the months,-and yet the Winter ends
The sn0w-wraiths vanish, and rejoicing well
The dandclions from the grass leap forth,
And Spring through budding birch and willow
sends
Her wind of Paradise And there are left
Poets To sing of all, and welcome still
The robins voice, the humble-bee's wise drons;
Nor are yet beTeit
OF one whose sagas ever at his will
Can answer back the ocean, tone for tone.
But he whose quickened eye
Saw through New-Engand's hfe her inmost spirit
Her heart, and all the stays on which It leant-
Returns not, since he laid tine pencil by
Whose mystic touch none other shall lnhert
What though its work unfinished esf Haf-b bent
The rainbow's arch fades out IN upper air;
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29
All. none the less we know

He felt the impercepuble sne thrill
With which the waves Of being papitate,
Whether in ecstasy of joy or woe,
And saw the strong divinity of VIII
Bringing TO halt the stod tramp Of Fate;
Nor from his work was ever absent quite
The presence which. OeTcast it as we may,
Things far beyond our reason can suggest:
There was drifting light
In Donatellos cell, "a iitful ray
OF sunshine came to hapless Clifford's breaI
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29
What II be hrnoden lonc

On Time and Fatc-thc OmuOus procession
or years that with Mans TctributiOns frovn,-
The destinies which round his footsteps throng,-
Justice, that needs not 1lercys intercession,-
Crime, on its own head calling vengeance down.
Deaf Chance and blind that ike the mountain-slide
Puts out Youths heart of fire and all is dark
What though the blemish which, in aught of earth,
The makers hand delied.
Was plain TO him-the one evasive mark
Wherewith Death stamps us for his own at
birthf
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29


Like day with night. his sunshine aud his gloom.
To him the stern forefathcTs creed descended.
The weight of some inexomblo Jove
Prcjudgng from the cradle 10 the tomb;
But tncrewithal the lightsome laughter blended
OF that Arcadian sweetness undlsmayed
Which finds in Love its law, and graces stih
The rood. the peritential symbol wOrn,-
Which sees, beyond the shade,
The Naiad nymph of every Iippllng Till
And hears quick Fancy wind her willful horn
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The few and rude plantations Of her Past
FIiuged by the beaches OF her sounding shore;
Her children as he drew them, there tney stand;
There, too, her Present, with an outline cast
Still from the shape those other centuries wore.
Betjmcs the orchards and the clOver-helds
Change into woods o'ershadowing host
That moves along the Massachusetts Path;
The sword OF Staudlsh shields
The Plymouth band, and where the lewd ont
boast
Stern Endicott pours out his godly wrath.
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Honorary degrees were conferred as follows

j.. D-i,cv. r. w. Dale, Birmingham, Eng.
IL. D-The Hon Richard ID. Hubbard Governor OF Con.
noccu the Hon. J. DiCox OF Oho and John Hurd Class
Of 1886.
NJ A-Lyel Adams Us C0nsul. at Malta AntOnas Martin.
Enc Penn. and Prot NJ > SouthwOrth Of Williams College
The Alumni dinner followed the Commencement exer-
cises and occupied the remainder Of the afternoon.
Speeches made by President Porter Judge Putnam
Of Massachusetts, Glass of 81 Rev Moses Colt Tyer'57
the Hon. j. d. Cox Prof Barker Of the University Of
Pennsylvania ex Gov Chamberlain OF South Carolina,
ana Others.
Tomorrow the examination OF candidates for admission
begins and continues through Saturday. And think
am quite safe in saying that the young gentlemen who
are expecting participate that entertainment
not nearly 80 comfortable their minds the Il6 who
came ont Of Center Church a few hours ago with their
''shcepsklns' in their bands.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29
But first of all she fed

Her hearts own favorite upon the store
OF precious things she treasures IN her woodA
OF charm and story in her valleys spread
For him her whispering winds and brooks that pou
Made ceaseless music in the soltndes;
The manifold bright surges OF her deep IN
Gave him them light. Within her yolce's call
She lured him on, by roadways overhung
With elIns, that he might keep :,
Remembrance of her legends as they fall
Her shaded walks and gabled roofs among
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29
Within the Province House

The ancient governors hold their brOidered state,-
Still CLEAN the lights the shadows come and 20
Here once again the powdered guests carOuse,
The masquerade lasts on, The night IS late.
Thrice waves thc mist-nvokng wand, and 10,
what troubled sights What summit bald and steep
Where stands ladder 'gaiust the accurscd tree Y
Wha. dark professions tlnthcr slowly climbf
AnoB what lost ones keep
Their midnight tryst with forms that evil be,
Around the Witch-hre ia the forest grim
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Clearly the masters plan

Revealed his people, even MS they were,
The pTayorful elder and the wnsOme maid.
The crrant iOysterer, The Puritan,
Dark PvEcheOD, mOumful lleStcr-all are there.
But none save he in our own time 80 laid
His summons on mans spirit; none but he,
Whether tho light thereof We're clear OF clOuded,
Thus Oh lis canvas fixed the human soul,
The thoughts OF mystery,
III deep hearts By this mortal guIse enshrouded,
Wis hearts that like the church bells rim
and toll.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29

Which, touched with fire. dwels not on whatsoever
Its outer senses hold IN their intent,
But sleep.ess even in sleep, must gather toll
OF dreams which pass like barks upon the rlver
And make each vision beautys Instrument;
That from its own love Loves delight can tell,
And from its own grief gueas the shrouded SORROW
From its own joyousness OF Joy can sing;
That can predict 80 well
From It's own dawn the luster OF tomorrow,
The whole lght from the fiutter OF the wing.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29

Anon his silent footsteps, as her own
Were led of old, until he came to he
An erente, whose life the desert knew;
And eaIned co1npanionship in dreams alone.
The world If seemed. had naught for such as he,-
For one who in his hearts deep wilderness
Shrnnk darkling and, whatever wind might dow
Found no quick use for potent hands and fam,
No chance that might express
To humankind tie thoughts which moved him 80.
% deem not those long years were quite III
vain!
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29

The one New-Englander Upon whose page
Thine offspring still are animate. and move
Adown thy paths. quaint and stately throng'
Grave men Of God who made the oden law,
Fair madens, meet for love-
All living types that to the coast belong
Since Carver from the PROV thy headlands saw.
What should the master be
Who to the world New-England's self must render
Her best interpreter, her very ownf
How spake the brooding Mother, strong and tender,
Back-looxng through her youth betwlxt the moan
OF forests and the murmur of the seal
"Thou toop she said, "must first be set ASIDE
TO keep my ancient vigil for space
Taught by repression, by the combating
With thine own pride OF pride.
An unknown watcher in a lonely place ~ -
With none on whom thine utterance 10 nlng'
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29

" rs III not Ncii iIldb ciiti
One. if no lnOre--shOuld mediate aloof,
Though not for naught the tiins's heroic quarrel.
For what men rush to do and what Is done.
He little knew to join tine web and wool
Whereof slow Progress wcaves ner rch apparei,
But toward the Past half-longing turned hls head.
His deft hand dalied with its common share
OF human toll nor soueh, new loads to lift,
But held itself, instead,
All conseerate TO uses that make far
BY right divine of his mysterious gift.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-29
THE COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
YALE COLLEGE.

TIE ABSENCE OF cELEBRITIEs-DID Mr.. EvAKTs DO
THE FAIR THING "A VETERANS VIEW OF ALUMNI
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-08

Sweet are the uses of retributive justice.
In passing through train on the New York
Central Railroad to collect tickets, the con-
ductor encountered, east of Utica, colored
man who had neither ticket nor medium of
exchange, and after desultory discussion
stopped the cars and kicked him off the
platform. A few weeks afterwards the con-
ductor took a chair iii barber shop IN Al
bany, under the minlstration of a .colored
man. The barber covered his customers
face with lather, whipped out glittering
razor, and while he was improving its edge
by means of a strop that dangled from the
wall. remarked to the gentlemen in the
chair: ;'Say, boss, you dosen't know me,
does you? Does you remember the fell ah
you LANDED from your train up at Tribes
Hill? Dat was bad thing for you to DO,
sab, an remember it WE'LL Right here
the conductor bounded FROM his chair and
danced around the room with the lather
dropping from his chin, and his hair standing
on end. He was finally induced to resume
his seat, on the barbeI's pledging himself to
do no mischief. but he did not enjoy the
shave, and breathed more freely when he
was outside Of the shop. q.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-08

ANSWER YOUR CHILDREN QUESTIONS .
Education is enormously supposed only to
be had at school. The most ignorant child
rem often have been constant in their at
tendance there, aud there have been very
intelligent ones who never saw the inside of
a school room. The child who always ask,
an explanation of terms o. phrases it can
not understand, who is never willing to re-
peat, parrot-like, that which is Incompetent
sitie, will far outstrip in ''education'' the
Ordinary routine scholar ''Education''
goes On with children at the fireside, in the
'streets, at church, at play-everywfcre
Then, do EOS refuse to answer the proper
questions. do not check this natural intel
aigence, for which books can never compen-
safe, though you might bestow whole libra
tries.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-08
Y,HE BEST OF TIE AGE!
+" The Horizontal Churn p

First Premium awarded this churn at the STATE
Fair in 1870, at the Baldwin Augusta Fair, 1877.
and wherever it has been exhibited it has been
successful over all other churns All that it
claims is guaranteed orno sale ~
LIPSCOMB s. SOMERVILLE
Sole Aasnfs for Augusta county and the Valley
OF Virginia.
STApNgON, VA. Oct 18th, 1877.
MESSRs. LlpsGOMB & SoMERvIIIE;
have used about twenty different patterns of
Churns and consider the Horizontal Churn.
which have used for twelve months, TO be the
best that nave mad. A. d. WREN.
oct l8-1m.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-08

The New Orleans Democrat estimates
that the products Of the State of Louisiana
from the ground amount to one hundred
millions of dollars. These are distributed
as follows, taking last years as a criterion ::
Sugar, s22, 0oO 900; cotton, $50. 900. 900 ;coTn,
SIS, 00o, 900: rice. 50, 800 900; potatoes. cot
ton seed for oil, fruits. vegetables, &C., $780,
100000 making grand total of 500, OOO,-
600. Taking into consideration the impov-
erishment of this State caused by the war,
the destruction of her levees and the conse-
quent abandonment of thousands and tlous-
ands of acres of the best land OF the State,
and the prolonged political troubles. this is "a
most remarkable and encouraging showing.
A State that exhibits such an amount of pro-
dictive capacity, and under such untoward
circumstances, must have within her sources
which require only few Years of peace and
prosperity TO develop into immense proper
lions.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-08

DR.. Tut has been en-
gagged in the practice Of
medicine thirty years, and
foralong timewas demon.
strator of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Geor-
gia, hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
OH scientific principles,
and are free from all
quackery.
lie has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antagonistic
qualities of a strengthen
ing, fmrgative, 0wda Par.
iiying ionic.
Their first apparent ei-
feet is TO increase the ap.
petite by causing the food
TO properly assimilate.
Thus the system is nour-
ished, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or
gaus, regular and healthy
excavations are produced.
Therapidity with which
persons fake on flesh,
while under the influence
of these pills, Of itself in
dictates their adaptability
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur
ing nervous debility, mel.
ancholy, dyspepsia, vast
ing of the muscles, slug
gishpess of the liver,
Chronic constipation, and
myth to the system. Sold
Iu ray Street, New York.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-08
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF MOST WALL
" ABLE AND ATTRACTIVE

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF A MOST vALU-
" ABLE AND ATTRACTIVE
AUGU STA FA r M.
By virtue OF decree of the Circuit Court OF
Augusta county. pronounced at the June term,
1877, in the cases Of John EchOls, Receiver &C.,
VS.. w H. Peyton & ais and Nv. II. Peyton VS..
F. M. Young ais the undersigned. who were
appointed Commissioners for that purpose, will
on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 1877,
on the premises, at 10 M. sell, at public auction
to the highest bidder. that most valuable and at
tractive Farm upon which William b. Peyton.
ESQ., now resides. Said Farm contains $40 Acres
of Land in the most complete order and In the
highest state OF cultivation. It is situate two l2)
miles east of Staunton; and is handsomely i'm
proved, with most comfortable and commodious
dwelling House, and all necessary Out-houses.
It is very rarely that such property is offered for
SALE and it is worthy Of the attention OF any per-
sons desiring to locate in the Valley OF Virginia
TERMS-Cash in hand sufficient to pay the costs
of suits and the expenses Of sale, and for the bal
ance credit of one. two, three and four years,
with interest from day OF sale. bonds with good
personal security to be executed tor the deferred
payments and title to the property to be retained
ilIiip purchase money is fully paid.
tn J r" T. C. ELDER,
JAMES BUMGARDNER, JR.,
JOHN ECHOLS,
oel1-tds F7 Commissioners
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-08

The Number OF miners killed in the aa-
'thractte coal regions of Pennsylvania lin
u8zG Yves 22s, 2nd the number Of wounded
4e2.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-08


In entering upon the New Year Il affords ME
pleasure to extend to my many old and true
friends its cherry greetings, and wish them peace
plenty and prosperity during its passing days
There is nothing more pleasant than to fight our
battles DER again, and to recount the evidences
OF friendship which marked the varying incidents
and events of the checkered life we have lived
We drop tear over the departure to the shadowy
realms of some noble soul, leaving vacuum in
community difficult to 1ll and give a smile at
the remembrance of hearts made glad by two
congenial spirits united. to battle together lfes
tempests and crosses. We read in these but
photograph OF the future We will pass to that
bourne whence no traveller returns and be Civ
en- in marriage, justas those who have gone be
fore us.
And this reminds that must he up ana
doing while it is called day. and make provisions
for the wants of the times in-which we live. To
that end have laid in the
LARGEST AND HAN ST STOCK
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-12
The Anti-AGonopO1iSt.

mighty heart beats, and heard the rap
id, monotonous thud- thud-of hoofs,
as the wind swept my face, and trees,
rocks, hills, shot past and vanished in
the dim light like the phantosmagoria
of a vision. The woman behind me
faltered and swayed. put one hand
round and clutched her.
care you faint %
"They-hit = me while : ago.
Never mind"
"Good Heavens!' said I. She was
bound to me, and so could not fall.
Oh, the pitiless, relentless miles that
seemed never to be got over
When Cheveignac galloped at last,
jading and reeking down the long
street of Calsaba, I felt, with sick.
ening fear, that carried a breathless.
inert mass behind me.
No-thank heaven but very near it
Three hours later Herries and NixOI
joined me.
think in his gratitude the latter
would have pressed upon us every
atom of the five thousand dollars
worth of gold-dust and nuggets which
he had secured on his person ant
brought safely away.
We strenuously refused; and h
finally took up his line of march east
ward, and dwells to day in Massachn
sets. with his now recovered wife ant
a whole family of little olive branches
And he thinks the Lord didn't forge
him after all.