The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-30
HARVARD'S lI0NORS GIVEN
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Nhru THIS vear was particularly inter..,i,r ,.
WAS typical of what nm American oou,.. "
mencement should c-dignncd. sch,I..,. 'l
entertaining. The day WINS almriv ""u
Old Cambridge. with ~ nent lawns ,nI , wv,
shade, never looked more attractive rho ~
crnor came from Boston to attend tho cva.. Wv
and with him was lord Durcrin. Tho ,,,','
guished guest ofthc occasion, who boa h,a.
vitcd to receive the degree of III. n tro,' :.
university The ancient escort Of Iancer. ,.,,,
their red ponnons. was not omitted ana w.
procession. as It wound through Bos,on's 49,
Gus streets, served to remind the people n,,
wednesday was commencement day
The Sanders Theatre. whore tho eVerc,... ;
take place. occupies one end Of Memorial han
Ihere is probably no liner university thea,reis \
inc world Tho n"or IL reserved for the caah.
dates who are about to receive their degree, /
ABOVE II rise two galleries. which on wetinA
day were thronRed with beautiful women ~.
1--WE will supposed learned mon. On tho s,ss.
sat President Eliot the fellows OF the cornor.
ton, the faculty and number Of prominsw
guests. including those upon whom honora,,
degrees were 10 bc conferred. twill probolI.
seldom be the fortune Of any Of tho spento,.
whose names appeared on the commonca'
mcnt programme TO address 80 diatinrmishaJ
an audience; l2r among those On the platform
itraa
said were TO bo noted Charles Francis Ala
Robert G. Winthrop. Nathan Clifford, Lord l. =
i.rin. james Freeman Clarke. Edward Everett
Hale Andrew Y. Peabody. Oliver Wenden
Holmes and Horny W. Longfcnow. ''"
Except the titles Of the several theses and B.
dresses, the programme was wholly in La n.
There were only nine speakers Tho a A.
Clinton ". Iucn- Of Lawrence. Mass deliyenJ
ashort dissertation in Latin. which does no.,
cnli i9r particular, CRITICISM. Barney Sachs II
NcW YORK iglinW"h wltrri = thesis On Goethe ~
Man OF Scicncr' Thi, was well wrinrs
aud carefully delivered discourse. claiming tot
H i, ,o H2fo rEtdn thIn Is GENERALLY assigned
MN ior hS cuilN insight INTO s"v"ral great srl
entinr truths. Ilcc NEXT atdrrS- was q disiui
| snon by hug"ne J. .Chtmbcrain VI Albany. on
Progress in Philosophy" Mr.. Chamb'riaii
was notrn ON ~" pr2gtammc g. having taken
| hunnrs IN philosophical stulle~. After hin
came De2rSc NJ Flnncy ol naii9rna. .Wlr
| considerable rhetorical power wis manifested
by TINS speaker. ana he drew striking parallel
| the lat" Pope. The twY ort.uns being lie
highest honurs In the graduating clnss wrr.
/ suoken 10y samuel shepherd of Illinois. on
| the Same S,utp. on "Tchuyson'- Fpie" Mr.
| Shepherd. in somewhat cynical vein de.
noune"d thincsc cheap labor with much Nigor;
| Ilylls " the King constitute great epic Tic
| applause which greeted MIR Shorcy'- ei'ou ia.
! dicAted gtoat popularity With his classmates
4 brief intcrmissiou. with mus ic hy Tho mill.
! tary band stationed In ihr gallery nhpvo tho
stage. preceded the orntions of the gentlemen
! who had been selected hy thr faculty to r,nr,,.
sent the candidates Tor ,~t-graduatc degrees
The first of these gentlemen WIS Ffnnklin
| Bartlett. AM LIB. of New York candidate m
! history, for the degree uf Doctor oi Philosophy
| His topic was " The Struggle for Land In r..
| land in the Sixteenth Century The prc-ence
| of Lord DufTern made IL finely nui npnro.
/ pirate The Earl is himself the author of
! work on Irish land tenure and listened 10 This
Grafton with manifest Interest," The spoakers
! The attention Of the auIirncc In a marked iS'
| gree considering tho somewhat rnal nature