New-York tribune., 1878-07-05
wJt1JlyS COLLEGE CoMMEYcEMEyE

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PRESENT ALL THE wEEK-rHREE DAYS DoiNGs
The SPEECHES, PRIZE COMrETITIoN ETC.
WuIIA.sTOWN, Mass, July 3.-To-day Is
the last day OF commencement week at Williams. Ihc
week has been one Of the hottest the town has expert
enced for several years and the streets have become
quite dusty Showers have been anxously looked for
every night ana feared every Day but none nave come
The number Of visitors has been larger than usual
Sunday Tuesday and Wednesday are the busy days OF
the week sunday. at 1880 IN, DR.. Taylor, OF New
York delivered powerful address before the college
Y. NJ. G. A. His subject was Prov. xiii, - In!
the truth aud sell It NOT" He spoke for fifty minutes
and his earnest and stirring words seemed to breahe
new lie into the already deep religious
work among the students Of the college
Tn the afternoon nj O'Clock President Chadbourne
delivered the baccaiaurcate before the gradual
ing class His subject Ecceslastes hi, Il. and he
closed with feeling charge TO the members Of the ciass
with reference 10 their Hie-work. Immediately after
the sermon came the annual praycrmeetg IN Mission
Park around fhc monument which commentaries the
birthplace Of American Missions Dr. Hopkins pre-
sided. and opened the meeting with an eCdIe's
PRAYERS were offered by Dr. Clark, II, DR.. stephen
Tyng, Of Ncw-York, and Dr. Taylor Remarks were
made by Or. Prime OF The Ncc-iork Obscre'
and the Rev G. ". Coan, class OF ls4G, twenIyilne
years a missionary Persia. This piayef-mceiing Is
growing more and more beloved by the graduates oi
the college and by all interested III foreign missions
In the evening the annual alumni I-heS'hF "Oh
place IN the college chapel.
On Monday evening General stewart J.. Wcodord. Of
YORK. addressed the Adephc Union taking for Ms
subject william Cullen Bryant
Tuesday was class day. The first exercises were held
I'm the Conversational Church. and consisted Of short
address by the class president Mr. Stevenson; class
Grafton by Mr. Mills, aud class poem by Mr. CaIhcld
The orators subject was who u kinGl' Mr. Mills
reprcseutCd Williams at the last intercollegiate contest
in NcwYoTk and there took the FIRST przo in orator
MI Caufelds subject The Last statute Of Lycius
The poet is only nineteen years OF age. Several
short poems which he has written since enter
ing college hayeaattactcd considerable notice After
tho exercises at tue crch tie class went TO tho library
campus where the class ivy planted The ivy ora
ton was gwen by Mr.. Gloss subject, Utopia -aiteI
which came the singing Of tho ivy song, TTitcn 10y Mr
Canfed and set TO music by Mr. Pratt son Of Professor
Pratt of the college. Next the library GRAFTON by
Mr. Plat on " Life and Letters" The address 20 the
lower GLASSES was givcn by M Balloon East College
campus The suoEing Of the class pipe caused consd-
cradle merriment as there were fifteen members who
had never learned TO smoke Three refused TO smoke
An hour Of college song then held, and the gradu
a.ng class ioled with enthusiasm In their last chance
10 unite in the old college songs
In tbe.even.ng the prize rhetorical exhibition Of the
sophomore and junior classes took place. The Dro-
gramme as follows:
"Gunpowdcr as a Ciyllzcr," Charles oimstead walton
''Venice." II L. Laudon Troy, y. y
"FIancis Bacon" Curtis Bidwel' fteeport Ill
Possibilities" W. =. seward y. Y.
causes q The Elzaoothan Poetry" T. D. Hale Battling
Hollow. LII
"sayonaroa" N. ]. Swift. AGltlbula Ohio.
The Of Jerusalem" q 4. De.er Worcester Mass.
'osoph Mazz,ni.' Thornton williams Ch2ppaqua. n y
"Tho spirits Ofthe CTustdoTs. Ii. T. Perkins Ware.
The general piize was taken by Williams; the first
sophomore prlzc by Seward the second by LAndOn.
The first junior prize taken by Geer the SECOND by
Perkins The promenade concert given by 7S succeeded
this and u brilliant affair.
Today's exercises began at 0 O'Clock a. Governor
Rice OF Massach and his staff present The
procession formed front OF the chapel building and
marched 10 the Congregational Church, where the
speaking Of the class tooK place The programme
follows:
Music Prayer bv the president. Latin saluta,ory VII
l,eiisn BalcOm HOpkutDn. Dissertation
Pascal William Edward AthraTn West Tsbury Phos0ph
zeal Grafton. CuuTists waldo Seden Pratt, Williams
Musc Dissertation, 81 Bernard, Henry Bishop Rock
Anthony Bates Chicago III Dissertation, S'Ci1n Vespers
Henry seymour CLARK, IenoX Dissertation, Gothic Arch
lecture Charles Edwin Haynes Cambridge ONO oraOn,
The Jacquerie, Carlton Putnam Nils south Niamslown.
Philosophical OTatO, Communism Charles MacOm Plat,
Wilderness. Edward Huntington Clark West Salem, Wis
Grafton. Joan Of Arc John CLARK Dewey, Worcester Grafton
ST. BarhoOmews Day, Eugene Everett Bamum Yates \.
y Dissertation CheYalicr Baysrd Adrance
POnghkeepse. r. v Grafton, Edc Of Nantes, Rufus Buei
Louis XIV Walter Geer Ioosck Falls ~ y. Music Dis
setatOn, kubcsusm in France AdOOs Allen, Jersey Ctv.
walton N Y. Grafton W haieyer Is Right William Jay
Peck NOrhhod C0un. Philosophical Grafton, Descarte the
Philosophical OIaon COnte. Tho Positivis Howe Paige,
Knshyile IN Oiaton French Poetry ATihur Graves can
Low Benueti Puiasu. \. Y Valedotory Grafton The Phi
"sophy Of the revolution Chales Gross II9y n y Con
ferIng OF degrees Announcement Of Piizes Benedicon