The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-13
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EIGHT FEMALE GRADUATES,
THE CLASS Just TURNED OUT FROM
RUTGERS COLLEGE.


White Dresses, mud FasRys In Four Language
-Applnu,e for - DIstinct French Utter
nnce Backed by Dimpies aud Brown Hair.
The audience at the Rutgers Female Coll
lego commencement held in the Church Of the
Disciples last evening was out OF all proportion
to the number Of graduates. 1t was altogether
too large to warrant. the weather being
considered. the shutting up Of all the
doors and windows. Nevertheless. all the
doors and windows we're scrupulously shut up.
and that caused the two small mountains Of
flowers which were henped one on either ex-
tremity Of the platform to wilt. and distracted
the attention OF the audience from thnt which
in cooler atmosphere would doubtless have
wholly absorbed ii.
BY the time the exercises opened there was
an incessant whlrr OF fans in the church. The
President OF the college and three elderly and
benevolent looking gentlemen sat at the back of
the platform. forming sdmbre and well.con-
trasted background for the brillinnt flow
ers and the blooming members Of the
graduating class. Two grind pianos
stool back 70 back, Just In front of the
plntiOrm. and beyond these again sat in n semi
circle the teachers and scholars Of the college
and the trustees with their families. The point
where these ended and where the general au-
dience began WIS marked by silken ribbons
stretched across the nisles: and there were
more ribbons Of every hue luuerinR from the
D.
gu young men with radiant faces and shining
bOniOnneres.
The eight members Of theNgraduating class
were all dressed with great modesty. and nj
most exact similarity. IN white. Miss Lydia
Anna Aitkcn delivered the saluiuory ad-
called aloud with grent deliberaiion 10y
the President. and she rose from her
up on the platform, courisying TO the line OF be-
nerolent gentlemen. and then taking her POSI-
u90n in front OF tnsem and between the two vast
hills OF flowers. She delivered her first address
most vouDly in German to the benevo-
lent looking gentlemen behind her wno
could not avoid looking as thou IN they
failed to understand. although they tried
hard to assume n reasonable and receptive eN-
preston. Other German addresses Miss Ait-
Ken then made TO her mat"s. her teachers, and
the audience, ana II WAS only occasionally that
she tripped and then but slightly. on the long
and difficult way to the conclusion Of n German
sentence. When she had nIshrd she WIS
roundly applauded. the line OF benevolent gem
tlemen magnanimously joining in.
Miss lln Judson followed with m essay en-
titled From the Possible to the Real" This
second member OF the graduating class was.
eyed, and her dress likewise WINS simple
white. Her essay was philosophical. and
TonndsJ ana p@Ey serI@Isy w" ss uHFen snrah Fran:
ces Hall. who followed. recited a French
essay entitled. in translauon. The Principal
and she uttered the French words IN the most
fearless fashion. md with definite and com-
plete handl ng Of euch syllable. viii IA carried
the audience to the apex Of enthusiasm. She
was moreover. very pretty with her dimples
and her abundant chestnut hair, and there was
nobody who got more applause. II anybody got
as much.
VI s-es Judson and Sturces played m instru-
mental duet. and Miss i 2abrih Helen Dodge
delivered an essay on PHYSICAL Science nn
Element Of Culture" Miss Dodge was plainly
n tavorite with both her tenrher- and her mates.
She was tail. scholarly and was heartily APP
pauded. Miss Fannie Lord Sturg@s followed her
with nm account Of What IL GoinT on in the
World" and Miss Rnchael Berry Allerton with
A Noble Life" Mss Arken and Miss Hall
read English ESSAYS. MISS Renercn Elizn Her
soy read an essay on The Wnrtburg." and
Miss LYDIA L iztbeth Anderson one on 4
Livelihood is Not Life" The English aud
Latin yn!ediciores were delivered by Miss An
| derson and Miss Hersey respectively.
II is n fact worthy. perhaps, OF re, thnt all
Of the graduating class Of Rutgers. but two,
| have dark hair and eyes. and on. very mum
| alike. md thlt their manner Is SINH
lar. Miss Hall WIS the only one ot
the eight VINO IN manner WIS not
quite sedate and conservative. She spoks
right out" in way thnt had just a suggestion
al being saucy. and she nude an tx 'eil"nt Grs-
tur" onre to accent u patriotic sentiment IN her
essay on Popular Favor" The class dressed
worry nearly all alike.