Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-29
LITER AIRY.


COLLEGE COMMENCEMENrs.
Exercises at Various Educational Inst,-
tuti0ns.
J The Hide prize speaking took place
yesterday AFTERNOON in the Amherst col
lege hall in the presence of large crowd.
In the evening the speaking for the kel-
logg prize took place.
1t is expected, in view of the existing
troubles in Dartmouth college, there will
be an unusually large meeting Of the
alumni on Thursday. Arrangements for
the commencement exercises and fes-
tivities are being made on \ general
scale.
Tho Virginia University commencement.
The weather was quite pleasant. and the
closing exercises of the University Of Vir-
ginia were more lively than they have
been for years. The annual meeting of
the board Of visitors W~s held, and last
evening the final celebration Of the Wash
ington literary society took place. F. NJ.
| o. Fem, of Texas, received the ora
tors medal. and w. w. Wilkinson, Of
Alabama, the debatcr's medal. Among
the large number of distinguished visitors
from other states were General Stevenson,
Judge Manzies, and General Mccoy, Of
Kentucky, and Colonel Ellis, of Chicago.
There was large reception ut the resi-
dence of Professor Peters. Professor F.
H. Smith, has left for an extended trip in
Europe.
Yale College.
The principal feature of the meeting Of
the Yale alumni. was statement by Pres
ident Porter of the progress Of the college
for the past fifteen years. During that
time he showed that it had more than
doubled its staff of instructors and stu
dents, and had made notable ad
vance in material resources and IA
cilities for study. During that pc
riod tho college had received in
money-gifts over $2.5OO,OOO. 1t las
had $3.50. 600 given it during the past
year. The paper was received with great
interest by alumni. Professor Henry w.
Farnham has been elected to fill the pro-
Sheffield scientific school, vacated by Gen.
eral Walkers resignation. Professor
Hadley takes Professor Carter's German
professorship.
Mr.. Randall ut Carlisle.
inson college began with the baccalau-
DR.. McCauley, tho president and that be-
| fore the Society of Religious Inquiry by
DR.. John Lanahan, of Washington, d. C.
They were continued yesterday by the
| meeting Of the trustees, at which there
was considerable discussion looking to q
revival in the financial condition of tho
college in anticipation of its centennial
| in 1888, but no definite conclusion was
| reached. Tho erection of scicn-
tific hall is one Of tho objective points.
A younger element of the alumni and
| trustees has been nursing the project of a
change in the presidency, but DR.. McCau-
ley's friends from Baltimore and elsewhere
have rallied to the commencement in un-
usual force and nothing startling in the
| way of changes in management are ex-
pected. Last night Hon. Samuel j. Ran
| dali delivered the address before the liter
ary societies and George Alfred Townsend
read the poem. To-day is alumni day
and after the address, by Hon. Seth H.
YOcum, there will be a promenade con-
cert ON the fine campus, which is to be
brilliantly illuminated for the occasion.
On Thursday tho baccalaurcate oratiOns
will delivered, a class Of ten being grad
uated. Tho exercises are largely attended
by townspeople, alumni and friends of the
college.
Mr. Randall spoke for about an hour on
sketch on his life and public services and
Il philosophical analysis of his political
principles. lie pronounced them to be
the vitalizing influence in our American
system. The speaker traced the main
events of JeffersOn's life from his carly
education to his services rs president, re-
ferring with especial emphasis to the pa
triotic inspiration which he caught from
Patrick Henry, to his authorship of the
Declaration of Independence, his influence
in upbuilding tho constitutional common
wealth of Virginia, his eminent contribu-
tiOn to our national domain in securing the |
accession from Franco of the great South
ern and Western territory, his diplomatic |
labors, his zeal in behalf of our national
commerce, his opposition to the alien and |
seditiOn laws, and above all to his Jealous |
assertion Of personal liberty AID of the |
freedom of the press and Of religious be
lief. Each of these salient points of |
his public career was seized upon and |
shown to exemplify his wisdom,
patriotism and foresight, and this was
accomplished by fervid culogy of his |
peOsonal purity and elevation above the |
greed of spOils. Though the orator in the |
main avoided questions that are in poll
tical dispute, he. manifested sympathy with |
oSiOi"oh 0SoWCu OppoSiIIou ~ CcuUTdIl- |
zation and his apostleship of the Demo-
cratic doctrine. The subject was doubt |
less prompted by tho zeal which Garfield |
and other Republican statesmen have |
lately manifested to advance the
Hamiltonian idea, and the Grafton
may be landmark in general |
revival of Jeffersonian doctrine by
the popular exaltation Of it's author.
The address closed with fitting extract |
from JeffcrsOn's letter acknowledging his |
degree of doctor of laws from Harvard uni |
versity and praising the work of literary
institutions devoted to liberal education.
TOwnsend's poem was 4 very felicitous
narration in rhyme Of tho story of Dickin-
son. and its many telling humorous and |
patriotic points and local and personal al
lusiOns were warmly applauded.
THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.
Withdrawal Of tho English Represent ativo
Advised.
In viek of the rc-assembline of the
monetary conference on Thursday next,
the London Times, in its financial article,
while conceding that rs an act of courtesy
to France and the United States it was
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