Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-27

judges, juries, pleading and evidence, is to prevent failure of justice There is no pro- tession among men requiring greater moral courage, devotion to principle, and often de- nlanding defiance and resistance to the rich powerful and overbearing, consideration and forbearaDce to the poor and helpless, and often championship and protection to those prescribed by society, than that of the law. Icannot stay to ask which cause is best, Yet this is so to me because opprest. The concluding remarks of the orator were in substance as follows: We may rest se- cure in the faith that the hearts and minds of our countrymen will be fitted for their l task and with broader views and increased wisdom we shall be able to cope successfully with the mighty in-fowing tide of new and l ture of mankind has not changed since the lark first sang
 To the uncurst Adam, but manifests itself variously under the de mands Of habit and the times in which we live; but there is 8 law of nature founded on the general nature of human beings and not on the temporary and accidental situations I in which they may be placed. This is the law of which Hooker sublimely said, "Her seat 1 Is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world and all things in hea- | ven and earth do her homage, the | very least as feeling her care, and the great est as not exempted from her power" In I such contemplation bring to a close this imperfect and fragmentary invocation to 8 comprehension of some of the responsibili- ties of the profession whose especial duty 1t l is to assist in maintaining a government of laws over this great family of republican States, with their vast and varied population, and the great mass of the best interests of humanity committed to our charge, and to adjure you to gird up your Ioins for the struggle and prepare for 8 true understand ing of the duties that await you. False lights will be hung out to mislead you, the ] lures of personal ambition, the prejudices and l heats of political partisanship may beset your path and warp your judgment, but, consulting your individual conscience and independent ] manhood, keep eVerin your minds the true character of the government under which we live, and to which alone your feaIty as cit izen is due. And again I borrow the words of that great lawyer, Benjamin R. Curtis |:
 This is not government of men. It is 8
 government of laws, and the laws arc re- qulred by the people to be in conformity with their will declared by the constitution Our loyalty is due to that will Our obedf- ence IS due to those laws, and he who would induce submission to other laws sprinoing l from sources of power not originating in the
 people, but in casual events, and in the mere will of the occupants of places of power, l does not exhort us to loyalty, but to a assertion of trust.'' When a debt is gen l eral and universal, it rests lightly on indi l viduals and is apt to remain undis- charged. In this way suppose it may be accounted for that the plan of Runnymede the council meadow, once the scene of one of l the greatest triumphs of liberty over arbit- rary power, is still unmarked by any memor- lai shaft or monument. More than a cen ! tury ago an inscription was prepared by the poet Akenside, hoping like poor Timrod, of South Carolina, that
 Somewhere. waiting for it's birth, l The shaft n,s in the stone ! And with these words bring this address to an end
 H . This is the place
 Where Englsnds ancient barons clad in arns l fFhen rendered tanneS did challenge and secure The charter of thy freedom Pass not on Till thou hast biest their memory, and paid ] Those things which God appointed the reward Of public virtue. And if chance thy homo Salute thee with Fathers honorsd name, Go call thy sons instruct them what debt They owe their ancestors and make them To pay it, by tran uniting down entire
 These sacred rights to which themselves born" When Senator Bayard concluded his able oration he was greeted with prolonged ap- 1 plause.
 The exercises were closed with the bene- diction by President Porter.
 THE PRIZES. The committee to award t',e Townsend prize ($10O) for pronouncing the best ora ! tion at graduation consisted of Hon. Marcus \ | Edward L. Dana, of Wilkesbarre, Penn and Col. Edward P. Nestleton, of Boston, Mass. Following the oration of Senator Bayard, the committee through their chair l man announced that 1t had been quite diff cult for them to decide betU cen the two prize orations, but after due deliberation | they had decided to award the same to Dan l iel William Lawler, B. A. They, however, l thought that Mir. White was entitled to fa- vorable mention for his very excellent ora tion. The announcement was received with l enthusiasm by members of the graduating | class.
 l President Porter then announced the fol l lowing prizes and honors, which comprise the 1 names of those in each class who received the i highest marks at their annual examinations. Jewell prizs ($5O) for the best examination | at graduation, Sain Welty, B. A.. Illinois Wesleyan University.
 | Betts prize ($50) for the best ezami nation
 in studies of junior year, William Els worth Talcott, B. A., Mt. Union College. HoNoRs-sENIoR GLASS. 1 Degree of IL. B., naagnG cum lGatde, Nathaniel Taylor Guernsey, B. A.; Daniel l William Lawler, B. A., Georgetown College;
 Sain Welty, B. A., Illinois Wesleyan Univer- 1 versity.
 Degree of Ill., B., cum zaude, Howard
 brouck, B. A, George Wakeman Wheeler, B. JUNIOR GLASS. Russell Anson Bigelow, B. A, Edward Buttrick Graves, B. A., Seymour Crane Loomis, B. A., Frank Harbottle Mcintosh, B. A., William Ellsworth Talcott, B. A. Mt Union College, Sherman Leland Whipp!e, B.
 THE ANNUAL REPORTS AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD.
 The annual neurological record shows that during the past pear there were in all seven ty-eight deaths of which number sixty-three were graduates of the academical depart
 ment, nine of the Medical, one of the Law and five of the department of Philosophy and Arts It also appeared that the oldest living graduates
 Glass of 1913, Rsv. David L Hum, of Buffalo, N r.. born November 5, l7s9.
 Class of 1914, Rev. Leonard Wilmington, of New buryport. Mass, born August g, l789.
 Glass of 1874. George Hooker, NJ. D., O. Longmead- CIV, Mass born March IT, 1T93-
 The annual statement to the alumni says:
 The number of the students in the college
 this year has exceeded that of last year by
 upward of fifty. It is common impression
 that we are already largely endow owed. But if by
 our pecuniary endewments is meant pro-
 duetiVe invested property, the income of which may be used for the payment of sala-
 ries, repairs, the care of buildings and
 grounds fuel and light for the public rooms,
 the library or chapel, or any other strictly
 cOile8o expense, tn6 enQOWmentS are meapre.
 This is evident from the financial reports of
 the corporation, which are annually pre-
 scented by the treasurer and are freely sent to
 the graduates of the college.
 The last of these reports shows that the
 funds called academical amount in the aegre-
 gate to $795, ,S48. But it also shows that the
 funds now productive, the income of which
 is applicable to proper college uses. amount
 to only $34O, ,816
 The explanation of this is, that there are
 included in the 'tacademical funds'' several
 large amounts which either never can, or for
 an uncertain series of years cannot be used
 for the proper support of the department.
 Thus (a,) the sum of $227, S97 consists of gifts held in trust by the corporation, for the
 benefit of students, the income of which is
 paid in scholarships, fellowships and prizes.
 (b) No less than $f0o, GOO of the T. D. and
 T. W. Porter fund must be considered as set
 apart to produce the annuity of $5,00o to
 which that sum is subject.
 Co In the academicaI funds is included
 an item of $114, ,567 invested in the unpro-
 ductive real estate.
 (d) And finally the recent excess of ex-
 penses above income has consumed $l2,4
 of the funds themselves.
 These four items, $227, ,897, $100, GOO,
 $114, 567 and SIP, 496, amounting to $454,