The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-03

prizes, amounting to $50. $50, $50 and
SD went as follows: First, John 5. Ie-
lie. Bangor, Me-; second. Edwin ID.
Howe, Albany, N. Y; third, Geo. X.
Wales, Middebury fourth. Ford G. Lang
worthy. Middlebury.
j. Harry Engels of Montpelier, organ
list, provided the music. which was of II
| high order and was enthusiastically APP
| plauded.
The speakers all did well. showing
careful training on the part of their teach
err and painstaking effort on their own.
The Judges had some difficulty in arriving
| at a decision.
Commencement Day.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ALUMNI
| The alumni held their annual meeting
at the college chapel at o'clock W ednes-
day morning. This list of officers was
elected President. a. F.Walker. 81 vice
president. Prof. Brainerd Kellogg. Is;
secretary. Henry 5. Footc, 81 central
committee. James NJ. Slade, 81. &. NJ.
Wilds. 10. and A. 7. Stapleton, -; ne
geological committee. l.. f. Knapp. 'G2,
Prof. William II. Parker, 30, and Dr. 5.
S. Blake. 80 t.; orator. Prof. +. II. lligley,
IS; substitute. *. G.. Anderson. -; po-
ct. A. l.. Miner. II; substitute, W. l.
Twitchell. -.
The committee appointed Tuesday to
confer with the corporation reported
through its chairman. Mr.. Mcintyre that.
the corporation having asked them to pre-
sent the names of six candidates for cleo
| ton on the board of trustees, they had
presented those of Braincrd Kellogg. 1S.
+. II. Higey. 'GS, Aldace f. Walker. 90,
| James Nj. Wa ncr. 81. George Il. Erwin,
90. and Il. j. Eddy, 'GG.
The neurological committee reported.
| through Prof Braincrd. the deaths of
these alumni Silas Baldwin. 81 ; Will
liam Sargent, %; Rev. Lyman Gilbert,
'2l: Rev. Cephas II. Kent, III; Charles
Paulk, 81; Rev. L. A. Ranney. 80 !;
James Tufts, %; William A. Tewks-
| bury. 60, and Rev. Giles =. Hawley, IL.
A discussion of the duties of the cor
poration toward the alumni followed.
The opinion was expressed that the grad
yates ought to have something to say
about putting alumni on the board of
trustees. a committee, consisting Of j.
| w. Atwood. rs. j. w. Aberncthy. '7G,
and G. b. f. Palmer. 'S3, was appointed
to devise means for increasing the inter
est of the alumni in the college and get
ting Il larger attendance.
THE GRADUATING EXERCISES.
The alumni and faculty. headed by the
Mddlcbury cornet band. b. Cobb,
leader-with Col Knapp as marshal,
reached the church soon after II o'clock,
when the exercises of the graduating
class began. The house was crowded.
Seated on the stage with President Ham
lin were the members of the faculty,
James Nj. Slade. secretary of the corpo-
ration; Rev. Or. Spraguc of Detroit.
| M of
tire of Pittsford and the members of the
corporation. Rev. DR.. j. O.. Johnson and
Hon. W. c. Dunton of Rutland, Rev. Dr.
+. =. Hooker of Wellileet, Mass. Prof
Parker and Hon. John W. Stewart OF
Middlebury.
This was the
PROGRAMME.
FRAZER
Overture-''Pique Dame" Supp
Grafton, with Salutatory Addresses-The Rise o
our Constitution.
ilbert \. Severance, Manchester.
Observation-Disclosures in Europe.
Edward &. jerks, Poultney.
Oration--A Plea for the Individual.
Gerald 5. Lee, Brattleboro.
Grafton, Phiosophical-Th Relation between
Science and Philosophy.
James a. Jones, Mddlebury.
Romance for Cello and Flute, Brdgg
Messrs. Stockbrdge and Wheaton.
Oration-The Clayton Bulwer Treaty.
Geo. =. MacGowau, David's Island, y. !. H.
Oration-The Influence of the Jcsuts upon tn
Protestant Reformation.
Fret 4. Macleod, Liverpool S.
= Gration-SOme OF the Germinant Principles G
the Fifteenth Century.
Julius V. Sturtevant New Haven.
Grafton, with Vaedictory Addresses.
Michael A. Stapleton, Middlcbury.
WATERWAY B' st Day in Berlin" Gung'
Masters Grafton.
John c. Miller. Al
Gavottc-" hearts Desire" SchrapP
Conterrng of Degrees and Awarding of Prizes
Prayer Benedicton.
Rev. DR.. Sprague offered prayer.
Mr.. Severance. after the customar,
= Latin salutatory addresses, spoke of tn
dangers which threatened the States a
} the close of the Revolution The Con
federacy was breaking in pieces. Blu
the leaders were able to appreciate tn
situation-tO see that strong centra
government was needed lie sketches
: the steps that led up to the adoption o
the constitution, which heralded the be
ginning of anew era. As then adopte
, the constitution still endures. monu
1 ment to the wisdom of those who forme
: it.
Modern civilization. said Mr.. jerks. i
essentially democratic. Europe. thong
nominally mOnarchical. is practical
republican The movement that mad
9 America democratic began in Europe bt
!, fore the Pilgrims landed ON our shore,
Its growth was accelerated in the LIST
a century. 1t had to contend with a hiel
n archial church and with monarchy. Oh
? social forms do not reappear. So til
a movement toward democracy must cor
, tinue till the whole becomes republican
Mr.. Lee said, in opening, that man is
solitary individual, yet united by con
mon interests and common aspiration,
But the individual does not receive til
recognition he deserves. The majority
nj everything and the individual nothing
N \ ct the history of the race is but the hi
tory of an individual Society is
m league against the individual. 1t deter
mines the education and the cut of
," mans clothes. Originality is not in d.
nunH DpDinS is ut discount Snaint