Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-27

ham, and instrumental music was furnished
by the Howard Opera House orchestra in
manner which won plaudits on every side.
The order of exercises was as follows
Mucic. Overture, Black Nantes. Bucalossi
Prayer,
Ellce Murdoch Alger.
Ancient and Modern Science,
Abel Joel Grout.
Democracy in America,
Walter Demerit Parsons.
Music. Selection Orpheus, ......... Onenhach
The Arab Civilization in spain,
Bessie Ingraham Howe.
Lying as fine art,
Charles Brace Sornborger
Music.-Serenade, Dream on the Rhine,
Hartman.
Lorenzo De Medici,
Grace Louise Wright.
Should Foreign Immigration he restricted
Frederick Billings, jr.
Music. Waltz Remembrance of Copenhagen.
Gungl
The Moral Influence of Scientific Study,
George Isaac Forbes.
Walter Chaplin Flanders.
Natural Evidences of mans Immortality,
Marshall Avery Howe.
Music'-French Patrol, ...u,arr. by Wiegand.
Degrees Conferred,
BCncdiCtion,
Music Wedding March,..,.... Mendelssohn
The orations by the members Of the grad
uating class which were, as will be seen by
the programme, upon novel topics in one or
two instances, showed careful preparation
and through comprehension of the respec-
tive subjects and were well delivered The
exercises as u whole, while not so brilliant
perhaps as those of some previous gradual
ing classes, were fully up to the standard
and were in every way creditable to the
class and to the University.
CONFERRING OF DEGREES.
At the conclusion of the orations the
members of the graduating class were con
Quoted upon the stage by the marshal and
after being addressed by the president they
received their degrees. The class number
ed 26 and the degrees were as follows;
Bachelors of Arts--George Frederick
Abbott, Frontier, n. y. Ellice Murdoch
Alger Burlington; George Bradford Case,
Woodstock; Emily Marsh Colburn, Bur
lington; Gertrude Conaut, Brandon; lIar-
old Morillo Dean, Bakerslleld Walter Cha
pin Flanders, st, Albnns Frank Hazen.
Richmond; Bessie Ingraham Howe, Bur
| lington; James Hervey Macomber, West
ford john Clifford Morgan, Worthwhile;
Walter Dement, Parsons, Essex Junction.
Charles Brace Sornborter, Burlington:
Richard Gordon Wisel, Shoreham.
Bachelors of Philosophy Bill
lngs jr., Woodstock; George Isaac Forbes,
West Haven; Abel joel Grout, Newfane
Marshall Avery Howe, Newfane; Franz
Leslie Moore Shoreham; Edward Denisor
Williams, Peacham: Grace Louise Wright
Burlington.
Civil engineers Asaph Thurman Brook
ms, Shorcham; George Halsey Claflin
Wcstville. ~ y; Eddy Sherman Jackson
South Walden; Herbert Miller Mcintosh
Bethel; John Morie Perham, Brookiield.
HONORARY DEGREES.
President Buckham announced the con
ferring of honorary degrees as follows:
The degree Of Master Of Arts in course
Rev Phiio B. Wilcox of Northboro, Mass
class of 1S41.
The honorary degree of Doctor of hi
vinity-Rev. Ezra n. Byingtou of Boston
Mass. class of 1852
The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
Hon. Frederick Billings of Woodstock, cas
OF 1914.
In comforting the degree upon Mr.. Bill
ings President Bucl;ham spoke As follows
| pom the brilliant undergraduates scholar
the studious man of affairs, the large mind
ed statesman, the eloquent public orator
tho muniticent patron Of learning and art
, upon Frederick Billings of Woodstock,
, conferred the honorary decree of doctor c
laws.
The announcement of these degrees wa
received with evident pleasure as indicate
by the liberal applause.
Charles L. Allen, esq, the marshal, the
announced the corporation dinner at I'll
Van Ness House and the presidents receI
ton at the Billings library in the evening
and the exercises at the opera house close
with the benediction By Rev. DR.. Clark {
Boston