News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-02
Eighty-Seventh commencement at
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Reported expressly for the News and Citizel
by T C. Cheney Class of ,Q1

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d Reported expressly for the News and Citize
by T. c. Cheney Glass of '91.
The services in connection with tn
| S7th Commencement at the Universe
ty of Vermont began Sunday after
r noon, June 81, with the baccalaureat
sermon to the senior class by Presi
r dent buckingham. The College st
church was filled with friends of tn,
college, who listened to a very abb
discourse, at the close of which thu
president spoke few words of advice
to the outgoing class. In the even
ing occurred the anniversaryeX exercises
of the college Y. NJ. CA. The services
were opened with the reading of scrip
ture by Rev Mr.. Avery of Jerseyville
ILL.,, and was followed by prayer by
DR.. Starks after which T. C. Cheney
vice-preSident of the association, in
PRODUCED the speaker of the evening,
DR.. PhilO F. Leavens of Passaic, N. j.
DR.. Leavens is an alumni of the col
lcge, having graduated in the class OF
81, and his address was listened to
with much interest. The exercises
closed with a prayer and benediction
by Rev. Mr.. Avery. Music for the Oc-
casion was furnished by the Glee
Club.
Monday forenoon, although the
rain came down in torrents, the SEN
iors took a tally-hO and made a fare
well call upon the members of the
faculty, each of whom made few
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TORY among other things said that
he hoped the blessing of heaven would
descend upon the members OF 81 as
bOuntifully as did the rain at the
present time. At 2 p. IN. the chapel
was filled with friends of the gradual
ing class to listen to the class day
programme. This has come to be
one of the pleasantest features of
commencement, and this year proved
no exception. Shortly after 2 O'Clock
while the Howard Opera House Or
chestra rendered a march, the class,
consisting of five ladies and twenty
five gentlemen, under the leadership
of the marshal, B. w. Abbey, filed in
took places upon the stage. The
exercises opened with the presidents
address by T. W. Mould. In the
course of his address he alluded to
the happy tunes that the class had
experienced during their sOiourn in
Burlington and to the fact that they
had reached the goal for which they
had been striving. This was followed
by the chapel grafton by c. W. Buck
ham, in which was shown the great
change that had taken place In col
legiate instruction during the last one
hundred years The class poem by
Miss Skinner was then read. The
remainder of the exercises should have
taken place on the campus, but on
account of the rain they were held in
the chapel. In his histoy, Geo. Ran
dali referred in a pleasing manner to
all of the chief events that had oc-
Cured to the class since they had en-
tered college. The personal hits were
very good and caused much amuse-
ment. The audience was convulsed
with laughter the greater part of the
time that Don Hawley was delivering
the address to the undergraduates.
The centennial grafton by c. F. Fer
rim was very good. Immediately at
ter it the class pipes, tied with '91's
colors, black and yellow, were passed |
around. The exercises closed with |
the ode by NJ. w. Wilson. In the
evening the class reception was held |
in the Billings Library. The building
looked very brilliant with it's many
lights and it's beauty was enhanced
by the many cut flowers which were
placed upon tables in all parts of the
library. At the north end of che Ii
brary among other floral designs was
a very pretty pillow of white roses
with the figures 81 in red roses. The
Howard Opera House Orchestra oc-
cupied a raised platform in the CEN
trail part of the library, and discourse
ed it's sweetest music. The early part
of the evening was taken up with
pronienading while the latter part
was devoted to tripping the light
fantastic. This reception, which clos
ed at IL O'Clock, was said by many to
have been the most enjoyable one
that had ever been held at the college.
The receiving committee were Misses
Bennett and Skinner, Messrs. Buck
ham, Hawley and Ferrin.
Tuesday forenoon was devoted to
the meetings of the trustees, the alum
nj and the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
At this latter meeting the upper
fourth of the graduating class were
received into membership. The for
tunate members were, ByingtOn, Miss
Andrews, Chaffee, Bosworth, Miss
Skinner, Hogle and Wilson. In the
evening the annual Forrest prize
speaking occurred at the College st.
Church. The following programme
was rendered.
Music Pursuit of Character and Service
W. H. Cambridge Centennial of the Concord
Fight +. L. Durham Retributve Justice
c. b. Dunn Music Irish Aliens and English
Victories, Stephen Freeman The Character
Of Washington, 9. H. Oliver; Music; Eulogy
on Gen Grant, J. D. Allen The Volunteer
Soldiers, J. W. Avery The Battle of Bloody
Brook, p. H. Boyle; Music Memorial Adj
dress upon President Garfield, IL. c. Petty
The Heroism of the Pilgrims, H, A. Torrey
Music.
All of the speakers acquitted them
selves with credit and the committee
of Judge Hibbard of Chi
cago, Philander Deming of Albany,
n. Y, and Rev. Mr.. Tompkins, award
ed the first prize of $25 to Boyle, the
second of $15 to Allen and the third
of so to Avery After the speaking
the various societies held their annual
banquets.
Wednesday wascommencementd day
proper. The U. V. NJ. Battalion, with
the Sherman Band, escorted President
Buckham, Senator Morrill, and Gov.
Page and staff to the opera house
and at eleven O'Clock theexercises be-
gan, according to the following pro-
gramme:-
Music Prayer by Rev. ]. l. Bliss, D. d..
Music Century of Educational Growth,
Is. B. Bosworth The Mystery of the Nile,
Miss Phoebe Marsh The Centralizing Ten
lency of the United States, j: W. Norris
Music (; Formative Influences, F. G. Ward
the Child of War, C. f. Ferrin !: Mu-
sic Centennial Grafton, Hon. II. d. Bene-
lict, Brooklyn, N. T.; Music.
The degrees wore then conferred by
Pres. Buckham as follows: Bachelor
of Arts upon Bosworth, Miss Bos-
worth, Buckham, Byington, Chaffee.
Cheney, Ferrin, Grow, Hamilton, Miss
Marsh, Mould, Morris, Ward and
Wilson. The degree bachelor of
science upon Stearns. The degree of
civil engineer upon Eastman, Grow,
Hoyt, Randall and Santikian.
The degree bachelor of philosophy on
Misses Bennett, Andrews and Skinner
and Morgan, Shedd and Sprague.