St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-07-06
COLLEGE COMMANDMENTS.
A. Dartmouth.

dent Tucker which occurred in the
church.
The order of exercises was as fol
lows: Prayer by ex-President S. {,
Bartlett of the class of SO; address
on behalf of the trustees and the
delivering OF the keys and charter by
Rev. DR.. A. H. Quint OF the class OF
'46; address on behalf of the alumni
by their president, M. 0. Adams Of
of the class of II address on behalf
of the faculty by Acting President J
K. Lord of the class of '6S; reply to
previous speakers and inaugural adj
dress by President Tucker. Dr.
Ouint, as senior trustee presided ana
introduced the speakers. President
Tucker responded briefly and fitting
" to the three addresses and then
gave his inaugural. His subject was
"The Historic College; its Present
Place in the Educational System"
1t was an eloquent aid scholarly adj
dress and listened to with earnest
attention by the friends OF the col
lepe.-G. c. Hubbard of the class OF
Al. a resident of Washington, has
founded lectureship in United
States civil and political history
since the war and the trustees have
chosen ex-senator Dawes of Massa-
chusetts as the first holder of this
place. an excellent choice. At the
alumni meeting the legislative COM
mittee reported that of the sum pro-
posed to be raised for the athletic field
and renovation of the gymnasium
$4,000 had been subscribed. Pres
ident Tucker explained the proposed
plans for the renovation of Dart
mouth hall, which embodies to such
an extent the tradition Of the col
lege. The meeting voted its APP
proval of the plans and $2500 of
the required $4,000 was pledged on
the spot, Frank S. Streeter of Con-
cord, N. H., being one of five who
gave 500 apiece. President Tucker
also said that in the immediate
future six or seven new buildings
would be erected. They would be
an art building, one each for
chemistry, biology and recitations,
and two dormitores. Major L. d.
Rcdington 81 OF Chicago reported
on the progress of the work of col
Letting names of revolutionary and
civil war soldiers who were Dart
mouth men. He strongly urged its
importance and was supported by
Rev. Drs. Little and Quint.
At Amherst.
Carl NJ. Gates of St. Johnsbury
was awarded the second German
prize Of $20.-The presentations to
the graduates, which is one of the
humorous features of the class day
exercises, were made by Clarence d.
Wood of st. Johnsbury.-The princi-
pal feature Of the alumni dinner was
the farewell address of Prof. w. S.
TYLER, who retires from his Greek
professorship after more than so
wears of faithful service. -Rev. c.
NJ. Lamson has been elected one of
the vice-presidents of the Amherst
Alumni Assocation.-Rev. John E.
Tuttle of Jamaica Plain, Mass, has
been chosen pastor of the college
w. l.. Raub, Academy 80, was one
of the commencement speakers and
his theme was Free Thought and
Free Speech"
At Other Colleges.
George H, Moore of st. Johnsbury
was one of the commencement speak.
ers at Wesleyan University, his
theme being English Literature il
Modern Education"
Mddlebury college conferred tn,
degree of LII. d. upon Prof F. B
DEMO of Bangor Theological Semi
nary, former resident of St. Johns
bury.
Senator Morrill, delivered the uni
versity Grafton at the University O
Vermont commencement from tn
subject Land Grant Colleges. -
Gov. Fuller received the degree of A
M. and Judge Rowell of the suprem
court the degree of IL. DIT. H
Wheatley, Academy 'sS, was grac
uated from the agricultural colleg,
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