The Press., 1894-06-21

1.30 p. m., spent in lunching, looking about the buildings and inspecting the now quite we'll filled and growing museum of anatomy, geology, etc., one feature of which was a collection of ancient blows, axes, etc., in the making of which wood was large part of the material used. The work of the cooking and drawing classes also drew many inspecting visit ors, as well,as the library, and the object lessons of the school looms.
 The afternoon session was largely oc- cupied by an address from H.W. Colling- wood of the Rural New Yorker. He be- gan with his own early farm experiences, told of the revolution in the farming trade enforced by circumstances such as the es- tablishment of shoe factories, doing by machinery in one building work that had been distributed about to the farms; to the dressed meat industry at the west which had again driven farmers at the the east to new lines of work. He advo- cated combination on the part of farmers, just as the manufacturers did, in their own interest. Each farmer acted too much for himself. Farmers have common in- terest and the same reasons for combina- tion that others have. He saw good fu- ture for agriculture in New England. The college and the experiment station were doing good work. New England ener- gy and blains would always make New England prosperous and in every pros- porous community the farmer has prom inent place.
 Following MT. Collingwood came one of Prof. Atwood's delightful talks, exult- ant in what had been done for agriculture, and full of glowing prophecy for the fu- ture. Then came brief addresses by State Grange Overseer Wood of Ellington, and State Grange Chaplain, Rev. D. B. Hub bard of Middletown, (the latter in his early years preached at Staffordville.)
 The awarding of the Radcliffe Hicks prizes came next. Secretary Gold, for the committee, gave to Miss Bessie Parker, for the best essay on agriculture, $20, to s. H. Buell. of Plymouth, for the second. $15; for cooking, to Miss Alice Clark $5, to Miss Grace Snow $2.5O for sewing, to Miss Edith Carpenter $5, to Miss l.. J. Rosebrooks $2.5O. Here Gov. Hyde, who had gracefully presided during the exercises, turned over the conduct to Prof. Rooms, who, with words eloquent with deep feeling, rounded out his duties to the graduates in the bestowal of the di- plomas earned by their course of study. NOTES.
 The attendance was large, the audience filling the chapel and every avenue of ap- proach affording view or sound of pro- | ceedings within.
 The usual distribution of prizes given by alumni to those showing proficiency in farm work was omitted this year, the alumni failing to complete in time ar- engagements for the tests.
 The chapel was prettily trimmed, wild flowers and fern being prominent in the adornments. An increase in the beauty of work in this line is a natural result of the "co-ed" innovation.
 The "college" air grows more pervad- ing with enlargement of the number of students and consequently of the corps of professors. The word college" comes easily now to our lips when "Storrs" is the topic. The doubting Thomases must now be able to see greater promises of the future as they see fulfillment so far be- yond the prophecies of the past.
 The improvements of the year have been largely in the building of a large green house, and the furtherance of the work of grading about the grounds.
 The entrance examinations for the next class will be held at room 50, capitol building, Hartford, June 30th, at 10 8. m. and at the college same date and hour Fall term begins Sept. 17th.
 Prof. Atwater devoted a portion of his remarks to giving evidence of the higf standing Stor1s College and the agricul tural experiment. station has abroad, quot ing from eminent French and English writers on farm topics, in which it is helC up as model institution of it's kind. H' showed proof sheets of forthcoming ar ticle in a periodical in far-off India, con taining matter enough to occupy more than page of this paper, and entirel. descriptive of experiments and farm meth ods of Storrs school. Nothing so f1atter tering had been heard at Storrs. com mencement since, when Storrs was bant ling, a secretary of the Massachusetts,
 board of agriculture (since congressman and a candidate for governor) placed Storrs in merit above the old established agricultural college of Massachusetts.