New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-17
these people permits which virtually allows them 20
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DEGREES FOR EIGHTEEN.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES ATS THE
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
DIPLOMAS coNFERnED ON GRADUATES IN The
SEVERAL CoUMsEs-THE vALEncToKf
AND OTHER ADDRESS

SEVERAL COUESES-THE VALEihCfcHi
AND OTHER ADDRESSES.
r,a,.sar vopne men received diplomas at the
s., averc,sses of .he Brooklyn POLYTECHNIC
1.,,,u,e and last evening in tn. AoaccnN "a
,Is, ,r uontegue-st 5le balconies ana poAeS
,vere well filled by an audience thar .iS''"oeu ''
prominent men and women Inc srAu't e ~
had seats near tho stage aru IN t"e o'''
a crowd Of juniors, who kept trembling h'i'e -"
edge with their college cries On '"e m ,hao enc
the members OF .he faculty, ana hole '
n,,rarad former graduates of POLY Inc Eue'''
q, honor were the Rev DR.. David IT, U'ess' i9
Of the LAFAYETTE Avenue Presbyterian c"oiOn "''
opened the exercises with prayer 'A " ra
Ter Malone St. Clair McKsway. the if'' ~ =,
say Parker, Colonel LOOMS l. Lansoo' ,,uaar
Hohart Burge Dr. Robert c. Perkins, fro'.'9o
u.~,s", ,nav.,us white president Of ne 10Y
technic Institute corporation, and Dr. sa'nNi
mage The music was furnished by the -oN A''s'
ment Band. The essays we're as ioll'"''
Grafton The Inaus.Ss Of darcs =.
Grafton spccialism in Educa'A'" A. Cameron
Grafton. queen Victoria NJ ..........
DisqulsitiOn "A College EdueainH hartley sherwood IT,
~ NJ, Moral Necessity' =. Arthur \. CROSBY
9 9Ta!S Ts s 11lsn rms fs Waau
address rs by the Rev Lindsay Parker
orEEN vICTORINs REIGN.
The ora,orv of all the young men was deserving
Of praise James a. Cameron, son OF ,i w.
,n,.s,c,a, an the Park Slope. spoke OF queen IL
toria, in part as follows: , ,r.and and
Empress OF India for hfynine years ,Se World has
sns sfen For threefths Of century fha
has ruled concourse OF peopIIes ~ Queen was
would she she must needs all e tongues
Of the earth. Under her dominion lh the Caucasian
asS ra Ss and the
dyeu
Great as these achievements are they 7,itations
Enr.h constitution by unable 70 NeiO
Bin to appoint public officer or air sendefed these
LIMITATIONS useless Her sensitiveness TO rsSt per
vades all the departments OF nep the mist that
semetimes dims the of the people ~ lpp
TRANSITION from What S wss her whai @ none
When she assembled the throne in 1881 her supJ1 b
%ere s sGm.e to almost sovereign authority you'd
have been easy for Victoria to haHe , ha did not
stem the tide Of public sentiment, and though net
the prime mover in the a her acSuiescence in
from her exalted station, and by reason OF "e' ''
AS an exponent of vttue and OF wisdom VG TsIa
towers above all her subjects OF eltner sr,andor
Of ENGLAND above any consideration Of price s snn
astute D1srae extending the ' nn, % s of glory
the eloauent Bright whose heart was 50 SENSITIVE
70 every human Impulse ana tneTe bem rs ' All three
times Prime Minister and resignng his once IN ms
tern
longer But above them all, on the hgh peoes'ai u
her long reign. stands victoria
COLLEGE EDUCATION
r Hartley Sherwood. jr.. read an interesting
paper on "A College Education and received d
good deal OF applause. In part he said:
In no direction has the advance which CHARACTER
,zes the nineteenth century been more marked Than
along the lines of education IT used 70 DE ,noTs
strong lT arm and good brchstck thought
ss sus hnn or the Sy
st. But education is now recoglzeu do an an, o. s NV
Is rapidly developing into science as exact as any
The majority Of students enter college with very
ject for which they should strive A college ed9ca
on sus o a to dUsm sse ana send him
world nat that MapBS e
are receptacle for lsaaning that bd the pre- pre-
s panr f ia the aiy S the
Is 10 retain. At examinations this stock IS invest
sa ons has Is saRsd ou the boy sraduate h
idea is entirely wrong College not 10 give US IaGs
to use the mental faculties that the college aims at
and this II attained. is of more value 10 the studen
than volumes of mere knowledge
THE SURVIVAL OF HERO1sM.
Herman L. wallan prefaced his valedictory will
an Grafton on the question "Is Heroism Extinct?
He said in part:
II by a hero is meant one who goes forth to pro
tect the weak by the might of his arm. then IN
hero is gone. never to return. But If by heroe
we mean men capable of self sacrifice. then heroe
% Se e wor WSs IS Se who punse
the sea Of fame and gives se up ns ow e
Ing family I esraea F SeT disease
Heroism Is the outcome OF generous sentimen
xa5ea 10 nrepd ~ and forde and self
forgetfuness are its characteristics. 1t is create
than devotion. though devotion may become herOl
when its Incentive is seK.abnegatoI in The ful
hment Of some great and Painful 1uy IT doe doc
magnanimity or generosity. 1t demands uncon
s sns Ss eS bly, BY our
t 2e ac 6f ann maSRd pride
ing what human nature is capable Of II does no
wolves the unhesi,ating sdcrince Of life and prop
erty only when there is duty to perform or
noble cause TO serve. The poor peasant who res
sSs s @ reSard the FssPs s sH3d
do not sell my NE" was heroic Had he accepte'
irspdisy. but would have lost its heroIsm.
under wSose care, he said the institute had grow
and prospered; Brooklyn may soon be effaced, bu
Institutions He gave an Especial tribute to Pres
dent Cochran WITH whom the students nave com com
we'll 10 he %Ssrs Of n to
whom the class viii turn their best friends H
the admon,ion 10 lead lives that by sefdens an
helpfulness may be really IL not conspicuous
THE GRADUATING CLASS.
The graduates James Aughtree Cameron
Arthur Alexander Crosby. DR.. Smith Ely JeYet
Frederic Taylor Sherman. Jr.. Paul Dougherty Al
fred Ferdinand Lch,enste,n. william Harvey Mad
dren. Charles Prior Pray Edward Sylvester Brewer
Joseph Patrick Carn. Andrew Henry Haight Al
fred Muller. Charles CALVIN Putnam. jr, Rober
Hartley Sherwood. jr. Herman Leon Waau, Alex
ander Henry Alderman, y. s. Paul Bonynge !
s., and Marcus Butler Waterman. b. s.
After the exercises the members OF the class c
9S attended dinner in the chapel OF the institu,,
SERGEANT KREITLER PROMOTED.
Second Sergeant William B. Kreiter was eecte
the second Nenfenancv OF Cnrnnanv Rap