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8 LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. Thirty-Second Annual Commencement. THE EXERCISES OF THE WEEK. Liberal Increase in the Endowment $100,000 Subscribed in On Day A. Pardee, Give3 $80,000 Alone.

BPKC1AL CORttBSPOKDKNCE EVBNINO TTXEORAm. EastoW, Julv 31, 18G7. The founder of this quaint littlo town, vho-tver he may bave bnrn, displayed a fine appreciation of tbo beauties of nature In fixing upon Its locution. The town is wituated on a narrow peninsula, bounded on the south bytho Lehigh, and on the north by the Bushkill, and terminated on the east by the shallow, winding Traters of the Delaware. At this point the strip of land lying between the two former rivers Is low and level; but it ascends gradually towards the west, until it reaches, at a short distance from the Delaware, an elevation almost cquil to that of the surrounding hills.

These lust are scattered plentifully about; enveloping the town on all sides, and extending for several miles in every direction. The hill it is almost a mountain in height which rises up at a sharp angle juit north of the Bushkill, is the site of Lafayette College, an institution which is now fairly on the high road to prosperity. Crossing the Bushkill by the bridge in continuation of the main street of JCaston, the stranger is appalled by the prospect of a journey up a flight of steps which seem almost without limit aa to number. A careful tally reveals the fact that there are only two-hundred and twenty-six rises; and when one gains the top and pauses in exhaustion to gaze npon the task he has accomplished, his eye is saluted by a prospect which is almost unrivalled lor romantic interest by any similar locality in the State. Just on the brow ot this hill stand the College buildings, aud the icsi-dences of a numbtr ot the professors.

The grounds include about forty acres, over which the different edifices connected with taT.in8titu" lion, are scattered, with a forming disregard tegiiiarity. The main building, iu which arc the dormitories ol the students, and several of the recitation and lecture rooms, is five stories height, including the basement and attic, the rooms in the last of which are but little inferior in size to those on the lower floors, and rendered almost as pleasant by large dormer windows. The structure is of stone, the exterior being roughly coated with mortar, and altogether it has that homelike and harshly-treated appearance which is characteristic of most of our older college buildings. There is about it an air and odor of departed day.and that quiet, dreamy simplicity which is so much more conducive to thought and study than the stiff, bright style which so often pervades the architecture of the present age. Adjoining this building on the east, another and larger, as well as more elegant and substantial, structure of stone is now in nrocABi ol erection.

The basement story is already completed, and the whole, when finished, will add much to the beauty as well as to the capacity of the Coliogo. Further to the east, and on the very brow of the hilt, is an eleeant and substantial stone building known as "Jeoks Hall," the gift ot Barton II. Jenks, of Philadelphia. The architecture of this last is of that French school which has of late become so popular in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Jenks Hall contains the chemical laboratory, the cabinet of Natural History, and a commodious lecture-room, and will long remain as a substantial monument to the enlightened liberality of its founier.

To the east and north stand the residences of the Professors, several of which are old and plain, while others are of recent erection, and of the most attractive cottage style. In Ths Evenwo Telegram of Saturday last an elaborate and accurate sketch of the history of Lafayette College wa3 given, so that it only remains lor your correspondent to detail the occurrences of Commencement week, which were brought to a close this evening by a brilliant levee at the residence of President Calteil. Sunday's Proceedings were the beginning of the regular ceremonies of this time-honored college occasion. The morning exercises were held at the Brainerd Fresbyterlan Church, in the presence of a large and attentive audience. Alter the preliminaries had been conducted by the Rev.

R. A. Brown, of Columbia, and the Rev. 0. O.

McLean, of Lewlstowti, the annual sermon before the graduadlng class was dellvored by the Rev. George Burrowes, D. Professor of Biblical Instruction in the college, who took for his text a passage of the Lord's prayer, from Atatthew 13, us follows: "Lead us not into temptation." On the conclusion of the sermon, which was equal in spirit and substance to the occasion and the theme, the Baccalaureate Address was delivered by the Rev. William C. Cattell, D.

the President ot the College. President Cattell dwelt upon the lact that the full and harmonious development of periect manhood depended as much upon the cultivation of the rPlieious as upon that of the social and intel lectual endowments. He urged upon the students who were comprised in his audience the great reward which accompanied the attain-ment of a religious life, and, in conclusion, referred in a touching manner to the late Dr. Brainerd, of Philadelphia, who only one year ago had addressed the students from the same pulpit, and whose voice was then for the last lime lifted op to proclaim the Gospel. But a few weeks thereafter he was called to his reward and the admonitions then given seemed now invested with the solemnity of a voice from the crave.

At 4. o'clock In the afternoon a religious conference was held in the College Chapel. Short dresses on Christian activity were delivered Alfred Tavlor, of Philadelphia, me of Lewistown, and several other' prominent divines participated in the Interesting exercises ot the occasion. At 8 o'clock in the evening, a meeting wat held by the Brainerd Society of the College, In the First Presbyterian Church, a large audience being present. The preliminary exercise, were conducted by the Rev.

S. T. Lowrte, of anr which tic Ecv. T. II.

Robinson, THE DAILY EVENlKgMLEGRAPH FHILADELPfflATlIUIlSDAY pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of llnr-risburg, preached a sermon from the pasane in John 2 14, which have written to you, young men, because ye are strone." This closed the ceremonies of the day. Monday's Proceedings. In the morning the examination of the Biblical students was conducted in the presence of the following committeeappointed for attendance on the same by the By nod: Rev. S. T.

I-owrle, of Philadelphia; Rev. 0. O. McLean, of Lewistown; Rev. R.

A. Brown, of Columbia; Rev. T. M. Dawsou, of Lewlsburg; Rev.

R. Crulkshank, of Potutown; Jonathan R. Lowrle, of Warrior's Mark; and D. W. Patterson, F.tq., of Lancaster.

In the afternoon the Biblical students and their friends assembled in the College Chapel, and were addressed by the Rev. Messrs. Brown and McLean, members ot the Synod committee given above. Tuesday's Proceedings. At 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning reunions were held by the Literary Societies in their respective halls, the graduated as well as active members ot the societies being present In largo numbers.

Mr. John II. of the class ot 18C7, presided over the meeting in Franklin Hall, the proceedings in which were opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Eckard, Professor ol History and Rhetoric In the College.

An address was delivered by II. L. Bunstein, of the class of 18(U, the subject being Political Instruction.14 Mr. Edward P. Coukling, of the class of 18G7, delivered a valedictory address in behalf of the members of the society who were about eoiog out into the world, after which Mr.

W. Scott, of the class of 1867, responded in behalf of those who were to remain active members of the society. Addresses were subsequently delivered by ex-Governor Pollock and others. The meeting in Washington Hall was presided over by Mr. A.

B. Howell, of the class ot 18C8, and the exercises, which were of the same general character as the above, were opened with prayer by the Rev. R. A. Brown, of Columbia.

The annual address was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Porter. Professor of Botany and Zoology in the College; the class valedictory by Mr.

Robert H. Smith, and the response by Mr. Thomas D. Logan. These were followed by ex-Ooveruor Pollock, Ashbel Welch, President oi the combined Camden and Amboy and New Jersey Railroad Companies, and several other gentlemen.

In the evening, the annual address before the two Literary Societies was delivered in the First prcjbj rian Church, by the Hon. G. Morrison Harris, of Btwtimore' an alumnus of the College. The subject of his Jress was "Moses," and it was handled in a mantle lDal great satisfaction, and elicited unstintt1 applause. COMMENCEMENT DAT, however, was the great day of the and the point around which all the Interest of the occasion centred.

A more propitious day could not have been selected if the affair had been postponed regularly until the weather and all Us accompaniments were In perfect accord with the spirit which pervades all hearts on this great event in the lifo of collegians. The Increasing prosperity of Lafayette, and the maguificent donations which it has received within a fewyears past, are attracting the attention of the public at large; and so great was the interest manifested the exercises to-day, that the town wa3 quite overrun with strangers, many of whom found it impossible to obtain satisiactory accommodations at the hotels. Previous to the regular exercises, the Board of Trustees held a meeting in the lecture-room 65 the Brainerd Church, toe purpose oi con-lerring the customary degrees and transacting other important business. The Rev. Augustus Bloombcrgh, of Princeton, N.

was elected to the Professorship of Modern Languages in the 6oll ege; and on the nominatiou of the Synod, William Adamson, of Philadelphia, a liberal patron and benefactor of the institution, was chosen to fill a vacancy in the Board of Trustees. While the Board were thus engaged, the students were lorming in procession at the foot of the long stairway leading to the College buildings, whence they proceeded, a few minutes before nine o'clock, to the Brainerd Church. They were there joined by the Trustees and members of the Fasulty, and then the procession moved, to the Bound of music, through the principal streets, halting at the First Presbyterian Church. This edifice was already filled to the extent of its capacity, the greater portion ol the audience, as is usual on Buch occasions, being made up of ladies. After the persons in the Jine of the procession had entered the church and taken up the positions assigned them, the exercises were pioccucd with, according to the following programme: COMMENCEMENT IXEBCISKS.

MUSIC. J-HAYUK. MUSIC Oration-Latin Salutatory John F. I'fouts, Jersey bhore. Oration KnowThyseli fc.rraS.Heany.Doylestown.

Oration 'I lie bludy ot the Natural buleuces Robert J. ileus, Eastou. MfsiO. Oration How Shall We Educate? Samuel W. Knipe, Columbia.

Oration Our Gallant Dead Samuel L. Johnson, fckeshurg. Orailou The Book Edward P. Conkllug, Mt. Plea-mot.

N. J. MUSIC. Oration The Isle of the Ocean John Kue, lift i 1 1 9 Oratlun Our Own Noble River Peter a Berftstres-ser, MerrystiurK. Oration A Mechanical Age Luidley C.

Bailer, Chesuut Level. Mrsio. martkk'h orations. A NobltvLlfe Alfred P. Held.

West Chester, Three years Henry 1- KuuBielu. Eastou. MUSIC. At this point the President of the College conferred the degree of "Bachelor of Arts" on the ten members of the graduating clas, and that of "Master of Arts" on the graduates of three years' standing or more. The degree or was also conferred, cawia honoris, or by way of houor, upon Crit tenden Horutou, James w.

Davis, H. Hough, Penn.j and R. B. Andrews, and that of in the same manner upon E. B.

Bierman, Professor of model Branches in the Lebanon Yalley College, aud upon George C. Buchr. The other honorary degrees conferred were as follows: Th T). Rev. B.

n. Annia Ppoalriant Mercers burg College: Kev. 1'rederluk 8. Jewell, Proleaaor of theEnttllHU aud Literature la ttew i ora Normal hehoui. D.D.

Kev. William B. McClov. Ballomena, Ire- laud: Kev. Nathaniel H.OrllUu, formerly Professor ol Ancient iu wii lama college, juassv Kev.

Alexaud.tr O. M. AnUv Pinimlmiilila: Kev. Thomas M. Cuuuiuithaiu.

lormerly President of Msulson college, uinu, uu now or tne Aie' i-rfNtivLerlun Chureb. Pullarialiihia. 1,1,. I) -liun. William fciroug, of the (supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

The exercises were then brought to a close by the honorary oration and valedictory address which were delivered by Robert II. Smith, of Lower Chanceford. The subject of the honorary oration was "The Medical Profession." The valedictory Is given below, In full. This College Commencement was not unlike all other College Commencements. The young gentlemen who addressed the audience had done their very best in the composition and rehearsal of their orations, and the efforts of several of them were exceedingly creditable to themselves and their instructors.

They appeared, likewise, to be fully appreciated by the young ladles, who had entered the church burdened down with bouquets and wreaths, which were duly transferred from their own keeping to the custody of the speakers, as the favorite of each fair flower-girl prepared to leave the stage. Below the first Master's Oration and the Valedictory Address are given at length, as examples ol the productions of all. "A NOIiLE LIFE" MASTER'S ORATION, ST ALFRED T. RE1D, EtSii. Man, bis capabilities, his destiny, are momentous pn blems.

ah tiling within and wlthmit bitu inwn that Mn Ixtlng has an nil He value, lie Ih a child of the Jntinlie. He is a inyBtery to hlninull'. He Is surrounded t-ymyrtery. He Is a living soul the imrtna ot hli Creator his Hie breamed in'o him by the same Omnipotent lleing who uade all things, aud is In the world around him. He finds it In his own soil.

Ills tyblUed Id nature. It is adatk slain ihjoii It; he knows Ills such; he sees It reduce lis slaves to the lownt ot degradation. et he feel? tuut man Is, both In kind and degiee, a b( log ot a tuither order than any other ot the forms of animated llle, which, like him, are nourished at the tubleof bounteous nature, and "liod's Hiars aud alienee teacu him, as His aueU only can, That the one sole sacred thing, beneath the cope of htaven, Is man," When he thus realizes the dignity of bis own ine value and Importance of I hen park of Imniurtalltv entrusted to his care, be feels the necessity of guarding this nacred trust, and of so ordering his life as to aevelope all tne resources of tilt nature, and attain tbe true end of living. He seines fasl hold of the conviction that the end tor wtilch Ood designed lilui, His reasoning creature, was the conteniiilai ou ot His works, the Improvement aud enjoyment or himself, and In both to be haimy having this end endowed him v. lib corresponding faculties and desires.

He turns to nature as she Is revealed in the Dowers, In the irees, In the whole of creation. Here all Is order ai.d harmony. Noth ng Is done Iu vain Everything has acertaiu appointed use and purpose. No Jenlouy, norlvulry, en tors here; but all things by a law divine till their appointed sphere, Thesoedsof natural llle are sown around him. The law of their being Is $rm th.

The tree sends Its roots Into the rich loam In endless ramifications, gathering food lo sustain aud enrich the vital principle witniu It. It shoots lortli ltd leaves and brunches to draw from the air and sunshine those elements that will nourish Its growth aud accnnipllHU lis purposes in the Divine economy. However advantageous or otherwise are the circumstances that surround it, it still makes use of the means wlllilti Its grasp to unfold its life, to perform lis allotted task. Jn tills process of grow lb it is doing good, purifying 1 lie nlr, beautifying the landscape, aud dispensing Its health giving streams all around: mid when its work Is over It returns to 118 tuotlier earth, enriching her by the product of Its growth, the accumulations of Its life. Its mule teachings lind uu echo In the Ingenuous heart.

With the lesson thus tnUKht, the soul turns In upon itsell aud learns its woudrous siguiiicauce. There are the germs of an immortal growth, attributes ukla to Divinity, an intellect possessed of capabilities that cannot be tut homed, ailed Ions susceptible of cultivation to an unbounded extent, and moral faculties that link him lo the To oevelope these bis whole nature his bead, mind, and soul Is the true end ot living, Is true manhood To bouble to give a good account ot these lacullles-those laleuis entrusted to his charge according to the opportunity be has had, is his high destiny. To accomplish this, life and the opportunities and advantages he enjoys are given him. Kven the disappointments and trials he meets witb are the Divine messengers sent to work out the smue result. Kvery event of llle is an angel of myrcy to bis soul, to advance Its proper growth and complete develoi- ment.

lie bas then a glorious meaning. It Is a constant, never-ending growth: a growth ot all the faculties of the eoul Into a likeuess of Him who la the sum of all perfections. The man if ennobled. Duty Is bis watchword: duty to hlmseil, to his fellows, lo his Uod. Nomatler, then, whether his position In lire is humble or exalted, bis consecrated spirit will make it sublime.

For in the words of one, "Heroism, the heroism ot duty, is not a thing lliat grows out of mere position. A violet. In Us way, is as beaulllul as a cedar of Lebanon, (self-denial, fidelity to principle, and godly sincerity, muv bloom iu bouses as well as In courts, and these are the best elements of a true manhood. Whoever developes these gathers the true harvest of life, and be may hod that harvest more abundant in tho sheltered valley than on the lolly hillside." Then a lofty Ideal of a true manhood possesses his soul, to which be Is ever aspiring, aud as he lives grows with its likeness. He studies the models of literature and art as a means of sell-culture lo gain Intellectual impulse, refinement ot perception, aud exalted perceptions of the true, the bcauillut and the good, and thus give completeness to bis own intellectual powers.

His mind, alive to the graud leadings and hnrruuules, of the uul' erse, then finds with the Bard of Avon, "ToDgues in trees, books In running brooks. Pennons in stones, and good in everything." Science brings her tribute to develope and iructifv bis nature. The book ot creation writf on the roCkJ opens to bis touch, anil on its ancient pages be reads its wondrous story. The canopy above him, studded with its countless gems of IIvIiie worlds, eularges his mind anu mouuies bis me. lie stuuies tne race ot which be Is A VRrt; man his no le gilts, bis moral perversion, ills deBtiny and prod is by the lesson they read him.

The literature of the world iurnlshiW food lor bis Imagination and reflection. The "Book ol all Books," traced with the lieu of Inspiration, unlocks the tecret ot history nd explains many of the mysteries that girt his life. There.God Himself, the un-taln of all truth, the souree or all knowledge, speaks. Christ, "the USht ot the world," speaks as man never spake. There too.

speak all the holy and wise men ot God who bave lived, and died, and ascended to rest. Truths are here which Uod Himself uly could teveal trutns that ouru ana name WUh their own divinity. in tuts ne nuus that chart by whicn lo nine nis voyage, ihihut veuled that compass, the spirit that will salely rnide blm through the storn.8 aud shoals ot life, luta the harbor VI perieci rest, mere i reaas mat periect moral law under God has placed him; and there. to, of that "love which Is the fulfilling of the law;" love lo bis fellow Biun, aud supreme love to his Clod. Outot the dejiUMi ot a mysterious past it comes to him.

It leaves diiu on the shores of a mysterious lulure. lis proejwes, precepis, auu exaiuim iihuu teach him to true relations ot lire, yet inesuauows Of its lutiutle source linger still upon Us opening pages, and the glories ot the wailing heavens Mug a feewt deling radiance upon its closing lines." Thus ail thlugB witiiin uis reacu are ujtme i to the lormatlon of his character that cuarooier hich la daily and hourly being written out iu Ws own heart, and which will he the page In the Lamb book ol llle Irom which, In the final summing up of so-counts that Kevelatlon teaches ua lo expect, will he reud his II ual destiny. What a mystery life Is! But, when viewed in ihe light we have been endeavoring to unfold, how radiant it becomes! It then appears a path to hlguer uesiiuies, anu, rising uu iw nias al last lo something nobler allaiu. Then cau we sink with the poet: ou ilUKunuue wen uuiu That ol our vices we can frame A ladder, If we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame. All common things, each day's eveuia That with the hour begin aud end, Our pleasures aud our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.

Then sweet couientnieul wlih our lot win uuw upon our souls, reeling lhat we are Bphere; that we are in some way mysteriously wora lug out tue eua oi our exwteuce; iu. workers wllh Him in lhat lucomprebeuslble plau luat pervades all things. We never truly grow bv Imitation. The duties prescribed in formularies, the rules of llle laid dowiilii the past by men the wisest und the best wil ol iau us to our highest oevelopmuut by blindly loiiowiug them. new occasions teacu new umw Time makes au lent good uncouth: They must upward still, aud onward, Thai would keep abieaat ot truth.

Lo I before us gleam her camp-Uresj We ourselves must pilgrims be, Laumh our Way flower, and steer boldly Through the desperate wlulerseas, Kor attempt the luture's porials Man Is the architect of bis own ouaracter. liu lue past unu-ffu't. "As he thiukest.so la he." As be builds, so win wouiuhe a wise master hulider.be must fashion all bis lacullles, wllh all ihe iueau u' command, iuio a beautiful, a symmetrical wllh lis pillar- strong aud complete, aud iw mui bers tiaruished wiln purity of thought and devotion to nolilu alms. mnnlv In the silent hours which bolv menspent moo-licieils. or in the quiet aud lonely s.udto, wher ue sound of no fooiiail penetrated, and lu out Its bustle and caiea never came, geulus lf palleutlv and aiituiU-aa though stretched through agee-lhose woik.ol wnlch adorn ih rlcu museums ol a celved ana completer! those uialerplec lure and a.

tne world admires, bo in ihe bliowa thouguta-lu the -ecrei chambers ot his owu loul-man mutt mould his owu character. woia bis Individual destiny. No oub can ao. a Others may limfuut. ami bnug material to hi uiaiu.

buthlsowucieatlve energy aloue can mould them Into his own llle, and make theiu ubservlen 10 soul's growth. Christian civilisation Is bulldlngupamiblestro0'" all over the globe, and to its graud and completion all tilings laud. The W'1, who contribute to it are, in their separate eras, all working together. He does most towards ivw moulds his owu nature Into conlormlty w'tn qulremenis, aud develops the powers or null 11 Iuio that complete manhood which It nun no win uecoiue a ua" Lii nlraotloua: the benign Influent of IU principles In (V. thecoucrelloooflufundaiBeuial standard lima example for ihe world's guidance.

Iu this healthy growth of the whole man true secret ot happlneas and suooeas-m JJ1 very lacull, due occupation In ih.lr "if uperlorltJ-lUst. klViue.thoM VUlbuM WUICU Itrlal I ln" th mft" cast there can nnri which onr lot Is all our ftcuHlw Tb t0 ni developo we ry by make a successful Journey thrnush'liri the IrsKmenta of truth InA ua we shall ntbnrlng up Immortal feature of loveliness and living we win answer the ends ol belnc. bo rn? cy4." ur soul's, fulfil nor Ood, hlens mnirin.i a consecrawa spirit, lb so nnhla i I ir si riven tor. III ennoble the feasor mllThV consecrated spirit, with so smiles o. a faithful God.

and view the of lis earthly career aa only u18 outrL lea eternal existence, as merely the prnnarailon I hlBl eraiidpnrerllfe.asa toVelaste To? "eavin Th Influence oi such a life and charscter will be a tUr petunl sunshine, not circumscribed by the limits of its earthly career, but its wavei will flow on and' on trntherlng strength as they flow, until they strike npon the furthermost stores of eternity. Its silent lesons will loll on many a heart with more eflli-ient power than any sermon or book, and tl.a Innumerable veins of Divine llKht and truth it nnnn every part of Its pathway, will enrich the world by their products, and glorlly (tod In a rich and plenteous harvest ol souls." Ihus living, llle dial I be a glory, and death a passing from glnrv to glory." "Think truly, then, and thy thought Khali the world's famine feed, (peak truly, and each word of thine bhall be a fruitful seed. Live truly, and thy lile shall be A great and noble creed." TI1E VALEDICTORY ADDRESS, BY B0I1ERT H. SMITH. Gentlemen of the Hoard of Trustees: When the c)as of t7 entered, Lafayette was passing througn her darkest days: we count her happy that she has been intrusted to your care.

Ynu called the pre-tent 'resident to preside over her; you have Joined with other men ot large means and large hearts la rnnmnftcenl contributions to her lunns. The corps of prolessors has been largely Increased; costly huild-inns have been erected; you have added new courses of stuoy to Ihe old clashic curriculum; the number ol sluuents bas been doubled. For this glorious career of our Alma Mater permit us Ij oiler you our tribute ol thanks and praise. The names of I'tirder, Jenks, and Anderson are known and hommd whevever the hlslory ol education in America is studied. The soni ot Lafayette delight to do (hem lioui aud not them only.

We know tue names and labors of all your honored bund. We delight remember all your self-denial and energy, your prayers and counsels. Your names shall he Iragrunt wrli the sons of Lafayette while the ruck stands ou which she Is louudod. As we nave now united our rejoicings with your rejoicings for the past, and our hopes with your hones lor the lulure, we are lo-day proutl of our Alma Water, and feel mat though we may never be uule to add to her glory, yet she will 'etlect honor upon our fuccesses. Air, Fresid-nt: 1 he purl which you bave taken In laibiug to her present position Jusllv ueserves the heartiest of all lliuse who have au interest in her With a heart zealous In the woik to which you were called, you have labored unceuj ugly, and accomplished vastly more than even the must sanguine hud anticipated; wlille you have found liberal benefactors, who have co-operated ith on und lent you tiie aid which has been so valuble, yei all grateful hearts will grant you the return which such uuexpecicd sell-donlal and untiring zeal Justly merit.

You have awakened an interest lor Ijtlayetle In the minds ot countless frieuds of education. While many bave given the must abundant evtuence ot thai Interest, we ill. it not thai even ei us Ut.tleulHblu mniilleslatious will be given. Theriseol our Alma Slater will be associated with your name, and upon you especially will the honor he rellected. Aud when tne work whicn you have taken in hand bus been accoiupllHUed, may length ot years be granttd you, iu whicn vou tuay rest Irom your loll, see Lulu.ye.ite prosperous under your ellorts, and receive sutnewuut of a recompense for your labor.

Gentlemen ot the Faculty: Few ties are more Sftcrtd than those lhat bind the teacuer aud the pupil. But with us tjitse lies have been strengthened bv long inlercoute with you. As the lime is now al hAiU when we must bid larewell lo scenes lhat have become eo tumillar, to friends that have grown so dear, and to Pro lessors that have merited such bigb rtspect, It finds us not tree from sorrow. The course ot study here Is uiiPurj fts-ed. We bear witnehs that you huve lJYvtO(l yourselves fclost assiduously to your work.

The debt which we owe you we cannot estimate. The most satisiactory re turn we can make will he the proper use of the education which has beeu Imparled to us with so much lab r. The course of Instruction is soon finished, and we go lorth to employ it Iu different spheres. F'rcm au observation ot our college career, you muy have marked out the course or eacu of us. Whuieiuit Is prulseworthy, we hope to follow it; aud waereiu blameworthy, to aliun it.

And as we say lareweil.we can but express the wish that the paths which now begin to ulverge may oltentimes meet. citizens of Kaston: We should fall to perform an urgent duty did we not ike some reoognt'iii of your kindness towards us. These green mountains, winding rivers, and yon College on the hill, are nut the only attractions here. You have received us as frieuds: you have us to your homes. We can but leebly express the pleasure you have afforded us.

and the lhauks which we would return you. When the student is wearied wltu excessive study, no ono can loll bow Ihe associations of friendship ana of home sustain and cheer him. We have our thauks also lor tne 1 ilit ralily of your men of wealth. '1 hey have generously responded to the cull fur contributions that bas been made by the Irieuds of the College. The presence ol to many of you at luese exercises cannot be otherwise construed than as a mauilestatlon of yuur Interest In Lalayelte.

But we must bid farewell to 1 iiblon and to you. Let us, at leaving, express the hope lhat we may again return and mingle In like scenes. aLd let us assure you that If the hope should not be giatiHed, the recollection ol the post will lung cherishtd. College Males: As we take our leave of you we shall doubtless bid adieu to some that we shall never again he permitted lo greet this side of the grave. And yet hat could give us greaier pleasure than to happen upon cue ol our dear old college mates, from whom we bave beeu separated long years.

Gladly would we return lo our college llle, and review the scenes that yet lingered in our memories. We would feel that we were living over agulu those days ol iuter-mlngled pleasure and pain. Though we never chance to meet you, we shall In our memories dedicate a place to each of you. We despise the man who loses sfuht of the friends of youth when the vesture of manhood baa beeu put on. TUough we are widely separated irum you, busied with the duties of active llle, we scull ntver be so absorbed as to forget the hours that we wbiled away iu compauy witu OU, when each opened bis heart and confided the other its most sacred secrets, always tiudlng svmpalby where sympathy was wanted, aud a heart fii II of Joy when kind Fortune bad shown her favoring hand.

Aud ibouah there bave at times been slight disagreements, yet they should now he lor-gotten, and ail, striking bauds, pledge each other eiirnal friendship. Wherever you may go our eyes v. Ill foilow you. The path ol each of us is delineated, though we cannot trace IU Hut what Joy would It give lo know lhat all terminated in that laud where pi-rung Is not known! Clasi males, a more interesting period In our lives iliun ibis we should in vain attempt to point out. It is i tie towards which we bave looked lor long mouths with anxiety.

When tatigueu witu lauoriuus stuuy. or disheartened by some misfortune, we will naturally run forward to the time ot our graduation, when we should once mure breathe a fiee air, Aswestaitea ine auu jootteu uaca over our college llle, does the wish come up that we could relive It? Do we see thai some precious privileges bave been mlstmproveu ir so, it is now too late to recall Ihem They can but leach us their real value, and a uselul lesson for the future. Our association has beeu so constant and our labors so similar thai we seem to constitute a family. F.ach one has made his classmate bis advisers, aud appealed to them when be was In need ot assistance. Alour entrauce into college we were lew In numbers; ot theoriglual number, there were but tour among us.

The class has beenJucressed and uecreaseo. mere was a nine wuen it was hue laruesl In College. Oue classmate i In the far West, en- gagtd iu the stuny of law: another, In that ol medicine; another, Iu business another we have already lost sight of, and so the catalogue runs. Bui there is oue of whom 1 enouiu make special mention, cany in his college course be was employed by the Government in ihe Wavy Yard at Washington. He was thug emyaged but one year, when be was selited with rapid disease, which allected his braia.

and In oue shiut week be was pale In death. Iu the country, ou the hill, the nlace of his burial Is marked by a Plain slab of marble, on which la written. 8acred to the memory of Edwin D. (Stem." His character was irreproachable; his talents were superior. Ha was be-lovtd by his classmates, respected by his instructors, and deur to the hearts of all bis friends.

From bis early death, "let us be wise and take heed." The day we have anxiously awaited is at hand. With what riellgh'. we landed we should we'eome Its adveut! But as it comes upou us. we dare not, we cannot say that it is a lovous dav. Thouirh we are freed from luiDftratlve studv and cnlleue restrlc.ions, yet we Hbrlnlr from uivlnir nn Llia nl ensures of Our College life, ana especially those arising from our Intercourse with each ither.

The college bell, with Its lainlllar tone, has tor ih last Lima broken In upon our reve ries, aud summoned ua to prayer ball or lo the recita- tion-room, ana we are caiieu upon boiiu. our Alma Mater we shall always look wllh interest, And nn imtrM wuIivimia num. nun reach ourearsltiao thai of her prosperity. But lo Alma Mator, to the auiilluniun i.f lo.urrf 'I'ruateMS. LO Our WO til I'resldeut.

to our esteemed Prolessors, to the klud citizens of Fasion, aud to our college mates, the Class ot t7 now say "Farewell THB COMMENCEMENT DINNKB. On ths conclusion of the regular exercises in the chnrch, the Trustees, Professors, Alumni, and students of the College again formed in pro-ce sijion, and, preceded by the band ol muHlc, pro ceeded to the Lecture Room of the German Reformed Church, to partake of the Commence ment Dinner. This repast was provided oy tne young ladles of Easton, and as far as its component parts were concerned, was substantial aud elegant. The guests, to the nnmber of two hundred, were seated at four long tables, while for attendants they 'enjoyed the presence of the ladies who were the givers of the feast. Beauty served youth and knowledge, and did it with a lavish band, and with great seal ad earnestness.

''irvftlpd, 'I II AUGUST 1, 186T. Ex-Governor James of rhilaJelphin, the President of the Boiird of Tiustces of the College, presided with his accustomed grace, mpportcd on the right by Presl lent Cattell, and on the left by Ecldcn X. Ecranton, ol Oxford, N. J. Aficr a persevering and pleasurable effort on the part of all present to make an impression upon the contents ol the tables, rendered extremely difficult by reason of the quantity aj well as the variety of the viands, ex-Governor Tollock arose and requested the company assembled to Join in singing the 121st Psalm, a metrical version of which had been placed by the side or each plate.

This done, the Chairman said: "For lha are Indebted lo our elherlal friends, the vT! Umi ibeyara nothing more than air. for Tii to substantial blessings. hV the young men.) As the 1'ieMilent OI rustees, and iu their name, I wel- i vu nil. it n. a i 18 rapioiy approacning ihevaniV w.ye'4,;',.a0 darkness ot aron.

tL "'e ov" mountains, nor i aar'1 of Truster er IredbTsJ charac It exTemUrt nlous deliberation that was ihn thai He.l,mRl1 "ou" of morning. Catte 1 as election ol Dr. and adilresMnl e'llon (turning to cleared awai in hT, the were cm areu away and the brlcrhL airtr IM f. PI, uuO I I ion found the College not onr t.i a y. jto .1 1 inn euueatea patriotism ol the land, you demanded turn as a permanent endowment t-carcely had your appeal hcen made, when yon doubled your demand, and asked for Iikkikiu.

Par-ue responded Ifh IIHii.oiiO, and Adamson and Jenks responded. (At the mention or these names there was aloud outhuistor applause Irom all present.) Mr. r-cranton, who is here by my side, and others responded. Now are you to stop here? Your banner is not yet on ihe summit, although It floats beautifully In the air. The amount should be doubled again, and more demanded.

The moment Is auspicious, the sky Is bright, the grass is green. Let your endowment he doubled, and then I.afaj et te will lift up her head in pride. We can well afford to do it in this grand old Commonwealth. Let mind he educated, let citixeus be made men; for that purpose are colli des Instituted. In conclusion, I propose tho health of President Caltell; may be and the college ol his 'ove ever prosper." This proposition was received with hearty cheers, and tho toat was drunk In cold water.

President Cattell responded by saying that commencements were always occasions of great solemnity to him, notwithstanding the music and general gayety. He referred to his first con nection with the institution, and to its present pronpccts. Three courses had been established the classical, tho scientific, and the poat-praduate and jet their present endowment was sufficient to support only ouc of these. There was therefore an imperative necessity for Increasing the permanent invested endowment to The President appealed to ex-Governor Pollock to know if it could not be done, and the Governor thoupht it could, and that within the coming year, President Cattcli then staled that he had made a beslnning that very morning. In answer to this appeal for additional endowment, Williamson Adamson, of Philadelphia, bad sub- cribed Thomas Beuver, of Danville, and A.

Pardee, of Ilazleton, $80,000. The announcement of the first two subscriptions were received with great applause; but when Mr. Pardee's nume and douation were announced a grand outcry arose from the assemblage, and lor some minutes the tumult was so grei.t that the speaker's voice could not bo beard. When the uproar had subsided. Presi dent Cattell read a letter from Mr.

Pardee, stating that he desired to make his whole dona tion to the College full $200,000, and therefore, in addition to the $120,000 already given, he now added $80,000, on condition that the re mainder cf the $200,000 proposed as an increase to the endowment should be raised within a year or two. President ottell, resuming his remarkf said that this could not be done by magic, but only by the favor and blessing of Almighty God. He trusted that with such assist ance they would be able to build up the institution, ppd that it might long live to His honor and glory. Selden T. Scranton, of Oxford, N.

was then introduced, and having recounted his first acquaintance with President Cattell, and the earnest and persevering manner in which the latter had gone to work to secure the ne-dowracnt of the institution, declared his conviction that, judging from the success which had attended these earlier efforts, tho present one would be equally fortunate. Addresses were subsequently delivered by the Hon. G. Moirison Harris, ot Baltimore; Professors Coleman and Porter, of the College Faculty; and tho Rev. Dr.

Edgar, of Etoton. Tho company remained at the table about two hours, during the whole of which time the utmost good humor and geniality prevailed. 8everal of the speeches contained sharp and telling points, and the chairnjan every now and then, in a parenthetical remark, set the company in a roar, THE PRESIDENT'S LEVEE. In the evening, the exercises of the Com mencement season were brought to a close by a social gathering at the residence of President Cattell. The house was brilliantly illuminated for the occasion, and on the lawn in front was stationed a full brass baud, whose melodious strains afforded an excellent excuse for the young couples to undertake a promenade about the house and grounds.

The company present was a large and brilliant one, and included the Trustees and Faculty of the College, the students and alumni, aud that vaguo portion of the community which is characterized as their friends. The young men appeared to be extremely fortunate, for their "friends" were, without exception, tho youth aud beauty of Eastou, which is somewhat celebrated In this quarter of the world. President Cattell and Mrs. Cattell were stationed in the parlors to welcome the guests; and the latter, after paying their respects In due form, turned aside Into the overcrowded rooms, to mingle with a merry tbrong, whono mingled voices and laughter sounded like the noise of a mountain torrent. In a side room a substantial and elegant collation was spread, and vlbits to this locality served to vary the evening's social enjoyment.

In this hearty, joyous manner closed the college career of the class of 18G7. To-morrow they will have become men of the world, and before many days are over, they will discover that the great, whirling, jostling world Is not aa enchanting as the little learned world they bave left behind. Oxikbon. Me. BrrjRouoii'sOBPHArf IIocsK.

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