(i IA~~~~~~~~i 1ine CURTISS & CHILDS, PRINTERS, 167 GENESEE STREET, UTICA, N. Y. INDEX —VOL. IV. PROSE.. Author. Page, Acted Drama as a Teacher of Manners and Morals,... A. P. Worthington...................................... 51, 90 Achievements of American Artists,...................,S. N. D North, 325 Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, The Relations of,.. C. H. Searle, 85 Alexander Hamilton as a Political Prophet,........... J. D. Henderson, 246 Alexander McGlashen, Rev...........................V. E. Knox, 299 Afternoon in Heidelberg........................... Prof. E. W. Root, 205 American Art, A Fragment on,.........................C. A. Wetmore, 208 American Politics, Influence upon Education of............J: H. Ecob, 173 American Practicality,........................... P. Crandall, 62 Antony and Cleopatra,... K. Hoyt, 136 Astronomer's Work and Worshop.........................J. H. Hall, 292 Christianity as a Help to Poetry,...E. A. McMath, 13 Coleridge as a Conversationalist....................A. C. Phillips, 7 Connecticut Thanksgiving, A.......................... Prof. E. North, 213 Criticism, The True Office of,.......... M. D. Edwards 95, Correspondence.................................................. 27 Correspondence, The Centennial at Dartmouth.......................... 65 Correspondence, From Berlin,.....................Rufus S. Green, 103, Correspondence................................................... 267,' Daniel S. Dickinson,.................................David Carver, 213 Demosthenes, The Character of,.......................I H. C. Maine, 253. Emerson, Ralph Waldo,....................................A. Bradford, 332, English Hymns,................................... D. A. Ferguson, 18t4 Gardening as one of the Fine Arts,................... C.... Phillips, 225, Gates Ajar............................................. Wm. Reed, 10 Glimpses at the South,............................C. K. Hoyt, 2117 Hamilton, Sir William, with a Personal Reminiscence,......Pres. S. G. Brown,....................... 21. " Herald" versus Religion, The,................... Prof. A. G. Hopkins, 250r iV. INDEX. Azuth er. Page. History, A Bit of................................Frank H. Bagley, 261 Holidays, English and American,............ A. S. Hoyt, 179 Imagination, Power of the................... Howard Freeman, 338 Josh Billing's Alminax........................... F. H. Hall, 297 Minnehaha and its Sources........................T. S. Sherwood, 30F3 Mythology Rewritten,............. A. M. Griswold, 220 Natural Bridge, The................................. L, Bachman, 176 Nature at Work,........................................ C. Ray, 259 Night Views from College Hill,.....C. H. Toll, 257 Old Mission House,................................... C. K. Hoyt, 11 Power and Danger of Public Opinion....................IH. A. Frink, 17.Prose and Poetry of the Sea...........................O. R. Glover, 45 Reverence in the American Character,.................J. C. Fowler, 1 Roads a Symbol of the Age..............................C. F. Janes, 165 Sargeant Prentiss' First Plea...................... N. L. F. Bachman, 189 Sunset Rock,.................................... A. H. Bradford, 133 Student Reveries,.................. H. C, Maine, Talk about Talking, A,.......................Prof. A. J. Upson. 285 Truth in Rhetoric.........................Prof. A. J. Upson, 126 Tyranny of " As it Were," the........................ O. E. Branch, 336 Verden and its Gymnasium.....................H. C. G. Brandt, 142 WVorks of Art Among College Boys.........H.............. C. Maine, 58 POETRY. Byron's Candle,............................E. J. Wickson, 297 Destiny,......................................'. H. Deshon, 256 Dreaming..............................................C. Aldrich, 144 Death and Burial of Moses,..Miss Mary Chipman, 56 Dedication for an Album,. A. II. Bradford, 6 Dites Moi,..................................................... 100 From the French of Victor Hugo.......................Mrs. Upson, 16 Lookout Song.................................. George Norton, 183 Major Andre..................................Miss Mary Chipman, 178 October Days,.................................... C. S. Percival, 224 Off the ZEolian Isles................................ Geo. Norton, 50 Our Fallen Classmates...................W. T. Laird, 21.3 Precatio, Nautiae................................... H. DH. eshon, 302 Quotations and Quoters,..............................J. A. Towner, 130 "Song of the Shirt," Extract from..................A. L. Childs, INDEX. V. EDITORS' TABLE.'The Old Organ; Senior Reception; Tree Planting of'69; Clark Prize; C. F. L. Institute; Eighth Anniversary of Houghton Seminary; Operetta; College Periodicals, &c............................... 28-36 Honorary Degrees; The International Boat Race; Ithaca and Cornell University; Local Items; Commencement Week, &c.,.......... 68-74 Degrees; Progress; Discovery of Another Asteroid; Still Improving; Honest or Dishonest; To Sixty-Nine; Necrology, &c.......... 109-122 Noonday Prayer Meeting; College Endowments; An Old Graduate's Visit to Hamilton; George Norton;; Valedictorians, &c.,.150-154'The Burial of Perkins; Hougton Reception; Correspondence; Periodicals; A Word from the Syracuse Journal; Thirty Years Ago,..192-196 To Our Subscribers, Yale College One Hundred Years Ago; A Few Facts Respecting Literary Compensation; Barrett Browning; Periodicals; Local Items, &c................................. 229-233 The New Organ; Some Practical Directions About Being Sick in College; The Second New York Re-Union; A Chance for the Rev. Profs., &c.............................................. 170-277 The Second New York Re-Unioii; Who Named our Colleges; In Memoriam; Resolutions of the Senior Class, &c.,................307-341 Decoration Day; Barret Browning; Tree Planting; Clark Prize Exhibition; Finale Suggestion; The Corps from'71; A Semi-Centennial Reception, &c.......................................... 345-364 C -A- T A L, O X TOF E OF THE CORPORATION, OF HAMILTON COLLEGE, I869-70. I 8 6 9 7 0 CLINTONl, No. Y. ROBERTS, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, 60 GENESEE STREET, UTICA, 1869. pJ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_ I1 JOHN J. KNOX, ESQ., KNOXBORO. HEoN. HIRAM DENIO, LL. D., UTICA. SAMUEL B. WOOLWORTH, LL. D., ALBANY. HON. HENRY A. FOSTER, LL. D., OSwEGO. REV. SIMEON NORTH, D. D., LL. D., CLINTON. REV. ROBERT W. CONDIT, D. D., OSWEGO. HIoN. HORATIO SEYMOUR, LL. D., UTICA. HON. OTHNIEL S. WILLIAMS, CLINTON. REV. SAMUEL H. GRIDLEY, D. D., WATERLOO. HON. EDMUND A. WETMORE, UTICA. REV. GEORGE S. BOARDMAN, D. D., ROME. REV. PHILEMON H. FOWLER, D. D., UTICA. REV. WILLIAM C. WISNER, D. D., LOCKPORT. HON. WILLIAM J. BACON, LL. D., UTICA. REV. SAMUEL WY. FISHER, D. D., LL. D., UTICA. WILLIAM D. WALCOTT, ESQ., NEW YORK MILLS. REV, A. DELOS GRIDLEY, CLINTON. REV. THOMAS S. HASTINGS, D. D., NEW YORK. REV. SAMUEL G. BROWN, D. D., LL. D., CLINTON. CHARLES C. KINGSLEY, ESQ., UTICA. HON. THOMAS T. DAVIS, LL. D., SYRACUSE. REV. L. MERRILL MILLER, D. D., OGDENSBURGII. PUBLIUS V. ROGERS, ESQ., UTICA. HON. OTHNIEL S. WILLIAMS, SECRETARY AND TREASURER. REV. N. W. GOERTNER, D. D., COMMISSIONER. HloN. OTHNIEL S. WILLIAMS. HON. EDMUND A. WETMORE. REV. PHILEMON H. FOWLER, D. D. REv. SAMiUEL W. FISHER, D. D., LL. D. WILLIAM D. WALCOTT, ESQ. REV. A. DELOS GRIDLEY. REv. SAMUEL G. BROWN, D. D.) LL. D. REV. SAMUEL GILMAN BROWN, D. D., LL. D., PRESIDENT, AND WALCOTT PROFESSOR OF THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. CHARLES AVERY, LL. D., Ca -. PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF CHEMISTRY. ALBERT BARNES PROFESSOR OF INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. REV. NICHOLAS WESTERMANN GOERTNER, D. D., COLLEGE PASTOR. OREN ROOT, LL. D., a.3f PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, MINERALOGY, AND GEOLOGY, CHRISTIAN HENRY FREDERICK PETERS, PH. D., LITCHFIELD PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, AND DIRECTOR OF THE LITCHFIELD OBSERVATORY. PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. ELLICOTT EVANS, LL. D., )CT/ MAYNARD PROFESSOR OF LAW, HISTORY, CIVIL POLITY, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. EDWARD NORTH, L. H. D., a. 6f ROBINSON PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. REv. ANSON JUDD UPSON, A. M., KINGSLEY PROFESSOR OF LOGIC, RHETORIC AND ELOCUTION, AND LIBRARIAN. EDWARD WALSTEIN ROOT, A. M., CHILDS PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. REV. ABEL GROSVENOR HOPKINS, A. n., Al. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. CHESTER HUNTINGTON, A. M., a g TUTOR, EDWIN BAYLIES,.... SanE ]'2)cisco. LEVI DUNCAN MILLER, - - - - Deansville. N-NIBAL SIMIT, - - - (assville. DELOS 3OORE WHITE, - - - - - Clinton. HAMILTON COLLEGE. NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS. THOMAS ALDEN ABBOT.T......... Utica......,32 D. HI. CHARLES ELMER ALLISON....... Chester..............24 K. H. JOHIN LYNN BACHM,..AN n, g......iysport, Tenn., Mlt. WVestcott's. FRPANCIS HERBERT BAGLEY,...... Bufclo......... ciss Barker's. CHARLES GODDARD BALDWINr,... ]EIbridge.................... EDWARD) BRAYTON............U. tica,..... 13 K. I. WILLIAUM IMoRIS BUTLER....... Maine........Mrs. IHinckley's LEWIS BRAINERD CLARIK,.......Clar's lls,.........12 H. H. WILLIAM HENRY DESHON,...... Oxford.............. 17 D. -H. MAURICE DWIGHT EDWARDS,.... Pittsburgh, Pa.,.......29 K. H. JOHN EDGAR ELHER,........... Cester,......... Mr. Willard's. CHARLES JONAS EVERETT,...... XortLh Litckfield.......28 H. H. DELOS E. FrINKs............N...e7ew Berlin......... 28 K. H. HOWARD FREEM.AN...N.. Yew York,......Miss Barker's HENRY ALLYN FRIN~K.......... Binghamton,. Miss Spooner's. SYLVESTER GARDNER,... Fa.......yetteville,..........8 K. H. FREDERIC HAMILTON GOUGE.... Trento..........28 H. H. MARTIN ELLIS GRANT, JRt.,......:~ He~derson............13 D. H. THEO. FRELINGHUYSSEN HINDS9.. ]Ric/eleld Springs,....28 H. H. JAMES HART OADLEY,.... Rome..................9 K. H. CHARbLES KIMBALL HOYT,....Auburn..............30 K. H. THOMAS IDARLINGTON JESTER,....Wilmzington, -Del.,....29 D. H. AUGUSTUS PALMER KENT,......Adrian2, lich.,...Mrs. Powell's. HERBERT WRIGHT KNAPP,. Oit..........eposit.....13 K. H. JOHN VAN BURPx LEwIs,......Albion,.......Mrs. Hinckley's. JOHN MLACHLAN,......... Groton.............16 D. H. EDWIN AUGUSTUS MCMATH,.... Webster,...............9 D H. HENRY CLY AINE,.......... De uyter,...........12 D. H. GEORGE ARTHUR MILLAR>,......Clayvie,............. 30 D. H. EDWARD CHITTENDEN RAY......-Roc]hester,............24 H. H. HA MILTON COLLEGE. WILLIAM HENRY REESE,. Clifton Springs,... LLOYD FLAVEL RICE,........... Hoemer,..............13 D. H. JAMES SNOW ROOT,. el.... P]ielps,............24 K. H. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS SACKETT,... Clinton,........Mrs. Sackett's. HOMER WELLINGTON SEARLE,... Leonacrdsville,...... 16 K. H. ISAAC SMITH SIGNOR,...........Mottville,............. 29 H. H. GEORGE RUSSELL SMITH,........Albion,.............12 D. H. SHELDON WILLIAM SWANE.... yracse,............... 5 D. H. JONATHAN PLATr UNDERWOOD,.. Auburn,.............32 K. H. HANSON S. WEBSTER,.......... Sennett,.........1....15 D. H. HALSEY LATHROP WOOD,....... Geneva,........Miss Barker's. ITI AMILTON COLLEGE. NAMES. lRESIDENCE. ROOMS. EDWARD \~ILLIAAM ABBEY,... TV t/.. T7tIiZ S......f.iss Spooner's. ROBERT LucKEY BACIIN. K s... i-sport,, en?. Bi. tWestcott's. FREDERIC ELI BAROWS1,.......Clinto,.............. 31 I, H. JAES LEvI BENNETT.........Oneida,..............21. H. ALBERT BusHE.NELL,.............Bca/,9................14 D. H. DAVID CARVER............... Bing ton. ELBERT WILMOT CUMINGS,......PaW PewC, Ji/fich.....1..4 D. ii. WILLIAAM ANDREWT CuRTIS,......oRo/cfO xd, iIl........ 27 D. H. FRANxK BURCHARD DANIELS.....Wtilmninglto, el.,.. 29 K. II. CHARLES HOLLAND DUELL..... Cortlacndville,.......10 KI. IH. DANIEL ARUNAH FERGUON nuso.... Ogdensburghl......23 D. H-I. NATHANIEL FOOTE, JR.o........ iorrisvie,......... 13 K. H-I. JOHN EDWARD F ROST9.......... Gcesbug, Iig.,.o3iss Spooner's. JOHN HOAITARD GREENEY... D.Danube,..............10 D. H. STEPHEN EUTHERFORD HARDING, Clinto,..............27. 7 H. *WOOLSEY ROGERS HOPRINS.... AuburD)?,.....21 K. HI. FREDERIC GRIDLEY IENDALL... New York........... 32. IrI. WILLIAM PODERIC KENNARAD;... *Ta *e rl............. — Amios AUGUSTUS EIEHLE,....... )ansville,............3 D. 1-. EDWARD PAXSON LNNELL,......CGranvile, 0.........Chapel. CHARLES JUDSON PALMIER......West'nfie,....... 7.. RANDALL PEASE,................ Dryde......... 10 D. H. ALBERT COSSETT PHILLIPS.......'Cus$.............S23 D. tI. FRANX PURDY)......... Poughkeepsie,.........27 H. H. WILLIAM REEREED..aiDn..h... LaCnXshZ1zur, h........ 13 II. H. BENJAMIN PRHODES,............ Oswoegol,........28 D2 II EDWARD STANTLE SACKETT.....Clinton........ rs. Sackett's. CHARxLEs LUrE STONE..........i Jfexlico,.............. 32 HI. II. AIMESL NCTIION T WOOLSEY STRYKERZ ieZ oewo c,.........14..... H. JAMES sFRANKLIN TUFTS,. eo.........o... B, 9 HAMILTON COLLEGE. JoHN FORBES TUTTLE,., cloclvile9.... 30........... 30 D. H. CHARLES UNANGST...........Bloorsblurgh, Pca., Prin'1 Kelsey's. FRANK WOOD,...o..........., yracse............ e10 K. H. EDWARD CLAYTON WRIGHT,.... E.lridgyeq.......30 H. H. GEORGE SPRAGUE WYCKOFF,.X... Bffalo,..o............ e 22 K. H. 10 HAMIILTON COLLEGE. NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS. ROBERT HURLBURT ABBOTT, Syrac... use...........28 D. H. JAMES ANDERSON,......... S.cavanqnah,...........29 H. H. NATHAN LA FAYETTE BACHMAN, _Rfingsport, T~enn.., MIr. Westcott's. JULIUS IRVINE BAILEY,........ AZul'rn............... HAL BELL,..................... yons.................. ASA GARDINER BENEDICT......_Lysander,............26 H. iH. WILLIA HolIOWARD BENEDICT, Clinton............2......7 D. H. ALBERT LYNDON BLAIR,........3adison,.............20 H. H. HERMAN CARL BRANDT,........ Vilsen, Germany,.....11 H. H. JOHN WILLIAX CHURCHI-,o. N......yorwiCh3.............16 D. H. SEWARD M3ANDEVILLE DODGE,..- Normal, II...........6 K. H. DANIEL GORDON DORRANCE, JR., Onzeida castle,........6. H. JOSEPH DAVIS FISHER.......... East Pembroke.... II H. H. HENRY FRENCH,......s......e niuse............... 29 K. H. CHARLES C. GPIDLEY,........... Bu falo.............25 K. H. WALTER MARTIN HAND,........ _BinghaC2ton,.........23 H. I. EDWARD MAYNE HART,......... Clinton,..............10 D. H. JOHN HAMPDEN HOPKINS,...... Abuzrn,e..............25 K. H. ARTHUR STEPHEN HOYT,........Auburn,..............30 K. H. WM. AUGUSTUS UBBARD), JR.,.. Rochester,............ 32 H. H. FRIEND HENRY HULL,.......... ew I~ Kinyston,.....17 K. 7 H. JAY HAMILTON JEWETT......... Bay City, lZMich,....22 K. H. HENRY SMITH JOHNSON,. Pa.....Plattsburg,.............7 K. H. EDWARD GURLEY LOVE,........lilwCbCukee, }V.is....... 26 D. H. GEORGE FREDERICP K LYON,...... Binghamton,..........1 K. H. DEWITT R. MALLARYY,........... B ly............. SAMUEL GLOVER AMOORE,.....eotonz;ctls,........23 K. H. LEWIS HALL MSOREY............LivOnia~............. 16 H. H. EDWARD SIMEON NORTH,...... Collge e. il,.....Prof. North's. WILLIAM PERRY NORTHRUP,....CaCtota,...........13 HI. H. 11 IIHAMILTON COLLEGE. ANTHONY PECX, JR.,........... Cliniton9..............21 D. I-I. WALTER SCOTT PETERSON-...... aCCnoga................9. i. JOHN EGBERT PHELPS,......... Colle~ge HIAll,.... 3Miss Spooner's. JAMES RICIHARDS ROBENISON,......7tevw haven7..........26 rI. 2 i. FRANx EDGAR lRODERICKReC.* Ea.st Pao',mokee.... I....... JOSEPHI CROWZVELL RIUSS........ Booklyn,........... 26 HII H. JAM]ES HORATIO S EYMO3I0RU R........Broc30port...........25 it. ii. BI3RAINAPrD GAtRDNE R SITH... (Y.C2ananclaigZcu,,........ 12 R. I. CHARLES HEN~RY STANTON...... eCZmrkJlanCd............25 D. n. ORRIN CEDESANrN STEVENS,..... Greerville,............11 Th. H. CORNELIUS STANTO:N STOwTITz... FClat Criee9........... 12 I. HI. CHIARLEs HANSON TOL........ BcigwtZsvib/e,ii... Mr Lathrop's. IMARTIN FITCEi TRIPPEt,.........Rose,................ 17 K. II. LEWIS lRUSSELL PW EBE 1R........2 a rtiZsbZurh..........7. H. -IEZEKIAH WEBSTE')l..........e- ST tt..............15 D. H. APRTHURF MERRILL WRIGHIT,..... C0l tia)NqU7............. 23. H. 12 HAMILTON COLLEGE. NAMES. MRESIDENCE. ROOMS. WILLI-A- HENI R AVErY,....... Coums........... la K. 15. EDWAPRD EVERETT BACON,...... Ea ton,.....15 r. H. 3[XTItoN iNEVINTS BARTHOLOMEW,. Augusta,.............22 D. H. OLIVER ERiNESTI BRANCHII....... iVorth 1Aficlccison, 0..... CHARiES TAYLOR BURNLrEY... t..ica................ 14 D. 11 ELIAS BALDWIN FISHER,........_AuburZ,.............. 4 HI. H. A10N IVES FOOTE............. Clar/'s Slls,.......... JOHN WHITE GEARY,Ib.....Alban6y, Otr..........26 H. II. CHARLES FEDERIC Goss...ubrn.............b urn. 30 K. H. HENRY WILEOrD HAIRDING,.... ClZnto,.........Mr. Harding's. SAMI'L VAN VEICHTEN HUNTINGTON uburn,...........4 K. I. JOHN LATOP JEROE,........ nton..............19 K. H. JAcoB ARTHUR JONES,..2...... Sout T'retOn,........ 23 K. H. EUGENE ADELBERT KLOCK,.. L..ittle Falls...14 x. H GEORGE HENRY LESTER,....... Biznghamton~..........1 K. H. CHESTER SAUNDERS LORD.....A.dams,........ 31 H H. WILLIAM IDELoss LOVE, JR,..... Vilwaulcee, Wis.,.......26 D. H. GEORGE HAMILTON LUDINGTON,..3fonticllo............9 H. JOHN ED3MAN 3MASSEE,.......... Romn................ D. H. WILLIAM MCDUFFEE,........... Phila(clpehI ia, a, P...... 4 H. EDvWARD DAVID MIATEIEWS,.....omer)................ 4 D. H. GEORGE WILLIAMIr MILES,.......Auburn............. 30 H. II. ISAAC NEWTON MILLER,........ Deansville,............ 22 D.. THIOMAS HERBEiRT NORTON,..... St. Caetherine's, Ont.,... 8 K. H. JOHN WILLIAM[ O'BRIEN,....... Aubn,............. 30 H. H. GEORGE HUBBARD PAYSON,..... Orfo6,..............31 D. H. EDWARD SPENCER PECK,........ Clinton,.............. 21 D. H. JERMAIN GILDERSLEEVE PORTER, aWtertown,...........16 H. H. LANSING LEE PORTER,.....Auburl,............... 4 K. H. HARLAN DEN NIS PRESTON,......Lilcklae7C............. D. P. 13 HAMILTON COLLEGE. FREDERIC HELMER RASBACH,... Ccanastotc............31 I-I. H. ELIJAIH MUNN REWEY,......... Utica,................9 D. H. EDWIN AMASA ROCKWELL,...... Camden.............. 9 K. H. JOHN CURTIS RICHARDSON......St. Lois.............28 D. H. HENRY WVADE ROGE RS........Bufalo,.........Prof. Evans'. JOHN ARTHIUR SKINNER,......Westfield..............27 H. CHRISTOPHER SNYDER VINCENT,. Indian Fields,...... 8 K. H. OtRMOND WORtTHINGTON- WRIGHT, r'eCdonia,............2 7 K. H. LASW STUDENTS,...................................... 4 SENIORS,............................................. 41 JUNIORS5................................ e... 35 SOPHOMORES9......................................... 46 FRESHMEN.......................................... 38 TOTAL,....................................... 164 A BB REVIATIX T XON S D. H.,.................. DEXTER HALL, OR NORTI COLLEGE. KI. H.,................KIRKLAND HALL, OR MIDDLE COLLEGE. H. H.,................ HAMILTON HALL, OR SOUTH COLLEGE. C.)..............................................CHAPEL. *.D.... DECEASED. 14 tIA MILTON COLLEGE. AM ILTON COLLEGE. A, m dssio n. It is required that the candidates for admission to the Freshman Class should not be less than fifteen years of age, with a corresponding increase for an advanced standing; that they furnish evidence of good moral character; and if from another College, a regular dismission; and that they sustain a satisfactory examination on the PREPARATORY STUDIES, or for an advanced class, on the several studies to which the class they propose to enter has attended. None can be admitted into the Senior Class after the winter vacation. 7rt-e 2'eparatory 551't'd' IN GaREK': Xenophon's Anabasis, two books; Homer's Iliad, one book with prosody and the rules for pronunciation according to the Continental method. IN LATIN: Ccesar's Commentaries, four books; Virgil's.Eneid, six books with prosody; Cicero, six Select Orations; Sallust's Catiline; and either Sallust's Jugurthine War, or the Eclogues of Virgil; Arnold's Latin Prose Composition, twelve chapters. IN MATHEMATICS: Arithmetic, Algebra to Equations of the second degree; Plane Geometry. Candidates will also be examined in English, Latin and Greek Grammar, Ancient and Modern Geography, History of the United States, and in Greek and Roman Antiquities. The ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS are held at 9 o'clock A. ]M., on Monday and Tuesday preceding Commencement, and on the last day of the ensuing vacation. Candidates for Admission to College should bring with them, to the Senior Class Room, pencils for writing, and a copy of each Greek and Latin Author in which they propose to be examined. The whole course of Instruction occupies four years, and the Students, in all the classes, are usually required to attend three exercises on each day. The object of the course is to form the mind to habits of accurate discrimination, close reasoning, and vigorous application; and, at the same time, furnish it with the leading facts and principles in Literature, Science, and the Arts. 15 II A I ILTON COLLEGE. TIIE FOLLOWING IS A GENERAL VIEW OF TIlE STUDIES OF EACtI TERM: C Livy's History-Lincoln's. Latin Grammar reviewed. Homer's Odyssey- Owen's. FIRST TERI,........ ~ Algebra-Perkins'. Rhetoric: Elocution-f fandeville's El7emenzts of -Reading and Oratory. Bible: Life of Christ-fromz the Four Gospels. L English Composition and Declamation. ( Horace's Odes-Lincoln's. Latin Composition-Ar nold's. Xenophon's Aemorabilia-BRobbins'. SECOND TEar,........ Greek Grammar reviewed. Geometry completed-Robinson's. Bible: Life of Paul-Knox's Year weith St. Paul. i English Composition and Declamation. [ Horace's Satires and Epistles-Lincoln's. T Thucydides' History- Owen's. TrnRTd TER,........4 Greek and Roman Antiquities —Bojesen's. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry-Robinson's. Bible: Genesis-RBush's Notes. [ English Composition and Declantitioni.! Demosthenes' De Corona-Champlin's. I Navigation and Surveying-Robinsoz's. FIRST TTacitus' Germania and Agricola —Tyler's. FIRST TERM,~, Conchology. Bible: Exodus-Buscis's Nlotes. [ English Composition and Declamation. ( French Course-F-asquelle's. I Analytical Geometry-Loomis', OND TRhetoric: Style, with Exercises in Criticism-Blair's. SECOND TERM,........ English Synonymes-Crabb's andcl Graham's. Bible: Joshua and Judges — olenan's Text Book. L English Composition and Declamation. 16 HAMILTON COLLEGE. Idyls of Theocritus —Didot's. | ~schylus' Prometheus- Woofsey's. THIRD TERM2...... French Translation continued. Differential Calculus-Loomis'. Bible: The Monarchy, etc.- Colemanl's Text Book. [ English Composition and Declamation. r Integral Calculus-Loomis'. i.Eschylus' Agamemnon-Felton's. Idyls of Theocritus —Didot's. FIRST TER,....... History of England-Hzsme. Bible: The Epistle to the Romans. Forensic Disputation. Declamation. L English Composition. Tacitus' History- Tyler's. Natural Philosophy: Mechanics —Peck's. Sophocles' Antigone- Woolsey's. SECOND TER M,.... Astronomy-Loomis'. Greek Composition. Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews. Forensic Disputation. Declamation. English Composition. r Natural Philosophy: Magnetism, Electricity and Optics |- Onsted's. German Course- IVoodbury's. German Reader -Follen's. THTRD TERM,.., < ELogic — Coppee's. Rhetoric- Wihately's. Shakespeare's Plays. Bible: The Prophetical Books and the Psalms, Forensic Disputation. Declamation. L English Composition. f Political Economy-Say. Philosophy of the Mind-H1amilton's dIetaaplysics. General Chemistry. FIRST TErA....... Butler's Analogy. Essays on Themes in Mental and Moral Philosophy. Orations. Forensic Disputation. c 17 HAMILTON COLLEGE. ( Philosophy of the IMind-H amiiton's lfetcphysics. Moral Philosophy- Wayland's. Revised -Edition. Municipal Law —Blackstone's Commentaries. SECOND TEPM~r... ~ General Chemistry —oscoe.'...... Butler's Analogy continued. Natural Theology. Essays on Themes in Law and History. I Orations. Forensic Disputation. C Agricultural Chemistry-Johnson's "H-ow Crops Grow and Feed." Geology and Physical History —Dana's. THIRD TERn,...... Constitutional Law. Civil Engineering. The Evidences of Christianity. Orations. Forensic Disputation. -Books of Reere-nce., In Ancient Languages: Crosby's or Hadley's Greek Grammar. Liddell and Scott's Greek Lexicon. Bullions & Morris's, or Andrews' and Stoddard's Latin Grammar. Andrews' Latin Lexicon. Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Eschenberg's Manual of Classical Literature. Anthon's Classical Dictionary. Long's Atlas of Classical Geography. Munk's Greek and Roman Metres. Grote's History of Greece. Arnold's History of Rome. In Modern Languages: Surenne's French Dictionary, Hilpert's and Adler's German Dictionarr. In Rhetoric: IKames' Elements of Criticism, Allibone's Dictionary of Authors. Marsh's Lectures on the English Itangage, Trench's Lectures. Day's and Campbell's Rhetoric. Roget's Thesaurus. Worcester's and Webster's English Dictionaries, Chambers' Cyclopedia of English Literature. Duyckinck's Cyclopedia of American Literature. Bautain's Art of Extempore Speaking. s8 HA-MILTON COLLEGE. In Law: Kent's Commentaries on American Law. Story's Commentaries on Constitutional Law. Vattel's Law of Nations. In Physical Science: Dana's Mtineralogy. Gray's Manual of Botany. Wyatt's Conchology. Dana's, Hitchcock's, and Gray's and Adam's Geology. Miller's and Bloxam's Chemistries, Storer and Eliot's Manual of Inorganic Chemistry, Anderson's Agricultural Chemistry. In Metaphysics and Ethics: Mackintosh's Dissertation on the Progress of Ethical Philosophy. Porter's Human Intellect. Cousin's Psychology. Whewell's Elements of Morality. McCosh's Intuitions of the Mind. In Evidences of Christianity: Alexander's and McIllvaine's Evidences of Christianity. Horne's Introduction. Lectures are delivered on those subject, in the College Course, which are not more advantageously taught by the use of approved text-books, viz.: To THE SENIon CLASS-on Modern History, in the.................................. First Term. Geology,...................F............................First Term. -,Esthetics,................................ Second Term. Political Economy,.................................... First Term. History of the British Constitution,........................Second Term. Experimental Chemistry,...........................Second Term. Mental Philosophy,...................... Second Term. Moral Philosophy,..................................... Second Term. Evidences of Christianity,......................... Third Term. History of Philosophy,....................................Third Term. Constitutional Law,....................................... Third Term. Agricultural Chemistry,................................Third Term. To THE JUNIOR CLASS-on English History and British Statesmen,.................. First Term. Classical Literature,....................................First Term. Natural Philosophy,..................................Second Term. Greek Drama,..............S.............. Second Term. Astronomy,............................................Third Term. Shakespeare's Plays,...................................Third Term. I AI I L T ON COLLEGE. To THE SOPHOMIORE CLASS-on Conchology,..........F................................. First Term. Greek Orators,...............................S.........Second Term. English Literature,................................... Second Term. Mineralogy,.............................................Third Term. TO THE FRESHIMAN CLASS-on Elocution,..............................................First Term. Greek Poets,.............................T.............Third Term. Weekly exercises in Composition and Extemporaneous Debate take place in the several classes. Besides these, on Wednesday and Saturday of each week, all the Students are required to attend public exhibitions in the Chapel, of Declamation, and of Original Essays, Disputes and Orations, under the direction and criticism of the Kingsley Professor of Rhetoric. C Bami stry-y Owing to the munificence of the late 3ir. SILAS D. CHILDS, of Utica, the Chemical Laboratory will undergo during the present year extensive alterations, and will be supplied with new and valuable apparatus. The Senior Class, besides receiving instruction both by lectures and recitations in general Chemistry, will in accordance with the will of Mr. CIILDS, receive a thorough course of instruction in Chemistry as applied in Agriculture. During a portion of the year, instruction in qualitative chemical analysis, will be given at stated hours to those members of the Senior Class who may choose to pursue this study. Apparatus and chemicals will be furnished to the students at wholesale prices. The facilities of the Laboratory will be such, that those who may desire to continue the study of Chemistry, after their graduation, will have an opportunity. As a means of giving more complete instruction in this Department, and also for the purpose of original observation, an Astronomical Observatory has been erected on the College grounds. The Astronomical Department and the Observatory have been very liberally endowed by the Hon. EDWIN C. LITCHFIELD, LL. D., of Brooklyn. The Observatory consists of a central building, with wings on the east and west side. The central building is twenty-seven feet square, and two stories high, surmounted by a revolving tower, twenty feet in diameter. The great Equatorial in the tower, constructed by Spencer & Eaton, has an object-glass of 13,5 inches in diameter, and focal length of nearly sixteen feet; it is provided with six positive and six negative eye-pieces, with a ring and a filar micrometer. For solar observations it has a prismatic polarizing eyepiece of original construction by Robert B. Tolles. The declination circle of 20 HAMILTON COLLEGE. twenty-four inches, by means of four verniers, reads to four sounds of arc: the hour circle, of fourteen inches, by means of two verniers, reads to two seconds of time. The instrument is mounted upon a granite shaft, nine feet in height, resting upon a pier of solid masonry. A clock work with Bond's isodynamic escapement and spring governor, causes the telescope to follow the daily motion of the stars by acting upon long arms attached to the equatorial axis. The wings are each eighteen feet square: the east room is used as an office for the Director. In the west room is mounted a portable Transit Instrument of 2~ inches aperature, the gift of Hon. ANSON S. MILLER, LL. D., of Rockford, Ill., and constructed by W. Wurdemann, of Washington, D. C. It has a castiron folding stand, invented by the maker. Near the Transit is an Astronomical Clock, constructed by William Bond & Son, Boston, and presented by the late Hon. WIT. CURTIS NOYES, of New York. It is regulated for mean time, and provided with the break-circuit for telegraphic operations. By the side of the Clock is a Chronograph of Bond's most recent construction, and regulated by the spring governor, presented by MICHAEL MOORE, Esq., of Trenton Falls. These instruments have been connected by a telegraphic wire with the nearest station; and the longitude of the Observatory has thus been accurately determined by exchanging star signals with the Harvard College Observatory, at Cambridge, }Iass. In its turn, the Litchfield Observatory already has become the basis of several longitudes in the State, determined under the auspices of the Regents of the University, at Buffalo, Syracuse, Elmira, Ogdensburgh, and of the longitude of the Detroit Observatory at Ann Arbor, 3Iich., which latter forms the fundamental point for the longitudes of the Lake Survey. The latest work of this kind, has been to determine the longitude of the western boundary of the State of New York. Besides, the Observatory possesses a Siderial Chronometer, constructed by the same makers, with the Hartnup's improved compensation balance: this instrument was the gift of the late Hon. GEORGE UNDERwOOD, of Auburn. A Morse Telegraphic Apparatus also has been presented by Mr. S. WV. CHunBUCK, of Utica, and an Aneroid Barometer, by the late SIaMEON BENJAMIN, Esq., of Elmira. In order to observe the total eclipse of the sun, August 7, 1869, M3fr. EDWIN C. LITCHFIELD presented a fine portable telescope, so that an expedition could be organized, and proceed from this Observatory to Des Moines, Iowa. The cost of the expedition was likewise defrayed by the liberality of Mr. Litchfield. The telescope, the make of Messrs. STEINnEIL SONS, Of Munich, has 4 (French) inches aperture, 5 feet focal length, and is mounted parallactically on a solid iron tripod, with setting circles for right ascension and declination, and has also a tangent screw for following the daily motion of a star. It has two terrestial and six astronomical eye-pieces, (varying in power from 40 to 360,) a ring and a scale micrometer, and a sliding wedge for moderating the light. There is, moreover, fitting to thle eye tube a direct vision spectroscopy, with five prisms, for analyzing the light of the sun and its protuberances. The telescope, when established in a proper location, it is thought, will be particularly useful for the exercise of students, who may mnake astronomy a special study. 21 HAMILTON COLLEGE. The following eight Asteroids were first discovered at the Litchfield Observatory: FERONIA, NO. 72, May 29, 1861. EURYDICE, NO. 75, September 22, 1862. FRIGGA, No. 77, November 12, 1862. Io, No. 85, September 19, 1865. THISBE, No. 88, June 15, 1866. UNDINE, No. 92, July 7, 1867. IANTIE, NO. 98, April 18, 1868. MIRIAM, NO. 102, August 22, 1868., No. 109, October 9, 1869. Geological and Mineralogical Cabinets, and Collections in Natural History, are also connected with the College, embracing the following, viz.: 1. 9,000 Specimens of Ores and Simple Minerals. 2. 2,500 Specimens of Fossils and Rocks to illustrate the Geology of New York. 3. 1,000 Specimens to Illustrate the Geology of the United States. 4. 600 Specimens of Fossils, mostly from the Silurian Formations of Europe. 5. 500 Specimens from the Coal Formations of the United States. 6. 250 Specimens from the New Red Sandstone Formation. C. 600 Specimens of Crystalized Minerals from New York localities. 8. 2,000 Specimens of Land, Fresh Water, and Marine Shells. 9. 300 Specimens in Ornithology, from China. 10. 13 Cases of Specimens in Entomology. The Litbrariesvi The College and Society Libraries, amounting to 12,000 volumes, are at all times accessible to students. A few gentlemen in the city of New York have presented to the College the private library of the late EDWARD ROBINSON, D. D., LL. D., of Union Theological Seminary. It consists of 1,420 volumes, and about 100 valuable maps, and furnishes complete apparatus for the study of Biblical Exegesis and Scriptural Geography. Hon. WILLIAM CURTIS NoYES, LL. D., a native of Oneida county, and an honorary alumnus of' the College, after a life of eminent service, professional and political, bequeathed to Hamilton College his Law Library. The Collection numbers about five thousand volumes. The books have been collected during a practice of over twenty-five years, at a cost of not less than sixty thousand dollars. " The Collection consists of all the American Reports, with scarcely an exception, down to the present time; of all the English Reports in the Courts of Law and Chancery, and in the Exchequer, down to the beginning of the year 1860; and all the Scotch decisions, in the Justiciary, Senior Courts, and House of Lords; and the Irish Reports in Law and Equity. In Elementary Law, it contains all the principal treatises in England and America, among which is the'Law Library,' in all the series, in upwards of ninety volumes. 22 HAMILTON COLLEGE. It contains a complete set, in upward of seventy volumes, of the printed statutes of the Colony and State of New York, including the session laws from the earliest period, commencing with a copy of Bradford's, printed in London, in 1719, which formerly belonged to Lord De la Warr, and seems to have come from the plantation office in the colony. There is hardly any law book which a lawyer in large practice may have occasion to consult, that may not be found in this collection." The NoYEs LIBRARY is at all times accessible to Members of the Bar. Valuable gifts of books have been made to the College, during the past year, by Hon. A. H. BAILEY, M. C., of Rome; Hon. O. B. MATTESON, of Utica; Dr. THOMAs HASTINGS, Sr., of New York; Rev. A. D. GRIDLEY, of Clinton; Rev. Dr. M. H. HENDERSON, of Athens, Ga; Rev. Dr. L. M. MILLER, of Ogdensburgh; Rev. Dr. R. ANDERSON, of Boston, Mass.; Major O. M. WILSON, of Indianapolis, Ia. IMr. WM. R. JEROIE, of New York, of the Class of 1868, has kindly sent to the Library, for the use of the Students, four of the prominent weekly journals of that city. Special acknowledgments are due to Rev. ROBERT G. CRAIGHEAD, of the New York Evanyelist, for the donation of a full set of Silliman's Journal, with other useful works. A new building for the Library is nearly completed. In honor of the principal contributor to the fund for its erection, Hon. PEnnY H. SMITH, Of Chicago, of the Class of 1846, the building is named the "Perry II. Sonit Library Hall." The alumni of the College in Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, have also been filial and generous in their gifts. The building is two stories high above the basement: 75 feet long and 50 broad. The first floor above the basement is divided into the vestibule and hall, two rooms for the librarian, and the library proper. The alcoves in the library room are arranged in three tiers, one above another, and with the adjacent walls and the librarian's rooms will furnish a place for 60,800 volumes. The library is lighted by windows in the side walls and by skylights. Over the entrance hall and librarian's rooms, there is an apartment for a Memorial Hall and Art Gallery, to contain tablets and portraits of the alumni and other students of the College who have served their country; also portraits and other memorials of the founders of the College, its officers and benefactors. Architect, EDWARD D. HARRIS, of the firm of RIDER & HARRIS, Boston. SnartwelUl Herbariumc Through the liberality of the late HAMILTON WHITE, Esq., of Syracuse, the College Collections in Natural History have been enriched by the HERBARIUM collected by the late Dr. H. P. STARwELL, of Penn Yan, and well known in scientific circles as a very extensive and valuable exhibition of our North American Flora. This H tRaaARIcM is the result of fifty years of botanical study, research and correspondence. It contains eight thousand samples of plants, skillfully cured, accurately labelled, and conveniently classified in sixtytwo handsome volumes. Among the more unique or useful specimens are 451 UMosses, 226 iichenes, 341 Sea-Weeds, 600 Fungi, 575 Ferns, 314 Grasses, 200 Ericaccoe. 23 HAMILTON COLLEGE. The Park, in the midst of which the College edifices stand, embraces fifteen acres. This has been laid out in the modern English method, with trees and shrubs scattered over it, singly and in groups, and with carriage-ways and footpaths winding through its different parts, given the visitor a view of' the entire surface. The trees, deciduous and evergreen, have been arranged chiefly with a view to their landscape effects, though a classification in families has not been wholly lost sight of. A Pinetum has been begun, in which a large number of the conifers, hardly in this climate, may already be found. Among the Elms, Maples, Lindens, Oaks, &c., we have five or six varieties of each. In those portions of the ground daily traversed by the students, plots have been laid off and devoted to shrubs, vines, and flowering plants, some of which are cultivated by the undergraduates. It is the design of the Trustees and the Faculty to render the Park increasingly attractive from year to year. NAew trees and plants will be added to the present collection as fast as they can be obtained. And for the more speedy accomplishment of this end, contributions are invited from the friends of the Institution. The Curators of the College Grounds are JOHN C. HAsTINGS, Esq., Prof. OREN ROOT, and Rev. A. D. GRIDLEY. Communications on this subject may be addressed to either of these gentlemen. RvelXgio:USs Instruc;otion! Morning Prayers, with reading of the Scriptures, are attended daily in the College Chapel. Public services are attended in the Chapel on the Sabbath, when all the students are required to be present, except such as have permission to attend at other places of worship. On Sabbath and Tuesday evenings there are religious services which all the students are invited to attend. A Church has been organized on such principles as to embrace members from various Evangelical Denominations. For the promotion of the spiritual good and highest usefulness, it is desirable that all professors of religion coming to the Institution should bring letters and connect themselves with the College Church. A systematic course of Biblical Instruction is arranged for the several classes, a statement of which may be found in the General View of the studies of the year. The Society of Christian Research holds its meetings monthly, when reports are read on the condition of Christian Missions in various parts of the world, and questions of religious interest are discussed.'xam iajtoans 1. Of all the Classes at the close of the First Term. 2. Of all the Classes at the close of the Second Term. 3. Of the Senior Class four weeks previous to Commencement. 24 HAMI LTON COLLEGE. 4. Of the three other Classes the week previous to Commencement. 5. Of Curran Prize Competitors, the twelfth Saturday of the Second Term. 6. Of Underwood Prize Competitors, the seventh Monday of the Third Term. 7. Of Tompkins Prize Competitors, the eleventh Saturday of the Third Term. 1. The interest of a Prize Fund of $700, founded by CHARLES C. KINGSLEY, Esq., of Utica, will be awarded in the form of valuable books to the two students in each of the three lower classes who excel in Elocution: valuable books will also be given to the two in each class who excel in E17ylis/h Composition. 2. The interest of a Prize Fund of $500, founded by the late I-Ion. AARON CLARK, of New York, will be given, in one Prize, to the student of the Senior Class who excels in OTratory. 3. The interest of a Prize Fund of $500, founded by Hon. J. V. L. PRuYN, LL. D., of Albany, Chancellor of the University of the State of New York, will be given in a Gold Medal, to any student of the Senior Class, except the successful competitor for the Head Prize, who shall write the best Oration on "The Utility of Classical Study to Public Men." 4. The interest of a Prize Fund of $500, founded by Hon. FRANKLIN Hi. HEAD, of Salt Lake City, Utah Ter., will be given to any student of the Senior Class, except the successful competitor for the Pruyn Medal, who shall write the best Oration on " Our Political Indebtedness to Alexander Hamilton." 5. The interest of a Prize Fund of 2500, founded by the late Hon. GEORGE UNDERWOOD, of AuburD, will be given, in two Prizes, to members of the Senior Class, who excel in Chemistry. 6. The interest of a Prize Fund of $500, founded by relatives of the late Col. HENRY H. CuRRAN, of Utica, will be given, in two Prizes, to members of the Junior Class who excel in Classical Studies. 7. The interest of a Prize Fund of $500, founded by hiARTIN HAWLEY, Esq., bf Baltimore, Md., will be given, in Silver Medals, to members of the Junior Class who excel in Classical Studics. S. The interest of a Prize Fund of 1500, founded by HAMILTON B. TOMPKINS, Esq., of Newport, R. I. will be given, in two Prizes, to members of the Sophomore Class who excel in Mathematics. 9. The interest of a Prize Fund of $1,500, founded by CHARLES C. KINGSLEY, Esq., of Utica, will be given, in two Prizes, to members of the Senior Class who excel in E.xtemporacleous Speaking. 10. The interest of a Prize Fund of $500, bequeathed by the late Mrs. ABIGAIL R. KIRKLAND, of Clinton, will be awarded for excellence in Biblical Scholarship. D 25 HAM IILTON COLLEGE. 1. Junior Exhibition, at the close of the Second Term. 2. Clark Prize Exhibition, on the Second Wednesday evening in June. 3. Kingsley Prize Debate, on the Monday afternoon preceding Commencement. 4. Kingsley Prize Declamation, on the Monday evening preceding Commencement. 5. Commencement, on the Thursday after the third Wednesday in July. 1. From the second Wednesday in September, thirteen weeks. 2. From the first Wednesday in January, thirteen weeks. 3. From the fourth Wednesday in April to Commencement. Board, from $3.00 to $5.00 per week,............... $114 00 to $190 00 Fuel and Lights,................................ 5 00 " 10 00 Rent for rooms unfurnished, $3 per term,............ 9 00" 9 00 For sweeping and other contingencies, $7 per termn,... 21 00" 21 00 Tuiton, $20 per term,............................. 60 00 " 60 00 Amount,.................................. $209 00 $271 00 In addition to the preceding, any damages voluntarily committed in the community of students, are charged to the individuals or classes committing them, when known; to the whole body of students when not known, under the name of Extra Contingent Expenses. The preceding estimate of expenses is, of course, considerably diminished in the case of those students who take advantage of the resolution of the Board of Trustees, which provides for a remission of their bills for tuition. A student admitted to an advanced standing, unless from another College, is charged with a matriculation fee, to the Sophomore Class, $7; to the Junior, $10; to the Senior, $12. It is provided by a resolution of the Board of Trustees: 1. THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THEIR TERM BILLS IN ADVANCE, and that no student will be admitted to the recitation room after the first week of the term unless his bills have been paid or arranged to the satisfaction of the Treasurer. 2. That no student can have an honorable dismission from the College, or certificate of his previous attendance in it, until all his bills are paid, or satisfactorily secured. 26 HIAMIILTON COLLEGE. 3. That in extreme cases, a student whose circumstances render it necesssary, and who shall present satisfactory testimonials of the fact to the Executive Committee, if he is a worthy member of College, and his undergraduate course is completed in this Institution, can have his bills for tuition remitted. Students are not considered regular members of College, until a residence of at least three months has furnished evidence of a good moral character. At the close of the first term after admission, if their conduct has been satisfactory, new students are allowed to enter their names in the Matriculation Book. The Laws of College provide for the withdrawal of any, who within a specified time fail to prove themselves worthy of matriculation.',Secan D!eg —roees. Graduates of three years' standing are entitled to the degree of Master of Arts, on application to the President. The fee for the Degree and Diploma is $5, payable in advance. KAbhse:nce -fro-m col lege. The portion of the year allotted to vacations is so great as to render it quite unnecessary for students to visit their friends during the term, except for urgent and unforseen reasons. The occasional loss of a day cannot fail to have an unfavorable bearing on the intellectual habits and standing of the student. It is hoped that parents and guardians will concur with the Faculty in their opinion of the inexpediency of granting leave of absence in ordinary cases. During vacations, the College buildings are closed; and it is not thouht desirable that students from abroad should remain in Clinton. Every omitted recitation must be recited within two weeks after the student's return to College duties; and no deduction for absence will be made in the Term bills, where the student returns to the same class which he left. Members of the Senior Class cannot be graduated, unless they have been in attendance during two terms of the Senior year. No student is permitted to take part in the exercises of Commencement day, who has not spent the Third Term of his Senior year in College, and made his preparation, also, in College. T1ea eh:in Students whose circumstances malke it necessary for them to take schools during the winter season, are permitted to be absent from their classes for that purpose. Any student who has the requisite gifts, may support himself by teaching during the winter months. In 1869 forty-two calls for teachers were supplied from the classes of that year. 27 HA I L TON COLLEGE. The Faculty keep a Register of Graduates and Undergraduates wishing engagements to teach, and will aim to nominate suitable candidates in reply to applications for teachers. Applicants for teachers should state definitely what service will be required, and what compensation will be paid. The interest of the Baldwin Fund of $10,000, presented in November, 1867, by JoHN C. BALDWIN, Esq., of Orange, N. J., will be annually distributed to needy students of Christian character and good scholarship. Students who are candidates for the Christian Ministry, may receive aid, if their circumstances require it, to the amount of from one hundred to one hundred and thirty dollars a year, by placing themselves under the care of either Branch of the Presbyterian Church, or under that of the American Education Society. For aid rendered to candidates for the Christian Ministry, special acknowledgments are due to CIIRISTOPHER R. ROBERT, Esq., of New York city; Hon. SA.BIUEL CAMIPBELL, of New York Mills; SAIUEL P. FARRLINGTON, Esq., of Chicago, Ill.; Ion. TraumAN P. HA.ND, of Cleveland, O.; ALBERT PORTER, Esq., of Niagara Falls, N. Y., and WILLIAM E. DODGE, Jr., Esq., of New York city. Sixteen Permanent Scholarships, of $1,000 each, have been recently established, and will be hereafter occupied by deserving students. HAMILTON COLLEGE. REV. SAMUEL GILMAN BROWN, D. D., LL. D., PRESIDENT. ELLICOTT EVANS, LL. D., MAYNARD PROFESSOR OF LAW, HISTORY, CIVIL POLITY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. The course of Instruction in Law includes the thorough and careful study of the most approved text-books. Among these are Blackstone's and Kent's Commentaries, Parsons on Contracts, Washburn's Law of Real Estate, Greenleaf on Evidence, Vol. 1st, and the Code of Procedure. The great object aimed at is to store the mind of the student with the fundamental principles of the Law. This is to be accomplished in such a' way that he can give, at any time, a full and accurate expression of legal rules. The text-books are to be so mastered that any question may be answered readily and with exactness. Reviews of previous exercises are often repeated, until the student becomes as familiar with the rudiments of Law as with the rudiments of a language. At each exercise every student is examined on the subject studied, and expected to give the results of the text in his own words. The Professor connects oral and familiar lectures with each recitation, putting cases to the class, involving the principles of the text, and requiring a solution, and endeavoring in every manner which may suggest itself; to quicken and interest the student by exciting his own mind to continual action. Instead of the fitful and intermittent studies of the law office, pursued often in confusion and amidst other circumstances tending to distract the mind, the student studies law as he does any other science, with a systematic purpose and plan. Experience has proved by its unfailing tests, that on such a basis, underlying the superstructure of a careful practice, sound and accurate lawyers will be formed. Any person of good moral character, who complies with the rules of the department, may join the class. The prescribed course of study for College graduates is one year; for those not graduated, one year and one-third. After having passed the regular course of study, and the examination prescribed by the rules of the College, the student is entitled to the degree of Bachelor of Laws. No other examination is necessary for admission to the Bar. By the Laws of 1855, chap. 310, every graduate of the Law School is entitled to a certificate to practice as an Attorney and Counsellor of the Supreme Court. The terms of tuition are $20 per term, or $60 per year, with a graduation fee of $5. Students who do not wish to graduate, can remain any number of terms which they may choose, or study any one of the subjects embraced in the course. The order of studies in the principal subjects is: the Law of Contracts in the fall term; of Real Estate in the winter term; of Real Estate completed, Evidence, etc., in the spring term. The text-books are furnished by th:e Institution, and loaned to the student without charge, with the exception of Blackstone and Kent. 29 I AB ILTON COLLEGE. SUBJECTS FOR P QQ1869-7@0 FOR THE JUNIORS. " Hamlet's Instruction to the Players." " The Relations of Physical and Mental Culture." FOR THE SOPHOMORES. "English and American Country Life." "John Bunyan and The Pilgrim's Progress." FOR THE FRESHMEN. "The Education of St. Paul." "The Parting of Hector and Andromache." Regulations for Prize Composition. 1. Any Student of the three lower Classes, in actual attendance during the Second Term, has the privilege of writing upon either, or both, of the subjects assigned to the Class of which he is a member; but no one can receive two prizes in a single year. 2. Each Essay must contain not more than thirty-five folios, and must be so written that the MIS. will show broad margins, and be suitable for binding: it must be signed with a fictitious name, and this fictitious name superscribed on a sealed note containing the writer's real name. 3. The Essays must be left with the President before 12 o'clock on the last Wednesday in the Second Term. 4. The Faculty will appoint a Committee of Literary Gentlemen to select the best Essay on each of the subjects assigned to the several Classes. 5. The two successful Essayists, from each Class, will be announced at the close of the Third Term; and books of value will be given as prizes on Commencement day. 6. A copy of each successful Essay will be kept in the College Library. so HAIIAILTON COLLEGE. SUBJECTS FOR THE SIXTEENTH WEDNESDAY9 JUNE 8, 1870. I. " The Character and Causes of the Influence of New England in the United States." 2. "The Heroism of the Naturalist." 3. "The Effect of a Belief in an Endless Life upon Education." 4. "Chinese and American Civilization." 5. "The Greatness and Littleness of Eminent Men." 6. "The Conservative Influence of the Legal ProfeSsion." Regulations for the Clark Prize. 1. Any member of the Senior Class, in actual attendance during the Second Term, may write upon either one of the subjects assigned. 2. Each Oration must contain not more than twenty folios: it must be signed with a fictitious name, and this name superscribed on a sealed note containing the author's real name. 3. The Orations must be left with the President before 12 o'clock on Wednesday, April 6th, 1870. 4. The best six Orations will be selected by the Faculty, and the names of the successful competitors will be announced on the second Thursday in May. 5. The Orations will be delivered under the direction of the Kingsley Professor of Rhetoric, on the evening of the second Wednesday in June. 6. The Prize will be awarded on Commencement day. 7. A copy of each of the Orations will be kept in the College Library. HAMILTON COLLEGE. "THE UTILITY OF CLASSICAL STUDY TO THE PUBLIC MAN." #udrtrt frthr t #atuth ta4d Lrhi 0attiolt "OUR POLITICAL INDEBTEDNESS TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON," 1 Any member of the Senior Class, in actual attendance during the First Term, may write upon the subjects assigned. 2. Each Oration must contain not more than fifteen folios: it must be signed with a fictitious name, and this name superscribed upon a sealed note containing the author's real name. 3. The Orations must be left with the President before 12 o'clock on Friday, January 7, 1870. 4, The best Oration on each subject will be selected by the Faculty, and the names of the successful competitors announced on Friday, January 28th. i. The Orations will be delivered and the Medal and Prize awarded on Commencement day. 6. Copies of the Orations will be kept in the College Library. 32 HAMILTON COLLEGE. For the Fifteenth Curran Prize Examination, $SATJMBAY9, ~MAIRC 269, 870. 1. Members of the Junior Class intending to compete at the Curran Prize Examination, must make known this intention to the Professor of Greek, on or before the last Saturday in January. 2. The examination will be held in the Noyes Library, coammencing at eight o'clock, and closing at one o'clock. 3. Each Competitor is required to bring with him pens and ink, and a quire of " legal cap' papel'. 4. Competitors are not allowed to bring with them any written or printed matter, any engravings or models for drawings, or to hold any co-mmunication with each other. A violation of this rule will vitiate the work of the one so doing. 5. Only one face of each half sheet is to be written upon, the other being left blank. There should also be all inch of margin on the left edge of each sheet. 6. The pages should be numbered at the. top, with the student's name repeated beneath each number. 7. The several portions of the work should likewise be numbered according to the numbers of the printed questions. S. At half-past twelve, notice will be given that Competitors may review, correct, and finish their work. At one o'clock the papers are to be given up. 9. In estimating the merit of the student's work, two points will be especially considered:(1.) Exactness ihn rendering; fullness andn accuracy of information on the subjects proposed. (2.) Neatness, elegance, and logicai a,rrangement in the exhibition and utterance of knowledge. 10. The kind of work to be done will be as follows, viz: (1.) Translation from and into Greek, Latin and French. (2.) Analysis of words, including derivation, synonymes, inflection and dialeetic changes. (3.) Analysis of sentences, with rules of construction, illustrative maps and drawings, and the answering of questions in history, geography and mythology. (4.) Analysis of metres, including quantity, rhythms, an-d nomenclature, (o.) Rules and practice of Greek accentuation. (6.) Criticisrm on the style, spirit, and subject-matter of' the authors quoted from. E "_o HAMILTON COLLEGE. REGULATIONS FOR THE FOURTH 0Xmp1Wt tat firal eith eXatmlatiow, SATURDAY9 JULY 9, 1870. 1. Members of the Sophomore Class intending to compete at the Tompkins Mathematical Prize Examination, must make known their intention to the Professor of Mathematics, on or before the second Saturday of the Third Term. 2. The examination will be held in the Lecture Room of the Cabinet, beginning at ten minutes past eight, and closing at thirty minutes past twelve. 3. The work to be done will be the solution of ten problems, founded upon the mathematics of Sophomore year. 4. Each Competitor must bring with him materials for writing, but no written or printed matter. 5. Copies of the successful Prize Papers will be kept in the College Library. REGULATIONS oar thr Drlfh Xt8,s~tm Wrixt @tatt, iON-IA~Y9 JULY 18, 18"7O. 1. The Fourth Kingsley Prize Debate will be held on Monday afternoon, July 18th, 1870, under the direction of the Kingsley Professor of Rhetoric. 2. From the members of the Senior Class who have gained the highest average standing in Extemporaneous Speaking, during their Junior and Senior years, four Prize Debaters will be appointed by the Faculty. Their names, with the question for debate, will be announced at the last session of the final Senior Examination. At the same time, the position of the Debaters on the affirmative or negative, will be determined by lot. 3. At the Debate, the order in which the Competitors on the affirmative and those on the negative are to be called, will each be determined by lot, publicly drawn at the time. Each Competitor will be called twice; and will be allowed to speak fifteen minutes on the first call, and ten minutes on the second call. 4. A first prize of $70.00, and a second prize of $30.00, will be awarded by a committee of three gentlemen, not members of the Faculty; and the award will be announced at the close of the Kingsley Prize Declamation, Monday Evening, July 18th. 34 IHAMILTON COLLEGE. CONFERRED JULY 15, 1 869. - * o —4 t A[MOS JAMES ALLEN, OTIS RANDALL GLOVER, CHARLES ANDERSON, Jr.., D'LINTON WING GREENFIELD, SAMUEL FARWELL BAGG, RUFUS TIIERON GRPIGGS, CHARLES DENSMORE BARROWS, WILLIATM PARSONS HESTON, JOHN EVERETT BEECHER, ERWIN COLTON HULL, HENRY HARPER BENEDICT, GEORGE EUGENE KING, RUSH WALSWORTH BISSELL, MARTIN DWELLE IKNEELAND, CHANNING JOHN BROWN, WILLARD MERRICK LILLIBRIDGE, FRANCIS MARION BURDICK, CORNELIUS EVARTS LUCKEY, EUGENE CHEESEMAN, RICE McCAULEY, JERE MEACHAM CHRYSLER, S. NEWTON DEXTER NORTH, FREDERICK ERASTUS CLEVELAND, ELLIOTT ROBERTSON PAYSON, JOHN DYKEMAN CONLEY, FRANCIS CONTARINA POPE, KIRK PETER CRANDALL, ADELBERT JAY SCHLAGER, WILLIAM LEE DOWNING, CHARLES HENRY SEARLE, GEORGE EDWARD DRAPER, SELDON HAINES TALCOTT, JAMES HIERY ECOB, HENRY HUNT WELLS, JR., THOMAS WARNER FITCH, CHARLES AUGUSTUS WETMORNE, LEWIS RAY FOOTE, WILLIAM HENRY WHITING. JOHN CURTIS FOWLER, EDWARD JAMES WICKSON. Ai; @. Krag P Qr TQ 7L-rr. REV. FOSTER ELY, I RODERICK MORRISON LOOMIS. JAMES NEILSON, I THEODORE SALMON SHERWOOD. EDWARD AUGUSTUS BABCOCI, I IENRY HUNTINGTON KELLOGG, WILMOT EARLL BURTON, CHARLES JUNIUS KNAPP, JOSEPH YORK CHAPIN, WALLACE BUDLONG LUCAS, JOHN HOWARD CUNNINGHAM', I CHARLES STERLING MILLARD, GEORGE HENRY DECKER, GEORGE NORTON, ABEL GROSVENER HOPKIINS, GEORGE ADAMS PORTEP,, CHESTER HUNTINGTON, JONATHAN SEYMOUR SL1E, JOHN DAVIS JONES, HANNIBAL SMITH, WILLIAM JUSTUS TOWNSEND. LUCIUS HAWLEY BIRDSEY, CHARLES CARROLL CURTIS, DAVID OGDEN BRADLEY, ROBERT ROSS McBIRNEY, CHARLES CARROLL CARPENTER, JOHN SAYLES, HENRY DWIGHT WILLIAMS. PROFESSOR JOHN DANIEL RUNKLE. REV. GEORGE ALVAN HOWARD, REV. WILBUR FISK PADDOCK, REV. JOHN LAWSON, REV. ADDISON KELLOGG STRONG. PRESIDENT DAVID HENRY COCHRAN, I DANIEL HUNTINGTON, HoN. THOMAS TREADWELL DAVIS, HooN. ELLIS HENRY ROBERTS. 35 H A Mr I L T O N COLLEGE. IN T Y r E-P C -1)D 1 6 9S. VALEDICTORY ORATION,...........R.................IRK PETER CRANDALL, Ithnaq;a. SALUTATORY ORATION,...........................JOHN CURTIS FOWLER, Canastota. CLASSICAL ORATION.................F..... FRANCIS MARION BURDICK, De Ruyter. ETHICAL ORATION,...................U.........IUFUS THERON GRIGGS, Auburn. LEGAL ORATION..............................GEORGE EUGENE KING, Ravenna, Ohio. LITERARY ORATION,................. ARTIN DWELLE KNEELAND, South Onondaga. PHILOSOPHICAL ORATION......... CORNELIUS EVARTS LUCKEY, Jonesboro, Tenn. HISTORICAL DISCUSSION,.................. GEORGE EDWARD DRAPER, Dryden. (ELLIOTT ROBERTSON PAYSON, Oxford. PRIZES AWARDED IN 1868-9. CLARK PRIZE IN ORATORY,...................... JOHN CURTIS FOWLER, Canastota. PRUYN MEDAL ORATION,...........................SAMUEL FARWELL BAGG, Utica. (~ HEAD PRIZE ORATION,....................CHARLES HENRY SEARLE, Leonardsville. Committee of Award,..............THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE. UNDERWOOD PRIZES IN CHEMISTRY.5. EDWARD JAMES WICKSON, Lyons. (2. KIRK PETER CRANDALL, Ithaca. PrOF. C. S. FA',RAR, Vassar College. Committee..................... PROF. WM. MIATUIER, Madison University. PrIiCIPAL A. P. KELSEY, Clinton. RINGSLEY PRIZES IN EXTEM-{ 1. WILLARD M'[. LILLIBRIDGE, Holland Patent. PORANEOUS SPEAKING...... 2. CHARLES AUGUSTUS WETMORE, Norwich. (HorN. FRANCIS KERNAN, Utica. Committee............RE S. HANSON COXE, D. D., Utica. PROF. THEO. W. DWIGHT, LL. D., Columbia College. CURRAN MEDALS IN 1i. AUGUSTUS PALMER KENT, Adrian, Mich. CLASSICAL LITERATURE......... (. EDWIN AUGUSTUS McMATH, Webster. CPROF. INNES GRANT, Knox College. PROF. WILLIS J. BEECHER, Knox College. WILLIAM MORRIS BUTLER, MIaine. SYLVESTER GARDNER, Fayetteville. ACHARLES KIMBALL HOYT, Auburn. HENRY CLAY MAINE, De Ruyter. Committee,........................THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE. TOMPKINS PRIZES IN (1. BENJAMIN RHODES, Oswego. MATHEMATICS,........................ 2. EDWARD CLAYTON WRIGHT, Eibridge. Committee,.................. iPROF. C. H. F. PETERS, Ph. D., Hamilton College. TUTOR JAMES RODGERS, Ha1milton College. IIAA IILTON COLLEGE. KHIgsey Pr.es iin?rjzer a, 1. BRAINARD GARDNER SMITH,.........C.............................Canandaigua. 2.!E-ZEKIAH WEBSTER............................................... Sennett. 1. FREDERIC GRIDLEY KENDALL............................................New York. a 2. EDWARD CLAYTON WRIGHT...............................,..... Elbridge. 1. THOMAS DARLINGTON JESTER,...............Wil..................Wilmington, Del. 2. JAMES SNOW ROOT,................................................................Phelps. I REv. GEORGE F. WISWELL, D. D., Philadelphia. Coimmittee.................... J. JERMAIN PORTER, D. D., Watertown. PROF. JOHN D. RUNKLE, PH. D., Boston, Mass. J UlNIs:O $S. " The True Office of Criticism,"........MAURICE DWIGI-IT EDWARDS, Pittsburgh, Pa. CQ " Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra,"........... CHARLES KIMIBALL HOYT, Auburn. S F 11 0 in a 1OE S. "English Hymns,"..........................DANIEL ARUNAT-I FERGUSON, Ogdensburgh. " Gardening as one of the Fine Arts,"...........WOOLSEY ROGERS HOPKINS, Auburn. "The History of American Coinage,"..............JOHN HIIAMPDEN HOPKINS, Auburn. "The Character and Career of St. Paul," BRAINARD GARDNER SMITH, Canandaigua. rALEXANDER THOMPSON, M. D., Aurora. ALONZO D. MORGAN, EsQ., Aurora. PRIECIPAL WARREN HIGLEY, Aurora. Committee,................... REV. J. JERMAIN PORTER, D. D., Watertown. |HIoN. MILTON H. MERWIN, Watertown. [PEI2CIPAL EDWARD P. NICHOLS, Watertown. HAIMILTON COLLEGE. This Society is composed of graduates from the College, and those upon whom it has conferred honorary or ad eundem degrees. Among its objects is the encouragement of Science and Letters, more especially in their connection with Hamilton College. It has the use of an alcove in the College Library, to which donations are solicited of books, pamphlets and papers, whose authors are Alumni of Hamilton. It seeks also the promotion of friendly feeling and sympathy among its living members, and the rendering of fit honor to the departed. Its annual meeting is held on the evening preceding Commencement. Persons who can supply information appropriate for the Triennial Catalogue or the Obituary Record, are requested to communicate the same to the Necrologist. OFFICERS FOR 1869-70. PRESIDENT DAVID HENRY COCHRAN, LL. D., PH. D., BROOKLYN. HON. OTHNIEL S. WVILLIAMS, CLINTON. HoN. THEODORE W. DWIGHT, LL. D., NEW YomR. GOVERNOR GILBERT C. WALKER, RICHIIOND, VA. REV. CHARLES JEROME, PROF. ANSON J. UPSON, DR. JOHN C. GALLUP, HON. JOSEPH S. AVERY, DR. DORRANCE K. MANDEVILLE, PROF. AMBROSE P. KELSEY, PROF. EDWARD W. ROOT, ANDREW J. MIILLS, ESQ., RUSH XV. BISSELL. REV. A. D. GRIDLEY. g 5ssditltUng SGQ-Qjtaiary a-und REt~tQ.~iglJt, PROF. EDWARD NORTH. L. PARSONS BISSELL, ESQ. PROF. CHARLES AVERY, LL. D., CLINTON, N. Y.) CLASS OF 1820. SENATOR DANIEL DARWIN PRATT, WASIINGTON, D. C., CLASS OF 1831. REV. MYRON ADAMS, DUI)NKIRK, N. Y., CLASS OF 1863. as HAM ILTON COLLEGE. FOR 1868-9. Class of 1817. JOHN MILTON CAPRON, Born in Attleboro', Mass., April 10, 1797. Elected to the Legislature of Wisconsin, December 5, 1842. Died in Kenosha, Wis., April 6,1860. Class of 1819. CLARK MARVIN COMSTOCK, Born in Clinton, N. Y., November 21, 1802. Died in Mount Carmel, Tenn., August 8,1861. Class of 1833. LORENZO PARSONS, Born in Otisco, N. Y., in 1806. Four years Principal of Westfield Academy. Four years Superintendent of Schools in Chautauqua County, Married to ANNA WEBSTER HIISE, of Westfield, N. Y., in 1849. Died in Westfield, N. Y., February 4,1866. Class of 1834. JOHN GODDARD HINCKLEY, Born in Buckland, Mass., August 27, 18C9. First Principal of Westfield Academy. Married to MARY MINOT, of Brattleboro', Vt., in 1842. Died in Westfield, N. Y., March 6,1869. EBENEZER WICKS ROBINSON, Born in Granville, N. Y., May 1, 1812. Graduated from Auburn Theological Seminary in 1837. Married to SARAH BacoN ADAMS, of Franklin, Mass., in 1838. Congregational Pastor in Assonett, Mass., Sprague, Conn., Bethany, Conn, Author of " The Ecclesiastical History of Connecticut." Secretary and Treasurer of Howard University, Washington, D. C., 1868-9. Died in Washington, D. C., April 8,1869. Class of 1836. MARVIN MANVILLE MARSH, Born in Pompey, N. Y., in 1812. Elected Principal of Eaton Academy in 1836. Graduated from Albany Medical College in 1841. Medical Inspector in U. S. Sanitary Commission, in 18863-5. Superintendent of Lincoln Home, in New York, in 1865-6. Professor of Applied Chemistry in Rutgers Female College, in 1867-8. Died in Carson, O., June 9, 1868. 39 H A M ILTON COLLEGE. Class of 1846. ISAAC HENRY BRAYTON, Born in Watertown, N. Y., in 1821. Graduated from Union Theological Seminary, in 1849. Installed over Presbyterian Church in San Jose, Cal., in 1851. Chaplain and Tutor in Hamilton College, 1853-4. Editor of Thle Pacific of San Francisco, in 1856-8. Professor of Rhetoric in College of California, in 1858-69. Died in Nevada City, Cal., April 12,1869. Class of 1851. FRANCIS ELIIHU DAKIN, Born in Utica,'N. Y., December 13,1828. Elected Professor of Chemistry in Albany Normal School, in 1853. Married to LOUISA MOORE, of Syracuse, N. Y., in April, 1853. Died in Freeport, Ill., December 25, 1866. Class of 1852. HIRAM TUTTLE JENKINS, Born in Oneida Castle, N. Y., April 8, 1833. Elected District Attorney of Oneida County in 1859. Re-elected District Attorney in 1862 and 1865. Married to COPNELIA W. D'AUBY, of Uti.ca, ill 1862. Died in Utica, N. Y., July 29, 1868. Class of 1853. LAMBERT SUYDAM~ FINE, Born in Ogdensburg, N, Y., December 20,1832. Graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1856. Presbyterian Pastor in Chambersburg, Pa., Penn Yan, N. Y., Sonora, Cal., Troy, Pa. Married to MARY BURCHARD, of Clinton, N. Y. Died in Troy, Pa., March 5, 1869. Class of 1858. WILLIAM LANG CARTHERS, Born in Fermanaugh, North Ireland, in 1825. Admitted to Oneida County Bar, in 1858. Died in Manchester, N. Y., October 5,1868. Class of 1861. CHARLES MORTIMER DAVIS, Born in Sennett, N. Y., July 6, 1838. Classical Teacher in Auburn, Oneida, and Aurora, 1861-4. Literary Editor of Utica M%~orning Herald, 1864-8. Married to THERESA F. MONSON, of Sennett, N. Y., October 26, 1865. Died in Sennett, N. Y., August 5, 1865. Class of 1864. JOHN STRYKER PARKHURST, Born in Rome, N. Y. October 25, 1842. Admitted to Oneida County Bar in April, 1866. Admitted to the Bar of Branch County, Mich., in October, 1867. Died in Coldwater, Mich., October 12, 1868. 40 HAMILTON COLLEGE. OMITTED NAMES OF UNDERGRADUATES, JUNIORx HEaNRY AUGUSTUS KINNEY,.. Oakland, Cal.,..........24 I. H. F R E S H M A N. JOHN SAVAGE NOBLE,....M.. onoeq, melich..Mrs. Hinckley's. ~~~~~F ~41 HAMILTON COLLEGE. CALEN IDAR. 1869. Sept. 9. Fall Term opens,..................... Thursday. Nov. 2. State Election,.............................Tuesday. Nov. 18. Thanksgiving Day,................................Thursday. Nov. 29. Examination begins,..................o.............onday. Dec. 7. Fall Term closes,..................................Tuesday. Vacation Four W~eeks. Jan. 6. Winter Term opens,.........................Thursday. Jan. 7. Iead Prize and Pruyn Iedal Orations presented,.... Friday noon. Feb. 22. State Holiday,.....................................Tuesday. Feb. 24. Day of Prayer for Colleges,..........................Thursday. March 26. Curran Prize Examination,..a,.t......... Saturday. March 29. Examination begins,...........................Tuesday. April 6. Clark Prize Orations and Prize Essays presented, Wednesday noon. April 6. Junior Exhibition,........................ Wednesday. Vacation Three Weeks. April 28. Summer Term opens,............................Thursday. May 31. Honors announced,...............................Tuesday. June 6. Underwood Prize Examination,....................... Monday. June 8. Clark Prize Exhibition,...........................ednesday. June 16. Senior Examination begins,..........................Thursday. July 9. Tompkins Prize Examination,........................Saturday. July 12. Examination of Lower Classes begins,..................Tuesday. July 15. Prizes announced,...................... -........ Friday. July 17. President's Baccalaureate Sermon,......................Sunday. July 17. Address before Society of Christian Research,............Sunday. July 18. Entrance Examination,....................Monday forenoon. July 18. Kingsley Prize Debate,......................Monday afternoon. July 18. Kingsley Prize Declamation,..................Monday evening. July 19. Entrance Examination............................Tuesday. July 20. Anniversary of the Society of Alumni,............Wednesday. July 21. Commencement,..................................Thursday. Vacation Egl-ht Weeks. Sept. 14. Entrance Examination,............................ Wednesday. Sept. 15. Fall Term opens,..............................Thursday. 42 Vol. 1.] [INo. 2e. N CO LZ FOER 1869 —70. tDITOFRS: JAMES S. ROOT, JOHN E. ELMER, JOHN McLACHLAN, CLINTON, N. Y. PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS, MDCCCLXX. CLINTON COURIER PRINT. During our first College year one starred name appeared upon our class-roll. RODGERS left us, the first to represent our class above. And now a newly made grave in Greenwood reminds us of the peaceful, quiet death of another. We will long cherish the memory of noble, generous, HOWARD FREEMAN, whose manly form and buoyant spirits had made him a favorite in College. His life was full of promise, his death was full of hope. - U --— I~D~~ 1B~lh~r IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE ESTABLISHED. ~STABLISHED 18 o 1870. JAMES H. HOADLEY, FRED. A. SACKETT. 1871. CHARLES H. DUELL, BENJAMIN RHOI)ES, E. STANLEY SACKETT, CHARLES L. STONE, WOOLSEY STRYKER, FRANK WOOD. /872. ROBERT H. ABBOTT, WM. A, HUBBARI), JR., BRAINARD G. SMITH, C. STANTON STOWITS. 1873. EDWIN A. ROCKWELL, FRED. H. RASBACH, EUGENE A. KLOCK, JOHN C. RICHARDSON, CHESTER S. LORD. ROUNDED 1832. 7870. THOMAS A. AABBOTT1, HOWARD) F'REEMAN. * FRANCIS H. BAGLEY, J. PLATT UNDERWOOD, MAURICE 1). EDWARDS, HALSEY L. WOOl). 1871. JAMES L. BENNETT, WOOLSEY R. HOPKINS, FRANC B. DANIELS, FRED. G. KENDALL, WILLIAM REED, 1872. CHARLES C. GRIDLEY, JAY H. JEWEITT, JOHN H. HOPKINS, WILL P. NORTHRUP. 1873. G. A. CARSTENSEN, L. L. PORTER, S. V. HUNTINGTON, H. W. ROGERS, E. C. MATTHEWS, J. A. SKINNER, ~STABLISHED 1843., 1870. CHARLES G. BALDWIN, JOHN V. B. LEWIS, WM. M. BUTLER, ED. C. RAY, CHARLES K. HOYT, ISAAC S. SIGNOR, HANSON S. WEBSTER. /87. HENRY A. KINNEY, FRED. W. TOMPKINS, ED. C.'WRIGHT. /872. JAMES ANDERSON, ARTHUR S. HOYTI, -FAL BELL, CHARLES H. TOLL, HEZEKIAH WEBSTER. /873. CHARLES F. GOSS, JOHN W. O'BRIEN, GEORGE W. MILES, FRED, M, VAN SLYKE. jSTABLISHED 1 845, /870. IEWIS B. CLARK, HENRY A. FRINK, CHARLES J. EVERETT, THEODORE F. HINDS, SHELDON W. SWANEY. /87/. DAVID H. CARVER, STEPHEN R. HARDING, JOHN E. FROST, FRANK PURDY. /872. WALTER M. HAND, JOSEPH C. RUSS, GEORGE F. LYON, JAMES H. SEYMOUR, HENRY LYON, ARTHUR M. WRIGHT. 1/873. HENRY W. HARDING, G. HENRY LESTER. ~STABLISHED i 8 6. /870. CHARLES ELMER ALLISON, EDWARD BRAYTON, HERBERT WRIGHT KNAPP,. JAMES SNOW ROOT. NATHANIEL FOOTE, JR., CHAS. JUDSON PALMER, CHARLES UNANGST. 1872. HERMAN G. C. BRANDT, ANTHONY PECK, JR., JOSEPH DAVIS FISHER, WALTER S. PETERSON, HENRY SMITH JOHNSON, CHARLES I-T. STANTON, ORRIN C. STEVENS. 1878. GEORGE H. LUDINGTON, ISAAC NEWTON IMILLER WILLIAM McDUFFEE, THOMAS H. NORTON, EDWARD SPENCER PECK, fSTABLISHED 1 868, I870. J. LINN BACHMAN, T. DARLINGTON JESTER JOHN McLACHLAN, EDWIN A. McMATH. i871. ROBTo. L. BACHMAN, ALBERT M. BUSHNELL, E. WILMOT CUMINGS. 1872. N. L. F. BACHMAN, JOHN W. CHURCH, A. GARDINER BENEDICT, HENRY FRENCH, JAS. R. ROBINSON. 1873. R. C. BRIGGS, CHAS. T. BURNLEY, E. M. REWEY. FSTABLISHED 18443 /1870. JOHN E. ELMiER A.. KENT, D. E. FINKS, HENRY C. MAINE, SYLVESTER GARDNER, GEORGE R. SMITH, FRED. H. GOUGE, HOMER W. SEARLE. 1871. ED. W. ABBEY, AMOS A. KIEHLE, I)ANIEL A. FERGUSON, ALBERT C. PHILLIPS. /872. ALBERT L. BLAIR, SA\M'L G. MOORE, SEWARD M. DODGE, LEWIS H. MOREY. 7873. WILLIAM H. AVERY, JOHN E. MASSEE, EDWARD E. BACON, GEORGE H. PAYSON, OLIVER E. BRANCH, JERMAIN G. PORTER. JOHN J. KNOX, ESQ., KNoXBORO. HON. HIRAM DENIO, LL. I)., UTICA. SAIMlUEL B. WOOLWORTH, JL. P., ALBANY. HiON. HENRY A. FOSTER, LT. D., OSWEGO. REV. SIMEON NORTH, D. D., LL. D., CLINTON. REV. ROBERT;T. CONDIT, D. D., OSWEGO. HO-N. HORATIO SEYMOUR, LL. D., UTIcA. HON. OTHNIEL S. WILLIAMS, CI,TNTON. REV. SAIMUIEL H. GRIDLEY, D. D., WATERLOO. ION. EDMUND A. WETMORE, UTICA. REV. GEORGE S. BOA)lRDMAAN, D. D., RoI'IE. REV. PHILEMON H. FOWLER, D. D., UTICA. REV. WILLIAM C. WISNERB, D. D., LOCKPORT. HON. WILLIAM J. BACON, LL. D., UTICA. REV. SAMUEL W. FISHER, D. D., LL. D., UTICA. WILLIA-M D. WALCOTT, ESQ., NEW YORK MILLS. REV. A. DELOS GRIDELY, CLINTTON. REV. THONMAS S. HASTINGS, D. D., NEW YORK. RE'V. SAMUEL G. BROWN, D. D., LL. D., CxINTTON. CHARLES C. KINGSLEY, ESQ., UTICA. ItoN. THOMAS T. DAVIS, LL. D., SYRACUSE. REV. L. MERRILL MILLER, D. D., OGDENSBURGH. PUBLIUS V. ROGERS, ESQ., UTICA. HON. OTHNIEL S. TWILLIAMS, SECRETARY AND TREASURER. REV. N. W. GOERTNER, D. D., COMMISSION ER. REV. SAMUEL GILMAN BROWN, D. D., LL D., PRESIDENT, AND WALCOTT PROFESSOR OF THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. CHARLES AVERY, LL. D.,. PROFESSOR EMlE1RITUS OF CHEMIStRY. ALBERT BARNES PROFESSOR OF INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. REV. NICHOLAS WESTERMTANN GOERTNER, D, D.,. COLLEGE PASTOR. OREN ROOT, LL. D., a. Ff' PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, MINERALOGY, AND GEOLOGYO CHRISTIAN HENRY FREDERICK PETERS, PH. D., LITCHFIELD PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, AND DIRECTOR OF LITCHFIELD OBSERVA.TORY. PR'OF9SSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPYY. ELLICOTT EVANS, LL. D.,9. SI MAYNARD PROFESSOR OF LAW, HISTORY, CIVIL POLITY, AND POLITICAL, ECONOMY. EDWARD NORTH, L. H. D. 0,a 7 oX ROBINSON PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATUIRE. REV. ANSON JUDD UPSON, A. M. KINGSLEY PROFESSOR OF LOGIC, RHFTORIC AND ELOCUTION, AND LIBRARIAN. EDWARD WALSTEIN ROOT, A. M. CHILDS PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMIISTRY. REV. ABEL GROSVENOR HOPKINS, A. M.,O. ~,ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, CHESTER HUNTINGTON, A. M., a l. TUTOR. alinhiEVaI HAMILTON COLLEGE. I 4.,SFJlPF FFYA/PsI NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMIS. THOMAS ALDEN ABBOTT,........ U/wa, o............... 32 D. H, CHARLES ELMER ALLISON,...... Chester,.......... 24 K. H. JOHN LYNN BACHMAN,..........K I'ngsPor/, Teln., Mr. Westcott's. FRANCIS HERBERT BAGLEY,......Buffalo,.........Miss Barker's. CHARLES GODDARD BALDWIN,...... ElbrZdge,........ -- EDWARD BRAYTON,............. Utzca, I.......... 1I 3 K. H. WILLIAM MORRIS BUTLER,... aie........rs.........Mrs. Hinckley's LEWIS BRAINERD CLARK,........C(lark's Mfills..........12 H. H. WILLIAM HENRY DESHON........ Oford,...........1 7 D. H. MAURICE DWIGHT EDWARDS,....Pz/tsburgh, Pa.,......... 29 K. H. JOHN EDGAR ELMER,.......C...C hcst.r,.....Mr. Willard's. CHARLES JONAS EVERETT,........ Vor/h Lz/chfeld,.......28 H. Hm DELOS E. FINIKS,.............. NZ Berlin,....... 28 K. H. HOWARD FREEMAN,*............ew York............. HENRY ALLYN FRINK,.......... Binghamton,.... Miss Spooner's. SYLVESTER GARDNER,..........Favyettev'lle,............8 K. H. FREDERIC HAMILTON GOUGE,..... Trenton,...........28 H. H. MARTIN ELLIS GRANT, JR.,. H...enderson,.........13 D. H. THEO. FREL I NGHUYSEN H I NDS,.. Rchfeld Sprzngs,......28 H. H. JAMES HART HOADLEY,.......ome.................9g K. H. CHARLES KIMBALL HOYT......... Auburn, v........... 3. 0 K. H. THOMAS DARLINGTON JESTER,...... W7lmzngton, Del.,...... 29 D. H. AUGUSTUS PALMER KENT,........ A drian, Mzch.,.... Mrs. Powell's. HERBERT WRIGHT KNAPP,.......eposi't,.......... 1 3 K. H. JOHN VAN BUREN LEWIS,........Albzn,.......Mrs. Hinckley's. JOHN MCLACHLAN,............ Groton,.............. I6 D. H. EDWIN AUGUSTUS MCMATH....... Webster,............ g9 D. H. HENRY CLAY MAINE,......... De Ruer,..........I2 D. H. GEORGE ARTHUR MILLARD,...... Clay7le,.............. 30 D. H. HAMILTON COLLEGE. 15. EDWARD CHITTENDEN RAY,......Rochester,............ 24 H. H. LLOYD FLAVEL RICE,........... Homer,..............1 I3 D. H. JAMIES SNOW ROOT............. Phelps...............24 K. H. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS SACKETT,.... Clzhzton,.........Mrs. Sackett's. HOMIER WELLINGTON SEARLE,...L. eonardsvzlTe,.........I6 K. H. ISAAC SMITH SIGNOR,)............ IMOt2vZle............... 29 H. H. GEORGE RUSSELL SMITH,........A lb'on................12 D. H. SHELDON WILLIAM SWANEY.......Syracuse...............5 D. H. JONATHAN PLATT UNDERWOOD,....Auburn.............. 32 K. H. HANSON S. WEBSTER,.............Sennett,...............15 D. H. HALSEY LATHROP WOOD,........ Geneva,......... Miss Barker's. HAMILTON COLLEGE. 16. NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS. EDWARD WILLIAM ABBEY,.... Walkins,..... Miss Spooner's. ROBERT LUCKEY BACHMAN,..... Kngsport, Tenn.,. Mr. Westcott's FREDERIC ELI BARROWS,......... Clin/on,............ 31I. H. JAMes LEVI BENNETT............ Oneida,.....2........ 2I K. H. ALBERT BUSHNELL,............ Bah,.............. 4 DI H. DAVID CARVER,,............... BingZhamnon,..... ELBERT WILMOT CUMINGS,.... Paw Paw, M *ich,,... I4 D. H. WILLIAM ANDREW CURTIS,.,...ROCkford,, lJ.,r........ 27 D. H. FRANC BURCHARD DANIELS....... Wzmzing/on, I/,....... 29 K. H. CHARLES HOLLAND DUELL,..... Cor/landviZle,........ IO K. H. DANIEL ARUNAH FERGUSON,..... Ogdensburgh,.... 2....23 D. H. NATHANIEL FOOTE, JR.,,,.....M..orrisville,......... I 3 K. H. JOHN EDWARD FROST,........... Galesburg, Ill.,... Miss Spooner's. STEPHEN RUTHERFORD HARDING,.; Clinon,..,............27 H. H. WOOLSEY ROGERS HOPKINS,......Auburn,........... 2 I K. H. FREDERIC GRIDLEY KENDALL,. e....New Y...ork,........... 3 2 K. H. WILLIAM RODERIC KENNARD,.... Wdcerloo,.............. AMos AUGISTUS KIEHLE,..Da. st'lle,...........i.31 D. H. HENPY AUGIJSTUS KINNEY,....... Oakland, Cal.,......... 24 H. H. EDWARD PAYSON LINNELL,... Granville, 0.,..... -... Chapel. CHARLES JUDSON PALMER,........ West Winfield,.........7. K. H. RANDALL PEASE,........... Drden,............... IO D. H. ALBERT COSSETT PHILLIPS........ Syacuse,................23 D. H. FRANK; PURDY,................Poughkeesie,..........27 II. H. WILLIAM REED,............... ans.zburh.. 1....... 13 H. H..BENJAMIN RHODES,............OsWefo,..............28 D. H. EDWARD STANLEY SACKETT,......Clzznon,......M.... rs. Sackett's. CHARLES LUKE STONE,......... M~exz'o...............32 H. H. HAMILTON COLLEGE. I7. MELANCTRtON WOOLSEY STRYKER,.. N York.............14 K. IH. FRED. WV. TOMPKINS,............ Oakland, Cal.,........24 H. H. JAMES FRANKLIN TUFTS,........ Vernon,............... JOHN FORBES TUTTLE,..........Clockville,........... 30 D. H. CHAR,ES UNANGST,.............Bloomsburgh, Pa., Prin'l Kelsey's. FRANK WOOD, C................ Syracuse,..............Io K. H. EDWARD SPRAGUE WYCKOFF,.... Buffalo......... 22 K. H. I8. HAMILTON COLLEGE. NAMES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS. ROBERT HURLBUT ABBOTT...... yracuse.............S28 D. H. JAMES ANDERSON,............Savannah/,......... 29 H. H. NATHAN LA FAYETTE BACHMAN,..KZlg'pOrt, Tenlzz., Mr Westcott's. JULIUS IRVINE BAILEY,....... A.Zlburl............... —HAL BELL,.................LyOws,............... ASA GARDINER BENEDICT,......... Lysander,............26 H. H. WILLIAmiX HOWARD BENIEDICT,.... IAhaca,.......... 27 D. H. ALEERT LYNDON BLAIR,..........Mladison............... 20 H. H. HERMIAN CARL RANDT......., r......aiy,........... II H. H. JOHN WILLIAMI CHURCH..........AorWZic/,............. 1. 6 D. H. SEWARD MANDEVILLE DODGE,... N'or?21al, Ill...........6 K. H. DANIEL GORDON DORRANCE, JR.,.. Oneida Castle,.........6 K. H. JOSEPH DAVIS FISHER,.......... EaSt Pelzbroke,.......I I H. H. HENRY FRENCH,............... JUnZuS,...2....... 29 K. H. CHARLRS C. GRIDLEY, B.........u BuZfalo,....... 25 K. H. WALTER M' TEARTIN HAND, BI........ i.n.z. ghamtonz,........... 23 H. H. EDWARD MAlYNE HART...........ClZnton,.............. IO D. H. JOHN HAMPDEN HOPKINS,........Auburn,.2........... 25 K. H. ARTHUR STEPHEN HOYT........ Auburn,.............30 K. K1. Wm. AUGUSTUS HUBBARD, JR.).... R.ockes/er,..........32 H. H. FRIEND HtENRY HULL,........n.Aw Ki;gs/on,.........I 7 K. H. JAY HAMIILTON JEWETT,.... ay......Bay Ciy, i /ic.,......... 22 K. H. HENRY SMITH JOHNSON........Plattsburg,.7 K. H. EDWARD GURLEY LOE,........ aukee,.,....... 26 D. H. GEORGE FREDERICK LYON,...... 2Bg/iamn on,.......I K. H. SAMIUEL GLOVER MOORE,.... Trenton Falls,......... 23 K. K. LEWIS HALL MOREY..Lo......... LZvo za,........... I16 HI. H. EDWARD SI MEO:N, NORTH,......... C'ollege Hi'l,....... Prof. North's. WILLIAM PZERRY NORTHRUP.....Canastota,............. 3 H. H. HAMILTON COLLEGE. I 9. ANTHONY PEMC JR:,............Clion.............. 2I D. H. WALTER SCOTT PETERSONI,...... Canoga,.................6 H. H. JOHN EGBERT PHELPS............College HZll/,...M...iss Spooner's. JAMES RICHARDS ROBINSON,......N./ew Haven,...........26 K. H. FRANK EDGAR RODERICKF........East Pembroke,.......... - JOSEPH CROWELL RUSS,.......... Brookvn,.............26 H. H. JAMES HORATIO SEYMIOUR,....... rockport,......... 25 H. H. BRAINARD GARDNER SMITH....... Canandalzgln,..........I2 IK. H. CHARLES HENRY STANTON,.......Ki/rkland.............2 5 D. H. ORRIN CEDESMAN STEVENS,...... Greenv'lle,............I I H. I. CORNELIUS STANTON STOWITS,.... Flalt Creek,............2I K. H. CHARLES HANSEN TOLL,...........z. Baldizs7'Zle,.........24 H. H. MARTIN FITCH ITRIPPE,...........Rose,................. 8 K. H. LEWIS RUSSELL WEBBER,........... jlfarti'Sbulrgl-/,.......... 7 D. H. HEZEKIAH WEBSTTER.............Sennetl................1 5 D, H. ARTHUR MERRILIL WRIGHT.......C..............orlland 23 H. H. 20. HAMILTON COLLEGE. NAMIES. RESIDENCE. ROOMS. WmILLIAM HENRY AVERY,. O........Columbus,...... I......5 K. H. EDWARD EVERETT BACON,.......E.aton.............. I5 K. H. MYRON NEVINS BARTHOLOMIEWV,....AuusIe.............22 D. H. OLIVER ERNESTO BRANCH,....... Xorth lfadison, O.,..5 D. H. RUDOLPHUS CHARLES BRIGGS,.... Lee Centre,.............4 D. H. CHARLES TAYLOR BURNLEY,....... Uica,................... D. H. GUSTAVE ARNOLD CARSTENSEN,.. S. CrozX, W. I.,.I Miss Barker's. ELIAS BALDWIN FISHER,.......Auburn,......... 4 H. H. JOHN WHITE GEARY,...... Albany, Or.,.......... 26 H. H. CHARLES FREDERIC Goss,.......Aub. rnb..............30 K. -H. HENRY WVILFORD IHARDING,....... Ciznon,.........M Alr. Harding's. SAM'L VAN VECITEN HUNTINGTON, Auburn,.............. 4 K. H. JOHN LATHROP JEROME,.........Chh/n,............ I 9 K. H. JACOB ARTHUR JONFS,...........Soztjh Zirenton, o.....23 K. H. EUGENEm ADELBEPRT KLOCK,......L e Fals,........... 4 K. H. GEORGE HENRY LESTER,......... Binghamon........... I K. E. CHESTER SAUNDERS LORD,.......Adams,............3 H. H. WILLIAM DELoss LOVE, JR.,....MiV~lfwaukee, Wis.,........26 D. H. RGORGE HAMILTON LUDINGTON,...fionice/llo,........... 9 H. H. JOHN EDMAN MASSEE,............ ome,.................7 D. E. WILLIAM MCDUFFEE,..........Phizade/phza,.......4 H. H. EDWARD DAVID MATTHEWS.......HI-omner,..............32 D. H. GEORGE WILLIAM MILES,.........Auburn,..............30. H. ISAAC NEWTON MIILLER,.........DeansvzIle,...........22 D. H. JOHN SAVAGE NOBLE,. O........ fonroe, h........ 2 H. H. THOMAS HERBERT NORTON,..... St. Catherinze's Ont.,......8 K. H, JOHN WILLIABM OBRIEN,....... Auburn,........... 30 H. H. GEORGE HUBBARD PAYSON.......rd,...............3I D. H. iEDWzARD SPENCERI' PECK,......... Cln/on,............2 I D. H. JER;PMARIN G~IL)E.iRSI,:VE PoPIELt:,.. VjtIl",,......... I 6 H. H. HAMILTON COLLEGE. 2 I. FREDERICK HEf~MER RASBACH,.'anas/ola,..,...........3 H. H. ELIJAH MUNN REW-EY,,....... U/tZa, e...........9 D. H. EDWIN AMASA ROCKWELL,..... Caazden,........ 9 K. H. JOHN CURTIS RICHARDSON,.....Si. Louis,............28 D. H. HENRY WADE ROGERS,......... Bu ff0o,..........Prof. Evans. JOHN ARTHUR SKINNER,'...... Westfield,.......... 31 K. H. FRED. M. VAN SLYKE,....G... Li/'lG e Falls,.........30 HL H. CHRISTOPHER SNYDER VINCENT,...Indzan Fi'elds,.8......8 K. H. ORMOND WORTHINGTON WRIGHT,. Fredonia,.b..........31 K. H,,B B T.&JJlrl;~t nSE......................................( isembottled $piiits. CHERMTLtN UONTES,............................... E3W. ATl.JT 1 RE1T NE, RuaIT -.TrlNTG 1 1-TUND'I,,R...........................L...L.....,... PORTER. SEETING DIvTTW'...................G,.,.,.... H...T.ULINGTON. E1RIGlERIN( VI YN()O........ F. Ml. VAN SI.YKE E. HsI'ulSG [J}L aT, born.......................S. NOBLE. (oblins., I IUPER N it TUfAR.C.....................n. SPEC'I IT, XMi SI............................ W. O MCKTW FEL. DIABOTiCA s, I,..................................J.. TNNR. (TIA8TLY SCOUT'.........................C............., J. C F ARDSON. SPOOf...............................................N. G.. RHARDTG. DYINc, GLIMMERER,................................... HAMILTON COLLEGE. 37. R. H. ABBOTT, J.H. HOPKINS, r. R H ABBOTT,. j H. HOPBINSAILEY, 6 J. I. BAILEY, v.s' W. A. HUBBARD, JR.,. C. C GRIDLEYQ -.JS J. H. SEYMOUR. GRAND CYCLOPS,.....................F. WOOD. VICE GRAND CYCILOPS,....................J. F. TUTTLE. BRIMSTONE HEAVER,................ F. E. BARROWS. WAILING GHOST,,...........OJ. S. BENNETT. 6 GRAND WHITE DEATH,...................C. H. DUELL. HISSING SERPENT,,...........S. R. HARDING. BLOODY DAGGER,.................. R. HOPKINS. 6. HIGH PRIEST,.............F. G. KENDALL. CORPSE,...............H. A. KINNEY. HELL ROARER,........................ F. PURDY. HOODED) DEVIL, I............. B. RHODES. FIRE CRESTED DRAGON,...............C. S. STONE. WHITE FIRE,................... W. STRYKER. PHANTO~M-GOBLIN,..................F. W. TOMPKINS. RATTLING SKELETON,............ G. S. WYCKOFF. [ 38. HAMIILTON COLLEGE. FIEND OF FIENDS,................. WV. S. PETERSON. SATAN'S OVeLY BoY......................... E. G. LOVE. LITTLE DEVIL,......................... R. H. ABBOTT. FIERY DRAGON,.......................J. H. SEYMOUR. PLAYFUL FIEND........................C. C. GRIDLEY. A6 OLD NICK,................. C. H. STANTON. SKULL POLISHER,............ W. A. HUBBARD. YOUNG LruCIFER,....................C. H, TOLL. NIGHT MISSIONARY,...............J. I. BAILEY. a UNDERTAKER,................... -.W. P. NORTHRUP. Ot THE AWFUL ONE,...................W. H. BENEDICT. HIs OBEDIENT SERVANT,.................J. H. HOPKINS. 6, EXHORTER,.................. J. D. FISHER. EXECUTIONER,..............J. W. CHURCH. HAMILTON COLLEGE. 39. D. ___ -.-::r - TON-; AICA [um Vivimus vivamus. ED. BRAYTON, H. A. MAINE, J. E. ELMER, G. A. MILLARD, H. A. FRINK, ED. C. RAY, MT. E. GRANT, F. A. SACKETT, J. H. HOADLEY, H. W. SEARLE, E. A. McMATH, J. P. UNDERWOOD. (X[ 40. HAMILTON COLLEGE. STATISTICS OF'70. Whole number who have been in the Class during any part of the four years, 55; number who graduate, 35; to be present at Commencement, 33. The sum total of the ages of the Class is 805 years; average age, 23 years. The average weight is I46~. Average height, 5 ft. 8~ inches. The religious element of the Class is divided thus: Presbyterians, 25; Episcopalians, 3; Baptists, 2; Methodists, I; Friends, I; Progressists, I; Liberals, 2; Reformed, I. The future occupations are distributed as follows: Theology, I2; Medicine, 3; Journalism, 4; Teaching, I; B. Engineer, I; Business, 4; Law, 8; undecided, 2. Capillary. — Mustaches, 6; Napoleonic cut, 2; English style, 6; "Siders" and Mustache, 8; "Burnsides," 4; Incipient Dawn, 2; Hopeful, 3; Discouraged, 2; "Given Up," I; Striking in, I. MATRIMONIAL. In order that all things be done decently and in order, that the young ladies may be notified as early as possible, —we find: number engaged, 5; very tender, 6; slightly tender, I8; prospecting, 4; "Not for Joseph, 2. HAMIILTON COLLEGE. 4I.... ~. SOCIETY organized for the advancement of Science, Art, Positive Philosophy and a Pure Government: to promote the best interests of its members: to speed the time when honest men shall sit in high places; when the earth shall become a Paradise, and all labor be attuned to the music of the spheres~ T. A. ABBOTT,'A., 61Disciple of Confucius, and Champion of Chinese Jurisprudence. J. L. BACHMAN, Expounder of 15th Amendment, and Preparer of Caustic Potash, EDWARD BRAYTON, Teacher of Ethics and Homiletics, and Defender of the Gad-fi.y L. B. CLARK, Hon. Mlemter, and Lecturer before Sorosis. J. E. ELMER, Exploder of Hamilton's Hypothesis. " Such as What?" C. J. EVERETT, Disciple of Brown, and Head Center of the sect of Peripatetics. F. I. H. OUGE, Examiner of Ante-deluvian Psychology and Trilobitic History. T. D. JESTER, Teacher of the Theory of Busts. A. P. KENT, Member of Eleatic School of Art. I. S. SIGNOR, Disciple of Bousingault,,and Analyzer of Spectral Light. S. W. SWANEY, Director of National Museum, and Lecturer on Cardiff Giant. J. P. UNDERWOOD, a9 l5 Knight of the Blowpipes 42. HAMILTON COLLEGE. TEACHEPS FROM IAMILTON FOLLEGE During the past year forty-two calls for Teachers have been supplied by Hamilton College. Twenty-eight of these are recent graduates. Some of whom have already completed their engagements and returned to their classes. Others will return at the opening of the fall term in September. We give their names and positions as Teachers:IRA W. ALLEN,..................... -.PaRINCIaAL OF LAKE FOREST ACADEMY, ILL. SAMUEL G. WILLIAMS...........PruINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL IN CLEVELAND, O. WILLIAM SANDESON,...... PINCIPAL OF LE CLAIRE ACADEMY, IOWA, WARREN HIGLEY................ PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL IN CLEVELAND, 0. HANNIBAL SAMITH..... SUPE INTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WATERTOWN. L. PARSONS BISSELL........................PRINCIPAL OF CLARENCE ACADEMY. GEORGE M. DILLOW,............ TEACHER IN MILITARY INSTITUTE, POUGHKEEPSIE. CHARLES ANDERSON,.............TUTOR IN ROBERT COLLEGE, CONSTANTINOPLE. SAMUEL F. BAGG......................PRINCIPAL OF PRATTSBURGH ACADEMY. EDWIN BAYLIES,.............DEPUTY SUPT. OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WATERTOWN. EUGENE CHEESEMAN...................PINCIPFAL OF COXSACKIE ACADEMY. JOHN H. ROE,............................TEACHER IN EARLYILLE. JAMES S. ROOT..........PRINCIPAL OF PRELPS UNION AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL. WILLARD lI. LILLIBRIDGE,......... SUPT. OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PLATTSBURGH. JOHN T. KNOX...........................PRINCIPAL O PENN YAN ACADEMY. ELLIOTT R. PAYSON........T................ TEACHERIN CORTLAND ACADEMIY. JOSEPH S. WAUGH...........................PRINCIPAL OF WEBSTER ACADEIY,. GEORGE E. DRAPER........................ TEACHER IN PF.NN YAN ACADEMY. WILLIAM H. WHITING............ PRINCIPAL OF REFORM SCHOOL IN ROChiESTER. WILLIAM L. DOWNING.................... TEAVHE:E IN WHITESTOWN SEMINIARY. JOHN C. FOWLER,..... TEACHER IN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, NEW HAVEN, CONN. RUFUS T. GRIGGS.............. TEACHER IN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, BROOKLYN. WILLIAM P. HESTON..................PRINCIPAL OF MOUNT MORRIS ACADEMY. THOMAS A. ABBOTT.................PRINCIPAL OF SOUTHOLD ACADEMY. CHARLES G. BALDWIN.......TEACHER IN LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE, TENN. JOHN D. CONLEY......................TUTOR IN BLACKBURN UNIVERSITY, ILL. EDWIN M. NELSON...................PRINCIPAL OF CAYUGA LAKE ACADEMY. GEORGE R. SAITH,.......................TEACHER IN CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL. DAVID H. CARVER.......... TEACHER IN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. OF BROOKLYN. JAMES F. TUFTS,.............................TEACHER IN LOWVILLE ACADEMY. CHARLES J, PALMER,................. TEACHER IN WEST WINFIELD ACADEMY. JAY H. JEWETT........................... PRINCIPAL OF AUGUSTA ACADEMY. SEWARD M. DODGE........................PRINCIPAL OF CHARLTON ACADEMY. ROBERT L. BACHMAN...................TEXCHER IN CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL. LEWIS R. WEBBER..................... PINCIPAL OF CAMD)EN UNION SCHOOL. CHARLES UNANGST...................,.. TEACHER IN CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL. HAL BELL,...................,......... TEACHER IN LYONS. FRIEND H. HULL......s.............TEACHER IN CLINTON LIBERAL INSTITUTE. LEWIS H. MOREY....................TEACHER IN DURHAMVILLE. JOSEPH D. FISHER.......................... TEA.lER IN BATAVIA. HERMANN C. BRANDT,.A....................TECER IN CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL. CHRISTOPHER S. VINCENT......P...... PRINCIPAL OF DEANSVILLE ACADEMVY. HAMILTON COLLEGE. 43. 1869. Sept. 9. Fall Term opens,............T.................... Thursday. Nov. 2. State Election,.......................................Tuesday. Nov. 18. Thanksgiving Day,................................. Thursday. Nov. 29, Examination begins,............................ Monday. Dec. 7. Fall Term closes....................................Tuesday. ~acaflon t:out Wees. Jan. 6. Winter Term opens,....................... Thursday. Jan. -7. Head Prize and Pruyn Medal Orations presented,. Friday noon. Feb. 22. State Holiday,.........................uesday. Feb. 24. Day of Prayer for Colleges,......................... Thursday. March 26. Curran Prize Examination.................. Saturday. March 29. Examination begins,......................Tuesday. April 6. Clark Prize Orations and Prize Essays presented, Wednesday. April 6. Junior Exhibition,................................. Wednesday. Vaoation ohje W:e6hs. April 28. Summer Term opens,............................. Thursday. May 31. Honors announced.......................................Tuesday. June 6. Underwood Prize Examination,.................Monday. June 8. Clark Prize Exhibition...........................Wednesday. June 16. Senior Examination begins..................... Thursday. July 9. Tompkins Prize Examination,........................Saturday. July 12. Examination of Lower Classes Begins............ Tuesday. July 15. Prizes announced,......................................Friday. July 17. President's Baccalaureate Sermon.................... Sunday. July 17. Address before Society of Christian Research,..............Sunday. July 18. Entrance Examination.......................Monday forenoon. July 18. Kingsley Prize Debate.................M. Monday afternoon. July 18. Kingsley Prize Declamation..I...........Monday evening. July 19. Entrance Examination,............................ Tuesday. July 20. Anniversary of the Society of Alumni,.............Wednesday. July 21. Commencement,.............................. Thursday. ~acafion;113ht gl$.$' Sept. 14. Entrance Examination............................Wednesday. Sept. 15. Fall Term opens,....................................Thursday. 4 4. HAMILTON COLLEGE,.FO J? 1870. FIFTY-JIGHTH LOMMENCEMENT OF 4AMILTON 9OLLEGE. $unda~, Xult J1 7th. Io I-2 A. M.-Baccalaureate Sermon before the Senior Class, by President SAMUEL G. BROWN, D. D., LL. D. 7 I-2 P. M. —Address before the Society of Christian Research, by Rev. JAMEs B. SHAW, of Rochester..ondaj, Jul1 8fth. 9 A. M. —Entrance Examinations, in the Senior Class Room. 3 P. NM.-Kingsley Prize Debate in the Presbyterian Church. 7 I-2 P. MA'. —Kingsley Prize Declamation. ~uesdap, xulu 19ih, 9. A. M.-Entrance Examinations continued. 3. P. M[.-" Class-Day" Exercises in the Presbyterian Church. 7 I-2 P. M.-Oration before the "Chi Psi Fraternity," by CHARLES A. HAWLEY, Esq., of Seneca Falls. Poem by J. AUSBURN TOWNER, Esq., of Elmira. v efln$]a~, 3ulto 20,h. io A. M. —Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees, in the College Chapel. Io A. M.-Half-Century Reunion of the Class of i820, in the Presbyterian Church. 3. P. M.-Annual Meeting of the Society of Hamilton Alumni. DAVID H. COCHRAN, LL. D., President. Oration by Hon. FRANx H. HEAD, of Chicago, (class of i856.) Poem by Prof. OREN ROOT, Jr., of the University of Missouri, (class of I856.) Necrological Report by Prof. EDWARD NORTH. 7 I-2 P. M.-Reunion of Hamilton Alumni. Annalist's Letter by'Prof, CHARLES AVTERY, LL. D., (class of I820.) hikUs48dap, Jul9 2lst. 9 A. I. -Commencement Exercises. THE HAMILTON LITERARY MONTHLY. VOL. IV. SEPTEMBER, 1869. ~No. 2. E D I T O IR S: WMl. Jl. B UTLER, ED WARD BRA YTOXV, Jl. D. ED WARDS, I. A. FRIVIK, E. A. lclMA TN, Ht I. C. AIE. THE PROSE AND POETRY OF THE SEA, Clark Prize Oration. BY 0. R. GLOVER,'69. There are two phases in which all life and all nature present themselves to the mind. There are two attitudes in which the mind receives all its impressions; two modes in which it exercises all its activities. These two —phases of life and nature-attitudes or mlodes of mind are distinct, yet always united; ever at war, yet ever intermingled; elements of all thought; embodied in all literature; agents in all achievement; typified in all nature. One we shall call prose-hard, dry, every-day prose. In it the plain and useful, the common wanlts and trivial cares, the machinery, the substance, the matter-of-fact in life address us; and the ever plodding, ever toiling, ever inventive mind of man receives and is influenced, and answers, by working out conclusions of like fact in thought expressed or acted. The other we call poetry-divine poetry. A Scottish thinker has said poetry is, "when passion and imagination give utterance in union and in unison to the dreams by which they are haunted and possessed." The utterance may be the voice heard by the soul, in the things of life and the forms of nature; and it may be the soul receiving and 46 HICamilton Literary,ilfonthiy. [Septemlber, uttering an answer to itself, in conception and aspiration; or to the world, in an epic, a symlphony, or a sacrifice. These answers, resultant in thought expressed, are literature, prose and poetry; resultant in thought acted, are tile sum of human life, made up of prose and poetry. The prose of life toils and is burdened; clad in armor it fights battles and wins victories; guides the shuttle and shaft of muanufactory; cultivates the fields; collects information; marshals statistics; repeats details; binds to routine; dispels fantasies. Its essence is fact, its end is utility, its power is labor. The poetry of life has to do with our higher and finer natures; with fancy and beauty; with the superhuman and supernatural; with onr natures which dream, and long, and aspire, which endure and dare, and achieve. Its essence is irnagination, its end is elevation, its power is inspiration. We are to consider what elements has the Sea, rwhich constitute the prose and what the poetic phase of nature; and what answer or fruits does the Sea evoke of prose or of poetry in life, within its influence? In the wonderful economy of nature the prose of the Sea is universal and useful beyond our conception. The Sea is the great reservoir of all the waters of earth; it feeds all the rivers, and fills all the lakes and nurses all the brooks on the mountain-sides. It sends up its little messengers of mist clean andcl empty-handed from its bosom; the winds waft them East and West and 2North and South, and at last breathe themln in devw; or wreath them in snow drifts, or pour them in showers upon the land. Ptivers are but fingers of the Sea. Peachingl up in the dry places they collect the refuse and useless matter of earth, and bear it on through their eddies and shallows to the Sea. Tmhe Prose of the Sea, by its flux and reflux, by its eddying and earossing currents, tempers the atmosphere and modifies cli-mate. It sends the cold -winds down from the cloud capped fields of ice in the Nortll, to mingle withl the mild atmosphere of equatorial climes, and bear health and joy to the nations. The Sun pourinhg its rays in lavish ftury along' the scarlet girdle of coral, unmnllindful of the polar snows, were it not for COcean would detsolate three-fifths of the globe. It is the l'eat 1869.] lThe Pr'ose cncl Poetry of the Sea. 47 ventilator and purifier of the earth. The lungs of the continents drawing to its bosom the winds heaving with impurities from the endless growth and decay of the land, cleansing them in its brine, sifting them through its salt foam, sends them back sweet and pure and cool to the drooping harvests and the crowded towns. In the relations and enterprises of men, it is a controlling power.3 By the prose of the Sea continents are divided yet united; by it the world has been kept separate and in barbarism; yet it is the world's great intermingler, and so the world's great educator. It has set a bound to the land, giving character, indviduality and strength to nations; while the remote and barbarous parts, hollowing out harbors, hiave welcomed civilization to their rugged shores. We can account for the existence of the great cities of the present, and foretell the position of the great cities of the future by the harbors which the Sea offers to commerce. We can measure the power and influence of nations by the extent and the use of their wave-washed coast. It was this that gave strength to Tyre and Carthage, to Venice and Holland and Spain. It is the power of ocean that macle possible the haughty supremacy, and now holds up the colossal power of England. And to-clay America -daughter of that same England, descendant from the same kings of the Northlldefended in her infancy by the ramparts of the Sea; nourished in her growth by the commerce of the Sea; in her boundless aspirations not content w-ithl the prose of one ocean, grasps at the united utility of two, and sends the iron steed, whose breath is the Sea, across the vast plains and valleys of a continent. Its fruits in the )prose of life are wroughIlt ont by the obstacles and dangers which it raises to enterprise. It developes thle strength of courage anl hardillood, that grows but stronger with each temp)est, and each flood. It is swept for food by the daring, toiling' fislerman; it is bound to the busy wheel of manufactory along the myriad streams. The prose of the Sea fo u-nds empires, bears navies, floats fleets, and the fruits of two thousandl harvests and the labors of a million of men. To overcome it, genius conceived, and labor-the prose of' life-iwrought out the steamship which to-clay ploughs thle bil 48 Iffcnmilton -Literary jlionth/ly. [September, lows of the deep, and scatters the waifs of commerce upon its shores, to build up cities and nourish civilization. To overcome it, through the rocky caverns and along the solitudes of the Sea, is sent God's lightning, moulded into the thoughts of man, till ocean speaks in every language, and every hour passes to and fro the " all's well" of nations. The Sea is of itself, in every phase, the most wondrous poem of nature. Its very prose, in its strangeness and vastness, rises to the dignity of poetry. It combines, as nothing else on earth, the poetic elements; the beautiful and the sublime. It is a poem of beauty-beauty of color, in the emerald and the blue of its glistening foam-caps, and its blazing phosphorescence, when'tis silver to the moon or golden in the sunlight; when'tis purple in haze. or black robed by the thunder cloud; beauty of form in every curling wave and undulating swell; beauty of sound in every ripple on its rocks, and all its mighty, ceaseless lmurinurings. It is a sublime poem in its vastness, its power and its mystery. It is the earthly symbol of infinity and eternity, and while these seent abstract and unreal, this, which we can touch and see, weighs down the mind by its real and present vastness. It is sablime in its power. BM/en have built great barriers, and erected strong dikes of oak and granite; but impassioned ocean has dashed them to spray, and leaping across the boundaries swallowed up the land. Men have sent noble ships down to her waters, and they have been whirled round like tops, then splintered to atoms in an instant. Mfen have built splendid cities, and made beautiful and bountiful broad countries, with the culture of ages; and the Sea has risen in tidal waves, and swept them away like the driftwood on the shore. The Sea is surmounted, but never subdued; broken, yet never destroyed; yielding to an infant's hand, yet, little by little, wearing away the very rocks we mortals call the " everlasting hills;" and, little by little, building new continents as it built the old. It is sublime in its mystery-mystery in the icy prisons of the North; in the unknown isles of the South; in tjhe strange lands, the lmountains, the plains, the valleys of its unfathomed 1869.] Thie Prose and Poetry of the Seca. 49 depths; in the wondrous life it sustains; in the mlighty forces to which it responds. While, to us, sublimest mystery of all, it has locked in its deep bosom for ages, the saddest secrets of our mortal race. It chants ceaselessly the soleln requium, but tells no tales of the countless dead that have left within it a double mystery of the grave, passing by unlknown fates, through the portals of the unknown life. Noble ships, like the Arctic, fade away into the fog-banks, never to come forth; careless hearts sail out toward shores they never see, and home calls them back in vain, but the Sea gives no sign. Mlany-voiced, yet silent as Eternity itself! Eternity alone shall reveal its mystery. The Sea is a Poem, as it moans in a sad, minor key about the lonely fisher's 1lhut to the heart of the watching fisher-wife; as it shrieks in wild glee raging through the rigging of the tempest-tossed vessel; as it chants an endless song of' eternal slumber and sunshine about " the isles of Eden laying in darkl purplle spheres of sea." It is an Epic, as it- rolls through the Gulf-stream, widening and broadening, bearing swiftly on, hopes, and fears, and passions, and gains. It is a drama, as through its ever-rollinig atoms continent speaks to continent, and wave towering aloft answers to wave. It is a Lyric, as it swells around jutting slope of verdure, and creeps in tide:a.way up the narrow river, and rises in atolms to greet the Sun. It sang the first anthem of praise to the One lRuler of its waves. That same old Te Deum, grander than organ notes,,still rolls along its shores.' Tihme writes no wrinkles on thy azure brow, Suchias creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now." These poetic elements of the Sea, find fitting answers in the poetry of expression and of life. They have given boundless play to imagination; they have inspired passion and power; they have developed breadth and strength in character and -thought; they have given calmness and purity to life. The "ever flowing stream of ocean," was filled with the poetry of Greek IMythology. The power of the Sea was embodied in immortal Gods; on every dreaded reef some Scylla or Charybdis sat; in all the curling beauties of its wavelets, Oceanides and Nereids played; while far across -the waters rose mystic Atlantis and Hesperides. 50 Hctamilton Lite)rary ilfon~thly. [Septemnbel, The seamen of the present are reckless, impractical, passionate, and strong lovers of strange stories; filled with quaint superstitions, and possessed by a love, a devotion to the Sea and daring, that passes the bounds of prudent prose into the inspiration of poetry. There are no lovers like the lovers of the Sea. In the fiery passion of Byron, in the classic beauty of Shelley, in the free. strength of Campbell, the Sea has spoken. Through the resistless sea Iin gs of the Norse; through the. sturdy Burgher of Holland; through the free fishermen of NewEngland; through the stout "'Mariners of England;" through the " Long Toml Coffins," and the Grace Darlings; through the Columbnses, the Franklins, the Kanes, the Fields, the Farraguts, on every coast, in every port and fishing hamlet, the sea has acted, and is ever acting, in deeds of heroism, of sacrifice, of achievemlent that are the poetry of life. OFF THE AOLIAN ISLES. BY GEORGE NORTON,'68. I. The balmy winds of Sicily are blowing fair and free, As I pace the spray-bespattered deck, and watch the restless sea; The canvas swells before the breeze, and the good ship swiftly ploughs,. A gleaming furrow through the waves that roll from off her bows; But the winds that bear the fragrance of Orient isles to me, Have a sweeter, richer message, than balm of orange tree; They strain the halyards tauter, they tip the waves with foam, I hail their breath with gladness, they bear me toward my home.. II. From gardens rich with spices, from violet-scented plains, From orchards fair with fruitage, where endless Summer reigns,. From halls of sculptured marble and Raphael's art divine, From vaulted old cathedrals, where tapers dimly shine, From hoary-headed mountains, where crumbling castles stand, And mighty cities' ruins along the bright sea strand, From where Vesuvius madly breathes forth his burning breath, And sends far o'er the smiling plains his fiery tide of death. 1869.1 Tl7e Acted Dr)rccma. 51 III. From all the shores of Italy, the classic Tyrian sea, The sunny isles of rEolus, and fairest Sicily, There comes a breath of sadness, a melancholy moan, That tells a tale of sorrow, of glory that has flown; And then in deep-toned murmur, it speeds along the sea, Where the waters in the sunset trail are dancing merrily. The swelling canvas feels it-it caps the waves with foam; I hail it still with gladness-it bears me toward my home. IV. I climb the lofty mainmast, and watch the setting sun, And from the distant harbor I hear the sunset gun, And, luminous with glory, the day's departing smiles Light up with wondrous radiance these ever-verdant isles, Where I could spend with gladness a thousand dreamy hours, Mid ever-blooming gardens, and scented orange bow ers, Did not the thought of distant friends in sweeter fragrance come, And I hail the gallant breezes that bear me toward my home. V. But now the moon in splendor, her queenly chariot rides, And onward in her silvery track the stately vessel glides; And night, serene and solemn, comes down with deeper shade, Till all the fairy islands in darkness slowly fade. Farewell, ye lands of brightness! whose vales forever fling The rich perfume of spices upon the zephyr's wing; Your breath fills all the canvas, and crests the waves with foam; Thrice welcome to the breezes that bear me toward my home. THE ACTED DRAMA AS A TEACHER OF MANNERS AND MORALS. BY THE LATE ALBERT P. WORTHINGTON,'64. PART I. Dramatic exhibitions began at a very early date. For twenty-four hundred years the acted drama has had a place in the history of civilization. During this long period it has flourished and declined according to the literary merit of its authors, and the character and political condition of the people. The dralilatic and histrionic arts, combining music, poetry, painting, and eloquence have always wielded a powertful infin 52 Ictrnilto~n literacry Milonth/y. LSeptember, ence upon the social condition and morals of society. Having noticed the origin and early associations of the acted drama, we will then consider its general moral influence, as it was, and as it is. As the Athenian and the English dramas have risen to the highest points of excellence, they may be fairly taken as the principal illustrations of the subject. The acted drama originated in the scenic representations of Thespis, in honor of Bacchus. These Dionysiac festivals were characterized by frantic orgies, intoxication and licentiousness. Dawning amid scenes of Bacchanalian revelry the drama has ever been attended by similar degrading associations. Whatever conclusions the plain statements of history, and the undeniable effects of theatrical exhibitions at the present day may lead us to adopt with respect to their moral tendency, wve are not necessarily to apply these results to the drama itself. It is when attended by scenic action, by the expensive and magnificent pageantry of the play-house, and by the magnetic excitement of crowded assemblies, that the drama as a teacher of morality must stand or fall. The drama read and studied in private, submitted to the discrimination of a cool and criticising judgment; and perused with an eye watchful of its beauties and defects, its true and false sentiments, must have a very different influence from theatrical exhibitions of miscellaneous dramas, selected to amuse and gratify a depraved popular taste. No one can deny that the Attic drama was a powerful incentive to high literary excellence. Though but a simple ivy crown, or a laurel wreath was the coveted mneed of victory, yet it was sufficient to fire the enthusiasm of the sensitive Greek poet, and cause him to put forth the greatest exertions to achieve success. The classic drama, then, had a beneficial influence upon liter_ ature. To this day we acknowledge the immortal Greek triumvirate unrivaled in dramatic composition. Their tragedies are read for their classic beauty and intrinsic excellence. Irnterspersed throughout many of them are sentiments not unworthy of a christian author, though of course their whole system of religion was a system of error. But the productions of the Greek masters stand prominently alone in their beauty, purity and sublimity. They have no counterpart in the efforts of most subsequent dramatists. 1869.] The Acted D)rama. 53 The actual moral influence of the ancient drama may be known with certainty from the effects it produced upon the Athenians; and from the testimony of the wisest and best men of antiquity. When the dramatic art in Greece was in the zenith of its glory the theatre was built of stone, large, commodious and capable of seating thirty thousand persons. The representations were made on a scale of the utmost magnificence. The government had the entire control, —built the theatre, educated the chorus, provided the scenic embellishments, awarded the crown, by judges selected for the purpose; and defrayed the whole expense, which was far too great for any private means. As the Athenians were passionately fond of dramatic exhibitions, every possible exertion was made to give magnificence to the scene. It is the testimony of PIutarch that the Athenians had expended more upon the representations of their tragedies, than upon the support of their wars. Athens, at the period of her highest civilization, contained about twenty-two thousand free inhabitants. According to a law introduced by Pericles, all these citizens were granted by the State, free admission to the theatre; and in addition, an obolus was given to each man to spend in any manner he chose. IUnder such circumstances, it may be fairly inferred that all the Athenians frequented the theatre. At the Dionysiac festivals, when dramatic exhibitions occurred, Athens was the resort of strangers fiom all parts of the world. The citizens denied themselves sleep, and spent whole nights at the theatre. Uncontrolled license and general excitement pervaded the city. Drunkenness and vice stalked boldly in the streets; the public treasury was drained to defray the expenses and to supply the people with food and wine. The legitimate and actual result of these exhibitions was to exhaust the resources of the city, enervate the people, corrupt their morals, quench the living flame of patriotism and prepare the way for the victorious march of the hero of MIacedon. The distinctive influence of the Greek acted drama was due, in a great measure, to its associations. If any noble sentiment had been forcibly impressed upon the auditory, its good moral effect was destroyed by the low comedies, farces 54 Hacmilton Literarly 2iont/ldy. [September, and pantomimes, that always followed the representation of a tragedy. There were many restrictions that tended to diminlish the bad effects of scenic representations at Athens. The government had the entire control of the theatre and therefore could proscribe any drama -which might be considered prejudicial to morality. Unlike the theatre of to-day, there was no pandering to a debased popular taste, to meet the expenses. The dramatic exhibitions were limited to the annual Dionysiac festivals instead of being open daily. Females were not allowed upon the stage; their parts were always performed by persons of the other sex. Yet with all these restraining influences the acted drama of Greece tended to corrupt the people, unfit them for useful business, and open the way for the loss of Athenian freedom. If the tragedies from the time of zEschylus to the present were carefully examined, they will be found to have been written, not to instruct or to reform, but chiefly for effect, to excite the passions,-those elements of our nature already too inflalnable. For this purpose such expensive apparatus and mIagnificience were displayed in their exhibition. Take away these dazzling associations, this playing upon the passions, and you take away the great attractive feature of the acted drama. And because tragedy does always thus address the passions, without appealing to the judgment, we believe that it never can become useful to society, or a school of virtue. The lot of ordinary men cannot furnish subjects for the tragedian, because it is not liable to those extreme vicissitudes of danger and of misery, which are essential to the highest effect. The character in which tragedy delights, is not that of the firm, consistent man, acting in accordance with a fixed moral principle; but it is rather the lovely Antigone, calmly meeting a fated death for her sisterly affection,-the fierce Medea raving with hatred and revenge, or the ambitious Lady MIacbeth wading " through slaughter to a throne." The dramatic literature of Roome, was chiefly an imitation, often a mere transcript of the Grecian im-odels. And though her histrionic art claims the proud name of Roscius, yet, in general, her acted drama falls as far below the Athenian stage, 1869.] Tike Acted Dramazc. 55 as their translations and imitations are inferior to tle sublime conceptions of the three fathers of tragedy. If then, the Athenian stage, with all its restrictions, exerted so baneful a moral influence, what mllust have been the tendency of the Roman acted drama, under the direction of, the profligate Nero? Perhaps the stage never sank to a lower point of inlmorality, and exerted a more unmingled evil influence than, when under Roman auspices. Aided by the war-like character of the Romans, the stage developed an unusual phase of society-a fierce spirit of cruelty. Under the teachings of the stage, the people could look with'stoical indifference upon the bodies of Christians united to combustible material, dispelling the darkness of night and illuminating the gardens of the cruel and sensual ~Nero. In thus condemning the Roman stage it is not neces — sary to proscribe all their dramatic works. A few of the comedies of Plautus and Terence m-ay be read with interest, perhaps with profit. And yet Plautus himself in a prologue to one of his comedies, takes especial pains to recommend it to popular approval on the ground that it contains no disgusting impersonations of vice. Yet when we consider the general character of the Latin dramas, we cannot cherish a high opinion, either of the authors themselves, or of the people who could be delighted with such low sentiments and such repulsive obscenity. In all heathen nations, the acted drama has been connected, in some way, with religion; yet this has not saved it from the opposition of wise and good men. Solon prohibitecl scenic exhibitions at Athens, on account of their pernicious moral tendency. Plato and Aristotle both opposed the stage, and. Socrates, the noblest and best of heathen philosophers absented. himself from the theatre except when the moral plays of his friend Euripides were acted. Tacitus, and Seneca, himself the author of dramas, have both left their recorded testimony against theatrical exhibitions. The limits of an essay will only permit a brief allusion to the stage in MAfodern Europe. In France, Corneille and Racine rose to illuminate their age by the genius of their muse; yet their draltLa was not freed, from its accustomed evil associations. -56 Hamiltoq literary Xlfont/hy. [September, In Spain, Lopez de Vega and Calderon towered far above ~other Spanish dramatists; yet of all nations the tragedy of.Spain is most deeply pervaded by a dark, gloomy asceticism. "The Italian drama was mostly a mass of inconsistencies copied from the Latin plays of Seneca, imitating his defects without -his excellences. The natural effects of the acted drama in all'these countries accorded well with the proverbial licentiousness of the French, the bull fights of the Spaniards, and the aimless, enervated life of the Italians. Such has been the plain language of history in regard to *the moral tendencies of scenic representations. It cannot be denied that there have been nmen who strove to elevate the -theatre, and make it the school of virtue. Euripides and in -a later age, David Garrick both soughlt the same object, and both failed. THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF MOSES. Extract from the Anniversary Poem of lIoughton Semninary,'Softly the radiance of the sunlight fell On the fair banks of Jordan,-fringed with light The sides and summits of the shadowy hills, And lingered on the wavelets of the stream, That flashed and quivered'neath its dazzling' rays, Like rarest jewels. In the forest trees, The wild birds sang the summer hours away; And loveliest flowers of the eastern clime, Breathed out their subtile fragrance on the breezeThat floated idly on the slumberous air. -Mount Nebo lifted high his regal head, Crowned with the fleecy clouds; and looking down Upon the fertile valley at his feet,The hosts of Israel camped upon the plain,-And the white tents that glistened in the sun..Moses, the meek and holy man of God, Was speaking to the host, his last farewell. He'd borne their sorrows in his own brave heart For forty weary years; had walked with them The long and dreary desert; shared with them -Their joys and sorrows,-borne their murmurings; 1869.] The Death a2nd Barial of 1foscs. And led them safely to the promised land. And now must leave them, on the very verge Of longed for Canaan,-yet he murmured not, And spoke not to them of his coming fate; But closed his farewell with these touching, words.; " Th' Eternal God shall even be thy shield,. And'neath thee are the everlasting, arms. Happy art thou, O Israel, saved by God0, who is like thee-excellent in. strength!" O noble heart! though touched with sorest grief Broke into glad thanksgiving for the sons Of Jacob, whom he'd led through all the way, E'en from the house of bondage. But the time For him to leave them all, had come at last, And with a fervent prayer, that God would bless. His chosen people Israel,-he turned To scale the mountain-top where he must die Alone-with God. Up through the rugged way He toiled, until the wavering mass below Had vanished from his sight: and he alone Had reached the summit. From the mountain-top, Lay smilingly, the lovely scene below. And Moses stood upon a lonely crag While God spread out before his wistful eyes The beauteous land of Canaan. Far away The flashing Jordan's stream went sweeping by; And palm trees shook their green tops in the breeze,., Vineyards and cities, stretching far away In endless beauty. More, he may have seen,More than the smiling landscape, reaching far, Quiet and fair, beneath the Eastern skies. God lifted up the mystic vail That hid the future from his eyes; And looking through the evening skies, He saw the power of Christ prevail, He heard the shepherd's joyful shout He saw the manger'from afar Where the young child of God was laid Beneath the light of Bethlehem's star. On the fair waves of Galilee He saw a bright mysterious form, That stilled the tempest on the sea, And hushed the rising midnight storm. And last of all he saw arise A mountain wrapped in storm and cloud, While midnight dankness filled the skies And wrathful heaven thundered loud; And gaziug breathlessly, beholds, Through the wildxclouds that surge and toss, 58 Jliazfigto, Liteirary ilbontl/y. [September, Gleaming behind their darkening folds Dimly, the outlines of a cross. The clouds and darkness roll away; And the dark cross he sees again, Bearing the dear Immanuel, Who nmeekly dies for men. These mystic scenes then vanished from his sight; And with the moss grown rock his only couch, And for his covering, the azure skies, He laid him down to die. God knows the rest. He buried him, where,-mortal knoweth not; And there he slept alone, —the mountain mist WThich night hung o'er him, his only shroud, His dirge, the thunder of the passing storm. And there he slept while centuries rolled by; Until at last, his form is seen once more Upon mount Tabor, with the holy Christ. O joyful heart! Jordan is passed at length, And Canaan's happy shores are reached at last. WORKS OF ART AMONG COLLEGE BOYS. BY H. C. Mi. 0o. There is a charm about college life that draws the student back from vacati'on joys, with as strong a force as the influences which lead him home. It is an indescribable power. It sends gray headed men back to the old halls with crowding' memories of Bill and Joe and all the throng of joyous fellows w7lho gathered in the old class room, ancd shouted and sang in the halls and on the lawn. College boys are the results of peculiar influences. The sum1 of' those influences make him peculiar, alnd! separate him, in a measure, from those lwhlo hlave not shared his life and work. CollegTe boys are separate in the songs they sing, in the books they read, the games they play, in, their places of abode and in the pietures and statues with lwhich they adorn them. In tle iour years of college life the principal influences connected with ouil places of abode, are their adornments and situation. Old college rooms are strangle objects of study, -with their strange hieroglyphlics?, gray storne window sills, scarred 1869.] TVorks of Art amnogq College -Boys. 59 all over with initials ruclely cut with a chisel or hatchet-per chance in the hands of some who have since held the guiding power in the State and Nation. Strange, in the long catalogues, upon closet doors, of those who have gone in and out of these rooms through all the years. We see their names and think of them as all living, as of to-day, for not a single name is starred although-it may "Have been carved for many a year On the tomb." The situation of our rooms we cannot always control. The sunsets imay be ours, or the grand sweep of hills with the beautiful valley stretching away to their feet. Bunt the works of art with which we strive to make pleasant our four year's homes, are ours to clloose and arrange. The desire for adorning a home is a healthy desire. And rwhether it be the wvoodcolored cottage covered with ivy and receiving the sweet ministry of flowers, or the palaces of Kiings, rich in -orks of the great masters, ancd luxuriant with the gorgeous flowers of the tropics,-in the life there is an added beauty, drawn from the joy of a desire satisfied, and from the unclefinable influence of communion with fair forms. Althouogh college students demand works of art of a higher order than the Luc)ys with the gorgeous cheeks and stunnling garlands, or the traditional Mary leaning on the traditional lamb, vet in the annual sales of furniture there is often a positive lack of appreciation of the fitting and beautiful in bu — in, pictures and casts for roomls. We buy so muechl gilt, so much color; because our neighbors have pictures, because it is a custom aumolg us1 to fill every available space onl the walls. For tile price -we 1pay for three or four indifferent pictlures, one m'nght be procured that woulc be a constant joy, an educator of our lives and tllougllt, a com)palnion for all comnig years. A pictulze must mean something. There must be the in-visible for which it stands and whichL it is to suggest, —soumething in poetry, in hlistory or in romancec. " Tile invisible in libraries" are the visible in pictures allcl n vice ver'Sa(, for in pictures we see the speakinog eyes, the nloble brow-s and the forms of dead and living amuthors, soldiers, heroines,-the invlisible presences in every library and on eNvery book shelf. 60 Ilcnilto ILiterary ionthly. [Septernber, The great mass of pictures which adorn college rooms are works of first rate merit, engravings, photographs and chromolithographs of paintings by the very best artists of the world. Plaster casts from the best statues are met with in almost every room. We can claim companionship with works by such painters as Raphael, Guido, Landseer, Rosa Bonheur, Bierstadt and Huntington,-by such sculptors as Thorwoldsen, Powers and Palmer. There are many pictures and casts, however, by artists of less note, which have a well deserved popularity. Perhaps the most popular picture in college, and every where that Longfellow is read, is that of "Evangeline." There is a tradition that a Freshman once enquired who that girl was, whose great popul.arity gave her picture a place in every rooim. Next to "'Evangeline" we may mention the " IHuguenot lovers,"-a photograph from a painting of merit and value. The young man is a -Iugllenot, the young lady a Catholic. They are met beside a vine-hung wall on the evening before; the massacre of St. Bartholome'; the girl has told her lover of the horrors that would be enacted on the morrow, and vainly urges him to accept the white scarf which she would place upon his arm as a badge of safety. It is the old struggle between love and duty, with one of the great, sad events of history looming ominously on the night scene while it waits for the breaking morning. A photographed picture of Beatrice Cenci, painted by Guido, has the most tragic significance of any. A sweet, sad face, beautiful dark eyes fixed pensively, closed lips that tell of dispair and resignation; of the sorrows of a blighted, doomed life. Guido's Miadonna looks tenderly anld sadly upon us; and we repeat in the solmn measure of the old monkish Latin, "Stabat mater dolorosa Juxta crucem lacrymosa." There is a picture, that we recall, of Enoch Arden as he stands, transfixed in the midst of his great agony, beneath the ancient evergreen that overhangs the home of Philip Ray. In another we see MlIary Queen of Scots in the full pride of her youthful beauty, smiling and crowned with jewels. Again we see her a saddened queen, still beautiful. 1869.] JWorks of Art amongY College Boys. 61 In some rooms we find remnants of classical contests hung upon the walls. One drawing brings to mind the solid phalanx of the embattled Greeks as they stood and fought "Where the mountains took on Marathon And Marathon looks on the sea." Another, the theatre of Bacchus, recalls the glory of the Greek drama. There are the aisles and circular seats of stone rising one above another, and the throng of thirty thousand listening to the lessons of profound wisdom which the great masters of tragedy have taught the world. Again, upon the stage, Antigone, given to death for her sisterly affection, weeps in the agony of despair. Electra strews the grave of Agamlemnon with flowers, and prays for the coming of Orestes. Prometheus, bound for his philanthropic disposition, defies, the elements and lays plans to dethrone the King of the gods. And lo wanders sting-driven, bemoaning in her phrensy, lost maidenhood and wifehood unattained. On the curling lip and classic brow of our little cast of Apollo, the old Greek's grand scorn and pride of intellect still linger. We see the expression of the same power in this cast that in Greek verse taught the Chorialnb its sweep and power, the Anapaest and Dactyl their tripping lightness, the Dochmius its phrensied fire and tragic grandeur; that in sculpture, philosophy, and rhetoric have outrivaled the world and set examples for all conling time. A chromo-lithograph of Rosa Bonheur's " Morning," is perhaps, the finest work of art in college. "The herd winds slowly o'er the lea" as we have seen them, how often, in the old times on the old farm. The herd is as true to the originals that we recall as Rosa Bonheur is true to her noblest of arts. The sun gilds the distant mountains, and a ray lights the weary summits over which in thought we are climbing, and we see in our mind's eye the beautiful valley toward which we labor, with the streams which we knew in boyhood, flowing through with their elms and ashes; and beneath, the fair, sunny faces which smiled upon us in the long ago. Then there are other works of art which do not hang upon walls, but which wear holes in inside coat pockets, or rest fitB 62 IczHamilton ~Literarffy Jlfoonthly. [September, fully in sealed drawers, among heaps of letters in white envelopes. They are pictures on porcelain, pictures whose eyes feed with dreams that have " The tyranny of pleasure and of pain; That make us what we were not-what they will." There are still other pictures on iron, on paper,-all waiting to be pictures on porcelain, and wear coat pockets or nestle in delicate caskets. AMERICOAN PRACTIOALITY, BY KIRK P. CRANDALL, 69. Foreigners say that Americans are too practical; that they have too little regard for poetry and the fine arts; excellence in mere theory and intellectual refinement. Americans in Italy are accused of bestowing more attention on the want of labor-saving implements there, than on the paintings and relics of " mighty Rome;" of being more impressed with the lack of railroads in Palestine, than with the holy places of Jerusalem. and of regarding the Pyramids merely as convenient signposts on which to advertise patent medicines. Sonme of our own countrymen, a little behind the age, affected by foreign criticism and ridicule, think that they see the evil of being too practical, and prescribe for it in various ways; chiefly, however, by increased doses of the classics, and a more careful study of the times, when Metaphysics, " queen of sciences, was enthroned on her lofty pedestal;" and when, for the encouragement of the army, the supreme command was the reward of excellence in poetry. But it is well, before prescribing for an evil, to ascertain clearly whether it exists at all. Let us now, throwing aside the metaphysical definition which would make everything practical, take the term in its common meaning, understanding by practical science and knowledge, that which can be directly applied in the common pursuits of life, and by the practical in general, the employment of such knowledge and every means in our power in the pursuit and improvement of 1869.] Amnericac Practicality. 63 -the three great branches of industry, together with war and government, and see whether it is possible for a nation to be too practical; and whether the danger, if there be any, does not lie in another direction. He who pursues knowledge for its own sake, and lives on the principle "that man should be an end to himself," may afford a little enjoyment to himself, and possibly to a few others. The works of the practical man, on the contrary, directly influence the great mass of humanity. The masses being of more importance than a few individuals, it is plainly a duty -to attend to the practical. Our inclinations naturally lead us in a contrary direction. The laboring man prefers recreation to labor; the student prefers a novel to Peck's mechanics, and the man of science prefers seeking after truth, to making it serviceable to mankind. In the strife between duty and incliination, which is in the most danger of being neglected? From history we learn that every nation which has neglected the practical, has paid dear for the neglect, while the most practical nations have ruled the world. The character of the Greeks is shown to some extent by their poetry, and theatres and temples; that of the Romans by bridges, aequeducts and public roads. The arms of the Greeks were light, and made with a view to ornament; those of the Romans heavy, and made for business. The Macedonians had little fear of the light wounds inflicted by the arrows and javelins of the Greeks; but when in their first conflict with the Romans, they beheld the deep gashes of their Spanish sabres, whole heads:and arms lopped off at a blow, they were struck with terror, and showed their sense of the difference between theatre-going Greeks and practical Romans, by flying from the field. Those who are accustomed to draw moral lessonsifrom Greece, might learn one more from her fate-that it is possible for a nation to pay too dear for philosophy, theatrical performances and s;ong. Still, the Greeks had some consolation, for in company with the Asiatics, they succeeded at last in ruining Rome, by the very same means which had ruined themselves. Modern Italy is famous as a nation deficient in the practical, and excelling in art and music. What has Italy gained? Little else than the reputation of being first among nations in idleness and beggary; the exalted privilege of being the chopping 64 HEHnilzton -Literary foionthidJy. [September, block of France and Austria, and the spoil of whichever happens to be victor. The civilization of the masses advances in exact ratio with the advancement in practical science. The reason is plain: the larger part of mlankind are obliged to follow some useful calling in order to live, have little opportunity to acquire knowledge which does not directly aid them in business, and little inclination to acquire it even when they can. Almost their only culture is derived from practical science. The old classico-metaphysical system of education has utterly failed to do anything towards elevating the condition of the masses. Am.2ong the Greeks, where the useful arts were in the rudest state, and civilization meant only a few poets, artists and metaphysicians, what mattered it to the masses engaged in a continual struggle for existence, that they were living in "the land of science and song?" Both reason and experience prove that improvement in practical science is the only way to ilprove the condition of the masses? Still further, the most practical nations stand first in morality. To see this, one would need but compare the ancients with the moderns, or the nations of Southern Europe with Englandl and Almerica. Those who would ascribe this difference wholly to religion, should remember that Italy, the very home of the Pope, is remarkably eminent in immorality and crime. The reason appears to be, partly, " that the Devil finds; plenty of work for idle hands," and partly that in practical nations Nwealth is more easily acquired, and the temptation to crime removed. The fact, that the more practical a nation is, the higher it stands in wealth and power, civilization and morality, proves conclusively that a nation cannot be too practical f'r its true interest. It proves also, that we are indebted to practical men for everything that makes the present superior to the past. It also proves, that until a nation is well advanced in practical science, the question concerning Poetry, fiction and the fine arts, is only how far business can be advantageously neglected for pleasure, duty for inclination. It also shows the fallacy of the arguments of those who advocate the old classical system of education, on the ground that it diverts the mind from the sordid, money-making, practical cares of life. 1869.] The C(entemnial at Dartnouth. 65 Those who accuse Americans of leaving their education half-finished, in order to rush into the practical affairs of life, I would ask, how call we judge of education but by its effects? Are we to measure men by the length of time-spent in their education, or by what they accomplish in after life? Andl when Americans reflect on what they have already accomplished by their devotion to the practical, and on what still remains for.them to do, they need not be turned aside by criticism and ridicule, whether it comes from abroad or fror their own countrymen. HIANxovEP, N. H., July 22,'69. DEAnR IONTHLY: ~By request, I give you an account of i/,e Centeniiac at Dartmouth/~. Wednesday, July 21st, was the day chosen for the celebration. The exercises were opened wvith prayer by the Rev. Dr. Borston, of Keene. President Smith delivered the address of welcome. It -was in his best style, and fully merited the frequent hearty applause it received. He bade "welcoime" from. the many regions where their lot had been east; for, with a slight accommodation of the,oet " Wave may not foam, nor wild winds sweep, Where sleep not Dartmouth's dead,":and much the same may be said of her living sons from all tquarters of the land. The address was brief and fitting. After music by the Band, the Rev. Samuel G. Brown, D. D., TLL. D., President of Hamilton College, delivered the Historical Address. Would that space permitted me to give his able and interesting address entire. It was elegantly composed and finely delivered. Enlivened with wit and anecdote, ornate, w-while it informed, it delighted. At times the speaker, with peculiar grandeur, would roll out one of those weighty, Choate-,like sentences for which he is remarlkable. The following are:the dates given in the discourse: In theimicddle of the last century, the Rev. Eleazer Wheelock nwas settled at Lebanon, Conn. His salary being too small 66 Hcamzilton Literary Jilonthly. [September,. for his support, he opened a family school for boys. In 1754,. Joshua M[oor, a farmer of Mlansfield, Conn., gave to the school a house and two acres of land. It was thenceforth called "'Mioore's Charity School." Other individuals soon contributed, and the Legislatures of Massachusetts and Connecticut made small appropriations. One of the pupils was an Indian boy, of the Mohegan tribe, named Samson Cccum. Hie be — came a missionary on Long Island; and, in 1766, visited England to solicit donations for the school. He addressed many and large audiences in England and Scotland. Aany calme from curiosity to hear the Indian preacher, but went away astonished at his eloquence and talent. It was lhe who wrote the well known hylmn, " Awaked by Sinai's awful sound," &c. His success induced Dr. Wheelock to devote himself to the education of the Indian youth as missionaries to their tribes.. ~7,000 wvere subscribecld in England and Scotland at this time, including ~200 fi-om the Kihig, and fifty guineas from Lord Dartmouth, who was afterwards President of the 13oard of Trust. Dr. lWheelock resolved to obtain a charter and change the location. Offers of land were received from towns in iNew England, from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and even from the then wilds beyond the Mississippi. But New Hampshire gave most encouragement, and a site there was determined upon. In August, 1770, he visited towns on the Connecticut River, andfinally selected HElanover as the site of the future College. The pine forest was almnost unbrorken throughout the whole town. Except two or three log huts there was no ho;use within two miles. When he planted his school there was some significance in one College motto: "Vox Clamantis in deserto." The charter was procuned from the Iling by John Went — worth, the Colonial Governor of New Hamnpshire. He also granted it a ferry across the Connecticut River. IHe wvas the best friend the College ever had, and was its real founder. "Long John," of Chicago, who was present on the stage, is a descendant of his. The first class was graduated in 1771. In 1773, Dr. Wheelock submitted to tile Board of Trust, in Eng — 1869.] [Tle Centennial a(t Dartmouth. 67 land, a Hebrew Grazmmar prepared by one of his pupils, which was published and used as a text book. The Medical Department of the College was founded in 1796, and graduated its first class in 1798. Elezer Wheelock (D. D.'cd by Oxford University,) was President from 1769 to 1799; his son, John Wheelock, to 1815; Francis Brown (the father of the present honored head of your College) to 1820. It was during his adlministration that Dartmouth passed through its baptism of severest trial. The story is long and known to many. It was saved from ruin by that masterly speech of Webster, before the Supreme Court at Washington, when he melted the entire Bench to tears, won a national reputation, and drew from Chief Justice M[arshall that decision which has given stability to every College and eleemosynary institution in the land. Bennett Tyler was President to 1828; Nathan Lord to 1863, (35 years,) when Asa D. Smith, the present accomplished incumbent, was elected. At the conclusion of Dr. Brown's address, an ode was suing and the assembly dispersed till 2 o'clock P. ir. The afternoon was devoted to speeches on the relations of the College to the different professions. Judge Chase, as President of the Alumni Association, opened the exercises with a short address. IIon. Ira Perley, LL. D., Chief Justice of the Superne Court of New Hampshire, spoke on the relations of the College to the Law. IIon. Daniel Clark, LL. D., of Manchester, cdiscoursed on Statesmlanship; Richarcl B. Kimball, the auLthor, on Literature; Senator Jas. TW. Patterson, (formerly a Professor here,) on Science and the Arts; Dr. Taylor, of Andover, MIass., was to have spoken on Education; Prof. Bartlett, of Chicago, on Religion, but a heavy shower prevented. May Dartmouth's second century witness-both to the College and the world —greater progress than the first. Yours, F. Editorial. We admire the honesty of Montaigne who never failed in the account of his yearly expenses, to make the following entry: " Item-for my abominable laziness-a thousand livres." That the past eight weeks must be entered in our books as a lazy time, we are made painfully aware, as we attempt to climb the " hill" again. We thought, that Senior year would find us toughened and time-used to that trying ascent and descent; but a few weeks passed in a comparatively level region, make us as sensible of its difficulties, as when we were Freshmen. But no fault-finding with our glorious " old hill." Her sides may be steep, her walks not always the best, the winds that'she courts, a trifle too strong and piercing; but who would forego the morning prospects, that from all along the hill-side, greet the student on his downward tramp. Who would ask for a site, other than that wve have for our Campus, crowning the crest of the ]hill with its grand old trees, handsome hedges, and shaded walks. We have sometimes heard students of Hamilton, complain, that we have no means of esthetic culture, no Art Gallery, no studios, nothing to call out and cultivate a love of the beautiful. "Having eyes and see not," is our opinion of such. He, who from day to day, can look from the upper windows of any of our college buildings upon the Campus beneath, and the scenery beyond —. stretching out for miles, incomparably beautiful in its grouping of valley, hill, wood-land, and stream-and yet be unmoved, with no sensibility quickened, like one dead within to the living without, need not hope for human artist to call into being esthetic tastes. But the hammering of carpets, and the raking of furniture along the halls accompanied by Peter's shrill expostulations, remind us of the practicalities of college life, and that we must hasten to say our few remaining words to the readers of the MONMTILY. For'70, we, of course, expect " a pleasant and profitable year." Class politics and the usual storms of college experience, have hardly ruffled our sea thus far. Perhaps for years, no class in its associations has moved over the first three turns of its course more smoothly 1han ours. May we not hope that our last few months together before we separate, shall be crowned with even a still more generous sympathy, a broader charity, and a more extended friendly intercourse, that shall make their memory sweet and tender throughout all our after-life.'71, we welcome you to the delights of Junior year; and they are many. True, Greek roots tough and deeply set are in the way, as well as unknown feet that never fail to trip the unwary; but there are also weekly lectures, justly famous in the history of Hamilton College. Leztures, that bring old 1869.] JAditors' Table. 69 Hellas near; making one to fancy that the shades of Eschylus and Sophocles have risen before him, to charm again with the story of their lives, and the power and beauty of their genius. Sophomores, "'Curves of the Witch" and other diabolical forms, for which Analytics and Calculus are responsible, present themselves too distinctly to our minds, for us to predict you much joy. (We did not take the Mathematical prize. Ed.) But you have other duties.'73 waits your tutelage, a class which the Prof's say promises fine things in scholarship-what, in other respects, it is for you to know. Lastly'73, when the year speeds'round, may it be as hard for you to believe, as it has been for many before, that college life has in its calendar happier days, than those of Freshman year. The name of WVm. M. Butler, appears in this number among the names of Editors of the 3iontlt/ly, in place of that of C. G. Baldwin, who has accepted a Professorship in the Institution at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. The department of general College news is omitted in this issue, on account of the quantity of Local matter on hand. Our Commencement report does not make mention of the Concert given by Sullivan's Band, on Tuesday evening of Commencement week. Our space forbids an extended notice of it, such as we would like to give. We will say, however, that not only their Concert, but most of the music furnished by the Band during the week, was superior to any of their previous efforts to which we have had the pleasure of listening. l1oniorary Degrees. The Albany Arygts, reports a pleasant episode at the Fifth Anniversary of the University Convocation of the State of New York. During the afternoon Session of Wednesday, Aug. 4th, Chancellor Pruyn announced that a meeting of the Regents of the University, held that day, it was unanimously Resolved, That the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, be conferred on Noah Turner Clark, Prin.cipal of the Canandaigua Academy: Malcolm McVicar, President of the Potsdamr Normal School: Also, the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature, on Edward North, Professor of the Greek Language and Literature in Hamilton College, and Benjamin Nicholas Martin, D- D., Professor of Logic and Intellectual and Moral Science in the University of the City of New York. The announcement of each of these names was greeted by the Convocation with warm applause. The Chancellor further announced that, pursuant to his own suggestion and the approval of the Board, the aforesaid derees would be immediately conferred by the venerable Vice-Chancellor, Gulian C. Verplanck, LL. D. This interesting ceremony was then duly performed in Latin by the ViceChancellor, attired in the official robe and cap; after which, the recipients of these high literary honors were congratulated by numerous personal friends. 70 Hamilton Literacry Xiontl7y. [September, The International Boat Race. The representative Universities of England and America have met in a friendly contest on the waters of the Thames. The result is known to all of us; but as it is a matter of such interest as will not soon be forgotten, we shall give the essential particulars of the contest for future reference. In 1868, Harvard sent a challenge to Oxford for a race on the river Ouse, at King's Lynn, a little town on the east coast of England; but as the English were unwilling to row without a coxswain, and as the Americans would not row with one, and as the time of year was not suited to both Universities, nothing came of the negotiations. In April last, Mr. Simmons, the captain of the Harvard crew, after some difficulty in securing a crew suitable for the undertaking, sent the following challenge to Oxford: CAMBRIDGE, MASS., l April 6th, 1869. To the President of the Oifordc UMiive'sity Boat Club: The undersigned, in behalf of the Harvard University Boat Club, hereby challenges the Oxford University Boat Club to row a race in out-rigger boats from Putney to Mortlake, some time between the middle of August and the first of September, 1869; each boat to carry four rowers and a coxswain. The exact time of the race to be agreed upon at a meeting of the crews. This challenge to remain open for acceptance one week after date of reception. WTYi. H. SIMMONS, Captain HZ. U. B. C. P. S.-A similar challenge has been to-day, sent to Cambridge, and we would like to have all three crews row in the same race. Would this be agreeable to you? WM. H. SIMMONS, Ccaptairn I. U. B. C. Cambridge was challenged as a mere act of courtesy, having suffered defeat for nine years running, at the the hands of her famous rival. Oxford accepted, and Cambridge conditionally, but afterwards withdrew from the contest. The Harvard crew sailed for England on Saturday, July 10, on board the City of Paris. Accompanying them as substitutes, were G. G. Willard, of Boston, and J. S. Fay, of Boston; W. T. Blaikie, a fellow student as buisness manager, and Mr. Elliott, the boat builder. The time chosen for the contest was Friday, August 27th, 1869. Thomas Huughes, the "old boy" whom we all know and love so well, was chosen referee. Chitty was the Umpire selected by Oxford, Gulston of the " London Rowing Club" was the Umpire for Harvard. Blaikie acted as starter. Fay and Lyman took the plkaces of Rice and Bass in the Harvard crew. As the two crews differed some from those originally chosen, we give them as they were on the Thames: OXFOnD.-1, F. Nillan, Exeter, 164 pounds; 2, A. C. Yarborough, Lincoln, 170 pounds; 3, J. C. Tinne, University, 190 pounds; 4, G. D. Darbishire, Balliol, stroke, 160 pounds; J. H. Hall, Corpus, Coxswain, 100 pounds. HARvARD.-1, J. G. Fay, Boston, 159 pounds; 2, F. O. Lyman, Hawaain Islands, 157 pounds; 3, Wr. H. Simmons, Concord, 171 pounds; 4, A. P. Loring, Boston, stroke, 156 pounds; A Burnham, Chicago, coxswain, 112 pounds.. Both crews came out promptly; Oxford showing first, 3 minutes before five and Harvard following. Harvard having won the toss for choice of position, chose the outside of the curve or the Middlesex side. Both boats started abreast of the Umpire's steamer. Blaikie gave the word " go" at ex. 1809.] Editors' Table. 71 actly five hours fourteen minutes and forty-one seconds. It was a suprememoment-England and America waiting with suspended oars, while all London looked on the scene, and half the world were listening for the telegraphicclick that should tell that the oars had been dipped and the victory won, Harvard jumped away at the word, Loring beginning with the stroke of forty-six to the minute. Darbishire was content with forty. Harvard began almost immediately to lead, drawing away from Oxford and rowing well together and in better form than ever before. At Crown Cottage they were full half a length ahead. Both crews were doing their best; but Oxford,. which was never under any stress, increasing its measured stroke of forty to the minute, rowed with a precision beyond all praise. Long before Hammersmith was reached, Harvard having a clear lead was entitled to Oxford's water; but in trying to take it, the Coxswain, it is said, sheered wild and lost about a boat's length, besides losing his composure. (The London Times does not credit this, and says " Harvard's little Coxswain was as faultless as his mnen.") Oxford steered admirably well, and did not lose an inch to the end. At Crab Tree, Harvard was a good length ahead; but here the pace, began to tell. The stroke had fallen from 46 to 44 and 40, and then went up again to 43. Beyond Crab Tree, Oxford began to creep up, and was soon, alongside. This Loring would not suffer, but drove on his boat with spirit,. and shot Hammersmith Bridge a length ahead, once more. Darbishire wasstill pulling steadily 40 strokes to the minute. To the eyes of those accustomed to boating, the race was virtually over after the bridge was passed, although Harvard was still a length ahead. Their rowing grew wild, their pace had been exhausting, and Oxford again, began to draw on them. It was the last struggle of the race. Oxford drew level, then ahead, then a full length ahead; and off Chiswick Church, took. Harvard's water. There remained two miles and more to row, but the last chance and hope of Harvard was gone. Thence on, they bravely rowed a, hopeless race. The Harvard Coxswain threw water in the faces of his men, checking the boat, and partially losing control of it. At the final moment, Loring, in nohope of success, rallied the last energies of his exhausted crew, and drove to, within a length and a half, (somne authorities say a half length,) of the Oxford boat, and so passed the Judges boat. The time occupied was 22 minutes 20, seconds and three-fifths. In speculating concerning Harvard's defeat, x e prefer to trust the Lonolon Times, rather than the T(ibune correspondent, who, if we mistake not, cherishes a little bitterness toward Harvard. The following statements, by the JTfimes, seem to us the sensible view of the case:: "As for gallantry, energy and pluck, Harvard showed an example we may humbly hope to equal, but which we cannot excel. The victory was a.victory of education; and here the advantage was all on one side. We live, noti in rowing only, a closer life. The competition is sharper; the lessons of the. past are more searching, more exact. The margin of our lives is so narrow,. that every possible economy of strength has been utilized during successive generations. Rowing is with us a science. It has been developed bit by bit by men who have made it their business, and knew that on the contests. before them, the smallest wrinkle told. Thus it happened on Friday that. the Oxford crew knew precisely the limits of continuous effort. They knew where to abstain as well as where to abound. The advantage is, however,. perhaps not without its drawbacks; for it may be that nations like men, should have some reserve of natural endowment, which should be, as it were, not brought into tillage so as to be better able to meet the days when the. progress of others shall have equalized. the benefits of training." < 2 Iamilton Literacry ionthl/y. [September, Ithaca and Cornell University. EDITORS OF MONTHLY:-That man was wise who uttered the words, " cir-cumstances alter cases." At least I thought so, as the steamer " Kate Morgan" rounded a point on Cayuga lake, and disclosed to my view the beautiful village of Ithaca. There, nestling quietly at the head of the lake, lay a town, which two years since was unassuming and but little known; but to-day is rnoted and some might say "far-famed." Reasoning from cause to effect one justly inquires, what has wrought this change? The question is answered -as Cornell University appears on the distant hills. Ithaca, its scenery and its Cayuga lake are all the same as formerly; but they have received new importance by the addition of a single " circumstance." Ithacans pride themselves upon their beautiful lake, their grand scenery -and their " world-renowned" University. Of these I desire to notice the latter more particularly. No one familiar with current news has not read and heard a detailed account of this University, and I doubt if the major-.ity of news-mongers have not represented Cornell University as a " big thing." Now the question arises is this institution as " big" as it claims to,be. We think not. First, because it grants its students so many " optional -:courses." These courses are opposed to the study of the classics; and any one familiar with a thorough course of education is assured that a " classical course" is the best for discipline. At present, only thirty-five of the three hundred and fifty students are pursuing a classical course. Second, the re]igious training at the University, is, according to the Cornell Student's statement, a " complete farce." The catalogue says the University " cannot be sectarian." WTe will grant that this is proper. But this catalogue says, "Simple religious services are held daily at the University Chapel, which. all the students, except those especially excused for due cause shown to the;!Faculty, are expected to attend." That reads well, but it is faulty in this that the students "are expected to attend." The expectation, of Faculty and students differ oftentimes as the following statement will show: The.morning I attended chapel exercises only twenty-four students were in at- tendance. I was informed by a student that once the number rose as high;as six. So much for expectation. Can any one doubt that ere long infidelity will not find a hiding place in such an institution. My third objecttion is to the lecturing system. But I have been looking at the unattractive side of Cornell University. I will now look at the pleasant side. Cornell has its advantages. The first is its system of " Special courses." A person desiring to perfect himself in -Chemistry or the Mathematical Arts, can devote his whole time to these,branches. The libraries of Cornell are said to contain a valuable selection of books.,I did not see many books, but what I did see were fully up to the represen-tation of newspapers. Among the Professors of Cornell are the celebrated men, President White and Prof. Goldwin Smith. If the University had a few more men of their stamp, it could draw students from the popularity of its instructors. Goldwin Smith, is in my judgement, one of the most cultivated men in America. -To be in the presence of such a man, is in itself beneficial. This Professor 1869.] Lditors' tble. 7 devotes but a small portion of his time to giving instruction. Just here is the drawback. Before closing my attempt to represent Cornell University as it really appeared to me, I desire to mention the "labor system." This system willti inevitably be given up; for any young man of good brain power can earn more than ten cents per hour; but such is the compensation at Cornell.. Again the time will soon come when but a few can obtain employment.. The low price of labor as well as its scarcity will ultimately, I think, destroy the system. As I turned to leave Ithaca, after a stay of three days, I heartily con-.curred with the statement of another who said, " I have seen other institu- - tions which surpass'Cornell University.'" To those boys who propose attending this University, I would say "go and see the institution before you enter your name and then you will have no newspaper to blame." We have heard it rumored, that a pamphlet would be published by'69, containing the class day exercises. Besides inaugurating a pleasant custom,. the issue would be gladly welcomed by the College world. PRIzEs.-On Friday morning, July 9th, the following prizes were announc-.. ed by President Brown: Cilark Prize in Oratory-John Curtis Fowler. Pruyn Medal-Samuel F. Eagg. Head Prize-Chas. H. Searle. Underwood Prizes in Chemistry-i-st, E. J. Wickson.; 2d, K. P. Crandall... Curran Classical Prizes-ist, A. Palmer Kent; 2d, Edwin,A. McMath. Hawley Medals-Sylvester Gardner, WVm. H. Butler, Chas. K.. Hoyt, Henry C. Maine, Tompkins Mathematical Prizes —ist, Benj. Rhodes; 2d, Edward C. WBVright. Prizes in English Composition, Junior Class-" The True Office of Criticism," Maurice D. Edwards; "Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra," Chas. K. Hoyt. Sophomore Class-" Landscape Gardening as a Fine Art," Woolsey R. Hopkins; "English Hymns," Daniel A. Ferguson. Freshman Class-" The History of American, Coinage," John. H. Hopkins;. " The Career and Character of St. Paul," B. G. Smith. THE TREASURERSHEP.-At the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees,in 1868, Judge Williams tendered his resignation as Treasurer of the College. The subject was referred to a Committee, who, on the 31st ultimo, reported that Mr. Williams still desired to be relieved from the duties of the office. The Board, in accordance with this report, accepted the resignation;, but no successor was elected, and the subject was deferred until the next meeting of the Board, so that Judge Williams still continues Treasurer. -Prof. Wm. N. McHarg,. has resigned the Latin Professorship of the College. We understand that-he has accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church in Westfield, N. Y. Prof. McHarg, has been connected with the College for seven years, having entered upon his duties in 1862. -The Rev. A. Grosvenor Hopkins, has accepted the apppintment of As — sistant Professor of the Latin, Language and.Literature.. 74 ilaymilton, iitoeray Mont/hly. [September, -Chester Huntington, class of'66, has accepted the position of Tutor for the coming year. -It is rumored that Dr. Peters is preparing a report of the late Astronomical Expedition. His silence leads us to believe that his report will be of unusual importance. But whether it will appear in American journals, is a question, as we understand that the Dr. prefers the scientific journals of Europe to record the results of his research. -The class of'73 numbers, at present, about forty-four, with the prospect,of several additions during the year. Two men joined the class of'70, three the class of'71, and four the class of'72. Among those entering are representatives from eight Colleges. Commencement Week. A popular writer has said that one college commencement is a type of all others. That in their exercises from year to year there is " nothing new under the sun." We admit that this is partially true. True to those from abroad, who watch a certain number of young men while they go through certain motions, and recite a certain number of words to a critical or indifferent audience. Not true to the members of college who remain behind and the Alumni who have passed the portals of a commencement. Not true to the waiting friends who watch for the appearance of a son, a brother, or cousin, on the commencement stage. For the last two classes we write briefly the story of the Fifty-Seventh Commencement. The exercises were opened as usual, at half-past ten on Sunday morning, with the Baccalaureate discourse of President Brown. The text chosen was Ist Timothy iv. 8. The sermon was one of the most able and eloquent of our President, and was listened to with intense interest by a large and select audience. His farewell address to the graduating class was most appropriate and impressive. The singing of the College choir on this occasion was well worthy of praise. In the evening, the Rev. George F. Wiswell, D. D., of Philadelphia, addressed the Society of Christian Research. His theme was the extension of the Spiritual Kingdom and its final supremacy throughout the world. We consider the Society very fortunate in securing the services of an interesting speaker and able writer. On Monday evening the usual crowd filled the Stone Church to witness the contest of prize declaimers. Sullivan's band, of Troy, furnished the music. The following programme shows the order of speaking and the subjects: Freshmen. Extract from Lippard-Albert L. Blair, Madison. Extract, Anonymous-Arthur S. Hoyt, Auburn. Extract from Harper-Brainard G. Smith, Canandaigua. Extract from G. W. Curtis-Hezekiah Webster, Sennett. Sophomores. Extract from H. WV. Beecher-Franc B. Daniels, Wilmington, Ill. Extract from Storey-Frederic G. Kendall, New York. Extract from G. W. Curtis-Charles L. Stone, Mexico. Extract from John Bright-Edward C. Wright, Elbridge. 1869.] Edcitors' Tcable. 75 Jltniomrs. Extract from Victor Hugo-Sylvester Gardner, Fayetteville. Extract from A. H. Stephens-Thomas D. Jester, Wilmington, Del. Extract from R. H. Storrs, Jr.-George Arthur Millard, Clayville. Extract from Burritt-James S. Root, Phelps. The Committee of Award consisted of the Rev. Dr. G. F. Wiswell, of Philadelphia, Rev. Dr. Porter, of Watertown, and Prof. J. B. Rundell, of Boston. At the close of the speaking they announced their decision as follows: Freshman Class-ist prize, Brainard G. Smith; 2d prize, Hezekiah Webster. Sophomore Class —ist prize, Frederic G. Kendall; 2d prize, Edward C. Wright. Junior Class-1st prize, Thomas D. Jester; 2d prize, James S. Root. The selections of all the speakers were unusually appropriate, and everything conspired to make the exercises entertaining and profitable. At nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, entrance examination took place. The numbers applying for examination were large, and the general appearance and scholarship was very promising. KINGSLEY PRIZE DEBATE. In the afternoon, at precisely three o'clock, the exercises were opened with. prayer by Rev. Dr. Hopkins, of Auburn Theological Seminary. After music, the following question, " Is a written preferable to an unwritten constitution," was discussed as follows: Affirmative, F. M. Burdick, of De Ruyter, and WV. M. Lillibridge, of Holland Patent. Negative, G. E. King, of Ravenna, 0., and C. A. Wetmore, of Norwich. The order in which the contestants were to speak, having been decided by lot, Mr. Lillibridge opened the discussion in behalf of the affirmative. The speaker defined the question and stated his line of argument clearly and forcibly. He was followed on the negative by Mr. King, who, after briefly replying to some arguments of his opponent, discussed the negative with great skill and tact. The next speaker on the affirmative, Mr. Burdick, proceeded to support the arguments of his colleague, and controvert those of his opponent. His effort was characterized by close analysis and concise statement. Mir. Wetmore followed with an earnest and forcible speech in favor of the negative. The second speeches by the contestants, although of but five minutes length were able, and delivered with great clearness and force. The judges to whom the award of prizes was deferred, were the Hon. Francis Kernan Rev. S. Hanson Coxe, and Theodore W. Dwight, LL. D. The competition was unusually close. The prizes were announced at Alumni meeting Wednesday evening: First prize, W. M. Lillibridge, of Holland Patent; second prize, C. A. Wetmore, of Norwich. ATLUMNI MEETING. The exercises of the meeting took place on Wednesday, at half-past ten o'clock, in the Stone Church. They consisted of the reading of the Necrological report by Prof. Edward North; the Annalist's letter, (written by Rev. John Barton, class of 1819,) read by Prof. Upson; and short speeches. The Rev. A. K. Strong, of the class of'42, was appointed to the chair. ;76 H /Iamiltosn Lite?rlary llonzthly. [September, A committee consisting of the following gentlemen was appointed for the purpose of nominating officers for the ensuing year: C. A. Hawley, class of'59; B. F. Chapman, class of'39; J. J. Knox, class of'49; U. S. Lane, class of'51; and A. P. Kelsey, class of'56.. OFFICERS OF TIE ALUmINI FOR 1869-70. The nominating committee offered the following report of officers, which was accepted: P resident-David H. Cochran, Ph. D., LL. D., class of 1850, President of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Vice Presidents-Hon. Othniel S. Williams, Clinton; Hon. Theodore W. Dwight, New York; Hon.. Gilbert C. Walker, Richmond, Va. Executive Committee-Rev. Charles Jerome, Dr. John C. Gallup, Dr. Dorrance K. Mandeville, Prof. Anson J. Upson, Hon. Joseph S. Avery, Prof. Ambrose P. Kelsey, Andrew J. Mills, Esq., Prof. Edward W. Root, Rush W.. Bissell, Clinton. Co rresponding Secr'etar'y-Rev. Amos D. Gridley. Recording Secretary and Necrologist-Prof. Edward North. Treasccrer —L. Parsons Bissell, Esq. Annalist-Prof. Charles Avery, LL. D., class of 1820. Orator-Hon. Daniel Darwin Pratt, U. S. Senator, Logansport, Ind., class of 1831. Poet-Rev. Myron Adams, Union Springs, N. Y., class of 1863. The Rev. L. M. Miller, D. D., offered for the consideration of the Alumni the following resolution: Resolved, That the resident Alumni of New York City in forming an association for mutual aid and comfort, and promoting the interests of our College, have set an example worthy to be imitated in other places by their fellow Alumni. After a short discussion of the resolution it was adopted. AFTERNOON-CLASS DAY EXERCISES. Class day at Hamilton occupies a fitting place among her jubilee days. It occurs at a time that adds rather than takes away interest from the Commencement proper. Of all the days, it is nevertheless the most pleasant and enjoyable,-to the class, the nmost replete with memories and the saddest. The Class day exercises of'69 were more than usually interesting. The exercises of the afternoon were opened bay prayer by Rev. Dr. Hopkins, of Auburn. After music by Sullivan's band, the President of the occasion, Mr. C. A. Wetmore, introduced the Orator of the day, Mr. Charles H. Searle. The subject of his oration was, "True Success." It was ably written and eloquently delivered. S. N. Dexter North, the Poet of the class, followed withl a poem of unusual merit. It abounded in classical allusion, in humor and sentiment. The delivery was all that could be desired. The History of the class was furnished by Mr. Fred E. Cleveland. The History to which he treated the audience was the rarest and raciest, —most truly representing the humor of the author and the wondrous doings of'69. The Prophet of the class, Mr. Adelbert J. Schlager, succeeded in keeping the class and audience in an almost continual roar. His effort was the most humorous of prophecies. The class separated after their farewell smoke in the park, to gather in their full strength, no more. 1869. Eclilto8s' Table. 77 WEDNESDIAY EVENING-AILUMiNI MEETING. The meeting was presided over by the Hon. Theodore WV. Dwight, LL. D. The exercises were opened by prayer by Rev. Joel A. Parker, ID. D., of Newark, N. J., after which the President of the evening introduced Rev. John McLean, of Galena, Ill., who delivered the oration. The subject chosen by the orator was Climate and Scenery as Educators. The address showed a broad philosophy and a true appreciation of the beautiful. During the address happy allusion was made to the beautiful grounds connected with our College, and their influence not only on the mind of the speaker but on all of Hamilton's sons. On account of the absence of the Poet, the remaining time was occupied in brief addresses by some of the distinguished visitors present. The following are the names of those who responded to the invitation of the President: Rev. Joel A. Parker, D. D., of Newark, N. J., class of'24; Governor WTells, of Virginia; Rev. Thomas S. Hastings, D. D., of New York; Rev. Dr. Wiswell, of Philadelphia; Rev. )D. Niles, of Williams; and Rev. Samuel Scoville, of Yale. With some appropriate remarks by the President the meeting closed. COMMENCEMIENT DAY. The rapidly increasing heat of the previous days culminated on Thursday, rendering a seat in the crowded church very uncomfortable. Nevertheless,'69 braved the heat and came off with flying colors. The exercises of the morning were opened with prayer, by Rev. Samuel Gilman Brown, D. D., LL. D., President of the College. The programme of the forenoon was as follows: 1. Salutatory Oration in Latin-John C. Fowler. 2. Oration: The Superstitions of the Intelligent-Amlos J. Allen. 3. Oration: The Benefits of Jesuitism-Charles Anderson, Jr. 4. Oration: The Significance of Inventions-Charles D. Barrows. 5. Oration: Trust, in Christian Character-John E. Beecher. 6. Oration,: Compensation-Henry H. Benedict. 7. Dissertation: Political Integrity-Rush TvV. Bissell. S. Classical Oration: The Statesmanship of Pericles-Francis M. Burdick. 9. Oration: Legal Integrity-Channing J. Brown. 10. Oration: The Heroism of the Naturalist-Jere M. Chrysler. 11. High Oration: Henry Wtadsworth Longfellow-Frederic E. Cleveland. 12. Ethical Oration: Socrates as an Educator-Rufus T. Griggs. 13. Oration: Sympathy for Ireland-John D. Conley. 14. Oration: Our Relations to the Indian Tribes-William L. Downing. 15. High Oration: American Indebtedness to Edmund Burke-Thomas W. Fitch. 16. Pruyn Medal Oration:a The Influence of American Politics upon Education-Samuel F. Bagg. Our limited space prevents an extended notice of the orations; but we can say of them as a whole, that they were fully up to the high standard which'69 has always maintained in College. The following is a programme of the afternoon: 17. Oration: Opinion, Belief, Trust-Lewis R. Foote. 18. Oration: The Iufluence of Home Life upon Government-John C. Fowler. 19. Oration: Vestiges of Despotism-Otis R. Glover. 20. Legal Oration: The Conservatism of the Law-George E. King. 21. Oration: Anonymous Journalism-DeLinton W. Greenfield. C 78 llcaznilton Iiterary iJoit/hily. LSeptember, 22. Oration: "' Laus Inopice"-William P. Heston. 23. High Oration: The Central Park and its Lessons-Erwin C. Hull. 24. Literary Oration: The Adaptation of the Style of Addison to the Present Time-Martin D. Kneeland. 25. High Oration: Supremacy of the National Constitution-WVillard M. Lillibridge. 26. High Oration: The Anti-Fedralists-Rice McCauley. 27. Oration: Poets, Laureate, English and American-S. N. Dexter North. 28. Historical Discussion: "TWas Aaron Burr Guilty of Treason"-Geo. E. Draper,* Elliot R. Payson. 29. Philosophical Oration: Reason and Faith-Cornelius E. Luckey.* *Excused. 30. Oration: The Sensational in Fiction-Francis C. Pope. 31. Oration: "Ne Plus Ultra" —Adelbert J. Schlager. 32. Oration: Allstons "Belshazzar's Feast"-Seldon H. Talcott. 83. High Orator, with the Head Prize Oration: The Relations of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr-Charles H. Searle. 34. Oration: National Sympathy-Henry H. Wells, Jr. 35. Oration: The Future of American Art-Charles A. WTetmore. 36. Oration: The Light House-Edward J. Wickson. 37. Oration: Symmetrical Developmlent-Williaml H. Whiting. PI'izes and Degrees confee