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THE DAUA7 EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2D, 1871.111 &
CITT 1 HTBLH UGIICB.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The Department of Arts.
I 1 4th Commencement.
The Graduates and
the Dcjrrees.
A Brilliant Scene at the Academy
This morning at 10 o'clock the 114th Annual
Commencement of the Department of Arts of
the Lnlversityof Pennsylvania took place at the
Academy of Music, which was thronged with
ladies and gentlemen. At a quarter before 10
a number of clergymen, judges, members ot
Councils, the alumni association, and other
graduates of the University, with the faculty,
formed in line In the foyer, and proceeded in
this formal manner upon the stage, when the
CJermanla Orchestra struck up a charming sere
nade. This concluded, prayer was made by the
Rev. Dr. Krautb. The programme of exerclseB
which then succeeded was as follows:
Latin Salutatory James Trice Townsend.
mpsic.
"Northern Lights" Newton Kelm.
The Birth-day of the Race William O. Frepdlcy.
Public Opinion as a Social Force Johu it.
Jtoberts. (Excused from speaking.)
MUSIC.
The Sources of Influence William R. Murphy.
The Simian and the Aryan Hampton L. Car
eon, Jr.
Comparative Mythology William B. Stoever.
(Excused from speaking.)
The Master's oration was then delivered, as
follows, by Joseph Cressou Fraley:
The Master's Oration, by J. C. Fralcy.
In Bulwer's novel of "Zanonl," a book no less re
markable for the nobility of Its sentiment than for
the beauty of the mysticism in which it Is veiled,
occurs the following passage. The author, In de
picting the last days of the Kelgn of Terror, follows
his heroine through the gloomy gates of the Concler
gerie, and writes: "A squalid and yet a gay world
did the prison bouses of that day present. There,
as In the sepulchre to which they led. all ranks were
cast with an even-handed scorn, and yet there the
reverence that comes from great emotions restored
Nature's llrst and Imperishable, and most lovely
and most noble law the Inequality between maa
and man. Place was given by the prisoners, whether
royalists or sans. culottes, to age, to learning, to re
nowii. to beauty, and strength, with Its owu Inborn
chivalry, raised into rank the helpless and the weak ;
the iron sinews and the Herculean shoulders made
way for the woman and the child, and the graces of
humanity, lost elsewhere, sought their refuge la the
abode of terror."
That blurred &nC blotted text-book that was
opened by the demagogues of '89 bears many lessons
for us who come alter lessons that all centre
around the true meaning of that word "equality," of
which liberty was but a condition, as fraternity was
us corollary, and all converge more or less directly
toward one central idea the necessity of an aristo
cracy in all human government, an element wtose
power should not be in proportion to its numbers.
And It Is to Illustrate this principle, ant to put its
results and necessities as forcibly as I can before
you, that 1 have undertaken to preach a sort of lay
sermon to day upon the subject of a republican aris
tocracy, and for a confession of faith to start with
the proposition 'AU men are created unequal.
Heretical and paradoxical though It may seem, it
is Nature's heresy and paradox that 1 am stating,
not mine, and all complaints must be addressed to
her. It Is only with its couBequences that we have
to do In the regulation of our own real Inconsisten
cies, not Nature's seeming ones. For it is a posltlou
which I do not wish nor attempt to prove. With all
due respect to our friends the logicians, there are
yet questions where their syllogisms are at fault,
matters too deep to be sounded even by that infalli
ble plummet-line of linked hexameters. All I ask
Is that each should look into the depths of his own
heart, and see if he personally recognizes vUat
equality there.
Is there not an aristocracy of birth here, in vt hose
reins the santj azul has been purifying Itself s'.nce
the pre-hlstoric colonial times? And, by a far higher
title, have we not an aristocracy of Intellect? Can
we say that wealth has no pre-emineuce or posltlou
in this land of railroad kings and merchant princes,
or deny that there was once, in the goldeu age or
the Fire Department, a potent aristocracy of muscle?
It is a principle universally received throughout our
country in these matters, and since this is the case,
since we give equality the He every day of our lives,
why on earth do we recognize it in just the one
thing where it is most utterly and totally and dan
gerously fame? I mean the matter of politics.
We have grown up under a system into which
those words of Jederson's are so universally Inter
woven that their constant repetition falls to arouse
us to a due sense of their meaning, yet I think there
are but few to whom the paradox has not come
crushlngly home at some time or other. Have you
ever stood by on election-day and seen some dirty,
Ignorant emigrant hustled forward to the polls?
Have you watched him deliver his vote, and as he
went by you reeking with the whisky which had
been its price, tried on this matter of equality then
and there, without asking yourself how, in the name
ot all that was true and just, such a thing could be?
Is it quite fair that this man's vote should kill yours ;
that his voice should reach as far? You, who have
grown up amldBt the institutions of the country,
perhapB spent years in earnest, thoughtful study of
them. He, fresh from the vices and mischievous
traditions of the Old World ; stubborn, opinionated,
and seeking to Implant them in the New. You, who
have a hundred Issues at stake, Issues that stretch
far into the future, and whose decision may, per
haps, influence your whole life. He, whom no turn
cf Fortune's wheel can ever bring lower, and to
whom all Issues are alike. It is not a pleasant thing
to contemplate, and the feelings it arouses towards
one's fellow-men are not always the most kind and
Christian. Every Tory instinct of one's nature is stung
into Indignation, and cries, " rest the power from
these men while there is yet time. Restrict the suf
frage, and bar out by some qualification or other all
but those who have Interests at stake and principles
to back them." Yes, and run straight into the trap
which has been the death of all republics since the
world began, a distinct governed but un
represented class. There is Scylla. On the
other band, some power must be upper
most here, and if it is to be in these men's
lands you Lave read your history to but Httie pur
pose if you cannot foresee the end. Ho you think
that our civilization is so firmly rooted that nothlug
can upturn it? Do you think that, because fifteen
hundred years are past, there are no barbarians left
to overran this Western world? Can you not
see a new n.serlc landing with his Irish,
thousands strong, each week in New York,
while a second Attlla la thundering at
the back gate away in California, with
those same innumerable oblique-eyed Huns that
once swept over .Europe like a bllghtiDg swarm of
locusts ? And there is Charybdls. But suppose that
instead of chanting doleful jeremiads about this
thing, we were just to take thb dilemma by its horns
and look quietly in its face. Whom have we to
thank for all this? hose fault is it that "legislator
Is fast growing to be a term of opprobrium and dis
grace, as "politician" has come to be already? Whose
lault is it ottlces of the highest dignity and trust are
held by men whose contact you and I would jastiy
B..irn that one bv one all the branches of the Gov
ernment have become tainted with a corruption that
jsmelis to Heaven ?
it is the fault of lust such men as you and L We
have trifled with our prestige, aud looseued our
tiniri noon the reins of our country's destiny till
they have slipped through our hands. It la we who
kave made ourselves the equals of these despised
nn h nniiinir ourselves down to their level not
they who have wrustel from us a power which was
not theirs. Equal votes do not, necessarily imply
, Q.nnattnrt nonentities for candidates: at least they
did not when Uiere were Hancocks and Adamses
anil Iftrarannl in the world.
No, the fault is In us. We have seen this river of
cnn-nnt noiiiics. that bars our way toward a higher
perfection, grow from a narrow, muddy stream to a
turbulent torrent: and now, gathering our owna
about us lest they should be wet, we are standing
with Horace's clown upon the brink and waiting
lor the river to flow by. Vulvitur et volotter in wane
bcholarshlp and culture, the true aristocracy of
all true notlilcs. have lost their high position, and,
ifthmn,!. bave taken refuse In a safe ull-admlrari-
Ism that sneers at evils which It la too Indolent to
tfimt.at- but I. for one. had rather see them straw
crownftd in the company of fanallos aud madmen
than thus faithless aod indifferent For Heaven's
entlenien. let usl di; this matter to as uuue.
I'll we ts a chance ODen for this generation bucd as
may not soon or mav never oocur again. Our po-iitii-.il
oclt-ti u in a'nroceaa of crrttalllzatton, uch
aa Knglaud underwent from low to 11416, f rora the
oikjueat W MaenaCharta. The great underlying
ton are assuming tboe forms or taking those
itiiunela wklch they will keep natil some great revo
luuoaof the future shall upheave aad redistribute
them. The lnnueaceii wfalcu are to give
the tone to oar political ay stem ana
our whole 'civilization are straggling,
ome publivly, others sUeuUv, for tue uautery, aud I
believe that If scholarship and culture would shake
off their blaseness, and thrust their shoulders into
the crowd with an honest effort, a way would open
for them to a very high, if not the highest place
among the leading Impulses of the nation. In the
period of English history to which I have alluded
they were not found wanting, and held their own
bravely in the midst of those "mailed old ptiae-
Dgnters." For if the scholars of this generation In
fluence our future as powerfully as Lanfranc and
Anselm did that of England, we shall have reason to
congratulate ourselves. Only the thing must be
fought for, and obloquy and vituperation can strike
as hard blows as the swords of Norman barons. It
Is not at the polls that the war Is to be waged,
but in meetings and canvasses, In the papers
and on the stand : for if Culture stays away from
the ward meeting, she Is goinir to suv awav from
the Capitol too. It Is true 1 may be mistaken aoont
this to some extent. It msy be that the railroad in
terest, or the commercial interest, or the manufao
turlng interest, or something akin to oueof them,
is to govern our future policy by sheer preponder
ance of mass; but, at any rat, tln-re Is one thing
which this scholartihip "ring" that I long to see cau
do, aud that Is to 11 nd out ouce for all wuuther igno
rance or culoure, an eueh, is to have tho upper hand.
Let us fight ttie thing out fearlessly and honestly,
snd if we are beaten in a fair flg it frankly coares
it; and, making a hecatomb of caps and gowns and
Lelpslc edrions, go hrowse upon our proper thistles
for the remainder of our dsvs.
Hut perhaps It mav seem to be forcing matters
somewhat In thus appealing to you unlverslty-ored
men specially as tne ones upon whom the responsi
bility alls. There is more call for honesty at Wash
ington than for scholarship, and the fleht is between
all things that are noble and all that are base. There
is no iieed to emulate the House of Commons, and
to make the walls of the Caoltol re-echo with ttia
shuttlecocks of epigrammatic hexameters, but there
is need, the very last and utmost need, of truth and
sincerity and wisnora; aud I appeal to you, gentle
men, 88 the ones who, imbued with the spirit of the
pest, are, or ought to be, the most competent fore
seeis of the future.
Heirs of all old civilizations: unbiassed In vonr
judgment by the presence of deep-rooted institu
tions founded on the "divine rights that have grown
out of human wrong;" In a land where the truest
conservatism is to be ever radical: vou have
nothing but your own negligence to thank if you do
not make your experience tell on tho side of riant
Interpreting justly this matter of equality, and,
while unveiling with one haud its fallacies, pointing
w iui me uiuer in reverence to mo aivine truth mat
underlies them.
Have vou learned to look UDon these Athenfans.
and Itomann, and Feudalists, not as puppets moved
about, to make an exhibition and a stumbllug-block
for modern school-boys, nor yet as statuesque forms
of beauty for us to read or, admire, and ignore, but
as men who believed, and aspired, and straggled,
and died, bequeathing to us the lesson of their lives?
If so, I doubt not that you have solved the greatest
secret that the ages bear, the secret thai lies at tne
root of all their achievements, whose key is in that
word "beltevetU" The world once had faith faith in
something. Whether it was religious faith or not U
another matter. Its catholicity was wide
enough at some time or other to
embrace all nations and peoples of the
earth, and to range threugh all things, from mnscle
to mysticism. Drawing men out or self, it set them
in motion ; it guided their hearts and hands till they
have made the earth's surface a palimpsest of noble
and glorioud things. It hewed temples out of moun
tain sides and reared the pyramids upou their divert
sands. It netved the arms of warriors and wrote
their songs of triumph. It guided the artist s hand,
and from its geutle 1 aspiration were bora forms of
loveliness on sott-huea cauvas and in soaring stone.
But its noblest and most glorious Pirort was begun
when it wrote upon the bosom of this virgin conti
nent the words that it meant to be eternal : "All
men are created free and equal.'' I said brun, be
cause its mission is not ended yet. Faith alone can
interpret Its own meaning, and without it we have
gone thna astray.
Slavery came and tried to choke up the former
word till it had to be written anew and lorever with
the edge of bayonets, and now the arch-enemy,
foiled in one attempt, is trying to misinterpret what
is leilt and to stretch us out upon a Procrustean bed
till we shall all be equal in mediocrity, and If we do
eccceed in rescuing our civilization from ruin, to
give us a system the very apotheosis of all common
place. Do not be deceived by this blatant nine
teenth century, with Its transcendental science and
machine-made civilization.
It lacks one thing that neither its science can
grasp nor its machinery compel. The faith of the
nineteenth century is a negation. Its credo is a noa
credo. It has exploded so many idols of the oast
that it fears to kneel at any shrine, or to give nlace
to any true heart-stirring emotion, lent tia time
homa oomi when n miRlit be laughed at as super
stitious, or rneerea at as emotional ana gush
ing. And until it has blotted out this nil
aatnirari, "the devil's own favorite creed, ' as
Dr. Arnold called it; until It has accomplished some
living faith and made its pulltlcs a religion, or a
religion its politics, it will never write its story with
the mighty ones of bygone times, nor will it solve
this strange thing of equality. Equality is not of
the hands, nor of the head. It is not of wealth, nor
Intellect, nor muscle. It is of the heart; and it Is
only by binding the hearts of men together in a com
mon aspiration ana a common laitn tnat you can
n.aKe them equal, yet greatest in their equality. All
the achievements of science, all the developments
or a material civilizat ion like our own, are but as
drawings upon the seaside sand that the tide of an
ever-advancing material progress shall wipe out
with a single wave; but take the rock from that
same shore, hew it and lay it with the hand of love
aud faith, and you have built a cathedral whose
front the storms or centuries can Dut anorn with
the beauty that la born of resistance to decay, and
tne sunsets of the world's declining ages, as they
stream through its misty aisles, shall shine upon
the workman and the prince, the scholar and the
clown, kneeling side by side in the only equality that
tnis world can know tne urotuernooa or common
Faith.
So at least to me reads this wondrous palimpsest
of the ages.
The degree of Bachelor of Arts was then
conferred by Professor Stille upon the following
members of the senior class, with the excep
tion of three of its number, who, having satis
factorily completed special or partial courses,
received certificates of proficiency:
Griffith Evans Abbot,
I Louis Cenrad Massey,
Kverard P. Miller,
,Wm. lihoads Murphy,
'Robert Henry Nellson,
'Wm. Pepper Norris,
John Bingham Roberts,
i James G. Shirley,
I Frank Smyth,
lAlban Upooner,
IWm. Bigler Stoever,
IMcnoias tsiaaie.
Louis Naglee liruner,
Herman uurgin,
Hampton L. Carson, Jr,
Charles Carver.
vra. Gardner Freedley,
Charles Henry Howell,
Oralg Heberton,
ueorge ti. Justice,
John Jay Joyce, Jr.
Marcellus Karchcr,
Newton Kelm,
Wm. Wharton Thurston,
James Price Townsend,
Benjamin II. Yarnall,
Ueibert Welsh.
Morris James Lewis,
liobert bteen Martin,
The degree of Master of Arts was conferred
unon the following gentlemen, graauaies or
three years standing:
Henrv Budd. Jr..
John Elmore McCreary,
Edward Stewart Miles,
James Peacock 81ms,
Wlhlara Moore Wharton,
"William Levi Bull,
Joseph Cresson Fraley,
David nazei,
Edward Fenno noffman,
Uustava Brown Horner,
Leighton Ilosklns,
Charles AdolpU Max
Wlehle, M. IX,
Alexander Wood,
James Pardon Wright,
William Russell Wright
wing Jordan, jh. u..
William Robert McAdam,
Jr.,
Charles Frederick Zlegler.
The degree of Doctor of Medicine was con
ferred upon
Caspar Morris Chcston, I William P. Read,
Arthur Vincent Meigs, I John W. Warren.
The degree of Bachelor of Law was conferred
npon
Jonathan E. Luse, , H. Albin L. Pyle,
Charles P. Mcllugh, Charles hwsvne,
.1. Ii. McPhereon Mehaffy, Horace P. Wilbur.
benjamin F. Moore. I
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was con
ferred in course upon the followiug Doctors of
Medicine:
Wm. I. Campbell, lEdward stiles, Jr.,
Roland G. Curtln, Louis o. htuie,
Kdwln L. Evans, I. William White,
George C. Laws, De Forest Wlllard.
Charles K. Mills, .uenry u. .euui.
The announcement of prizes was then made as
follows:
In the Department of Intellectaal and Moral
Philosophy Junior Prize, lor the best essay on
"Lelbnu as a Metaphysician," to weorgw lyoout
Purves, with honorable mention of Horace Castle.
In the Department or Greek Language ana Lite
ratureSenior Prize for the best examination on
tbe "Oration or Demosthenes for the drown," read
with the Proressor m addition to the regular conrse,
to James Price Townsend.
Freshman prize, tor the best examination on
Greek prose composition, wit the accents, to Charles
Chaunoey Blntey.
In the Department of Latin Language and Litera
tureJunior prize, for Wia best examination on
Cicero's oration for Ouetius, to Horace Castle.
8opuouire price, for the best examination on
Tacitus' dialogue "He Oratortbus," to William
Boyd, Jr.
la the Department of History and English Litera
tureSenior prize, fr the best esaay on "Liberty In
lu Relations to Law," to Newton kelm.
Junior prize, for the best enay on "The Historical
Relations of France and Germany," to Horace
Castle.
sophomore prise, for tbe beat declamation, te
William Wllkens Carr, with honorable mention of
Randal Morgan.
The prize offered by the Board of Trustees to the
scientific classes, for superiority in mechanical draw
ing, to Charles Albert Ashburner, of the Freshman
claws.
The Henry Reed prize (fonnded by the alumni of
the university), to Charles Carver, for the best essay
on "The Position of the Pott In Modern Times."
The Junior alumni prize, for the best original
declamation, to Geoigo Tybout Purves.
The honorary degree of Master of Arts was
conferred upon Mr. Lucius Barrows.
The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity
was conferred upon Rev. Thomas F. Davies,
Rev. Edward A. Foggo, and Rev. Theodore
Appel.
Louis Conrad Massey then dolive'-ed the vale
dictory address, as follows-
Valedictory, by I. O. Massey
Ladles and Gentlemen: One hundred and four
teen years have swept over our university since the
first clas let t the hails ot the college so peculiarly
their own. blnce that memorable commencement,
whof-e psrtlclparts and spectators have long been
silent, many a band of students has completed its
college course, each pressing forward to that posi
tion which we, In our turn, have attained; and now
we of '71 appear before you, taking our leave of this
narrow role to enter upon the stage of an amphi
theatre world-wide, and to sustain our part in those
vast plajs of destiny that cover the space and time
of human existence plays for which you and we,
and ail, must be enrolled a actors, with the throb
of pleasure at our hearts, impatient for the waking
reality of our dreams, we have arrived at the day
which, as the completion of the records of our past
and the preroce to tne volumes or our luture, ooute
rates the memory of every disappointment, and
brings to their fruition the labors or our coarse.
We know not, indeed, how soon the violence of the
conflict into which we enter may bear us down, but
to-day we exult la the untrammelled energy of our
youth, and stand eager for the struggle, wnlch to
many has proved a grave. Yes, to-day, ail for us is
gladness, except the thought that, as a class, we are
no more ; tr-at we must bid adieu to the accustomed '
round of our studeut life, and that to you. who have
favored us with your presence and attention on oc
casions sun recent to our minus, ana wno are nere
met to view our separation and departure for un
known fields of life, that to you we are become ouly
individual friends.
i But 1 see among you some who have behold many
cusses leave their Alma Mater: some who still re
tain memories of their own farewell; many, in full
posstsslon of an experience ny us not yet even
touched: all looking, perhaps, with somewhat of
pity for tho youths just standing on the verge of
their life-long toll. But away with fear for tuoae
who, as we, feel that what has been done by others
that also may ne accompusnea oy tnemwuoen. j uu
have attained the position that once was longed for:
you have reached, perhaps have passed, that far
placed goal towards which, with eager eyes, you
once also looked through the uncertain light of
I'pe. So each of us, standing in the mists that
c-xieud forward into the future, sees at least
break, through which shines success,, and,
as in tne college course, wnat 'U nas
found to do, that, I trust, it has done with all its
might; so, guided by the knowledge drawn from our
university, we shall strive to surpass that poiut
which, by you, has been attained, and tor which this
day consecrates our thoughts, our actions, our lives.
And now, as we pass along to till the last
ranks of those who have gone before, and leave the
places and friends to whom, as a class, we never can
return, I thank you for the kind reeling you have
always expressed towards our college, aud (in behalf
of my class) 1 bid yon farewell.
uentiemen or tne f aculty : xnis cay, wmca is so
memoraole to us as the comraencemeut of a larger
life, to you is an occasion made laminar ny tno repe
titions of many years. You have seen students
enter and pass through the college, both yours and
theirs, in one continuous stream ; you have beheld
the "Farewell" of many classes as they stood upon
the boundary or tneir fast ana or tneir ruiare ; ana
yet, with all your manifold experience, we trust that
you will never lose the interest you have always
shown in our ciass ana in its memuers. ana, in
deed, we feel that the limited period embraced by
our course a period or trial ana encouragement, or
improvement ana success nas neen a most import
ant era in tho history of the University, and entitle
the classes ot these lew years to somewhat of inte
rest from their professors and friends.
Casting aside tne snackies or conservatism, wnicn
too often tetter our colleges, departing rrom the
narrow path or the old, and pushing forward In the
new. the university is rapidly attaining that pre
eminence to which her position and her learning en
title nr in our btate.
imcerntng tUa tendency or our times, Tour yoara
sco our Trustees determined to leave tua footprints
or a century, and to remodel, by wise additions to
your number, a college wnicn snouia oecome an
honor to Its graduates ana irienuB.
We appear as tne nrst rruits or tne cnange, ami, 1
trust, as evidence of its wisdom and success. Our
college will welcome those who may hereafter enter
her wans witn advantages iar greater man our
selves have received, but we rejoice in our privi
leges as immeasurably superior to those of our pre
decessors. But it is not my duty to record the past,
nor, as a prophet, to foretell the future; rather, for
my class, to say farewell. I shall not repeat the
words so oiten spoken on mis occasion, -or our rour
years college me," ami "oi associations with you,
our instructors," out i snouiu ciose uuworiuuy aid i
omit to testify to your ability, your patience, aud
Interest in us while yet we were under your faithful
care. There is no neea to ten you we are
grateful. To Provost and Professors we return onr
most heartfelt thanks, ar.d will prove that the uui
verstty may count anoug her firmest supporters
those who are now the youngest or her sous.
Farewell.
To you, 'also, reiiow-studtnts ana undergradu
ates, we turn to tase our leave, as year pursues
year, and as each class glides into the track or its
roierunner, you, one and all rrom those wno in the
succeeding term win nil our vacant lorms to the
newest of your number will held the place of 71.
You are the spirit, tne nie-oiooo, tne energy or
our college. Though with the Trustees rests the
structure, though the direction be Imparted by the
acuity, tne moving, shaping power is vourteioes I
No class leaves the society of Its fellows, no student
bias adieu to bis classmates ana then goes forth
bearing a name devoid of influence on thecharacter
of his University and of those who remain, behind
The classes or a nan a century ago, although in.
person they have left their college halls, we ciunot
believe have become only memories or former years.
and left no traces of good or or evil on us their
successors.
No matter how low a place may be held bv anv In
tne gradations or me university, no matter now in
ferior to his classmates any may be shown. It is on
each ana an or you mat tne cnaracter or the stu
dents, and, therefore, of our Alma Mater, In future
mainly rests.
Many or you wuiioiiow tne stuaies cnosen as
your course, when our Alma Mater occupies a place
befitting tbe dignity or her age and the prestige of
ber past; out, wnen new auvamages are laid before
vou. when your number counts Itself by hundreds.
never forgot that tne unanimity and affection of the
students is the strongest prop on which a college
can rely; and then, when you, as well as we, shall
have completed the short time allotted to Instruc
tion, you will be alumni, wortay ot the Institution
which vou will reverence as your own.
Fellow-students, some or you have been to ns
almost as classmates, while now I see others never
known as yet within our halls; but we leave, regret
ting our departure rrom your number, although re.
jolcing in this present fulfilment of our hopes,
farewell.
Last of all, I approach you, my classmates of the
c ass of '71. to take my leave oi those witn wuom 1
have been connected by such bonds of feeling as
class and college life, ana tnev alone, can create.
From the friends now present to view our depar
ture, from the instructors or our college days, rrom
the companions who still continue in our foot
prints, we have turned, bidding adieu to all with a
regret which, tnougn aeep uu lervem m us nature,
Is lar, far exceeded by the saauess that presses oa
me while parting from the dearest, kindest, warmest
friends of latter vears. It Is hard to realize, and
sorrowlul to think, that the "Old Class," which, nn-
broken bv death ana nrmiy associatea in ieeung.
has pursued a four years' course still more uniting
in us time ana occupation, is uooui to aeparaie,
never, never to assemble amid the greetings
of all I now address, lutieea, as l iook upon you
etandlDg here before me. I see that many a one,
well remembered bv us, his student companions.
lies departed from his classmates and his college
for the life which duty er inclination nas directed,
But the little number of us who remain, from the
day when first we met until this time of warmest
friendship, in company kave battled through the
Studeut me, always so iraugut wuu esperieucea
the reflections of a larger world. And with what
thounhta do our minds engage when.turning rapidly
to the past, we see rush before us In a moment tbe
swllt years wnicn now nave urougut an to iais uaj,
th finiKiiiiicr of our course. I feel that la many
things we have been shortcoming; a written history
of our class-life might testify to indolence, and to
all of indolence s companion faults, lu times gone by :
but well I know that, along with the mental accusa
tion of error, from the hearts of one and all there
leaDa do an exulting pride, as each claims old 11
for his own; and for none is the silent consciousness
of neuiioenue and wrong, for none cau be the
wildest pride in class and classmates a greater re
ality, than for blm who addresses to you these fare
well words. Msy the spirit which has uuitod us in
the curriculum or our laoora, iuj me inenasnips
formed by mutual toll and recreation, still go on
wards into the fature aad anape our class ia reeling,
tlthouirh we have left our couere nana.
m v mends, before taking leave of all let me say a
word of her to whom, If any knowledge be our por
tion, that knowledge is mainly due. Let not this
day complete the relations between us and the
mothef of out minds, but forever uphold and be
true to ncr in tinny remembrance or tbe gifts we
have received. My classmates, with these, my
cloMng words, our student-life Is ended, and It Is
with tbe warmest affection to all, aa classmates of
ii, iiih i uiu juu rareweii. '
Tbe benediction was then pronounced, and
the great assemblage dispersed.
TILL A SOYA. COLLEGE.
Commencement Yeaterday Interesting
Exercises.
The ceremonies of commencement-day at the
Augustine College of St. Thomas (Kev. P. A.
Ptanton, President), situated at Villauova. a
beautiful spot on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
about eleven miles from Philadelphia, were
celebrated yesterday afternoon before a large
assemblage of persons, including quite a dele
gation of the clergy and laymen of the diocese.
ititrnt nev. kisdod wooa presiaea on this in
teresting occasion, and spoke in highly compli
mentary terms of the students and their teach
ers, lie said that this excellent institution, in
stead of having seventy students, should have
double that number.
The brief address of the reverend gentleman
was followed by a musical selection performed
by the college band nuder the direction of Prof.
Corrie.
The young gentlemen graduates then delivered
their addresses. Charles P. McCully spoke
upon "Modern Achievements;" Thomas L.
White on "Friehit" (in German); Francis X.
McGowen on "The Church, the Preserver," and
Master John McMahon recited a composition in
frencb, entitled Kegret aa present soarir a
l'nvcnir."
The degree of master of arts was conferred
on John K. Maguire, of Wilmington, N. C, and
the degree of bachelor of arts npon 1 nomas M.
Darragh, New York city; James B. Ulteillv,
Troy, N. Y.; Charles P. McCully, Athensville,
Pa., and ibomns L. unite, Mcrveesport, Pa.
Commercial diplomas were awarded to John
B. Ollinger, Miltonburg, Ohio: Michael McCarty.
Lawrence. Mass., and James . Moran, Savan
nah, Ga. Premiums were distributed far pro
ficiency in the classics, English composition,
rhetoric, grammar, mathematics, etc., and in
the Gcrmsn and French languages.
After the degrees were conferred, lhoma M,
Darragh, a former student of Villanqva, de
livered an able and eloquent valedictory address
Among the number of reverend clergy present
were Very Kev. Mr. Walsh, of Pottsville, and
ma assistant. Father liyrne; Kev. Peter Crane,
of St. Augustine's; Rov. James V. O'Reilly, pas
tor of tbe new church of Bt. Charles liorromeo,
corner of Twentieth and Christian streets; Kev,
P. M. Carbon, of Holy Trinity; Rev. Mr. Lynch,
of Bristol, and many other distinguished ecclo
siastics.
AWAY SHE WEST.
A Man Jumps Upon a Locomotive and
Starts It Off at Full Speed The Engine
Upsets.
We imagine that Mr. John Gahn, house and
sign painter, of No. 1303 North Fifth street, is
not the only man who has been seized with
the impulse to jump npon a locomotive, turn
the throttle, and let ber go full tilt, and conao
fluently we nre not overwhelmed with astonish
ment when we learn that Mr. John Gahn did
precisely this thing last evening in Germantown.
lie got upon a locomotive standing in the Ger
mantown depot, opened the throttle, and started
the train at full speed down tne iracK. ine
consequence of this strange action was that
tbe locomotive ran oit tne iracn a snort instance
below Cbelten avenue, and was overturned,
making a complete wreck. The cars had been
drawn into tbe depot and placed upon the side
track to the right of the passage-way, and the
engine was waiting on the track to take down the
10 'o'clock train. The switch below Chelten
avenue was tnrned for another train, so that
when Gahn started the engine it could go no
further than the switch. Had it been otherwise,
a probably fatal accident would have resulted,
for bis engine would have struck soma of tbe
trains on the road, the conductors ot which
would bave no knowledge of the threatened
danger. When tbe locomative ran off the track
it plunged into tbe gutter on the side of the
road, and was carried probably thirty feet along
the ground before it was overthrown. Gahn
escaped unhurt, but was almost immediately ar
rested by the special detective of the Reading
Railroad Company, ana banded over to unicers
Bishop and Tyron, who took him to the Hall
and locked him np for a bearing at the Central
station this afternoon. The locomotive was
badly wrecked and was thrown completely upon
its side. The injuries it received will probably
Involve a loss of $500,besides the cost of replac
ing it npon the track.
Teaching in Biblb Matters The subject
of object teaching in Bible matters is increasing
in interest and importance every day, one ot tne
indications being tbe efforts made by churches
and Sunday-schools in engaging the services of
men who have travelled in Bible lands to talk
in a familiar way of what they saw and beard
that Illustrates the. scriptures. A costume on a
live man gives a better idea of an Oriental than
a volume ot reading, ana a com, lamp, nower,
or other little thing from some noted locality
takes bold of the attention of the audience,
leaving impressions of the truth of Bible history
never forgotten. 8t. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Church have engaged A. L. Kawson, the artist,
author, and traveller, to talk about some of the
places vUited by blm In tbe Eaat, who will wear
the dress or an Aran sneikn. wnetner ne ' uuks
Turkish" er not, can only be answered after
listening to blm. If be talks as well as be draws
in such designs as those in "Crosby's Life of
Jcsue," and the "Life of Christ," by U. W.
Beccber, be will give an excellent treat. The
lecture this evening will be free.
Fourth of July Excursions The Camden
and Am boy and Philadelphia and Trenton Rail
roads will sell excursion tickets for New York
at$4forthe round trip on the 1st, 2d, 3d, and
0th of July, good to return from New York on
the 4th and btb.
Tbe Monmouth Park races will come off at
Long Branch on July 4. 5, 0, 7. and 8. Excur
sion tickets, good to return until the 10th of
July, will be sold oh tbe above duys for $4 by
the Camden and Burlington County and New
Jersey Southern Railroads.
All for Rum Robert Johnson is a thief.
even if he Is in the employ of a Custom-house
weigher, me Keaaing Kaliroaa nave missed
much iron lately from tbe wharf on the Dela
ware, at willow street, and special omccr Robert
II. Gray, of that road, yesterday arrested John
son on tne cnarge of the larceny. Johnson
confessed to having taken the iron and sold it
for drinks. Alderman loland held him in six
hundred dollars bail.
Body Recovered. The body of Thomas W.
Parker, who was drowned on Monday last by
being knocked from tbe yacht Delaware while
furling the sails, was recovered this morning at
tbe upper end of Smith's Island, by Mr. Jere
miah Fields, of Camden. The body was taken
to tbe residence of the deceased, No. 1519
North street, where tbe Coroner was notified to
hold an Inquest.
Attempt to Cut His Wife's Throat. John
J. Gentner, who ought to, but does not, reside
with bis wife, yesterday went to her residence,
No. 1308 Parrish street, and attempted to cut
her throat with a razor. Her father prevenled
the act, but received a cut in the band. John'
was arrested and Alderman Massey tent him to
prison in defanlt of fl500 ball.
Robbery on Arch Street. Tbe firm of
Messrs. Kreigor & Bro., occupants of tbe second
story of the building No. TM Arch street, was
robbed of a few Hundred aoiiars worth ot silks
and ribbons last night. The third and fourth
stories are unoccupied, and it is supposed the
thieves secreted themselves in the vacated places
Erevlous to closing np, then went down and
roke in the door oi the second-story room. .
Charged with Horsb Stealing.--Special
Officer Nichols arrested yesterday at the horse
niarket, Twenty-second street and Ridge avenue,
one Joseph Curry.who Is charred with stealing a
horse on Saturday last la west Philadelphia
and selling tbe animal at the aforesaid horse
market. Joseph will be at the Central Station
hearings this afternoon.
ISQUE8T. ;
The Investigation by the Coroner In the
Bitnning uase or jonn neiiy
This morning, at the Morgue. Deputy Coro
ner Sees held an Inquest on the body of John
rervara, known as Kelly, who was stabbed Dy
a man named Green, In a bntcher-ahop on
Seventh street, on tbe 8th of tbe present month,
and who since died in the hospital. The follow
ing testimony was taken:
Edmund Graff, residing at No. 833 8. Seventh
street, sworn Kelly was stabbed on the 8th of
June; on the night previous Green came lnta my
store to leave a bundle; the next morning, In com
pany with Kelly, he came to get the bundle; whl'e
there they had an argument about something; Kelly
was standing at the butcher block in the store;
Green was a few feet from him ; Green said, "Let ns
take a knife and see who can cut the other
first;" Kelly said, "I do not wish to be cat;"
Green then picked up a butcher-knire (knife shown)
and said, "This is the way we do it,'' ud plunged
the knife Into Kelly; there was no fooling with the
knife and neither were intoxicated ; Greea had Just
got cut of prison a few days before; I went for an
rftlcer to arrest Green, and when I got back I found
that he was already arrested; Kelly was taken to a
drug store at Seventh and 8Druce streets, and from
thence was taken to the Hospital; Green, after
stabbing Kflly, said, "Oh, he would soon get over
it," ami walked out of the store; the knife went in
about four inches, and the hand of Kelly when hn
rut It over the wonnd was covered with blood ; Green
bore the reputation of being a dangerous character;
Kelly aftewards told the witness in the Hospital that
his name was not Kelly but John Pervard ; that he
was a house painter bv profession, from Chambers,
burg; he met Green, who also said that he was a
house painter, and they concluded to have a little
fun : he had no friends whatever in the city.
Dr. 8haplelgh testified as follows:
I made a post-mortem examination of the bodv at
the Pennsylvania Hospital, which was identified by
Edward Graff as that of John Pervard Kelly; tbe
deceased was about thirty years of age; there was
a deep sloughing wonnd on the outer side of the left
thigh, near the middle; the whole thigh was swollen
and discolored; the leg was In like condition. In a
state I gangrene ; the tissivs were intlUrat9d .with
brnken-down blood and matter.
1 he original character cf the wonnd could not be
determined on account of the changes which had
taken place. The man died from general exhaus
tion occasioned by the wound.
The deceased came to his death from violence,
viz., a penetrating wound on the thigh.
The jury after a short deliberation, agreed
upon the following verdict:
"That the deceased, John Pervard, better
known as John Kelly, came to his death, on
June 0, from violence (a stab ta the thigh) in
flicted June 8, 1871, nt a store No. 333 South
Seventh street, by John Green." ,
tiiemXyohaltt.
In onr report of tbe proceedings of the
Mayoralty Convention yesterday, tho following
letter from the Hon. John 8. Morton was inad
vertently omitted. Mr. Morton has a fine repu
tation as an honorable, high-minded gentleman,
and if be had consented to run for this ollice
would have made a most acceptable candidate.
His letter of withdrawal is as follows:
Office We?t Pnn.ADEi.rniA Passenger Railway
Company, Philadelphia, June 28, 1871.
John C. Bullitt, Esq., President, etc.
Mr Dear Sir: Through the partiality of friends
my name may be brought before the convention to
day, in connection with the Mayoralty, lu which
event please do me the kindness to withdraw it, as
engagements, if nominated, would prevent my as-
ceptnnce. Trusting harmony may prevail, an unex
ceptionable candidate presented, and your choice
confirmed by our reuow-cuizens in uctoDer next,
i am, very truiy yonrs,
John S. Morton.
Runaway and Accident. This morning.
about 9 o'clock, ns Mr. M. A. Furbush wa
leaving his stable, in North, above Seventeenth
street, his horse took fright and collided with
an expreps wagon on seventeenth, above rsortu
street. Mr. Furbush was thrown from, his car
riage and considerably bruised about the legs
and arms. He was removed to the ofllce of Dr.
Toothaker, where his wounds were dressed by
that eentlemen. The carriage of Mr. Furbush
was completely demolished. . The horse, after a
oner jinerty, was captured Dy uincer JiurDhv.
of the Ninth Police district, the animal bavlug
rnn into Locke's grocery store, Seventeenth aud
Crates streets.
The affair created considerable excitement in
the neighborhood, as the children connected
witn tne rancisvuie rrimary cscnooi were as
sembling for school at the time of the runaway.
and the parents of the little ones, hearing of the
accident, repaired in numbers to the vicinity of
the school-house, fortunately, no other acci
dent than those above-named occurred. A
catalogue of accidents was prevented by the
timely arrival of Officer Murphy, who by his
coolness and bravery cornered and secured the
horse.
The Home for Aged and Infirm Colored
Folks. This afternoon the new Home for
Aged and Colored Persons, at Belmont and Gi-
rard avenues, was dedicated witn appropriate
ceremonies. There were remarks by D.llwyn
Parrlsn. Ulshop Campbell, lienry M. Lalng.
Rev. Stepnen Smith. Samuel R. Shipley, Eliza
Greenfield, Judge Kellcy, Lucretla Mott, and
others. 1 he Home was presented to the so
ciety, on behalf of its builders, by Rev. 8tephen
Smith, and received on behalf of the managers
by Bumuel K. Bbarpiey.
Tbe Home has been in operation for several
years at No. 840 South Front street, and now
contains twenty-five aged women, the eldest
said to be 110. Tbe donation of the lot of
ground for the new Home was made by Rev.
Stephen Smith. He has famished means to
erect the present building, accommodating one
hundred inmates or more. As there are m tny
applicants for admission, the managers appeal
to those who sympathize with tbe aged and
worthy poor for fuuds to support and furnish
the Home for occupation.
Cape May. Important changes in the num
ber and running time of trains on the West
Jersey Railroad, between Philadelphia and Cape
May, are advertised to go into effect on Satur
day, the 1st of July. The grew regatta to take
place on tbe 4th nas already attracted many
visitors, while the inducements ottered by low
fares and excursion tickets will give to all an
opportunity of spending a pleasant day at tbe
most deiightiui resort in tnis country, ana wit
cessing one of the finest regattas that has ever
taken place on our waters, i ne company sell
an excursion ticket, good until Wednesday, the
5th of July, for f5, and will also run a special
train on tbe 4th, leaving Philadelphia ato A. Al
returning from the Cape at 5 P. M. Fare for the
excursion, f 2. Attention is called to tbe adver
tisement.
Lieutenant Flaherty. The symptoms of
Lieutenant Flaherty still continue to be favora
ble, though be was somewhat restless last night.
It was thought that the night could be passed
without the administration of morphia, and that
medicine was dispensed with, but be was so
restless and unable to sleep that a resort had at
last to be made to that drug. He fell asleep, and
this morning is as well aa can be expected.
Republicans, Twenty-ninth Ward The
Republican Convention of the Twenty-ninth
ward reconvened at ten o'clock this morning
and nominated tbe following officers: Select
Council. Charles 11. llarkness: Common Coun
ell, Samuel B. Yerkes; School Directors, Johu
Eck6teln, J. Harry Levis, and Lewis 8. Wunder.
Theft. Early last evening the vestibule ot
tbe residence of 8. Kingston McCay, No. 3J7 8.
Eighteenth street, was entered, and a handsome
ebony and walnut umbrella stana taken were
from.
The Presbyterians meet In 8aunders Col
lege Grove, to receive the buildings and grounds
for a hospital, on Saturday afternoon, at
o'clock. A great occasion.
niGHWAY Robbery. Mr. Robert Jarundel,
living at No. 857 North Broad street, was at
tacked at Broad and Callowhlll streets last
night and robbed of a gold watch and chain.
Fell Dead Edward Flzeile, living at No.
606 Biegel street, fell dead whllo passing Sixth
and Washington streets this morning on his
way to work.
Damaged A boat belonging to the Delaware
Harbor Police was run into and damaged in the
prow by a steamboat this morning while pars
ing through the Smith's Island canal.
SET RIGHT.
An Important Correspondence Retween '
, the Mayor and President I-andcnalnger,
ot tha P. F.D.
The following correspondence is eelf-explana-.
tory:
June !, 1871 Jacob Laudemslaokr, Esq., rre-
ldent of Fire Commission. Dear Sir: This
morning's Pre has just been banded me. In it I
Cod what is represented aa the proceedings of a
meeting of the commission held on Saturday after
noon, in which there seems to be a predetermined
effort to make public sentiment favorable to tbe
Paid Fire Department system at the expense of tt
Police Department, with very setlous reflections
npon the police affairs In general, and among other
statements therein contained Is one that I cannot
conceive to be possible as emanating from yonrself,
in which you are made to say, ' kaoe neen the Mayor,
and he told m that he innutd order, but thiy are not
attrmled to pro&rlp," evidently placed in the same
renoit with the same animus that marks the rest.
I cannot realize ibis aa actually occarlng, after
the repeated Interviews you and I have had in re
lation to the new department, and tiecially to, aa
no auch reinark vae ever made.
VVby this is done I cannot tell. Ton are well
aware that there has never been a complaint made
to tbe department, whether to the Chief of Police
or myself, since the present Fire Department wa
established, nor has there been any inquiry made by
the commissioners, with view of even Investigate
Ing any omission of duty, other than a single one
which happened a few days ago, m relation to the
absence of instantaneous alarms by telegraph,
which, when the interview ended, seemed (so far as
the ponce were concerneoi to oe satisiactory, at
least you gentlemen of the commission so ex
pressed yourselves.
And I have to say that the reflection said to have
been made by youiself upon the police is utterly
lrreconcnaDie witn tne expressions so Kiaaiy maae
as to them by yourseir lu all the interview! we have
had together since the change in the Are system
has been made.
I do not believe that any lor tne commissioners
will deny the fact that, from the time tne ordinance
maklrg tne cnange in ine i ire .Department was
signed down to the present moment, ttie gretet
anxiety and interest.ln its success have been mani
fested oy myseii ana ine executive omcers under
me; and were there any cause of complaint against
anv of the force. I am sure it would have been but
courteous to have communicated the fact some one
time at least in our many interviews.
As this matter has now assumed the form of open
charges against the officers of tbe police force
(without, however, naming them, or designating,
by number, who they are), I desire to Institute an
investigation immediately, and for this purpose will
be obliged If you or any of the other commissioners
will come in personally and assist in it, or furnish
me the necessary data by which it shall be started.
Hoping to hear from you without delay,
1 am, very respectfully,
Danikl M. Fox, Mayor.
PnrLAPEi.rniA, June 28, 18T1. Hon. u. M. Pox,
Mayor Dear Sir: In reply to your note of the 28tU
instant, I desire to say that you have always ex
pressed a most earnest desire for the success of the
department, and assored me that you would render
every ert'ort to accomplish the Object of the commis
sion. I further desire to say that, as regards yourseir,
there was no remark made by yon as applicable to
the police In relation to the Fire Department,
namely, "that your orders were not properly
obeyed," ' but I recollect in connection with
the subject of a proclamation for the
Fourth of July against the explosion of
fireworks, you stated that the orders of the
Mayor were not always obeved. The remarks
attributed to me as contained in the published
proceedings of a late meeting of the Fire Com
missioners were misconstrued and Improperly
stated.
As regards the commnnlcation in relation to the
matter of the policemen and your desire for an In
vestigation, I will have it laid before the board, at
its next meeting, for action.
With respect, J. Latjpbnslagbb.
Death of Mr. Woodruff. Mr. George
Woodruff, a very noted man in everything re
lating to horses, whether of a professional or
sporting character, died yesterday from being
run over by a train of cars near Brighton, Mass.
His remains are now on their way to this city,
where the deceased had numberless friends and
where he was very widely known. They will
here receive the rites of burial.
Mr. Woodruff was said to be tbe oldest and
beet driver and trainer of trotting horses in the
world. He was a brother of the better known
Hiram Woodruff, who died a few years ago,
whose reputation In the same line was world
wide, and who published a book which is still a
standard authority on such subj ects. George fol
lowed closely in the steps of his brother, and as
an authority on horse affairs he was little infe
rior. He was actively Interested in racing mat
ters all over the country, and all owners of
racing horses applied to him for advice. His
place as a trainer cannot easily he filled.
Chairs of the Continental Congress.
This morning two of the original chairs of the
members of tbe Congress of 1774, which,
belonging as they did to the Colonial Legisla
ture, were removed to the State Capitol, and
spliced to serve the Serjeant-at-Arms, were
brought to the Mayor's office. Thev were dis
covered by Colonel Etting, and at his request,
for the purpose of contributing towards the
restoration of Independence Hall to its original
state, were sent on by order of Governor Geary.
Two more of these chairs are known to exist,
one in the possession of Colonel Etting, and
the other in tbe keeping of tbe Philosophical
Society, both of which it is hoped will be placed
ere long in the hall.
Cricket. The return game, Young America
vs. Germantown, will be played on the grounds
ef the latter club, beginning at 2 30 on Friday,
to be continued on Saturday morning. This
will cloee the cricketing season in this vicinity,
and a fine game t looked for.
iboal inTniiHOBsjon.
Prison Cases.
Court of Quarter Sessions A Uison, P. J.
A beggarly half-dozen prisoners graced the dock
to-day, but the business of the Court was very light,
as the equanimity or the dockltes' minds was rallied
by the trials or ouly two of them, one of whom,
John Williams, waived the services of the Jury by
owning up to a charge of stealing. The other sub
ject of Investigation was Tom Murray, the hand
some and gallant thief, who, a few days since, was
found to have boarded an ice cream saloon at No.
1U02 Clrerd avenue, and was captured by the female
commanders thereof. The complaint to-dy was
that on that occasion he had, hid away in his old
clothes, a loaded pistol, which was fouud when he
was overhauled, be was found guilty.
OBITUARY.
Lieutenant Hugh V. McKee,
This gallant young officer, whosedeath in the con
flict with the Coreans is reported, was a native of
Kentucky, and was a son of ex-Congressman
McKee, of that State. He entered the Naval
Academy on the 2Bth of September, 1S61, and served
with credit duilng the Rebellion, passing through
the various grades. Not many mouths ago be was
promoted to the rack of lieutenant. He was one of
the most promising young men in the navy, and hia
death must be regarded as a serious loss to the
service. .
Photography Is now applied In mdlclne to
the delineation of wounds and their changes
during treatment. A splendid collection of this
kind Delongs to tbe Royal Medico-Chirurgical
Society In London.
FINE OTATIONERY
AND
lliIIA,
No. 1033 OHKSNUT 8TKKET,
13 tntha880
FOUN T A I N HO USE,"
AT 7 HE CEY8TAL SPRIN GS,
ALLENTOWN, PA.
LYI. R. D. KRAMER,
Proprietor of the Allen House, has opened the above
beautiful and commodious Summer Kesort for tho
season. Board at reasonable rates.
light trains to and from Hew fork, and six to
and frcm Philadelphia dally. Boats to hire, car.
rlages, saddle hones, etc. w.imrp