"Commencement," The Boston Recorder, 29 August 1828

Commencement 1828

The Boston Recorder
Aug 29, 1828

The Commencement at Dartmouth College was holden
on Wednesday, the 20th inst. On the Sabbath previous,
at the close of an able and impressive discource founded
on Mat. v. 16, the Rev. President Tyler, in addition to
the usual address to the class about to graduate, bid an af
fectionate farewell to the officers of the college, and the
congregation, to whom he had, during a considerable part
of his residence among them, broken the bread of life.

On Monday afternoon, an oration was pronounced be
fore the Theological Society, by Morris E. White, of Ash
field, Ms

On Tuesday, there were orations before the Phi Sigma
Society, by Clement Long, of Hanover, on the "Obliga
tions of Literary Men to the Community;" - before the
Adelphian Society, by Jarvis Gregg, of Derry, on the
" Encouragements to the Cultivation of Eloquence, aris
ing from the civil institutions, and the intellectual and mor
al state of our country;" - before the Society of Social
Friends, by Nathaniel S. Folsom, of Portsmouth, on the
"Motives to Intellectual Effort, derived from the Intelli
gence and Benevolent Spirit of the age;" - and before the
United Fraternity, by David Peabody, of Topsfield, Ms.
on the " Benefits resulting to the community from our
Public Institutiions of Learning." These exercises were
among the most interesting of the week, and were listened
to with much apparent satisfaction by numerous and dis
criminating audiences.

The exercises on commencement day, were as follows: -
1 A salutatory oration in Latin. Benjamin Labaree,
Charlestown, N. H.
2 A literary discussion - "The connexion between phil
osophy and poetry." Wm. C. Dana, Newburyport, Ms.
3 A conference - "Skepticism and credulity compared,
as obstacles to improvement." Frederick Parker, Candia;
Edmond O. Horey, Thetford, Vt.
4 A declamation - "The connexion between religion
and literature." Wm. G. Woodward, Hanover, N. H.
5 An oration in English - "Varieties of soil and climate
the occasion of human improvement." Daniel Perley,
Boxford, Ma.
6 An oration in Greek - "The death of Epaminondas."
John A. Vinton, Boston, Ms.
* 7 A Dialogue - "Scene between Louis XVI, and a mem
ber of the National Assembly." Morris E. White, Ash
field, Ms.; Moses Norris, Pittsfield, N. H.
8 A political discussion - "the effects of politics upon
individual character." Charles Sabin, Plainfield, Conn.
9 A forensic disputation - "Is it expedient to legislate
upon the observance of the Sabbath?" Isaac Foster, An
dover, Ms.; Milo P. Jewett, Rumney, N. H.
10 A poem - "The Martyrdom of Abel." Jeremiah
Greenough, Bradford, Ms.
11 An Oration in English - "Parallel between Cor
neille and Shakespeare, as tragic writers." George W.
Haven, Portsmouth, N. H.
12 An Oration in English - "American deliberative el
oquence." Nathan T. Dow, Dover, N. H.
13 An Eulogy. - "Distinguished sons of New-Hamp
shire." Clement Long, Hanover, N. H.
14 Philosophical Oration. - "Evaporation illustrative
of the Divine benevolence." Ira Young, Lebanon, N. H.
15 A literary disputation - "Ought the species of ficti
tious literature,founded on the practical principles of Chris
tianity, to be encouraged." John B. Richardson, Mid
dlebury, Conn.; Jarvis Gregg, Derry, N. H.
16 An Oration in English - "The waste of intellect."
Nathaniel S. Folsom, Portsmouth, N. H.
* 17 An Oration in English - "Influence of our republi
can feelings on American writers." George Chadwick,
Boston-a candidate for the degree of M. of Arts.
* 18 An Oration in English - "The connexion between
law and morality." John P. Doe, Pembroke, N. H. - a
candidate for A. M.
19 Valedictory oration in English. David Peabody,
Topsfield, Ms.

The Degree of A. B. was conferred on William T. Be
ment, Daniel C. Blood, William T. Boutwell, Oliver P.
Chandler, Charles B. Dana, William C. Dana, Nathan
T. Dow, Nathaniel S. Folsom, Isaac Foster, Eli French,
George G. Gallup, Edmund Garland, Jarvis Gregg, El
bridge F. Greenough, Jeremiah Greenough, Sherman Hall,
George W. Haven, Robert Hogge, Edmund O. Hovey,
Milo P. Jewett, Osgood Johnson, Charles B. Kittredge,
Benjamin Labaree, Clement Long, Charles C. Marsh,
Caleb Mills, George Minot, Edward Mitchell, Moses
Norris, Frederick Parker, David Peabody, Daniel Perley,
John B. Richardson, Charles Sabin, Thomas Sparhawk,
Samuel Swazey, Charles E. Thompson, John A. Vinton,
Morris E. White, William G. Woodward, Ira Young, 41.

The Degree of A. M. was conferred on Ebenezer Ever
ett, Aaron Foster, Silas Aiken, Stephen Harriman Long,
Thomas Tenny, Abram Marsh, Roger Newton Lambert,
George Chadwick, Isaac Fletcher Redfield, Joseph Rob
inson, Hale Atkinson Johnson, Edward Rufus Olcott, Leon
ard Worcester, Milton Ward, Bezaleel Smith, Alumni -
and on Joseph Dow, A. B. at Bowdoin College. -16.

The Degree of M. D. was conferred on Stephen Brown,
Willard Doolittle, Shubael Converse, George Chadwick,
Jesse Little, John M. Miles, George Nelson, Aaron Kit
tridge, Charles Frederick Langdon, Levi Hutchinson,
William Henry Williams - 11.

The Honorary Degree of A. M. was conferred on John
M. Goodenow and Daniel P. Bacon.

The degree of D. D. on Rev. John Smith, Professor in
the Theological Seminary, at Bangor; Rev. Noah Porter,
Farmington, Conn. and Rev. Warren Fay, of Charlestown,
Ms. - The degree of LL. D. on the Hon. James Marsh, of
Woodstock, Vt.

The Annual competition for Prizes in Elocution took
place on Thursday, by 12 young gentlemen of the graduat
ing, senior and junior classes. Prizes were awarded to
Charles E. Thompson, A. B. of Concord, N. H. and ju
nior Wm. H. Duncan, of Candia.

The Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of New-Hampshire, held
their anniversary on the same day. An oration was de
livered before them, by Professor Hall late of Washington
College, Hartford, Conn.

The retirement of Rev. Dr. Tyler from the Presidency
of the college - an office, which he has, for six years,
sustained with distinguished ability and success, is
regretted by every friend to its interests. Without any
disparagement to the eminent men, who have been his pre
decessors, it may safely be affirmed, that the Institution
has never enjoyed greater prosperity at home, or support
ed a higher reputation abroad, than it has, during the peri
od of his fostering care. That his usefulness may be on
ly increased and extended, in the new station which he is
called in the providence of God to fill, is the wish of eve
ry friend of science and religion.

We understand that the REV. NATHAN LORD, of Am
herst, N. H. has been elected to supply his place.

The advantages afforded by this ancient Institution for
the prosecution of a thorough course of classical and liber
al education, are, it is confidently believed, not inferior to
those held out by any other in our country. Valuable im
provements have been made, within the last two or three
years, in the system of instruction. A new code of laws,
containing many useful provisions, has lately been intro
duced; the salutary operation of which, is already very ob
vious. The former college building has just been repair
ed, and two new edifices are in a course of erection. There
are three valuable Libraries, containing about 12000 vol
umes, and annually increasing. Several Literary and
Debating Societies afford distinguished opportunities for
making proficiency in composition and in extemporaneous
speaking. The Lectures of Professor Mussey on Anato
my, and those of Professor Hale, on Chemistry, are enjoy
ed by the members of the upper classes. The expenses
necessary to be incurred at this college, are as low as at
any other in New-England; and to pious indigent stu
dents, a part of the tuition is defrayed from a fund, raised
several years since for the purpose.

* Not performed.

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Dartmouth College: The Faculty of Medicine consists
of R. D. Muzzey, M.D. Prof. Anat. Surgery, &c.&c. D. Oli
ver, M.D. Prof. Theory and Prav. &c.&c. B. Hale, A.M.
Prof. Chym. Pharm. &c.&c. D. Adams, M.D. and J.B.
M'Gregory, M.D. Delegates from the N. H. Medical So
ciety, for Medical Examination, who have the same power
with the Professors of voting on the qualifications of can
didates and of affixing their signatures to diplomas. The

Delegate of 1827 recommended to the Fellows of the Med
ical Society, that they encourage their students to attend
lectures at this institution in preference to any other. -
The preparations for lectures, recitations and illustrations,
are very complete. The autumnal lectures commence
Sept. 4th, and continue 14 weeks.