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VOLUME I.] UNIVERSITY OF PENNA ., JUNE 27, 1867. [No. 2 . Secret secret fraternities ORGANIZATION ARRANGED IN ORDER OF ESTABLISHMENT. ARRANGED IN ORDER OF ESTABLISHMENT . DELTA PHI. PHI KAPPA SIGMA . CLASS OF 67 .
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President : EDWARD F . PUGH. DALE, Jr., Vice president : GERALD F ALPHA CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA . } JOHN W. WRIGHT , GEO. ASHTON CARSON, Treasurer : GEORGE H. BALL . JOHN B. LARGE , l 1 Secretary : CHARLES SHAFFNER . DUNCAN , EDWARD LAW, VI// // i1 4 - 1 HERMAN C. EDW ARCHIBALD R. MONTGOMERY, . S. MILES , Executive Corn . : , F. HERBERT BRUNER , CHARLES E . VAN PELT. WILLIAM H. LEX, J EDWARD S . MILES. A. T. FISHER, ALPHA CHAPTER. W. M. WHARTO N ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT . JAMES P. SIMS, JAMES C. FISHER, Jr. JAMES P. WRIGHT . CLASS OF 68 . MEDICAL DEPARTMENT . . STUART, Jr . , HENRY C. CHAPMAN , GEORGE H GEORGE D . WETHERHILL. " FORTITER ET FELICITER . " W. WHARTON FISHER , ti WM. S. JOHNSON , ROBERT M . HUSTON, President : GUSTAVUS B . HORNER . GEORGE G. LENNIG , FRANCIS F . ROWLAND . CHAS. H. POOR . Jr. Vice President : JAMES P. SIMS, WILLIAM WHELEN . MEDICAL DEPARTMENT . Treasurer : WILLIAM M . WHARTON . ROBERT YOUNG . WILLIAM ASHBRIDGE , Secretary : WILLIAM R. WRIGHT. JAMES P. SIMS, LAW DEPARTMENT . LOUIS A. DUHRING , THADDEUS C . LEAVITT 1 JOSEPH C. FRALEY , A . HALLER GROSS. ALEXANDER WOOD , CHARLES KUHN. LAW DEPARTMENT . Executive Com. : EDWARD F. HOFFMAN , WILLIAM W. MONTGOMERY . CHARLES F. ZIEGLER, t. . W . MOORE WHARTON, ZETA PSI . DELTA PSI . WILLIAM L . BULL .
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President : GEORGE II . STUART . Vice President : - - Treasurer : ROBERT ADAMS, Jr . Secretary : DELTA CHAPTER . ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. ROBERT FRAZER, Jr ., CLASS OF 70. JAMES H . ELLIOT , ALEXANDER WOOD , "AD ASTRA PER ASPERA . " ALPHA CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA . G . POMEROY ALLEN , ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT . ROBERT ADAMS, Jr ., President : CHARLES R. PARVIN , GEORGE II . BALL , JOSEPH HOPKINSON , Vice President : FRANCIS C. PHILLIPS . SAMUEL B . COLLINS, Jr., R. FRANCIS WOOD . Treasurer : HAROLD GOODWIN , ARCHIBALD R . MONTGOMERY , Secretary : HENRY G. WARD . JOHN W. WRIGHT. HUGH CRAIG, Jr ., HARRY T . ECKERT, EDWARD F. HOFFMAN , CHARLES FRY, GUSTAVUS B. HORNER. WILLLAM D . NEILSON, tieetnteeite ROBERT M. PATTERSON, MASKELL EWING , GEORGE SHARSWOOD . GEORGE McCLELLAN , MEDICAL DEPARTMENT . CALENDAR FOR 1867-68 . MEDICAL DEPARTMENT . CHARLES F . DOWD, HERBERT M . HOWE , GEORGE S. GERHARD , 1867 - CHARLES M. RITZ. HERBERT NORRIS , First Term begins Monday, September 1G LAW DEPARTMENT . ARUNDEL C . OSBORNE. First Term ends Tuesday, December 24 1868 INMAN HORNER, LAW DEPARTMENT . Secon d Term begins T hursday January 2 4, GEORGE I. PEIRCE, ELIAS L. BOUDINOT S econd Term ends Tuesday, March 3 1 HENRY PEPPER, J. DENNI E MEREDITH Third Term begins Thursday, April 2 HENRY REED . E . GREENOUGH PLATT. Jun ior Exhibitio n, April. DELTA PHI,— 1 7 Class Day June . ZETA PSI, 14 Baccalaureate Sermon, -First Sunday in June. Phi KAPPA SIGMA, 10 Commencement Day, June 25 . DELTA PSI, 20
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to the city . Then again, there is great need o f OUR ALMA MATER . a complete set of modern philosophical apparatus ; especially is an observatoryrequired l . Indeed a mil- - THE UNIVERSITY RECORD Philadelphians—we mean those who think at al lion of dollars could be very judiciously on the subject—seem to have asked themselves the applied to the University . It would certainly be a ver Published by the question : " What claims the University has upon y of 67. profitable investment for the city and State, fo r them !" and to have answered, "none ." We an- money expended upon education is not only neve r swer, every title that antiquity, worth, the prosperit y PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 27, 1867 . lost, but is always productive . Is there not some and happiness, and welfare of the city, the educa- Peabody in Philadelphia hono r of the patriotic enough to at tion and refinement of its chidren, the least start the movement ? the safety of the nation, can create . Befor e Herman C. Duncan , State, Newcomb B . Thompson, Ed considering the claims of the College, let us inquir e John W. Wright , itors , William H. Lea. into its needs . Fifty, or an hundred years ago , the branches taught were sufficient for the qualifi- THE GRADUATING CLASS. cation of the young man for the duties of life . Now things are changed ; we are not satisfied with It has been well remarked, that for a college to the learning that answered our ancestors ; the worl d be prosperous, the active aid of all bodies con- has moved, and education has moved with it. Sci- nected with it is required. The Class of 67 hav e THE YEAR . ence has advanced, but our University has not bee n fully appreciated this fact, and accepting the lesson able to keep pace with it ; this deplorable conditio n it teaches, have lent their aid iii no small measure has not arisen from any fault on the part of th e to the advancement of the University . That mystic date, 1867, which so many hav e o On the morning of Wednesday, looked forward to at once with hope and fear, has University . New sciences have sprung up, and t Sept. 8th, 1863, sons instructed in them the University must the Class entered college thirty--two strong at last become a reality. For four long years thou - have her ; but have additional teachers . But men won t work fifteen of the number passed the final examination . sands of young hearts have beaten quickly wit h . Every One of the absent ones has . Thousands of brain s without pay, even if they are Professors laid his life down in the excitement at its mention philosopher Socrates, hence an additiona l service of his Maker . We have have toiled with redoubled energy, as the though t is not a received as ne w endowment must first be had . When the Univer- members during the course, nineteen ; we gradu- of its approach reminded them of the honors i t ate, twenty-one . . It has come, an d sity asked for money to supply the needs of Phila- might have in store for them delphia and Pennsylvania from our fathers, the y The Class attempted to organize in the Class of 67 gathers from the four quarters of their Fresh - gave with liberal hand . Are Philadelphians of th e man year, but owing to local circumstances were globe, to " commence " the battle of life indepen- s prevented from so doing. A n literis , present day degenerate ? What is most needed i organization was , dently . Convinced that vila sine mors est School of Mines and Engi- however, effected early in the Sophomore we enlisted in the army of Letters . We have bee n the establishment of a year . neering . Pennsylvania is a State of great mineral For some years antecedent to the pronounced " fitted," in the Camps of Instruction , advent o f resources, and should, even if she looked only to he r our Class, the practice of holding annual exltili- and are now under marching orders to take the tions, by the Juniors, had fallen field. Many talented leaders in our army hav e pecuniary interest, educate men to thoroughly de- into disuse . The velop them . Additional Professors are also greatl y custom we were successful in re-establishing. Class fallen ; we rush to take their places . The past yea r h Day and Supper were well supported this in our ow n needed in the Department of Arts, not only to teac year. has been one of considerable note y 1 he custom of the whole Class first event that marked it was the new branches, but also to relieve Professors alread wearing caps and University . The much burdened . For illustration, it is out of gowns on all public occasions ; as also advent of a new Professor . The chair rendere d too of attendin g the question for one Professor to thoroughly in- the Baccalaureate Sermon in a body in full rega- vacant by the resignation of Professor (now Presi- r lia, were inaugurated by our Class has been very acceptably filled by struct, in three years, a class, attending to othe . The Literary dent (Coppee, duties at the same time, in all the branches of Nat- Societies and Fraternities have received much Prof : Stills . A more extended notice of this gen- aid ural Philosophy and Chemistry . New Professor- from members of our Class . The bonds that boun d tleman will be found in another column . ships are necessary- to make the course, as it shoul d its to the lives of under-graduates are broken ; we been characterized by a complete The year has be, elective . A man should be allowed to pursu e go forth lighting under that noble motto : ~1vStpt r~JF ; change in the mode of Examinations ; the publi c all those studies which he shall find necessary t o we must succeed. Examinations, and their preceding reviews at the qualify him for him for his occupation, and on th e end of the first and second terms, have been abol- other ]rand, should not be compelled, becaus e ished ; three or four recitations, on the studies of mixed with what he wants, to study a single branc h those terms, are now substituted . At the close o f he finds useless and unprofitable to him . THE BACCALAUREATE SERMON. the collegiate year, after a rapid review of six weeks The other Departments are not permitted thu s each class is publicly examined in the studies o f to languish . The Law Department has as man y The evening of the Sunday after Ascension Day , the whole year . For this purpose the classes are Professors as are needed ; The Medical Depart- (June 2d, 1867,) was marked by the delivery, at each divided, alphabetically . into two sections , ment, two years since, began to feel the need of a n St. Mark s Church, by the Bishop of New Jersey, each section being examined separately . The pla n enlargement, and before the wish could be ex- of the Baccalaureate Sermon to the Graduatin g works well ; it is a great improvement, as it tend s pressed, a noble-hearted man stepped in and en- Class of the University . Despite the very unfa- to fix more permancntlythe learning acquired . dowed the FIVE needed chairs . Will the Alumn i vorable weather the church was well filled . The The Trustees have changed the day on which the of the Arts be behind that of the Medical Depart- Procession was formed iii the Parish School house , first term begins, from the 8th to the 15th of Sep- ment in generosity ? The result with the Medical the Class in their college caps and gowns, followe d tember ; and that of the third term, from the 8th t o Department has been every way beneficial ; it now , by the surpliced choir of twenty-four men and boys , 2d of April . The second term ends on the 31st of more than ever, stands at the head of Medical Col- the Precentor and Deacon, all in proper order, th e of May, consequently the Trustees have, by solem n leges in this country, and is the only America n Rector and Bishop bringing up the rear . Afte r decree, made AlI-F ool s-Dav an official holiday at Medical College received as an equal by the school s prayers the procession entered the west door an d the C University . of Paris. There is no reason not to suppose tha t moved up the nave, singing 1)r . Nettle s super b translation, " Jerusalem the Golden," (Hymn 276 Commencement Day has been changed from the same treatment would not produce the sam e . ) the the vast congregation at the same time rising . " 3d of July " to the " Last Thursday in June . " effect with our Department . Let us look at th e The effect was truly inspiring . The regular order The fall of the year was marked by sundry claims of the University upon us as Philadelphians , as Pennsylvanians, as Americans . of Daily- Evening Prayer was then used, the Psalter Cricket and Base Ball matches . The Seniors de- being chanted antiphonally. The Anthem wa s feated, by 9 wickets, the Juniors in their last matc h Our University was founded by the great an d good Franklin, as school, in 1751, enlarged to a n from Psalm LXXXVI, G . 12, " Give ear, oh Lord , with them, thus retrieving the defeat of two run s a a College in 1755 , unto my prayer ." It was very beautifully sung . suffered when the class were Sophomores . Th e Academy in 1753, chartered as and made a University in 1779, thus rankin g The sermon was a masterly effort, and very impres- Senior class also defeated the Second Eleven of the FOURTH among American Colleges . Nourished by such sive, the text being from St. Luke, XII 48 : " For Merion, but were in turn defeated on the retur n unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be match, being short two men . men as Franklin, McKean, Hopkinson, Reed, Lo- McCall, and Rittenhouse, assisted by the King , much required ; and to whom men have committe d The Juniors had their gan, Exhibition last April ; it in royal brief, and by personal subscription ; by me n much, of him they will ask the more ." hymn 25 9 was very successful These exercises were re-estab- from every part of the mother country and th e was then sung :—" the strain upraise of joy an d lished last year by the class of 67 ; they hid fair to Provinces, and the West Indies, the University praise,—Alleluia ." After the Benediction, by the become again one of the institutions. claims, when in need, our aid, by every feeling w e Bishop, time procession re-formed, and returne d The Baccalaureate Sermon was preached thi s possess for the honored works of our sires . down the nave, singing as the recessional, Lyte s year by Bishop Odenheimer, of New Jersey, in St . The University is not inferior in worth to her sis- (the 264th,) Hymn :—" Abide with me : fast fall s Mark s Church . Worship was conducted accordin g ter Colleges ; she has educated some of the finest the even tide ." The occasion was one of great in- to the rubrics of the Protestant Episcopal Church . talent inn the country . Her Alumni are to be foun d terest, and one long to be remembered . The services were remarkably pleasant : the sermo n upon the Bishop s chair, in the Cabinet, in the ser- was indeed grand. vice of the country upon the land and sea, in the Class Pay was duly celebrated in the Hall of the Senate and in the House, at the Bar, and in the University, on the 7th of June . It is acknowledge d Pulpit, at the bed of sickness, in the busy mart o f CLASS SUPPER . on all hands that this celebration was the fines t Trade, in the retirement of the Study, and at the This importan t even t in the rol e of Graduation , was dul y thing of the kind ever seen in the University . Th e head of sister colleges . The situation is good ; sur- attende d to at Augustine s , o n the evenin g o f CLASS-DAY . supper of the class passed oft very pleasantly, a t rounded by a large city, accommodation for th e Th e Class , duly impresse d wit h the ide a tha t the wants of Augustine s, the same evening . The Universit y student is readily found . Mechanics can be seen the body require attentio n as much as thos e of the intellect., Barge Club now hold the first champion flag of the practically illustrated in our numerous manufacto- promptly assembled , at 9 o clock . Every member of th e SENIO R CLAS S was present , and man y o f the Class of 67 no t Schuylkill Navy ; it was won on the 10th of thi s ries . All the advantages of large libraries, as wel l Professor . no w in College . Th e Faculty were represente d by month The class of 67 has done much for th e as fine collections in all branches of Science can b e STILLE . Heretofor e thi s gentlema n an d the PROVOS T alone , fame of old Penn . Her last act agrees with the easily obtained . Philadelphia seems peculiarl y of the Faculty , have honore d suc h occasions . Wh y do no t rest ; the class have succeeded in having th e fitted as the abode of Science . To make it such the other Professors show a like interes t place of holding the " Commencements " change d would be of great service to the inhabitants ; Th e Toasts drunk, wer e the following : " Our Honored but y from Musical Fund hall to Horticultural Hall ; thi s this can only be done by a proper education of the Guest—Professor STILLE . " Replie d to in a very happ manner . "Our Friend , Mr . GiLEs ;" " Th e Memory of Col - every one must acknowledge is a decided improve- young. lege Days," accompanied by the singing of ALMA MATER . ment . Pennsylvania should remember that this is th e " The Absent Members of the Class ;" " Our Departe d The College year of 1866 67 has closed ; the STATE University. The Legislatur e is morall y Brother ;" drunk standing and in silence ; " The Philoma- bound to nourish it . To accomplish the purpose s thean Society ;" " Th e Zelosophi c Society ;" " Th e Delt a Ph i University has iii it been considerably improved . Kapp a named, at least $500,000 is wanted . After this is Fraternity ;" " Th e Zeta Ps i Fraternit y ; " " Th e Ph i May future years add equal lustre to her name, un- Sigma Fraternity ;" " The Delta Ps i Fraternity ;" " Th e til she shall stand where she should, and where she collected, and these changes made, it will become a Hesperus, success attend her ." would, if proper means were taken, FIRST AMON G physical impossibility for the Department to accom- Everythin g connected with the entertainment gave uni- AMERICAN COLLEGES . modate itself to the present building, and when a versal satisfaction , an d the whol e affai r passed off in a man- new one is erected it should be made an ornament ner highly creditable to all concerned .
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FAREWELL SONG OF THE CLASS OF 67. THE SOCIETY OF THE ALUMNI . Trustees. Is the name of ALUMNI of THE UNIVERSITY OF' PENN- WORDS BY SAM'L B . COLLINS, ,TR . SYLVANIA an epithet of disgrace, or what reason of an y THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA , Like swift-winged birds the years have flown — kind can there be for the fact, but too true, that gra . As dreams the days have passed away ; duates of this time-honored institution year after year leav e Ex-officio, President of the Board And now, to rev rend seniors grown , its walls, never to raise their voices in its behalf, or take any REV. ALBERT BARNES , We sing, alas ! our farewell lay. apparent interest in its welfare? Of the many hundred mem- REV. BENJAMIN DORR, D . D ., bers of the Society, how many attend the single yearly meet- GEORGE M . WHARTON , Then, Classmates, let us raise the strai n ing ? The scant audience is an insult to the orator of the REV. HENRY J . MORTON, D . D., But once again, a volume stron g occasion and to the University to whom they owe so much. RENE LA ROCHE, M . D. , Though memory shall thrill with pain , Strange that the sentiments of veneration and gratitude ar e JOHN C. CRESSON , And tears be mingled with our song . so wanting in the characters of the majority of graduates o f FREDERICK FRALEY , These classic walls, this rostrum old , our Alma Mater ! Should it be told of a man that he sought , H . BINNEY, JR . , The chapel roll, the hourly bell — and for a long time partook of another s bounty, and, hav- STEPHEN COLWELL , Fond memories! we ll prize as gold ; ing received all the benefit he could, then left his benefactor , GEORGE W . NORRIS, M . D., We'll sadly guard them but too well . avoided ever after his society and turned a deaf ear to hi s JAMES BAYARD , Then, Classmates, &c . appeals, that man would justly be regarded by th J. L CLARK HARE , . But why should such an one be hel e community with contempt d ADOLPH E . BORIE , We leave,—yet this familiar place more blameworthy than he who takes all he can from th e DAVID LEWIS , Still echoes laughter gay and free ; University, and refuses on almost every occasion to own hi s REV. CHARLES W . SCHAEFFER, D. D., The college wears its olden face , indebtedness ? This is the conduct, sorrowful to say, of the WILLIAM STRONG , But we 'll alas ! forgotten be . great Tart of our Alumni, and as such cannot be too severel y JOHN WELSH , Then, Classmates, &c . condemned . There are, however, among the members of th e PETER McCALL, Society a few, a noble few, whose efforts in its behalf are un - GEORGE B. WOOD, M . D ., LL . D . , Come, let us close our time-worn files , tiring. To these we would recommend new faith in the ol d ALEXANDER HENRY , motto : Perseverantia omnia vincit, " bidding them hop e Each other pledge remembrance glad — RT . REV . W . B. STEVENS, D . D ., As hand of each we grasp the whales , that, among their new associates, many will be found willin g to assist in the good work, and who will be the means o REV. C. P . KRAUTH, D. D. , And Speak the last good bye, good-bye . . f re-turning many delinquents to their forsaken allegiance JOHN ASHURST, CHARLES E . Le . CADWALADER BIDDLE, .Secretary and Treasurer. BOATING . CLASS DAY. For athletic sports, the UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA has been by no means behindhand. This has been exemplified in Early in the past winter active preparations were set on foot by the Class of '67, with a view to render their approach- Professors . the numerous Cricket and Base Ball matches that have ta- ing Class-Day an event long to be remembered in the history ken place during the College Year . of " old Penn ." An Executive Committee was appointed fo r In Boating, the " College Boys " have been especiall the purpose of carrying out the designs of the Class, and the REV. DANIEL R . GOODWIN, D . D . , . The University Barge Club rent a part of the Phila-y successful result of their labors was abundantly shown in the succes s which attended their efforts . The Exercises were held in th e PROVOST OF THE UNiversity delphia Skating Club house, and are the owners of two of th e Hall of the University, on the afternoon of June 7th . Th e . D . LL . FRAZER, JOHN F fastest boats on the Schuylkill, namely : the " Hesperus," an d room was tastefully decorated for the occasion with the Na- . ,Vice -PROVOST the " Lucifer . " They took an active part in the recent Re- tional emblems, and the mottoes of the Class, supported o n gatta, and were the winners of the first-class prize . This wa s either side by columns of evergreen, gave the stage an ap- WILLIAM GIBSON, M. D., LL. D., pearance at once artistic and imposing. Emeritus Professor of Surgery . won by their four-ored shell, the "HESPERUS . " The race ` During the Exercises the Germania Orchestra, under th e GEORGE B . WOOD, M . D.,LL . D., took place on Monday, June 10th, and was contested by th e able leadership of Mr . Chas. Ai . Schmitz, discoursed severa l Emeritus Professor of the Theory and Practice o f " Wink," of the Undine Club, and the "Bachelor, " a six- choice selections in their usual finished style . Punctually Medicine . oared outrigger ; at the appointed time, the Class, attired in their Oxford cap s on account of the superior number of oars of and gowns, and decorated with the regalia of their respectiv e SAMUEL JACKSON, M . D ., the latter, she allowed 30 seconds to the other two boats . Societies, entered the Hall and took their places on the stage , Emeritus Professor of the Institutes of Medicine . The boats started from Turtle Rock . The " Wink " havin g amid the plaudits of the many fair ones assembled . Th e HUGH L . HODGE, M. D., won the toss took the outside track, the " Bachelor " being i n audience was the largest and most fashionable ever assem- Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and of the Diseases of the middle, and the Hesperus " on the inside . They turne d bled in the classic walls of the University . Every availabl e WOmen and Child. r en the buoy at Belmont Cottage, and returned, the distance be- place was occupied, while hundreds left the building, unabl e ing a scant three miles . The " Hesperus " won the race i n to come within sound of the speaker s voice. JOHN F . FRAZER, LL . D ., twenty minutes and three seconds, and when it passed th e Mr . ALoNzo P. DOUGLASS, the historian of the Class, was Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in th e Stake-Boat, several lengths ahead of the " Bachelor," it wa s first introduced to the audience . The production of this Department of Arts and in the Department of greeted with cheer upon cheer from the large crowd of spec- gentleman, replete with witicisms and humorous sallies o n Agriculture, Mines, Arts and Mechanic Arts . tators assembled, as well as from the other boats crews . Th e the various members of the Class, was received with such ap- GEORGE ALLEN, A . M ., " Hesperus " was manned by the following crew : plause as is only tendered to efforts of the highest merit . Professor of the Greek Language and Literature. EDWARD LAW, The comic vein which pervaded throughout kept the audi- . D ., - Stroke . ence in a continual conclusion of merriment . At the close, a GEORGE SHARSWOOD, LL FRANK HEADMAN, - - Professor of the Institutes of Law, including, inter alia , shower of the choicest exotics, which poured in upon th e International, Constitutional, Commercia l and JAMES WINSoR, speaker from every side, amply rewarded his successful at- Civil Law . Bow tempt . Theodore FASSitt, - - . JOSEPH CARSON . M. D., Wm. White, - - Coxswain . The ORATION, by Mr. Wit . W . Maris, delivered with hi s usual eloquence, was enunciated in the most, clear and forci- Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy . The " Lucifer, " which is the other boat belonging to th e ble manner ; his wholesome advice to his Class, if carrie d E. SPENCER MILLER, A. M., University Barge Club, won the second-class prize at a regatt a into practice, would result in their life-long advantage , Professor of the Law of Real Estate and Conveyancing , which took place previous to the late Rebellion . During the The POEM, by Mr . SAMUEL B. COLLINS, Was well conceived , and Equity Jurisprudence . war it was challenged by the " Atlanta, " of the Undine Club ; and well executed . . ROGERS, M . D., but all of the crew being engaged in the defence of thei r ROBERT E The WOODEN SPOON was presented by Mr . ArthurRITCHIE , Professor of Chemistry. country, they were unable to compete with them, and henc e to Mr . EDWARD S . MILES, the most popular man of his Class. offered them the prize which they had held . At a meeting o f CHARLES B. TREGO , The speeches of both gentlemen were peculiarly happy, an d Professor of Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology. the Schuylkill Navy, however, it was resolved that th e fitted to the occasion. e C Lucifer " should keep this flag, as a mark of honor, a ne w The WisDom CAP was presented by Mr . HERMAN C . JOSEPH LEIDY, M . D., Champion Flag being offered to that class of boats . Professor of Anatomy . DUNCAN, to Mr . NEWCOMB B. THOMPSON . This part of th e Exercises was not in the programme originally, but was a HENRY It. SMITH, M. D., very creditable impromptu effort on the part of both gentle - Professor of livery . men . FRANCIS A . JACKSON, A. M. , The FAREWELL SONG, which will be found in another col- Professor of the Latin Language and Literature . umn, was written for the occasion by Mr . COLLINS, and wa s E. OTIS KENDALL, A . M ., ably rendered by the Class . The Class would again than k Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Arts, and In the Spring of last, year the chair of Belles Lettres an d Mr . Giles for his very valuable assistance on this occasion . of Pure Mathematics in the Department of Agri - English Literature was made vacant by the resignation o f Mr . Pugh, the President of the Class, ably presided . Thu s culture, Mines, Arts and Mechanic Arts. Professor Coppee . To fill it, the Board of Trustees electe d terminated the brilliant CLASS-DAY Exercises of 67 . Charles J . Stille . This gentleman had already acquired fam e FAIRMAN ROGERS, A. M. in the world of letters, but had never held a Professorship . Professor of Civil Engineering and Surveying. He was, however, well and favorably known in our city . 11 e REV. CHARLES C.SCHAEFFER , is not himself a graduate of our University, but several o f The faculty room Professor of the German Language . the members of his family are, so that his interest in th e . J. PETER LESLEY, welfare of our institution did not begin with his assumptio n Professor of Mining. of this chair. . REV. DANIEL R . GOODWIN, D. D. , During the war he became generally known to the country JR GILPIN, Charles Professor of Intellectua l and Moral Philosophy . as one of the celebrated Sanitary Commission . In connection JAMES R . LAMBDIN , with this work, he wrote " an account of the great Centra l Know ye the room where Freshmen gree n Professor of the Fine Arts. Fair in aid of the IT . S. Sanitary Commission, " held in this Are oft on Monday morning seen' ' P. PEMBERTON MORRIS, A. M. , City in June, l 4, as well as a more extended history of th e Professor of Practice, Pleading, and Evidence at Law Commission itself . He is the very man for the place ; a Where hurrying crowds of students run and in equity . on Friday, when third hour is done . learned Professor, a polished gentleman, a kind-hearted ye t FRANCIS G . SMITH, M. D., just, teacher ; widely known and possessing considerable in- Ah, Yes ! we know that room too well , Professor of the Institutes of Medicine . fluence in the community . He occupies the chair of Henr y But ask us not its name to tell ! R . A . F. PEN ROSE, M. I) , Reed, and he has shown himself a worthy successor of that Professor of Obstetrics and of the Diseases of Wome n talented man . The courses in English Literature, Moder n Know ye the room where lies are told, and Children . Civilization, and International Law, which our class hav e had the opportunity of attending with him, have inspire d Where brass is worth much more than gold ; ALFRED STILLE, M. D., Where well-wrought tales that sound like trut h Professo r of Theory and Practice of Medicine. them with ardor in the pursuit of those branches. Indeed , HARRISON ALLEN, M. D ., no one could attend his lectures without feeling an irresistabl e Are told by every truant youth . Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy . drawing to the subject treated of. "Macte Virtute . " Ah, Yes ! we know that room too well , H. C. WOOD, JR ., AL D ., Oh, ask us not its name to tell ! Professor .of Botany . F. V . HAYDEN, M. D. , WE have heard it said " Why don t the Trustees the m K now ye the room where jest and son g Professor of Mineralogy and Geology . selves do something for the University ?" The Trustees Are banished from the waiting throng ; HENRY HARTSHORNE, M. D., Professor of Hygiene . have been and are nobly directing all their energies to th e Where fabrication is an art , J. J. REESE, M. D., required work, but the response comes feebly . There is th e And terror fills each panting heart, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence , including Toxicology . delay. Oh! why will not slow Philadelphia do somethin g Ah, yes ! we know that room too well , ,CHARLES J. STILLE, A . AI ., to retrieve its fair name from that justly earned epithet? Professor of Belle s Lettres and of the English Language lint ask us not its name to tell ! and Literature .
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