5. COMMENCEMENT AND DEGREES. 9 Herewith is presented a scheme of the last commencement of the Academic Department and of the School of Mines, held on the 9th of June 1880. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH COMMENCEMENT OVERTURE ORDER OF EXERCISES. Rossini. SELECTIONS-"Tannhauser". MARCH "Athalia". PRAYER By the Rev. Cornelius R. Duffie, S. T. D., Chaplain of 4. ORATION Wagner. Mendelssohn. Columbia Coilege. William Warburton Scrugham. 'The Demand for Scientific Methods in Mining," "On Music". MUSIC" College Airs" Frederick D. Browning, S. of M. 5. ORATION" Engineering, Ancient and Modern," James L. Greenleaf, S. of M. 6. ORATION-"Francis Bacon MUSIC, GALOP Suppe. Henry S. May. The Names of the Honor Men in the Graduating Class will be announced. Announcement of Results of Competition for Scholarships in the Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Classes. Announcement of the Fellowship in Sciences Awarded in the Class of 1880. Announcement of Prizes. MUSIC, SELECTIONS "Freischutz" Weber. The Degree of Bachelor of Arts will be conferred on the Members of the Gradu Leon Nathan Adler, Robert Morgan Gibbes Barnwell, William Graves Bates, Charles Samuel Marvin Belden, Pelham St. George Bissell, Edgar Stuart Blunt, John W. Fenton Carlisle, Howard Coghill, James Potter Conover, ating Class. William Fellowes Morgan, Charles Louis Morganstern, William Warburton Scrugham, Milton Emanuel Lehman, James Duane Livingston, Jesse Albert Locke, Jr., William Bard McVicar, Fielding Lewis Marshall, Henry Solomon May, Henry Mihalovitch, Ross Miller, Charles Forman Moody, William Hickok Taylor, Ransford Easman Van Gieson, Howard St. Clair Wait, Gardiner Howland Waring, Nelson Jarvis Waterbury, Jr., Herbert Augustus Weeks, Robert Maclay Bull, sp. gr, James Freeman Bush, sp. gr., Leo Hermann Mandel, sp. gr. The Degree of Engineer of Mines, Civil Engineer and Bachelor of Philosophy will be conferred on the Graduating Class of the School of Mines. The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy will be conferred on Albert Peter Hallock, Henry Harmon Hendricks, Theodore M. Hopke, Charles August Meissner, Alexander Ramsay Cushman, Ph. B., John Woodbridge Davis, C. E., Isaac Wyman Drummond, E. M., Yothinosuke Hasegawa, E. M., Roland Duer Irving, A. M., E. M., Charles B. Beck, Theodore V. Boynton, Herbert P. Brown, Nawokichi Matsui, Ph. B., George Barrow Morewood, E. M., Spencer Baird Newberry, E. M., John Henry Tucker, Ph. B. The Degree of Master of Arts will be conferred on candidates in course. The commencement of the School of Law was held on the 12th of May, and that of the School of Medicine on the 1st of March, 1880. The degrees conferred were as follows: Degree of Bachelor of Arts upon Graduates of the Academical Department, at commencement, 58; degree of Master of Arts upon members of the Class of 1877, 18, and upon members of earlier classes, 7; degree of Engineer of Mines, 14; of Civil Engineer 8; and of Doctor of Philosophy 8, conferred upon Graduates of the School of Mines; degree of Bachelor of Laws, conferred upon graduates of the Law School, 175. The following honorary degrees were also conferred : Doctor of Laws. Louis Palma Di Cesnola director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Doctor of Music. Leopold Damrosch, director of the New York Oratorio Society, New York City. 6. COLLEGE TERMS. The terms or sessions for studies in said college during said year were two, as follows: The first term commencing on the first Monday in October, ending February 2. The second term following the first without an intervening vacation, and closing on the second Wednesday in June. The following is a copy of the calendar of the next college year. 1880. October 4. First term, one hundred and twenty-seventh year, begins on Monday. November 2. Election day, holiday. November 25. Thanksgiving day, holiday. 1881. January 3. Christmas holidays end Saturday. March April April May May May June June June 2. Ash Wednesday, holiday. 15. Good Friday, holiday. 16. Concluding examinations begin Monday. 1. Examination for admission begins Wednesday. 8. Commencement, vacation begins Wednesday. September 28. Examinations for admission, Wednesday. October 3. First term, one hundred and twenty-eighth year begins Monday. 7. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. The course of instruction pursued during the year in the several classes is given in the following extracts from reports made to the president by the severel heads of departments. DEPARTMENT OF GREEK. Senior Class. This class with which Greek is elective for two hours per week, read in the first term, the "Seven Against Thebes" of Aeschylus, with careful attention to the forms and analysis of the language, the subject-matter of the play and questions of metre and prosody. In the second term it read a considerable portion of the oration of Demosthenes on the crown, with analysis of the argument and explanation of the legal forms and processes of attic law. The usual volunteer class for Greek testament reading, composed of those who intend to study for the ministry and others was formed and continued to the Christmas holidays, but after that was this year for special reason discontinued. Junior Class. The junior class read, in regular course, the Electra of Sophocles, with the usual attention to grammatical and metrical points, and the general form and character of the play. In prose the reading was Plato's "Apology of Socrates" with analysis of the argument, forms of legal proceedings and attention to the condition of Athens at the time. In addition, a small portion of the sixth book of Thucydides was read, with less reference to grammatical analysis. For the trustees Greek prize was assigned this year the "Seven Against Thebes," of Aeschylus, to be read by the contestants privately in connection with the necessary commentaries and other works in connection with the Greek drama. Sophomore Class. The sophomore class read in course the Medea of Euripides with accompanying explanation of grammatical and archæological points and the choral scanning. The prose reading was the first book of Xenophon's Memorabilia, with careful analysis of the subjects discussed and the history of Athens in the period included in the narrative. One hour a week for the greater part of the year was given to greek prose composition. A volunteer class, composed of members of this class with some from the senior and junior classes, read (twice a week in the hour before the first college recitation) with Dr. Merriam in the first term almost all of the second book of Herodotus, and in the second term the fragments of the Lyric poets of the Iambic, Elegiac and Melic schools. The reading was at sight without previous preparation. Freshman Class. The freshman class read in regular course in the first term the thirtieth and fourteenth books of the Odyssey, with the usual attention to prosody, Homeric forms, grammar, etc. In the second term, in prose, eighty-one chapters of the sixth book of Herodotus. Weekly recitations were held for two months of each session on Greek grammar and the writing of Greek. Much use was made of the blackboard for this purpose. Half of the hour was spent in dictating the sentences to be written by the students in their copy-books, and these were then transferred to the blackboard, each student having a sentence to write out for criticism and correction in the presence of the class. A volunteer class was formed by Dr. Merriam from the members of this class, also, for reading at sight, which met twice a week, (in the hour before the first college recitation). In the first half year the students were encouraged to look over one hundred lines of their reading beforehand, but in the second term the reading was at sight. In this way about twelve books of the Odyssey were read in the course of the year. A majority of the members of each of these volunteer classes appeared for a voluntary examination at the close of the second term, which was attended with satisfactory results. Department of Latin. The seniors read the first four acts, nine hundred and twenty-one lines of the Captive of Plautus, with special attention to the Archaic 'language and the Metres, and the first twenty-five chapters of Cicero De Oratore. They had also a lecture on Plautus and on the Roman Rhetoricians. |