were for a fine Commencement. The only drawback being the dustthe dust. We had trusted that the gods would have quenched the thirst of "Old Mother Earth," especially as she had for many days been sending up cloud after cloud of incense: we were, however, disappointed. At the appointed hour, the procession, headed by a fine band of music, took up their line of march. In a short time they entered the Chapel. The attendance was large, and many had to content themselves with remaining outside the edifice.

The exercises were opened by an eloquent and liberal prayer from Bishop McIlvaine. Mr. J. L. Daymude followed with the Latin Salutatory. The several members of the Class then performed their appointed parts. Mr. Joseph Packard, Jr., of Va., delivered the Valedictory Oration. In conclusion, President Andrews announced that the next Commencement, being the thirty-third Anniversary of Kenyon College, and the twenty-fifth of the Theological Seminary, it

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was proposed to celebrate the occasion with a Jubilee or

a Re-union of all the Alumni of both College and Seminary. The idea is a good one, and we sincerely trust that the movement thus begun may be carried through, and that our next Commencement Thursday, June 29th, '61,-will indeed be a jubilee, at which all the dispersed sons of Kenyon shall be gathered together from the North, South, East and West, and once more meet in social union around their Alma Mater. The afternoon was devoted to the delivery of an oration before the Philomathesian Society by Prof. Joseph Haven, D.D., of Chicago. The Doctor fully confirmed the opinion universally held of his abilities as a public lecturer.

XI-THE UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY ASSOCIATION.

IF the great encouragement which the Board of Compilation feel, and which is strengthened at every step, could be communicated to every College and Editorial Board in the Association, it would start an enthusiasm so hearty and complete as to ensure a success beyond anything yet attained. The object of these Association News Articles

is to inform all the Boards of interesting and important news, and, at the same time, to aid in removing difficulties from the way. The careful statements of the article in the last Number, and the Convention of Editors, so near at hand, render it needless to enter into details here.

Much perplexity has been occasioned by delay on the part of various Boards, in forwarding articles for their department. The preparation of Articles. While it is intended that every Board shall control its own department, it is evident that each one must have regard to promptness in filling it, or both vexation and hindrance will ensue. The time allotted is sufficient to secure articles written with ability, and carefully prepared for the press. In extreme cases, a considerable margin may be allowed with no bad result; but, when many of the articles are thus behind hand, it is difficult to attain correctness and promptness in making up the Quarterly. It is important that greater pains be taken in preparing the "copy" before it is sent for publication. Typographical errors will occur so long as manuscripts are confused and illegible. Not unfrequently words are omitted, sentences unfinished, and the punctuation left to be guessed at. In one case, six lines lacked a beginning, which had been torn off. The correction of manuscripts is no slight labor, but to "restore" them is a puzzling task. It is also desirable in all cases that only one side of a page be written upon. This is necessary to the convenience of the printer. Many of these difficulties might be obviated if articles were received early enough, so that the authors could be consulted on doubtful points, and read their own proofs. But to do this, the utmost promptness is essential. The proof of one essay was forwarded to the author for correction, and was kept so long as to hinder the printers for two days, and, when returned, no less than eight prominent errors remained uncorrected. Particular attention should be paid to the "News Articles," which are usually the most carelessly written of communications, and the last received. They contain so many proper names that it is next to impossible to attain accuracy, unless they are written in a plain, clear hand. Initials and names should be made a matter of special care.

Extension of the

Since the last Number was issued, advances have been made in various directions. New foreign correspondents have Association. been secured, and other Colleges have joined the organization and elected Editorial Boards. Marietta College, Wesleyan University and Pennsylvania College have been admitted to the Association, and will be represented in the next Number. In the first two,

Editors have been chosen, but no list of their names has been forwarded. The Editors for Pennsylvania College are C. W. Knauff, M. C. Horine, H. W. Roth. Correspondence has been held with other Institutions, and will probably result in their admission to the Association.

choosing Editors.

Letters have sometimes been received, enquiring what steps must be taken to become members of the Association, and how Method of gaining admission and Editorial Boards are constituted. The general course has been to call a meeting of College, or in some cases class meetings, and lay the matter before them. In nearly every instance such action has been favorable to the enterprise. The Editors are usually chosen so as to represent the upper classes. The number is regulated by the judgment of the College. Reference to the Editorial list in the last Number, will show a great inequality in the number of Editors in different Colleges. The Freshman class, owing to the small opportunity offered to become acquainted with its members, is generally not represented in the Board.

The next Num.

The next Number will contain an article on Numismatics, by Mr. F. P. Brewer, of New Haven. Mr. Gilman, the Libraber. rian, is preparing an article on "The Libraries of Yale College," and a similar one is expected on "The Libraries of Harvard University." A letter has been received from Mr. William Everett, a recent graduate of Harvard, now of Cambridge University, England, expressing his pleasure to become a contributor to the Quarterly. Mr. C. A. Bristed, well known as the author of "Five Years in an English University," has written in commendation of the work, and has promised to contribute to its pages. Many other gentlemen, now in Europe, have promised articles on various subjects of interest to Students.

Convention.

Tuesday, the 24th of July, has been fixed upon for holding the Convention of Editors at Worcester. The Union College Regatta on that day will be an occasion of general interest to all Collegians, and draw together a large body of Students from all parts. This, of course, renders it especially a favorable time for holding a Convention. Assurance has been already received from many Colleges that they will be represented, and it is earnestly desired that, if possible, every College in the Association may be represented by at least one delegate. At all events, correspondence with reference to the Quarterly, which may render the transaction of business easy and decisive, is urgently solicited. The Convention will meet on Tuesday morning, and it is hoped that all delegates will be

present promptly. Business of the highest importance to the Quarterly, and to each Board concerned, will be brought up, and much of the future prosperity of the enterprise depends upon its transaction. The pleasure of a re-union and personal acquaintance will impart to all new enthusiasm in the work, and add to our feeling of union and brotherhood which it is so emphatically the object of the University Quarterly to promote.

Essays for the number for October, must be sent on before the 15th, Time of forward. and News Articles before the 30th of September. Attention to the forwarding of articles promptly, will go

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far to ensure correctness in making up the Number.

Errata.

In the last Number, in the list of Editors at Williams' College, G. F. Miles, should be G. F. Mills. The Oberlin News Article should have been credited to Judson Smith, instead of Isaac Stevens. It will hardly add to the geographical knowledge of any one, to say that Dartmouth College is at Hanover, instead of Dartmouth, N. H., as it was put on our cover.

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

Or the notices given by the Press, of our April Number, we select the two following for re-publication.

THE UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY, as this periodical is henceforth to be termed, originating at Yale College, has already secured systematic co-operation from between twenty and thirty American and foreign Colleges and professional schools, including the Universities of Berlin, Halle and Heidelberg. Its objects are the promotion of fraternal feeling and intercourse between various literary institutions, the diffusion of such intelligence with regard to each as may be of interest to all, the creation of a right and high standing of sentiment and opinion among Students, the cultivation of a pure literary taste, and such comparison of methods and results as may lead to a generous emulatian and conduce to mutual improvement, equally in boards of government and instruction, and among their pupils. The numbers before

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us give ample promise of a journal which will find favor not within College walls alone, but among liberally educated and professional men generally. The space is very judiciously distributed. Abundant room is allowed for the News Articles from the several Institutions represented; while the greater part of each number is occupied by essays on educational and literary subjects. The range of subjects discussed in these essays is as wide, and the modes of treatment are as various, as is wont to be the case in well conducted literary magazines. There is just enough of the mirthful element to give zest to the graver materials, while a healthy moral feeling, a uniform recogni tion of the highest truths, wherever reference to them is in place, and a pervading tone of reverence for authority both human and Divine, show that the editors have marked out for themselves and their journal a route retrogressive as regards the false and mischievous tendencies of the age, while vigorously progressive in the direction of true knowledge, learning and wisdom. We earnestly bespeak for the work the liberal patronage which it needs at the outset, and which we are sure it will have without asking, when its merits shall become generally known.-The North American Review.

The maiden name of this youthful journal was The Undergraduate, which, however, for good and sufficient reasons, it has thus early exchanged (with the second number) for the more appropriate and dignified title of THE UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY. These reasons, as set forth by the Association, were, substantially, to obviate a misconception which the original name was found to have created, of the scope and purposes of the work; to secure more effectually the co-operation of professional Students; and to indicate more exactly the breadth of the field which the Association proposes to occupy-thus dignifying, no less than defining, the enterprise, by the very name of their organ. In this we think they have judged wisely.

In the variety, ability, and interest of its articles, this second number appears to us quite equal to the first; while in general correctness both of style and sentiment, it is decidedly superior. Some of its Essays" would honor the pages of the New Englander or the North American; and for its "News Articles," we should look in vain to any cotemporary Journal. We are happy to notice that the Colleges and professional schools are fast wheeling into line in support of the enterprise, and that a corresponding increase of subscribers is chronicled. The Congregationalist, (Boston.)