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Begone, dull care," was the universal sentiment. Another term is over with its monotonous routine. The Chapel bell no longer calls to dull recitations or boreous examinations. No jealous Prof. watches our footsteps. No ghost of College discipline haunts us in our moments of pleasure. But these halycon days flit quickly. Vacation soon is over, and back to classic halls we wend our way.

Hamilton College enters upon a new collegiate year with the most Prospects of the flattering auspices. The Freshman Class numbers College. about 60; while additions have been made to the Sophomore and Junior Classes. Never were the prospects of the institution more encouraging. Good feeling exists among Students. To be sure an honest and friendly rivalry is created by the strife for College honors. Class and Society attachments may be strong, but after all there is a bond of unity underlying these surface feelings, and linking us all together by the ties of a common interest. That bond of union is loyalty to our Alma Mater. When her honor and prosperity is involved, all minor considerations are forgotten. With a band of Students thus united, an able and efficient Faculty, and a large and influential body of Alumni, the rapid progress and great usefulness of the College become a matter of course.

Literary Societies.

With the opening of a new collegiate year an increased interest is manifested in our Literary Societies. The Students evidently feel the importance of sustaining these Societies, and thus securing the benefits of practice in oral debate. Plans are now in contemplation to increase the efficiency of these Societies by placing them on a new and firmer foundation.

Endowment.

With great pleasure do we record the rapid progress that is being made in the effort to secure a larger permanent endowment. The subscriptions for this purpose now exceed $100,000; and the work is going on. The Board of Trustees are determined to spare no effort until the pecuniary resources of the College are placed upon a permanent foundation.

VIII-HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

WE present the most noticeable occurrences since the last issue of the QUARTERLY.

Commencement

Commencement took place on Wednesday, July 18. Owing to the unusual size of the Class of 1860, the number of parts amounted to forty-eight, though a strict assignment of them to half the Class, would have swelled them to fifty-three. The constant increase of the successive Classes has rendered it necessary to alter the principle according to which the parts have heretofore been distributed. The new "Orders and Regulations" for the year 1860 -61, contains the following arrangements:

"The parts at Commencement shall be assigned, except in the cases for which provision is made below, on the basis of absolute scholarship, as indicated by the General Scale for the whole course, and in accordance with the following rules:

"No part shall be given to any Student who fails to attain an aggregate equivalent to an average of six on a scale of eight; that is, to seventy-five hundredths of the maximum mark of his Class for the whole College course.

"No Disquisition shall be given to any Student who fails to attain an aggregate equivalent to an average of six and one third.

"No Dissertation shall be given to any Student who fails to attain an aggregate equivalent to an average of six and two thirds.

"No Oration shall be given to any Student who fails to attain an aggregate equivalent to an average of seven.

"Any Student whose aggregate corresponds to an average as high as seven and a half, shall receive an Oration summa cum laude.

"But it is provided, that any Student, whenever he may have entered College, and whatever may be his rank on the General Scale, who rises as high as the twentieth place on the Annual Scale of the Senior year, shall receive a part at Commencement; and that the Faculty, in assigning the parts for Commencement, will take into special consideration any signal decline in rank during the Senior year." On the day after Commencement, the inauguration of President Felton and the Triennial Festival of the Alumni were mingled together. We can only give the merest outline of the proceedings. The ceremonies of inauguration were as follows: The singing of Luther's Hymn by the choir; Prayer by Rev. Presi

Inauguration.

dent Stearns of Amherst College; a Latin Oration by Joseph H. McDaniels of the Senior Class; Address by Gov. Banks; Response of President Felton; "Domine salvum fac Præsidem," by the choir; The Alumni Oration by Rev. Samuel Osgood, D.D., of New York; Inaugural Address by President Felton. The new President is the twentieth in the list of those whom Harvard College has delighted to honor; and it was a memorable feature of the occasion that there were present the four ex-presidents next preceding the present incumbent, to wit: Presidents Quincy, Everett, Sparks and Walker. We understand that an official account of the Inauguration is soon to be published, containing the speeches, &c., in full. The Alumni Dinner, at 4 P. M., the same day, was presided over by Dr. Alumni Dinner. Holmes, whose claim to the title of Autocrat, whether at breakfast or dinner tables, seems to be equally unquestionable. Speeches were made by Dr. Holmes, President Felton, Gov. Banks, Dr. Osgood, Hon. Edward Everett, Chief Justice Shaw, Dr. Walker, Prof. Agassiz, Rev. Dr. Bellows, and Rev. T. W. Higginson. The festival seemed to be regarded by all as one of unusual pleasure and interest.

The new term has been signalized by the accession of about 136 new members to the College corps. They comprise the first Class which (for a long time) has been exempt from the Football Game. gauntlet of the Annual Football Game. For we have the pleasure of announcing that, following the creditable example of the government of Yale, the Faculty of Harvard College have put a stop to the fight which was miscalled a game. The Sophomore Class was advised last term by the President that the game must not be renewed, and that disobedience would incur the severest penalties. Especially was the Class warned against indulging in hazing, on pain of immediate expulsion. By this very simple yet perfectly efficacious procedure, the customary contest at the beginning of every year has at length met the fate which it so richly deserved. The wonder is, that, brutal and demoralizing as it was in its nature and in its effects, it was allowed to exist so long. But this only exemplifies the tenacity with which old customs assert their right to life. Public opinion among the Students,—at least, the best public opinion, we believe to be entirely on the side of the Faculty; though undoubtedly most would have preferred to see the game abolished by the Students themselves. There was, to be sure, on the night when the game would regularly have been fought, a mock burial of a football on the Delta by the Sophomore Class, with pall-bearers, mourners, &c. &c,, and an

oration and poem. But as this was virtually only a confirmation of what had been done by the government, everybody was satisfied. The age of the game was stated on the head-stone to be 60, though we know not with what authority.

The only important change in the officers of the institution, with the exception of the President, is the succession of the College Preacher. Rev. Dr. Peabody, of Portsmouth, to the chair of Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, and Preacher to the University, in place of Dr. Huntington, resigned. Dr. Peabody is well known as a leading minister in the Unitarian denomination, and the Editor of the North American Review. His appointment seems to meet with universal favor.

News.

During the vacation there was an unwonted display of activity in and about the College domains. First, the ground was broken for a new house for the President, on Quincy Street, (where he now resides). The dimensions have been announced as 58 feet, length, and 46 feet, breadth. Next, there was the completion of what had been already begun in term time, an addition to the block known as Graduates' Hall, occupied entirely, in the upper stories, by Students. The new part is to be designated, we understand, by the rather unhandsome appellation of "College House." Thirdly, the three venerable halls called Massachusetts, Hollis and Stoughton, were, in conformity to the unanimous wish of the Students as expressed to the Faculty, fitted with gas pipes; a privilege before accorded only to the Senior dormitory, Holworthy. This is one of the most judicious "innovations" which has ever been attempted by "the powers that be." With all its building, however, the College has forgotten and still needs two things: a Hall for the exercises of Exhibitions, Class Day and Commencement, large enough to accomodate all who wish to be seated, and built in direct opposition to the principle on which all the College buildings have apparently been constructed, that is, providing for decent and wholesome ventilation; and one or two additional dormitories for the accomodation of most of the Students within the College walls.

Temperance Society.

The Temperance Society has issued a Circular inviting the newcomers to join its ranks and contribute to its maintenance. The Society now numbers some 115 members, with a large margin for probable increase still remaining. It has the entire approval of the government, and looks forward to a long and vital career of usefulness.

IX.-KENYON COLLEGE.

Do you ever ask yourself the reason why a Student takes peculiar interest in reading a College magazine, be it that of his own institution or that of others? The Atlantic Monthly may lay on his table, but the contents, though written in an able manner, attract not his attention. Place a College periodical before him, and ten chances to one if he does not open it upon the pages of the Greek or Latin authors, and peruse it to the forgetfulness of the classic lore hidden underneath. The articles in it may not be well written nor the subjects well treated; there may be no beautiful sentiments nor brilliant original ideas embodied, nor may there be any rounded periods to commend themselves to the taste of the readers; but he nevertheless takes a pleasure in them. Why is it I ask? Simply because the College magazine is a Student's organ. In it he finds sentiments congenial to his thoughts; ideas well adapted to the consideration of his mind; above all, because it faithfully records the news of his own world-the College world. The incidents which take place in one part of this "world," excite the interest of the whole, and hence it is that Students show a special pleasure in reading a College periodical. The UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY displayed a marked wisdom in appropriating half of its space to News Articles. There is much connected with the internal workings of any College, that ought to be brought more conspicuously to the notice of the people at large. In this light then, the News Articles can be made the medium of important communication; the extended wire through which the news of one College is transmitted to the ear of a sister institution.

Vacation.

Since the last correspondence from Kenyon, our College has enjoyed a season of repose, an annual nap as it were. Well it was she had it, for much was to be done during her sleep; rooms to be cleaned, repairs to be made, and walls, emblazoned with the names and escutcheons of one generation, to be whitewashed and papered, to allow room for those of the future. Sweetly did she repose too, for there was scarcely any noise to disturb her. Voices that sounded in her ears and echoed by the surrounding woods, were carried along with their possessors to different parts of the country, and in Gambier all was hushed. Let it be remarked here that Gambier is a village of a few hundred people, though for its import