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from the book at random, will illustrate my meaning : "The word of 

 the Lord is pure." "-The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom." — 

 ''Fides sine operibus est vana." "■Libertas est melior gemmis." "Wash- 

 ington was the bravest of generals." "In the year 1784 Washington 

 was President." (We may here remark, in passing, that we object to 

 the way in which the English letter W is latinized, namely,- bv the V. 

 We are decidedly of opinion that it ought to be either by a U or by 

 Ga; thus, Uashingtonius or Guashingtonius^ though we prefer the former.) 

 We might exert our critical skill in fault-finding, and suggest sundry 

 improvements that have occuried to us whilst running over this little 

 book, but, leaving all this for another occasion, we venture to predict 

 that this will become a standard work in our schools, and will exert a 

 most favorable influence upon the study of classical literature in this 

 country. R. 



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COMMENCEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 



The Annual Commencement of Pennsylvania College took place on 

 Thursday the 18th of September, preceded, during the week, by the in- 

 teresting public exercises of the diiferent Societies connected with tiie 

 Literary and Theological [ustitntions of this place. As usual upon such 

 occasions, our village was enlivened by the presence of a number of 

 friends of literature from a distance, attracted hither in anticipation of 

 the rich intellectual feast which Commencement tocek never fails to pro- 

 vide. The attendance upon the diflerent exercises was throughout un- 

 usually large — furnishing, in itself, the best compliment to the merits of 

 the performances, and presenting to the officers and patrons of the In- 

 stitution gratifying evidence of their steadily advancing progress in pub- 

 lic favor. Willi a view of acquainting those readers of the 'Journal,' who 

 may not have had the pleasure of being present upon this interesting 

 occasion, with what transpired, I propose a succint sketch of the exer- 

 cises in the order in which they occurred. 



Mumniof the Seminary. — On Tuesday evening, the 16th, interesting 

 addresses were delivered in Christ's church, before the Alumni of the 

 Theological Seminary, by M. S. Curtis, on the "Common Origin of the 

 Human Race," and by ]\lr. M. Allaman, on "Schelling's Philosopliy," — 

 yoimg gentlemen connected with the Institution during the previous 

 year; and also by the Rev. C. W. Schaefi-er, of Harrisburg, on the 

 "Christian Ministry." The production of the Rev. gentleman was char- 

 acterized by a chasteness and beauty of thought and style that served 

 to commend it to the high regard of his auditors. 



College Mumni. — The Rev. C. P. Krauth, Jr., the individual se- 

 lected to deliver the annual address before the Alumni Association of 

 the College, being unavoidably absent, his place was supplied, in ac- 

 cordance with a previous arrangement, by the Rev. Mr. TiioR.v, of Car- 

 lisle, who addressed the Alumni on Wednesday afternoon. After which 

 the Association convened for the transaction of its usual busines.s — the 

 Rev. JoH.v Heck presiding-, and Prof. M. L. Stoever officiating as Se- 

 cretary. We understand that the attendance of members was very ei>- 



