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couraging, and furnished an opportunity for a pleasing intercliange of 

 congratulations between a number of old class-mates and fellow-stu- 

 dents. John Naill, Esq., of Illinois, was selected to deliver the next 

 annual address — the Rev. J. L. Schock, of Reading, Pa., to be his al- 

 ternate. 



Annual Address. — On the evening of the same day the Annual Ad- 

 dress before the College Literary Societies was delivered by Rev. W. M. 

 Reynolds, Professor of Latin and Intellectual Philosophy in the Insti- 

 tution, and President-elect of Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio. — 

 We need scarcely say that the eflbrt was every way worthy of Prof. 

 Reynolds' high reputation as a scholar and a writer. The theme was 

 "American Literature," which was discussed in a masterly and eloquent 

 style, for better than an hour in the presence of a crowded and interested 

 audience. Manly and independent, and withal thoroughly American in 

 his views the production was honorable alike to the h^d and heart of 

 the author, and administered a well-timed rebuke to the sickly, fashiona- 

 ble senlimentalism of the day, so prone to seek out the too often 'trashy' 

 literature of other lands to the exclusion of the numberless masterly 

 productions of our own countrymen, which every American youth should 

 be directed to and taught to regard with honest pride and exultation. We 

 are pleased to learn that the Address will be published by the Societies. 



Commencement. — On Thursday morning the Annual Commencement 

 came ofl' — at which the Latin Salutatory was delivered by Jesse Stock- 

 ER, of N. Jersey; an Oration on "Common Sense," by John W. Mil- 

 ler, of Carlisle, Pa.; another on "The Love of the Marvellous," by 

 Sylvanus Sheimer, of N. Jersey; and the Valedictory by Mathias 

 Miller, of Virginia. The performances of all the young gentlemen 

 were very creditable, and, we believe, gave general satisfaction to the 

 large assembly that listened to them. The degree of A. B. was confer- 

 red upon the members of the graduating class; the degree of A. M. in 

 course, upon Rev. F. A. Barnitz, Rev. E. Breidenbaugh, Rev. J. Brown, 

 Rev. A. Height, Rev. A. J. Rarn, Rev. J. Kohler, Rev. W. M'iVIiUan, Rev. 

 G. Parson, Rev. P. Pfahler, Rev. J. P. B. Sadtler, P. G. Sauerwein, and 

 Rev. A. J. Weddle. The honorary degree of A. M. was conferred upon 

 John H. Brown, of Philadelphia, and Rev. Jonathan Oswald, of York ; 

 and that of D. D. upon Rev. Thomas H. Stockton, of Philadelphia. — 

 The exercises were concluded with an able and impressive bacchalau- 

 reate address to the graduating class from President Krauth. 



The Music. — It would he injustice to the members of the "Handel 

 and Ila}'dn Association" of this place, were we to conclude this notice 

 without stating that very much of the interest thrown around the difler- 

 ent exercises of the week was imparted by the superior and enchanting 

 MUSIC furnished, at suitable intervals, by the ladies and gentlemen 

 composing that Association. The public have frequently hitherto been 

 indebted to the same source for rich entertainments, but we do not re- 

 member having heard upon any similar occasion a more uniformly fa- 

 vorable opinion as to the merit of the mu*ic and the skill of those who 

 furnished it. Civis. 



Gettysburg, Sept. 1S45. 



