The Commencements

Wednpsday was gala day at the University. In the forenoon, at 10 o'clook, ;he exercises of the 27th Amiual Uomtnenceinent of the College of Medicine and Surgery, were held in University lall, a large and interested audienoe xing' in attendance. In oonnection with the Medical Cdinintmoement the 2d Annual Commenoement of the Colege of Dental Surgery was also held. After music, prayer, and music the jraduates were cailed to the platform, the degrees conferred, and diplomas presented to the several meuibers of the olass as follows : MEDICAL ORADUATKS. Charles Beckwith Allyn, Plymouth. William W. Anderson, Hancock. AHion A. Andrews, B. S., Kearney, Neb. George B. Ayres, M. I)., Rochester, Minn. Kausom M. Barrows, Olivet. Charles Black, B.A., Detroil. Benjamin 1). Bradfield, Eagle River. Alexander C. Burns, Wesl Miililleton, Pa. Harris Ansel Canfield, French Creek, N.Y. John Edward Clark, Detroit. John J. Conner, Taylorsville, 111. Jeremiah Coughlin, P. C, Hancock. John Franklin Curry, Ann Arbor. Julius W. Y. David, Detroit. Henry William Dennis, Detroit. Alfred Desjardins, M.A., Marquette. John Benjamin Dudley, Bath, N.Y. john H. Dumon, Evart. G. Dudley Eider, Bloomington, 111. Stephen Fúgate, Julián Furnace, Pa. George Whitlield Furey, Constantine. Fred. Eugene Grant, Otsego. Henry P. Halsted, B. S., Lansing. D. Claude Hawjcnurst, Battle Creek. George Henry Jones, Le Roy, N.Y. George VVeirs King, M alone, N.Y. James Johnson Lyon, Zilwaukee. Alexander C. Maclean, Ann Arbor. Jeremiah L. Maloney, Northhampton, Mass. John M. McDonald, Calumet. William H. McKenzie, Mitchell, Ont. Arthur Howard Moss, Maple Rapids. Moses Newkirk, Bay City. George N. Newton, Canfield, Ont. George William ürr, Pontiac. George William Palmer, Grass Lake. Duncan Paterson, Keyser, Ont. Clarcnce E. Persons, Northfield, Minn". Wilbur Fiske Reed, B.A., Ann Arbor. Edward Adams Romig, Pontiac. G. Irwin Royce, Detroit. Randall Schuyler, Jr., Ann Arbor. Elisha T. Shumaker, Oakland, Pa. Holli Fred. Sigler, Pinckney. S. Whedon Smith, B.A., P! C, Ann Arbor. La Fayette Stuck, Otsego. Clarence Fletcher Swift, MaySville, Ind. James H. Travis, Simcoe, Ont. Ashman II. Vandivert, Bethany Mo. F. Eugene Walbridge, Weyauga, Wis. George Watson, Auburn, 111. Henry Mason Wheeler, Northfield, Minn. (eorge James Wilder, Coldwater. Charles W. Wooldridge, B. S., Ionia.. Eveline P. Ballintine, Rochester, N.Y. Emma L. Benham, Bronson. Amanda Conkling, Macedón Centre, N.Y. Ada J. Healey, Ann Arbor. Mary L. Hoagland, Ann Arbor. Euphemia J. Howell, Brockway Centre. Eliza Mitchell, Ann Arhor. Julia E. Spart, Muncie, Ind. Elnofa Uphara Totten, Ann Arbor. Abby E. Vaill, Litchfield, Conn. Lettie Helen Woodruff, Ann Arbor. Total, ... 65. DENTAL COLLEGE GRADUATES. S. Brenton Hartman, Fort Wayne, Ind. Marión Holland, St. Joseph. George Hugh Irvin, Lima, Ohio. Victor Hugo Jackson, Ann Arbor. Palemón John Kester, Cliicago, 111. Peter McGregor, Ann Arbor George Stephen Shattuck, Belle Plain, Iowa Will Gilman Stowell, Manchester Total, ... 8 After this oeremony a brief but appropriate address was delivered to tho gradúate of the Dental College by Dr A. T. Hetcalf, of Kalamazoo,. Dr. Metcalf was meinber of the last legislatura and especially active in procuring the legislation tor the establishment of the Dental College. Another piece of music followed the addrass, and then Dr. William Parnionter, of Vermontville, a gradunte of the class of 1857, delivered the address to tho medical graduates. THE LAW COMMENCEMENT. Thi Eighteeuth Annual Cointuoncement of the Law Department was held at 2 o'clock P. M. The programme oi exercises was substantially as in the forenoon, the musio being furnished by the 22d U. S. Infantry Military and Reed Band, James T. Clarke, director. The address was given by Judge Cooley, his subject being "The State of the Law a Test of National Growth." lu the discussion of his subject Judge Cooley assigned the following aa reasons for bulieving that the lawa of a peoplo or nation are the best evidence of progress : 1. They giva us the best inaight to the real character of tho people. 2. They show us better than any mere confession of faith, how far the religious belief affecta the outward life of the people. 3 They give eyidence that the people aro or are not in the enjoyment of general happiness, acoording as they show whether the conditions which adinit of general happines3 are or are not suffercd to exist. 4. The law, best of all things, einbodies the idea of permanence, and therefore best affords usthe opportuuity to judge how far changeB theroin for better or worse corrospond to changos in the oonditions of the people. Preceding the address the degree of Bachelor of Lawa was conferred upon, and dipiomas presonted to the followiug graduates : Morris Abeles, I.eavenworth, Kan. Truman Edson Ames. Potsdam, N. Y. Oscar Edward Angstman, B.S., Southfield. John Henry Baker, Siillivan, 111. Frank A. Baklwin, Green Spiings, Ohio. Alton Will. Bennett, Cassopolis. James Winch Bucklin, Lodi, 111. Thomas Bernard Buckner, B.S., Mexico, Mo. Albert Burgess, Detroit. Otlo Charles Butz, Chicago, 111. Silas Horatio Callender, Lawrence, 111. James Wellington Carr, Ann Arbor. Francis Grigshy Carpenter, Detroit. Edwin T. Cass, East Troy, Wis. Ira Wallace Castle, Stillwater, Mimi. George Warren Chamberlin, Sterling, 111. William Asbury Chase, Clearfield, Pa. William Tucker Coad, Mineral Point, Wis. Alfred James Coates, Bolívar, Tenn. Charles Louis Colvin, Wyandotte, Kan. John Conner, Iosco. Thomas C. Conrad, Petaluma, Cal. Charles Wilkins Cox, Little Rock, Ark. Thomas R. Crisup, Detroit. John W. Creveling, B.A., liloomsburg, N. J. Adelbert Culver, Albion. William Teil DeBann, Chicago, 111. Charles N. Dolson, Areola, III. Melville Cox Ebright, Wooster, Ohio. James Clarence Ellis, Fayette, Miss. Arnold W. Eschenburg, Chicago, 111. William Henry Fairclnld, Fairfield, Vt. Frank Levi Fales, Charlotte. S. Olin Foster, Ann Arbor. Lucius W. Fraser, Detroit Isaac Andrew Gilbert, Bay City. William D. Gilbert, B.A., Atchison, Kan. Charles Pierce Gilchrist, B.A., Ann Arbor. Daniel Virgil Gore, Carlisle, Ky. Edward Alonzo Gott, Ph.B., Ann Arbor. Darwin C. Griffin, Ypsilanti. Gerald Griffin, Ann Arbor. Hugh Dcl.oss Grigsby, I'ittsfield 111. Matthew Kranklin Guiñón, Seo. Frank Darius Hale, I.unenburg, Vt. William living Hamilton, Battle Creek. William Henry Hun,. Battle Creek. Whitman T. Hines, Woodstock, 111. William ï. Hodsort, Apple River, 111. Charles Ripley Hopson, Elgin, 111 obert Hovenden, M.A., Pontiac. J. Darwin Hughes, Jr., Grand Rapids. iucius D. Johnson, Lansing. ■'rancis Everett Jones, Saline. W. Scottjudy, Tallula, 111. 1'Yancis Marión Landram, Warsaw, Ky. Krank A. Larzelere, Tekonsha. Myron Chatham Lingle, Lock Haven, Pa. Medary Dale Manu, Westerville, Ohio. Nathan Abijah Mann, Westerville, Oliio. Ralph Norris Marble, Lansing. Reuben H. Markham, B.A., Albany, Or. Haltie Masón. Ann Árbor. Richard Louis McDougall, Warsaw, 111. Cassius Dixon McKwen, Royal Oak. Toseph James McKee, Lebanon, 111. Francis R. McKennon, Berryville, Ark. E. William I. oren McLaughlin, Charlotte. John Andrew McMahon, Marlette. Donald McPherson, B.S., Lansing. Erastus F. Mearkle, Clearville, Ta. John Michcll, Portland, Or. Samuel Murphy, Harrison, Ark. Charles Bruce Moores, B.A., Salem, Or. Samuel Johnson Nelson, Rochester, Minn. Henry Ohrns, Jr., Mt. Clemens. Charles Wallace Perry, Flint. Charles Leónidas Phelps, Oregon, 111. Krederick B. Phillips, Fredericktown, Mo. Herman Pistorius, Ann Arbor. Walter Scott Powers, Assyria. Frank A. Reid, Bowling Green, Ohio. Frank George Reynolds, Battle Creek. Claudius M. Rivers, Stilhvater, Minn. lames C. Reiger, Kansas City, Mo. Millard F. Riggle, Logansport, Ind. Reuben Roof, Fort Plain, N. Y. Dudley P. Safford, B A., Coldwater. Theodore Stanfield Shaw, San José, Cal. John Evans Simonson, B.S., Bay City. Seymour C. Spencer, East SaginawGeorge Milton Sprout, Pinckney. Calvin C. Staley, Chanipaign, 111. Ashbel Green Stiner, Grand Rapids. Robert W. Stewart, Dubuque, Iowa. Louis Stifel, Wheeling, W. Va. Samuel Calvin Stough, Waterloo, Ind. Frank Hammond Sweet, Grand Rapids. James Tait, Huntley, 111. John Lafayette Talbot, Ann Arbor. Arthur Bruce Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah. William B. Taylor, Wyandotte, Kan. liouis Beuner Tulier, Worthington, Ohio. Jim A. Turner, Orangeville. Frank Bortle Tuttle, Oneida, N. Y. John Burgess Utt, Platteville, Wis. Samuel Waldo Vandivert, Bethany, Mo. Jeremiah Green Walbce, Dover, Ark. William Watts, Hudson, Wis. William Henry Wells, B.A., Ann Arbor. Franklin Emory Wheaton, Wheaton, 111. G. Frank White, Chicago, 111. Girden O. Williams, Williamstown. William Brown Williams, M.A., Lapeer. Ariel Newton Wilson, Ann Arbor. Arion E. Wilson, Shelocta, Pa. George Adolphus Wood, Springfield, 111. Florentine C. Woodworth, Plainfield. John W. Yerkes, B.A., Danville, Ky. Bertrand Dealton York, Ann Arbor. Alfales Young, Salt.Lake City, Utah. Frank E. Young, nn Arbor. Total, . . .122 THE H0ME0FAT1IIC MEDICAL COLLEGE. The Firat Annual Coinniencemont ot the Homeopathie Medical College was held in the evening, and notwithstanrting it was the third exercise of the day there was no diminution in audience or interest. The address was given by Dr. Jones, Dean of the taoulty, his text being the olosing seutence of the Sen ate Committee's report on the University and its needs : "The demanda upon us are thai we shall not fail to do for the generations of the present and future what has been done in the past for us,"from which he laid down the duty of the graduates (whooi heooraplimentedfor their undergaaduate work done under adTerse circumstunces) in the post-graduate work upon which they are about to enter. Our space forbids a synopsis. The degree 01 M. D. was conferred upon, and diplomas presented to, the folio win g graduates : Erasmus Edwin Adams, Romeo J. Albert Baker, Three Rivers Patrick Henry Bumpus, Jackson Juliet Caldwell, Chillicothe, 111. Charles Hercules Dale, London, Ont Sarah P. Engle, Three Rivers John Oscar Garmon, Adamsville Chester P. Hubbard, Titusville, Pa Charles Perry Miller, Three Rivers Rollin Charles Olin, Detroit Waren Harvey Rand, Charlotte Alexander Hamilton Rogers, Ann Arbor George Albert Tabor, Union Springs, N. Y The music was by the same banc that " blowad " for the other commoncements, and the prayer and benediction by Rev. Dr. Cocker. Uur space forbids a report of tho Law and Medical Alumni reunions on Tuesday evening, bnt the gatherings were large, and the meetings enjoyable. The Medical reunión showed a muuh better state of feeling thau was manifested lasi year, indioating general satisfaction with the status of the dopartment. TllEUE is not an intelligent voter in the county of Wanhtenaw whodoesn'1 know that tho Court House is a disgrace to the county ; that the offices in it are uuhealthy and almost untenable ; that the records are unsafe and liable to be stolen or destroyed by firo at any huur of any night, and that their loss would inflict a money loss upon the proporty owners of the coanty which eauiiot be estimated. Know ing this the intelligent voter will of course vote as he chooses on Monday next, - either for or against the loan. As we have said in another place the comlitions oi the loan are such that Aun Arbor cares very little whether it is voted up or voted down, and we shall, therefore, make no array of figures with the view to winning a singlo vote in its favor Vote as your interests dictate and Ann Arbor will be satisfíed. The Legislature is wrestling with a Grand Rüpids charter which seems to be as fearfully and wonderfully madu as the 7 to 6 one of this city now pending in the House. Atnong othor things the Council may do is : to eleot a president " who shall preside during the death of the Mayor;" " prohibit and prevent the burning out of chimneys or chimney flues ;" " to remove or causo to be removed trom the streeta all wells and structures tbat may be Hable to fall therein," eto. It 18 now given out that Vice-President Wheler bas no inclinatiou to head a Coninmsion to go South and bring order out of confusión in Louisiana. Mr. Whoeler has a vivid recollcotion of h'aving onoe reponed against the legality and honesty of the Louisitna Roturning Board, as well as boing instrumental in patching up a hollow truce. It would be extremely unplensant for Mr. Wheeler to mako anothor just such report, and of course he seos no way to avoid it. Is it to be wondered that he prefers to lot some one elso taku tbo job in hand. TlIKEE ballot boxus will be necessary in every township and ward on Monday next: oue for the Judgo and Regent (or State) ticket, one for the regular township ticket, and one for the Court House loan ticket. In the wards of tbis city thore will bu u fourtu box, for " pay of firemen."