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Title: Printed Program for Commencement Exercises, June 2, 1859: Electronic Edition.
Author: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
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Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2006

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Title of collection: John Steele Henderson Papers (#327), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Printed Program for Commencement Exercises, June 2, 1859
Author: [University of North Carolina (1793-1962)]
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Note: Call number 327 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)


Printed Program for Commencement Exercises, June 2, 1859


Page [1]
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES.

Page [2]


UNIVERSITY
OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
ORDER OF EXERCISES
FOR
COMMENCEMENT.
JUNE 2, MDCCCLIX.
CHAPEL HILL:
JAMES M. HENDERSON, PUBLISHER.
1859.

Page [3]
Illustrissimo JOANNI-WILLIS ELLIS , Armigero.
CAROLINÆ BOREALIS REIPUBLICÆ
GUBERNATORI,
Honorando DAVID L. SWAIN , Armigero, LL. D.
FACULTATIS PRÆSIDI;
Omnibusque SENATUS ACADEMICI Sociis;
Universis denique humanitatis cultoribus ;

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EXERCITATIONES HASCE
Juvenes hodie primi gradus in Artibus honorem petentes,
    Petrus-B. Bacot,
    Ricardus- Cogdell Badger,
    Thomas-Jefferson Badgett,
    Joannes-Gulielmus Ballard,
    Georgius-Badger Barnes,
    Jacobus-Edoardus Beasley,
    Hugo-Hagart Bein,
    Thomas-Pasteur Bonner,
    Jesse-Thompson Boyce,
    Jacobus-Grant Bustin,
    Abner-Sydenham Calloway,
    Jacobus-Park Coffin ,
    Joannes-Wyatt Cole,
    Robertus-Gulielmus Cole,
    Joannes-Thomas Cook,
    Andreas-Jackson Costin,
    Cicero-Stephens Croom,
    Henricus Rives Daniel,
    Georgius-Faucett Dixon,
    Joannes Duncan, Jr.,
    Mills-Lee Eure ,
    Isaacus-Reuben Ferguson,
    Fredericus-Augustus Fetter,
    Josephus-Harris Field,
    J.-Martinus Flemming,
    Augustus-Moore Flythe,
    Wilbur-Fisk Foster,
    Lucius Frierson,
    Jacobus-Luttrell Gaines,
    Joannes-Thomas Gatling,
    Benjamin-Lewellen Gill,
    Josephus-Langley Granberry,
    Berryman Green,
    Jacobus-Colquhoun Green,
    Ricardus-Franklin Hamlin,
    Thomas-West Harris,
    Thomas-Strafford Hill,
    Cooper Huggins,
    N.-Collin Hughes,
    Simmons-Harrison Isler,
    Georgius-Burgwyn Johnston,
    Stewart-Lawson Johnston,
    Georgius-Dew Jones,
    Reuben-Franciscus-Cameron Kolb,
    Ludovicus-Carolus Latham,
    Carolus Lesesne,
    Andreas-Dick Lindsay,
    Frank-Pegues Long,
    Joannes-Baird Lynch,
    Gulielmus-Bingham Lynch,
    Carolus-Washington McClammy, jr,
    Georgius-Chambers McConnaughey
    Gulielmus McDonald,
    Daniel-Purcell McEachen,
    Gulielmus-Graves Mebane ,
    Jocobus-Andreas Miller,
    Calvinus-Newton Morrow,
    Elias-Theodorus Morrow,
    Ricardus-Williams Nixon,
    Jacobus Blakeney Perkins,

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    Georgius-Martinus Pillow,
    Marshall-Henricus Pinnix,
    Edoardus-Livingston Riddick,
    Franklin-Childs Robbins,
    Jacobus-Lafayette Robbins,
    Isaacus Roberts ,
    Gulielmus-Junius Rogers,
    Henricus-Lowndes Rugely,
    Simpson Russ,
    Edvardus-Fletcher Satterfield,
    Nicolaus-Biddle Shannon,
    Georgius-Edoardus Shepard,
    Gulielmus-Gualterus Sillers.
    Joannes-Alexander Sloan ,
    Gulielmus-Jones Somervell,
    Joannes Somervell,
    Franciscus-Doughty Stockton,
    Jacobus-Peyton Taylor,
    Wells Thompson,
    Timotheus Walton,
    Thomas-Low Watson,
    Ricardus-Stanford Webb,
    Jacobus-Georgius Whitfield,
    Josephus-Adrian Williams,
    Elias-Benton Withers,
    Joannes-Allen Woodburn,
REVERENTER DEDICANT,


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FORENOON.
    I. SACRED MUSIC.
    O GOD, our Father’s God, whose care
    With blessings fills the circling year,
    Rememb’ring Thee in all our ways,
    We bring our Annual song of praise.

    We bless Thy name, ALMIGHTY GOD,
    Who giv’st us here a sure abode,
    For all the favor Thou hast shown,
    The State and Age we call our own,

    Here Freedom spreads her Banner wide ;
    Here Learning and Religion guide,
    By Heavenly Truth’s unfading ray,
    Our Youth in Wisdom’s narrow way.

    From Thee unnumbered blessings flow —
    Life, health and strength Thy hands bestow ;
    And every good Thy creatures share
    Springs from Thy providential care.

    From Thee we have our social ties,
    And all the bliss that they comprise ;
    On Thy support the nations stand,
    Obedient to Thy high command.

    Eternal Source of every joy !
    Well may Thy praise our lips employ,
    And all our powers unite to bless,
    The LORD, our Strength and Righteousness.

    II. PRAYER.

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    III. Latin Salutatory.
      WILLIAM BINGHAM LYNCH,
      Orange Co.

    MUSIC.
    IV. The Hamiltonian System.
      THOMAS WEST HARRIS,
      Chatham Co.

    MUSIC.
    V. Objections to an Elective Judiciary.
    MUSIC.
    VI. The Imagination ; to be Cultivated.
      RICHARD WILLIAMS NIXON,
      New Hanover Co.

    MUSIC.
    VII. The Persecution of the Jews.
      CICERO STEPHENS CROOM,
      New York.

    MUSIC.

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    VIII. The Man of Letters.
      JAMES LUTTRELL GAINES,
      Buncombe Co.

    MUSIC.
    IX. The Common Sense Man.
      WILBUR FISK FOSTER,
      Alabama.

    MUSIC.
    X. The Independent Thinker.
      FRANKLIN CHILDS ROBBINS,
      Randolph Co.

    MUSIC.
    XI. The American Student.
      BERRYMAN GREEN,
      Virginia.

    MUSIC.
    XII. To be great is to be misunderstood.
      BENJAMIN LEWELLEN GILL,
      Randolph Co.

    MUSIC.

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    XIII. Comparative merits of Curriculum Colleges,
      FREDERICK AUGUSTUS FETTER,
      Chapel Hill.

    MUSIC.

AFTERNOON.
    I. Die Deutsche Sprache.
      FRANCIS DOUGHTY STOCKTON,
      Statesville.

    MUSIC.
    II. Benedict Arnold.
      ELIJAH BENTON WITHERS,
      Caswell Co.

    MUSIC.
    III. The Political Influence of Educated Men.
      CHARLES WASHINGTON McCLAMMY, Jr.,
      New Hanover Co.

    MUSIC.

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    IV. ANNUAL REPORT.
    V. DEGREES CONFERRED.
    VI. THE VALEDICTORY.
      GEORGE BURGWYN JOHNSTON,
      Edenton.

    VII. SACRED MUSIC.
      PSALM CXVII.
      FROM all that dwell below the skies,
      Let the CREATOR’S praise arise,
      JEHOVAH'S glorious name be sung,
      Through every land by every tongue.

      Eternal are thy mercies, LORD,
      And Truth eternal is Thy word ;
      Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
      Till suns shall rise and set no more.

      Praise GOD from whom all blessings flow ;
      Praise Him all creatures here below ;
      Praise Him above y’ angelic host ;
      Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST.


    VIII. BENEDICTION.

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HABITA IN COMITIIS
UNIVERSITATIS CAROLINÆ BOREALIS
DIE JUNII SECUNDA, ANNO SALUTIS, MDCCCLIX.
RERUMQUE PUBLICARUM FŒDERATARUM
AMERICÆ

SUMMÆ POTESTATIS
LXXXIII.