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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896. Excerpt: ... ADDRESSES AT THE INAUGURATION OF Rev. Julius H. Seelye, TO THE PRESIDENCY OF AMHERST COLLEGE, June 27, 1877. Published By Vote Of The Trustees. SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: CLARK W. BRYAN fc COMPANY, PRINTERS. PREFATORY NOTE. The public exercises in connection with the Inauguration of Rev. Julius H. Seelye as the fifth President of Amherst College, took place at the College Hall, Amherst, Wednesday, June 27, 1877, at three o'clock, P. M., and consisted of Prayer, by Rev. Edmund K. Alden of Boston; the address, on the part of the Trustees, by Rev. Roswell D. Hitchcock of New York, and the address of President Seelye; followed by the singing of an ode, composed for the occasion, by Rev. Albert Bryant of West Somerville, Mass. The addresses are herewith published by vote of the Trustees. ADDRESS TO PRESIDENT SEELYE BY REV. DR. HITCHCOCK. Reverend and Honored Sir: The whole College bids you welcome to its highest seat. Trustees, alumni, teachers and students are all united and earnest in the persuasion of your eminent fitness for this new position, united and earnest also in the expectation of your eminent success. You are no stranger here, and nothing is strange to you. Made President of the College after eighteen years of constant and conspicuous service in one of its departments of instruction, the element of novelty is almost wholly wanting. Retaining the chair in which you have earned your fame, you now merely add to its familiar duties that general oversight of the institution, with which you must be almost equally familiar. You are also well across the threshold of the new office. The class that graduates to-morrow carries with it the memory of your first presidential year. And neither you, nor we, have anything to ask for now but a repetition of this year's re...

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