The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

June 11, 1803.

At a commencement, held in this Seminary, on Thursday last, the degree of Bachelor of Arts, was conferred on John Fox, George Gray Leiper, John M'Allister, Abraham Shoemaker, and Samuel Wilcocks. The degree of Master of Arts, on Edward Shippen Burd, John C. Brown, David Jackson, the Rev. John Johnson, Hartman Kuhn, Algernon S. Magaw, and John H. Oswald. The degree of Doctor of Medicine on Henry Ashton, Robert Carter, William Dawney, Robert Holmes, James Hutchinson, Thomas Maffie, John S. Mitchell, Garret E. Pendegraft, Franklin Scott, Oliver H. Spencer, Cosmo G. Stephenson, John R. Young, John M. Walker, Thomas Walmsley, and Daniel Wilson :-And the degree of Doctor in Divinity on the Rev John Blair Linn, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in this city.

The exercises were as follow:

1. A prayer, by the Vice Provost.

2. An Anthem.

3. A short Discourse, intended as a Tribute of Respect to the memory of Ewing, by the Vice-Provost.

4. The following Ode--set to music by Mr. Taylor.

Hung be these College walls in gloom,
Let grateful Science weep,
While memory leads us to the tomb,
Where Ewing's ashes sleep,
Suspend a while each ruder strain of joy.
Let gratitude each thought and voice employ.
No more his tender care, fond youth,
Will he o'er you extend ;
No more, amidst the paths of truth,
You'll meet on earth that Friend
Then pay that tribute which to him is due
Remember him who laboured here for you.

5. A Latin Salutatory Oration, by Mr. Fox.

6. A Salutatory.
Question: Whether, on a supposition that there is no future state, there would be any obligation to the practice of virtue.

Respondent Mr. McAllister. Opponents, Mr. Leiper, Mr. Willcocks, and Mr. Shoemaker.

7. The Vice Provost's decision.

8. An Oration, on the evidence which we have from reason, of the immortality of the soul, by Mr. Willcocks.

9. An Oration, against Extravagance, particularly in the article of dress, by Mr. Leiper.

10. The Valedictory Oration, by Mr. Shoemaker.

11. The Conferring of the Degrees, by the Vice Provost.

What tho' I trace each herb and flower,
That drink the morning dew;
Did I not own Jehovah's power,
How vain were all I knew?

Say what's the rest, but empty boast?
The flaunting weeds display;
Who, having all the substance lost,
Attempts to grasp a name.

13. The Charge, by the Vice Provost.

14. An address to the Medical Graduates, by Dr. Barton, Dean to the Medical Professors.

15. The following song.

Come ever smiling Liberty,
And with thee bring thy jocund train;
For thee we wait, and sigh for thee,
With whom eternal pleasures reign.

16. The Benediction.