Prof. William F. Sherwin. The class
entered, and while taking their seats were welcomed in the strains of
another melody:

A song is thrilling through the trees,
And vibrant through the air,
Ten thousand hearts turn hitherward,
And greet us from afar.
And through the happy tide of song
That blends our hearts in one,
The voices of the absent flow
In tender undertone.

CHORUS

Then bear along, O wings of song,
Our happy greeting glee,
From center to the golden verge,
Chautauqua to the sea.

Fair Wisdom builds her temple here,
Her seven-pillared dome;
Toward all lands she spreads her hands,
And greets her children home;
Not all may gather at her shrine
To sing of victories won;
Their names are graven on her walls--
God bless them every one! _Chorus._

O happy circle, ever wide
And wider be thy sweep,
Till peace and knowledge fill the earth
As waters fill the deep;
Till hearts and homes are touched to life,
And happier heights are won;
Till that fair day, clasp hands, and say
God bless us, every one! _Chorus._

Another responsive service followed, read in turn by the Superintendent
and the class, and then Dr. Vincent gave the formal Recognition in words
used at every similar service since that day:

_Fellow-Students of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle._

DEARLY BELOVED:

You have finished the appointed and accepted
course of reading; you have been admitted to this
sacred Grove; you have passed the arches dedicated
to Faith, Science, Literature, and Art; you have
entered in due form this Hall, the center of the
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. And now
as Superintendent of Instruction,[1] with these
my associates, the counsellors of our Fraternity,
I greet you; and hereby announce that you, and
your brethren and sisters absent from us to-day,
who have completed with you the prescribed course
of reading, are accepted and approved graduates of
the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, and
that you are entitled to membership