The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-27
The Commencem> n' AA0r0iS0S
Begun. ",
fnE YALE COLLEGE ROLL OF S9NoR'
Seven Hundred and Fifteen Heroes Enlisted
from Among Her Graduates.
THE PHI BETA KAPPA MEETING,
&C., &C., &c.
Our Yale College Correspondence.
Nsw HAVEN, July 2e-Evening

Our Yale College Correspondence.
NEW HAVEN, July 26-Evening.
THE YALE COLLEGE HONOR
This usually stolid town has been bubblng over with
excitement to-day, account of the ''commemoraton"
exercises at Yale College Yaes roll of honor larger
Shan that of any other college in the country the list Of
Chose alumni and under graduates who have served their
country during the great rebellion numbering seven hum
dred and fifteen am sorry to say but few of these
heroes are here to meeky receive the honos their
dear old mother is showerng upon them The hotels IN
Gown full and In looking the registers one sees
Bhe sign manual Of many iustrious personages; Dut
most Of them in civil life. infer that the attrac'
Hions Of Commencement Day proper which occurs to-
morrow the enticng in the programme for the
week. Up at Cambridge, where had the good fortune
20 witness old Harvards war commemoraton
Jubilee last week, bright new uniforms, double stars
honorable and dazzling decorations upon the sons
OF New England were profuse in the crowd; here, at
New Haven upon the day which should be the brightest
OF all the days of festival there are few things to re-
mind one the great part Yale has taken in the war
Yet honest old professors point the hundred and
odd Names compare the length Of the list with that Of
Harvard and appear satisfied To-day have seen but
soldier of the line-a sergeant Of cavalry-marchng
IN the long procession Of Yale alumni at Cambridge there
were twenty of them ashamed Of their rank either
= begin to have faith in the "BostOn influence"
GATHERING THE TOWN.
Last night couple OF limp pOl1cemen pulled down the
flag from the liberty pole in New Haven green to get
out Of tho Storm which was raging and flooding the
Streets but this morning the shone bright enough,
and the day far has been all these quiet people could
wish. Yoomen have come in from the country far up
Derby, Wallinford and Seymour; from blue Milford,
where intemperance in anything painful crime
and from other towns east and west to the celebrities
and sights Of Commemoation Day, and in sch numbers
tha am ashamed to tell how sadly so many have been
disappointed.
THE INCOMING CLASS
Tho exercises of Commencement week far
have been very quiet and embarrassing, l have
been told by an alumnus Of Yale, in whom
place implicit confidence having served at preparatory
school with him. At the examinations for admission to
che Freshman class one hundred and nineteen young
presented themselves, ten others arrived for the
Sophomore grade some for the Junior class or these
3ortytwo were admitted outright seventy two upon con-
dtons equivalent TO their admission at the commence
ment OF the term and sixteen were rejected Yale is IN
ourshng condition. and only high grade Of scholar
next exam nation of candidates will BIO held September
IL and l3 and the next class it is believed viii! number
hundred and ythe largest for several years past
Indeed the largest class Yale received numbered
hundred and sevenytwo believe The close Of the war,
with the prospect that young ablebOdied man will be
permitted to pursue his studies in quiet is bringing out
the young men who carry brains in large numbers.
am told there are no from the southern states
although this used to be favorite institution with our
airing brethren.
This morning, while the alumni were loungng about
the green under the outrageous ulma americana and
che outsiders waiting for the COmmemOration show
ssD9 meeps Ex President bay Of Yale next and
old Isl living graduate, was present. and was received
with extraordinary applause. Hon Andrew White, Of
Syracuse Y, was appointed orator for 1885, General
Orris s. Ferry of Fairfield county, substitute Rev.
Leonard W. Bacon, Of Williamsburg, Y, poet; Gideon
Is was the only disturbance Of the even current Of
exp CLANCY till ten o'clock, when the alumni met in
Alumni Hall Hon. wm NJ Evarts, Of New York, pro-
sided Mr.. Evarts nominated by Professor Porter
D., Of New Haven, and Rev T. Lewis, Of the class
of 1852 secretaries After prayer Rev Dr. Adams,
Of New York euiogzed the late Professor sman, and
Dr. Bacon Of New Haven, delivered short eulogy Of
Professor Jonathan Knight who died since last meeting
Other short speeches Of interest TO the society alone,
were made by John w. Andrews, Of Columbus, Ohio,
Rev Alphonso Taft and others. The officers Of the
business of the public such as consideration
of memorial project for instance, was brought up
Tho PROCESSION was formed in front Of Alumni Hall
about eleven o'clock President Woofsey and the Hon.
scans under the leadership of Mr. Noll well known Of
the old seventh regiment band, led the way through
College the wosg a 70 Ss
comics and windows, down Chapel street and through
the Green to Centre church Roughly estimated there
packed in the church. and it easily and comfortably
done The extra places had long before been filled by
very little room to spare. The church was not deco
rated except in such transformations manner as COM
mon at Commencement exercises
DIR. BUsHNEfL'S ADDRESS
The exercises in the church opened by the read
1ng Of a passage from the Scriptures and prayer by
Chaplain John r. Adams Of the Fourth Maine regiment,
bel eve an earnest graduate of Yale, who with the
army before the first battle Of Bull rum and with II up
70 the surrender Of Leo and the close Of the contest
DR. Bushnell then camo up and delivered an address
loudly appiauded Ho eulogized the dead heroes Of
Yale: her debt was rather 10 the dead than
20 the living; to spent ammunition rather than
that in reserve, we acknowledge the good work
In battle Nothing great in history Il accomplished
20 the punishment due TO traitors he asked govern
ment good enough TO die for was not good enough TO
die by and in significant terms which the audience
appeared TO appreciate and endorse taught the necessity
OF meeting In such way 10 completely vlndi
cate law. Dr. B. remarks here, and the way they
in this latitude on the hanging Of JET Davis He I'm
pressed also the alumni and all who heard him the
necessity OF comforting the right Of suffrage upon freed
men, and suggested that negro suffrage might be Sc
cured without the mention Of the word by change
Of the constitution which should make the ratio OF repre-
in each State. All in ALL Dr. Bushnels address aud the
applause received may be taken as pleasantly indca
tve Of the feelings OF Yale patriots on the reconstruc
tion question and negro suffrage, say what any one
plcases Yale dictates In the sentiment OF lower New
England as Harvard does In her sphere
Subsequent 10 Dr. Bushnell's address the alumni
and audience dispersed and loered about the
O'Clock or whereabouts Il did not look at my
watchl Professor Thatcher called from circular
pavilion in front Of Alumni Hall the order OF the process
sion for the dinner at Music Hall The procession wa,
arranged that after the honorary guests those alumni
who had served IN the should get In the hall first
Tho old graduates Of tho college came last With No:
band mot by any the Nols band ut Its head ths
procession again formed and marched through Tempt,
street college Green 10 Crown street and Music Hall
This hall found upon entering was wonderfully deco
rated II Is one Of the largest and finest in New Haven
itself Flags festooned the galleries where ladies and othe
holders Of one dollar view tickets sat shields where
on were inscribed the names Of winthrop Wordsworth
and other Yale heroes, hung from conspicuous places
Stands Of arms and fowning trea rned ordnance
tool gave warike appearance TO tho stage Two man
moth copies OF the only flag with all the stars, noact
over the long table at which the dgntares were seated
and there was general aspect OF American glory tn,
bouquets were In the galleries of Music Hall
where all the beauty and fashion Of New Haver
and tho country for miles around were col
lected. Upon the platform was the table 70
through the hall six othprp for tho guests Thest
tables we're 'loaded down. Tin rcportoral phrascology)
and for three quarters Of hour there were no
20 bc distinguished but the ratng OF gastronomc uten
sils and the buzz of admirng lips rom the galleries
overhead Hon. VIM. N. Evarts, slim and thin, the cyno
sure Of all eyes presided hanked by
INDUSTRIOUS PyRsONAGES
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