New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-01
WILLIAMS.

Francisco
WILLIAMS
WHLIAMsTowN, June 30.-The festivities of
Commencement Week at Williams close with this even
ing. This is Commencement Day proper. Yesterday
Alumni Day. very earnest and interesting meet
ing was held In the morning in Alumni Hall at which
Dr. Dorus Clarke presided, Mr. Bryant, who is Pres
dent Of the Society, unavoidably absent The ex
celent custom Of electng Visiting Board of Alumni
each year to examine the working of the college has been
adopted at Williams and the careful report Of the Com
mttee for the past year listened to with much In
teres 1t showed that many changes for the better had
taken place since the examiners were undergraduates
and suggested further improvements both desir
able and-what Is less commemorative. The
meeting then came down to "hard pam" as the
Californians say, without delay. Professor Gibson
and advocated the immediate foundation OF scho
arships by the Alumni for the benefit of INDECENT stu
dents Before the war;" said he, our classes num-
bered co students they scarcely ever exceed 40
EACH The is that the expenses here are
80 great poor students somewhere else In
Dartmouth there 80 scholarships When they were
founded the classes at leap from 2ooddto Soodd
members The thing has been done in other col
leges with similar result. The result would fol-
low the action here propose that scholarships OF
$500 be raised in each class far possible the in
terest Of the be given annually to some INDECENT
and deserving student" A gentleman present an
nounced Charles d. Miller Of Chicago had offered to
found Natural History scholarship Of $500, which
should bear his name condition that nine other SINH
lar foundations be made Prof. Carter said that the
Faculty would make up similar scholarship. Up
ward OF dozen gentlemen then pledged themselves to
canvass their classes for this good object
DR.. Hopkins was called upon TO give statement OF
the general financial prospect Of the institution He said
that the State had offered TO the College S year for
three years on condition that $4,000 year be
raised from private sources This was two years ago.
Two sums of SIS 900 have collected since and 10000
has been raised toward third similar amount The Pres
dent said that he opposed TO appealing directly to
the Alumni at this time. He and Mr. David Dudley Field
had always disagreed that point. Still, the bulk OF
the money collected the Alumni had been collected
by Mr. Field at such times this, and as Mr. Field was
not present now he thought he would take his place.
He said he wanted the money $4,000 made up at this
time and If this could be done, he would give his check
for s, 900 toward it.
DR. Booth Of the Mercer-st Church in this city re-
marked that when he had seen the President going
about In the streets of NewYork City, uneomplaningy
striving to beg money for the necessities of the College,
he had thought OF the quotation from the Psalms "Mark
the perfect man.; and now that the Doctor had aDOred
the money raised so that the quotation might be
peed and 1t could be said for the way OF that man Is
DR. g. Irenaus Prime proposed that the money for the
scholarships be at made He did not want count
and over again in his labor 1t would be burning shame
to take Dr. Hopns's check for u 900 VIII give sd
the speaker, $780, and few more will give 800 each the
ndee Nelson said It has been said that IL was no dis
grace Tor the President go about begging this money
1t disgrace to him. but 1t Is disgrace to u.s. He
didn't want the thing to 90 on any longer Before next
Nav we must raise 5000 lose the $4,000 conditional
the State has promised want to see 1t raised now said
the speaker We shall thus get the benefit OF the interest
give toward It $780, and hope that the whole sum may
MI Kellogg Of Troy offered check $780, account
of litigation now in progress in which the College Is
Mr. Prime presented paper to be subscribed to by
gentlemen who would pledge themselves to either con
| raising Of the whole amount Messrs. f. II. Dunn, j.
White, E. G. Burdett, Trayers II: Dewey, f. A. Kel-
The class of 67 gave $3.50 other amounts pledged
conditionaly and only about $4,000 out OF the whole re-
mains be subscribed. The annual report presented by
the that the fund of the College
oese pS S on he death Of Mrs Gen Wool About
s25 900 Of this is from the estate OF j. ". Badwlp OF
Orange ~ j.. and 5000 from Mrs. Loons Oh Troy no"
The Committee on Appointments for next year an
nounced that the Hon. S. w. BOwernan was chosen AS
orator with Gen Garfield for alternate, and Sidney W.
| Cooper OF NewYork for poet. ,,. .
the Alumni for next year. Judge Charles Dwight Vice
PRESIDENT and Prof n. H. Griffin. Secretary The Rev
mick Rufus Woods esq. and George Belts, were made
the Executive Committee The Visiting Commte t rs u.
ing elected honorary members OF the
The Rev, James r. Clark Philyspppons, Tx
Deacon Pratt of CentrebrOok, Conn Prof. oeey anu h
Julius C. Hubbe The following Is me OF o the
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class of 1884, at one time pastor Of the BoweH % 5
an Church in this city, died at Wankegon H. ageu ~ 20
years Rev Cornelius H. Everett OF me cs oil lS
died In philadelphia, aged 81; the Rev Sanuel fOp'rV
son Of the class Of 1872 died at winneSonng WIS., ms ms
| Gth year; Arson Hooker, Nj. De- OF tne
Class Of 1879 died at Cambridge aged 10 years iona
than Huntington Qs2T died at Nashville, aged 90 HIs y,
eTck Herring Hastings of Brainard, n. y uss aged oi
wears; Prof j. Apheus Clark Glass Of 1883 professor o
Latin at Kalamazoo College; the Rev. George Whte OF
schaghcoke QS6 aged 80 years. Joseph aashe r
us3j of NewburypOrt, aged 30; Watson willard i9rre
ns6S of Groton Edward Francis Williams us6s OF LAST
ford Conn., aged a. Henry sprage Smith SoD Oh Troy
| New-YOrk aged "a years. . a., ,,oo, ,o,oro tho
An address was delivered in the afternoon before the
Society of Alumni by the Rev. Charles Hawley Ci An
buPn " Y, and poem called success or thp i9nu
nent Unveiled !" was read by the Rev. George Lnnshy
RAYMOND of Darby Pa TIE concert OF inc Wi,,ians
t;lee club given the Chapel late III the Jay, Was
very gratifying The Club consists OF seven GUN
men and they perform the difficult programme III Nely
credltoble manner the Jolly college h0ngs as ush, co
handing arpaWe than the finest "erin"" n''i'O'
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as IL he called. competitive prize ehhlllon al ~,
pieces spoken were original many OF lne very er q,
biv written, and All we'll fpOken W. IL II Lnt'lS sSd
Iftleton Mass carried OF the 1lrs general pf]W " n
fnr "a specch on agitation" Or the juniors WI ~
Tret 1f sharon Coma took the irst pri4 Oh ~ 'oi
norn called "Inspiration." and W. H. HtIltAt WI" WV
utheris IibC." got u seEOul EI4@o VI SA'