The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-14
The Result of the Examination
of the Graduates.
THE LONG AGONY OVER.
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Standings Of the Class In the
Various Studies.
WATSON, Steever, Ayres, Russell
and Anderson the "Stars."
THE DAY OF RELIEF AT HAED.

WEST POINT Juuc 49, 1871.
The Indignation OF the visitors the hotels here
aD0uts at the way the ceremony or awarding the
diplomas was "sprungn yesterday has not yet
abatel. In fact 1t has become the topic or
conversation, and the dlgnitaries who supposed
Ohave been concerned IN the matter are denounced
In unmeasured terms. or course everybody viii
readily concede tuat the managers or the Academy
have perfect right to
DO JUST AS THRy PLEASE
In matters OF ceremony at the post but for all that
there are many who have an idea that the friends
OF the cadets and the visitors who come here espe-
cally to be present at the diploma ceremony deserve
something like decent consideration at the hands
OF the authorities. IL had always been the
custom heretofore To give timely notice or
the day when the ceremony was to be held, SO
that visitors and others interested In the welfare OF
the institution could be on hand. This year nobody
appeared to know anything about the ceremony.
Senator Carpenter was Informed that lie would be,
expected to mako his address the 18th
INST, ana as the address TO the gradu-
ates as q matter OF course, ts alwcys made
when the diplomas are given out, visitors
who got wind o, this much came to the conclusion
that The 18th was the day fixed for tie ceremony.
Even the adjutant OF the post, who IL supposed TO
know better than anybody else next TO the
superintendent, all abont the affairs OF the lnsttu
ton, did not learn that tho ceremony to take
place until an hour or before 1t actually occurred.
1t is true that no great damage was done anybody
by the way the affair was sprung, and that rs far
as the
GTNUISENEss OF THE DIPLOMAS
Is concerned, il Mas not absolutely necessary that
any other person should have been present than the
individual VINO had the right to award them; but
that is LetGer here there. Tie fact istthat seve-
raj persons, friends Of the graduates who had come
many miles purposely 10 be present on the occasion,
cot tLeir arst intelligence about IL al ter 1t was AL
over ana the graduates had received their sheep
skins. II said that things hui red 40 they
were simply oblige the Presidss at; but II tho
President had son IN the class wha IN he desired TO
see graduate Ia his presence The friends Of other
cadets TANK that there were NIX ny other persons
who had intimate frlena' IN The class, ana
Who had Just as good IA r,gnt 10 ave things liked
to suit them as any body else. ~ least TINS seems
to be the opulon OF the vlsltora. WnO came here u
witness the ceremony BIZ didn't. Wnat
has excited food deI or comment
among the disappointed ones d the fact that the
aidir was hurried up 80 very GU sly that the dpo-
mas were given TO the cadeg unsigned by the
faculty, but with the unuerstj ng that Jney shou
be returned TO he maze ValM JerOre .ne uay was
over. as the President did not Leave here until this
morning IL does seem. even II he did desire
To Witness the ceremony, as hoggh 1t could have
been held without the eXtrI ordinary haste with
winch IL was whipped along for an order issued
III the forenoon liking the ~ ne FOR the ceremon,
to some hour in tile Afternoon would have suificed
10 have liven everybody q nance 10 have been on
hand that wanted 10, even 1Ough he or she nigh
have come all Tie way from for the purpose.
THE ''STAN JlNGsu
the graduates were reaS parade this evening
They are as loiOW5 III the artou5 branches:--