The New York herald., 1875-07-01
Governor Chamberlain and
Mr.. Evarts at Yale.
PRESIDENT GRANT AT PRINCETON
Semi-Centennial Of the Uni
versity Of Virginia.
Commandments al Seton, Columbia, Hamil-
ion and Normal COlsgeA
YALE COLLEGE.

Al4E OOl411LbLs
COMMENCEMENT ExERcIsEs OF TIE SCIENTIFIC
pRPASTMENr--MEnrINo OF THE ALUMNI AND
cHARAoTERIsTIc SPEECHES. BIZ WILLIAM NJ.
EvAnTs CONGRESSMAN ROBERTS AND orHERs-
ANNIvKRsARY or THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND
GRAFTON DY GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN, OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
NEW HAVEN, June 30 1875.
Another brightly beautiful day, though promis-
ing rain in the morning, has made duly and deep
ly grateful the increasing crowds IN attendance at
the Commencement exercises. This Is aumnns
day. lii this day the young coiegians have no
voice. Tne great feature OF alumnus day Is the
Alumni mecttng in Alumni Hall, but the main
feature the meeting OF the various classes
is after all, the matter OF more special
personal interest, for it Is these Class
meetings that come home to the hearts and DO
SONS of the old graduates But before writing up
the programme OF to-day's exercises Will orleny
recount the commencement exercises last evea-
ing OF the graduating class of the
SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL.
North Sheneld Hall was crowded with brill
iant attend ance. President Porter presided, and
ex-President Woolsey and Professor Brush also oc-
cupied seats the platform beside hin. Theses
were read, being selections from the entire num-
Der presented one being presented Dy each grad
nate. They lollows:-
l Wells Cushman Lake CDynami Engneerng) Lake
Forest Ill On Iron in Architeetur Gonsrqetion
influence of Geographical Locality gu Settlement as
" Moses Bradstreet Bradford Owl Engineering.
I Charles Hiidebrand dynamic Engineering. New
Haven;non screw Propulsion =, ,..,,., ~.
Haven On the consir%c5on ana staD,lty Of PANS
II Dwight Edward Pierce Owl EpgneerIng,, New
Haven-On the Niagara Falls suspension Bridge.
e Esst Of Ike sGa.H Labor aDd
Alter the reading OF the theses President Porter
made a few remarks to the graduating class, and
lntmated that the one on rowing he hoped would
be productive Of good results. Mr.. Kennedy be-
longs to the Yale University crew, and, while all
the other theses evlnced careful thought his, from
the nature OF the subject, commanded the most
general attention. The following Is the award OF
the priZes:-
in German s rd the pcs pze
lence In cy engineering the prize awarded to William
GLASS OF 1875 For excellence in the mathematics of
ihs junior year the PRIZE divided between rorer D.
For excel Chemistry tae divided between
Mss Salisbury s5csi;RSs TiafFsosy the
c1Ass OF s17.oFor excellence in all The Studies of
& hs o9ae !" o asse
hsrSa For dnd "a h PRIZE
William T. sedgwck rarmingion For excellence in
dinston, auntington and wallace B Fenn New Haven
For excelence in physics the prize awarded to Joseph
drawing. the prize awarded Joseph P. Iddngs South
THE ALUMNI MEETING.
The meeting or the Alumni In Graduates Hail
was at ten O'Clock. The hail filed TO its
utmost capacity. Representatives were present
from a large number OF classes bur more particu
larry those having class meetings this year. Mr..
william Bliss, OF the class OF 1876, was called upon
TO preside aud Mr.. E. Day. Of the of 45, ap-
pointed secretary. All graduates OF over fifty
years occupied seats on the platform.
On taking the chair Mr. Bliss made a brief but
highly entertaining speech After thanking the
meeting for the honor Il had conferred on him he
alluded 10 the organization in 1927 Of the Alumni
Association, the purpose OF the ASSOCIATION
and what had been ACCOMPLISHED through
i've years took them back to the first settlement
OF New England. The college IN whose name and
history tney took sucb pride to-day Originated IN
sparse and scattered people. II was among
people great IN heart and great In virtues. All
honor To the founders and promoters OF Yale Col
lege. All honor TO the faltn III VINO, with
mucn toll and sacrifice, have built up the college
Of learning in this country. To-day tney were
nlled with sweet memories of their college days.
perlences, he drew a vivid contrast between the
college IN his day ana now, and then drew u
pleasantly prophetic picture of It's glorious future.
Yale College would never stand stl
After PRAYER by the Rev. Mr.. Hurlbut, OF the
Woosey came INTO the room lollo we'd by Mr..
Wnham NJ Evarts. They were greeted with
Inc Secretary next proceeded to read detailed
account OF the present condition OF the various
departments or the college, giving the number OF
students In each, the total graduates from eacn,
the books In the various libraries. the changes
that had been made IN the modes OF Instruction
and on. Reference was also made to the new
bundIngs In process OF erection. together with IN
teresung details OF the contributions during the
past year To the respective geological geological
numismatic and other collections. lie next read
biographical sketches In each case OF graduates
who had died during the last academic year. Tue
number Of deaths reported was seventy-eur, and
the average age OF the graduates of the acadeni-
cal department was G2 30 years. or the academi-
cal graduates 20 were lawyers, q clergymeA, in
business physlc aus rne deaths are dis
trIbuted as lolloWs:-ln New York, %; Connecu-
cut, lS; Massachusetts, o; Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania, 3each; Calliornia, Europe, Iowa. Missouri,
New HAMPSHIRE New Jersey and West Virginia,
each, and the remainder IN as many different
states Ine> only surviving graduate OF the last
century is Rev. Thomas Williams, OF Providence,
r. l.. who wan born November o. l77o, and gradu-
A gentlemaLa in the audience added some
pleasant "reminiscences OF the last century gradu-
pnce interviewed Ola Put ahd got from him the
well known wolf STORY, all of wnicn was highly en-
Mr. Lorenzo Jam hes. of the class of '25, OF mont
FeSuaT spsskers Vile came ne sad DtIef rom IN tSe tSe
BoutR; but he came here as an American citizen.
e1 On se pesos Of ss 3f qs
spoke OF his pieasanH memories oi college lie. In
s % ms %pee ne Rn as s @
early preceptor, and to whose teachings he con-
fessed being greauy Indebted IOr oil he was or had
been.
CoNGREssMRN ROBERrs' SPEECH.
CONGRESSMAN Elis H. Roberts, OF the class Cf 1850,
was ne xt called uppn. Mr.. Roberts promptly,
bnt he demurred 10 beiag pushed forward into
the ranks oil the cid graduates. II seemed but a
few days since he sat here a wy-nedged
alumnus. There had been many changes since
his graduation. Die was rejOiced to see the new
buildings ia PROCESS or construction, Dut he did
not wait to see CoUuth Middle destroyed. After
all, those grand museums and thls elegant
chapel, and these towers and piles OF brick and
stone are but due setting OF the gem. IL Is
the spirit winch has porvaded all training here
whlcn must endure, and there Is
danger connected with this magnificent
architecture. Lot those who hold Tie great
trust or admn q st Patton guard well mat this shall
not becoms fiass Institution. Let not this
grandeur make tnls scHoo for the rlch only
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