The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-28
YALE COLLEGE.
PRESENTATION EXERCISES AND CEREMONIES OF
CLASS DAY.
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CLASS DAY.
INV HAVEN, June 81 1870
The influx OF visitors to attend the Yale commence
ment continues and many or the alumni arrived
to-day. This being class day the exercises were
OF great Interest the Seniors themselves and TO
their immediate friends. The programme for the day
consisted Of the presentation exercises with the class
Grafton and poem, the Batel chapel, at eleven
O'Clock A. N. the reading OF the class histories and
the planting Of the class ivy 10 the afternoon the
smoking of long pipes. &c The clear but sultry
weather brought out in connection with the interest
attached to the exercises, good attendance.
At minutes eleven O'Clock the class formed In
procession headed by band in front OF North Middle
and proceeded to the new chapel After opening
address by President Porter the class poem dclv
cred by Frank Augustus Gaylord ofrookiyn n. Y. The
poem opened with an invocation to song Touching upon
various points OF interest In tho social and collegiate
lure, the poem concluded with picture Of the class
meeting later in the autumn Of lie, gray haired and
feeble, mourning for the departed. but looking for
ward TO . fuller ana happier reunion IN she unseen
future. The production was received with applause.
Following the poem came the Grafton by John
Blanchard Gleason, oil Delhi N Y. The speaker saia
that the occasion commemorated by the class gather
ing was In some respects lcfs momentous than that
week. II was. however, OF vital interest TO
the class. The one means that nation. which cares
not for time, has lived century; the other told the
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the class experience should inspire the mem
bers with ASPIRATIONS for enduring worth
for Immortal greatness Education has broken
heroes and idols. But education has not dimin-
ished the reverence for greatness There times
when every IL great Shakespeare in all but
this--he does not think In himself lies each mans
nobility. not ID another The orator made short adj
dress to The GLASS; the parting ode sung and the
forenoons excrcies were concluded
In the afternoon the students aud friends assembled
the college campus where seats had been prepared
for the purpose oil listening the history Of the gradu
ating class. After the history had been read and Il
was unusually amusing, the class procession was
formed and the class Ivy was planted by tho cast wall
OF the Batteli chapel.
This evening there were two events OF intcrest-the
Seniors promenade aud the anniversary of the Sheffield
Scientific School Both passed on successfully.
Tomorrow viii be Alumni day and there will be re-
unions number of the past cas Of Yale. The reg
lster Of alumni has been kept open in the college
library and OF the classes OF 1885, 1863
1892 1867 1896 1S42 1871 1924 1881 1885, 1925 1873
1872 1870 and 1S46 have thus far registered The AN
nuai meeting Of the alumni will ut nine O'Clock
in Graduates Hall tomorrow morning
The anniversary exercises OF the Law School will
tomorrow at tho Centre church There viii be
orations by four members oil the graduating class
in competition for tho Townsend prize. and fol-
lowing this Hon. Richard H. Dana, Jr., LI-n, OF
Cambridge, Mass, will deliver GRAFTON on
1.-THE Moral History Of international Law" In the
evening there will be reception Tor the Law School
alum nj and famios