New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-22
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
BROWN UNIVERSITY.

ance AT Brown UnversIy's IC9tb annual Commen'e
ment to-day compares wei with That OF recent years.
though small when coutrasted with the mniitndr wieh
focked TO the city fIom I'll parts OF the stue when Co
M ncement was the great holiday OF tie year iof tuouo
Island Providence Plantations Both the older ana
the younger classes send far representation Ia the
festival their Alma Mater this year. but the heero"ey
SHOWS some lamenabe gaps In the list 81 the h~eu soS
of Brown 1t contains smaller uumb'r oil names 'hah
usual but includes sOIne which were known ana hoh"reu
throughout the land, aud nearly all hau prom"
in,nce in the parls OF the country In when
they lived The record OF those who nave
"gone over to toe majority" leaving rich legacy
of good deeds and welleared reputation embrace, 'ne
Hon Samuel p Loud of Massachusetts,, CLASS Oh looo'
the Hon. Samuel Starkweatler oi OlO' Vass oi 70
exPsicnt Alexis Caswel Ut Providence Cass OF loZ-
the R,y DR.. Henry Waterman of Provdencc, Glass Vi
1881 Thomas Z. shepard, NJ. d.. OF Providence CaSS VI
lsy6 Tus name Of Benjamin Hobart OF SCUM ADihS"n
Mass, Glass of 1904 Is also in the necroo y o u "
the age OF 3d. bavng been for seven years 'ne ou'o'
aluunus ersity his successor III tha' postum
Is t,e Hon. Jared whitman of the Class Oh loVo "N
home is in the same which Mr. Hobart hveu' auu
from wnicn he cane TO the Brown Commandments VIII"
great regularity for many years. MI whitman -"
in his 93I year, aud il not present to-day
to receive tie hono-s paid to the odest si'u
uate, hut there aged men here WHOSE INN "
hairs AMI time-woIn features indicate that lucy h'
reached or passed rourscore. In addition to the alumni
necroloy the following; H. r. Fearing NJ ~ Was
sacusetts Class OF 1897; Joshua Perry Massachusetts,
1909; the Rev. Sias Hal, Mass ichusetts' looo' "e
Lowering ssichusets, 1917; Daniel Fisher NJ D.'
Massachusetts 1921 David r. Sraw, Name lo-Z se'n
Miller Mass .usetts 1923; tie Rev H. o. ffA, "HSSa-
ciusetts 1924 Israel PdnAu VI d., Mane' ISL; ORG"
A. Ballou Providence, $780, Couriiani Hoppin' M De-
Providence 1898; the Rev. Freedom CUggeshall fOVE
dence. 1867. -.
TIE Commencement procession was formed on tne
shady gron IL oil tne University at the nS'ai uou s
morning. and ITS progress down Coz exc I'm 10 'o i''
BSldist Mtcunl- Il, use was 'nNeneu WIN n'"Sio' N
, fine exercises the church held an audience which was
in itself an attraction. The quaint, oi-'Shoheu III
t,rlor WAS closely filled, comIy young woin.n III iSh-
ionable a. ire forming large part OF tn aSSempapc'
which followed the words Of the young ordtIiS WIZ"
kindly interest sympathy On the piIorin SAT INC
venerable plesdent with official representatives o' 'hc
Stale AMI City, Before hm were tue SONS OF Brown'
enc class having space assigned AT glance over ne
ews tue eye in bali century In passing iro" INC
yonthil faces Of the students who wereut about to leave
the care hrr gracious mother 10 IRE wIlhhles anu
snowy Jocks If ose who Lad tr"ncu py ner s' ~
the cond quarter Ol her history Ont'or tEe pn'uns
at ease on tie soft .ur or stroin& "Dloa uiI INC
stately trees. other graduates ana uhue, -Ia"e'
.xrhaurin. rrrciIn and IevcwI lie incideis o. co.,
leso JAYS T.e galleries 81 me chHIch' ''e 'i.s aIu
aisies ana siccs, and hDial poo oh Jb to
ON t,e ground Il or wee pOiuHus VITA ifOViuenc.
uadcns gad % encourage le'tc'S Dl tl''nS
mheenccs nP,n thJ co'ese ""yS nor Of n2r liable
en.ih and few ound l. g exercises tedious The lirt Of
su "a, - al o it,iIs ~ ils follows;
l. '"' Giiai. sray scott, Chelsea Mass
= Grafton Care Gar S4 IA bt Adri,h Providence.
D. oiaNG pfS1es T. Fly Lat6 No. orient Point Ii.
A. ora ElA tS Ss n nam ' mn al oson Mass
g. ORATOR, sidb ty % ioiern Cvn1 'lon' .,
villa Grant a" iiofn', am poasi7' Juan
o. via Fisncis Ki.pmln Pratt. ndau,a1oc, Mcn.
T. or''J Jpai ,S i' io%Isad Potter, Hcaand, Ny.
D. o'"uO Clark lSi low ri joisea Moosup Valley.
Q Grafton. LABOR. the la riiuad OF Gcnus.
10 Grafton nincnte Of upon tho Arts and
Literature o; h IaP Heath Tnurs;on, Providence
H. The Plos pnca Orauon The Revolutionary influence
Of 0pe''i' ~ Jonn isns'el cow Milbury. Mass.
10 The Class cal Grui,n II. Percutr IiCr
H. '"' Char Brown Iliei, .,ew.Yors "
Grafton with the VaIecioS ADDRESSES Ihe Reality OF
D"" william Paine sheffield. Ir. Newport
The pradu.t..g c.dsS .tD.s % these. 81 re-
ceiyed lie dee1ce Bicuc.Or OF Arts tree look the
degree OF OF Philosophy ana on had pursued
brown University been profuse in comforting
~ Ices but his year she IS Nor THIN usually
scant, il gins. O,l' two Of surn degrees we're con
frrrcd 0-ay-tato Master Of Arts upon tbr Roy D. r.
Morton, Prnciial OF NV Lhd1n acahsi9I n: III ana
Rev l.. H. Johnson oil tn Brown street Chuich fro'-
ucncc. =
vacauc Board Trustees t,ne corporation Of
tnc university makes eect rs Lul the recOmnen Ia
lions Of ue alumni have much wrlg.O Tie following
eeuiemeu received the hse' nu aDer oi ballots: tor
the congregational vacancy, H. b. stoddari Wor eStrr
vi Class OF Is II. lSO woes JOhh . bldJtOn,
River, Mass. Ciss OF 1851, l34 VOuS; Ae&ander Far
num- Providence, C.aes oi le02, l22 VOTES. fni the
Episcopal vacancy, tnr Rev In. D"ncl Leach. Prov
de- G., Glass $780, LAG votes L. CrOckcr, IaLuiOn
Mass, CGSs D. 1872, los vUtes; Edward L. Caswe, NJ
ID Prevalence, C.a,s of 1898. 30 votes.
Inc alumni present tne Commencement
dinner III the biz tent on tue campus was very large
this noon, ana lie spe chcs were ubcOnnohly Drl-ht
and vcy. President Robinson assured ms hearers Iat
the new Gornitori would be insI,d by the Fall 81 1873
lie dwelt ON lie great need Il ard well ventilated
recuuo referred Ia tne plan OF establishing
a new c"ar oi geolOsy AMI p'tieohio"S,. Gov: van
Zudt then made exceedingly Mhty speech. There
The Rev d. Jac - e.. Thompson Jamaica Pam,
Mass, Class f 1877 the Hon. Lafayette s. Foster,
NorN ,cn, oun, Cas- OF 1928; Prof. George T. Fisdcr
Yae College, Cnirs II lSI7 Alexander tarnum, Pow
Concc, Class o. 1872, aud CuIncnus Kiloch NJ d.,
Ccraw ;. g, Gas 1913. 5rltOr AntnOnY, Class oI
1882, sad rds aDout the Electoral Commission
s,ltelnenC and tie .uture ul tue Union. peasant
poem read b, Hcnry g. Whitaker, ~ Vyid nee, Class
lo3S. IL ANNOUNCED mat tue tldss Ga 1915 hdd
given 1000 20 found pize zoe essays by Inc Senior
Class.