New-York tribune., 1877-06-23
Tur COMMENCEMENT SEASON.


n,~o,-rr-,DpRrss ny THIS REV. W. IT.
cu.vxlNG-oEN. wooDFoRD ELECTED TRUSTEE
,,se-n.y CragMoVIns-EXPENSEs OF THE
.,,s.-rHr coMNrNCfMgNr TX 'RcIsEs
,,,, , Special coRREsroNprNr oF THE rRIBuNEl
ITHACA. y. Y, June 2O.-The first event OF
,.r,st n Commencement season, though n Of COM
,oe,t week took place here last Frdly mgdt. Il was
go annual i'm banquet The "DNellers on the Iiii,'
.uuos bave alvavs been noted for their irat'rnal
"a et,sing sririt and contempt for an formnlity in
80 intercourse with each other. Tdcsc characteristics
ve rise last vcar TO rhc starting Of the custom Of CIV
a., a surpcr. which such complete succes' th1t
,,cor,nonv Was ropratol this and douhtess win
10 indefinitely hereafter. The exercises consisted Of
80 ,v the IIin!ans IN a body and bv the II sexteO
r ,hy The H, orchestral. literary exercises, refresh
.s and toasts the whole concluding with that insti
tnfon peculilr 20 the college world-a stag dance"
Tho annual address before the literary societies was
given ON Tursday evcnne bv the Rev. W H. Claiming Of
london En- GLAND. the previously announced speaker
pev W H. n. Murray being unavoiiaby absent The
.sic of the address was The Idesl American" The
,o, idea hrou that the distinctive charac-
testc Of the American is his love OF home, and the
sneaker laid special the necessity of keeping
alive th9i Characteristic
The alumni have been pouring into town since Monday
and hand shaking has been the order OF the dav The
annual meeting held yesterday morning Tho
calling Of tho roll having shown the requisite number 70
be- prcseut hall ting for trustee followed on the
second ballot the Hon Stewart L. Wood;ord wss elected
He is the founder OF the woodford prize medal Of $780,
bestowed each wear al thc annual competition for it,
The programme of the Class Day exercises yesterday
afternoon WAS as follows:
roc n,isci An frish Icccnd T. H. Palmer
ora'or. suhiort 'The silent Moments and the ,,.,,
Essay subject The sacreducss Of Indtvidual
IIsso', IIPisoiin,r tee S' IVY,
iyV oratiou nurJns v;s.n,oIa
~ Music smoking the calumet ...... college Airs
The most thoughtful production OF the afternoon was
the esso1 A'tpr the exercises at the II, the cISs
marched nm the hin headed by the 5oth Resil cn anf
armed with ihc necessary mponfns, & Nd cs - Iacbet
and unlimited quantit es OF the W'eu, d Nt,r n, c
burial Of the hatchet went on amid mournn drses tiiS
member Of the cass stepping ou' from the circle ana de
Z Z'@, t s % ,,C n ,y6ic, eich I1eubcr of the class
bnrod an past prcuoices and m feeling. Then came the
smoking 0f The ctuuet seated IA a cifcic around inc
neUIv-niade grave each member pnAed At his Yad-ons
piue iu pecuiia 'y solemn manner your correspond
on caugt eight Of one lady member lndui lnS III quc'
sn,ine az various coll ,gc sonc ana when they
the Glass Day Of u was tmns OF t"e past taken
'n all, % Was fully up TO t4e average.
The trustees received Yesterday petition from gTadu-
ates aud the Senior and Junior classes in the
departments OF architecture, civil engineering ana
mechanic arts asking for tie return Of Prof Byery to
the university Whether not the petition has It's de
Efrd tutCt IL lo !"
fcssor
The Senior concert last evening given by the
Mrndelssohn Quintet Club, indeed, was the music for
the Glass day exercises and for Commandments Tho
,onccrt was not over largely attended ana was not a-
pareutly financial The deficit. should there be
an, will OF course be borne by the class. Perhaps it
will not be out OF place to speak here OF
the matter Of college graduating class eXpcn-
scs Before the departure OF President White for Ed
rope last F, his Senior reception he urged the class
with all the energy Of which he capable 10 cut down
tne graduating expenses, saying that it had long
become ghtful nuisance at the older colleges and was
fast becoming so here. For time there consider
able dsoosiiion shown 90 follow his advice. but finally
that element that is continually harpng on " Class
honor" began assert itself, it, counses finally pre-
- viii b. little h. snafr fhau that OF 70 and 10
The event o. the wcek-tommcncCment eXercses-
took iHcr morning. Among the distinguished mrn
TroDk.I Mr Hem, " sac. Mr Hiram Sible1, aud VII
ham d. Chruulng. TIE programme was as follows:
0fl,ou. Assumptions in Political Science" Charles
Muior c "ucr. Indianapolis Iud . -. t,..,..-.,. ,,
Thesis u Mc'iunc Ars; "SF!e IN Engineering Con
.rhcs.. IN science The Criminal the STATE" Mar
eTt ri eor.c. Of Leyc'ns' Walter Justin sherman, Nor
.. LGr,y Essay: "Hcarioh Hene," Jacob Augustus
a. s.say IN Kgr.c're. Forests Their Climatic In
fueuce." q C,nrlr. Melville Bean NcGnwyille.
'Ihessf Cc D. eiuccIing Ietues at the south Pas
s. .Tlcs Sat ou.aues "rhe Line AT Infniiy' Edward
ed
g. -Tl,ss 10 Idlagy The Cayuga Lake oottod" simon
To- Grafton "lls Genius Of Thomas Carlyle" willard Gen
IT, GraiiS' Historical Continuity" William Edward
~ .r.rsi- Architecture: "Bgunelesels Dome" How
r. Thesis m civil Fneincer.ug: milwaukee Water
works" Louis Mofrs Mann. Milwaukee Wis.
"a Thesis iu Bosy "some Forms Of saproegniese,'
f. Essay IN AiciectHe E-cesiascal Gothic Archiec-
tufe," Arthur Luduir kari Nolkmau New York city.
ig Oraion: The sets" Ida Bruce New-lork
Thesis f. civil Enrireeriug: Investigations the
The rv Of Least squares applicable Modern Geo iesy
Davtt Joseph Ma epderson. BAY City, Mich
Steel and steel hoOPly John sayie Coon Bur
- wooiford Grafton. "The Funeral oatious Brutus
and Anthony shakespeare George Washington Eheti
rsentafiou Of Prizes Conerrine Degrees and Certificates
b. tnc Acting President tirncd'clon-
tNof prc-ehted To the public
Tie prizes bestowed tuis only twO-tne Wood
ford medal Of 500 in oiatory 10 G.. W. Gctt of villa
noua and the Horace X. White prze ma veterinary ence
The fast prize OF $50 given % A. T. BeanisleN 0i
Cayuat Il and the second tO &. NJ. Bean OF " Graw
vile. Following the PC. sentato on of prizes came th
coutcrrng of haccaiatate de2iets, hhd ipoNlhI ta'
ter4 Arts Doctor of Philosophy, three Masters OF
Science. IN two CN Engineers Thus ends tne college
member ~ specially marked ability, n is SIM sli"u-
clss and ~ average ability Will comuate NerF iaNoi-
a1y with that OF previous ones. In athletics II
has mover been particularly tuoh& hut tha'
40 Il cOutput to believe, u because II never
tIed To Dee sure In the fan OF It's lnnioi
year IT, Tremendous enOrt, defeated all the
other cas., foot ball. and fOr few short weeks be
the champion class of the university Oui THIS wr
ouy trausitoty ANA returning spring brought return
ting elimination Of the festivities of the wees
Glass bali s much like any otncr bail, except m tha
those dance do not pay tnc hddlcr-the Class docs
TUFTS COLLEGE
fBK GREAT TRANSFORMATIONS OF TuE GROUNDS AND