New-York tribune., 1877-06-29

fFROh STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF Ihh IhihbNEsI
NEw-HAvEN, June PSI suppose the one
living man whom Yale College counts on with most con-
ndence IN any emergency and points at with pride and
has an unxcd fonAness and admiration for is the Hon.
VIM Nj Evarts. No one has been more constant than ne
in devotion interests and welfare of the college;
none enthusiastic in every good enterprise IN us
behalf. Commencement week Nc New-Haven wonld be
eu without him; the alumni gatherings wOud lose nan
taer wit aud wisdom and nearly all their charm in his
absence And yet thcro is melancholy sus-
pieou that Secretary Evars has, In the language
Of the worldy-mnded. "gone back on the old GAL
his opportunity this year to bring the nrst
celebrities In the nation TO Yales Commencement Ana
rey say here with sadness that he didn't do 1t Worse,
L. led them off, allowed hmsclfto be led on with then
10 sit at the table and receive the hOnors and contribute
10 the edhcatOn OF Yale's great rival at Cambridge
There Ia not much said about it, but the feeling, am
sure very deep that Secretary Evarts ought to nave
brought President Hayes and his Cabinet 10 Yale instead
OF letting all CO. and gsing with them to Harvard
What makes IL worse In tho fact that Mr.. Evarts's
own meets this year, and 1t was expec'ed
be would do something to give the occasion un-
usual ecat. Instead OF which he turned his BACK on
Yale and helped swell the Harvard procession. He
came, 70 be sure. Wednesday night, and 81
tended the Law School reception and his class meeting at
Prof simans and TO-DAY has attended the Commence
ent exercises and alumni dinner but Yale expected
more Of him. do not speak by or with authority hut
have good reason TO believe that Yale would have given
oi going to Cambridge for It, Harvard is ahead ms
year on Commencement attractions it must be admitted
Yale has hardly made effort TO compete Never was
such scarcity Of distinguished people at Commence
ment Even Gov Tilden did not appear, the rumofS Of
ms coming having apparently foundation. Ex-Gov
Chamberlain Of South Carolina was here at the meeting
Glass Hs62) but came late and did not appear in
public enough satisfy the craving for noiabies Peo
PIE who wanted to distinguished men had to take IL
ont in gazing at the Chief Justice
There was consequently excuse for the morotOny
which pervaded the alumni meeting Wednesday,
heretofore remarked upon in this correspondence.
adhere 10 the belief however that the clerical element
in the meeting would be better enjoyed as an nhaion
than freshet There may be some deep design on the
part Of the college officers TO impress the mind OF the
average with the notion that the study OF theology
promotes longevity. that Of the earlier classes none
bat Doctors OF Divinity survive. The college has always
oe.n actuated by q most earnest desire to MI mp the
auks Of the ministry and the prevalence OF pulpit ora
tory and-f | may be allowed the e1pression-pulpit
lwang may be attributable 10 that II 1t be tho
purpose 10 convey the Illusion that good men are
notwithstanding to the poets assertion that
she good die hrst"-it is mistake think
90 make the occasion exuberanty hilarious with obt
uaes OF departed classmates whom 1t is feeble praise to
sail saintcd. But it minister, sam scov, who
yesterday broke the steady flow OF OLD Hundred,
with l5-mnulcs strain Of Pop goes the Wcase;' SO
II does not always follow that anniversary occasion
must lack vital current through the prevalence Of
vital piety. suppose however it is an excellent thing
10 have everything pitched 10 proper key and move
along harmomousy. And yet am inclined to think
.hcse meetings would be lively II once in while
some restless northodox person would give them
bounce by saying something that everybody didn't
:s.ree with. Suppose FOR instance, some Venturesome
;Innnus had thrown out a trdinG bit Of heresy that
roud have walked mp the Rev Dr. Bacon who sat there
Qrnaut Ny impression IS there would have been some
thing like music 10y the ill band" in short order ana
In lac Tent Oufsidp. If they
couldn't differ on religious questions they might have
troached politics that would have made things lively
a.. once for It's a subject nobody agrees on Perhaps
though, mistaken, and that go0dsh' talk Is the
thing for such occasions
The Commencement exercises proper in Center Church
this morning Of average merit and inter st. The
young gentlemen spoke their pieces wen, the young
ladies listened with satisfaction, ths venerable men in
the body the church sat quioty through tie whole Of
IL because they had nowhere else TO and the young
and rreyerent lay the sat on the steps out
SIDE aad tried to believe 1t wasn't bore Ihe programme
as follows:
J. Music: Overture. Emont Beeihovenl PRAYER 3.
sauJatOy Grafton IN Latin by John seymour haeAer e
Haven. T. Essay Painting aud SculptuTe Conpared by
Wagner C. nisseiation The Decay fanatcisn" by
~o, mo- RMs s,e IT As5S9 HeT e its, by o R%
berry Bcacn New,iiaven g. Music 9eIenaos Sscbn,eIo
Lewis Eaton, Lancaster VIZ 10 Grafton li, aald COP
deas success" by Edwin Burpee Ccode,l j. ngt1n' j..
fos The i:rctni Re-, ouon in japan" by charlcs Fred
eitson" by Arthur Eesde kimDalL West Haven.
View of our Aac' by Thomas Dwight Gooaol. New-Haven
10 10, i'o te .r & ,e,n TD roe @ Md M i7 Mac oo6ae
Psiser" 0y Joha Bndsey saier Minneapolis. ilnn ~
0raon lhe st,nsh ana Mta,le5 $50 9i IKE Nc, ,g Tl1
dcu. 20 Music: 1oheDgiin tNanerh "a Degrees CON
feTred. p. Prayer by The President
The following the list OF honors:
Orpoas-Challes Camp, "NalcdctOry Grafton" West
Meiden. JOhu BrIsgy Atwatcr, "imosopiicai grafton
Grafton Nov Haven. Joseph Glpn Pyle "fhlosopAicl
OIsiio, inck Meeting House. AG Thomas D"itAi ''o9i
cxaader Martin wilcox, Baltimore MG Clgiye.na torge,
lev Gcinnar OHIO George Montgomery Tutte llinucap,-
ls Mnn Hfthur Reads X Ruibai, West Haven. CHARLES
Fred Chapa, south llaier Fails. Mass. Edwin Blrpee
Goodcn Ellington George Huntington ihOHss, Noi"Ich.
Carsace i.cdoux Reid Cucag3 ~.
D,sseflat -WIl.en Hoyt Kelsey Bridgeport Gerii
smith Madison PmP Johnson "is,, Mi..gion ~. ai
s. Charles Cadw Wei Tyler, Rome. y. y.
drs ] io % sseasf sg Me- Me- AfaP Hson rsn G7eT
Norwich samuel Augustus Fisk Northampton, Mass Joln
ford; 1imot-y Dwight MeWiD, New.NnioId Custavus
Wiisms New.iondon HeHIy Martyr Rood Na,aL south
Afrlca; Charles Whe Ter Barnes NewIork CITY lIDrdge
Clinton Cooke Worcester. Mass arthur mney B.nnard
JOseph Hayes Chandler. Glencoe, Mimi
sbel"a. sSnihbarg Joha Meek y 6eGssd IIisSoro H.
George Matthew'S. Buffalo, y. " kennedy Turner
Pcrpon Davenport Brooklyn, \. " Jesse Lewis Case.
Hf i1 dSar 3co1ie Uica T. W Enc harrisoa Johon
Waterbury.
Honorary degrees were conferred as follows:
tp;DIsy. r W Dale' Bi5ipineham, I'm, Eng
the Hon. j. DiCox Of Ohio, and John Hurd Class
Nj A-Iye Adams US Consul. .at Malta Antonas Martin.
PENN and Prot NJ >. Soutlworh OF Williams College.
The Alumni dinner followed the Commencement cxer-
cises and occupied the remainder of the afternoon
Speeches made boy President Porter, Judge Putnam
Of Massachusetts, Glass of 81 Rev Moses Colt Tyler 57