The New York herald., 1878-07-04
WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
sBADuArfNa ExEEcI sEs AND CoNYERRNd DE-
oRIES- HONORARY AI.uNNI.

sBADUATfN0 ExERCISEs AND CONEEBbINo DE-
oREEs- HONORARY ALUMNI
WnLlAxsrowx. Mass, July 8. 1878.
The graduating exercises at Williams College to-day
wcrc very largely attended aud proved Interesting not
lloas TO the young gentlemen who recsved their d.
plomas but also to The fashionable au disnce
which Witnessed the proceedings. Governor
Rice, Lieutenant Governor Knight Speaker Long, OF
the House. and other prominent we're present.
rns usual preliminary exercises having been CON-
,letsd the degree Of Bachelor oi Arts
conferred on the oliowug:-Jamss Ruthven
Adriance, Poushksopsis. N. Y; Adolos AZ
ssn, Jersey City, N. j.; william Edward Athearn,
west Tssbury; Frederic Alberto Balloon, Grafton;
Eugene Barnum Yates, N. Y. George Authony Bates,
sps,ngheid, H. Merton Levi Bsaactt Pulaski N r.;
Harry Allen Briggs, Pittsncld; Willie LOWS Brown,
Jeush Adams; Howard Hart Burden, Troy, n Y; John
Hicsjah Buriesgh, Berwick Me-; Alfred Hastings Bur-
seil wiiiamsiown; Arthur Graves CADncid, Maaches-
s~r. w. Frank Bh.n Carpenter, Lawresceviile. N.
Edward huating,cn Clark, West Salem, Wis.
Hssry Seymour Clark, Lenox; Henry Coli, JI, Pits
aed; BushAsii Dsnierth, wili'.nssown; JshH Clark
Ysrx; George Lyman FOX Thomsstes. Com Wafer
Gser Hoosick Faiis, N. y Charles Gross, Troy, N. Y
HAYNES. haM c.mSrass on,o Charles HSis.r por.ss
Oreson; Frank Edwip jenkins. Walton, N. Y; Edwin
Arthur kng Issy nsiv. ~ XII Man,. .o'I kocuss.r
Ruus Buei Mccaensp, Walton. N r.; Henry B. NC
Queen, Schenectady, n. T.; Rooert !. McQusen,
Scbesectady, N. r.; Carlton Putnam Mills south
Wniiamstown; Hawe Paige, Rushv,Ile. III William
Jay Peck, NorihAsia, Conn. Charles Malcolm PiatI
own: stuart Esack.l Reed, Coxsackis. N. X; Hesry
BiAhop Reckwsll,. Js, ScsAnten. Pa; wiilian kaaAr
town Hslscy Bis1sIi Stevenson, Cayugs, n Y;
James Taylor Wright, Indianapolis, Ind
The class entered with nny-three students and has
iwenty- years seven months anu twenty-five days
old; Oldest man, twenty-eigh' years twenIy-thrse
NeAr4 rnA auA
Blk days The vaiodicioran, wno by the way, Is
low, Is twsnty-one years. TOUR months and twenty
years eight months and one DAY. Tho talest
man is SIX iset two inches and the shortest "
and The Itghtest ia Eighteen come IRON New York,
len from Massach and the rest are scaItcring
Eleven in,esd 70 90 in,o business eight ministry sS
ptiil undecided. sax cen are regular smokers, nino
others oooss,s.siy inooise tour have reformed ana
whist being The banner game.
HONORARY DEGRExG
Tho Board OF Trustees conferred hoAernIy degrees
foilows:-Docter ol Laws on President Potter, Of
Union College, aad John l. stonsnan. SO, OF Iowa;
ridge. "a, OF Chicago, and Rev. Heary NJ
GroaI "a. OF Concord, Aass A. n. On Charles ..
w o Of .sr.spy pp Of Williams Hn ns0%ne coesa
THE PRIzEs.
rhc President announced the following priest
Benedict prizes Tor schoarshp:--ln Lstin-First
pzs to y. II. Cooke OF Stowe; second prize T.. d.
Hale. class $780, si Baitng Hollow, l.. l. In Greek
r..
prize 10 L. d. Hale, class Of 1850. In Hi.,ory-
First prize 10 H. H. Fletcher, class oil l779 oil Grsnby
sscena prize 10 II. q. H class OF 1879, OF Phiiadc
phis. In Natural History-Frst prize to I. II. Cooke,
class 1880; second prize TO r. Van TuyI, class OF
1880. In Ger mAn-Frst prize 10 H. q. Hill, class
lss9 second prize H. II. Fstcher class OF 1879 In
prize C. X. Clark class Of 1879 OF West
salem. ws second prize 10 X y. Leakc. class OF
1870 OF WiIl,amstcwn In Mathems ticsFirst prize TO
Alfred I. Perry. GLASS OF 1880. OF Nortn Adams;
ond pnzs 70 y. II. Cooke, ei.ss OF 1850. Honor
able meatioa TO y. g. hubbard, OF Oswsgo,
n. Y.
poransous speaking awarded 10 Hslsey b. stevens,
class Of 1878, of Csyuss, N. r. The Graves prizes.
OF $40 cacn, for essay wrtinE, were gwen 10 Cnas
Paige, class Of 1878 OF Rushville. H.; w.
E. Rae, class Of 1873, of CORNWALL, n. Y;
". H. Pratt class Of IT'S, OF wiiiamstown; Hasey o.
Stevenson, class o. '7s OF cayuea ~ Y. For excel
segrss Of A. H. was conferred thirtv-nino gradu-
sseA
nosoRAKr ALUMNI
A. the alumni meeting Mr. Stewart L. Woodiovd,
OF New York; Rev. Mr.. Rowland Of Ice; Professer
Eatou, OF Packer Institute Brooklyn, and william
Taylor, OF Lee were elected honorary alunnL
connEScKnEsT REuSi0Ss
Al this commenccment reunions oil the classes Of
'3s, rs. '52 'ts, '6S. '7S and rs are being held.
Prominent OF the alumni IN town
David Dodsy Field, class Of '25. OF New
Hon. d. L. Bsardman, class OF "a, OF Troy;
Marshall Wilcox, class OF ~, oi Pttsheid; Judge n.
r. Dewey, class of 40, OF Worcester. and Dr.. ;. IL.
rvng, class OF '5S, Of New York. About Ohrse hun
Chadbournc made the opening address, and was fol-
lowed by Governor Rice, VINO was received with
great applause. Among the other speakers were
Henry NJ. Field, OF New York; eS-Prcsidspt Hopkios
bard. Rev Dr. French, oil brooklyn; General wood-
lord apa Rev. Hssry Hopkins.
The Prssdcnt's reception tbissvsnins was largely
attended