The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-26
OUR COLLEGES
Presentation Day and Graduating
Exercises at Yale.
THE GRADUATES OF VASSAR.
Three Hundred and Fifty Graduates Of
Normal College.
YALE COLLEGE.
CLASS DAT YEsTIvITIEs-scIENTIY school
GRADUATING ExERCI-Es-THE ANNOUNCE
MENT OF FRIES.

IENT OF FRIES.
NKw HAVEN, June Is, 1878.
To-day has boon ''Class Day" or, It gen.
orally called At Yale, "Presentaton Day" because on
this day occurs the presentation TOR degrees In the
Academicai department
THE POEM
At about eleven O'Clock the class poem and grafton
sore delivered IN The Ba,te Chapel. The graduating
class occupied the middle aisle, and the Of the
eddcc was filed with hoary headed graduates young
graduates and 'snab," which, In the college yer.
sacular, means "young ladies'" The exer-
:ises opened with prayer by Presideu. Porter
The poem delivered by Harry Clark
coe, VI Now Haven, who also spoke Tor
The DeForest prize and will be one OF the commence
ment speakers Thursday. Tho title oil the poem
was Questions" and the composition, thought ana
M etrcai structure very fne. The delivery occupied
about thirty minutes the Grafton was by William
Howard Taft son or the ex.Attorney General who
was present. The son, ike the father, is OF a large
frame and commanding appearance. His slocution
was very good and mis- Grafton u sound.
treatment OF "tho professional and political prospects
Of The college graduate" The class then
sung to the tuno OF "Aud Lag Syne." The CON-
poser was Herbert Bowen, OF Brooklyn, Of Henry
.. Bowen. The morning exercises closed with the
announcement by President Porter Of tho following
award OF
Tho John A. Porter prize to Henry A. James B. A.
The Douglas Follow elected tor the year 1852 Is
Elisha $. Bolton, b. A.
The soldiers Memorial Fellowship TO Clarence H.
Kelsey, 1878.
Larned scholarship the class OF 1878 to George
7. Knott
The CLARK scholarship for the class OF 1878 10
William L. Waters
The W. ". Dc Forest scholarship Tor the class OF
1878 to Charles H. shaw
The Wooisey scholarship Tor the class OF 1881 to
Bartlett
The Hurbutt scholarship and the third freshman
scholarship Tor tho second thru ranks, az the
Woolssy examination. are awarded to Bigelow and
Brdgman who arc adJudged equal in merit
The Winthrop prizes in the junior class Tor excel
lence IN special Greek and Latin authors awarded
% ioiloWs:-Frst prize TO Nichols, second prixe 10
Som.
The Scott prize for excellence In German offered to
the senior CLASS, Is awarded to tipIcy.
The Sc0lt prge Tor excellence French, offered to
the junior class, Is awarded 10 stanton.
Frees Tor excellence IN English composition have
beeu awarded IN the sophomore class as folIows:-
srss prizes to Amana.0n N'ehS r.1'rsss ana
Hustled und Moves third prizes 10 Eddy, Morrow,
Sophomore CLASS as i0iows:-First pr,zo 10 Murray;
second prHes 10 Barnes ana woodhull third prize 10
Prixes have been awarded an follows In the sopho.
more class Tor the solution OF mathematical prob
First prize 10 W. NJ Hail. second prize TO Hopkins.
third prizes 10 W. sherman aud ". Wheelar
Freshman follows tor The solution OF
natl .tical prop ems:-
First prize TO Lucas. second prizes Briggs and A.
berkeley premiums Tor Latin compositions have
been awarded IN tbo freshman class as ioiiows:-
First rank-Aken, Bacon, Bartlett Biselow
Bridsman anu A. L. White. Second rank-Boslwlck
Evarts, N. Fisher. Stedinan, Wnlppe and W hi more
The reading OF the iist was listened TO with great
Interest," NJ II conveys Joy sorrow to 80 mahy
snxioas competitors. The reaaing OF the names Of
tho seniors VINO mad taken prizes WAS greeted with
applause
CLASS HISTORIES
In the afternoon the reading the class histories
took place nc seats were crowded with lady friends
OF tue students, VITA generous sprinklinx Of old
graduates returned TO laugh over ola college Gus
toms. The class sal AROUND smoking long clay pipes
aud drinking lemonade inc Histories were rcpIstc
with "sriuds" on the members Of the Glass; and ap-
subjects thereof The his,or,ans were James protus
iigo,t, OF New Haven. Tor the arst division; ruuor
s.orrs jerks, OF Brooklyn, Tor Inc second DIVISION;
wilnam L. K wurls Of Paterson. N. j., Tor ,hs inrd
division, AND William Henry Law, H. u New Haven,
Alter the last joke was read the class ivy was
planted The slip planted was obtained from STRAIT
,ord-on-Avon. through tue kindness Of Mss Kate
Yield. The ivy ode sung ~ The planting was COM
posed By Harry Clark Coc After the plating The
rsss headed by aDand cheered each building In turn
aud marched ~ usual " President Polers residence
% HIhouse avsnus, whore low words were spoken
10 them by that gentleman.
sCiKAriYc SCHOOL Ex.KCIsEs.
This evening the graduating exercises OF the class Of
1875 Al the sheffield Scientific scnooi, place
prayer By President Porter. The readers oi tnsses
with their SUBJECTS, were as Iolows:-
Charles Samuel Churchill (civil engineonnsl New
haven-"A comparison oil the different methods oil
svcling.n
=. Fraacs Dana winslow tseiec J. Washington. d.
C-"On the method oil sisctIng the PresidsnI Of tho
United states"
a John LUIS BIackmore tcvn snginesringl City OF
Mexico Mexco-"Un the sewerage system OF Provi-
oencc, X. l."
4. wlniam Grover Chspin dynamic snsInssr,ns)
bomsrs.'On the pumping nacninery OF the New
Haven Water Company"
5. seymour Landon Alvora tsslso,l. West w,ns,ed,
y. Walter Lnslsy CowIss tc,v,I eugiuooriaal, wal
pnsiord Coun--"A review OF the GiIbert Elevated
Z. Oswln Hart Dooiiltio Fowler (seiscu, North
Haven Conn. -"on the character oi R,chara lILn
g. John Pomeroy Bartlett tselectL New Britain
Conu--'On tho Mob edans 10 Spain. -
o. Edmund Beccner Wilson tnaturaI history,
Geneva ilL--"honograph Of the New England p emo
yonids.
The programme also bore The following announce
For excellence IN French. tho prize awarded TO
Edward H. smith, Brooklyn, y. Y
For excellence IN eivi, engineering, tho prize
CLASS OF 1879
For excellence In the ms chi IN atcs Of iunor year
tbc prize awarded 10 GEORGE A. Ssunuers OF Ncwport
T. l., with honorable mention Of Charles A. Wilcox,
FOR excellence In chemistry, the prize awarded 10
William J. Comstock, Toledo, Onto. with honorable
nsa.on Of John Jewel. BroofLn. \. y. '''
For excellence In ininernlogy the prizo awarded 10
Frederick l. Allen. Auburn, Ny.
CLASS OF 1880
For sxcelcnco IN all the siudies Of freshman year,
The prize awari ed 10 Dwight Porter, Hartford
For excellence 10 herman, the prize awarded 20
Ernes. J. Lisield, New Haven.
For excscnce ~ mathematics, tho prixo awarded TO
Dwight Porter, Hartford.
For exessnes In physics, the prize awarded to
Dwight Porter, Hartford.
For excelisnce 10 mechanical drawing the prize
awarded 10 George Robert Ferguson, New Raven.
The reacing oil theses was listened with close al
iention by aiargc audience VI ladies' and gentlemen
THk CoNCkRT
Tho Va pFoue Tn Au.,p kfsIt
attended, by bellies IRON New Haven aud neigDboring
cities In quite large numbers. The walls were well
lined With chspervnes aud Others led thither 10 watch
the picturesque signt and listen to the music by
Lander's nne orchestra The floral and other dccora.
lions were beautiful, aud the dancing card embraced
twenty-iour darces anu promensdos rho campus
was also handsomely Illuminated mack lamps aud
rens TO say nothing Of glowing isstoons Of Chinese
lanterns
PRooRAMNB FOR WEDNESDAY.
Tomorrow Will be rs great day ,or the graduates
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