The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-25
Interesting Exercises of Yale's
Medical School.
CLASS DAY AT LAFAYETTE.
Presentation Of Prizes at
Amherst and Trinity.
CITY AND SUBURBAN SCHOOLS,
YALE COLLEGE.
THE MEDICAL SCHOOL ExERcIsEs-sENIoR AP-
PoINTMENTs AND STATISTICS

THE MEDICAL SCHOOL ExEncIsEs-sENIoR AP-
PorxTnENTs AND STATISTICS.
NEW HAVEN, June "a, 1878.
The Board OF Examiners of the ale Medical School
to-day, and will continue its session temorrow
Tor the purpose Of examining the members oil tho
graduating class and listening to their theses The
Board consists, OF the medical faculty and an
equal number OF the members OF the Connecticut
Medical Society, appointed by us President
Two examinations Tor degrees held an
nually-ons at the close OF the winter
term ami the other at the close OF the spring term
fwo-nths OF the class graduated nj tho end OF thc
winter term and the about TO receive their
wgrses.
SENIOR APPoISrxKyrs.
The senior appointments tor commencement have
been announced. 1t is customary TO give appoint
ments to half the class. according TO scholarship.
Tho number given this year, therefore, is sixty
six, as the class consists Of 1872 members
the largest class that has graduated from the
lcadcmical department OF Yale. The vacdctorian
Is Clarence II. Kelsey, OF Bridgeport Conn Inc
saiutatorisn is William Il. Taft, OF Cincinnati, ONO,
Of the ex-Atorney General and the class orator
u Tomorrow Tho most important appointments
asxt to these are as foows:-
Philosophical orations-GeorQe l.. Curtis, Canaan
Aaigua, N. Y. George S. Palmer, MontviIle Conn.,
High orationa-Alfred 5. Ripley. Andover, Mass;
Shepard, Buffalo. N. Y. lequaD William NJ. Aber,
Oswego N. r.. Hollis W. Cobb, Shrewsbury, Mass,
sna Johu G. Jennings, Cleveland. OHIO cqaan; Harry
G. Cols, Now Haven, Conn.,; Stanley H. Dexter, san
francisco, Cai ana Charles Parsons, New YORK city
fsquaD; Douglas r Blrnir, Springfield, Mass.
Orations-Harian r. Beach, South Orange, n j.;
Frank A. Bsckw.n, Waterbury, Conn, AM Gavin
New Haven, = mn. William 4. Waters, Cinci nnat
Ohio; Walter squires, New York city. and BENJAMIN
wiieox, Madison, Conn; Edward b. whitney, Now
Haven. Conn. Philip W. Moou, Worcester, Mass.
There wore also six dissertatious eleven first dis
putes, second disputes ten hrst colleagues aud
six second colloquies.
CLASS sTATsTICs.
The statistics of each graduating class are computed
annually by some members OF tho class aud form NOT
only book Of iaierest to eacn individual
member but also afford food for thought 70
others who draw lnierences from the religious,
political and other figures gwen. Ia the class
days, and the youngest 10 years, months and ~
days wne the average age OF graduation is ~ years
bors in the class, 46 teelvtalers and 5s who
10 not use tobacco. Politically they are d.
riaed INTO q repuoicans, 20 aem 10 ons,o 10
The average annual expense has been about $3.50 3d.
Alter graduation 81 expect 10 study law, medicine,
theology Swi go Into Journalism, VIII teach, 10
will so into business, while the rest are at present un-
decided
COMMENCEMENT VISITORS
Tho registers OF the hotels show large number Of
commencement visitors, and each train brings add
tions To-day many ladies' have arrived to par
ucpate the festivities OF class day to-
morrow, that being the day which gives most
pleasure to the average young lady with
friends in college. The exercises are all Of aD under.
graduate character The class poet anu orator Will
deliver thor productions IN the Batteli Chapel at
will crack jokes on their classmates bsicrc the as
sembied class and It's lady and gentlemen iriends-
dreary walls Alumni Hall viii reverberatc with soft
waltz music by Lanuer's orchestra, which has been
versary exercises OF the Sheffield scientific School
VIII be hold In tho North sheffield Hail.