Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-02
Commencement.

Commencement.
  Tine Center Church Exercfses-The De-
 rrees-The President Honored by Yale
 -The Alumni Dinner-Grand Speech by
 President Hayes-Leading the Horse to
 the water--Refused to oDrink-President Porter and How he Declined Great
 Honor - UproarIous AIumni-A Very
 Brilliant Reception by President Porter.
 The Commencement exercises at Center church yesterday were largely attended as usual. There was brilliant array of toilets. President Hayes and many other prominent guests were present occupying the platform with President Porter. Fine music as usual was furnished. The speaking was, as rule, excellent, and many of the speakers were recipients of floral offerings from their friends assembled in the crowded church. The order of exercises was as follows:
 l. Music-overture, Egmont tBeethoven) 3 sal1tatory Grafton in Latin, by Dickson Wood ruff Richards, Litchheld
 f. Oration "Russia and England in Asia" |" by Hora- tio Mcleod Reynolds, New Haven Collin Wells" Fayetteville, N. Y.
 G. Music-Fantasia, Tannhauser Wagnerl 7. Oration-'Two Types of Jews," by Walter Hull g. Dissertation-ssst. John the Divine," by Sidney Catlin Partridge, Brooklyn, N. Y. 9. Music-Songs of Germany (Strauss). 10. oration-"The Supreme Court as a Protestor of Liberty" by Frederick William Keator, Moline, Il. Dissertation-''The Influence of Goethe," by Ja%eg Herbert wass0n Bro0da 9odsnts N
 1s. oration-"The New England Town, ,, by Edward "A. isaertationNssThonas Becket-a Study of Character" by Donald Yorke Campbell Oakland, Cal 15. Music-Mareh, Leonoro (Raf1. I6 Dissertation-'Lord Beaconsfeld," by Henry Waters Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio.
 Crime" by John Arnold Amundson, Rochester, IS. Musio-Traumere (schumanl.
 19 Will It Die ?" with the valedictory address, by William Montague HaIl Ash 20. Music-Lohengrin (wagner,. 21. Degrees conferred.
 22. Prayer by the president.
 Excused on account of sickness. DEGREES CONFERRED.
 After the close of the exercises degrees were conferred as follows:
 DOCTORS OF LAWS Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States Hon. Hugh W. Shefrey, class of '35, of Staunton, Va
 DOCTORS OF DIVINITY.
 Rev. Henry M. Dexter, class of 40, of Boston Prof. Joseph Emerson, class of Al, of Beloit College Wis.
 MASTER OF ARTS.
 Rev. Selah Merrill, of Andover, Mass.
 DOCTOR OF MUSIC.
 Theodore Thomas, of New York city.
 DOCTORS OF PHILOSOPHY
 Thomas H. Blakeslee, Ph. B. James R. Brackett, B. A. Russell H. Chittenden, Ph. B.. George B. Grinnell, B. A.. Alex M. Wilcox, B. A.
 Dwight B. Pierce, Ph. B. : Eben J. Ward, Ph. B.
 DYNAMIC ENGINEER. Augustus J. Emery, Ph. B. MASTERS OF ARTS.
 Clarence H. Kelsey, Ph. B.. Charles T. Tillinghast, B. A.
 BACHELORS OF ARTS. Henry Wilbur Aiken, Millbury; Mass. Will liam Lafayette Allen, ir., Brooklyn, N. Y. i; William Palmer Allen, Auburn, N. Y John Arnold Amundson, Rochester, Minn Will more Anyway, Florida, N. Y.; William Coop CT Assay, Chicago, ILL. Frank Hamilton bour, New Haven Charles Platt Barker, Brooklyn, N. r.; William DeLuce Barnes, Brooklyn, N. Y. Willis Benner, Astoria NY; Edward Manross Bentley, Ellenville, N. Y.; Conrad Berens, Philadelphia, Pa. j; William Darius Bishop, jr.,, Bridgeport ]; Charles Franklin Bliss, New Haven i; Frank a wilson % Booth, Bennington, Vt. :; Frederick Brooks, New York city :; George Artemus Brown, Barre, Mass. :; Walter Hull Buell., Madison John Edward Bushnell, Old saybrook; Wal ter Chauncey Camp, New Haven; Donald Yorke Campbell, Oakland, Cal; Frank Par ker Chamberlain, Agawam, Mass; Irving Hall Chase, Waterbury George Henry Clark, Jr., Hartford; William Gibbons Dag gett, New Haven; Elias Wyman Davis, Wor- cester, Mass William Emory Decrow, Ban gor, Me. Arthur Cushing Dill, New Haven John Marshall Douglas, Chicago, H.; Asa John Farwell Hartford; Walter Bixby Fer guson, North Dixmont Me; Peter Flint Port Henry, NY; Roscoe Rush Giltner, Oakland, Cal. Frank Goodrich Auburn, N. Y. Nathaniel Gordon, Exeter, N. H.. Henry Lee Gower, New Haven; Edmund Frank Green, Oak land, Cal Charles Willard Haines, Colches- ter; Edwin Cesar Malan Hall, Fair Haven; William Montague Hall, Ashfeld Mass. j; John Slosson Harding, Wilkesbarre, Pa. ; William Hudson Harper, Washington, D. c. j; William Thorn Haviland, Bridgeport John Philip Helfenstein, Shanokin, Pa. Charles Adams Holbrook, North Auburn, Me; Alfred Edwards Hooker, New Haven Frank Whet- stone Hopkins, Cincinnati, O.. John Tomlin- son Hubbard, Litchfeld; William Forrest Hutchison, Norwich; William Reynolds nings, Fairfield; Frederic William Keator, Moline, Ill. Dana William Kellogg, Hartford; William Swift Keyser Milton, Fla. Edward Weston Knevals, New York city; Samuel Waldron Lambert, New York city David Charles Lines, New Haven; Cadwallader Edwards Dinthicum, B. A.. St. Johns college, Md, Millersville, Md; Wilson Gary McHenry, Baltimore, Md. Remsen Varick Messler, Pittsburg, Pa. Simon Charles Metzger, New Haven Frederick Stillman Morrison, Hol- yoke, Mass Thomas Robert Morrow, Hart ford; William D. Murray, Plainfeld, N. J. i; John James Nairn, Washington, D. C.. James Edward Newcemb, New London Alfred Bull Nichols, New Haven Edward Parish Moves Wilmington, Mass. Henry Jhoate Ordway, Hampstead, N. H. Wilbur Parker, Cleve- land, O. !; Sidney Cat1in Partridge, Brooklyn N. Y.; LeRoy Bliss Peckham, Lebanon ; William Allison Peters, Wilkesbarre, Pa. i; Smith Franklin Phillips, East Chatham, N Ansel Burlington, Fairfield, Me. William Russell Purple, Springfield, Mass. Charles Newton Ransom, Colchester; Horatio Me Leod Reynolds, New Haven; Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Litchfeld; Charles Hen ry Richardson, Groton, Mass. Alphonso Scudder, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Jay Webber Seaver, Craftsbury, Vt; Robert William Selden, Brandon, Vt. Samuel Swanton Sewell, Bath, Me John Foster Shepley, St. Louis, Mo. Charles Langdon Sherman, Gas tleton, Vt; William Hazard Sherman, Prov idence, R. I. Frederick Platt Skinner, Os- wego, N Y. Charles Robert Smith, Green Spring, O.. Frederick Morse Smith, Hart ford Grant Alexander Smith, Milwaukee, Wis. Edward Curran Spencer, St. Paul, Minn. Frank Otho Spencer, Cleveland, O. !; Max Stern, Hartford Harry Waters Taft, Cincinnati, O.; John Butler Coles Tappan, Glen Cove, N. Y.; Henry Trowbridge, jr., New Haven; Stephen Trumbull, Valparaiso, Chili; Eugene Winston Walker, Richmond, Ky. ; Wirt Dexter Walker, Chicago, H. Ar thur Eugene Walradt, Chester, Mass. Ed win Darlington Ward, Pennington James Herbert Watson, Brooklyn, N. Y David Collin Wells, Fayetteville, N. Y.; TenEyck Wendell, Cazenovia,. N Y; Frank Henry Wheeler, Fair Haven; Wilson Curtiss Vince Ter, New Haven; George Dana White, New York city; Heman Charles Whittlesey, New ington Lawrence Wilkinson, Greenwich; Walter Crafts Witherbee, New York city: Iala,a Era,,c;S !Uandh,,Il C,.a4os,. cl.s.i.ss