New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-30
T1r COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
c.r,irucS IRON First rasr.

wnicn, ,o,, yac College. Amsnt the other sEcaSors
A:sS s smith sio 81 Of ~ "a oIa 3r Gross
~ PSilsdsphls. Lieutenant oilinier GoIf."SX,d nn
M sSe class q" 90 Mr. Ho5nsoa OF the class OF 40 ano
William Tan, '7s. Of Cincinnati.
AT TIE LAW SCHOOL
Thu c,osiuY exercises OF the Law Department yes :
,.,lay wcro oponsd By the speaking Tor the
rnro,cnd prize of $780, Tho frst speaker was Henry
Ward bailey OF TITS city. who spoke upon "Cromwe
Ior,,lator" The second speaker was Epaphrodtu'
Peck Of BRISTOL who speke upon the Ulster Ienant
~ psora Ill also spoke On Cromwell LEGISLATOR"
The committee OF Az ard consisng OF - ID. Sinmsh,
" Kellogg aud Henry Holt, awarded tie prize 10 M'
Louis Hood Of Newark j. ds CcTnd the Masters
The conclusion OF tho exercises President Porter al
bounced the honors as folows;
SENIOR CLASS.
john Pomeroy Bsrtistt Phi. l., New Britain;
Peter Doyle ,S It H% Prs ss a9 P PeTh Ms
Edwin Allan Smith, Newlisycn
JUNIOR CLASS.
william Ransom Barbour, b. A., (Detts prfzc) New
Tore button wstrous, d. A., Now II 1ven:
insw winston Walker. b. A., R,sn,nond ny. g.
tSSsg oy yt PS5y 4: q
Gently printed, show the Run6, II deai,sr ~, pas
sedf 10 10 los and tie OF tts gE,dif'trs o.
cs1s The asa: ~iss SraSnate is sst Prs Of
Cornwall, Conn.,, class of 1906, born May i5' 1888.
,ys.... TIE CORPORATION MEETING.
Attn meeting Of the corporation Professor George T.
Isdd of Bowdoin College, was elected professor OF
mental and moral philosophy; the Hon Edward j.
phelps. IL d. OF Burlington, Vermont. appointed
Kent professor OF law. Henry W. FGrnam was also
elected professor OF political economy and history in
the SCIENTIFIC senooi irois.c . f Gsl 49,
Oscar II. Cooper -, Ambrose Ii;he, 81, tnd %l3a'a
AZ Hall, 80 were appointed tutors Arthur 7. HALEY
viii have caargc the GLASSES heretofore tar
by Professor carter; -, A., - .
we're f. ). Kinesbury. of Waterbury; William e. Va =
burn, OF GreenGeld Mass. Nathaniel shpman, Q, lar
Tnyior ct NeWYcrs; b. cady Eaton ci this city j. H.
SeIn9chsn Of P.tsdsd Mass sd c,fc f.Iy %
1889 votes out OF ls3e votes cast
SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL
At the graduating exercises of the Sheffield Scientific
School the speakers and their subjects rs follows;
Letter Paige breckenridge wcstacld. MISS Subject
"The Methods OF Measuring Motive Power
.. Howard Field Chapps: Chicago Iil-"Reaction Of
B. Henry iiobroos Glsdlins New havon--Ihe super
A. William Loomis CIR swoi.i. Banksvillc-" The In1u.
ence OF Acids and Alksnes on the Dssa;ic Action OF
s. viii: Benton Wright Gro% we'll" Compressed Air
q. John SHADE Ely, Ncw,Yors City~"Tne Exossccton
OF Tsiorohestis iOnsirornis."
7. Arthur Buruham woodford, West wnsted.-" The
PropOsod Amsrc IN lnfaroceanlc Canal"
8. William Meoser wood, Morristown. n. 1.-THE
Mechanical Theory OF Heat."
At the conclusion Of tho readings Professor Brush all
nounced the following prizes:
For Excellence in Civil Engiuccrne-Prize divided
between George Freasrtok BSswor,h OF Milford. and
Glass Of lss1-The Beknap Prize for Excellence In
Geological and Biological studies-Ethan Allen Andrews
Ciss 81 Excellence in Mathematics Junior
Class Of isss~For EIceiience in oil the Studies of
Freshman Yearrhe prize awarded to Edward bradford
Bsr rSa Guiitord; and Frederic Elijah Beach
For Excellence in Mathematics-The prize awarded to
John Aipheus Allen. New-Haven. with honorable men
ton Of Joan s1 nss n
Fer Excellence in German-Ths prize awarded to Ed
For E1ceIencc in PiyscsNfhe prse divided between
John Apbeus Allen. New-liavcn and Edward Bradford
For E1osiishss in chcm.try-The prize awarded to
tion Of John bartholomew Guiiford aud Edward Brad
'' Far EHselsncs II Mechanical prawins-The pri.o
awarded to Chsriss sunuer Brown Est Hampton with
fTsIerici Elijah Beach, SewHsSci, and Joseph Allen
Skinner, Helyoke, Mass - ,--,.,.
awarded to GepTSe Andsw Bsr s,, pa S
SSe.e Penn %
awarded e Theodore Dayenport Bacon Nor"irh; Li-
shippensbarS, PENN John Elmer lockwood STAN FORD
John Edward Newell, Chicago, H.; George shipinan
ociSsd i TIE desros Of IL.D., are follows:
Isiey. VIM. W, NewHavon Hsyne Edwin C.. Springfield.
BartistI John p, Now.Br1t nu,elinys. William r. ban
no.rrs Edward A. New. Hyde Frsucls T, IIas;iprA
Ha,en. NattbevHu, tharles H., New.
Ci-axclsnd' L. ". Granby Psisr Allan W. Dan'.urv.
Corringlon, NJ, Prorrih Patterson. rer1h H.. "corce-
Ioye p Prairie du Chien.>Peea. H. Bristol ,t.,,,
rs %n W. l. uOrldsn s%iiS fdsin g. Scw.iI.S@n.
Fortr. u " Nex.Nayen Spencer. Clinton Snhicld.
ToSier M Ayawan Mass bridsc. Winston j.. Ne"
FGseh Al s H %s oit Harry IL. F4r
GasSsI w,an A., reicsso wa1tOry Chaplin CORY,
Hal Harry A. St Mays Pa Woodbury.. p Iastoa
FIFTY YEARS WORK AT WESLEYAN.
CELEBRATING TIE sEMI-CESrENNIAL OF THE OLDEST
OF TIE METHODIST COII.EGEs-THE GYNNAr re
ExnIBITIoN-A GENEROUS GIFr-sOciETY r.
UNIONS
frRox 4 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiDvNEl
MIDDLETowN, Conn.,, June 29.-This has been
busy day Wesleyan. Nearly every minute has been
occupied with exercises Of kind or another and to-
night alumni and stwlcnts most OF whom had saniy
sleep last ght being kept long ont o. bed by their soc
ETY. reunions, ore than usually wearcd IL IA
with q feeling OF relief that the commencement
exercises OF tomorrow are looked forward to.
number leave the city tonight, their special object IN
coming hero having boon 10 meet their old classmates
and friends and join in the class reunions Acr the e.
ercses in the Methodist Church tomorrow, when =
plonss will lie distributed and degrees conferred tho
commencement dinner will be eaten under tent which
has been erected In the Of North College Speeches
will follow under the direction OF the Rev. George +.
Reed, of Brooklyn.
The fret incident OF to-day was the aluani business
meeting In the lower chapel The most htnrtan bus
ine~s done tue election OF two robcrsHf the Board
of Trustees The mon chosen the BEG sDr George
H. whitney, Of Iscketstown,N J,and Judsh Lockwood,
OF Bridgeport Orange Judd, who has been president OF
the alumni for fifteen sixteen years. resigned his
position aud was succeeded by Judge George q. Rcy'
nolds Of Brooklyn before this meeting had ADJOURNED
tho people had begun TO gather for the first OF
the ssIni-centennsl meetings. This was cid In the
chapel which Is handsome brownstone building, with