New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-14
COMMENCEMENT AT VASSAR.
THIRTY-NINE DEGREES BESTOWED.

CIASS-DAY EXERC1SES-THE OkAIIONS hht.D
YEsrERDAY-LIsT OF THE GRADUATES.
frRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUsE.1
PoUGHKEEPsIE, June 13.-The seventeenth
annual Commencement exercises OF yassar College were
held to-day, which hirtynne young ladies In bright
array assumed the dignity Of the Daccalaureate degree
At the annual meeting Of the Board OF Trus-
tees, yesterday, there were no vacancies
in the Board to Ill. and only few minor
changes were made In the standing committees. The
old officers OF the Board reelected. including the
Rev Dr. Edward Lathrop, chairman 8. NJ. Buckingham.
secretary and Benson Van ylet, superintendent; and
willard l. Dean promoted from the position OF
registrar and to that of treasurer
The total number students at vassar the past year
has been 3l4.
Class day exercise, were held yesterday at which the
Grafton was delivered by Miss Martha Sharpe the MS
tory was read by Miss Susan r. Swift the prophecy by
Miss Laura Page the farewell address by Miss Anna H.
Iathrop, the senior charge by Mas Alice b. Pointer
ana the junior reply by Miss Mary T. Adams special
point was male In the class history OF the effort TO
induce the faculty 10 do away with class honors'
based on the marking The only result apparent
today was the absence OF the customary yacdctory, an
honor which, The TRIBUNE correspondent Is informed
would have been bestowed on Miss Mary Cooley, oi
Dubuque Iowa. by the unanimous choice Of the faculty
At the exercises today which began az 1890 a M.
there was a attendance of relatives and friends
than last year Among the visitors were Judge and
Mira Cooley, OF Dubuque Iowa. Judge Lawson. Of New
burg; the Rev. H. NJ Sanders OF New
YORK. and the following members OF the
Board OF Trustees: Tho Rev. Dr. Samuel L.
Caldwell. John Thompson. the Rev. Dr. Edward La
throp tho Rev. DR. Elias l. Migoou. Benson j. Losing,
John Guy vassar Cyrus Swan. smith sheldon, Augustus
l. Aon George Tnnis. the Rev. Dr. Edward Bright, r.
A. wight, william Allen Bnter. the Rev. DIR. j. Ryland
Kendriek the Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. King, the Rev. Or.
Joachim Elmendorf and Henry NJ. Marquand
The platform Of tue chapel occupied by
the visitors and members Of the faculty,
with President Caldwell In the centre.
The graduates occupied directly IN front Of the
plat orm The programme included nine orations inter
sperse with organ aud piano solos by the Misses Esther
Cutler Laura Page. Miss Cora A. Wheeler oil POug-
keepse spoke Of " This Romance OF science y" Miss
Coruelia " Raymond, OF Poughkeepsie, and Jenny A.
Yost OF Waterloo, discussed The Affirmative and negative
Sides respectively, OF tae rather comprehensive
urobiem Is Reform Possible without keyOlu-
ton e. Annie b. West, OF Katonah spoke ON g. The
Repression % the Jew" In The Unsolyed Problems
Of Astronomy" Mis- Mary Sherwood. OF BalsOn, sug-
gesed of the still unreaztd possibilities OF tue
telescope, the camera and the speero,sope; ola.
Grafton Of the day was mat Of Aiss Mary cooley
Of Dubuque la. corruption IN American Politica
rhe LOBBY sue said has become the chie scene oi pout
cal action III 10 tue erta pfacucaI outHOWtn W V,
Naloral precept: 40 the victor belong toe spOis
and she was frequently Interrupted oy applause.
Miss Clara L. BOstwick OF Lebanon Sprngs, spoke on
The subject Misc Mabel Foos OF Springfield ono, wa
"Uuhiy the Law OF American Education me iSst
| Conn whose subject " From stoneheDge 20 Wind
sor" I'm which she glanced changes m English
character and social life the days Of King ArthuTs
knights to the days OF Queen Nictoras SOLDIERS III
Egypt -. ,.-,,,, - g.,
Degrees were conferred " frcsldtht buu"ch Us lor
| lows: ~ ,,,,,-
Baccalaureate degrees-Evelyn Baldwin, Wellsviile;
Rose l. BALDWIN, indianapolis sarah &. Bernard, ngs-
| ION cara Lena BOstwicA. Lebanon Springs Martha
| BOYD Memphis Mary Cooley, Dubuque, Ia Caroline
Cuiiss, IOnAers; Ida Cushing, Boston; Esther cutter,
| Grand Haven, Mich. Jessie X. Deweu, New
| Iisyen; Harriet Evans Lakeyte. Conn Mabel
| Foos, Springfield. o. Stran +. Gunnison, Boston
| ANN = Hops0u Kent. Conn; Anna II. Lathrop Rock
ford Ill: Stella g. Mahury. san Jose Cal; Frances Z.
| MarKharn st. Louis; Helen II. Morris New Haven:
Laura Page, Perry; Mary h. Pass, taison NJ C Alice
H. POidier, Newark n. D.; Ida {. Ransom, UnloaYue,
| Comm C0rneia VI. Raymond, POugnkeepsie Martha
arpe, Wkesbarre, Penn; Abbe W. SHERMAN, treeu-
| wicI; Mary sherwood, Ballston; Emhne q. Slice,
| Poughkeepsie; Mary G.. Stevens, Lowell MasSi Lucy
q Street Council Bluffs H.; Mary Suddutb. Normal, Ill;
su.nn H. swift Armenia; Sarah IA. 1Ieadway Pontiac, Mich;
charlotte A. Vatican, NeN-IOTk Annie -. west Harris
burg PENN Mary Wncatley. kat0rah Cora A. wheeler,
| Ponghkeapsie Charlotte X. Wheeler, Poughkeepsie;
Grace T. Wygaut. New York Jennie A. fo7t, Waterloo
Diploma Of the scAspi OF painting-Nannie d. DE sauS
/ sure, Charleston, s. " 49,,
DipDmas OF the school % music-Her rieta Douglass,
New YORK Harriet T.. Hafey, Now York Belle Hender-
| son Elko Nevada; Nettie L. Peck COrtland Lille b.
| Stanton, A. h., Albany
After Inc singing the doxology procession OF the
faculty. trustees alumni graduases friends ana invited
| quests marched the dining room aud were served
with iunoh The larger part Of the students left town
this afternoon, time OF theu departure the
| CLOUDS shed tears for the class OF 80.