New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-25
PRESIDENT PORTER AT YALE.
COMMEMORATIVE EXERCISES

rFRoN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNEl
NEw-HAvEN, June 24.-President Porter
preached the baceaaureate sermon 20 the gAuu"'ins
class Of Yale College Bate Chapel this morning lie
chose for text l. Timothy, vi, IL: Fight the goou
fight of faith lay hold eternal life" President for
ter closed with the following remarks
The occasion lends eoquence and force to the words
when | have selected as my theme. You can DC no
strangers to the truth that life u eoste n 9T n
your thoughts for while. OF 70 10, uoitr has
i I TS1 gt at 81 in IT, a these q Parting
aud the slow but certain anticipation OF oswmng
manhood We charge you 70 ds% Sp tps a IN former
days Tor the advancement of the race In knowledge ana
culture and morality So far as It's a't iney
are the flowers and fruit OF the heroic
faith Of other times This fair clyzatoh IN WnGH m9
science and letters this established law, TINS peacel
this elevated and oODtrolngpublc sentiment nays peen
wrought for the tires OF martyrdOn, the shoch
battle and the patent labor OF many nero S ~ bu
shines the book of Gods memory In characters Eo"
Ing with sht There S. are me who VINO would have
US believe that the continuance OF these
the aitn which produced Them that Christian cyiza-
ton will remain and flourish as firmly an us Deautuiy
ions of shall be as strong and as air WHOM i s
in the living God as with H. or wita in d 'n.
confessed ignorance the test OF its pey ahu Nc
Il is equally true that for individual welfare faith Is
V Which s' Christian Gnseihshness and reale
Dismiss the conoeed cowardly thought that the CON
OF faith disult at present than IN Garner
overwhelms the Imagination with tho mystery and the
uscessness of seize Creator aud thinks IL qte
enough TO have theiac faith with the greatness OF
It's mystery. But athcisIic science iorgets that
the reason finds greater dificuy IN ,h &C
eeDiing o sefoxlstent universe Ia when there
are intelligent spirits without supreme Int gence 10
give order WIN % give itforce or Love to Ill y win
blessings scientific demonstrations, nor Iuraces
nor voice from Heaven is needed now go much as
manhood and selfsacrhee the aggressive ana Ie bic
BELTS the simpler and stronger views OF Christian truth
and the mora eniigbtened views Of tue Cnrstiau life
which the joy aud honor OF our times .
Won law hold of eternal life or that life we know but
little in its details for cannot anticipate many OF us
enough 10 permit us by the faith daily life TO scat
ter those earthly SEEDS IN Room 0s'e Nish SOD aowers
andgow with fruit that shall be immortal
With baocaaureatc sermon Of to-day the exercises
OF commencement week really begun. large num-
Der Of graduates already in town. In addition 10 the
regular graduation there will be several pubic
class reunions in which prominen; u1en from different
sections of the country will take part. The principal
feature Of the week will the public exercises gwen by
the class Of SO the of their thrtieh ami
yersary, the programme for which has already been
printed in full in THE TRIBUNE
Tomorrow will be Presentation Day. Tho orator OF
The day will be Frederick G. Leonard OF spring NILS NJ
Y The class posm will be delivered by Joseph ID.
Lewis of New York. a of Charlton T. Lewis, who
was the poet for the cass Vi 3d. ami who VIII also read
poem at the anniversary eNercses OF MS case TINS
year. ~,
campus by tne following class historians u. n
sing Sing, N T.. s. Q. Kerrnish, OF Cleveland. Ohio;
william Price, of PottstO6n, Penn. After the
reading OF histories the class IVY will be planted and
the ivy will be snug The senior promenade viii take
place In Alumni Had tomorrow evening.
On TueRfay morning the Alllnu meeting Will nc mel
in Alumni Han.
AT the anniversary exercises OF the Yale Law School
on Tuesday afternoon Senator Thomas +. BayaTd VIII
deliver an Grafton The Responsibilities o. the Legal
Profession IN hepublc." go
The graduating exercises at the Sheffield Scientific
School viii Tuesday evening az North Sheffield
Hall.
omary OF that day Will De hcld at the centre
ChuTcl az - O'Clock a. IN.
Tue bOat-Tace between Yale and Harvard occurs al
New-LOndOn on IhuI sday. ~
the following classes viii hold reunions this year 33,
49, 43 AS 80, 5S 'G3 '65. IL, TT and 80. AT the
trIennia the OF 1880 the class Will be pre-
George H. CLARK, Newark ~ j., viii make the presen-
tston speech; walter e. Camp, Of ewliaven, VIII
read poem, and sidney Z. Partridge Of brooklyn,
n, Y, will review tho four years at Yale.
on Tuesday the baseball nine will give an eXbi-
hilton game Hamilton PARK with The Harvard nine.
Yale has played eight games ana lost only Win
tue championship baseball and football the college
has only 10 defeat Harvard Thames this week TO
be champions everything. There some doubt here
as 10 the ability of the 10 defeat Harvard after It's
unex pected victory Columbia, nut there is great
Willingness ana UNANIMOUS desire 10 nope Tor inc Oest