Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-28
GUSHING GRADUATES.
Harvard Turns Loose Two Hundred
Titled GeniuSeS.
Aud Yale Winds Up in a Lively Fight
Gov. Buffers Address to Har-
wards Alumni.
Special Dispatches to Tiis Brx,

barouche, drawn by six horses. He was
dressed in citizens clothes. The governor
was received at the college by President
Eliot, without n formalities. The
commencement procession was formed.
Governor Butler escorted by President
Eliot led the line, and following in the
usual orders cant the fellows, overseers,
headed by President Hoar, lieutenant
governor and governors staff, Harvard
trustees. On reaching the yard the Sc
niors acted as escort to Sanders theatre,
which was rapidly filed. When Gov.
Butler, escorted by Charles Francis
Adams, mounted the platform there was
n slight applause which the governor did
not acknowledges. The degrees of Il. A.
were conferred on 1876 graduates, bach
elor of agriculture one, doctor of dental
medicine 81; doctor of medicine, 20; mas
ter of arts, IL; doctor of philosophy. B.;
bachelor of laws, 7. Honors were award.
to q.
At the alumni dinner the toast of 1.-THE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts" was
announced by the presiding officer, who
said: II call uIon his exc~ellency, the.
governor, to respond, and |. bespeak fer
him your careful attention" Applause.
and cheers As governor Butler arose,
the applause continued and renewed.
The governor said he regretted, to his
great misfortune, that he could not adj
dress the company ~ Brethren of the.
alumni" What little education he got
was in a far humbSar institution. Hs
earliest recollection of Harvard was in
1884, when he came down to see the
commencement and TUNED home saddened
and almost friendless, feeling deeply his
inability to crafty the wish that ha
might be one of those just entering thu
college course. He had sent his SOU
there, however.
But why does Massachusetts,, in TIM
halls Of Harvard, call for anybody to
speak for herr She speaks for herself M
regards.her Oldest and f~avorite child nj.
ways. Applause.) Your president has
shown heisnot unmindful, asyouare net,
of the gifts in money and benefactions Of
the commonwealth, hat he viii pardon
me if I say that these are among the
least of the benefits the commonwealth
has given this university. One of the
best and first gifts has been her children
| whom she has sent here. for educatipn,,
that have made youandthec commonwealth
famous throughout tlsscounfry. (applsnasc
and ehanr. |. Morrs abr rave What il
still more v~..Inabie, a recognition ant
compliment never paid by any other stat,
to any other institution of learning, Sh.
made you a place in her laws under hel
constitution.
The governor detailed the advantage
and protection secured to Harvard under
the state constitution and traced from its
foundation the course of the college in
meeting the educational wants of the
advancing age. .afhe world" he said,
rs ceasing to need so much Of a giver
kind of teaching rs was nseded wher
your college was founded. 1t has becom,
practical, worldly if you please, ant
you must follow it. See 10 it that tn,
chemist, engineer and mechanic can learI
here all that can fit him to carry on thu
world, because by those hereafter thu
world will be carried on. How near anC
dear to the heart If Massachusetts, mus
Harvard have been when, in 1920, it no
only relieved Harvard of taxes but ever,
professor and student was similarly re
LEVIED. If the college has swung ava
in any degree from the affection
of the people, swing her back. Popu
'%'arize her, bring her down to the peopl
and the people up to her, and make he
what she was at the beginning, OF tn
century" %(Applausc.) After dwelling
mon the benefits the state receives troi
, the university, Gov. Butler made u
onlv reference of the day to the refus'
: 81 iha overseers to confer the honorar
IT, ID. upon him. He said: "Alusio
hos been made to the fact that the me
of Harvard were among The hrst TIL
went to the war of the rebellion; yes,
n Enow that. Nobody knows that bett
than | do, and Harvard has done ol
k thing to-day which, if felt after the XII
reception you have given me, hou
$. of unkindness toward her wou
H. wine it all away. prolonged a
a. nlause and and cheers.) Forty years a
il / entered the military service OF Mass
"a cbusetts. Soon after ] became an om
es of a regiment of Massachusetts, mint
r. The officers of that regiment thoue
one of the best officers possible III I
st regiment was a pious, kind hearted,
NJ %erSetic brave man for chaplain. ouel
ed chaplain was found in the Sixth regime
es of Massachusetts militia. That regime
a.. was one of the first to march, because
IL. was ready, and then it met a baptism
lie fire and blood at Baltimore. In that 7
.e- iment was Rev. Mr.. Babbidge, its Oh
he lain, on whom your college has this
g conferred a well won and deserved deg
of doctor Of divinity" (Applau
Three cheers for Babbridge were CIV
that gentleman rising and bowling. :.
The governor closed his address Wi
arm tribute to Harvard men who t
v ,rt in the war. The applause and oh
p re long continued, the governor I'll
low again and again.
YALE's JoLLIFICATIoN.
HAVEN, June 27.-Just .
Ne hit six college men holding a
with canon crackers, Roman
c., on the college campus, ref
lies, ct when ordered. The police
desist to the station house. 4
,ook then wyer of Boston, who or
l. rs ago, was severely clu
ated IL yea The city clerk gave b
by an office 'soners, who were hn'
'or the pr " costs.
each and 81, ,I--..oIn ohio
High The BEE.
special Dispatch to une 27.-The fna