Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-27

 bia soon led her rival and the announcement | of this fact at the grand stand caused tre- | mendoiis outburst of ''Rah, Rah, Rah, O O5 l. U-M-B I-A!' which must have reached the ears of the crews Columbia passed the mile in 4:23 and Harvard five seconds later. Down the mile they came at tremendous pace and with strong wind aiding their frail shells Columbia gradually pull sd away from her adversary and increased her lead to 13 seconds at the finish. Time Columbia 10 minutes ls se seconds seconds The scene at Winthrop's Point was wild in the extreme. The crowd rushed down to the water's edge. A roWboat was upset in the swell of the steamers and boy narrowly es- capped drowning. Columbia men danced and hugged each other with joy They then pro- ceeded to help Yale upset the town and the regatta of 1884 went out amid noise as Of mighty battle.
 The names of the winning crew, with thelr positions, were Bow, Tyler; No. 2, Rich ards; No. B. Butler; No. 4, Rice; No. 5, Don ley; No. 6, Harris; No. 7, BeckWith; No. s, Lockwood, captain; coxswain, Gardner
 Commencement at Wesleyan. The PrOgrDmms Yesterday-The Alum nj Meeting.
 Yesterday was commencement day at Wes- leyan college, Middletowh. The exercises were held at the Methodist church. The rain storm kept many away. The exercises at the church were according to the following PROGRAMME.
 Music.
 Prayer
 Ifo RolR of Alexander Hamto1 N
 - ~ Party Spirit in Politics" ''''D'' Music.
 Fred Elmer Tasker Washington, D. c.
 s.'The Perils of Self -aovernment.S o. O'
 O"~i % ':NationaI Gl Aid to Education" n0"'H' Al'' 1 George Alexander Carnahan Ravenna, O. ''Mirabeau-a Statesman"
 William AEg 4F@stPOng RshaFd d. LstFobe P" Music.
 | Edward Burr Van Week. .Mtddetown 'sThomas Arnold.' Charles Alvin Littleheld. Wells, Me.
 'The oratory of wendell Phillips" - Degrees Conferred. Music.
 l The young men acquitted themselves very much after the manner of their predecessors | and creditably. There were fewer speakers | than usual, which tends to make the exer- 1 cises more interesting than formerly when il was the custom to have the entire class speak Honors in general scholarship - First l grade-George Alexander Carnahan, Loren. 70 Nickerson Johnson, Franklin Henry Tay. Tor, Edward Burr Van Week. | Second grade-Ella Virginia Burr, How. ard Abbott Clifford, Jacob Francis Cooper Frank Clasen Hoyt, William Armstrong Richard Herbert Edwin Russell, Albert Raddin Sweetser, Fred Elmer Tasker, Albert l Perry Walker.
 1 Honors in special departments-Greek Frank Henry Taylor; Latin, Carrie Matilda Hills, Fred Elmer Tasker; modern Ian guages, Frank Henry Taylor Eng fish literature, William Armstrong Richard; natural history, Lorenzo NickersoI | Johnson; political and social science, Georg' Herrick Dains, David George Downey; math ematics, Edward Burr Van Week..
 Degrees conferred-The trustees wer, very chary of conferring degrees; the follow ing are all that have been conferred, so far a their action has transpired: Honorary degre of A M on Rev Roscoe l. Greene, George \ Roe and J T Schook.
 At the close of the exercises in the church the annual dinner was partaken in the Me morial chapel. In the evening Presiden Beach held his annual reception. The an nual meeting of the Alumni association o
 Wesleyan university was held in Memorie chapel on Wednesday, June 25, at 10 o'cloc a. m, T. B. Lindsay in the chair, and Pro lessor W. North Rice, secretary.
 The officers elected for the ensuing yea are as follows: President, Rev George
 Reed; vice presidents, J w Hoyt, J H Pills
 bury and Clarence Bacon; recording sec
 retary, William North Rice; corresponding
 secretary. George l. Westgate; treasurer
 George w Burke; memorialist, c s Harring ton; executive committee, J M VanVleck,
 w Church, Morris Crawford, Charles I North and John Camp.
 The Wesleyan junior class gave a prone made in Armory hall Wednesday evening The rain made going to the hall and return ing very uncomfortable, but all was brigh and joyous within. An elegantly dresse party enjoyed the festivities until late hour The lady patronesses were Mrs. Bartlett Bent | Mrs Samuel l. Warner, Mrs Wilbur H Bur rows, Mrs Joseph W Douglas and Mrs Will liam W Wilcox. The music was by Severn orchestra, of Hartford