New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-25
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
EXERCISES AND REUNIONS AT YALE.
GRADUATES OF THE LAW sCHoOL-ALUMNI MEET
ING-THE CLASS BOY.

exercises Of Yale Law School were held this afternoon
the Church. The following arc the names OF
the speakers and titles of their orations for the
Townsend prize: Sherman l.. Whpple b. A. New
London n. H., Subject, Strikes V John Wurtz'
of Maywocd W. Va Government Control of
Tecgraphs -; Arthur s. Osborne ofNew Haven, " Gov
ernment Control of Teegrarhs"; William E. Tacott
b. A. of Jefferson, Ohio Government Control OF Iele-
graphs The prize was awarded to Arthur s Osborne.
William H. Evarts Andrew ID. White and Judge
Nathaniel Shipman of Hartford, were the judges At
the conclusion of the prize orations Daniel w Lawler,
b. A. delivered the Masters Grafton on &" The Federal
Congress- and Nationals m" The Grafton of the day
then followed 1t delivered by Governor Hoadly,
of Ohio. on Qualification in the United States' The
Grafton was about two Lours in length but at
tentivoly listened to throughout
The degree of NJ L. was then conferred upon the fol-
lowing Eugene L. Gilbert, LII. b.; John II. Holt, l..
L. b.; Georgetown College; Daniel w. Lawler, b. A.,
Georgetown College; Edward V. Reynolds, Ph. b., l..
L. b., Columbia College; George d. Watrous, A. b.,
LII. b.; Henry c. White, b. A., LII. b.
The degree of LII. b. was conferred upon the fol-
lowing: Louis w. Baldwin, Christopher NJ Brandon,
William Brtton, Nathaniel X. Bronson, j. A., Alfred
NJ. Downes, Arthur Ely, Ph. b., Cornell University
George " Fraznes SterlingP. Gilbert, b. Vanderbilt
University, Richardson Gleeson, Edward b. Graves,
b. A., Herbert S. Griggs, b. A., Charles VI. Hubben,
John r. Kellogg, b. a., Jacob b. Klein, Howard H.
Knapp b. A., Seymour LOOmis. B A., Calvin 3
McChesney, b. A., Walter =. McCrory Francis H. Mcn
tosh, Albert Nee. MatthowsOn, James T. Moran, Oscar
Murdoch, Arthur s. Osborne Il. A., William s. Pardee,
b. A., Charles G. Pavey b. A., University of
Worcester, Winfield X. Shiras, Phi. b, Henry
Stearns, b. A.. William College, William f. Talcott, b.
A., Mount Union College, Albert NJ. Thomas, ir., Il.
L.. Fiske University, Jameson p. Thompson, George
Noleb Ford ham
College Francis II. Waters, b. S. Eminerce Coleg"
kentucky, Sherman L. Whpple. b. A.. John G. Wins
Arthur i. Wright b. A., and John Wurtz.
The corporation at their meeting to-day appointed the
following new tutors: Francis +. Abbott, Glass of
1852, Greek and Latin. Edward r. Mclaughlin, Glass
of 1888 tutor in English Literature j. L. Whitney, in
structor for one year in English.
The usual meeting of the graduates was hcld lllS
morning in Alumni Hall Professor Benjamin ID. Sill
man. If the class OF %, chosen chairman. Roger
Fullcr 90 was made secretary. Upon being called to
the chair Professor Sillimau read short address in
which he SAID he considered due TO the eminent men
on the faculty that they be more Literally compensated
and urged the alumni to do all they could 10 remedy
the defects already existing the close OF Professor
Sillimans remarks, graduates If fifty years or more
were invited to occupy seats on me platform Among
North Carolina; Mr.. Iwecdy OF Wisconsin the Key
Messrs. Barnes and Bradstrcct, of Connecticut, Mr..
Gilmore of Cincinnati, Professor seymour and the Rev
Mr. E.dridge all of the class Of a. and General
Lcavenworth. of Syracuse, class of u
Speech making was then in order Among those who
spoke were Judge Slnllh, 81 NOItH talbihtf u i
TAFT, "a, of Cincinnati; Governor NashbuIn a. OF
Massachusetts, eX-I1c>idcut NOolscy; General !
Icaycuworh the Rev L. :. Fairbanks, 80 the Hon
William NJ. Evars. ~, of New-lork; Professor Fisk
40 of Chicago Professor II. W. Fanam, -, Of New
Haven; Roger Foster. - Of Ncw-lork. and the Rev.
Mr. Twonbly y /. of Boston Gov cnor UOadlcy, of |
Ohio was present and made few remarks.
The usual report in pamphlet form concerning the |
late progress and present condition of the college
distributed among the alumni this morning Among |
other things worthy Of note III the pamphlet are the
following: A new method Of studying political
economy by opcs, introduced during the year. made
it necessary that each student in the optional class
should have III his possession foT free use collection
Of authors on the subjects Of which that science treats
To avoid the expense which the purchase OF such col
lection by each member of the class would occasion,
3 Loan Library of Political Economy has been pro
cured. To establish this library the following gentle
Sears. Ii. r. Dimock, W. IL. Fuller, ii w. Farnam, \.
J: Taylor, W. c. Whitney, 1. {: Sloane, o. r.
Eaton and George s.. j. Sheffield. The gift Of a sum
of money from William Pollock of the class of 1852,
for the purchase of mathematical models and con-
irritation OF finished ana ingenious NODES ana olheT aR-
parutus Of his own construction by DR. William Hill
house, of NewIiayen have greatly assisted the efforts
which have been making for several years To introduce
new methods into the teaching of mathomatics.'
The corporation have also ordered that III and after
the year 1850. candidates for admission 10 the Fresh
man class viii be required to pass examination in
Freuch or German 50 far as to be able to translate at
each liberty to select the language i'll which nc
desires to be examined. TO balance this addition TO
the requisite studies for admission reduction has
In response to petitions from Missouri and Colorado. !
examinations for admission TO the Freshman class will
bee held this year in St Louis and Denver. The cor
pOraton have also ordered that French and German |
shall occupy 4 portion of the time Of the students !
throu. hout The freshman and sophomore year.
The report shows that Yale has been remembered |
Ibcially From Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Lawrence, OF |
New York, 10000 for the erection of a
dormitory a memorial of their SON. the late Thomas
Garner Lawrence, of the graduating class The build |
ing will furnish rooms for about eighty of the 30 |
students who have hitherto been unable 10 find lodg
ing iii the college. The gifts OF Ebert Is. Munroe for
"a Dung Mems Christian Association. Of the late Henry
+. Morgan 100000, Of the late Dr. Samuel Wells |
Williams and others are mentioned IN the report In
regard To the Scientific School. the report SAYS: "By !
The accession Of Charles h. Richards who takes the |
char of dynamic engineering, and Charles ;. Hastings,
who takes thar of physics the governing board of tlc
Sheffield Scientific school feel that great addition has
been made the efficiency and strength of the Instu
ton. The number of students during the current year
has been ZlJ, tins being the highest number reached
for a long period
AT the close Of the alumni meeting the audience adj
Ourned 10 the front of Fanam Hall. where the bronze
statue of Professor Siman was unveiled The Glce
Club sang appropriate songs. Professor Charles L.
Sheppard of Yale read the presentation speech. and
closed by presenting the statue to President Porter in
behalf of the college The audience then adj ourned to
Battell Chapel. where Andrew d. White, of the class
OF 90, president OF Cornell University, delivered
eulOgy OF Professor Sliman.
The trenuaI reunion of the class Of SS1 was held
this evening, Loomiss Temple of Music. In addition
to large audience, than half of the class which
al its graduation numbered 1870. were present at the
exercises. Tie public exercises consisted in poem by
Henry = Duriud, Of Rochester, y. T., and address
closing with the presentation of the Glass Cup by Isaac
Bromley jr, Of Buffalo. The presentation speech i'll
part wa, q, follows:
The ceremony YOU are assembled to witness is in
accordance with college custom of great antiquity
The divine William speaks OF customs that are more
houored in the breach than in the Observance This is
one not only honored in the observance but that
shall be dOubly hOnored in pair of breeches hereaf' er
If this exclusively your entertainment and the
hall rent and hire Of the band were not running on
and all the fellows not hungry and many of them
lrv and
weren't nervous and the Class Boy himself were not
liable at any moment to fling his brawny arms aoft
and pnctuae the performance with Chicago yell If,
in short il were not tonight, but smother night, |
should like to devote hour two 10 the history and
significance of this touching and beautiful custom Let
il suffice that no remember the class that did
not rejoice in Glass Boy and that there never
Class Boy who not greeted with cup: during the
middle ages, usually hIc cup, brought home by his
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