Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-21
TWO PRoM1NENT AMERICANS.

 coach and were driven to the residence of ex- President Woolsey and, after paying their respects to Yale's distinguished ex-president, they paid similar visit to President Porter at his residence.
 YALE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL. Anniversary Exercises-The Speaking
 at BattelI ChapeI-Alumn1 Meeting
 Discussion of sSThe Relation of the
 Christian Ministry to Socialfsm',-
 Professor Timothy Dwight Responds
 to a Call From the Students-Kale's
 Next President Says Few Words.
 The anniversary exercises of the Yale Theo- logical school were held yesterday morning in the Battell chapel before large audience. The order of exercises was as follows:
 Prayer, by Prof Brastow.
 The true conception of church unity-George Hazard Perry, jr-, B. A, Washburn college, Man
 Faith in the unseen Charles Edward Hitchcock B. A., Western Reserve university, Michigan City,
 City mission work and socialism-Henry Mount fort Bowden, University of Pennsylvania Philadel- phia, Pa.
 Justification by faith the ground of pc ace with God-Henry Fairbank, B. A., Amherst college,
 What sRaIi we preach?- ?-Clarence De We're Greeley. B. A, Washburn college, Cymer N. Y. Dowlais South Wales.
 
 thur Gaylord, M- A., Amherst college, South Had Herbert Stanley Brown, B. A., Yale college, South Norwalk
 nelius Howard Patton, B. A., Amherst college Washington, D. c.
 Thomas Vaughan Davies, Bala college Dowlais
 The via media in theology-Frank Chamberln Porter, M A, BeIoit colt ge, Beleit, Wis
 Benediction.
 The speaking was pronounced to be above the usual standard. President Porter being absent, Professor Day conducted the exer- cises.
 The theses presented for the degree of B. D. were on the following subjects:
 The relation of psychology to several branches of Iowa college, Sareent's Bluffs Iowa.
 Religious England in the Fourteenth century vania Philadelphia, Pa.
 Christ the fuIfillment of the law-Chsrles De Wolfe Brewer, R. A, Oberln college, Bloomfield,
 The general divine names in the old Testament Herbert Stanley Brown, B. A., Yale college South Norwak.
 The life and work of Savonarola-Mark Wilson ChHnPi Tig hd B Western Maryland college Mechanics The life and works of Joseph Butler-Thomas Waashan Waisa. D-7ieS Bala college D0~lAiS' South
 Hebrew poetry-Jacob Graver Dubbs, B. A., Muhlenberg college Trumbauersyille, Pa;
 Elijah and his time-William Waters Dunn, B. A., western
 A study of Romans vii, 7-vi F, with reference to the Pauline sense of f---Henry Fairbank, B. Al td Amherst & college oil @ Ahmednagar India If cnrst and his mission Frederick Arthur Gaylord, M A., Amherst college, South Hadley, Mass.
 The Thomist and the Scotist viewpoint in rela- tion to satisfaction Clarence DeVere Greeley, B.
 The servant of Jehovah in Isaiah xl-lxvi- Charles Edward Hitchcock, B: A Western Reserve university. Michigan City, Ind.
 Pecuarities of Old Testament poetry-Ciinton Dorsey. Hoover, B. A., Pennsylvania college,
 A comparative estimate of the influence of John Wyckliffe and John Huss in relation to the Refor- nation-Idrgs Jones' Carmarthen college Maehynl-
 The early prevalence of Monotheistic beliefs Joseph Morgan Jones' Bala college, Llansawel,
 schleiermacher-FraDk Roland Kahler, M A., Pennsylvania college, Milersburg, Pa.
 The book of Malachi translated into the Chotaw language, with exegetica an critieaId commenta- college, Mountain, Ind. Ter.
 The testimony of the evangelists on the humanity college, Milwaukee, Wis
 The decentralization Greasley Merrick, B. A,
 The relation of the teaching of the apostles to the teaching of Jesus-Cornelius Howard Patton, B, A., An introductory chapter to the study of Greek Christian heology-George Hazard Perry, jr.,
 The absolute inf1nitive in the Hebrew Scriptures John Pier epent A Yale M 9lg college, New Haven: Norman Plass, B.A., Williams college, New Ha-
 
 lin Porter, M: A., Beloit college, Beloit, Wis.
 Relation of Cudworth to Hobbes-Peter Roberts, Brecon college, DowlaiS. South Wales.
 The divine and human agency in regeneration Edward Roberts, Bala college, Salem, South
 Reason and Faith-Willfam sandbrook, Bala col Iege, DowIais, South Wales.
 The civil and political constitution of the Hebrew commonwealth-Rooert Walter Sharp, A. Lafay etts tee college Brooklyn ok I N . r. ;,,o ,,on o,n Tuflle, B A, Wittenberg college, Fairview, O..
 Bibliea m the origin Of d Curtis Wheeler, B. A., Yale college, New Haven.
 THE ALUMNI MEETING.
 The alumni meeting of the Yale Theo1ogi- cal seminary was held yesterday afternoon in the Marquand chapel. Rev. MT. Reynolds,o of North Haven, was chairman of the meeting and Rev. MT. Penney, of Cleveland, assistant secretary. Professor Day read report of the condition of the seminary and the obitu- ary record. Of ten deceased alumni seven were oyer seventy years of age, making an average of nearly seventy years. This has been the sixty fourth year of the seminary. The members during the past year have numbered one hundred and ten, ten being in the graduate class, thirty-one in the senior, twenty nine in the middle, and thirty-nine in the junior class. Professor Day expressed the need of graduate scholar ships or fellowships. There are at present only two; the Hooker fellowship, which is available every alternate year, and one other, l ing one for each class. This fellowship for the class of 1886 was awarded to Frederick A. Gaylord, of South Hadley, Mass, grad uate of Amherst college in the class of 1880. Dr. Day spoke with much feeling of the sad death of MT. Reed, of the junior class. The gentleman who was msnisteripg at Grinnell, Iowa, when Mir. Reed was admitted to the church, was present and expressed his sor- row and sympathy.
 During the past year the seminary has re ceived the gift of an impression and copy of the famous Nestorian tablet made in 781 in China connected with the doings of the Nes- to1iau missionaries in China. Rev. MT. Ten marks in token of his class reunion, class feeling in theological seminaries being new and unexpected thing. Following Mir. Ten- ney, President Porter being absent, Dr. Newman Smyth of the Center church opened the discussion upon f'The relation of the Christian ministry to socialism" There is need of certain lines of instruction for the students of theology that they may meet the demands of the peo- pie and of the age; they require more than temporary lectures; they need professorships. Notice the adaptation of the Mosaic system to the needs of the people There is 8 wide and unworked field of biblical research Minis ters need to be educated in the sociology of the Old Testament and in the political econ omy of the New Testament, and especially in the social aspect of Christianity, in order to meet the needs and answer the questions of the people. Both Biblical and Christian sociology need to be studied and as ministers we ought to sit down and think of what we ought not to do as well as what we can do. Now everybody is rushing into print whether they know anything about the social problems not. We need to have sober, thoughtful, deliberate judg- ment. Alluding to Herr Most Dr. Smyth said we must avoid all that and be sober headed. There is something beside free contract at the basis of the modern State. For instance, the pub lie mind is sensitive to increase the power of corporation. We must consider what is the necessary place of the corporation and realize the place and relation of corporation to the people. We cannot oyerestimate the service to the people which the Vanderbilt system of railroads has done It is necessary that