New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-01
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COMPLETING THE YEAR AT HARVARD
THE ALUMNI DISNER--THE LARGEST CLASS EVER
GRADUATED.

THE ALUMNI DISSER-rHE LARGEST CLASS EVER
GRADUATED.
FIR TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
CAMBRIDGE, June 3O.-At 2:30 p. IN. to-day
procession of all graduates present wound
around the yard and went the annual dinner in Memo
rial Hail. On the platform with President Eliot lat,
among others. Charles Francis Adams. r C. C Beaman.
Of the New-Ycrk Harvard Club. Collector Leverett
saltonstall. Alexander Agassiz John Quincy Adams.
r. the Rev. Dr. A. p. Peabody. and Professor
F. G. Peabody. the Plummer Professor
Of Morals After all bad sang the annual
hymn. then came the speaking. Leverett saltonstal
was president of the day The first toas.- Alma
Mater" was responded to by President Eliot BE was
warmly received He spoke OF the wonderful harmony
the corporation faculty and overseers Until
lately there fear in the minds OF the corporation
that reform In the matter OF electives and Rotations
too fast but the case OF voluntary pray
era the and corporation found steady con-
servatism the movements OF the faculty. Thirteen
years ago the faculty recommended vol
untsry prayers Not till venerable and
pous fosterers Of religion advised such change
did the overseers accede it. The Of gifts con-
tinues and tile rich flow is uubroken. Francis Edward
Lowell this year unrestricted gift OF 100000
the college. Samuel Hoar gave $1,000 10 scholar
ship the Of the class OF 1867. his own class
This money his fee for legal service rendered TO
Robcr, Treat Paine. The fund of $4,000, given by
cation Of quarterly journal or poti-
cal science the edtorship OF Professor
Dunbar. In the active capital OF the college
there has been addition OF 81 100000 and seven ne
buildings A need Of tue university now Is
scholarships in the law and medcas schools as wei as in
the COLLEGE The Rev John Howard, OF the class OF
$50 spoke for that class by the usual custom OF com
memoratng at the dinner the class that graduated my
years ago.
war GAS me Il ner co %o with Their Class
ala ms ll1 m
,Ses rnss Win me nrnm beat His class was per.
haps for remuisceuoe but too old not 10 have
past Charles francis Adams Was called upon 10 speak
+ r The c ssof 1862.
The new Piumm-r professor OF Christian morals. Pro
fessor Francis g. Peahoy then spoke IN behalf OF the
De religious departure AT Harvard. he said tie
plan based close understanding OF the real
manliness and truth or the TIE best representatives OF
philosophy department. was called upon TO speak con
corning sLe elective system and he SAID mat
II knit closely than ever mans
personality with his he said that the fear
that Harvard students becoming TOO luxurious and
eAtravaeani was somewhat erroreous Really tue ss %,
the few attributed TO the decent and
Guei majority OF the students d,
The oyerseers for Inc SIX n per.t T'rS .eGeu
Rev. Jam freeva' ClaiH john - S"r1eh', y 4. J..
W. Putnam for t. tive Gear period L j. Co. dye
Tor one year. Francs r. IIwei-
AT The coumcnc, nleut speakei~ from the r'adu-
atIng Glasses OF college the law school IA me
divinity schnO were Olght IN number or The graduating
class rom the college. George Edwin H""e- OF
lie iverrd a Iatin ration entitled "Onies q1i hdsun'
Vour aud iianau Independence, dissertations Jdc""
william Rcnar ison. Hyde Park. Mas dissertation.
"seCuiture at Harvard: f. Joseph Moor Bosto dis
srrtatiOn. OF the Historical ne hods Val Bow
Waterman. i.oxOuIy. VI ass. d-srrtttiOn. "Tue Ethical
system OF Emmanuel Kent" John Nckinistry Merriam.
FramnEham. Mass, d.sser alton The Political Hha'
acfer OF John Quincy Adams" There few English
orOus sent IA 10 the Appointing Committee. although
eighteen mn TOOK degrees SitfnH0 cum dnde and were
thus qualified to write Citations; OF those sent
the committee one " deemed
worthy 10 be deiivered-an unusual circumstance
Harvard comm~ncemen were a1y discussions
selected. From the Law school Ale7s Iison
iatide delivered % fine thesis npU. ,'ution al Re-
eli 81, ;,s..-" From the DTnify iwaTd Hale
Hare. l--O Cambridge,
"Crticisu and Revelation" Edwar. 'gg Durham
wrote acc pta.lc thesis On "A "MaMmary IGmOr Of
Intnsal ypr containing Giant Cells. sId Horace Mann
Locke tnes : "a Case OF MyXGiema" -; but owing
to tile character or these theses they were not
delivered. Two hundred aDd twenty three grad
uated from the with class Of lsS6. the largest
number by nearly iwenty tha Harvard has ever grad
ua;ed OF these just One-hAl obtained mark o. over
So per for inc whole We and
nineteen received 80 cent over for the
whole course took highest honcrs in subject.
school GRADUATED every third-year II ID.
snd there eighteen OF them. The divinity school
graduated only oar men, Fifty men graduated from the
threey-ar and I'VE from the fouryear course IN
the medical soaoJL