Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-28
v.nR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

YALE COMHENCEMENT.
The Commencement E Exercises at Cen.
ter Church-The SpeakIng-The
Alumni MISUNDERSTANDING by Dis
tfngufshed akers-President
DwIght's RemaRb.s-Xale,s Condition.
Prosperity ana Bright Futuro-Hn-
teresting Facta About Yale's Finan.
cial CondHtIon-The Hero of the
March to the Sea-Rresident Dwight's
Reception at the ArG school.
The commencement exercises took place at
Center church chapel yesterday morning,
preceded by the usual imposing procession
from the campus and attendant ceremonies
with many men of note and prominence in
the procession There was the usual s'sea of
faces'' at the Center church. The day fortu-
nately was cool and the weather generally
| delightful. A more perfect June day could
hardly be imagined. There was the usual
large array of pretty faces, the usual futter-
| ing of fans, the usual number of bouquets for
| the speakers, and above all sat the dignifed
1 form of YaTe's president, fanked on each
side by an array of men who occupy high
places in law, politics, the church and in
business life, and had high place on this
bright and Joyous occasion. There was the
| usual crowd of students, pretty girls and
pateffamilias outside. in the church porch
\ and in the front thereof.
Among those on the platform were Rev.
Joseph e. Twitchel1 and Rev. DIR. Walker of
Hartford, Rev. Burdett Hart and Rev. Prof.
/ Day Of this city. The order of exercises was
as follows:
Music Overture, La Gazza Ladra-Rossini.
Latin oration by Bernard Christian Steiner of
baltimore, E9o ..,~.,... x,,.-..,, h., r.
Mtisic-Tannhauser, "Reminiscences Wagner
Pbosophica1 oration.-sJohn Hale and the Lati-
! tudinarians,' by Henry Lewis Stimson OF New
ofation-t Simon de Montfort." by Harrison
my Mggs E,Aef y clair. Horn solo-Halevy
Grafton Education of the Freedmen by Hem
snl fiS, influence Of Scientific Studies up
on Mental Character,nby Edward Sherman Far
Nngton of Brooklyn, N. y.
kOration-"The Intellectual Worth Of Abraham
L1ncolp.n by Daniel Bailey Hardenberg, of Port
Dissertation connection Of SOCIALISM With
French Revolution. !" by Morrison Remich Waite,
Music~introduction and Chorus, Lohengrin-
OTation-sPhiIosophy of the Hindus, y by Herbert
Cushing Tolman, Of Hanover, Mess.
liam andrews ParshaP & Port JEWS ny 'S WIZ
nnsie.Qgssn e shsba 3osa1 as,t.,, ou
ernmsnt since the Ciyl War;" by Willis GAYLORD
Philosophical Oration-''Conservatism as Pre-
sented by the Comparative Study of Man." with
the Valedctory Address, by Irving Fisher. of New
Mnsie-overture Hunya di Laslo.-Erkel
Distribution Of Degrees.
Prayer by the President.
The speaking was creditable throughout
Probably the Grafton displaying the most prac-
ticality and thought was that of Mr.. Parshall
4 of Port Jervis, N. Y, who took the Golden
club medal this week for proficiency in polit-
1 TIa6 aak nj VAL
deEgraduate exercises is done at the DeForest
prize speaking, as in that there is valuable
1 prize to be worked fora 800 gold
I medaE-and the most brilliant men in college
4 usually compete for this. This occurs on the
| Friday before commencement.
l Degrees were conferred by President
Dwight as fellows:
Bachelor of Arts on 11S graduates of the
| academic department; Bachelor of Philosophy
on 70 graduates of the Sheffield Scientific
school; Bachelor of Divinity on 81 graduates
/ of the Theological school; Bachelor of Laws
on 35 law students, and Doctor of Medicine
on seven medical students. Other degrees
were conferred as fellows:
Master of Arts-Louis Du Ront Syle, B. A.,
10; Wayland Irving Bruce, B. A., 80; Ed.
ward Augustus George, ,1 B. 1 A, '85; Herbert
Brown, B. A., ,s6; Calvin Dickey, B. A.. '86;
George Edwin Eliot, jr., B. A, 's6; David
Denison Lambert, B. A., $50; Edward John
son Phelps, B. A., '86; Charles Wheeler Pier
I son, B. A., '86; John Christopher Sehwab, B.
| A., $50; Philip Battell Stewart. B. A., 'S6;
1 Henry Stephens Washington, B. A, '86.
4 Master of Laws-LivipgstonW Warner Cleave-
land, LIB, New Haven: Charles Henry
/ Hayden, LII. B., Winsted; Eben whitney, jr.,
/ LIB, GIassboro, Nj.
y Doctor of Philosophy-Clarence Fassett
| Castle, MA, Granville, o.; Mark Wilson
| C'hunn, B.A., Mechanicsville, ,4aMes
| Johnston Robinson, B. A=-fPr;nceton college,
| 1881, Granville, Q.
! Tho following honorary degrees were an
| nouncSd:--~
Y D.D.--Rev. President Patton of Princeton
college.
| Ii. D.-Justice Stanley Matthews, OF
United States Supreme court; DR.. VIM. T.
Helmuth, of New York city; Hon. Samuel
G. Perkins (cIass of 184S), of Philadelphia;
| Hon. Henry c. Robinson (claas of 1859, Of
Hartford; Hon. Andrew D. White (class OF
1853, of Ithaca. N. Y; Hon. William G.
NJ. A.-Samuel L. Clemens, of Hartford
Hon. Henry Stoddard, of New Haven; Alvey
A. Ades, Second Assistant Secretary of State
/ Washington; Rev. Elias B. Sanford, of West.
brook, Ct; Commander Casper Frederick
/ Goodrich, U. S., navy; DIR. Stephen Piersor
l (class of 1859, of Merristown, N. J.; Freder
ick Wesson (claas Of 1888, of Brooklyn, N
EY.: Charles q. Bartlett, of Lyme, Ct; Hon
william o. Jordan, of San Francisco; Prof
George Bendslari, Yale college; Prof. ALFRED
T.. Ripley, Yale college.
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