Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-25
wEsLExAN,s COMMENCEMENT.

The Winners Of Prizes Announced Xesterday-The Class Day Exercises on the CampuS-The GIee Club Con- cert.
 MIDDLETowN, June 24.-At commence ment at Wesleyan university this morning
 the lower chapel was filled to overdowing with students, alumni and visitors to listen to
 the reportscf the annual examining commit
 tee and to see the awarding of prizes. Af-
 ter the singing and opening prayer the Rev.
 D. H. Hannabury, D. D. Wesleyan '70, as
 me secretary of the examining committee, made most satisfactory and witty report for that body. The chairman of the exam ming committee then awarded the following prizes and scholarships:
 1T ohn rhetorical prize for seniors to Mary Graham, OF gn9oe ssaE a Ethical and ". Partch. -o-
 se Pri5s ip moral philosophy for seniors 10 F.
 Weeks prize essay in political economy to M. GM5anam, whose subject was, ''The Nature of
 The Goode prize for original investigation in nat Renig prize and Reed prize for junior exhibition in anS SSrWSso1y tG Eugene Allen Noble Brooklyn, N Y' s. Goodrich and NJ J. Beach. '''e''''u'' '0
 h. a.
 Junior prize for debate to E. s. Furnel.
 Walkeley prize for juniors in metaphysics to J.
 Parker prize and Scranton prize for juniors and sophsmoIes % in elocution to W. W. Thompson and ,,p ,spinney prize for sophomores in Greek to E. T.
 Phi Beta Kappa prize for sophomores in Latin to
 Rice Istpg pF1s for sophOmores in mathematics to F.
 Sherman prize for freshmen in Latin to E. L.
 Hubbard prize for freshmen in elocutien to A.
 The Ayers prize for best entrance examination lin Hubbard, Wheeling, W. Va.
 --Shortly- after noon the campus in the neighborhood of the historic class tree, be- heath which during the morning platform had been erected, became the center about which the fair friends of the graduates as. ing class, led by it's marshal, B. H. Travis of Mstteawan, N. Y., marched from Memorial chapel and occupied seats upon the platform. The president of the class, w. E. Snyder of Chambersburg, Pa., then made his address, to which Prof. J. M. Vanbleck responded. The further programme was ss follows: Campus oration, F. NJ. Davenport, New Milford, Pa.; class history, B. M. Davis, sey- mour, Ct.; class poem, A. H. Merritt, Mid- dletown, Ct.; class prophecy, M. F. Mande- vile, Brooklyn, N. Y.; personal presenta- tions, P. L. Johnson, Bridgeport, Ct.; class presentations, J. w. Eggleston. Waterbury, Ct.; pipe ceremony, F. B. Faber, Seymour, Ct. The presentations created much amuse- ment.
 Tonight the Glee club concert occurred in the upper chapel Besiles the usual selec- tions of popular college songs the programme contained 'tTne Wicked Nephew, ;" by Eads; ''The Long Day Closes," Sir Arthur Sullivan; l'Tom Piper's Son, Kendall; ;"The Violet in her Schehlman; and ''Stars of Summer Night" Kendall, dedicated to the Wesleyan Glee club. Immediately following the con cert came the ivy ceremony. with G. F. Ket- tell of Brooklyn, N. Y., as orator and A. H. Merritt as ''odist.' At 10 p. m. in the armory the annual junior promenade took place and was unusually we'll attended this year. Colts orchestra of Hartford furnished the music for the dancing.