New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-28
PENNINGTON SEMINARY.
CLOSE OF THE FIFT1ETH YEAR-THEoLoG1oAL
srUpENrs-ALuMNI ADDRESS.

sTUDENTs-ALuMN1 ADDRESS
Pennington, N. j. June 27.-The nfiicth year OF
Pennington Seminary and Collegiate Institute closed
to-day. ID has been year OF marked prosperity
Many improvements In tho grounds and buildings
have been made or provided for and excellent prog.
ross has beeu made toward Kidding Tho schooi OF all
indebtedness. A feature Of the year has been tho
large number OF theological students preparing here
for tho ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church
There have been no less than ninety OF them, us
trbuted as follows: Philadelphia Conference 81 Now
Jersey Conference, 81; Baltimore Conference, IL :
Ncw-York East Conference. 8; New.York Conference,
o; Newark Conference, 3; Wilmington Conference, 2;
CentrL Pennsylvania Conference, /; soufh"estern
Kansas Conference, /. Tho total attendance 1t the
Seminary during the year has been nearly pnroe
hundred about third being young lahies IN the
ladies' Collegiate Institute. The annual mee'ing OK
the corporstion was held this morning and the imam
cal and other interests OF the instuuoh "eo iouna
TO be In O satisfactory condition.
The commencement exercises occurred this morn
Ing in the Methodist Episcopal Church on Man-st
Diplomas werc granted 20 the follow,ng'nam graz
yates Department Of Classics and Bees.Letires-E1gAr
v. Dubois, PhIadelphia. Penn. Sarah b. herron,
Baltimore, Nd. Cassie N. Davis, Amityville, n. T.;
Abigail Boyle Ffnderne, n. j.; Lena O. Smith, Bal
timore Nd; Henry A. Thompson, Philadelphia, Pom.
Robinson Gernond, Peokskill, N. Y; J. F. LANCER IT,
BROOKLYN, N Y; Apheus Morgan, Hsrdingviiie N.
J.: Elizabeth E. Mcdowell. stelton, N. j.: Freeman
Hulse BayshOrc, n. Y: Aida A. Hughes orange ".
j.; Mayhem Davis, Ponnsville, N. J. Departments OF
Art--Juliet Cloyd Sea Cliff, n. Y. Commercial Do
partment-David W. Barnes, Annie f. Bruce. Alfred
nrerly. John G. Campbell, Juliet Cloyd, Robert E
Ferris, Joseph @. Gaichen, william H. Massnser,
Peter W. Murdoch, walter shepperd. Tho Latin sar
lutatory was assigned to Edgar V. Dubois, the Eng
lish sautatory to Cassie N Davis, and the vaedc'ory
" This aftsrnoon the annual alumni reunion was held
IN the college chapel Among those 10 attendance
tie Hon. ". H. sRirm and other wen known ,g rH,k
.:i.r The Sn .. osso9 Ss'
bennington Revealed IN the lives OF Alumni Brief
SanSs s.sse JOHNSON was unsimoiy elected
y gtsi.d'H' OF ''' Alumni N''''''''A ~
DEGREES GRANTED ny HOBART COLLEGE.
Geneva, n. y, June ~ 0specaD.-The hxty.fourth
commencement Of Hobart College occurred to-
day. Tho graduating exercises wcro held In Linden
Opera House. Among tho distinguished guests on the
platform were Bishop Potter, Of New-fork; Bishop
Coxe of Western New-Yorh Bishop Perry, OF Iowa
and James 81. Smith. IL. d. OF Buffalo, chancellor OF
the Diocese OF Western NewYorh Tho salutatory
Grafton was delivered by John H. Rose, Of Geneva on
tho political economy Of the twentieth century the
valedctory by Henry Peram, OF Now-Yorh- on human
responsibility. James II. Smith delivered the chan
cellors address. plea for moro general study OF tho
English classics. Degrees were conferred a. follows
B. A. Henry Pegram, Frederick d. Reed, John h.
Rose Alfred +. Diehl, Franklin s. Moore Charles l.
Ogden: n. s., william d. C. beard Henry J. Beers,
IT, Harrison Osborne, Jesse J.. Walthat: NJ. A. IN
course, T.. p. Pearson, so, New.fork; Clarence H.
Chase. Buffalo: Carl A. Harstrom, $50. Peekshill
". A.. honorary, J. II. Billings, St. Michael IL
minister, England tho Rev. G. Mott williams Detroit
Mi.h; Douglas Merritt Rhlnebeck " y; Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Scw.YUrk; IL. D., John Jay New'fork
Walter A. wood HooJc Falls the Rev. Dr. Thomas F.
Davie OF Detroit, bishop elect Of Michigan D. l. De-
tho Rev Alexander Mackay Smith, Now York; tho
Rev. Lewis Platt, Tivou, y. y; the Rev. Lous b.
Van Dyke Buffalo. A. ,,. =, q
o'clock was participated In by over 100 persons
william j. Ashley, Of oChester prcadsn. S ns
and Perry Charles l.. Pitch. cltor oi The Denocrai
and ChrJnicle- the Rev. Or. ". ]. Gibson, Cucs
and Others The senior ball took place At the mory
this evening.