New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-23
HARVARD'S AGED CLASSMEN.
GEORGE BANCROFT, THE HISTORIAN, NOW
THE OLDEST GRADUATE.
THE REV. r. A. FARLEY, OF A LATER GLASS
HIS SENIOR IN YEARS-INTEREsTING
STATISTICS FROM THE QUIN-
QUENNIAL CATALOGUE.
fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUsE.1

fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE1
Boston, June oo-For the first time since Harvard
College was founded the qunquennal record Of It's
alumni Is TO be issued in English instead of Latin
Next Wednesday the catalogue will be put before tho
public and many an interesting item will be found
on its broad pages. Then it will be that the Oldest
surviving graduate has been out Of college seventy
three years, and that he is other than the eminent
historian George Bancroft, OF the class OF II. Not
another member Of his class that originally numbered
sixty eight, is living Though Mr. Bancroft is the
Oldest In class rank he is yet younger in ago than
the sole survivor Of the class OF 1878 the Rev Tr derck
Augustus Farley. of Brooklyn Mr.. Farley Will pass
his nincticth year the very day this Quinqucnnial
caal is to be issued the commencement day OF his
Alma Mater June 25 Mr.. Bancroft will be ninety years
old october 3. OF the class of 1919 there are
thfee survivors, Thomas l.. Caldwell. who was
formerly tutor at Pennsylvania University George
S Bourne and George II. Smelling. The sixth
graduate in point Of and the only survivor Of his
class, that of so. is the Rev. Dr. william H. Furness,
the shake pcarcan scholar. OF Philadelphia
Dr. Furncss enjoys the distinction OF being the Old
est living alumnus of the Harvard Divinity School,
being graduated from that department Of the college
in 1923. The Rev. Frederick 4. Farley Is the second
Oldest Divinity School graduate having received his
degree five years later than DR.. Furncss. and at the
same time with Professor Frederick II. Hedge, the
veteran instructor of Harvard, and with the Rev
Among the alumni Of the college proper there Is
now but one survivor Of the class Of 1921. the Rev
William Washington and there is but one survivor OF
the class OF 500. samuel W. Chandler The next three
classes each have two survivors, and then the rc'pcc
tive numbers begin to increase. Dr. David H. soreg,
who aiterward 20 gain fame professor In The
Medical school Of Harvard. graduated in that depart
mcnt in 1928, and IS now The Oldest alumnus OF the
DR. William j. Hoppin graduating al the Law school
in reD no a.
ihe dc@rec Of Bachcor 81 science. Is interesting
to note that not single member Of the first class 10
graduate. that ot lrjl, has passed away.
coecc nc,ry WISH ~ he de,1' having received
Tween HIM and the next Oldest Who is ,hc Venerable
George Bancroft, who received an honorary Lie D. in
ls43
In ALL during its 254 years Of existence, Harvard
University will be found recorded IN the quinquen
NAL catalogue haS graduated lG03O pupils, Of whom
little more than half. SGT are still living
The college proper has had 1645 graduates. of whom
3.22l are living while from the other department.
doctors, l0G dentists. Fl veterinary doctors 1915
lawyers and go corgymcn. It, honorary degrees
TO those not graduates Of III" coleSel have been
given TO few Who sin are among the living. only
l23 holders Of these distinctions are supposed 10 be
living today. There have been l,l22 Offices Of gov
eminent and instruction connected with the university
The Qninqucnnial catalogue Of the Law school Of
Harvard contains much more information regarding
thai department than docs tho University oatalogu'
Il gives the names Of all who were students whether
they obtained their degrees not arraHce- :hc lists
according = classe' and also alphabetically. gives the
residence 81 those living and the date Of death Of other
and also records the dat" each member entered a."
school and tho year he left IN wears back There wa
regularly issued trcnHll catalogue ~ tho Law school
but I'm l-3l that plan wac ended and only or"
ca,alo-Uc Chat - l-5-i appeared ln the interval MP
forth with all it, valuable information. There have
been 22-l graduates Of The school since ~ founding
OF these 1884 are known 10 BE- dead. 1883 known
70 be living. and ls3 are not accounted io~.
PRESIDENT DTCKHAM AT VERMONT UNIVERSITY.
Burlington w.. June - Tn" haccalaurcatc ser
before the graduating class II the University 81
Vermont preached IN the College street Church
~ D. N. today by Pre- idcut VI. II. Buchtam FROM
Acts xvii IL After no long time there arose acans;
tcmpesuous wind called Euroclydon and When the
,hip caught and could MOI face the wind We gave
way to +, and driven said the preacher There
here something very suggestive Of the condition Of
modern thoughts and LIE.
The intellectual world today IS I'm the condition I'm
which navigation va, ia the fifteenth century, for
sahins the midland ga for The ocean.
There viii doubtless come tine when orr
spiritual successors loolang back from those dav, Of
oceanic and aerial navigation, Will say II IL: -.
Pauls little ship and ~ method Of seamanship were
no better atted for Atlantic VOYAGES than was the
thinking Of the 10Th century for the enterprises upon
which 1t r,shy embarked. How much II was AZ
the mercy Of seasons and currents and contrary
winds. How 1t was blown about by pufs of concci'
and gusts OF sentiment, ana. when Storm 0t Bur"
clydon blew OF from some hostile philosophy. how II
was driven hither and hithcr. up aud and down and
was only saved by the apostolic truth n reluctantly
carried
alt must be sufficiently obviols that I'm th"gh'
the age is drifting toward a disbelief ~ the super
natural II i, the fashion Of the day The Latest iad
OF the literary and dcmi scientific ana quasi IrAR'l'
leader aud their imitaOrs TO eay miracle, d" nQ
happen II it, the drift OF the Time, hol cAd'th
the spirit Of the age. but IL may -oOn De: mere
anywhere, the thought Of the times needs pIhhgr'
and rs the Church only half freed from IN" sup'r
stitlons OF pagauisIn, j. mainly i'p'7lc Tor '' ~
travarancc- mich drove thought INTO denial, 80 Hust
q true Christianity guide mankind back mo S"c
and rational belief In the miraculous. ~,
First aud foremost there must be t'i uls
avowal of the old that miracle j. a NIpi''vH
of law II must be announced with all the AUTHORITY
81 Legitimate infallbllty that no powerful 'fI' e9ol
or lad can ever break law Of the universe ana ta'
God never Will: that by no trick Of The devil by 10
fat Of Omnpotcncc, not even ~ answer 10 PRAYER OF
~ correct sccptc or 10 bring about any conceiViDIe
good will two and ever make I'VE or thc uIIcc
angles OF a triangle be less or more than Two HFhl
angles or bodies attract each other by any othcr IA"
th1n that once for all enacted by Jehovah ana once
fnr ali diec0Ncrcd by Newton ana kcpIcr.'