New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-20
MANY NEW BACHELORS.
THE CITY COLLEGES COMMENCEMENT.
PRIZES GIVEN TO LARGE NUMBER cF
STUDENTS AT THE METROPoL1TAN
OPERA HOUSE.

STUDENTS AT THE METROPOLITAN
OPERA HOUSE.
The thirty eighth annual commencement Of the
College of the City OF New-Yorls was held in tho
Metropolitan Opera House last night. The house
was filed to the top gallery. and the array OF
loneliness in the boxes looked with pleasure on the
array Of talent upon the platform. The members Of
the graduating class occupied the front rows oil .the
parQuet and the seats behind them were filed with
their admiring friends.
President A. :. Webb occupied the scat Of honor
upon the platform. Upon his right sat President
Low. of Columbia College. and upon his left, Bishop
Potter. Among the other invited guests were J. Ed
ward simmons. the president OF the board Of trustees
Mrs. Clara VI. Williams. Adoph l.. sanger, Charles l
Holt. Everett p. Wheeler, r. L. Bowkcr, the president
Of the alumni association: Professor Fiston Of Paris
William Goodwin, Professor G. J. Ilcrberman. Professor
Dorcmus, Professor Rocmcr Professor Newcomb'
Professor stratford Henry 8 Carr viccprcSident Of
the alumni association Ferdinand shack its treas
urer and John 8 Battell. its historian After the
exercises had begun General sherman took his place
on the platform, amid the rousng cheers of the audi
encc. Each Of the speakers acquitted himself well
and deserved applause. The floral contributions
for the speakers many and beautiful.
After the overture Fest Bishop Potter made the
PRAYER. The saluatory address second honor at
graduation was delivered by Iurton G. Meighan iii,
subject a Tendency of the Age The third hon
orary Grafton was delivered by Arthur +. j. Remy
upon The Hohensauiens and Germany Clarence
De w. Rogers delivered the fourth honorary Grafton.
American National Character The Man Of Honor
was the subject Of the NTH honorary oratpn dehv-
cred BY Leonard Lawrence brcitwicscr. The sixth
honorary Grafton, Standing Armies was delivered
by otto T. Louis. The valcdicory address and first
honorary Grafton was given by Paul l.. Saurcl.
Honorable mention also made Of Frank schlesin-
ger Lawrence WELLER Charles Adrian Brodek, william
J. Pyne and Thomas HNlsan for having obtained
over 81 per cent Of the maximum Of maiAs from the
beginning Of the freshman year TO the end OF the
senior year.
AWARDING THE PRIZES.
Tpon comforting the degrees President Webb ad-
dressed the graduating class reminding them 81 the
great benefits they had received and urrns them 10
be patriotic in order Z, show their gratitude. In
closing he referred to General sherman the best
representative Of American hcroism' and neld him up
as a model the young men. lie then AWARDED
the prizes. follows
Pen redal,-oold to Paul L. saurel; silver. u H. {.
wc,rhan and H. : Merhan mcrheI> Of The Senior class
cromwell nedals-C,od 10 Alfred \. Cook. sophomore
silver 70 Herman u. Baruch. sophomore WIN
Of equal merit with II. Il. Baruch 70 Ih"aIu 'N'"-''
and Charles 4. I.lwrcace, sophomore
Ward mcdals-Chcin-try. Paul j. Sanr' senior ia''a
history Paul L. Saurcl natural philosophy rank
schlesingcr senior; logic. Herman H. b'n'h ''p''
political science Howard Mcghan junior English - dne'
l. Wood junior: Greek. Lawrence Nchri senior Lam
drpnd Rure senior French. Jane, T. kilbrcth -onho
more: spanish David j. Hamburg. junior "eFhan ''''
rhooh,rd inior oritorv Arthur W Handy. senior COM
tositlon william Stewart senior; moral philosophy g j.
pogars senior astronomy. Paul l. Ssurcl senior history
Alfred 4. Cook. sophomore; drawing. warren ~ 'i"|
-orhouore: algebra aud geometry Jesse '" ihl'h SUD
freshman: descriptive geometry Moses I."'us~'N' 's'
nan. botany Clar;c. Derath -ubfr .shnan t'rtihcat'
Of equal merit: Greek with l. Weller to ATthn p J.
PONY senior; in moral philosophy with MI Rogers u
Paul l.. saurcl. senior.
nic1s medals for prose eomposton-Scnior "asNAnb'
ice,. "Ul,narck a. Statesman" Max J. kohler.
clionia Junior class-Suhjoct: Advantages AMI De-
,oc,s O, Eneands Colonial system" Harry Nccnf'1mer
| Cllonis
Cabin ncdals-senor class. Greek. gold to Arthur
= Reuv: Junior class. Latin, gold. samuel fried
,yald: freshman class Greek silver August T. Byerr~
card ire Imam class Latin, silver. MI Eissenan.
Prize, Of the President o. the Board Of Fdrcauon-
Prose defamation to Arthur W Handy poetry decama'
| ton. to j. j. X. liackoy
Bedon pr!zes-Junior class. hrst, gold, Samuel Fried
waId. second silver Howard S. Moirhan third silver,
sydney L. wood fourth silver Frederick C. Reynolds
afth silver Louis Dreyfuss sixth, silver A. IT. Thinner
man sopbomore class first gold. l.. 4. Won fnti sec.
ond silver c. a. Lawrence third, silver. j.. A Alex.
andor.
Kelly Prizes-Gold medal for debate. to Charles A.
Rrodek 30 OF the PhfcnocOsnGan Society ccrthcdf Of
honorable mention W j. Pyne, 80 Of the tii"nlin
soetv Prize for the cruque. subject Ifevelyan
Life Of Macaulay." Max J. Kohler. 80. Clionan
r. w pevo, Prizes Woodworking, % A. Brckner :
certificate u c. Collyer meal.wofk!ng' A H. I'm
norman; certificate 70 a. ". Duncan
After the benodctlon was pronounced the students
assembled by classes in front Of the opera House and
| vicd with each other I'm giving class yels. The
| following is the list Of the degrees conferred