New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-25
CLOSING HOURS AT YALE.
LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES AND ALUMNI
DIVIDE THE DAY.
rs,nrvr DWIGHT DELIVERS A MEMORIAL
.,n,rss OK THE LATE PRESIDENT
wooLsEY-CoU-WEL COMPANIES
oRATIoN-CLAsS REUNIONS.

LAY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIBUNE.I

ORATION-CLA>S REUNl
,sY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIBuNEI
! yev.Haven, June 24.-This was one Oh 'ic "'o''
,o,utiful as well as the most interesting Oh COM
mencement days at Yale From D 80 70 IL 'o '"o
alumni met in Alumni Hall. The Rev. H. IL hooe'''
| ,rcsded over the meeting, and paid tontc 10 fres
tsr,s woolscy Porter and Dwight. Henry Day spoAc
sc. ,,o class ~ ,a5 other speakers were Payson
w.rrIu OF New. York, '65 Judge L. B. Booth Chl-
caeo 40; John A. Foote, Cleveland, 20 W. W.
sr,ddv stamford, Conn.,, '65; J. r. shcihcio' Nc"'
worr ,a7. Louis NJ Child. Of Boston, 49, pre-
.ented the association and Yale University VIII" mo
.,,ed painting OF the late Elisha MILFORD INC a"
and writer. Edward Clarke OF "ashinson' -. ~
,s smoke briefly and Henry D. Mason 20, Oh Cncago,
| ,oId about his visit the grave OF Ellm iale al
p.xfort Wales lie suggested that some tine IL mie",
no fitting to have the body OF lacs iouhucr 'o'0
Under a handsome mausolcum on the Ne"-n"'o"
arsen Wilbur Booth, "a, Of ST. Paul, coscu t"c
speech making 49,
alumni went TO Battell Chapel where President p"sn'
aaurorcd a memorial address the late Theodore II.
woosev.. II was an effort worthy OF the president
OF Yale. TO-, l.. ,o,
such nv dear friends" said the speaker IN con-
c,usion sis the story Of beautiful hfc' 'oio III Oh
,our but whose fulncss would require century "
rve We knew him. and we thank God tilat we o"'
lie generous frlend 10 INC Sio"e'' ny
| and connection at Yale
| A tho graduation exercises Of the Medical schooi
Professor Deafeld Of New-York addressed the graz
| mating class OH "A Medical Education" ht inc co"
cIu.on of the lecture President Dwight announcer
these prizes the Campbell gold medal to the men'oer
of the graduating class obtaining the highest rank III
| examinations during the course, was AWARDED 10
william p. Baldwin. with honorable mention for Hairy
r. Ferris the Kcese prize for the best thesis awerdcd
N Charles A. Tutle with honorable mention ior hh
ward r. Baldwin; Obstctrical prize for the pest OK
animation in Obstetrics awarded to Harry b. Ferris
The degree Of ". D. was conferred upon william T.
| Baldwin and Harry B. Ferris by President D"lsho
One Of the most important and interesting incdenu
~ the day was the meeting OF the alumni OF the Law
school which was attended by over 800 OF the most
| prominent lawyers In the land. Dean Wayiahd pre-
sided at the banquet, and introduced as toastlha'oi
| Professor E. j. Phelps. constitution was ahopVed'
| and officers Of the Yale Law school Alumni Associa
lion were elected as follows President. Edward J..
Phelps late Minister England vice resdent Juds,
Dwight LOOMS. of Rockville; secretary and treas
urcr George d. Watrous, of New-li Haven. speeches
wore made By Judge Nathaniel shipman, Of Hartford
G. j. Bonapartc. OF Baltimore; Professor Robn'on OF
New Haven Judge Dwight LOOMS, Of Rockville
| Conn: General :. ". Kellogg Waterbury, conn
| Colonel W. b. Wooster. Blrming CHAM. Conn. and
others All tho speakers referred in terms OF high
! compliment the work Of the faculty Of the school
and the teachers and tho efforts Of Dean Wayand and
| Professors Robinson and Townsend 10 build up the
| school. Enthusiastic assurances Of support wcrc
| given
The sixty sixth anniversary of the law department
Of Yale was held in Centre Church this afternoon.
This programme was observed Townsend prize ortions
| John Bright by Orland sidney Isbel. b. A.. Of
New Haven; 1.-THE Veto Power John Bennetto.
NJ A. Of New Haven " The Annexation Of Canada, -
John Willard Kccrans. Statewide y. e. The Doctors
Grafton. The Constitution Of Japan Koliro. Nat
sucata. Toxic. Japan.
The obituary record Of the university for the past
year shows the number Of deaths to be l0l. the
Of the seventy eight graduates OF the aca1cm
cal department being nearly sixty two years. Amonn
the prominent persons included in this number are
President Woolsey 20 Professor Elias LOOMS 80
aSn Mason ro@n IS - Tbom" 6 soane 80 "a
ward T: Waite, 90 Walker Blaine. 20. and Chun
Sung. 20. the Chinese Ambassador 10 the sandwich
Islands. The oldest living graduates arr Of tho class
Of ISIS, the Rev. Or. Joseph D. Wickham OF Man
Of ISL Charles J. McCurdy Ii. d. OF LYME Conn.
The o5 class Of 1870 at Yale celebrated today It's
| statistical and personal information had ben pre-
for Jnc Hc h @nf Of nHd So q"
graduated During the twenty years since then eighty
two have married. and only twenty are bachelors.
which indicates that the chances four to ono
were in 1870 remaining unmarried twenty year, after
he leaves college. OF the l02 men. thirtvfour are
lawyers twenty IN business ten each In teaching
ISM farming and the others scattered over
various fields of usefulness. only three. except fOu
confirmed nvads. are doing nothing.
The class Of ls40 held lis hft!cth reunion nj the
home Of Ex-Governor Ingcrsoll This class graduated
100 men. having been large elias, for the DAYS 81
$40. There some thirty four survivors. Among
those present To- day were Governor ngcrsO John
e. HOLSTER. Professor lIoppn and Lucu, Fitch of this
city the Rev DR.. Dexter Editor 81 " The Congrc
gatiOnalist7 Boston the Rev. pr sullivan. OF An
dover. Curtis T. Bnrnham. eN Assistant United states
Treasurer. Of Kentucky General l.. II. Parsop> Of
Illinois noted commander I'm the Of tho Rebel
llon Judge Booth Of Chicago and DR.. J. +. Head Of
Washington.
Reunions held by the classes OF so rs. az.
80, ~. 45. 60 and ~. The class boy OF ~ is
W 5. Isbcll. son Of W. ". Isbell. Of New-York.
The Law school faculty conferred the degree Of
d. G. L. on Kojiro Matsugata VI. L.. Toxic, Japan ;
Soichl Tschya, VI. L., Toxic Japan George DnttOn
Watr0us, ". L., New Haven. The degree Of ~ L.
conferred on George Emerson Beers. " A., LII B. ,
Southport, and Saburo koya, LII. b.. Toxic. Japan