New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-09
CLASS-DAY AT PRINCETON.
OPENING THE EXERCISES OF COMMENCE
MENT WEEK.
PLANTING or THE IvY-cLAsS-DAY COMMITTEE
JUNIOR ORATORS CoNTEsT-RoUND
THE OLD COMMON AGAIN.

PLANTING OF THE lN1-OLASS-DA1 OONisA 49,
JUNIOR ORATORS coNTEsT-RoUND
THE OLD COMMON AGAIN.
Princeton. " j.. June special).-The town mas
put on the gay appearance Of the commencement
season. and is throngcd with crowds OF visitors, the
fathers mothers. sisters, brothers and sweetheats
the graduating class, not to speak OF alumni ana
OF others Interested in educational WORK. lc
Museum Of Historic Art opened this morning IL
was completed last october. In it is the Trumoun-
Prime collection OF pottery and porcelain, one OF the
most complete In the country. Resdes THIS there Is
valuable collection of casts Of ancient ana meaiaeVa
sculpture given by the class Of 81 the Arundel Society
casts OF ivory carvings collection OF Eruscah vases
and number Of less important gifts.
At 10 80 O'Clock this morning. the opening class
dav exercises OF The class Of 01 were held In the
First Presbyterian Church on Nassaust. The churcn
was tastefully decorated with evergreen ana tropca
plants and was crowded TO overlooking. Inc
sautatory delivered by W. c. spicer, OF Pen'SS
vana George Riddle Wallace followed with the class
oratlon and the class poet, James Henry Dunham' Oh
New-Jersey closed the exercises The planting OF inc
class Ivy took place at Old North College at noon
where Pringe Carlisle Jones, Of Ohio, delivered the
Ivy Grafton In the presence of large audience olu
North is wellnight covered with the IVY "hlch
successive classes have planted for half hulureu
years.
The cannon exercises took place at $50 p. M
cannon relic of the Battle of Princeton, set firmly
In bed Of cement in the centre OF the college campus
II is the hub about which Princeton life revolVeS
The exercises were begun by George Wheelcr' I"
Pennsylvania reading the history of the class during
It's four years Of college life. Alfred Pearce Dennis
Of Mary land delivered the presentation Grafton; hasey
pinand OF New-Jersey. followed with the class
prophecy; Charles Carroll Dana, OF New-lorh' Ohe
class censor, made many member vince at the ecoi
lection OF divers escapades Of years gone by. Inc
address by the class president, Edgar Allan roe
OF Maryland. followed. George Bliss Aghe"' Vi
New-York, the class secretary, then csleu inc
roll Of the 100 members of the class The singing OF
the class ode to Words by George Wheeler OF Pennsyl
yanla. and music By Alfred Beaver Yeomans, OF New
Jersey closed the exercises.
The class-day committee had been appointed DIS
follows: Chairman Willard H. Bradford, OF Pennsyl-
vanla; George j. Bergen, New-Jefsey; Jeremiah D.
Black Pennsylvania william b. Blackwell, New
Jersey: william G. Bryan, Missouri; william H.
Deemer, Pennsylvania; Edwin A. 5. Lewis, NeW-1cr-
sey Glenn F. Mckinney, Pennsylvania; James Meyers
Pennsylvania; Franklin T. Moore, NewJersey; Har-
mar D. Paxton New-Jersey Frank II. Payne Pennsyl-
vania; John II. scaly, Texas; John W. Villiant, Mis-
souri, Robert Wallace Pennsylvania all Of the grad
uating class.
At745 this evening the Junior orators contest took
place at the First Presbyterian Church. The order Oh
exercises was as follows: Literature In Stone"
Joseph NJ Huston, Of Pennsylvania; "Ihe torinauVe
Century Of American Character John e. Wilson, "i
Maryland "The Ideal Spirit" Clinton l. WOOD, Oh
North Dakota; Tho Building Of Nation" William
X Prentice of New York; Joan of Arc Charles l.
Trieby, Of Pennsylvania; A Worlds Freedom Court
landt p. Butler OF NCJersey; The Slavery Of Eman-
cipatlon,7 Bowdre Fhlnizy. Of Georgia; "Scotch
Granite" Edward d. Duied, Of New-Jersey. The
Judges Of the contest were the Rev. Dr. j. II. Nell
vnine Of New York: snator J. r. Mcpherson, of New
Jersey: the Rev f.. q. Reed, OF New-JeTSey, ana inc
Rev j. VI. Als, OF New-York. The prizes Will be
announced tomorrow.
Tomorrow evening the feature Of commencement
week. the Lynde prize debae, will take place at ne
MS follows: Professor A. Armagnac, OF New
York; the Rev. g. F. Greene of NewJeTscy, and Pro
fessor T. w. Hunt, Of New-Jerscy.