New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-22
CORNELL.
FESTIVITIES OF THE WEEK.

\ ithaca n. V, June II (Srrccail-~lHe
ton was given On Monday evening in the clS eaViSs
rnnl building. The preparations were elaborate and
mn expense was spared that would add 10 the pleasure
n the guests. The many rooms set apart To tho use
Of tho dancers all handsomely decorated lDo
music was good. II was by Gartands ION heBh"ei'
| Band The orders elegant and the faVors oeuu-
fnl and expensive before the cOtOn the glee cluD
| gave concert IN wiigns Hall, and the music was
greatly enjoyed by the commencement Visitors VINO
filled the hall.
| The Neytns memorial window, IN sage Chapel was
unveiled on Tuesday. The exercises we're Impressive.
En- President White made the address. This memorial
is left 10 the memory OF Edward scrfbner Nov1ns, by
his fellow.stIdents IN the College Of Civil Engineering
He lost his life in an effort 10 rescue felowetudent
| from drowning on December H. 1883. The window
was designed and executed IN London. IL is double
| window and the one-hah represents ST. vincent &c
Paul and the other John Howard with syniboltal &C
cessoros representing the sacrifices u each for the
sake OF humanity. Besides statement OF the object
Of the memorial the window bears two Biblical In
scriptior1s: aWlocver shah iDsa his Life shall pro
serve IT, Luke xvfi 80, snd "Greator love hath no
man them this that he lay down bis fe for his rlenos
The oassday exercises Thursday IN the sf1nery.
WIRE: Prayer bg tho Rev. A 8. Fshe; rol-call
Louis RouilNon; Class grafton, NJ. /. Dunlap class
pocm, Miss g. p Taintor; class essay. Miss o. D.
Cannon: memorial Grafton, B. W, Davis; presidents
address J. w. fsardsley IVY grafton, r. L. Phillips,
class history r. W. Smith, Class prophecy, T. j.
Lcwis presentation Of pipe. n. J. kellogg reply on
49, c. A. Dunpiway, and song by the class. Tine
senior bah in the evening was an unusually pleasant
affair. The music furnished By GaTtland's and
Kuhn's Orchestras playing atrrnstely One hundred
and fifty couples were present Captain H. E. Featherly
| acted as floor manager The middle box at the west
end was occupied by the patrOnfsscs Of the ball Ihey
| eere Mrs Charles Kendall Adams, Mrs. n T. Hewett
Mrs Edward Hitchcock, jr, Mrs f. Hooker, Mrs
| Z g. Newbury Mrs William n Sage Mrs J. g. Schu>
n Mira L..
Wheeler and Mrs Andrew D. White. The other boxes
| were occupied by the following fraternities PM
| Kappa Psi, Delta Phi, Phi Gamma Delta. Betn Theta
| pi Chi Psi, Kappa Alpha, Theta Delta Chi, Delta
Kappa Epsilon, Psi Epsilon, Dela Tau Delta, Alpha
| and Delta Phi.
| At the annual meeting OF the trustees on Wednes
day, Trustees Alonzo d. Cornell George H. Wlihame'
| Iynders Van Clef, Douglass Boardmah ii. v. sage
" H. SAFE Alfred @. Barnes Frank IL. Hscoch, n. B.
Lord c8 President Andrew ID. White, Orlando b. Pot
ter A. S. Draper and W. J. Kerr werc present Charles
e. Hughes. Of New-YOrl elected professor OF law
70 fill the vacancy caused by the resignation Of Pro
lessor Buriick Andrew Carnegie and George r. VIII
Jams were reelected trustees. The date for the ded
cation Of tho new library fixed for October s. and
George William Curtis is to be asked to deliver the ad-
dress. a committee was appointed 10 prepare plan
for the building Of the roads on the campus with the
double purpose Of improving the streets and furnishing
an object in road making to the students IN civil
engineering. t.. 7..,..-.
ON Thursday the Chi Phi fraternity gave their first
reception In their chapterhouse President Wins
ton IA, OF the University of North Carolina, was
among the guests.
The Woodford contest. always one Of the most at
tactve exercises of commencement week, filled the
armory long before the exercises beean The OratGlS
| were fully up to tho high standard n former years
| The orators were Jared Van Wagenen, r., The
Policy of the United States toward China; Job sails
! bury Waterman, Henry Ward Beecher IN England;
| Theron Dexter Smith, wendell Phillips and the
XIIItn Amendment; Robert James Kellogg, America
and the African Liquor Trade; olin Myers Farber,
The Puritan and the Cavalier In America The COM
mittce, consisting Of President winston on the Uni
eersity Of North Carolina Professor E. NJ. Bnrick and
| General A. c. Barnes of NewYurk, awarded the 800
| prize to Mr.. FarbfT.
The students dramatic organization, "The Masgue,'
| gave a matinee Wednesday for tho benefit OF tire
university navy at Wifgns Opera House Three short
comedies were presented" Sunset "Cussedness OF
Lffoo and fearing and Belevng.' The ladies OF the
cast received many compliments. Their names are
Miss Mayo Of NeYork, and Misses lnbbell and sher
| The Alpha Delta Phi frptenity gave reception at
their q We1n me Syng rase was
The reunion OF the class Of $50 @as held on Wedncs
Gay Ss e SSs1s Tc Sas Tss ana that
class wUnld raise 30 500 toward the Alumni Hall fnnd
A hanSs a se cSre ~ o c s S I
graduating CLASS, the Alumni many Of tho faculty The
and @ ss sad T Tas ssSSa was q s tai
200 were present. President Adams presided, and
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william L. Bostwick, Professor Wheeler Of the Greek
% nSG r S0i r &S S the e cS s Of feR sT
President Adams stated ts the last year Ind been the
@Si rs SSsp y F 9S rO Tse SS SsfS GGa
sistant professor in the school of Law