New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-23
GRADUATES OF BROWN,
THE l2ITH COMMENCEMENT OF THE COLI
LDSE AT PROVIDENCE.
oRATlONs AND DEGREES CONFERRED SENATOR

oRAnONS AND DEGREES CONFERRED-SENAT
ALDRICu MADE IL. D.
Providence. June % (spcclaD was an Ideal
commencement day. The suns rays burned from
q doudless sky, tempered by brisk breeze which
made the crowd in the old First Baptist Meeting
House under the elms comfortable, II tho
l24th commencement. Representatives of the class
Of 1925 brought up the Of the procession, which
marched down the hill from brown University. The
speakers in the church were follows: BcnIamin
Stanley Webb. of Prov dcncc development Of
Physical Edncaton in American Colleges Frank
William Tucker, of Lee, Mass spoke upon Socicty's
Responsibility for the Criminal; Henry Kalloch
Rowe of Newton Centre. Mass. The -candinavlans
in Europe; Augustus Phncas Record. of Fair
Haven, Four Hundred Years Ago; James Mdrich
Pierce, Of Providence, The Disngusl hing Character
tstics Of John Quincy Adams; John hathaway
Lindsay, OF Fall River. Mass, The Jury system :;
Albert Edward Ilylan. of Brentwood Cor
ner, n. H.. Bismarck and Cavour' !;
william Holden Eddy. Of p evidence. The Influence
OF ldeasm In Modern LIFE; Frank TOurtelot Ea>ton.
OF Providence. Tho Mission of the rrcSs.' The
closing Grafton by Bcrtram BlaSdcl OF Meredith,
n. H., The Growth and Influence of Phys cal
Science" Forty-nine graduates received the degree
Of a. b.. and received the degree of Il. j.
Among the honorary degrees conferred those OF
Ii. D.. senator Nelson ". Adich. oliver Amcs,
Ex-Governor of Massachusetts, Francis Jackson DECKER
man. Justice Of the supreme Court Of Ohio. ana cX-
Senator WI! am i. sheffield. OF Newport, H. l.,
the degrees Of Master Of Arts on Governor Herbert
W. Ladd, who built observatory for the college;
that Of d. D.. on Thomas H. Iattison professor in
the Rochester Theological Seminary that Of rh. ID.
on joseph II. Gilmore, professor Of bellies lctrc>. In
the same university. and ID. >. on Arnold Il. Chacc
secretary Of the corporation.
AT tho close OF the services NJ the church, the pro
ceSson reformed aTl Ictur I'd the college campus
Dinner was served In saylcs Memorial Hail. the
number Of alum, present never before having been
so large. After dinner spocchc, wcr" made by lr'>i
dent Andrews. Governor Brown. the Rev. pr. Barton.
the Rev DR.. Fisher Professor \. Hardness. ami by
gentlemen who responded for the classes of 1851
1872 and 1852.
BIZ ,cball game between Brown and Princeton he'll
out 100 strong atiactiO to those wyo listened quite
patiently for time - the speeches and there WAS
such stampede soon after o'clock that the hall
we'll nigh deserted before the time for adjourn
ment The exercises Of whit has proved Il be u
successful commencement closed withhe usual levee
at the presidents house.
The report Of Arnold b. Chace the treasurer Of the
university. states that the balance of funds IT,
possession at the close Of the fiscal year, April -
was 81 243 800 90. against Sllo"l32 % last year.
The treasurer remarks that the collnucd increase in
both tic income and expenditure of thu college
is feature which calls for special attention.
at is quite apparent he says, that the
friends of the college must make earnest
effort 10 Increase The cndos mont OF the com
mon f,pi. the college will be obliec1 70 diminish
the expenses To such eXtc':t viii seriously de
crease IL usefulness"
The neurology Of alumni Of Brown University who |
died during the collegiate 1912 has hc N pr
pared By DR.. X. A. Guild, viD f>r forty years has !
been the librarian Of the University. ia" L-crJnG |
contains the Of nineteen Gradual whose deat''
since the last commencement certainly known |
to have occurpi Among the more prominent OF !
these deceased alumni John G.. Mntcah, N. D.. Of
the class Of 1520 being OF I'll, time Of his death
the Oldest living gradual, hi, aee being ninety
years. four months, and two day.. His home WAS IN
MeIalol Mass. AIS, lessor John H. Lincoln, OF m
class OF 1880. sketch u who's hie ~, ALREADY ~
,cale in IlIDun-. Isaac era wills -, LII. j.,
If Geneva H.. died june = 1871. lie wa member
Of tho distinguished class Of SIS some OF his ca>
mates being the a;5 Judee Marcus Morton. Clhf |
Justice Charles :. Bradley, Thomns \. Jonchcs and
the Rev f. c. Robinson. Among the others are
Judge Hamilton i. staples. class of 1854, OF thc
most scholarly and accomplished grduatr; Osborn b.
b. Bright, class cf 1888, and General John Ea' ~
Tourtelot class OF 1856 for fourteen ycats on General
shermans stall AM gallant soldier H. the War OF the