New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-29
DIPLOMAS GIVEN AT YALE.
BIG GRADUATING CLASS ASSEMBLED IN
THE HISTORIC CENTER CHURCH.

AT THE ALUMNI DINNER-THE YEARS
RECORD OF REQUESTS AND GIFTS
TO THE UNIVERSITY.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBrNEJ
Ne-Iaven. Conn. June 2a-The commencement
exercises Of Yale were held In Center thhrc" '"''
morning. the programme bcing "a follows: Lath saul
tatory Grafton. Arthur Leslie Wheeler, Hartford De
Forest prize speaking. The Mudrrnn'sS Of EIripd"S'
Theodore WoOlscy Ilceimance. New Haven; "Nh1"h-
alist Movements in Europe at the Present I>nc''
Richard Charles Well, Wad,worth. New Brighton. New
York: The Bclring sea Dispute" Derby h"g'rs'
New York CITY: "The I-ncarrrl increment Albert
Hutchinson pu,ncy. Newton Highlands. Mass: JoSep'
Ernest Renan." Francis Parsons. Hartford phosoph'
teal ora,ion Lb,ralism." with the valcdictoy address,
william Reynolds R"gg IIcndcrsonville. &c The grad
uating class this year is the largest which has ever
left Yal' II includes Sc members from the academic
DEPARTMENT lOc from the scientific school 30 from t"e
theological school. 10 from the meaicai school, 10 rom
the law school and II from the art school 'oi'i
Of AIS.
At The close Of the exercises President Dwight
announced that the committee OF awarl of the john
A. Porter prize had unanimously awarded II u Juih'i
Ingcrsol Chamberlain. %. OF Ncw-lorR wy WIN
favorabl. mention Of WaIsworth Dli'I L"'Pr' VI
ChiIlicothc. Mo-. and John Aaron llober. OF 1"f"'
Pcnn both graduates OF thu law school, MT '"a"'
bcrlain Is son Of Ex-Governor Dahii
u -homb,r,nin Of South Carollnh, VINO
* now p,act,ing law In Ncw-York. This Is The
first time I'm several years that the John A. Porter
prize has been awarded to an UNDERGRADUATES H'
value is $3.50 and II t. given for the best Written
ESSAY On any prominent subject and Is open To
competition To thu whole university.
Honorary degrees conferred as folio"S
L. p-rohn A. Peters. ~. Chief Justice Of the su-
p,cn,c Cour, Of Maine Charles B. Andrews 'hiei
Iusiicc Of the supreme Court OF Connecticut; trN-
rrfck Law Onstcd. Of lrooklinc. Mass 'ohh w
sterling "a Ncw.York city, Wilson >. BiSsell. "''
United states Postma General; william H. Iu''
IS Jndg, OF the United states Circuit Court OF
Appeals D. D.-Thc Rev. Hiram bingham. 90
mi, slonary TO the Gilbert Islands Micronesia" th'
Rev Henry a. Stimson, G5. pastor Of the broadway
Tabernacle, WORK; the Rev. George A. Gordon
pastor Of the Old south Church. Boston, ana 'he
Rev Robert F. Horton. London. NJ A-wiam
I,ring Andrews. Ncw-YOrk City Daniel H. Bhrnhihh.
Drcctor.Gencral OF the Worlds Fair; the Rev. Dr.
sylvester Clark Mlddlctown. Conn.,; John F. Logic
Head Master In Franklin College Dresden. Germany
General Alexander C. Mc,lurg. Chicago James H.
RYDER Master In the Hopkins Grammar school. New
Haven the Rev. Or. Joaeph j. synot', Monfcihlr'
~ j.: Walter Allen. 90, New-iork city A. Max'y
Hitler formerly ~ the class Of 3d. New-llaven'
George Manierc formerly Of the class Of 'G'. Chicago
Theodore g. Peek formerly Of the class Of ~. lavcr
straw y. y: George Richards 80. New York 'liy'
Henry :. CULVER, -. New Haven Frank \. Mitch
ELL formerly of -. Norwich. Coma: Horace d.
Taft. -. WatertOvn. Conn.
W. VI. Peek. OF stamford, received the Townsend
prize I'm the law school The other law school
prizes and honors announced a. follows Jewell
prize. so. James 81. Clair Mccall. York. Penn;
o. = seymour prize so. Thomas Francis Inwl"r
Waterbury, Conn: Munson prize, 80. Harry o"od
year Day. PHI. H.. seymour. Conn Belts prize, so.
Howard Ambrose Couse. u. A. Nlcglany College
Wavland prizes yale Kent Club debaicl first lr'1t,
Frank Edward Iicaly Winisor Locks Conn: second
Mnytn n a
third ts2Oj James Kingsley Blake. u. A.. New Haven.
Iionors: senior class. degree Of IL. d.. magma
cum audcRoger sherman baldwin Alfred Wellng
ION Carter George Henry iinddy, IT., Leslie Wick
ham Ncwberry. Banford Albert Robb. Lawrence Mar
shall Byers Frank Edward lI"ay. Wallace simon
Novle Alexander g VI Robinson David VIII nln Par
.ons junior class-Howari Ambrose Cous'. William
bradford Bosley Percy Fnlly William Frederic Foster
Harrison Barker Ere, man. James Everett Wheeler
Charles Bcadman Wlittlesy Fritz william "hy'"
Mathew Ambrose Re, nolds.
Tie alumni dinner thi, afternoon was held, n
usual In Alumni Hall. President Dwight pr"'m"i
and after calling tn" alumni 10 0rier. when ci2nrs
were reached remarked that Alumni Hall alto
ar.thcr too small. The yonns men had been com
PEELED "a, outside Of the building and must stand
up TO hear the speeches Of their elders. T"" AFTER
natives presented themselves. The young men might
eject the elders. the elders who were abunian'iy
ALE might erect a now buildng. He had been d."
concluding that be- might b. voted al elder by
small majority. preferred The latter method. new
building needed and ought 10 b" completed In
time for the commencement Of "a. Governor Morr'
being absent. II had occurred Ia the speaker that
The Chief Executive might be- looking af or the In
tcrc,is Of St0rrs Agrtrultural school This remark
had reference the recent refusal Of The Governor
Ia veto the bill tran ferrng the big agricultural
fund from Yale 10 an obscure farmers school In
the country town Of Mansfield Yale feels sore over
the Governors action
Henry C. Robinson, Of Hartford. spoke for TIA"
state, and said Connecticut WIS eh = 10 stand Icy
Yale The Mg LerI,laiurc had II sort Of haysc''
cpidomc and Yale had suffered. All cpd"mi's pass
awav and the Connecticut L"giSlnur" wouli 40 'ih~
sis. I'm duc time. Great laught"r.i Judg" william
H. Taft Of The United states Circuit Court OF Appeals
the next speaker. received n great round oi
applause. lie Thanked the university for the degree
conferred upon him.
President Dwight said Yale sometimes Iejoiccd AT
yctorie, over Harvard but al Yale loved Harvard
all the same (Appnuse lie then called upon
the Rev. Dr. q. a. Gordon. of the old South Church.
Boston, who said IN part: - few years ago
exchanged pulpiS with President Dwight. a'h NAM
to-day have laborcd To discover what Dr. Dwight
had I'm his mind when h" prayed that the Lord VIII
mi.ht be- done In heaven rs II earth. daugl"r'
some OF nv congregation discussed III" remark our
bass singer cxplnf.d the singular remark OF DIR.
Dwight by saying that he hal been 80 long NJ The
head Of Yale that no had got into the Val" way "'
thinking that Ncw-Iavcn the New-Jcrusa.em.
Great laugh'er.)
The Rev. DR.. .umson said that I'm the West he
had not been accustomed TO see the ladies nj the
alumni dinners crowded into n snail gallery ana
compellcd to endure n cloud OF S1okc-a rcfercnc"
10 thc fact that the ciminnivn gallery opposite DIR.
Dwtght's table crowded VITA women VINO wcIT
envcIopcd In IA mist OF cigar smoke. Dr. >t'mspn
added that lie expected that Yale and other great
colleges would soon extend equal educational I'd
vantagcs - both sexes. Dr. Marlin Kellogg OF the
University Of California; spoke briefly OF Yale men
I'm his state Chief Justice Peters, II Malrc, mad"
witty speech, In the OF Whic. ne won hearty
opplaISe by saving that for the first time In his
NE ic was going to Ncw-I.ondon 10 see Yale spank
Harvard.
d. Dwight announced list Of beqreSt> for the
wear among which are IT," following From Mrs. Jlrc r..
~ Dc. chlAl fra.ul