New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-11
HER CELEBRATION ENDED.
SONS OF OLD WILLIAMS HOLD FINAL EN-
ERCISES AT HER CENTENNIAL
HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE EEVIEwED-MiNY
HONORARY DEGREES CoNFEERED-IENEf
CABOT LODGE MD PROF. BRIGGS

CABOT LoDDE AND Ilt'f b''i''S
AMONG TIE RECIPIENTS.
Williamstown. Mass, oct lo-The CLOSING e@-
| ercises OF the Williams College CenienNldi 'ee-
| braion took place today. The first thing on Inc
programme was the historical meeting in the Con-
gregaional Church at 70 80 IL. Lcns be'o:e 'H''
time the campus in front Of the library present ed
q lively appearance. 4 thousand alumni ana rh"er-
graduates had gathered here ready Ia fan INTO line
and while they were waiting for the "oId '"e ar
was filed with college songs and !eHs' which al
| most drowned the strains of the band. By rule OF
precedence the classes formed in line In order the
oldest class represented being 1925 from whose num-
Der only one is left. j. L. Partridge. aged ninety
two of Brooklyn. Then came 81. ana 30 on down
TO the present freshman class. The meeting was
opened by the venerable Martin !. Townsend, So OF
Troy. who delivered a brief address. lie then in
troduced the speaker Of the day. Chancellor James
ii. Garfield. NJ A. '6s Of Nebraska University.
Mr.. Garfield reviewed the history OF the college
from the time 1t founded in 1873. The speaker
did not carry the details of the history much
further than the opening year. II the early MS
tory. the beginnings of the college. the spirit that
permeated 1t and stirred it, were well understood,
all that followed was such natural sequence that
It seemed as though any might easily ioretell
TIE result In all these years its administration
has been grounded on the firm rock of lofty human
character.
The speaker then briefly reviewed the religious
great movement of foreign missions which origi-
mated at Williams in 1906. lie referred also to the
long list OF honored alumni. insisting that those
Oresent should remember that, In accordance with
the original purpose of the college these men
had been taken largely from what the old petition
called THE lower or middling classes and de-
manding that the college should hold itself TO this
trust or the total number of graduates. 1855,
about one-third have been ministers Of the Gospel.
one-fourth have been admitted TO the bar. one
seventh have been teachers, one-tenth nave been
physicians. and about one-iiith have been non
professional men. SO far can be learned no
graduate has ever been called to answer criminal
charge The college has sought to secure, along
the great average middle line Of American life.
useful knowledge. sound thought and wel!-ordered
action and in this seeking she has certainly met
with remarkable success.
In closing The speaker said Williams lad been
born Of tempestuous strife dedicated TO the welfare
of the great common life of the state. Founded
upon the idea OF the value of man. and Entrusted
with the minsIrat.on for TIE present II hdl al
WAYS recognized studies and influences that quicken
the ina gnation and stir the pulse and Hood the
brain. All this IS not 10 be set aside at the demand
of the age and in the interest OF mechanica! IN
genuty or manual deXteIlty, OF al '"e "''H""' VI
some preferred class.
Following Chancellor Canfelds address, F'esi-
dent Carter conferred honorary degrees on me
following:
LII. D.-Henry Cabot LoCSe, thaHceHoi JAMES
H. Garfield of the University OF Nebraska, presl-
dent NJ L.. Gates OF Amherst. President W D.
Tucker of Dartmouth: President smith OF lIih-
lty: Justin Winsor of HAIRY ard; Professor i'ioohS
OF Johns Hopkins. Professor Il. }. hiilg sDuiE, Oh
Yale, William Everett OF quincy; Justice lit,ci
son. of the New-York supreme Court; JnS.pc
Childs. of New-York and H. Swift lshah oil Oh'-
cago. . ,,...,, -,
Harvard: Professor T. II. Pattson. OF lsochrster
University; professor A. Brss1i OF COVE mon on
Theological Seminary the HeV - l. 'oE''' -
North Adams, and Arthur laWI'H-' go,
The centennial closed this afternoon VIM a., a.,
alumni banquet. at which An unusual array % w
most distinguis college presidents tiI 80 -
fcssors appeared y special frame St'ut'ur" - -
built for the occasion IN the hollow M'@' ot ~
kins Hall The guests of honor. iChoN'h " III
alumni and undergraduates narch"u ~ 'o"".,
column out Of the church and took ther Srh's
Gilman OF Johns Hopkins: Governor EusSe am
his staff, President Carter pr ADAMS; >, ~
Garfield President Eliot. OF Harvard iresl1s,n'
Dwight OF Yale, President Low, or teluinoli'
C,aptain Williams. Henry williams lTcsld.nt an
drews OF Brown; President Smlth. OF l'lhltf
President Tucker. OF Dartmouth PRESIDENT BUCK.
ham Of Vermont University. PRESIDENT ''1l'S' "i
Amherst: +. II. Snow, Chancellor OF III" hlN.ISl,,
OF Kansas; Professor Scheiing, Lieutenant over
lev: President Hall. OF Clark; the Rcy DR. wash
ington Horace Scudder. editor OF The Atlahuc
Monthly; President Brainard. the Rev. Dr lfrisSs
President Hartranft. Of Hartford ThrolOscal SIN
mary: Justin Winsor. President Scelye' on Sinth
President Taylor, OF Ndssar, and a number "I
other equally distinguished people In the rear
about 800 ladies enjoyed the speeches.