Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-26
COMMENCEMENT.

YALE COmMENCKMENT.
,93,s Great Day Te.Day-The Strike
ing Features Of Presentation Day
The Class Histories and Pipe Smok.
ing-Shef,s Anniversary Exercises
To.NIght-The Rest of the week
Many ArrivaIs-Two of the Notable
Class Reunions To.MorroW-Juo9e
Shiras of the United states supreme
Coure-The Ball Game-StruGGAeI ors
Supremacy.
The commencement exercises at Yale
opened yesterday morning with the oao-
calaureate sermon at Batten chspei py
President Dwight. The chapel was crowd
ed to overlooking with the members OF the
class of '93 academieal and the seniors OF
the Sheffield Scientific school and their
friends and relatives. The seniors, sou
strong wore their caps and gowns and o.
cupied the seats in the center OF the
chapel. President Dwight delivered MS
parting address to 1913 in most mastery
and scholarly manner. A resume OF the
sermon vii! oe found on the fourth page
of this paper.
This morning the presentation exercises
of the senior class with the CLASS olataon
and the class poem will take place IN cat
tell chapel, the exercises opening 81 -
O'Clock. AT Q o. m. the reading OF the
class histories will take place on the college
square, followed by the planting OF the
class ivy.
The class orator is Lemuel Aiken Wells
of Newington, Conn. The class poet IL
Rufus Mace ueen Gibbs of Baltimore, Md.
The historians are Messrs. John Hill Nor
gan of Brooklyn, N. Y, Arthur Leslie
Wheeler of Hartford, Conn Charles Will
lam Mills of Denver, Col, Frank Edward
Gatchel of Louisville, KY, and Henry
Horlbeck Ficken of Charleston, s. O.
GLASS PIPES.
The pipe for the class day exercises,
which will 20 the rounds of the class TO-
day, is thing of beauty. The bowl is OF
great size, egg shaped, made of French
briar, with the numerals, '93, carved upon
1t. It will hold quarter of pound OF
tobacco, and was ordered from France in
January. The stem is of weichsel wood
and is ornamented with carved elm leaves.
The mouthpiscsi Is of Brazilian horn. The
entire pipe is about three feet long and will
easily weigh three pounds.
There are also 1900 long pipes, to be
smoked by all members of the graduating
class. These are imported from Holland.
Twenty pounds of tobacco has been pro-
yided, which is to be carried in two large
buckets, blue, with the class numerals
upon them.
At 6 O'Clock the anniversary exercises OF
the Sheffield Scientific school will be held
in North Sheffield hall.
The following members of the senior
class of the Sheffield scientific school will
read theses at the commencement exercises
this evening:
john William Coe, Meriden, Conn.-"Heredi
tary Transmission Of Acquired Characters"
William Bart Berger, Denver, Col-"Methods
William Thomas Hildrup Howe, KtllIngworth,
Conn.-"On the Chemical Composition of Chron.
Josephn Hyde Pratt, West Hartford, Conn
"On the Chemical Composition of Stanrolite''
William Anthony Granville, New Haven, Conn
-"Electrical Railways"
Theory Of the Stone Arch
Herbert Leroy Potter, North Guilford, Conn
1%sssvs 9a%ss . s.useto. CAL
'Systems of Irrigation In California
Gns Ps,an %sisr
mission Of Power by Electricity
At 9 O'Clock the promenade concert OF
the senior class will be held in Alumni
hall. The list of dances Is as follows:
Part ii, waltz; 2, polka; waltz; 4
polka; 5, schottische; 6, waltz; 7, polka; g.
waltz; 9, lanciers; 10, polka; II, waltz; IL
polka.
Part 2-13, polka; II, waltz; Is, polka
20, galop; Fl, waalsz; 5s,poiEs;' IS, waltz
"a, polka.
The dance orders are unusually hand
some. The ladies' dance orders have fin,
green morocco covers with "Yale, 1913" II
gilt, surrounded by hand painted flowers
Those of the gentlemen are somewhat
smaller with the same motto in gilt ON &
white enamel ground.
Tomorrow morning, at $50 O'Clock, the
annual meeting of the alumni will be held
in Alumni hall. The polls will be open in
the library from 10 a. m. to p. M, TO,
the election of member of the corpora
ton. At 1:20 O'Clock there will bs an ad
dress on medicine in Battell chapel by Dr.
Henry D. Walcott of Cambridge, Mass.
on "The Physician, the College and tn,
Commonwealth" The address, as its It'll,
| implies, will be somewhat generaEin ii
! nature, and all will bs welcome. DR.. Wal
colt Is president of the Massachusetts, stat,
board Of health and is one of the overseerI
of Harvard college.
At O'Clock there will by a meeting o.
the alumni of the medical school held ir
the new laboratory for the purpose of &C.
quainting them with the new institution
This chemical and physiological laboratory
| is nearly ready for the equipment, which
will be put in this summer in season tt
open the building in the fall. About hall
of the cost of the building has been con
tributed, and the remainder was loaned
from the university funds, and the mana.
gers of the medical school are hoping that
some of their well-to do friends will donate
sum sufficient to return this loan to the
university. The laboratory will be equip.
ped with the best apparatus, much Of
which is being imported.
Following the inspection of the new
laboratory lunch will be served at Up. M,
and reception will be rendered to DR.
Walcott at the home Of DR.. Carmslt, or
Elm street.
The class of 1913 numbers aixteen. The
Yale medical school has graduated about
400 pupils. OF the 1870 medical schools In
the country this stands fifth in age.
At 1890 p. m. the annual meeting Of the
Yale Law School Alumni association will
be held in the common pleas court room In
city hall. Luncheon will be served and a
business meeting and addresses will fol
low.
At O'Clock the graduating exercises OF
TIC Law SCHOOL Will Do QelO IN Inc ConCo1
church. Hon. Thomas M. Waller, ex-
governor of Connecticut, will be the orator
of this occasion. His address will no
s6oubt be q rare treat and mastery effort.
The speaking for the Townsend prizes will
also occur at that time.
Wednesday morning at 9 O'Clock the
commencement exercises of the college
take place in Center church.
At $3.50 O'Clock the alumni dinner will
be held in Alumni hall, and the presidents
reception will bs held from to 10 O'Clock
in the evening,
A large number of the alumni have al
ready arrived in the city and they are con-
stantly arriving. A number of the COM
mencement girls have also arrived, and
many more will come to-day to attend the
promenade to-nig hit. Among those who
are now in town stopping at the New Hs-
ven house are the following:
A. Henry Mosle, Henry A. Barnes, James
Carr, Mrs. j. B. Moore, E. A. Dareing.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Lester, Melville c. Day,
of New York; James Linton, Montreal;
George d. Lewis, Naugataok; Mrs.
James L. Morgan, Brooklyn; Mrs. Stanley
Woodward, Wilkesbarre, Pa; William
Chisholm and wife, Mrs. A. T. o.
born, Mrs. e.. P. Williams, Cleve
land; Miss ]. V. January, P. G..
Maftt,- St. Louis; Louis Burgess,
Orange; Charles L. Thomas, Providence;
Mrs. John Hay, Miss Hay, e. q. Boardman
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