New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-17
FORTY YOUNG MINISTER'S.
COMMENCEMENT OF UNION SEMINARY.
TILE FACULTY srnrxorrnNrn-1o HrroaT AS

TILE FACULTY sTREND ri.iNEp-To EIPo.'I -
r,r,I. r. THE GKSnEAL ASSEMBLY.
The my seventh anniversary cxrri.cs Of Inion
rhcolo,.csI seminary closed las evening win the
Graduation Of forty mon. ~. 'iH'i"S iiHhr III"
pr".ident Of the holIi o: directors. presenter w;
diplomas the graduates and gave them irw
earnest words e, coID,cl and encouragement PTH''
dent ln,tin-s, In behalf Of the faculty. delivered an
impress i've aiir.>, urging the young men 10 b. manly
NEIL 60 deceive the respect and love 81 their people,
10 work hard FIELDS where they have been cnlF9
seeking 10, promotion but seeking 10 s"tv" ''oi ana
humanity.
The seminary directors met r. the afternoon and
ELECTED n Successor Dr. Philip Schar In the d-piri-
mcnt Of church history. and appointed an Instructor
In the department of >,s;cmailc theology Professor
A. {. Mrcincrt. oi Lane Theological seminary. was
chosen To succeed Dr. >clan. AID the Rev. William
Ad ms Brown at present Instructor ri rnon. viii I'LL
the chair hni.or.d hy Henry u. smith. W. g. l. sheii
and j. u. Worcester lr. 10th men nre graduates Of
tho seminary. Professor MeGiicli Ma second honor
man IN i5-5. and Professor Brown WA the irllow
in 1850 Both have ,iui1i abb esid. ard the friends
of tne seminary who heard Yesterday Of tho action
OF the directors approved their highly. Last
the nroi' eject who has ALREADY secured an
cnvalc reputation In tbs country md Europe fr 80
young Instructor, came from cincinnati ana Zee
turcd two weeks The reports OF his scholarship
winch had preceded him were amply confirmed by
hi, lectures.
Mr Brown Is superior man. said President
Hastings n Tribune reporter last cvedng. In speak
inc % his new appointment. lie Is son oi john
Crosby brown. the vice.prsid"tf Of The Board oil
Dir-cors. aud "a grandson of Or. william Adams, the
president Of tn" seminary twenty years ago and the
pastor OF the Madison square Presbyterian 'hurcA
for many years After his graduation At Yale College
In Is-G took post graduate" studies for ana
then entered the seminary, where he took high stand,
leading his class from the first. His two years IL
Germany spent with studies which especially
III him for his new duties. He his not been elected
the profcssorship made vacant by the death OF Dr.
Worcester Int has been appointed Instructor Dor TWO
years IN the department. During that time other
members OF the faculty will doubtless aid him some
what For a year h. has been Instructor IA church
history
There has been no little comment 10 tho attitude
Of the seminary TO the General Assembly, which
meets tomorrow In Washington. l.. VI. Kingsley.
the secretary and treasurer Of the Board Of Directors.
said last evening that the annual report would BE-
made TO the Assembly MS usual The vacancies In
the board caused By death removal from the city
were not Illod yesterday. The board invited the
alumni TO luncheon In the library in the afternoon.
when a portrait Of Henry b. smith unveiled and
presented 10 the seminary, DR.. lIanin, OF Washing
ton, making tho presentation speech. DIR. Butler,
Dr. Hastings. the Rev. Gilbert Reid Of China tho
Rev J. d. Bnrrrll, OF Brooklyn. the Rey. ID. Epher
Whitaker, Of southold, l.. /. the Rev. H. g. smith,
Of rr~-nold y. j., Of Henry y. smith. and
OF hers spoke The annual meeting of the Associated
Alumni was held in the morning IN the Adams Chapel
DIR. j. II. ioadley OF Faith Church. elected pr~i
dent OF III" association. and the Rev &. X. tillrtt
reelected general secretary and treasurer. The
True Conception Of The Christian Church" was dis.
cussed by the Hey. William Adams brown. the Rev.
Dr. Thomas A. Nelson and the Rev. William +,
Whitaker. -
The graduating EXERCISES in tho evening WIRE OF
especial Interest,". and many ygionds The y.npy
man tiers wf" pr sent to bid them farewell. and 10
hear the addresses Of four students and the words of
ch"ri from the president. Tin speaker, and their
theme these: The Christ OF To- DAY. Albert
J. Mcxard"r; "Thlnes Which Cannot be shaken,
All1n Il. Mcneil The Power OF Feeling John G..
ewman aud The Prophets Work. John VI.
rhomn N.nrly every graduate is already DO lEcd for
his field. Three go abroad foreign mission
aries. several go To The West home missionaries
e", - tn. south 10 accept the pr,sid ,ncy of n
college. and others nave churches nearer New York
The members " the graduating class were