The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1894-06-25
COMMENCEMENT AT YALE.
THE BdCCiLEdURdTE SERMON YES
TERDir ar BiTTELL CHAPEL.

House.
Commencement Mt Yale opened yes
tcrday morning with the delivery of the
baccaleaurate sermon by President
Dwight in Battcll chapel. Every seat
IN the chapel was occupied, besides n
iurge number of extra seats which were
placed in the aisles. Never except at
the time Of the junior prom. does the
chapel present sight cqualled by that
yesterday morning. The graduating
class in their academic gowns occupied
the seats in the body of the chapel,
while the galleries were crowded with
large numbers of pretty girls with their
mammas and papaS, most of whom were
the sisters and parents of members Of
the graduating class, this season Of the
year giving an opportunity for great.
cr diversity of costume than in the win
ter.
To-day at II o'clock the presentation,
| or class day exercises, VIII begin with
the delivery of the class Grafton and the
reading of the class poem. John Loomer
Hall. son of the vice president of the
| Consolidated railroad, is The class ora
tor, and his subject is 1.-The RESPONSE
| bilities OF Educated Men, He was the
winner of the Ten Eyck prize at the
| innior exhibition in 1898.
| The class poem, which is said to be of
unusual merit this year, is by Edward
Bliss Reed of Holvoke. Mass. Mr.. Reed
has been II member of the Lit. and
| Record boards during his course and
has displayed great literary talent.
| At 2 O'Clock in the afternoon the
| class histories will be read on
| The compus of Thomas Frederick Davies
of Detroit Albert Nelson Cheney Fow-
| lcr of Glen Falls, n. V, Arthur Judson
| of Montclair. N. j.. and Edward Bliss
Reed of Holyoke. Mass, 1t is much to
be regretted that, owing to the death of
his mother. Mr.. Ralph ID, Paine will be
| unable to read his class history. A large
| number of men from the class will have
| to be left out on this account, as the
other historians have too much on their
hands.
| The class day committee of '94 is L.
r. Stillman. n. s. Wallcott. ir.. II. Eaton.
| Litchworth smith, William Ii. Sallman.
| Directly after the reading of the class
histories the iyv will be planted, attend
ed with the customary ceremony and
| The singing of the iyy ode. At 4 o'clock
| the anniversary exercises of the Yale
| law school will be held in Center church.
The address to the graduating class will
be delivered by Ex-Governor William Z.
Russell of Massachusetts. A brilliant
address is assured. The public are cor
diaIlv invited to attend.
The Townsend prize speaking by three
members of the graduating class will
follow, after which the meeting of the
Yale Law School Alumni association
will be held in the common pleas court
| room.
| At s O'Clock the anniversary exercises
of the Sheffield scientific school will be
held in North Sheffield hall, and at 8
| O'Clock the senior promenade will take
| place in Alumni hall.
| On Tuesday at $50 a. m. the annual
business meeting of the alumni will be
held in Alumni hall. The polls will be
omen in the University library from 10
to I o'clocl5 for the election of a MEM
ber of the corporation to take the place
Of Dr Cbauncev M. Depey. '56. whose
term expires this year. At IL o'clock
the address in medicine will be delivered
bv DIR. William ~. Lusk of New York.
At3 O'Clock the Yale-Harvard COM
| meucemeut week ball game will take
Mace. and the clee and banjo clubs con-
cert will he held at the Hyperion at 5
| O'Clock in the evening.
| Following the concert the senior ger.
man will be held in Alumni hall. Re-
unions of the classes of IA. 40. '54 80.
"a 80 '74 10. '84 ,SS and 81 will be
held this same evening at various places
in the city.
| On "Wednesday at Ga. m. the pro-
cession of the graduating class will form
ut the library and proceed to Center
church where the diplomas will be
awarded to candidates for the degrees
of A.B.. LII, B., Ph. B., and M. D., all
of whom are required to be present in
nerson. except they are specially ex-
cused The Townsend orations will also
be delivered by six members of the
senior class in competition for the De-
Forest prize medal. At 2:3O p. m. the
annual alumni dinner will be held at
Alumni hall and from to IL O'Clock
the nresident,s reception will be held in
the art school
The freshmen triangularrace between
vale Harvard and columbia is also
down for 5:3O D, m, on this day. and the
race between the Yale and Harvard
varsity crews and the Yale-Harvard
Yacht race occurs at II o'clock on the
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