The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-14
YALE UNIVERSITY NOTES.
DETAILS IN REGARD TO CO1LALENCE-
MENT DAY.


The appended notice was distributed
among the seniors yesterday. A short
meeting of the senior academic class
was held in Al Osborn hall yesterday af-
ternoon at o'clock and Mr. schwab ex-
planned the order of the proceedings and
the share the class of '95 would have in
them. The notice is as follows:
Procession-The candidates for de-
grees will form on the college campus,
along the walk running from Alumni
hall to Vanderbilt, in the following
order: A. BIS, with the head in front of
Alumni hall; Phi. BIS, with the head
opposite the Pierson statue; LII. BIS,
opposite the central part of the old Ii
brary, and behind them M AS, M. L. S,
d. c. LIS, M. DIS and Phi. DIS. Mem
bers of each group will form in the same
order in which they will be seated in
the chapel, the number of the pew, as
signed to each candidate, being given
out before commencement day.
The corporation, faculty, invited
guests and graduates will follow the
candidates for degrees.
THE procession, after crossing the
through the archway of Vanderbilt
hall, and when the head reaches the
chapel the candidates for degrees will
open ranks and stand uncovered while
the rest of the procession is moving into
the chapel.
Seats-The candidates for degrees
will be grouped as follows: Phi BIS, in
the north side; A. BIS, in the center
aisle, and the pews as far as back as III
in the aisle just south of it; LII. BIS,
M. AS, M. LIS, d. c. LIS, in the south
transept; M. DIS and Phi. DIS, pews
118 to 125.
The remaining seats in the south CEN
ter and south aisles will he occupied by
graduates.
The entire south and west galleries
will be reserved for ladies, as well as,
the gallery of the north transept. Tick
cts to the former will be distributed to
the members of the graduating classes
through their respective class commit
tees or officers, to whom all applications
for tickets should be addressed.
Tickets in the gallery of the north
transept will be at the disposal of the
officers of the university.
Order of ceremonies-The candidates
for each degree will be presented by the
dean or some other officer of the faculty
under which they have studied.
The bachelors diplomas will be re-
ceived by members of the classes espe-
cially selected for this purpose, who,
when called upon, will ascend the stage
from the south side, receive the diplo-
mas from the hands of the president,
and return to their seats. Each of
these men will be responsible for the
parchments entrusted to him, and will
distribute them at the close of the cere-
monies.
The candidates will rise when pre-
sented, and remain standing until their |
representatives have returned to their |
seats.
Candidates for higher degrees will |
receive their diplomas in person from |
the president.
General tnstructions-Ea candidate, |
unless, especially excused, must report |
promptly at 1915 to take part in the |
procession, and must be present in the |
chapel during the morning ceremony. |
He must also return all books taken
from the library and discharge all of
his obligations to the treasurer by Sat
urday, June %, if he is to receive his
diploma on commencement day.
These rules must be strictly complied
with.
COMPARATIVE EXPENSES AT
YALE.
The Yale News of yesterday has the
on the above subject:
The is about the time of year when
the press is filled with editorials and
communications from practical bust
ness men" to the effect that college
education has become so expensive that
Is now out of the reach of all but the
well to do The reason why this pecu-
liar season is chosen by the newspapers
For these uncalled for attacks is doubt
less owing to the fact that it is now
that "class books" are appearing, and
It is upon the contents of these in re-
gard to expenses that pessimistic com
nents are based.
AS we prefer to meet critics on their
own grounds we should like to quote a
'ew statistics from the Nnety-five class
book, and draw some comparisons with
in earlier years. If this is =
lone it will be found-probably to the :
surprise of most undergrad uates-that :,
he average Yale senior of to-day has
pent less in his four years here than
lis predecessors in the year of grace,
SIS. eve would go back more decades
we're statistics obtainable, but no regu-
ar annual compilations were begun t
Until the seventies). The senior class t
wenty years ago spent $500 more per G
apita on their college course than has a
In the same class the most 7
man spent $1,875, while in {
he present senior class at least dozen
nen have kept themselves within this
init for their entire college educate
% show that these figures are not ex- 1
options witness the results for a few
Their years taken entirely at random:
Average for the course, class of Seventy, O
4, 265; class of Seventy -four, "a, 552; class n
f Eighty-four $4,216; class Of Ninety, t.
4 ,239; class of Ninety-five, $3829 T.
1t will be seen from the above that
4 so far as class book figures can be b
there is no reason why G
hey should be less accurate in one case d
han in another-the expenses of the b
verage student at Yale are certainly
OF increasing. o
But the actual conditions are even N