The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-25

Philosophy marched upon the platform in hat and gown with the men of the class, the tumultuous cheering which greeted them did not cease till these plucky young ladies of Yale's recently established co-educational system had taken their seats, their cheeks flushed by the hearty applause, Last year the women graduates did not go upon the platform at all, but this year they fac ed the music, and, except for the fact that they did not tip their their mortar board hats to the president and fel- lows, acted like all other Yale gradu- ates.
 The recipients of the womaRs prizes were also in many instances greeted with hearty applause, and the men of '96 academic nearly went wild when their popular classmate, Anson Phelps Stokes, received the DeForest medal. This is the most valuable medal given at Yale, it being worth one hundred dollars,
 When President Dwight read the de- cision of the judges unanimously awarding the John A. Porter prize to his son, Winthrop Dwight, the cheers were so hearty that they brought the blush of emotion to the face of the president.
 Several honorary degrees were con- ferred, and all the recipients of these honors were presented by Professor George P. Fisher, who gave a brief summary of the work which each of the recipients had done, which made the honor fitting, as follows; H. w. Wolcott
 I have the honor to present to you for the degree of Master of Arts, to be conferred by your official act, Hen " Roger Wolcott of Colorado. In the war of the rebellion MT Vol colt served for time in the Union army, enlistlng as volunteer at the age of seventeen The son of an honorary gr duate of Yale, he -rr.es to the state of his adoption warm attachment to this university. The graduates of Col orado unite in the request that one who is so closely affiliated with them in spirit may be enrolled as a member of the brotherhood.
 John La Farge.
 l have the honor to present to you for the degree of Master of Arts, in ab- sence, John La Farge. an artist learned in his profession and a master in sev- eral departments of art. From the be- ginning of his career he has been dis tinguished both as a brilliant colorist, and for the ideal and imaginative qual- ity which he has infused into his works.
 Judge W. H. Hunt. I have the honor likewise to present to you, in absence, for the Degree of Master of Arts. the Hon. William II, Hunt associate judge of the supreme court of Montana Having entered the class which graduated at this universi. ty in 1878. he was compelled by fafl- ure of health to leave it, and in 1879 es- tablished himself as q lawyer at He lena. where he attained marked sue cess in his profession.
 After being a member of the legisla- tive assembly of Montana and of the first constitutional convention, and at torney general Of the territory, he was | twice elected as judge of the district court of the state, and was finally ap- pointed to his present office
 The degree of M. A. was also con ferred on Captain Theodore A. Bing- ham, corps of engineers, Y. S. A. Rev H. Van Dyke. I have the honor to present to you | for the degree of Doctor of Divinity | Rev Henry Van Dyke, pastor of the Brick Presbyterian church in the city of New York
 | Dr. Van Dyke was graduated at the | College of New Jersey in 1873, and three years later, at the Princeton Theologi- cal seminary. After pursuing his stud | ies in Berlin, he became a minister al | Newport. and in 1882 assumed his pres ent pastoral office. His instructive and eloquent discourses in the pulpit have been heard with uncommon interest and profit wherever they have been de | livered, and nowhere with deeper satis- faction than at Yale and Princeton and at Harvard where he was for two years one of the university preachers At Harvard and Princeton he has al. ready received the doCtorate of divini. ty Beyond the circle of theology Dr Van Dyke has manifested his versatil- ity and the breadth of his culture by occasional productions in verse and by attractive writings on themes of ar and poetry.
 Rev D. w. Learned.
 I have the honor to present to you for the degree of Doctor of Divinity in absence, Reverend Dwight Whitney | of 1870, who also, three years later, re- ceived here the degree of Ph. D. Fol more than twenty years MT. Learned has been a missionary of the American | Board in Japan, and for nearly all thi!
 time g. professor in the Doshisha insti tuition, which has now risen to the rank of a university. With this flourishins seminary of learning Mir. Learned ha' been connected from it's beginning. H. has published in the Japanese tongue { history of the church, commentaries CT
 the books of the New Testament. anC defences of the authenticity of the gos
 pels, together with a text book of 'Po litical Economy By these useful pub
 lications, as well as by other kindred services, he has rendered good servict
 to the cause of Christian education.
 Theodore Bacon.
 I have the honor to present to you
 for the degree of Doctor of Laws, The
 odOre Bacon of Rochester, New York
 MT. Bacon received his early trainin!
 in the schools of New Haven and in tn
 household of a father whose talent
 r1-ora cn brilliant and varied that dail'