The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-25
HARVARD COMMENCEMENT.
Degree of Bachelor of Arts Given to 30
 Graduates.

IttSEee Ol bdcne1Or O1 AfIS Glten to oSO
 Graduates.
 Cambridge, Mass, June 24.-To-day was commencement at Harvard. The program contained no new features worthy of note. The rule as to punches has forever shut out that old-time aux Hilary of the festivities and the literary exercises and awarding of diplomas were held with the same dignitied and impressive formality that has charac- terized hundreds of other Harvard commencement days.
 The literary exercises were held at 10:3O o'clock in Sanders theater. At 9:30 o'clock the seniors and candidates for other degrees assembled in front of Hollis hall. At the same time the over- seers and corporation with the presi- dent and faculties of all departments met at Massachusetts hall for the time honored custom of welcoming the chief magistrate of the commonwealth and the sheriffs of Suffolk and Middlesex counties.
 Acting Governor Wolcott and staff came out in carriages escorted by the Lancers, who marched back to Boston as soon as the governor had been well comed by the university officers.
 Then, with the Germania band in front and the undergraduates guests officers and graduates of the university in order behind, the procession march ed to Sanders theater.
 The exercises here were on the same plan as in previous years. The com mencement speakers and their subjects were as fololws
 Latin oration and salutatory, George Henry Chase; disquisition, Arthur Che ney Train, Has Harvard College Ira ditions"'; disquisition, William Aims wirth Parker, 'The First Commence ment;" disertation, John Gorham Pal frey, "The Reaction Against the Clas- sics;" oration, Raymond Macdonald Alden, of the graduate school "Philol- ogy and Life;" oration, Philip Henry Savage of the graduate school, Two tAlItI tCtl tulllOIS, Di dtiOll, IltIil y McCabe Bowling, of the Law scnool, Ethics of the Law
 Following these came the presenta- tion of degrees by President Eliot, who addressed the candidates in Latin. The 1 degrees in course haing been disposed of, the president announced the names of those upon whom had been conferred honorary degrees by vote of the over | seers earlier in the morning. This ended the days exercises. The graduates scattered to their class rooms l to meet old chums at the various ] spreads. The Alumni association met l for business at 10 o'clock, ard at 2.St o'clock the commencement dinner was in progress in Memorial hall. The list of those obtaining degrees briefly summarized is as follows: There are 396 bachelors of arts az | against 363 last year; 29 bachelors ot 1 science, bachelors of agricultural sci 1 ehce; 13 doctors of veterinary medi- cine; 22 doctors of dentistry; S5 doctor; of medicine, 35 of whom received the degree Cum Laude; 16 doctors of medi | cine, who have taken the three years course; 104 bachelors of la ", IT of when ! IGCelNSu lllC dtB CC CuII icstIIs II 1 bachelors of divinity; 98 masters O
 arts; IS doctors of philosophy; ont
 special student not emitted to degree receiving a certificate of work done.
 No less than 15S ra3etved honorable I mention for excelling in certain speci 1 fled branches of study varying iron l Greek to chemistry.
 | Highest honors signify that the re- 1 cipient has done almost perfect worl ! in his special branch. Honors signify z little less perfect degree of attainment l Seventeen received highest honors ir l special branches. For general excel | Ience there are three ciasses of the de. 1 grees of A. B., with distinction. Tht l highest, Summa Cum Laude, was con. | ferred on six men for general excel | Ience; one for the highest honors 1T special branches; and on two for botf l reasons.
 The second degree with distinction l Magma Cum Laude, was given to 5 l Eighty the next degree O 1 Cum Laude and the rest of the clas:
 had to be content with plain ungar
 nished degree.