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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10
OBITUARY..

THE REV. DIR. J. BRECKENRlDGE GIBSON.
Tho Pev DR. J. Breckenridge Gibson. who died
NJ Wiamsbrdge on Sunday was one or the Well
novo educators In this section OF the country. ana
a, efficient able and conscientious clergyman or the
En,scopal Church In America. For twenty-five
wars no was the rector OF st. Johns School. sing
c,rr ~ Y an institution from which many ropTe-
ssntatIve New-York and others throughout
the country have been graduated. and these many
"od BOYS" Will be panied TO learn OF the death OF
ther much beloved principal. DIR. Gibson lived for
,Is school and for tho welfare Of his boys ana MS
itfe was a beautiful example OF the Christian ard
the man Two years ago he retired from his school
and for tho last year ne had given his services TO
Or Ceorees Church. Williamsbrldge. where he died
from apopleay. at the funeral OF parishioner
DIR Gibson was born In Trenton. ~ j., in 1874.
and came from Knckerbocker stock being lineal
descendant OF Governor Peter Stuyvesant. lie was
graduated from Princeton College and the General
Theological Seminary. being ordained to the priest
hood I'm Is47 He In charge successfully az ST.
Johns Church. Cohoes n. Y: Church Of the Holy
Innocents Highland Falls n. Y: the Church at
Haverstraw ~ Y, and Bethesda Church. Sara
toga Springs, -. Y. Just prior 10 the last-named
charge nc was rector Of Burlington College. Bur
linaton ~ j. In 1869 ne assumed the control or ST.
Johns School Sing Sing. n. Y. succeeding Colonel
Marlborough Churchill and there for twenty-five
wears he labored INCREASINGLY In the work which re-
suited in sending forth hundreds OF wel-tra!ned
and educa ted boys ready for college life and buSi-
ness pursuits lie was loved BY his boys. his fam
fly and his friends. Ills death ended career re-
plete with good and useful works, the influence or
which VIII DO carried through life By the many
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DEAF AND DUMB GRADUATES.

~IsTING EXERCISES IN THE SIGN LANGUAGE
AT THE INSTITUTION
skventy-eighth annual commencement Of the
h'ork Institution for the Instruction Of the
d. ana Dumb took place yesterday morning In
~ slspel Of the institution. at Northumberland
- ''hiro-st. and Eleventh-ave There were six
"aaua'es. including girls and boys. The day
To-, WIN the ceremony Of raising the flag, per-
49, oy company OF cadets. Breakfast fol-
a. ana after three horrs' recreation the visit
- -0'e than one thousand two hundred In num-
.,... assembled in the chapel. The graduating
gnss were conducted by the principal. Enoch
op.as currier The Rev. Samuel Virgin made the
',salns prayer.
ns,, exercises In which the deaf mutes took
ton ssn with Illustrations Of art instruo-
The , NeAt class Of nine young women reclted
hn..,sm' The Ring and the Rose" In the sign
las-- with a vocal accompaniment by the
nm SISTERS quartet. Miss Nellie Eugenia Lori
men, - OF Major Lorigan Of the 9th Regi-
dress ~ v. N Y, delivered the salutatory ad-
LORE "e an essay on THE Ideal Woman" Miss
isf.n. 'ecame deaf before learning to talk In her
Ia ~. During her studies at the institute she
hsr sda..a 10 enunciate perfectly and delivered
rectns.. and essay with such precision and cor
her M. sHa. one unacquainted with the facts OF
prfncs.sr you'd rever suspect her afnction.
Sarrisr accompanied Miss Lorigan trans
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,auns ,he address into the sign language Miss
oaiah b. freeman read essay on The Art OF
I.eaohs IN the same manner and Miss Bertha
A. opahh followed with essay on the Culinary
hr" The hymn, Lead. Kindly Light" was reclted
IN Signs by class OF girls with a vocal accompani-
ineht. An essay on The Value to the Deaf of Nil
ltary Drill was read by John Henry Kaiser Orris
behSor~S>A.f dumb and blind boy. recited in the
sign language.
herman Lamm delivered the valedictorv address
ana an essay on THE Advantages of Outdoor
sports The hymn mo EVIL Shall Befau Thee"
Was irctcd In signs with vocal accompaniment and
then Principel Currcr read the report Of tho an
nuai examination, and announced the names Of the
graduates ana prize winners The dial rIbution Of
prizes ana diplomas by Mr. Currier followed In
nsr was served at o'clock ana afterward inc Doo rd
year. ~ "''o"'"eu ioi '"o
The graduates are follows: EIght-year course
.ohn A. i,;ncin OF Roxbury y. Y; fci Ellis ir
OF Ehenville n, Y; Ralph Lawton, of Sugartown'
ue enc Jon9 m E LSsey Of Port Jeryis y Y; Henry
horK Eity; John j. Winbon. OF Nassau ~ Y.
Supplementary course-John Campheu ~ Davtot
Ohio; Samuel VI. Cocks. OF Oyster Ray. Long Isl
ana; Villain Co,wel. Of Albany; Herman Lamn,
Josephine kurz and Ellen McCatty, OF BROOKLYN
ana Eva llnch; OF Schenectady. y. Y.
Hign cass-NelNe Eugena Lorigan. Miss Lori
gan successfully passed the examination for en-
trance TO the Gallaude; College for Deaf Mutes in
Washington, u. c.. and Will begin in that inst,t-
tloh al Inc beginning of the term.
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FUNERAL or AUSTIN CORBIN.
MANY WELLKNOwN BUSINESS MEN IN AT
TENDANCE-GIFrS or FLOWERS
FROM EMPLOYEES.

Austin Corbn was buried at noon yesterday In
Wocdawn. The funeral services at 81. BaTtho!o-
news Church preceded by prayers al the
house No i25 Fifth-ave where the body o. the dead
man had lain ever since 1; was brough, 10 this city
from his summer home at Newport. y. H. on Sat
urday nignt St Bartholomev's Church at Madison
ave- and Ffty-fourth-st we've filed 20 ihc doors By
o'clock, the hour set for the serV'c"n a"d among
the crowd were many Of New-icTH's most prom
inent business ana professional men. more than
few Of whom had been at tine or another actu-
ally associated with Mr.. Corb!n in the various en-
ierpriscs In which he was interested
Among these men were Daniel Lord. Russell sage
Henry Maxwell Ex-Governor Cornell. Wh.tclaw
Reid. c. Z. Huntington. W. g. DAVIS, w. O. Bos-
worth, Mayor Gleason OF Long Island City; l.. J..
Rice. August Belmont Chauncey NJ. Depew. ex-
Mayor Abram s. Hewitt w. Bayard Cutting. J. IL.
Breslln John ID. Crimmns. Albert Allen, Henry
Clews. f. r. Bacon. II. y. Vreeland. g. ". Quin-
tard. Colonel William L. Brown. Colonel Alfred
Wagstan. Elisha Dyer. IT,; William Haines and
william Fahnestock. The directors OF the Long
Island Railroad and many or lis employees were
also IN Attendance.
1t was Just after 10 o'clock when the coffin con
tanning Mr.. Corbins body covered with roses and
lilies OF the valley borne up the main aisle OF
the church to the chancel which was almost filled
with roses palms lilies Of tho valley and orchids
The Corhn Banking Company. nearly every en-
poye Of which present, contributed 70 the ma IS
Of flowers huge wreath several ieea across ip
Tonr leland Railroad many OF whora were IN at
tendance, sent a cross Of white roses while other
emnioyes added a big wreath. wherein the wore
..PrpeeiSen," appeired These and scores Of othei
oa pieces filed he church VIII fTa ,S
Eo,sconal Church The officiating clergyman was
Bishop Williams Of coInecufHt' R wns a ,ns
The music was under the direction OF H. W. war
rem who played the proc ana IA sRt er
The immediate members OF Mr. Corblns fa miss
o,eaen, were Mrs Corbn. Austin Corbin. j.. MI
tenn,c Corbln ana George S. Edgel. MI uorp pm,
son-in-law The pshearers were as ;bnndler Si
n ma5erIck Cameron General Beniamln f. ITacy
Charles NJ Pratt j. Rogers r, na XIV W 4 Ken
dali. H., 49, hodx yc,s taken 10 the Grand
cn,ra, Station paced in special car anu ~ ~.
veyed TO Woodawn. where the bnriai lou" p''''
nrivafeX
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PostoMce Notice.

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Except those FOR West Australia which are forwarded
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Trars acihe nails forwarded TO port Of sailing daily
schedule OF closing arranged the presumption
OF their uninterrupted overland transit Registered mai
CHARLES W DAYTON, Posmastsa
postofics Nsw-York. N. T.. June 4 1900 lfe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10
WILLIAM A. IRE.

William A. IRE, president OF the Board OF Trade
Of Newark ~ J.. died at $50 O'Clock las night at
his house, Thrteenth-ave. and South Seventh-st'
Newark after ,ong Illness resulting from can
Ger. lie was one OF the propretors OF The Newark
Sunday Call" Mr.. IRE was born on April .. 1879
at West Farms y. Y. OF poor parents when
eighteen years Old he went West and worked on
farm In Nebraska In 1853 he returned, and aiter
a few years in Washington ard this city he became
a reporter for The Newark Journal He was
afterward business manager OF 1.-The Newark Morn
Ing Register" and in 1872 with James ochecK ne
bought THE Sunday Call" then worthless prop
ertv which in few years became exceedingly prof
table He became a member Of the Newark BoaTd
OF Trade and was elected president IN isyf re
aiso served as a member OF the State Reformatory
Commission by appointment Of Goyernor We 5,t
Mr. TIRE leaves a wife ard two children. IN, Inc
tha
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10
CLASS DAY AT NASSAR.
uycrsEs on THE CAMPUS AND ABOUT TIL
rPEE-A CONCERT AND RECEPTION IN
TIE EVENING.

rvrrsrS on THE CAMPUS AND ABOUT THE
rpEE-A CONCERT AND RECEPTION IN
TIE EVENING
pougbkeepse, " Y. June (SpecaD.-The class
Az srsrcses OF the class OF sc OF Vassar College
,,rs held on the campus this afternoon. seats
v,,s arranged for 800 people, including iriehds
,,,ha graduates and many alumnae. who were at
,,dns their class reunions. The senior CLASS
,unhered 100 and In accordance with a motion
,assed early in the year all dressed In hiSn-
r.eked wash gowns. mostly organizes. instead OF
the elaborate silks and sat.ns worn by former
,lasses The exercises consisted Of an address OF
Welcome BY the class president. Mary Noxon san
ders Of New-York who introduced the historian
Jesse Bell Hart. OF Englewood, y. D. MISS nd. :
raye sketch Of the history q the class rom l,s
heshman days to the present time Al , sew. ~
POINTS She turned TO the class and asked them 10
s.ng some song which had been associated with
the occurrence or period just spoken OF. ,.,
4 double quartet then sang after when LuC!
Xadieva. OF Washington. gave a snort oratioh on
The class motto. "Whatsoever Things Are NobIe.
snd Lillian F Collins of Syracuse, gave the tree
Grafton, ending with the charge TO the JUNIORS ana
The handing down OF the spade with when Mattne"
yassar broke ground for the college bui!dlnss IN
June 1861 and which has figured on class day ever
sace The junior reply 70 the charge was MAD
hy Sarah E. Dudley The class records and crest
were then buried beneath the tree. each senior
casting in handful Of earth ana the class song,
v,tten by Corneia Kinkead. was SUNG.
TIE Class Day Committee were Mabel J. Welton.
Remodel Della Marquarjt Anna Sill and Eliza
beth Mailman. Julia D. Hill was marshal In the
evening the Cles Club gave a concert, and DR.. and
Mrs Taylor he'd reception in the college parlors
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OBITUARY NOTES.

Catshili n Y. June 9.-Hcnry q. Hill. cashier OF
the Catsk.l Bank died at his home in this village
on lime q after q short illness. ie was born IN
this village where his life was spent For over
nfty years he had been connected with the Catskl
Bank as clerk teller and for nearly thirty years
It's cashier lie was a weil-known business man, Ok
s.or.ing honesty and integrity mcNlst ana uhAs-
sunlng N manner. ard respected by all VINO Ehs"
HIM IL, leaves WIDOW and one son.
porti,rl Nc June Edward II. Elyell. OF tbs
city, G!sd In Weld yesterday o, Rrishts d'sease
IL was 4 son OF the late T.. H. Elwe. OF The
Portland Transcript" lie was graduated from the
Maine state College In 1857. He was on Tie editorial
staff OF The Transcript" and later member OF
the staT o. the Press" where he employed
az me time OF his death. lie had written many
maeaz!ne and special articles. and hal travelled
extensively IN Europe and America.
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over whom he exercised his careful ana loving
guardianship.
In his church work DR.. Gibson acquired repu.,
struggling parishes During his life ne held many
offices in the church. among them being Dean Gnnr Oh
Westchester County and trustee or the tencras
theological Seminary. He received the degree or
s: r b, from ST.. Stephens COLLEGE, AnnahaMaiI ss
y. Y. DR.. Gibson leaves a widow, who WAS MISS
Frances p Wood. OF New-York. and two children
b. stuyyesant Gibson and Mrs Ralph bTa BRA 4,
OF Sing Sing. Funeral services Will be held AZ 81
Georges Church. williamsburg, to-day, az Z;io'
The 'old boys" Of st. Johns School ana VI ZIP
sons former pupils at Burlington College are IN
vited by Mrs. Gibson to attend the funeral
DR.. Gibson had been III with malaral fever lor
some time and had not recovered when he was re-.
quested to 90 to the house Of Thomas Doane, ABOUT
a mile from tho rectory. and conduct Mr.. Doane 5
funeral. Many persons had gathered at Mr;
Doanes house when the rector and his wife arrived
there. DR.. Gibson seized with an attack OF
fairtness he was rObinS himself for the ser,
vice Although physician was in the house ana
did everything IN his power to aid the rector, Ut.
Gibson died In two hours. Another clergyman
was called conduct the funeral services over the
body OF Mr.. Doane before the body OF Dr. gibson
removed from the house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10
THE TpJRUNE SUITS THEM BEST.

Nsw.Haven. Conn. June s.-The annuai iaie
,"a,. -, the academic department was pup
lsbcT to-day. It's editors were Philip H. A,1r", u
Walpole Mass and Fred II. Matthew'S Oh a.
toro. Me- Dean II. p. Wright IS vo'ea '"s .,,or
po'o' wy" - mr. W + Phelps the favoritc tutor
, 49, .,as.ntest member Of the faculty. lroies-
sor Adams Is voted the broadest-mnded member o.
the faculty. Six members of the class are engaged
Whist Is the favorltc class game. Beer ~ ''o 10.
yorte class drink. Joe Jefferson IS 'he iaso,,o
actor and the Rev DR.. Mackenzie OF Harvard INV
So~,,n rr.achnr or the class 17G arc church mem
bers nsty-sIx being Congrcsatonasts aga i penuS
four Presbyterians. The class com,ai ttbree Hug
wumps. Twenty members OF the class have pala
their own way through college. s'm oy-d Tho "a
glasses The EeW-York Tribune IS voteu thc 10
vorte metropolitan newspaper ,y thew
hers OF the class will study law. TweiVe s'S 80
are determined 10 be President Of the Unted STATES
Eighty WILL 20 Into business
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10
PENNSYLVANIA'SG GRADUATES.
DEGREES CONFERRED on lss sTUDENTs-RAIN
INTERPRETERS WITH THE PARADE

DEGREES CONFERRED on ISIS STUDENTS-RAIN
INTERPRETERS WITH THE PARADE
Philadelphia. June 9-The 10th commencement
OF the University Of Pennsylvania for comforting
degrees In arts. science, laws and philosophy was
heid to-day IN the Academy OF Music. The audi
forum was hled when the exercises began, and
the scene as the faculty and students entered clad
In their new academic costumes. was an imposing
one The graduates and 600 students assembled at
the university preparatory to marching to the
Academy OF Music, when rain began falling and
the parade abandoned
number of prominent persons were seated on
the stage. among them being Provost Harrison, Of
the university; Mayor Warwick. Judges Hanna and
Ihayer. City Treasurer Oellers. District Attorney
Graham. DR.. George w: A.herson Of the pennsyl-
van!a State College. and others
Degrees were conferred by Provost Harrison upon
lS graduates and certificates of proficiency were
granted TO fortyt students who have taken par
tial courses. The following honorary degrees were
conferred:
Master>of Science Professor Henry Wilson Spang-
Ter, Doctor CT Divinity. the Rev Lewis Fitzgerald
Benson. the Rev. Robert Graham; Doctor Of Laws
Professor Charles Janeway Stle. Martin Russell
Thayer and Professor j. Peter Lesley.
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AT ST MARYs SCHOOL IN GARDEN CITY.


THE YOUNG WOMEN GRADUATES CARRY OUT AN
INTERESTING COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMME.
Everything combined yesterday 10 make the com
menceneni exercises OF the Cathedral School OF 81.
Mary, at Garden City. Long Island. charming ard
attractive. June furnished one OF her rarest days
10Y the occasion Garden City, with its magnificent
Cathedral Of the incarnation, stands monument
to the generosity Of the late A. T. Stewart. and IT
Is in this lovely spot that St. Mary's soAooi has
teen located under the care Of a committee OF
which Bishop Littletohn. OF Long Island. is the
presiding officer The school enjoys tho advantages
q The same endowment as the cathedral. and con-
as;s q large and commodious building standing
upon handsome and well-kept grounds.
The closing exercises Of the school were held yes
tEiay In the Casino. the stage Of which had been
hvshy decorated with palms. evergreens and roses
On the stage with Miss Elizabeth l.. Koucs the
principal, were the Rev. Samuel Cox, chairman OF
ns School Committee: the Rev Spencer 5. Roche,
a Brooklyn. and the Rev. Canon Bryon The pro-
FAMINE was long one. in which all who partici-
,a!ed acquitted themselves with great credit. A
te;eeab.e feature was the singing by the glee CLUB
II the school, The salutatory address was given
" Miss Edith l. Hunt. Miss Es,elie W. Nixon
rad an essay on Harmony" and Miss Mary r.
koodworth gave the results Of her study on "Aroi-
laton." The yeled.ctoIlan Of tie Class was Miss
'aha B. Sawyer A selection tho plano was
vel played by Quartette consisting Of the Misses
hayes Kimball Mclaughlin aud Poole MISS
sarah Johnson, Of the class OF 81. had composed a
'ehool song. which the entire school sang as
eaosua The chorus ran as follows
Oh the blue and the white forever.
Hurrah for ihc blue and the white.
: No other girls clever.
As the girls Ct the bIue and white
.le ADDRESS before the graduating class was gwen
~ vac rev. Spencer s. Roche. who paid glowing
INV 70 The higher education OF woman. lie SAID
,A s'. ~asa difference between the new woman and
hsd nv noy-i f. woman. The new woman was one who
MAJ 49,. Aited 10 a higher plane OF usefulness ana
hsd tes,eT able 10 perform her work than she ever
soSn en before In the absence OF Bishop Little
Rev ne presentation OF diplomas was made by the
S cs, Manuel Cox dean of the Cathedral The fol-
hrssss, receive, reeve prizes Miss julia r. Sawyer. for
scholarship; Mary II. Osborn for facility IN
~ go what enc had learned, and William Rob
nm, -" EDWARD Townsend in the primary depart
oSss. me graduating class consisted OF the fol-
ksns Miss Julia r. Sawyer Miss Mary H. Os-
Mo- "ns Edith J. Hunt and Miss Estelle w.
csssons those present were Lotion Hunt. Mayor
M ~. o; Utica; Mrs. Allen, OF Washington; Mr..
~; MA MA "; Il; Mott. DR.. and Mrs. Charles Pardee
Eis j. 3. WeiheT.
snx%nlng the exercises in the casino lawn party
xs,s ven on the schoo. grounds and luncheon was