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

ton, members Of the faculty and old alumni formed in line in front of the library at 10 o'clock
 Thence the procession, headed by the Second regiment band and Sheriff Spie- gel, marched by tWos out through the Phelps arch, thence to College street, down across the green to Center church and back to Osborne hall entering the campus through the Vanderbilt arch and up the classic walk to Bat.el. Hlra the candidates opened their ranks ard stood with uncovered heads while the corporation, faculty and invited guests passed into the chapel through the west door. The graduates entered by the southwest door.
 The procession was picturesque in the extreme, the long lines of black goWned candidates extending in an un- broken line the whole distance from the Phelps arch to Osborn hall. Pro lessor Schwab was chief marshal; pro- fessors Of the various departments headed the candidates for degrees from their respective departments. Among these was Captain Petit, in full uni- form and wearing his sword, at the head of the Sheffield candidates.
 THE CLASS OF SIXTY SIX.
 A very pleasant feature of the re- union of the class of '66 was the recep- tion given the class and their ladies by w. w. Farnam, Yale's treasurer at his beautiful home, the event occurring just after the ball game. Sixty-siX was well represented at its reunion, as out of class of ninety-fiVe members fifty two were present. Quite number of the class had their ladies with them at the reception. The class supper served by Sherry of New York, $10 a plate, at the Lawn club house, was the most epic urean and elaborate of the many class suppers this year. Tho floral decora- tions were lovely. The whole expense was not less than $1 ,00O. Among the old comrades present was George Holt, a prominent lawyer of New York city, His wife, who is with him, is a daugh- ter of the late Henry c. Bowen, famous in his long connection with the New York Independent. MT Holt was class orator of '66 and his oration was one of the finest class orations ever given at Yale and excited the admiration of all who heard it as an impressive and finished effort. Fred" Judson, for many years past a prominent man of St. Louis, was also present. He was class valedictorian. Also present were eX-Postmaster Ed Bennett of Hart ford. one of the famous winning crew of 66 John M. Hall of this city, vice president of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad, a finished speaker and gifted and popular man, whose address at the Yale alumni meeting was a fine effort and one of the most interesting features of the oc- casion. Also present were Lowell Hall, a lawyer of Middletown, Conn, MT. Lewis, superintendent of schools in Chi cago; Judge Brown of the New York supreme court, who was made a Doc tor of Laws by Yale yesterday and was therefore obliged to receive several rounds of enthusiastic applause led by his classmates with vim. The gifted and scholarly Professor Ed. Y Hincks of Andover; our highly esteemed townsman and highly successful phy sician, Dr. s. H. Chapman; also G. w. Young of Chicago were present; and last, but not least, our townsman, pr. Austin B Fuller, whose son graduated from old Yale this year. as his daddy" did thirty years ago. An absence much regretted was that of genial Tom" Hedges, the wit of his class, who was one of the scientifically minded under grads, who one November night when a meteOric shower came on assisted Professor Newton to take observations of the starry worlds and the said shower from the little chamber in the top of the city hall tower and who while the professor was absorbed with the stars obtained a view of mysterious glimmering lights in the upper win dows of a neighboring boarding school and of sundry fair damsels in des- habille and who, like them were star gazing, wholly innocent of the prying eyes from the neighboring tower. Six tv-Six'' has ever been a Wide-awake class and very large percentage of it is alive and kicking to-day and holding places of note and responsibil- ity Quite party of the class had their headquarters at the Graduates club room and compared notes therein between the Yale events of the day yesterday.
 THE PORTER PRIZE.
 One of the happy events of com mencement was the winning of the John A. Porter university prize, the most important prize at Yale, by Win throp E. Dwight son of President Dwight MT Dwight was graduated in the academic class of '93 and is a mem- Der of this years graduating class in the Law school MT Dwight was picked as one of the men most likely to win this honor when it was known that he was in the competition. The antlci- patton was based on his former record in prize winning, some of the best scalps of Yale already hanging at his belt. The Porter prize is open to stu dents of all departments of the unlVer- sity It is of the value of $25O and was founded in 1872 by the Kingsley Trust association Scroll and Key society,".
 CLASS OF '46 REUNION.
 A reunion of the Yale class of '46 was held Thursday evening at the residence of J. M. B. Dwight at 51 Hillhouse ave- nue There are now living tWenty-eight members of the class. and of these seV- enteen were present at the reunion, in stead of only four as was stated by an evening paper yesterday. Among those present at the reunion were eX-Con- gressman s. w. Kellogg of Waterbury, F. J. Kingsbury of Waterbury, cX- Governor Henry B. Harrison, Daniel. Healey of New York and c. H. Trasl of New York