The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-25
THE CLOSING DAYS AT YALE
FEATURES OF COMMENCEMENT At
THE UNIVERSITY,

Class Day Exercises on Saturday and Mon
day-President Dwight's Baccalaureate
Sermon sunday-AnnivOrsaryE Exercises
of Medical and Law SchooIs-Class Re
unions and Other Features.
The exercises of commencement week
began yesterday with the competition
for the DeForest prize medal for pub
lie speaking,
Tomorrow will occur the class day
exercises of the Sheffield Scientific
school at 1890 in the morning. An
amphitheater will be erected at the cor
ner of Hillhouse avenue and Grove
street. where the reading of the class
histories will take place. The commit
tee in charge consists of r. A. Hickok,
chairman; E. H. Brewer, J. NJ. Gerard,
w. o. d. Cox, jr., and II. M. Ingraham,
and the following programme has been
Iarranged:
Song-"Heres to Good Old Yale"
Glass History. SOL Branch Cerf
Song-"Dear Old Yale"
Glass History. George Hamilton Finn
Song-"Amici."
Glass History 80. Robert Carr Lanprler
Song-"Eli Yale"
Glass History ........ Reuben Hitchcock
Glass History. Walter Scott Cameron
At the conclusion of the exercises the
class song, written by Walter Scott
Cameron, will be sung to the tune Of
"Integer Vitae" In the afternoon the
annual reception and dance rendered by
the governing board of the Sheffield
Scientific school to the graduating class
will be held from 4 until 7. Two rooms
in Winchester hall have been set apart,
one for receiving and the other for
dancing, both of which will be supplied
with electric fans to keep them as cool
as possible The following will COM
pose the committee representing the
governing board: Professor Charles S.
Hastings. Charles B. Richards, Thomas
r. Lounsbury, William Q. MiXter and
Henry w. Farnam; representing the
class, j. w. Best, chairman; E. H.
| Brewer, P. D. Mills, b. w. Kountze and
| w. S. Cameron Two thousand invita-
| tons have been issued.
| The baccalaureate sermon will be de-
| livered this year by President Dwight
| in Battell chapel on Sunday morning,
June q, at half-past 10 o'clock.
| At II O'Clock in the morning of Mon
day, June %, the presentation exercises
| of the graduating class of the academic
department will take place in Battell
| chapel. The class Grafton will be de-
| livered by Charles Heitler Studinski
and the class poem by Robert Lewis
Munger.
| At 2 o'clock will be held the annua,
class day exercises of the senior class
| of the academic department. Seats
will be erected in the form of a quad
rangle on the campus between Lyceum
and North college. The senior class
will occupy the enclosure and the visit
ors the raised seats. The committee ii
charge is Dean Sage, jr., chairman; G
C. Brooke, L. IIinkey, c. E. Heffelflng
er and E. E. Garrison, and the follow
ing program has been arranged:
Song-"Bingo.''
History-Charles Brandebury Dc
| Camp.
Song-''Stand to Your Glasses Steady
History-Charles Parmly Day.
Song-"Bright College Years"
f1lSIOTy-ln 0IldS LuulOW SIdIhe.
| Song--"Eli Yale
| History-Sumner Kamble Gerard.
Later the class ivy will be planted
| The ivy committee consists of c. r
| Hemenway, chairman; c. e. Thoma:
and D. Del. Hamilton, and at the close
of the exercises the ivy Ode,' writer
| by Victor Sutro, will be sung to th'
tune of "Integer Vitae"
Al o'clock in the evening the senior
| promenade will take place in Alumni
hall. Invitations have been issued tt
the number of three hundred. Thu
programme contains twenty-four mum
bers, the waltz and two-step in alter
nation, and five extras The prone
made committee consists of F. M. eros
by, chairman; William B. Darrach
floor manager; Walter L. Goodwin
Ebenezer Hill, jr. Albert r. Judd jr.
James r. Judd, James !. Lineaweaver
Amos r. e. Pinchot and James p. Saw
year
At / o'clock the annual meeting o
the Yale Law School Alumni associa
ton will be held in the law school build
ing, followed by luncheon, at which
impromptu speeches will be made I'm
mediately following the collation., abou
half-past two the alumni will march il
a body to the College street hall, wher
the anniversary exercises of the Law
school will take place at 3 o'clock TIL
address to the graduating class will b
delivered this year by Justice John M
Harlan of the United States suprem
court, and there will be an innovation
in the form of a doctors GRAFTON whicl
will be delivered by Tokichi Masso o
Japan.
The Townsend prize speaking will b
held at this time. in which competition
four seniors Of the law school are t.
take part-C. L. Avery, r. S. Baldwin
IJ. E. Profit and J. w. Thompson. I
has been decided to hold no class sup
per this year.
On Tuesday morning, at half-past
the alumni will hold their annual meet
ing in Alumni hall, and the polls will
be open from 10 o'clock to 1 for tn
election Of a member of the corpora
ton.
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