New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-01
CLIMAX OF HARVARD'S YEAR
r,,T, COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT
CAMBRIDGE.
MANY ,,EsRET,s OONFFRREI>-LsHMANN GETS An
Ma AND Is ENTHUSIASTICALLY CiEEhkp
HIS spFEc14 AT TIE COMMENCE
MEN~ DINNER

FITS SPEECH AT TIE COMMENCE
MJNr DINNER
cuNrsASo Nasa june @o.-This morning was
dark MD rainy. and it seemed as though the ..
COMMENCEMENT would be fai4uic. But "' -
c,ca,ck the sky cleared and every one was happ'.
,r,n ,-orckves in Sanders Theatre OF course went
on SIM lilly The reunions Of the different Glasses
u1ra moro than eiavening. Every class iron, 1874
~ 1895 iaeIasive excepting those of 40, ~ ana ~
cave a psnchbowi reunion in one OF the loohs'
yvore were hundreds OF Old gray-haired graduates
ana ,v4ce az many more OF the younger aluinhi.
Al 8 q. nA the Board Of Overseers cohle'reu '"e
following degrees out Of course:
Bachclor CT Ar,sW IL Ker OF the cia sS: b.
j. W. BrincherhoH ,Ss T. y; M Hnrust Pclmont.
q; j. Il Morse So 7. c. Beebe s F. A. pT Mam-
son, Y FEiedners. " = GoodyT t,ns A e & Kim Kim
F. fa'' rSbora. ali q the The Class Of 3D. and
Y. W@dsweT'h as q TIE class OF 90 tho class of
81: !. A. Capt. OF the class OF ~ -. 49,, o,,ee
Doctor Of Medicine-C +. Mains. as OF the CLASS
Bachelor Of Laws \. Foss as Of the class oil
's6. ~. V. Joyce. Of The class OF w.
At s:4S o'clock the seniors and other candina'es
for degrees assembled in line In front OF Ola No'
worthy Hall. Governor WolCott and his stan WHO
had been escorted TO CAMBRIDGE by the Naooh"
Ianccrs, his body guard. were met In 'front.' VI
Massachusetts Hall by the overseeTs. mein'.'S "
the college corporation and the facui'y VI w
various departments, procession was iormeu ""r
the line moved TO Sanders Theatre the 'ano'da'v'
for degrees IN front. with the oihcers W -"
versity and graduates following
a. A. Bryant. the first to speak. gave 'l'' -
dissertation. 'Alumnis e. FautoriouS I'm
Gratulab.tur' Next Y. W. Mack"H' Si ~.
The Need OF Imagination IN the Dram" "a -
day" Joseph H. Choate. IF. who was po'' va
closs d.x tho, made a Plea for Narrative his
tory" William Belmont Parker followed WIN
dissertation on "K.plng's Rclsion j. J." ''o
took as the subject Of his Grafton Inc "'"
Harvard College" The last number on inc r'
grainme was the part bv J. w Rice on n''r,. ~
the Divinity School. HIS srbJe'' Was ~
and the University"
Then came the honorary degrees. In wh'Ch 'no
greatest interest was centred. Inc ioIo""'e -
the list: ~,
Master Of Ar,stC b. T!lnnshast former libra a,,,r
cuernial Catalogue and present state II,
ooneT Secretary Of the brooklyn Institute Of Arts
and Sciences and Rudolph chambers rias r,th
bert Hail president of the Union Iheoos'c"'
poc,or Of Laws c. Ropes. OF Bostor; Or
Jacob y Ia Costa and Augustus 81 Haudehs'
President Eliot in comforting the degree on MI
,rliiYghast said: a sure guide 10 all documents.
,.,.,@,, index At the service OF all who inquire
lie spoke Of Mr.. Lehman as graduate % o"
e.s,or ,lujyersitv and 4 man o. letters, who mas
lroueht US from Cambridge ana OXFORD 'he o's'
traditions of English sports
The degree which seemed to please eNe'!"orS
most was the one conferred Mr.. Lehman 1t
ros cheared again and again. and for the first
time the sef-pOssessed coach showed cihnai ~" -
neat lie looked strongly ana sSr2usy , NM io
face of President Eliot. and blusillhSiy re.ui1u -,
Ija seat amid the applause or the idrse aEu I'm
There w,re 572 who received Inc ueEISe mbo re-
ceiyed the degree of Master OF Arts. ana =" the
The following we're the honor men: j. n. E Eord
well. G; buchanan A. = Ehittendben IIcwinf. jr.
A. y 4 b Mccauley, G. IN, y McDanssls p1 4. -.
stone " D Cairns r. b Wis %6dc a. r. a. r. Shaw.
3 A. starbuck, j. 5. Galbraith C. Vs. 1900 = III i.
smsrdon i stSdIey r. Stout i'n j. A. Carpenter
rem. A. NJ. Beale, y. NJ. Trenholne' T. O. skinner
al" The Following received the degree Of Doctor Of
{ CaJjcnder economics: e. ID. Chase. comparative
philolog>: H. Z. Cushman. meiaI phys, 't,oe;sh
pHiloicgy: H. d. Ford. romance; f. = Gal;'an'
Hsncock English: A. l.. Holder, metaphysics; +.
=. Jaeger Perography T. N taP5'y yconGmcs
81 B. Porter mathematics; I. II: Samcrd: main
ematics =. sids psychology NJ, y: S Shi,rIa
economics; il. 4. TORY, organic chemistry. G. q.
Virtue. economics; J. \. Walz German philology'
The degree OF Doctor Of Science was conferred
The degree Of Bachelor Of Agricultural Science
was given to Elisa W Morse and v. r. g. M V1,oi
nary VIM MSdicnc' hiriy-one The degree Of Doctor
OF Dentistry and forty-one the degree or Doctor
degree Of bachelor of Laws. <-..,
The degree Of Bachelor Of DIVINITY was CEN, trei
on Arthur II. Coar. y. J. Frazier. Robert Hal ana
'Thct a,'' figures show a considerable increase in
the number Of degrees conferred over those Of ast
Vn3r There were twenty more A. T. two more
s. B.'s and c.even more Ii. BIS than III las' year
The commencement dinner this afternoon was
the most successful ever held al Harvard. Iresi-
dent Wetmore Of the Harvard Alumni Ass9Gia-
lion. presided: on his right was ire2Ident r. nyc
over one thousand five hundred plates ThG speech
making was unparalleled for vigOr and enthusiasm
cott We're Enthusiastically received but Mr.. 1.ch-
rann's address the feature or the OccaslOii
lie was cheered as few men at Harvard ever were
He spoke In the most feeling manner ana had
with him the hearts Of his hearers. ,
dent Of the New-York Harvard CLUB; the Rev DR.
{. &. Hail. who spoke relative TO the Influence OF
religion university life. and John G. Ropes VINO
This afternoon the Alumni Association held rs
corporation and Board q Overseers be requested
TO take such action as VIII procure by proper egis-
seers, hitherto restricted members OF this as
ISOLATION, 10 all graduates Of five years standing
Tor every department Of the University, The ques-
ton TO be submitted to all graduates by circular
letter, and their votes so obtained communicated
70 the corporation and Board OF Overseers. and the
following officers elected: President Robert
T. Lincoln. Chicago; TREASURER s. Lothrop Thorn
dyke. Weston; secretary. j. j. warner Cambridge
The regular annua! election for five new members
Teued pO ar f OF ICs SAX year.
Baltimore; c. +. Folsom. g. Boston; j. J. Sparrow
So. Boston; +. y. Higgnson. 49, Boston; G.. A.
DEGREES CONFERRED AT DARTMOUTH.
Hanover. y. H.. June 3o-Commencement day
hare began with morning prayers at Rollins Chanel
At $50 o'clock the seniors formed in line I, march
10 fGe college church. where the commencement ~.
erciscs were held under the direction OF President
Tucker Degrees were conferred on ffty-dve grad
ua,c candidates for Bachelor Of Arts. fifteen for
bachelor of Letters and nineteen for Bachclo- ~