The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-01

d. D.-The Rev. Edwin 8. Lines yale, 1872,
New Haven; Prof. George +. Moore CY. c.,
1879, Andover. Mass., the Rev. Archdeacon
Charles O. Tiffany. New York city; the Rev.
John Watson clan MacLAren'1. Liverpool,
England.
LII. D.-oapt Alfred I. Mahan. United States
Navy; Prof. 7. Mitchell Prudden Is. g. g, 1879,
New York city.
Lift DIV. Gordon McCabe, Richmond. Va.
u. A.-Edwin A. Abbey. Eairford, England;
George w. Chadwick; Samuel Il. Church of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Pittsburg, Pa; Theo-
a 8sDIl N R slY; sEEn A MSwE. r. H slsS Of psnpN. SL
Prot: Ssosge P: Fisher. in presenting Mr.. Alb
As S5s !: p By aop1 4 ss.P ss sSas I.D merit ri t thss MIR;
illustrator, principally Of shakespeare and Of
English songs and tales, 10 ingeparable from that
produce life in past times; IS one may see
notably In his works relating to the eighteenth
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when he sat down the undergraduates set up .
rssunption q the exercises. GSr. ABBEY was
ates was no loss enthusiastic than that Of MI.
Abbey. Prof: Fisher. after reviewing his naval
self q write upon naval lis ~ With tho dis
partment Of literature. They exhibit that sim
scterfze tho woris Of men Of action-notably.
authors OF the military class. from Cesar to the
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pIoductions Of an American seaman"
EI,Jqdgs Henry z, Rowland prssidsSd Ct the
a SMlsns; SA tss. 1 E 9. M sis@ OF OF eMsGie cssS5 had 4 b sss
Speeches were made By Capt. Mah.n and Other
recipients, OF honorary degrees. 90 we'll a. by
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q much as hat success had been oyerrated.
showed that = man could do his best work after
he was 40. No man should despair because suc-
made = strong plea that Yale men do all they
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nay awske with disasreoablo s~uddonnosa ono OF
Leut,iGoy. Woodruff then aroused enthusi-
better by 7sr that we should lose again next
70 b. universally. charged, with lack Of sports
as a gilt a victory each year. from a foeman un.
worthy Of our steel, II is Az very well to talk
n nSS1 ~ Y ehsnD %ioasSSffy h In ,osi.t and S aoal sh 5. ce coS:
tent with contests limited to those with Har-
ward Hrsd I "a, say 4 let ssh ~ mot mot 1 30 SSIte nh. tl %S 5sys
ship from the University Of PsnnsylvaniA. and
"Ifeel constrained to take exception to the
regent attitude Of the college authorities toward
votes Sis leisure sure ho opSt to the he d s%dsps Of HE
physical and thereby his mental and moral pow
err. who upholds the honor and glory Of his uni
reraity, DO required to attain q standing ono
eighth higher than the young nan who wastes
his leisure time and his money in amusements
being, and thus detracts from rather than adds
70 the fair fame OF his alma mater. maintain
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Mr.. Woodruff was continually and enthusiast
tically cheered by all those present except mem
deed. After the dinner they went around
among the groups Or graduates on 1he campus
Sna isid y sns,na t tbs rs about graa Mr; w1 sentiment sot
without faculty permission.
Edward Austin Abbey has already received
other distinctions in recognition of his merits as
an artist, and among these were an ELECTION to
GLASS medal at the Munich international Exhi,
billion IN the same year, and a hEst-class medal
Ono Of the latest honors awarded 70 him was
his election as an associate of tho Royal Acad-
envy, a place for which he was named last
Tho series Of pictures painted by Mr.. Alb
boy for tho Boston Public Library building
arc tho last achievements to. mark his, tran
sition from an illustrator In black and white TO
the great decorative painter of his time. Tho
pictures OF the series founded on the history OF
Biz Galahad and already finished have been
shown In New York. Artists and critics were
convinced that tho great praise of these mural
decorations which had reached this country
from London WAS not exaggerated. and they
arm foundation.
But many persons who know that the Ameri-
can artist 10 Q great painter arc not aware OF his
attachments In other directions. He has become
an authority on medieval costume, and the
pictures Of the Sir Galahad series represent an
Infinite amount Of research. In out-of-the-way
museums and every odd helmet, every strange
OF the columns" as The U said when these
pictures were first put on view In London. are
Gccurato reproductions of tho costume and doc
Grafton OF the period. There is as much In this
phase OF Mr.. Abbey's Sir Galahad series to in:
terest critics who demand most accuracy Of
detail az there Is In 1t for those to admire who
nnd most pleasure in general effect and splendid
Mr.. Abb6y's researches have made him as
costume, and o-day he 10 one OF the best-inforned
men ON this subject, which YVES merely Incl
dental TO the pursuit of his art. 1t Is well known
that many of the subjects selected by him fol-
his black and white drawings were found In old
English poetry and plays, and these we're BE
locted by tho artist not with q mere desire fol
the picturesque, but with the appreciation and
authority, OF the scholar. His distinction IN th'
art which 70 his life work and his ouliya