New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-16
NEM.JERSEY NEWS.
COMMENCEMENT At RUTGERS.
SEVERAL LIBERAL GIFTS MADE TO THE
COLLEGE.


SPIRITED MEETING OF THE ALUMNI Assoc1A-
TIoN-pEGREEs CONFERRED UPON
LARGE CLASS.
N,w- Brunswick June Is (SpeclaD.-The 1Slst an
nAal commencement of Rutgers College closed with
the exercises OF to-day. In the morning the annual
meeting of the Alumni Association and the COM
mencement meeting OF the Board OF Trustees were
held The alumni, after spirited contest. reelected
S. Bayard kirkpatrick. sc, ofNew- Brunswick, alumni
trustee for term Of five years. over L. Lafiin KEEL
!ogg. - OF New-York. by vote Of t6 to 53 oih-
GERS Of the association were elected as follows:
President. George II. Large. '72 OF Flemington Sec
retary Alfred A. Ellsworth. 49, OF New-BrunswicK'
treasurer. Theodore d. Booraem 81. OF New-Bruns-
wick. orator primarius, Professor Albert L. COOKE
70. professor OF English literature at Yale; orator
secundus. the Rev. Peter II. Mllkin. rs OF Phlla-
delphia. The association gave to the trustees west
Shore and Mddlesex County bonds of the par value
of 1924. proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton was introduced providing for change In the
manner of nominating alumni trustees, by special
committee rather than general nomination.
The Board OF Trustees elected Dr. Charles L. Hart
20 the Theodore Frelinghuysen professorship Of
ethics, evidences of Christianity and English Bible
made vacant by the death of DR.. William r.
Duryee, and elected the Rev. II. d. r. milford, 81.
OF Syracuse n. Y TO the chair OF English language
and literature.
The annual address before the alumni delv-
cred In kirkpatrick Chapel by Frederick j. Collier.
u.s. OF Hudson. n. Y, The Trust Problem" The
alumni dinner at which about two hundred and sew
enty-fve alumni were present. was held In Winants
Hall at o'clock The reception by President and
Mrs. Austin Scott was held from until O'Clock
In the Fine Arts Building.
In the evening the commencement was held In
the Robert F. Ballantlne Gymnasium. The pro-
gramme was Grafton. third classical honor, Greek
and Christian Ideals of Manhood" Clifford Philip
Case. OF New Brunswick; Grafton. 1.-THE Necessity
OF Independent Thought" Francis Augustus Sci
bert. Oradell. n. j.; Grafton first classical honor.
us Panthe!sm Consistent with Chrisianity% Alfred
Erickson. Of New Brunswick Grafton. first scientific
honor. THE Man and the Hour" Lewis CASTOR
Lea!y. OF Elizabeth: Grafton second classical
honor. "The influence Of WashIrgtons Farewell
Address," Andrew John Meyer of Albany; ora
ton. The Influence OF Invention on Civilization"
George Stanley Ferguson. of Ocean Grove: ora
ton. second scientific honor The Taint of Our
Civilization, William James Morrison. jr of Didge-
field Park. ~ j.; grafton. rhetorical honor. Some
Champions Of Personal Liberty" Lewis Castor
Leary; oration third scientific honor THE Future
of the Negro" Thomas Ezekiel Grevatt OF Clarks-
burg. n. J.
Augustus searles, OF stelton. n. j.. on THE Rise
of the Modern Spirit"
OF arts, were Clifford Philip Case. of New Bruins
wick William Gurley Cook. of Troy n y; Frank
Ei;nEs Of KiSgs & Il %; Aiissd EIlckson' 9;
drew John Meyer Of albany; Louis Provost Peeks,
% S k?s rsncs Of
Charles Willard Voorhees,. Of Middlebush. ana
AfF e Tecpans O a the Of r. CT Sci
ence were James Edward Ashmead; Of Pleasant
George Washington Brown, of Keyport; John Neil;
son Carpenter, jr.. of New. BRUNSWICK; Raymond
Crosby Colyer of Newark; Ralph Brewster Corbin.
OF Metuchen; George Stanley Ferguson OF Ocean
Thomas Ezekiel Gravatt, of Clarksburg: Hugh Had:
dow, Jr.. of Newark: Samuel Lawrence Harding, OF
field: Lewis CASTOR Leary Of Elizabeth; Seymour
De Witt Ludlum Of Paterson; Henry Marelli, OF
lam James Morrison, jr., of Rdgefeld Park; James
Bryan Noe of Elizabeth; George Augustus Osborn
harie, N. W Howard Egbert Reid. OF smithburg;
Frederic Roeber, of Newark Paul schureman. OF
Toms River; William Unger Small, Of Newark; Ed
Tirich Of Newark ~ John Stanley verga of Cam
The degree of Master Of Arts was conferred upon
Henry Johnston Scudder. 'sO Walter Tracy Scud-
Ger % hen5y MaSf G of
Gillett Wynkoop 81, Of Brooklyn Frank NJ. Van
SON Jacobus, 'si Of Newark; Otto Leopold Frederic
Mohin.. 49, Of Beverly: Burton Stearns Philbrook:
se5on a Bant Ae s Of
and Frank Lincoln Stevens s5, OF Columbus; ONO.
gree of Bachelor Of Divinity. for extra work done
in the New Brunswick Theological Seminary was
conferred upon Frederic Jacob Barring, of Phila-
delphia: James Campbell Forbes. of Glasgow, Scot
land; Raymond Augustus Lansing. of Lishas XIII.
\. y; William Edgar Compton, Charles Judson
Scudder, Henry Johnston Scudder and Walter
Tracy Scudder Of New Brunswick.
The names of Cadet Major Ralph B. PARROT,
Cadet First Lieutenant and Adjutant William j.
Morrison, jr., and Cadet Captain George s. Fergu-
will appear in the United States Army Register
for 1893 and have been reported TO the Adtutant-
General Of the United States Army and 10 tho
Adjutant- General Of New-Jersey most distin-
guished in military science and tactics and as hav-
ing shown special aptitude for military service
Great enthusiasm was occasioned by the an
nouncement Of number Of gifts to the college,
these having been formally accepted at the meet
ing of the Board of Trustees in the morning: From
Frederick Frelinghuysen, Of Newark. 5000: Robert
Smell. of NewYork. 5000 and n promise of $1,000
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
5000 The class of 1871 gave $500 TO found a prize
and pledged sl00 annually The class Will also
procure memorial cannon. have II suitably In
scribed with the class mineral and place II on
tho campus, memorial of the famous cannon
fight OF 1876 when the members Of the class Of
1877 stole cannon from Princeton College, under
the mistaken impression that 1t belonged TO Rut-
gers. whereupon the Princeton men retaliated by
stealing a quantity of United States rifles stored
in the armory of Rutgers. The cannon VIII COM
morate IT'S part In that episode. Acknowledge
ment was also made OF other gifts which have
been received during the year including $4,000
from Mrs Winants. 5000 from Carrot A Hobart
known.