New-York tribune., 1897-06-11
Y y. DEGREES GIVEN.
.ur COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES in
CARNEGIE HALL.

=, s,x,v.nftl commencement Of the New-Nork
'.rs,,v was held last night IN Carnegie Haii'
-. Galleries were hung with the co!ors ana eiN'-
.,~,,s Of the University fraternities
s W., exercises opened at o'clock with music by
-,h Reyinent Band and then followed pro-
s,,n OF faculty members. the University Couh-
~ .be Woman's Advisory Committee. guests ana
candidates for degrees
.hanccllor MacCracken delivered the prayer ana
- candidates orations followed. Laurel Wesley
~.reri;, Of Brooklyn. delivered the bacNeiors
,s,ion "Porstare CT Praestarc m praise o.
.-nest ondeavor which leads 10 success. Johh
,1.,rv MacCracken, q graduate Of The University
Ss ~ o. delivered the masters Grafton, THE
&C Of Ethics" and Walter Laidlaw gave the
s,c,ors' Grafton. Evolution. Calvanism ana Op-
,misin. .u.,s .,o DO
s-ees They were as follows:
'pochcl1r Of Arts-(ieorge A. Cain, MiCand iNk,
< j. Laurel Wesley De Merritt hr30kIyn; aqw' dgrcX
y george Edward Meyer NewyorS Gi'y ,EAi1 KiGm
sd STANLEY Povey YewWIh,Grkd W,aTd OE j ETompsns. sta-
Sseicn staten island; Rober, Stillman Wigntmam'
Sew-York City: Kongo Moriya Suwa' N"e"'oNe"'
rschclor of PhosophyAlbert A. Andersen Bay Bay
SSjcSad S1cs Berran doons, G@rrsSn y John YES
y Ge2k Long Island G inns wam onfeors S%s r5aacs faG
SSe SSee~YSrk Ciiy: Wiliiaw LippWan man Levy New-Y0rk
York CITY Alfred chaPman GenedlGi NewY0T3 HrnS
Sraiy SewYok city John Turney yp};s FsthGrISa'
Kew brighton. staten l;andi Moo9E hYSS fity:
IeqsGk1sgsea EH6oa }SnF PdFrew n@ Hackensac 4
irfd Henry Roberts sprngneg hGne sSerne isane
Asopih ang island: Daniel Downing Tomplins.
Sins Sing: Erik Wilhelm Walln. Gehe' Sweoe"'
G5asf Naster WSG' Of Luther Cox John
pws Mary Il Moqan G1FeE eRs
Pose NJ A. McManus. Elizabeth Reidt tre9ei1Ts MS
s,ephens and Edward w. s,itt n-.o,
'Waster OF Arts-James oscar Boyd. Princeton,
Hsnry T MaSGracken. HHStg &ew-York Cit John Melville
Long Island City. George NasnIe th 'pn pre Sew,
SoTYSIk ,sv cy Wam fnan EdwaTd s'"b
\ j.; William sydney Stevens rae NS~-ic Y fWiiliam
!, I"oh1es Anderson New-York city ,,,.,.a Co,u,.o
D6ctor of Pedagogy-Los Margaret HicHs George
Hastings McNair Rose NJ. Lathrop and Milan H.
N5Sto Doctor OF Laws (honorary)-Frederi0 William
r1~e class of '7S. Washington y c: ,vosh,r,.
Doctor of Divinity TSS6sere Leg
Doctor &c Of Fhos9phyJOhp CawP9ss 9p3s y Wi
lam 19nIon FeteT. brooklyn: julius v Kn@pp, 1s,,i
NewYork City; Walter L2ia."%N Nass and Charles
Ma Msster OF Phiiosophy-James c. Byrnes' new
Master er''of Of sciences-JOhn Darling HaneE' Ne"'
%dr,idc2tas OF encineerng were conlerreSu l upon
neTtram a@ PameT Asn; 079 wrfd Henry Roberts
W2uErr h"TOo hGiy,or Frederick Skene and George
MOOD The degree of Civil EnslEeer was o5on sINe1 ~
Nnfbony MTiiSg r GRIN entha Frederick 2 Kafka' Fred
trick Skene and Edwin Clarence EcktI ,o a,ror1od
The annual commencement prizes werc a"a'"eu
a. Ifin prize Of so for the best essay on the
works and lifc Of Horace was divided equtdiE -,
fwcen Willard j TCn,pkins and GEORGE a. -, An. ,D U'l
account Of the equally high stahdlhs u 'o'" ''N
oTb Hebrew prize Of $50 was divided between VII nr
lard Law Tompkins and Louis Monteiiore lsAdo' io
1T w. sly Ycan literary Society prizes for first and
s.1nnd besf English essays were AWARDED 20 -
jamln 5 Barrnger and Edwin L0"S ""' ''''
s'Tb" Inman fellowship 10 Walter E'wooG Fe'''-
sTSc chemical prize Of S25 for best work was won
bv John Bradford Briggs. r. -. r,,,~,, yyes-
The Butler Classical Fellowship 10 L""'''
' the German prize Of 30 for the best essay on on
..ccbuIerc Tifo as Reflected in Die fauDeI' ~
John Bradford Briggs. jr. ,u ~, sco for the
bsst essay O; not less than 2JJ Words pH d $500 Hrt
upon Tho LEGAL Relation OF thG ~ md chi.
cago TO city Passenger Railways Won "E ""'
In MAXIM mis- closing announcements Chahoei'oi
-dsT ar 49, - mike confession tonight on behalf
., enc Of our people in Ntw-Nork tMVcISlS'
Au the last year We were IN morc OF ~ wHV"rk
ion lest the making OF the CreatT&r & Sor the
might lead 20 the invention OF new Iall' 49,, 10 To-
go ca that the old name would los" lts S's
nifcance We are happy tonight tnat w W. az & NE
a. lose from our city the name NtW-i vi n 80. "a
not to iose any Of the ideas that are "ssoo'"'e"
:::ronjrnt Ncw-York University halls the ci,y
whose name IL wears: IL reiolceS IN thG G,c" 81 ~
crooference given that name. ana We pleoEe oui Gi
.eiveS ~ do The utmost IN our power 10 mako lhlS
80 mean truth the light and wellboing TO man
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