The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-27
YALE COMMENCEMENT WEEK
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR THE
FIRST THREE DAYS.

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR THE
FIRST THREE DAYS.
Presentation Exercises Glass Day--Law
School Exeroises-Alumni Election
and Observation-Disclosures Game
Cleo Club Concert-Forma1 Com
Alumni Dinner-1Iedical School Exer-
cises.
Commencement week is here in all
its glory, and the campus is alive with
the exercises of the senior class and
the reunions of the graduates. Every
one is expected to enjoy himself and
there is no doubt that this will be the
case. The hotels are now almost full
with the friends and relatives of the
seniors and the old graduates who
have returned to enjoy another romp
and to witness the annual game with
Harvard. A commencement with no
alumni reunions would lack it's best
features almost.
The exercises of the opened on Fri
day afternoon with the competition for
the DeForest prize medal. The contest
was close and exciting and the stand
ard was of an unusually high order.
On Saturday the Sheffield senior class
celebrated it's class day. The Ampler
theater at the corner of Grove street
and Hillhouse avenue was crowded in
the morning to listen to the histories.
The programme was as follows:
Song" Bingo."
Glass history-Francis J. Tytus.
Song-"Eli Yale"
Glass history-S. Sherman Day.
Song-"Stand to Your Glasses Steady"
Glass history-L. Fitch.
Glass history-James L. Howard.
Song Bright College Years"
Glass history-William P. Stewart.
Glass song, words by w. f. G. Itch
borne.
PRIZES AWARDED.
The following prizes for excellence
in the various studies were announced
Saturday morning by the Scientific
school:
Glass Of '99, for excellence in mathe-
mates of the Junior year. the prize is
divided between Herbert T. Herr of
Denver, Col, and Charles E. Weaver,
South Woodstock, Conn, with honor
able mention of Frederick S. Coe of
Newark N. J., and Henry A. S. How
art of New Haven, Conn. For excel
lence in German in the advanced course
the prize is awarded to William Walker
Of Mount Clair, N. j., with honorable
mention of William E. Ford of New
Haven, and Clarence e. Weaver Of
South Woodstock, Conn., In the ele-
mentary German the prize is awarded
to Leopold S. Quackenbush of New
York city, with honorable mention of
William E. Ford of New Haven, and
Walter M. Sanders Of Mont Clair, N. J..
Glass of 1900 for excellence in all the
studies of the freshman year, the prize
is divided between Frederick ]. CARMEL
of Plainville, Conn, with Henry D..
mention of Samuel w. Dudley of West
vile, Conn. For excellence in physics
Henry D. Stowe, with honorable men
tion of Frederick J. CARMEL. For excel
lence In German. Edward J. Rungee of
New Haven, with honorable mention of
Frederick J. CARMEL of PIainville,
Conn, Samuel W. Dudley Of Westville,
Conn. William Stroheridge of SIAM
ford, Conn, and Frank P. Underhill of
Norwalk, Conn. For excellence in
French, Henry f. Dutton, jr., of Gains
vile, Fla, with honorable mention of
Edward G. Dean of Washington, d. c.,
and Edward L. DeForest of West
Hampton Beach, N. Y. For excellence
in chemistry, Henry Merriam Of Sum-
NIT, N. j., with honorable mention of
Frederick J. CARMEL. For excellence in
mathematics, Henry D. Stowe, with
honorable mention of Frederick J. Car
nell and Samuel W. Dudley. For ex-
cellence in mechanical drawing, Ed
ward M Walker Of New Haven, with
honorable mention of Frederick j. Car
nell and Charles s. Landers of Thur
mont, Md.
In the afternoon from to a recep-
tion was given by the class and the
faculty in Winchester hall. The hall
was beautifully decorated and was fill
ed with graduates and friends.
PRESENTATION EXERCISES.
This and the next two days will be
fully occupied with the different cere-
monies and exercises usually held in
connection with commencement. This
morning at II o'clock the presentation
exercises of the graduating class of the
academical department VIII be held in
Battell chapel. Samuel Eliot Bassett
the valedictorian of the class, will de-
liver the class grafton and Forsyth
Wickes the class poem.
ACADEMICAL CLASS DAY.
At 2 o'clock to-day the annual elias.
day exercises of the senior class of the
academic department will be held
Seats have been erected in the form O.
an oblong on tn campus between Lii
brary and South Middle. The senio
class will occupy the enclosure and tn
visitors the raised seats. The musi
will be furnished by band. The com
mittee in charge consists of Edward
Carter Perkins, chairman; Morris Up
ham Ely, Josiah Judson Hazen, Franz
Hunter Simmons Edward Ga uyyar am