The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-19
DIVINITY SCHOOL CLOSES
GRADUATING EXERCISES HELD YESTERDAY.
Where the Young Ministers VVin Preach Addresses at College Street Hall-An- cers Elected.

cers Elected.
 The graduating exercises of the Yale Divinity school were held yesterday. The graduating class this year numbers twenty-five members, who will at once commence their life work. Several of the class have already chosen the fields in which they will labor, while others are deliberating future plans. The members of the class will take their degrees at the regular commencement exercises of the university in June. The future work of the young pastors so far as known is as follows:
 E. H. Price, B. A., Drury college 1895, has accepted call to church in Ham, ilton, Mo.
 F. c. Bliss, B. A., Brown '94, to a church in Plymouth, R. I.
 F. W. Heberlein, B. A., Ripon '95, has calls to pastorates in Wisconsin and South Dakota, but has not yet decided to which field he will go.
 c. r. Stimson, B. A., Colb '9s is al- ready the pastor of a church in Bridge port.
 B. B. Brown, M. A., Alfred university '91, will go to Granby, Conn.
 c. H. Stink, B. A., Albright College In- stitute 'e6, will go to pastorate in Bath, Va.
 J. K. Moore, B. A., Yale '95, has &C., cepted call to pastorate in western Connecticut.
 J. P. Deane, B. A., Cornell 30, was awarded a fellowship in the divinity school and will study here another year.
 H. L. Hopkins, Ph. B., Oberlin '94, will go to the Pacific coast.
 Aaron Breck, B. A., Washburn col- lege '95, goes to Kansas, but has not ac- cepted a call as yet.
 John c. Caton, B. A., Princeton '95, will settle either in New York or in the west.
 I. E. Pinney, B. A., Middlebury col- lege '91, will go to Vermont for the present.
 Some of those who have not yet &C., cepted calls are:
 H. s. Scarborough, B. A., Yale '95.
 w. B. Street, B. A., Williams '92.
 z. Blakely, B. A., Dartmouth '94.
 J. E. Sories B. A., University of Wis., consin '94.
 Walter Spence, B. A., Emory and Henry college 'Ss, will go to a parish in Texas.
 The graduation exercises of the morn- ing were held in College street hall be- fore a large audience. The exercises were opened at 10:30 o'clock with pray CT by Rev. pr. w. J. Bixler of New London.
 Walter B. Street, Williams college '91, gave an address on "The Home of the Family as Means to the Goal of Life"
 "The Observance of the Lords Day" was the subject of the address of Her bert James Wyckoff, a graduate of the academic department of Yale '92
 Arthur Elieda Fraser, graduate of Beloit college and one of the Yale inter- collegiate debaters of the past two years, spoke on "The Poet and the Preacher" John Pitt Deane, a Cornell graduate, talked on "A Via Media in the Work of the Minister" Dr. Frank s. Fitch of Buffalo deliv- cred the address to the class. His re- marks were informal. At the alumni banquet held in the chapel of the United church about 125 were present. Professor Fisher gave an address of greeting. Professor G. B. Stevens spoke on
 "Doctrinal Theology" Rev. H. A. Bridgeman of the Congre- gationalist spoke on "Denominational Journalism" He showed how the func- tion of the denominational press had changed, and gave as the three ideals to be striyen for by the denominational press-first, to educate and inform in regard to denominational news and his- tory; second, to unify the different ele- ments in the denomination; third, to Christianize thought and life in the de- nomination. Rev. c. A. Savage of Orange, N. J., spoke on "Individualism and Socialism in the Pulpit" Rev. A. P. Davis of Wakefield, Mass, spoke on "Crlt1cal Scnolarsnlp III Rela- tion to Ministers Life.' E. A. George of Willimantic spoke on Genuine Liberalism" Rev. Edwin Bliss of the New York Independent and President Timothy Dwight also spoke. The nominating committee, consisting of Professor F. s. Porter, Rev. F. R. Luckey and Rev. H. R. Miles of Hart ford, presented the following nomina- tions for officers of the association: President-Rev. A. J. Lyman of Brooklyn, N. Y. Vice president-Rev. J. W. Bixler of New London, Conn. Secretary-Rev. H. A. Bridgeman of Boston, Mass, editor of the Congrega- tionalist. Treasurer-Rev. w. J. Mutch of New Haven.
 Necrologist-Professor L. o. Bras tow.
 Executive committee-Rev. Dr. T. T. Munger, Rev. Foster Prentiss, Rev. H E. Peabody. Nominating committee for next year Professor B. L. Curtis, Rev. c. F. Clarke of Whitneyville and Rev. E. A. George of Willimantic.