The sun., 1899-06-29
YALE H0N0RS AND PRIZES.
DEGREE OF NJ. 4. GIVEN TO ADMIRAL
BUNCE AND CAPT WISE.


Wnr-Other Degrees Announced by the
University - The Undergraduate Prize
Winners-Commenceme OF Colleges
New HAVEN. Conn. June 2s.-Yale Univsr.
sity to-day announced her honor prizes and
degrees. The honorary degrees were:
d. d. Tho Rev. d. Stuart Dodge. Yale Col
lege. 1857. New York city; the Rev. Prof
George Adam Smith. Glasgow. Scotland.
LII D.-The Hon. Frederic Adams. Yale
College. 1882. Newark. \. j. the Hon. John ".
irlgRs. Attorney General OF the United States
the Hon Frederick ]. Kingsburv. Yale College.
1S46. Waterbury. Conn: Emory McClintoch.
New York city Prof Charles 8. Minot. NJ. d.,
Boston; wirklcher Gehelmrath Franz Won
Rottenburg. curator OF the University Of Bonn.
Germany.
M A.-Robert s. Brookings. st. Louis. Mo.
Admiral Francis NJ. Bunce. L. s. N. retired
Hartford. Conn. John r. Mott. New York
city; Capt William c. Wise. L. S. n. Norfolk.
Va. Also the following former members OF
the college: The Rev John H. Thomas. class
OF 1863. Oxford. o.: Herman Livingston, class
OF 1870. Catskill. N. Y. William A. Otis class
OF 1895. Colorado Springs. Col.
Phi. D.-John X. Mackenzie, class OF 1889.
Chicago.
When Capt. William c. Wise was presented
as candidate for an honorary degree Prof.
Bernadotta Perrin said:
Capt. Wise. a VirRiniap by birth. and a
graduate Of the Naval Academy. has been in
the service since 1850 His record during all
this period 10 highly creditable. He is deemed
one Of the most thorough masters.of seaman
ship. He had been in command OF more .han
one naval ship before he took command OF the
Yale in the recent war. The achievements Of
nothing from the lustre Of its name. Its Can:
Ing duty to which the Yale was assigned"
marked:
under Farragut on the BROOKLYN. and in 1882
was commissi ioned as Lieutenant. In 1863 he
bned f miar9 and and naval hhs eS eap
tured pnrt OF Morris island. Later in the
same year he participated IN the various at
Fort fishershe served with dIstnctlon. ton He
eral vessels OF war. one OF which the monitor
S. SMonaadnock. adm he carried around Gape Horn te
Snn Fer this mari
r. rank, Of Commodore e Thai, q Admiral
were important He was placed in charge
Of the coast deIences of the country at its prin-
The vote for members OF the Yale Corpora
tion was announced thi. afternoon and re-
suited in the election OF Henry F. Dimock OF
Kingsley. of Waterbury. Conn, He received
2,O34 votes. scattering 1896 For the, other
member Of the corporation to succeed the lato
OF Boston was elected for the unexpired term
q W,Is four years, hS vote being 1.I7lo; the Hon
Parker. Brooklyn. \. Y. 1l5; scattering, 153
hs nrneTs przes n IN the
prize. open to the entire university. was won
y Ma,haR srIvtn Aver Smyth son 1f the Rsy Dr.
"Eyolutions from RadicalIsm 70 Conservatism
In the History OF American Political Parties"
Mr. Smyth is member OF the Junior class OF
the Yale law school The Golden Club medal
ments was won by John Pesse. Norton. '@A. OF
Los Angeles. Cal. who stood highest in schol-
arship iu his class during the entire academic
opsn. TO membors OF the academic department.
was won by Arthur Sullivan Gale OF the senior
class Of the academic department. He lives
in Jacksonville. Fla
The award Of undergraduate honors in tho
medical school was N. D. Gum Laude)-,Iohn
man. b: A. PatchoRue. n. Y. and Albert E. Won
The Sheffield scientific scnoo! graduate schol.
Frederick Scars Coe. Newark; y. J.: Harry
Se% S %aS S.
Gray. sprincfied. Mass. and William Wash Wash
burn Murisck. Nyack. n. Y.
Shsff1eld scientific school to membsrs OF the
class of 1892 For excellence in mechanical en-
gineering.to be divided between Herbert
Stevens Howarth. New Haven. For excellence
In civil enRineering--ClarenceE Eugene Weaver
South Woodstock. Conn.
The Beknap prize in natural history vent
city.