New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25
CLOSING DAYS AT YALE.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES OF SHEFFIELD
SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL.
HISTORIANS AND HONOR MEN-vALUABLE
GIFT TO PEABODY MUSEUM

GIFT TO PEABODY MUsEUM-sENToR
APPOINTMENTS.
New-Haven Conn. June 24-The Yale University
commencement season opened to-day with the class
day exercises OF the Sheffield Scientific School The
exercises were held I'm amphItheatre constructed
for the occasion on the grounds Of the school
Several hundred friends and relatives were present
The class historians were: Henry Seidel Candy OF
Wilmington, Del. Walter Murray Saunders, or
Montclair " j.; James Mclean Walton, Of Ridge
wood " j. Myron Turner Townsend. OF Network,
and Benjamin Vernon Norton, OF Detroit
After the exercises the class paraded the streets
cheering the professors at their homes and also
the several college buildings.
At the presentation exercises to-day the following
honors for the members OF the graduating class
announced:
General two-year honors for excellence In all
studies-W J. Backes. Hartford II. +. Benjamin.
Brown, Yalesviie. conn: H. c. Cause. Wilmington;
z. J. Grant, Franklin. Penn; X. F. Grant Fargo
rison. New-Haven; j. NJ Henderson Waterbury.
Conn; II; T; Herr Denver; II: 4 s Howsrth, New
dS r a. R W M1Tsck NyaeR y
O. O'Brien. New-Haven: W NJ Sanders Montclar,
n j.: r T. seeey, bridgeport, Conn: 4. II. Terry.
Conn: William walker Montclair. y. J.: i. 3.
Honors in special studies to students not reclp-
tents OF general honors class OF 99-W. NJ. Ames,
PlantsyiIle Conn political science and 9lst e ,J D.
d aeGns MG nd geology H. Be Clinton
chemistry: A. F. Corwin. New-Haven, pollticsa,i
science. history and economies; T. Dash ne,
Ra;6Oq PENN FrSnce P. RSohfn bar
Conn chemistry; v Il Enrich COLORADO sRrinss
political science and history; ". "; knight, 81.
Louis. political science: E. H. Miles. Ansonia.
Conn. French; Leeds Mitchell. Chicago. chemistry
ence: A. G. Newcombe, New York political science
and economies; II. A. North. Chicago. chemistry
J. r Walker, St Louis. economics; w o. warren
Professor Charles f. Beecher. OF the Sheffield
School. has just presented to the university, Tor
the Peabody Museum. valuable scentifG colscc-
Is valued at many thousands of dollars. and is al
most invaluable. inasmuch as II cannot be dupl-
Professor Beecher. and are the most valuable mat
the university has yet received. The COLLECTIONS
comprise over one hundred thousand specimens
which are mostly Of inverteorate FOSSILS
The faculty to-day announced the senior appoint
ments OF the class OF 49, Following are the names
OF the men receiving appointments In the two high
Philosophical orations-J. p, Norton. Los Angeles
J. f. Flynn. Meriden, Conn; II; G. Robbins, Spring
field. Mass; +. J., Hall, Brookville Penn; r. 9:
G. NJ Hathaway. jr., Onphant, Penn; G. T. Lark
MilIsrsbgrg Penn 4 i,6 Mann Bgf2oj
{. Smith. East Orange, y. j.
High orati9nsIs s.; e Ames Providence K L.; T.
Hartford; W d. Gutter Brooklyn; J. L.. Evans
Haverford Penn: C. w. Field. Worcester. Mass; L.
p Fuller. Willimantc. Conn; 4. > GAZE. Iacts son
Hall Chester. Conn; G. ". Humphreys, Cohoes. ~
Y: e. r Lewis Syracuse. \. Y. Huntington Mason
Chicago; Ballinger Mills. Galveston; H. Morley
Tinker. Denver.