The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-29
The Morning Exercises.

| proper at Yale and from 10 o'clock in the forenoon until o'clock last evening nearly every minute was taken up With the exercises of the occasion. Although there were titful showers during the day these did not interfere to any extent with the order of ceremonies. Shortly before 10 o'clock the candidates for de- grees formed in line on the walk leading from Alumni hall to Vanderbilt hall, the candidates being in line in the following order: Academic bachelors of art. Sheffield Scientific school, bachelors or philosOphy bachelors of fine arts, bach elors of law, and bachelors of divinity; the master of art, masters Of law, CIVIL engineers, masters of science, mechani- cal engineers, doctors of civil law, doc tors of medicine and doctors of phlloso- phy. The faculty, corporation and in- vited guests followed the candidates for degrees, and at 1915 the procession started, led by the Second regiment band. and Prof. John c. Schwab, mar shal of the day The procession passed around the campus out through Phelps gateway, to Battell chapel corner, and 
 a turn was made and the procession went up to Chapel street through Van- derbilt gateway, and north past the old Brick Row to Battell, following the same line of march as is usual on the occasion of the commencement parade.
 Reaching the campus entrance of Bat tell chapel the graduates divided into two lines, one at each side of the walk. where they stood with heads uncovered while President Dwight, President-elect Hadley had passed through into tho chapel. The graduates then entered the chapel and took seats. On the chapel platform were members of the faculty, members of the corporation and those who were to receive honorary degrees. Others on the platform were Rev. Prof Edward D. Morris 49, Judge Francis M. Finch '49, Rev. Dr, Hopkins son of President Mark Hopkins, Prof. Whit ney of Beloit college Prof John H. Hewitt '59 and Rev. Dr, Philip Moxom of Springfield
 The symphony orchestra under the di- rection of Prof. Horatio W. Parker was stationed in the north transept. The programme for the ceremonies in the chapel was as follows:
 Overture to Phedre .. ..Jules Massenet Proyer
 Psalm LXV.. .. .......... York Time Address by the president. Announcement of prizes and fellow
 ships.
 Adagio, from "Konig Manfred"
 ..... Carl Reinicke Present n
 lows by the deans or directors of the
 respective faculties of candidates for
 degrees upon examination, with the
 conferring of degrees in the following
 order: Bachelors of art, bachelors of
 philosophy, bachelors of fine arts
 bachelors of laws, bachelors of divin-
 ity, masters of arts, masters of science, civil engineers, mechanical en- gineers, doctors of civil law, doctors of medicine, doctors of philosophy. Presentation to the president and fel- | lows by Prof, Perrin of candidates for | honorary degrees, with the comforting of honorary degrees. Hymn-"Ein Feste Berg" 
 HuldiJung's March from "Siejerd Josal- | lar ............ Edward Grieg 1ale's highest honors, the bestowaI of | degrees and leading university prizes | were awarded yesterday. An address | by Professor Perrin, spoken of else where, accompanied the announcement | 1f these honors. The honorary degrees follow:
 D. D.
 Rev. D. Stuart Dodge Yale college 1857, New York city.
 Rev Professor George Adam Smith Glasgow, Scotland.
 IL. D.
 Hon. Frederic Adams, Yale college 1862, Newark, N. J.
 Hon. John w. Griggs, attorney gen. eral of the United States,
 Hon. Frederick J. Kingsbury, Yale college 1S46, Waterbury, Conn.
 Emory McClintoch, New York city. Professor Charles S. Minot, M. D., Boston.
 Wirklicher Geheimrath Franz von
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