The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-29
YALE COMMENCEMENT ENDS
THE PRESIDENI,S RECEPTION AND
 ALUMNI DINNER YESTERDAY.

THE PRESIDENI,S RECEPTION AND
 ALUMNI DINNER YEsTERDAY.
 IIaIl-ProminentN Men Mako Addresses
 --Profcssor HndIey's Zine speeeh-Rc-
 ception to the President a Brilliant
 Afair-Large Number Present.
 Commencement week in New Haven closed yesterday with the alumni dinner ill the afternoon and the presidents re- ception in the evening. The day opened very unauspiciously for the large num- Der of commencement guests, as a heavy rain was falling early in the day and it looked as if the closing day of com- mencement would be wet one in con- trast to the fine weather which has fa- vored the proceedings since Monday. The annual banquet of the Yale alumni took place yesterday afternoon at o'clock in Alumni hall. This occasion is for any graduate of Yale who is lucky enough to be in New Haven, and yesterdays at tendance was one of the largest in years. Admirals attorney generals, supreme court judges, ambassadors and other prominent public officials were num- bered among the thousand graduates who were crowded into the hall As eraly as 1:30 o'clock the alumni began to assemble on the campus in the vicin- ity of Durfee hall and by o'clock, the time set for the dinner, there were nearly a thousand waiting to gain admission to the hall. All the representatives of the classes from the year 1S49 up to and including the class of 95 were accom- modated in Alumni hall and every seat in the building was occupied.
 The classes graduating later than 1895 enjoyed their dinners under two large tents erected just outside Alumni hall. There were about 800 who dined outside and the sight was very striking one Everybody was in good spirits and everybody was hungry and the dinner, which was light one, was greatly en- joyed by everyone The university din ing hall provided the dinner and the ser vice was excellent. The decora tions in Alumni hall, which were put up for the senior promenade, were left on the walls and set off the hall in q pretty manner. As the chapel clock was striking two Professor Schwab, who had charge of the banquet, announced that the first to enter the enclosure would be President
  Following came the members of the cor poration and the invited guests. includ ing those upon whom degrees were con- ferred. The next body of gentlemen to enter were graduates of fifty years standing. Eight members of the class of 1S49 were present and amid an out burst of aplause, the oldest class of the reunion entered for their fiftieth annual at Alumni hall
 Next to enter were the class of '50 '51, '52 and '53 Then as Professor Schwab called them off, representatives of every class up to 1899 passed through the gate It was exactly 2:20 when President Dwight sat down at the seat of honor. The president, Professor Hadley, corpor- a tion members and guests were seated at the large table on the platform and as soon as the president seated himself the great body of alumni became seated. Those seated at the table of honor were President Dwight, Professor Hadley, At torney General Griggs, Captain Wise, who commanded the cruiser Yale in the late war; John R. Mott of Princeton, Rev. Newman Smyth, Rev. T. T. Mun- ger, Dr. John Anderson, Buchanan Win throp, President Gallaudet, Judge Henry I. Rowland, pr. D. McClintock, pr. c. Ray Palmer, Admiral F. Bunce, Baron Von Rottenburg, Judge Frederick Adams, Rev. Dr. George Adams Smith | of Marlborough. In the gallery was the entrance of the hall, where forty-two la lies, mostly wives and daughters of gen. tlemen present. Among these were Mrs. | Timothy Dwight. Mrs. A. T. Hadley, | Mrs. Thomas Hooker, Mrs. l.. B. Morris, | Mrs. T. G. Bennett Mrs. Pierce N. | Welch, Miss Dwight, Mrs. George Far | nam, Miss Farnanl, Mrs. F. c. Porter, | Mrs. George Brush, Miss Brush, Mrs. | TrumbuIl, Mrs Wise, Mrs. Eli Whitney, | Mrs. John F. Weir, Mrs. J. P. c. Foster, | Mrs. George Adams Smith, Mrs. George A. Brush, the Misses Newton and Mrs.
 
 greatly interested in the addresses and | applauded every speak 1T.
 At ten minutes after three when the outside doors were opened to the classes graduating since 1895, there was tre- nendous rush for admission to the hall md every available nook, corner and window was filled. The crowd extended ar outside the door and fully 200 were obliged to stand up during the entire Afternoon. President Dwight during the ,ourse of the afternoon read report of he vote for members of the Yale cor ,oration It showed that Henry J. oimock of New York was chosen for a erm of six years and Alfred l.. Ripley # Boston for the unexpired term of hree years The vote resulted as fol- ows:
 For six year term-Henry J. Dimock, .O34 scattering, 396; total, 2,430.
 For unexpired term of three years Alfred L, Ripley, ITO; Hon. Wilson s. 3issell, 49S; J. S. Parker, Brooklyn, N. y, 115; scattering, 153; total, 2,416.
 Just before the opening address by President Dwight the graduates all join d in singing "Bingo" and other college ongs President Dwight at 3:15 rose nd made the opening address of the af- ernoon This called for a great cheer nd the outburst of applause lasted