New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
DIPLOMAS FOR MINISTER'S.
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT AT GENERAL
SEMINARY BISHOP POTTER SPEAKS.

The annual commencement Of the General The
illogical Seminary held yesterday at the sem
mary. Ninth and Tenth aves- Twentieth sus
Twenty-hrst SITS The exercises began with the
dedication OF two new buildngs-HoHman Hail.
refectory and gymnasium on the north and Eigen-
orodt Hall. a dormirory. the south HOFFMAN
Hall was named for the Rev. Eugene Augustus
HOFFMAN dean Of the seminary for many years.
and Eigenbrodt Hall for Dr. William Ernest Eizer-
orodt. who was for many years member OF The
faculty
About 10 a m the faculty alumni and students
marched from Jarvis Hail to Hoffman Hau whers
the exercises of dedication were conducted Bishop
Potter. assisted BY Bishop Scarborough. OF New
Jersey. presided. Dr. Dix rector OF Trinity Church
Shepherd
me commencement proper held II a. m
IN the Chapel Of the Good Shepherd. Bishop Scar
borough presided Bishop Walker OF Western
New-York. and Bishop Coleman OF Delaware con-
Quoted the service Two members OF the graduating
class read essays. Arthur Price Hunt on The
Authority OF Conscience and John Rathbone
Oliver on The Relation OF the Church 20 an
American University" Bishop Whitehead OF PITTS
burg, delivered the address 70 the class Dean
Hoffman presented The diplomas
The graduates were Berry D Baldwin Diocese OF
Long Island, Howard X Barlow Long Island
Arthur H Beatty. Michigan; Glory c. Bowers A.
oany; Frederick VI. Burgess. Connecticut; Ransom
NJ Church. New-YOrk; Walton 5 Danker Massa-
chusetts' Charles K Drake. Massachusetts: ed
P or
island Homer A Flint. Albany: Herbert H Fox
New-f ork; Joseph P. Gibson MARYLAND: Harry
n Gtlies. Fredericton George A Green New
YORK Frederick H Harding. East Carolina Nor
ton I. Houser- Central Pennsylvania; Louis 3.
r1o"eii- NeW-Jersey- Arthur P. Hunt Albany.
James h keech Albany: Leopold Krou tr Fond
du Lac; Seth ". Linsley. Connecticut: AdeIb-rr
-hcCTinhis Albany; Warner Matthews Florida:
John X Oliver Albany Frederick ; PensoId
newark Herbert r. PUlsifer. Massachusetts: Paul
Shimmon New York. William sDarIa Nfasr..
Frank H Staples Maine, Homer F TavEor New
YORK Albert 5 Thomas. South Carolina; WIIIiara
r Venaole, EastOn; John T Ward Central Penn
SyIVanla George a. Warner Albany Sidney VIM
Ter. Central Pennsylvania; Percfval VI Wool Long
Island; James VI Wright Oklahoma: francis
farnaIl. Central Pennsylvania and Isaac Yohan-
nan Nev-Y0rk-
The degree OF B D. was conferred on a number
Of ciergymen- Bishop Scarborough pronounced the
benedctiOn-
a luncheon. al which speeches were made vas
served in the afternoon TO the alumni by sam
mary authorities. There Two hundred and
fifty persons present. Dean Hoffman traced rh,
progress Of the seminary. Five or six dormftories
to cost $4,000 or $4,000 each. were still needed bur
he had no doubt that the money would soon be
forthcoming
Corpore Sano." He began by saying that Dean
Hoffman had a genius for apocryphaI history In
tracing the progress of the seminary for the last
twenty-one years the Dean had omitted 70 give his
It strikes me that this idea OF having the gym
nasiurn right under the dining IS a very good
one l believe in the words assigned my theme
There was no gymnasium IN the seminary at
tended. but during the first two years Of my min
found that the benefcisi effects Of keeping % hoTs
were not lessened by the Iacr that gro0med the
animal every day myself. Ny salary az that time
planning that he had trouble in writing sermons
asked him what he wrote on. and he said That
is Just the trouble board with the senior
dens wife great laughter. and you can't write a
strong defence OF the Christian religion on three
. doughnuts and a cup or weak tea But YOU have
an excellent example OF the wisdom OF having
the Dean riding in the Park His horse much
better than mine alas but he was wearing a most
dtsreDuJable hat q
Bishop Potter paid a tribute 20 that gracious
personality" that had endeared the alumni doubly
TO the seminary. and asked II IL the senri-
ment Of the assembly that portrait OF Mrs Hofr-
man. wife OF the Dean. should be hung the
seminary walls.
1T appears 70 5e unanimous decision said the
Bishop and 7 shall report IT 20 the proper
authorities"
The Rev. Dr.. George Van De Water spoke
The Growth OF the General Theological Seminary
in the Last Fifty Years" AS to whether the grow
ing Iuxuriousness OF the surroundings would IN
1urtously affect the students. DIT. Van De Water
said
don't envy our younger brothers here had
that only wonder il il is possible that they can
have better time, now THAI there is so much
Two years ago learned that when men i've on
hardtack and bacon three times a day-when they
can get 1.-THE muck-a-mucks from the BOwery
would ErOwl. but the gentlemen who had had al
they wanted all their lives made no complaint
The Rev DR.. ". R Huntington. Dean Van Am
ringe OF the School or Arts Columbia University.
the Rev. DR.. c. s. Oinsted and the Rev Dr. Will
alumni sang From CfreenIand's Icy Mountatns,'
and Dean Hoffman pronounced the benediction-
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