New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-03

PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES IN vARI-
Gus DEPARTMENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY.

UNIVERSITY.
After the four years Of college life. with their
pleasures and their pains. with their good fellow
ship and unpleasant ''grtnds the graduating clast
of Columbia University Will don their academic
robes Wednesday and enter upon the last scene
Of their college life. On that day the annual COM
rnencenent exercises OF Columbia will take place IN
the university gymnasium. Next in Importance to
the actual commencement exercises come the class
days OF Barnard and Columbia, but besides these
there viii be many other festivities; all IN an
fore, the commencement programme OF CoIuinola
and its affiliated institutions extends from to-day
to Monday, June IS. inclusive
The vesper service OF Teachers College will be
held at $50 o'clock tonight Dean Russell OF the
Teachers College, VIII hold a reception from 70
D. m tomorrow. On Tuesday Barnard will hold
its closing exercises. President Low will speak on
TIE new relations OF Barnard TO the university
After his speech there will be an a4uInnae tea On
Wednesday the annual meeting OF the 1edcheFs
College Alumni Association will be held. Thurs
day at a. m, the Teachers College commence
rnent exercises Will take place DR. Edward everett
Hale will deliver an address on The Educated
Citizen" On Friday the Barnard College seniors
Will give their last afternoon tea and Informal
dance. For the first time. the dance will be held in
the university gymnasium and Brtnckerhor The-
atre
The Columbia seniors may not hold their fake
games scheduled to take place Saturday, owing
to the unpIeasantness that has been caused by the
report of beer drinking contest as part OF the
Such thing was never couSlucLeO
by the class Saturday afternoon there viii be a
regatta on the Hudson. at the request OF the
faculty An effort is being made 10 have as many
college oarsnen as possible represented. There Will
be races fo- single and pair oars fours and eights
The course will be threequarters OF mile straight
AWAY from One-huudred-a to One
d-and-twenty -f1fth-st. The guests will view
The races from the university boathouse, at One
hundred -and-ffteerth-st On Sunday the Rev. Dr.
Charles Cuthbert Hail. president Of Union Theolog-
icsl Seminary will deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon 10 the graduating classes in the university
gymnasium. The faculty will attend in academic
dress
The programme for the class day of the Columbia
College seniors, al p. m June l. is: Presi-
dents address Henry Starr Giddings; roll call,
by Secretary William Smyth Turner; class history
Melville Henry Cane; class poem. Alma Mater,
John Erskine: announcement Of elections TO Phi
Beta Kappa: class phophecy. Harold Kelock;
presentation orator, James John Mchenna- IT.
vaIedictory Roelif Hasbrouck Brooks; yew tree
Grafton, Joseph Diehl Fackenthal, to be delivered
al the east side of the library; singing or class
song The senior class book. containing the
speeches Of the class day programme pictures and
brief biographies Of the men and the vote as TO
the best dressed man. the most concetted, the
"grolchsst' the handsomest, the biggest 'purl,
the worst grind" the funniest and the 'greenas-.
will also appear on class day. In the evening the
seniors will give their class dance in the university
gyrnna SUM The class day committe. expects -'Sy
From june Il 70 June Is, inclusive, taere vii be
tive designs for the Columbia Travel-irg Fellow
ship and drawings by the present holders Or !ls
Mckim and Columbia fellOwshIps. The eEElDiIIon
will De open daily from 10 a m - p n N
dinner Of the graduates in architecture will
take place in Havemeyer Hall ,
On the afternoon OF June = t5e 5arfl-fQ Ass o.
1900 viii meet an undergraduate BODY Tor Inc
ST. 'B1r-inekerhofr Hall The Class Day Committee
consisting OF hYelyn f Qs1orheI Ji Nr =
Florence Miller Sill, Kathartne Van Eorne Jp,1a
66T6Pgg has rTange 9 the fou6%tSg order OF e
cses: Sal4ta tory Mary Loco herman
Rrophecy julia WuTzbuTger; class sons ls1g@tc 6y
nor Ter BROCK Reiiey: fsreweli song Of E. -rard
Florence Lippincott Al 40 O'Clock in he after
be The initiation Of the newly elected members Of
me M bS ST hsgPa III s ,o5 q f.
to P m a. their hone No 50 fa7J Sl2{Jy-rolrJa-
on Wednesday, June 13. the final commencement
their degrees and honors. The candidates Wi De
assembled by schools at designated places by 1880
a m The procession: composed OF the president
other officers Of Instruction. the recipients of homo
rary degrees invited guests and the candidates for
IeserVed The f6rTnsf exercises VII he hes-n VIII
a prayer by the Rev Dr. Van De Water chaplain
OF the university. An address by President Low
following order: Bachelors Of arts Columbia Col
lege bachelors OF arts lBarnard College, bachelors
masters Of arts, doctors OF philosophy. honorary
escorted TO the stage by faculty marshals, where
they viii be presented 10 the president, who will
confer the degrees
An interesting and important feature Of com
mencement will be the awarding Of the honorary
degrees 70 Lord Pauncefote the British Arnbassa-
dor; Arthur T. HadIey, president of Yale Unver-
sity, and Thomas B. Reed, ex-Speaker of the House
Of Representa- tives.
From l TO o'clock there VIII be lunch
for the and official guests in the
presidents room. library building. Luncheons for
the alumni Of the various schools and others viii
be served the time. Between and 8 D m.
there viii be meetings Of alumni assoca tons and
BILE II the reading room Of the law library where
portrait Of Dean J. Howard Van Amrfnge viii be
presented 70 the university by The Association Of
the Alumni Of Columbia College. After the presen-
talon there viii be general alumni meeting in
the gymnasium. Dean Van Auringe VIII be chair
man James r. Garfield, librarian OF the univer-
siry. viii be the speaker.
In the evening the class OF 1900 viii hold its din
There will be speeches, and end
class for the last time will sing softly:
IN triumph overthrow
We shall praise thy name
And gor4ty Columbia,
E=f- ALMA fa-a-