The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-27
YALE'S BOOTH YEAR CLOSES.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES YES-
 TERDIY AT B1TTELL CHAPEL.

By Professor Fisher and Presiden
 Hadley-LL. D.'s Given Frederick II
 Betts and Edmund Wilson of New
 York City-Other Honors Conferred
 Professor Tnrr of the Weather Bu
 reau Made Master of Arts.
 Yale's 2O0th year closed yesterday with the commencement exercises al Battell chapel, which was crowded witt students and their relatives anC friends. The graduating class of the university formed on the campus at 1( o'clock, the head of the procession 1T front of Dwight hall. The academies were in the lead, next was the class oi 1901S and followed by the classes of the law and medical departments. Then came the members of the alumni.
 The procession was headed by heriff | Durham. As the class was forming the Second regiment band played On ward Christian Soldier and then took l its place at the head of the line, ren- l dering the Portuguese Hymn as the march was taken from the campus.
 Preceding the older graduates was General Noble of St. Louis, and Rev. Dr. Munger of this city. It was a lit tie past 10 o'clock when the line start ed. The route was out of the Phelps ! gateway, across the upper green to Gen. ter church, thence up the diagonal pathway to the corner of College and Chapel streets along College street to and through the Phelps gateway, and thence to the Battell chapel. Several young lady graduates were in the pro cession. Following was the programme at Battell chapel:
 Overture-"Die Meistersinger von
 Neurnberg. g...... Wagner Prayer
 Psalm 65. (At the opening of the
 college erected in New Havenin
 171S the congregation united in
 singing the first verses of this
 psalm, in Sternhold and Hop
 kins nerson)
 Address. ...... ..... President Hadley Announcement of prizes.
 Presentation to the president and fel-
 lows by the deans of the candidates
 for degrees upon examination with
 the conferring the degrees in the
 following order: Bachelors of arts,
 bachelors of philosophy, bachel-
 ors of fine arts, bachelors of
 music, bachelors of law, bach
 elors of divinity. master of
 arts, masters of laws, masters of
 science, mechanical engineers, doc-
 tors of medicine, and doctors of
 philosophy
 Adagio from the Violin Concerto. Presentation to the president and fel-
 lows by Rev. Professor George r.
 Fisher of candidates for honorary
 degrees, with the comforting of hon
 orary degrees.
 Fin Feste Burg"
 Benedlction.
 The prizes awarded were as follows: James Gordon Bennett prize of $50- Stanley Brnet Resor of Cincinnati.
 Golden club medal-Herbert Bruce Fuller of Washington, D. C., with hon oral ble mention of Robert Morse Cham berlain of New Haven and Harold Bradford Cotton of Hartford.
 Sheffield scientific school graudating excellence in mechanical en- Harold Arthur Gilbert, New Haven. For excellence in civil engineering Arthur Keep Hubbard. Kane, Pa For excellence in sanitary engineer ing-Henderson Gilbert, Harrisburg, | Pa, with honorable mention of Ar thur Potter Knight, Cleveland, N. Y, | and Hiram Miller, Middlefield, Conn. The Balknap prize in natural history was divided between Beverly Waugh | Kunkel of Harrisburg and Charle. Overlander of New Haven, with honor able mention of George Samuel Ja- nelson of Bridgeport and Ralph oak ey Clock of Brooklyn, N Y, and Her pert Tucker of Cincinnati.
 The following honorary degrees were conferred:
 Doctor of Frederick T, Betts, B. A, Yale '64 New York city, and Ed nund Wilson, Yale 1876.
 Doctors of Divinity-Rev. w. H, Fl. ?. Faunce, president of Brown univer- 'ity Rev. J. M. Taylor, president of yassar college; and Rev. Williston Walker, Hartford Theological semi lary.
 Masters of Arts-Rev. Harlan P. Beach, Yale 1878; William E. Dodge, New York city; Theodore l.. Devinne, Jew York city; James L. Houghtel ng, Chicago, Yale 1879, and Clifford 'inchot, Yale 1889.
 The following degrees were confer- ed on persons who were unable to be resent:
 Master of Arts-Rev Toliver F. Cas- ey, Yale 1862. Dresden, Germany; lev. Charles O'Day, Yale 1872 dean f the Andover Theological seminary; J. Winthrop Flatner, Yale 1885, professor-elect at Andover The logical seminary; Congressman F. G. Tewlands of Nevada, with enrolment l the class of 1857; Franklin M. prague, Rev. Elmer E. Smiley, Yale 390 president of the University of Wy , ming; and Professor Otto G. Ramsay, cad of the department of gynecology .. the Yale Medical school.
 Each candidate was presented to resident Hadley by Prof George P isher in a few graceful words. The ddress of President Hadley will be l ,und in full on another page of the ourier. Further announcement was made z asterday afternoon of awards of de- l rees not heretofore published, made at J le commencement exercises. The list 4 as follows: !
 MASTERS OF ART. T
 With Subjects of Study. a Carroll Storks Alden, B. A. Yale un- 4 erei+v 1So9 Fng1ish. Henry Cothea1 '