The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-26
YALE COMMENCEMENT.
YESTERD4Y WAS PRE-EMINENTLY
 GRADUATE DAY.

Class Reunions Were the Features
 Lively Times at the Reunions Last
 Hundreds of Yale graduates cele-
 brnted yesterday in the class reunions,
 meetings and dinners in ways sane
 tioned by long custom. The classes
 turned out to the ball game in full mum
 bers and the members who were in the
 university twenty, thirty or forty
 years ago were just as young as those
 attending the triennial. These men
 were, however, content with ordinary
 clothes unlike their younger brothers
 who were clad in pure white, or rather what was supposed to be pure white. The morning hours were devoted to ! class meetings in the larger rooms of 1 college halls, where class secretaries
 read their reports, the necrologists per-
 formed their duty of formally notify l Ing their classmates of deaths in their
 ranks since their last reunion and
 variety of other business peculiar to such gatherings was transacted. Considerable time was spent in dis
 cussing plans for the coming bi-centen-
 nial celebra tion next October when, it
 is expected nearly every class will be
 represented-some by big delegations. 1 After the ball game there was gen.
 eral good time induged In and last
 evening occurred the class reunions. The Yale alumni meeting. held at
 Alumni hall in the morning, was well attended and was called to order at ten o'clock, with James L. Houghtellng '76 S., of Chicago, in the chair. He allu-
 ded to the fact that this was the first time Shelf. man was called to occupy the chair at the alumni meeting, and spoke with pleasure of the disappear ance of any antagonism between the two departments. MT. Houghtelings Introduction of the various speakers was very witty and happy and warmly applauded. The following responded for their respective classes:
 '51-General John w. Noble. of St. Louis.
 '61-Former Senator Anthony Hig- gins, Delaware
 'T1-William Townsend, Utica, N Y.
 '76-William Waldo Hyde, Hartford.
 'S1-Edward M. Adee, New York.
 '91-James Kingsley Blake, New Ha- ven.
 '95-James F. Cooper, New Britain.
 Frank Lord was to have spoken for '9S, but was at his class reunion and consequently there was no representa- tive of that class present.
 By motion of Charles Hopkins Clark, of Hartford, a committee was appoint ed by the chair to draw up resolutions relative to the death of Adelbert Hay, | to be forwarded to the family of the deceased. The following committee ! was appointed: General Noble '51, | chairman; ex-Senator Higgins. '61; | Charles H. Clark, ri, and Henry Wright, '9S. The following resolutions were reported and unanimously adopt ed by rising vote and have been sent to Colonel Hay:
 "To Honorable John Hay: The Yale Alumni at their annual meeting by unanimous resolution beg to express their appreciation of the manly prom ise of their son, their pride in his achievements in the public service which reflected such credit upon the and the country, the sense of their own loss, and to tender to you, to Mrs. Hay and your family, their re- spectful sympathy in your great aftlic- tion."
 The following executive committee for the alumni for the bi-centennal was announced: President Hadley, ex-President Dwight, Prof. Fisher, Prof. Brush, Rev. pr. Munger, MT. Van Name, Prof. Wheeler, Prof. Weir, Prof. Dexter, Prof Lounsbury. Prof. Peck, Prof Baldwin, Prof. Sumner, Prof. DuBos Prof Dana, Prof Town send Prof Woolsey Prof, Morris, Prof Schwab, Prof. Parker, Prof. Her. pert F. Smith, Prof. Chittenden, Prof 1 T. P. c. Foster Rev Dr. Lines, Messrs. : W. w. Farnam, M F. Tyler, H. B. Sargent, A. B. Hill, Eli Whitney. Lew s S Welch, Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., md Thomas Hawkes.. 7
 It was announced that the commit S ee on graduate participation at the bi- ] desire those graduates who t xpect to attend the reunion in the fall I md who expect to join in the process S ion of graduates on Monday evening l f o send as soon as possible their names t o MT Thomas Dewey, Jr., No. 54 Ce f lar street, New York, the names of the I with the fee of two dollars I o pay for the costume to be provided ( t that time The committee desire to a ave this procession as large as possi- t le and their work will be greatly fla r ilitated by knowing about how many r len to provide for. a It was also announced that the com Y lttee would esteem it favor if those q raduates present would inform their q aspective classes of the arrangements nd beg them to attend the celebration nd notify the committee of their in- antion at the earliest possible date. I, General Noble, the first speaker, 1 q aid q am glad to learn that the col T ge nas become merged in the univer- lf ty It is a splendid sign for the fu IT Ire. We have spirit here that can N ever fail and as in the past so in the lture we will go on achieving greater 6 ory and honor for Yale as she does T, ,r us. The Christian spirit here that
 and has been SO important part of e IT life can never fail us. We believe n nd expect a great future"
 Between the speeches the Glee club Ing several selections that were very l A ell received by the alumni. C Former Senator Anthony Rigging, of | p elaware, said in part; ''The accept K, Ice of American sovereignty by the l-