The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
THE YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL
HAS CONCLUDED ITS ANNITER-
 SARY EXERCISES.

Reception Held Last Evening i'm the
 Lowell Mason Library Rooms-spsnk-
 ing by Seniors and Award Of Prizes
 Yesterday yMorning--Dinno nor to Alumni
 and Invited Guests tn the fternoon. The exercises attending the anniver- sary of the Yale Divinity school were brought to a conclusion last evening with the reception for the alumni and their wives, the members of the grad uati1g gclass and the friends of the seminary. This enjoyable function was held in the Lowell Mason library rooms and was largely attended. The time was very pleasantly passed in social intercourse Refreshments were served and remarks were made by Dean San- ders and others. During the evening the Divinity School Glee club rendered several very pleasing selections.
 The exercises of the day, yesterday, began at 10:30 a. m. in Battell chapel. The following programme was carried out:
 1-Hymn No. 253.
 2-Invocation by the Rev. Timothy
 Dwight D. D., ILL. D.
 "savonarola: His Message to the
 Preacher" Frederick Wingate Ray
 mond, East Weymouth, Mass. 4-"The Bible: The Preachers In-
 strument," Warren Daniels Bige-
 low, Roxbury, Mass,
 5--"The Principle of Progress" Hall
 Lautie Calhoun, Henderson, Tenn 6-Music-'The Lord Hath Command
 ed ................... Mendelssohn Divinity School Glee club and Mrs.
 Haesche. 7-"The Proper Function of Church
 Music,'' Sheldon Bissell, Montclair, IN J.
 Issues in California;,
 Josiah Sibley, Los Angeles, Cal. 9-Hymn No. 427.
 to the graduating class
 Rev. Professor Porter 11-Benediction, Rev. John H. Me-
 Lean, D. D., Berkeley, Cal.
 The addresses by the members of the graduating class were of exceptional interest and merit. The rendering of "The Lord Hath Commanded by the l Glee club and Mrs. Haesche was beau- | tiful and exceptionally well executed.
 Perhaps the most interesting was the address to the graduating class by | Professor Porter. His address was 1 listened to with great interest by all | 
 Dean Sanders of the Divinity school | the following distribution of l prizes:
 The Downes prizes, founded in 1896 | by William F. Downes of this city, are awarded annually to students in the | senior and middle class who attain the highest proficiency in the public read ng of scriptures and hymns. Those winning this year are: Senior class, Edgar F. Daugherty, Elver F. Moor nan; middle class, Henry F. Smith and James E. Gregg.
 Kezi Ashidi of Osaka, Japan, a Japan ,se student m the gradudt1nS claSs, was announced as winner of the Hol- brook prize essay on sociology. The award is $50 and one of the highest 1onors of the senior class The Jap tnese won out in competition of about wenty students. The second prize of ,25 was awarded to Frederick w. Ray nond of East Weymouth, Mass.
 The Fogg scholarships of $10o each were awarded to Raymond G. Clapp, South Boston, Mass, James E. Gregg, Colorado Springs, Col, George D. Cas- or, Kansas City, Mo-, and Harold Hardy of Beria, Ky.
 At 1:30 yesterday afternoon the lu1nni of the school and invited guests, members of the faculty, held ] banquet in the United church chapel informal addresses were delivered by President Hadley Dean Sanders, Pro- ( essor l. F. Wood of Smith college, lev. J. $. Zelio of Schenectady, N. T., nd Rev. F. M. Chapman of St. Johns- ' ury, Vt. st