The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-06

Ceremonies-Addresses by President Hadle ey and Lord Kelvin.
 The college year at Yale now nearing a close has been marked by functions
 of great and unusual significance, and
 among these will for all time rank the event of yesterday afternoon, when
 Yale university conferred the degree
 of IL. D. upon William Thomson Lord Kelvin), the great British scientist. The exercises were held in Batell chap el and were attended by large and en- thusiastic assemblage of students and
 representative townspeople, The plans
 for the day were carried out in per-
 feet manner, and when the senior stu
 dents of the various departments form
 ed in line on the campus and marched
 in a body to the chapel, separating at
 the chapel door in a manner to allow
 President Hadley and Lord Kelvin and
 the members of the Yale corporation,
 together with the university faculty, to
 pass between the lines thus formed, the
 scene was most impressive one.
 The scene within the chapel was both
 impressive and inspiring The south
 gallery presented very attractive ap- pearance those assembled therein being
 mostly members and friends and inVit-
 ed guests of the faculty members. The
 New Haven Symphony orchestra, un- der the leadership of Professor Parker
 was seated in the west gallery, The graduate students and law seniors oc- cupied the south aisle on the main floor the academic seniors were seated in the center aisle and the Sheffield seniors in the north aisle.
 The first siXty-four members of the faculty in order of seniority were seat ed on the platform, thirty-two on each side, the back seats being reserved for the corporation, deans and specially in- vited guests. The transepts were filled with interested spectators.
 The programme of the afternoon opened with the "Overture to Athalia" by the Symphony orchestra. Prayer was offered by Rev Joseph Hopkins Twichell. of Hartford the senior fel- low of the corporation after which the entire assemblage united in the singing of Psalm LXV to the impressive York tune. This selection was rendered at the opening of the first college erected in New Haven in 171S, and it's repeti- tion at the exercises yesterday after noon was especially appropriate.
 At the conclusion of the singing Pro lessor Russell Henry Chittenden, Ph D., director of the Sheffield Scientific school, made brief speech, presenting Lord Kelvin for the degree of doctor of laws Lord Kelvin was introduced as a who is recognized as one of the greatest scientists of the world and as an inventor who has achieved hon. | DTS which have been of worldwide sig | nificance
 The ovation accorded Lord Kelvin ! when he stepped forward to meet Pres ident Hadley was without parallel, the | applause continuing for several min utes President Hadley in conferring the degree said:
 William Thomson, Lord Kelvin-To . some of the men of science it is given 10 render practical service by their dis 7overies; to others it is given to use hose discoveries as means to the pro- founder understanding of the laws of i he universe. Yours has been the honor If combining both these results in the work of single life. You have joined he different regions of the earth by your investigations of the submarine you have joined the differ ant realms of human thought by your to physical theory. Tn recognition of this long and glorious ervice, wherein each successive which seemed to the world continuation of your labors was with you only the starting point for severer abors and the stepping stone toward yet higher we confer up- m you the degree of doctor of laws and ldmit you to all it's rights and privi- eges."
 As the hood of honor was placed upon lord Kelvin by Professors Benjamin V, Bacon and Henry w Farnam the knew no bounds The dis inguished scientist in reply spoke as olows:
 President Hadley and Members of he Yale Corporation and Faculty-T hank you most warmly and with all ny heart for the great honor you have upon me, and I assure you hat it is most sincerely appreciated I annot but express my great pleasure n being able to stand here this after loon in one of the great universities of he world. Yale is a typical New Eng and university, combining as it does Il the good characteristics of the great of Europe. It affords me reat satisfaction to note that Yale has ot only done good work from the time began, but that it will continue to do ood work throughout all it's future his ory. During it's two hundred years of fe and progress it has been doing ad- nirabe service. This is recognized not !