New-York tribune., 1902-06-26
YALE CONFERS DEGREES.
PRESIDENT BUTLER AND SENATOR
LODGE AMONG THOSE WHO
GOT Ii. D,

NI4J1 LIZ u
New-Haven- Conn. June 25.-Yales 2olst com
mencement was held in BatteI Chapel at Il O'Clock
this morning It the last time that BatteI
Chapel viii see a commencement ceremony, as next
year the large new auditorium will be used To-day
the meagre accommodations of BatteN were shown
by the crush all parts Of the building and by Jne
extra gallery that had been erected for the guests
The official procession preliminary 70 entering the
chapel began at 10 o'clock. 1t was led OF Inek
Marshall Robert r. Corwin Of the Scienthc schooI
and the I'd Regiment Band Of New-HaVen' 1oi-
lowed by the high sheriff of the county. PRESIDENT
Arthur T. Hadle!', ex-Prestdent Timothy o"ight'
the Fellows Of the Corporation. and the facuItIes
and distinguished guests who received honorary
degrees. After marching the circuit Of the campus
The procession passed under Phelps Gateway ~
CoIlege-st thence TO En-st., 30 the Green, across
the Green TO Centre Church, to Chapel-St-, ana
through Vanderbilt Court to the campus. where
the gradua ting classes formed double line ana
stood uncovered while the dignitaries Of the Gay
pa ssed between them and into the chapel
on the platform in Battel, which had been
extended out over the choir stalls, sat the cor
poration faculties and invited guests, among them
being President Nicholas Murray Butter, OF Co.
lumbia University: United States Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts; DR.. Roswell Park,
Of Buffalo James Whitcomb Riley, Archoishop
Van Buren. of Porto Rico. and others
The commencement programme was opened by
the rendition of Mendelssohns Overture TO Ruy
Bias" by the New-Haven symphony Orchestra
The Rev. Dr.. Calhoun. of the Yale Corporation
offered prayer after which yales old commence
nent hymn sunE by the audience. FFesIueIl1
Hadley then read his annual report. The uni
versity prizes for the year were then announced
They were.
Iae Bennett prize awarded to that senior who
shall write the best essay some political topic
Harry Baldwin Chamberlain. Of Unionvile. Conn
class Of O2 Golden Club medal for efficiency IN
political scierce-James Alden Valentine or brecb-
linn yHi-b b0nOrr ble mention OF Henry
Elicit Cotton. Of CampbesviIe, Ky. The De
Forest prize speaking for the senior class to Eu-
gene Heitler Lehman. OF Pueblo, Col Inc Johh
\ Porter prize for the best essay written by any
member Of the university from a list OF speclned
subjects and regarded the foremost prize OF the
academic year, TO Edward Andrew Branlff. OF ran
sas City No, of the Yale Forestry School the tue
Of the successful essay being Russian Fiction,
The honorary degrees were then conferred, Fro-
fessor Bernadote Perrin presenting the candidates
Pesident HadIey receiving them, and Professors
Bacon and Farnham hoodins The recipients
The recipients Of degrees to-day were the follow
York state Pathological Laboratory. professor OF
srgery in The medical al @ depar1s OF w6o s ATTENDED
President Mckinley in his last illness: HEZRI E
Ma sac 2chusetts: SETS CHARLES RocKWELL Ian
Man graduate Of Yale and since lSS9 PTqfessoE
MURRAY BUTLER. Presdenr Of Colu5n 2a 6Ia nj =
of Yale in the class Of 1872 secretary Of the Board
OF indian Commissioners Of the United states since
-S15 5. L.-FRANkLIN BowDITCH DEXTER. for for
rnsnv years secretary Of Yale University and
Editor Of The Stiles Journel." :,----,>~ -
D D.-The Rev. WILLIAM R HI MIN - -,
rector OF Grace Church, New-York city: the KEY
sASGNEL HART, vice-dean Of the Berkeley Divln-
N 'lA@WT1IIAM BLAIR GRAVES, acting priIn5;
cpa! Of PhiIILPs Academy And0geF over te Rev so
ENDiCOTT PEABODY. head master OF Gr2f3n 1SI
School. HENRY GOSLEE PROJ t-sit. .or o. : ,tt
Pairoad acizette": POBERT CURTIS OGDEN
PRESIDENT of the board ot trustees OF HamPtoa3
Institute and chairman Of the neW!y aPoL,J, ~
southern Educational Board; ROBERT - .
SANDERSON. assistant professor OF FTel'e" III
Yale College degree conferred priVate4J]-
James whitcoulb Riley was received with pro
Ionged applause He presented as Inc
Hooser whose name and fame are tionaI, VINO IS
loved as LongfeIlow ard Whittier are loved a!id
who has found classic shepherds In the rusIc
plains 81 Indiana" Or Hadley. in copterrlng tae
degree said We present this degree IN IScos , a.
ton OF who has been an exponent OF tI-S Joy
and pathos Of country life in America -,.t
Nicholas Murray Butter. president or CoiGinOla
Cuiversity received prolonged ovation when ne
arose TO receive his degree OF LII d F1e was PIe
sented as ''one who has long had Eatlona! repGta
ton anG whose youth Is his only sin Or ftadley
said in comforting the degree: 'Alks for past ser
tunitv alike for Yale's earnest affection for her
sister university IL New-York and for her beIet
that in the future Columbia will more than ever
iOin in the raising Of the standards OF American
education. We present tnls degree"
Senator Lodge received a splendid Outburst OF en-
rhlIsasr from the student body. He presented
the successor Daniel Webster in the United
States Senate. Besides being statesman. he has
contributed important works TO the historical liter
ature Of the country and is an aggressiye leader
in the grave problems that confront this nation
/ to-day.