The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-26
COM MEN CEMENT AT AN END
AN INTERESTING PROGRAMME
 CARRIED OUT AT TALE.

srees Also Awarded--The Alumni
 Dinner Was Attended by Nearly 400
 nent Men'-scnatOr Lodge and J. Whit
 comb Riley Among the Speakers Tine
 Exercises of the Day--Reception Last
 Evening by President and Mrs. HRd-
 ley.
 Yale's commencement of 1902 came to a very successful termination with the alumni dinner in the University dining hall yesterday afternoon. The days programme was carried out as printed the exercises beginning with the pre- sentation of diplomas and the confer ring of degrees in Battell chapel at 10 a. m. The chapel was thronged with the seniors of the various departments of the university, together with their friends and relatives. The scene was a very attractive one The corporation occupied positions on the platform. The exercises were made especially impress i've, President Hadley's address which | Is printed elsewhere, containing many very important allusions to university life and affairs. The presentation of degrees included the awarding of the same to several women candidates, whose appearance was greeted with prolonged applause. The list of candi- dats for honorary degrees included many of the most prominent men of the times. The list of students and oth- CTS who received these honors appears in another column.
 The exercises in the chapel were fin ished about 1 p. m. and the alumni din ner was held at o'clock. The accom- | modations were more than sufficient, | nearly 1,400 sons of Old Eli partaking | of the dinner and still many extra seats were without occupants. This was a great improvement over previous years, the new dining hall being used for the first time this year, making it unneces- sary to erect tents to accommodate those who could not gain admission. The corporation occupied seats al a ta- ble placed on an elevated platform. The speakers of the afternoon were also seated at this tatble. The arrange ments for the dinner had been under the supervision of the manager of the hall, and the service was excellent. The menu was as follows:
 Consomme in cups.
 Olives. Radishes. Larded Fillet of Beef Remoulade
 German Fried Potatoes.
 Lobster Salad
 Bread and Butter Sandwiches
 Turkey. Ham.
 NeaDolitan Ice Cream.
 Assorted Cakes Apple Pie.
 American Cheese. :,
 Strawberries.
 Coffee The post prandial programme was in { charge of President Hadley, who, in opening, welcomed all members of the Yale Alumni association. President Hadley stated that the university was , in a very prosperous condition, and hat during the past year the gifts and of gifts exceeded in their total s1 ,000, 900. Announcement was also i made of the appointment of those r members of the board of directors of !, he Alumni association whose terms ex- pired this June, and also that William B Davenport of Brooklyn, N. Y, had d oeen added to the list of directors. The d was then made that h Henry B. Sargent of this city had been elected member of the Yale corpora ion. The final announcement was to he effect that John Hayes Hammond, o,Iyr tr1f, in, South | v Africa and a Yale graduate, had been appointed a professor in mining en- I, ,ineering and also member of the governing board of the Sheffield Scien- fife school. These statements by Presi- lent Hadley were greeted with hearty pplause. United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was then introduced as he first speaker of the afternoon Sem tor Lodge and all the other speakers f the day had been made the recipients f the honorary degrees at the morn r' ng exercises and their remarks were k n the nature of expressions of thanks nd appreciation for the honors so re- ii eived In part Senator Lodge spoke E' S follows:
 Honorable President and Members l. f the Yale Alumni Association-You ave to-day conferred upon me an hon. T, r which any man, at home or abroad, ,here any standard of high learning is IN ppreciated would be pleased to re- m aive. But I can say that by no one bt luld it be more appreciated than by a H raduate of Harvard. While In college N @ recognize in Yale our greatest re 'iend and foe, But when we enter into le life outside of college walls we rec gnize that we are all engaged, whether be in peace or in war in working for le greatest good of our great republic. W he honor you have conferred to-day is at lost sincerely appreciated when one st ,alizes that he has those whom he yes, those to whom the honor he can Ii apart and by which honor one is bet oo oo 1T known P- "A rose in the hand is worth thou a' lnds placed upon a grave, and so O. Ut av # is q great and glorious blessing
 have honors in this world which oney cannot produce and which mon- cannot buy. Public life is not with +,, 1t it's rewards, but it carries with it eat trials. The deep consciousness pc hich a man in public life has in the SC 'ogress of the nation will often make tn m feel keenly the Appointments of tn ait and defeat. The public man has