New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-24
ALUMNI MEET AT YALE.
NOTED hen PRESENT.
Class of IS attracts Mach Attention
The Medical School Exercises.

New-Haven. June IS CSpeciaD.-Alternate rain
and dripping mist ushered in the second day OF
the Yale commencement week and throughout
the morning the most uncomfortable weather
conditions prevailed. It was the first Yale
commencement week in years to prove stormy
bur the rain and cold wind only interfered
slightly with the class reunions Throughout
the morning the classes met in various rooms
about the campus and near by, and enjoyed the
usual solicitations.
The class Of 1888 attracted the most atten-
ton among those back for their reunions on ac-
count Of the unusual number of members pres
ont and because several distinguished men are
members Of 1t On the platform In Alumni Hall
this morning were twenty-five representa- tives
If that class, among them being Edmund Clar-
ence stedman. OF New-York City; Bishop
Davies OF the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan:
WAYNE MacVeagh, representative Of the United
States In the Venezuela dispute: Andrew d
White formerly president Of Cornell University
snd former United States Ambassador TO Ger
many: Charlton T. Lewis, the noted Greek
scholar and writer; Judge Stoddard Johnston
~ the Supreme Court bench Of Kentucky;
Alonzo A Stage and Sherman Willard Knevals
o. New-York City.
Among the rs men back for reunion to-day
were Herbert ". Bowen. United States Minister
10 Venezuela; Governor William H. Hunt, OF
r,araiso. Chill: Judge Henry NJ. Hoyt ex-As-
sistant Attorney General OF the United States
Alfred I. Ripley, of Boston Mass. and Judge
William * James, Of Missouri
Other prominent alumni who were in the city
for their reunion to-day were Judge Samuel o.
Prentice, 20. Of the Connecticut Supreme Court:
Wallace Bruce 81. OF New-York; William De-
Witt Alexander '55. Surveyor General Of the
Hawaiian Islands; the Rev William R Rich
ards rs OF the Brick Church. New-York City;
Hiram Bingham. IS. OF Hawaii; Dr.. Henry P.
stearns, 49, Of Hartford; the Rev. Kinsley
Tv-ining. IS: Judge Henry H IngersoI, SO, Of
the Supreme Court OF Tennessee; DR.. Lewis A
stiuason '65. Of New-York City; Judge lie
Baron Colt, IS. Of the United States District
Court Of Rhode Island: Bishop Chauncey Brew
ster. IS. Of the Episcopal Diocese OF Connect
cut; Professor Henry P. Dutton, IS, Of Colum-
tta University; Professor Henry P Wright, o.
OF Yale University
IT 10 O'clock this morning the annual alumni
meeting was held IN Alumni Hall, James Kings
ley Blake. 81. secretary Of the Alumni Associa-
rim calling the meeting 10 order. Samuel J
Elder. 10, was presiding officer. and the Rev
lanes H Ven Buren,, '73, offered prayer There
were FIVE responses from various classes, the
sneakers being Charlton T. Lewis, 53, Of New
York: William H. Law. IS: John P. Bartlett
IS 6: ] Stanley Brown, IS s. and Ashley D.
Ieavitt 'O3
Charlton T. Lewis IS. made the speech Of the
morning. and pleaded for a partial return in
+ha university curriculum ito the method OF I'M
rartfng culture that was current in his day in
stead Of the leaning toward special education
which IS true Of the college course today, -,
This noon the classes Of %, -1S, %, oo' 3d.
IS 81 IS '93 90 and 90 held their reunion
meetings in various places on the campus and
near by. -, ,,z,,.1
The anniversary exercises Of the Yale MeolcaI
school were held IN College Street Han Inc al
dress Of the day was given by Professor heLLy
Mills Hurd Of Johns Hopkins University, VINO VINO
spoke on The Duty and Respolslollly u '--o
University In Medical Education
President Hadley announced the honoIs % '-10
.Fa5f~a1 School graduating class, as foIIoWs-
The degree Of Doctor Of Medicine, cum lauoe.
pwerdea for unusual merit in examinations aho
me work Of the course, TO Charles everett Z aIis
z Of ArhoI Mass: Albert Henry GarV1h' OF
vTerhe-sFel5 Conn; Herbert Charles Gipner, Oh
r7-55rero-r Conn and John EDWARD Aane
r A Of Hadley. Mass. z.a .o- ~.
The Campbell gold medal, AWARDED lor lno
lfr5-as- rank in the examinations OF the course
n Herbert Charles Gibner, OF Bridgeport conn.
vim honorable mention Of Charles everett
Farr Of Athol Mass o
The Reese prize. awarded for the ner1tor1ous
,hesis 10 John Harry Bailey, B. A. or New
E5-I.a- Conn. with honorable mention OF Charles
Everett FAIR Of Athol, Mass.