The sun., 1903-06-25
YALE'S COMMENCEMENT.
Judge Gray Speaks on the Force OF Public
Opinion IN This Country.

Judge Gray speaks on the Force OF Public
| Opinion IN This Country.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 24.-At the Yale
commencement exercises to-day in WOOL
sey Memorial Hall honorary degrees we're
conferred by President Hadley upon the
following:
Doctors of Laws-Prof William II Brewer,
professor emeritus of the Sheffield scientific
school; Judge George Gray, Judge OF
the United States Circuit Court for the
| Third district; Thomas Thacher, New
York city; William Dewitt Alexander.
! Yale '55, Surveyor-General Of the Hawaiian
F., Islands since 1872, and president of Oahu
, College, the leading educational institution
! in Hawaii.
/ Doctors of Divinity-The Rev. Lyman
; Abbott, former pastor of Plymouth Church
of Brooklyn; the Rev, William Rogers
Richards, pastor of the brick Church in
! New York city.
Masters of Arts-Herbert Wolcott Bowen
who was member of the class of '7s, and
Minister from this country - Venezuela;
| George S. Hutchings of Bostor, builder OK
! the New-Berry memorial organ; Benjamin
/ johnson Lang, Boston, well-known
: musician; James Seymour Petit, L. s. A.,
! Washington; Charles Milard Pratt, presi-
: dent of Pratt Institute and vlce-president
; of the Long Island Railroad; Louis Comfort
! Tiffany of the Tiffany Company of New
York.
. 1t was announced that the Bennett prize
, had been awarded to Hugh Rankin, 'O3. of
: Peekskill: the Golden Club medal for pro-
, fciency in political economy to NJ. B. Ter
! rill, O3, of Dechard Tenn, and the John A.
| Porter University prize to Richard W. Ebb
| of Durham N. c., of the graduate depart
| ment.
| The commencement procession which
| marched from Vanderbilt Hall on the old
! campus to Woolsey Hall on the new had in
! 1t representatives of all the classes from
| AZ to 'O2, followed by the members OF the
class that received their degrees to-day.
The procession was headed by the High
Sheriff OF New Haven county, Immediately
followed by President Hadley and former
President Timothy Dwight together. Then
came the distinguished head Of the gradu-
ate division, S. W. Turner, AZ, the Oldest
graduate back for commencement
| Tell em all I'm good for another year"
! he shouted. The most conspicuous in the
line was Minister Bowen, who came for
his honorary degree.
He did not graduate with his class '7s.
+. The honorary degree as announced by
President Hadley carries with 1t class
/ enrolment. The reason given to-day by
! one who said he was familiar with the facts
! why Minister Bowen has all these years
: been of the Yale graduate roll and did
not get his degree when his class graduated,
! twenty-five years ago, was the result OF
F! a row with a Yale professor. He fired
| sonwball that knocked of the professors
hat. He was asked to apologize, but he
! declined, and it is not known that he has
, apolopiled vet He, therefore. had his de-
! gre held up as matter of discipline.
Mr.. Bowen was cheered frequently in the
conferred as follows: Bachelors Of arts.
3Oe; bachelors of philosophy, l3O bachelors
! of laws, 80; master Of arts, SO: doctor OF
philosophy, So, four OF which were won by
women; bachelors OF divinity. TO- doctors
of medicine, 81; master of forestry, 10;
masters of laws, q; masters of science, 2;
bachelors of fine arts 2; mechanical angl-
| neer, L. bachelor of music, l.
The last night of the Yale campus will
never be forgotten by those who were out
celebration lasted until early this morning.
At 2 o'clock a crowd Of students stood
on the steps Of Osborn Hall singing college
songs. giving the Yale cheer and burning
| red lire. lneTc "eIt plltI IItWOI hH
They were all grads Of recent years and
were wildly enthusiastic in their demon
stration for old Yale. They were all good
natured, too. The defeat Of the Yale base
ball team by Harvard yesterday afternoon
had not the slightest effect on these vigorous
collegians. They had been all the night
parading with bands, stopping for a mo-
ment at the homes OF popular professors
to cheer them and to insist on speech:
Several OF the classes in this way marched
to the residence of President Hadley, and
he addressed them, the neighborhood of
his home being all ablaze with red fire
When the class of '7s came to the .presi-
dents house he was enthusiastically re-
| ceived as he stepped on the verandas. There
were uproarious cheers when President
Hadley spoke of the great work being
done in the Philippines by the Governor
+, General. William II. Taft, member Of that
class. Every "lass had a banquet some
time during the night and most of the men
kept at the celebration long after the ban
quet was over. There was great bonfire
on the campus.
The old grads decorated the statue Of
| Prof Woolsey, placing handage around
his head, In the hands were placed lighted
roman candles and on his shoulders and at
his feet were placed sticks of red fire.
One group of men clambered up on to
| the knees of the statue. Some one handed
them up bottle of beer and having con-
suited the statue In regard to the matter,
one Of the party solemnly put the bottle
to it's lips and emptied out the full con-
tents The class Of 1900 then. with Roman
candles and red fire. did war dances and
cakewalks around the statue.
Judge Gray, who this afternoon received
the honorary degree OF LII. D. from Yale
University, was one Of the speakers at the
Yale alumni dinner He alluded to the
anthracite coal commission, of which he
was chairman. that investigated at the
request of President Roosevelt the Penn
sylvania coal strike. He said,
"Snce coming to Yale, looking on such
a great body of alumni, feel "A new hope
and greater assurance for this country.
! feel that with such body of men there
cannot he any great danger from new
doctrines, for this magnificent army OF
! mon ,ritli nth hnr einnilar hodies must ba