New-York tribune., 1905-06-29
TWO MILLIONS FOR YALE.


nifcentlv ornamented and jeweiied eonaree'e
presented to Yale by Professor SANFORD anu
Professor John c. Schwab carried the he"s'
mace which Professor Sanford last year gave 10
the university.
The great procession of graduating classes
and alumni formed the college campus at
$50 this morning in caps and gowns Headeo
Icy band and by the Sheriff Of New-HaVeh
County according to the time honored custom
the great line of over three thousand young ana
old Yale men, professors and invited guests, ieft
the campus through Vanderbilt Hal 10 Chapei-
st., and then marched across the ezreeh 10
Center Church, where 1t turned and proceeded
to the Divinity School in Elm-st., thence TO the
Middle Campus. where the seniors In all depart
ments formed long double line, through Whlch
passed with raised mortarboards, the presi-
dent, faculties and candidates for honorary de-
grees. To the strains of "Old Hundred as
played by the ID Regiment Band, the process
sion filed into Woolsey Hall, where the cere-
monies began at II O'Clock.
Heads of the various departments presented
669 candidates for degrees to President HAD
ley The degrees issued by President Hadley
were divided as follows:
Bachelors of Arts academic. 275; Bachelors OF
Philosophy from the Scientific School, 161;
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art School, l.
Bachelors of Music. =; Bachelors Of Law, from
the Law School, go; Masters of Laws, .; bach
eIor of Civil Law, /: Doctor of Civil Law. /;
Bachelors of Divinity, from the theological
School, 81: Masters of Science, :: Masters OF
Arts 10; Mechanical Engineers, ,; Doctors OF
Medicine >: Masters of Forestry, q, and Doc
tors of Philosophy SO
Yale also gave honorary degrees to the fol-
lowing distinguished visitors:
DOCTOR OF LAWS.-Augustus St. Gaudens, the
Edwin Anderson Alderman president Of the Uni
yersity Of Virginia ard one OF me ieadcIS In me ne
In the Southern States -. VI, :.
cult Court for the First Circuit .eouuo, -. a,u
cases oi children the College Of Physicians and
leading guhTs!'I physicians iiiis Of New-Ycrk CITY
DOCTOR OF MUsIC.-Sr Edward Elgar the
foremost living musical composer.
DOCTOR OF DIvINITY,-The Right Rev. Fred
class of 75. and Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of the
The Rev, John franklin Gengng, professor Of
Thgforic Tifo On in n 4nhgrsf std GIsge ana Fsc
DOCTOR OF SCIENCE.-Professor George Eilery
Hale, director of Yerkes Observatory University,
Theodore william Richards professor of chem
istry in Harvard University.
MASTER OF ARTs;-Henry Waters Taft a grad.
of the New York bar. and an influential citizen
especially Interested in public education
The class of 80, dean of the medical department of
james W Pinch6t. one of the founders of the
Yale Forest School and a patron Of art and
The Rev. Huber Cray Buehler. headmsster of the
Hotchkiss School. Llkeville, Conn.
Alfred Ernest Stearns. principal of the Phillips
Academy, Andover, Mass
Professor Williston Walker. of the Yale Theo-
logical School, presented the candidates for spe-
cial and honorary degrees. with Introductory
remark to which, each OCCASION the gradu-
ating classes responded with cheer, the ap-
plause being most marked when Mr.. Taft was
presented as also Mr.. ST. Gaudens Sir Edward
Elgar Mr. Pinchot and Bishop Keator.
Special commencement prize awards were an
nounced as follows:
Bennett prize. for essay some subject of
contemporaneOus interest in the domestic or foreign
policy of the United States government. to Alfred
l.. Spencer, 05, Jasper, N Y.
Golden Club medal for proficiency in political
economy. to Edward f Hayes, '05 Cohoes n Y.
John Addison Porter prize in American history
to Arthur R. Williams. of the Junior academic class
from Norwak. Conn.
George Washington Egleston prize in American
history, gwen for original research. Hubert II.
Aimes. of West Haven, Conn, a member of the
Yale Graduate School and graduate of Sheffield
Scientific School. His thesis entitled "The
Cuban Slave Trade Study in the History of
Cuba
John Addison Porter essay prize. awarded to
George D. Arnold Yale. OS, at present in Yale
Law School