New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

OF the spirit of youth. and both are better and
happier for the meeting
On Wednesday morning the University Cor
poration, the Board OF Education Society and
the seminary held meetings for the transaction or
business. But as a whole Wednesday was pre-
eminently alumni day. At 10 q. IN. the class DAY
exercises held the campus Clouds
screened the audience from the suns ardors and
helped make the pleasant occasion doubly so.
The usual order Of exercises for class day was
faithfully observed The pipe was eloquently
passed on by the outgoing seniors and eloquentiy
received by '0s.
From to 6 p m Dean W II. Crawshaw. A. NJ.
acting president. and Mrs Crawshaw received a
host Of friends in their home, which the older
alumni; will remember as the residence OF Dr.
Spear more inviting spot and mora commo-
dious house for such gathering It would be hard
TO find.
At o'clock the Grafton before the Alumni As
sociation was delivered by Dean ". II. Crawshaw.
class Of 81. His theme was The Service OF tn"
College 70 American Democracy" II was con
vincing plea full OF literary charm. for tho cult
walton OF high ideals. intellectual moral and re-
ligious with full faith that these. after all arc the
things that are most truly practical thar they
are absolutely Indispensable II are 70 Uplift de
mocracy and save it from selfish ndividualism on
the hand and reckless socialism ON tho other.
Then followed tho annual business meeting OF tho
Alumni Association but II not Of the tradi-
tional sort From start 10 finish there some
thing doing" Details must be reserved until they
can be maturely considered and approved. but z
believed that the meeting VIII I'm after be
regarded = tie beginning Of great advance
Thursday commencement day. da"ued prom
isinEly bentted the great day Of the feast Tho
programme. thoroughly Informed with present day
thought and representative OF Il broad and thor
ough culture. follows:
Grafton The Third Term Tradition
Edson Scott Farley.
Grafton Speaker the House
.oration. The Growing Unity OF Mankind
Elmer Wilson johnson.
Grafton n......The Relation of People tho Age
Warren Frskinc IAec.
Grafton ......' Education Do for America
Grafton "''.''' .f7e church and the Age
warren c,riI Taylor.
Excused.
OF the forty-one men in the graduating class one
Will enter law. forestry two medicine, one
chemistry. two journalism, four teaching. six en-
gineering eight the ministry, and sixteen are un-
decided Several, no doubt. VIII enter upon bust
ness
The presentation Of prizes followed the addresses
The university distributes annually nearly 500 in
prizes TO about thirty successful competitors. Most
o the departments offer prizes which are OF vary
ing amounts, the largest being 500
The following degrees were then conferred \. r..
upon twenty-four men; T. S. upon seventeen men;
A. NJ upon Professor Emanuel Northup. McMiun-
Vile, Ore. Of the year lSs2 Howard Marvin
Gaylord Washington, D. G.. and Marshall Sterling
Richardson. Amherst, y. S. The degree Of NJ. $.
was conferred upon Herman Theodor Rendtorff
Aude OF Herkmer. The honorary degrees conferred
follows: LID upon Judge William Jay
Gaynor. OF Brooklyn D. D. upon the Rev Homer
jerome Nosburgh 80 Oakland, Cal, and tho Rev.
William Bordman Wallace, OF Utica; l.. II. D..
upon Joseph Spencer Kennard OF Tarrytown. and
Lit D.. upon Samue! Jones Smith. 49, OF Bangkok.
Siam.
AT I o'clock the alumni ana friends gathered in
the gymnasium for the alumni dinner. The ocCa-
sion a fitting close a fine commencement.
After the dinner the president or the Alumni AS
ISOLATION. Martin c. Benedict 50, superintendent
of schools at Utica, acted toastmaster and intro
ducing Acting President Crawshaw the first
speaker. Addresses followed by Judge Gaynor Dr.
Wallace. james {. Colgate and DR. George r.
Perry, OF Troy. The Rev. r. a. Vose, OF Owego.
chairman Of the committee then announced the
award Of the alumni Fitting response on
behalf Of the class made by the Rev. g. f..
Nichols, of Albany. The class Of 1906 mustered 80
per cent OF its membership. but the class of 1882
reached 60 per cent and the cup
Thus closed one Of the most successful and en-
thusiastic commencements ever held at Colgate.