New-York tribune., 1907-06-18
YALE READY TO CLOSE.
GATHERING OF ALUMNI.
U1M Come from Many States to
ReunionS-Senat0r Knor to Speak.

! Old Home Week for Yale and her sons
! The coming of the first of the commencement
! guests is coincident with the departure Of the
! Undergraduates from the campus. 1t is Yale
/ tom for no one to remain for commencement except
the seniors and with the close of the scholarship
examinations to-day the undergraduates except the
members of OF will disappear from Yale ior three
| months. Commencement week wlh see tne graz
uatng exercises of the academic, law, medlcaI and
scientific schools and the doings of the classes or
40 A. 80 81 g. 81 'T2, H. so. 81 y, 81 ana Oh
| Ex-senator William Stewart, of Colorado mem
her of the class of '52 ex-senator George PEABODY
/ Wetmore of Rhode Island who was graduated In
/ the class of 90, and ex-senator Fred" T. Dubois
/ Of Idaho who received his diploma with the class
- - ,,i1 he here senator Morgan @. BuIkeley. of
! Connecticut. has a son, Morgan @. Bulkeley. Jr In
! the graduating class, and Senator Frank b Bran
! degee his colleague from this state Wi! also De
! present. Thomas Collier Patt OF New YORK, mas
/ a grandson. Livingston Platt, in the graduating
/ class. ~,
be the speaker of the day at the graduating eXer-
! Ciscs of the Law School and he has agreed 10
tell what he knows about government resu'aSlon @ %
commerce his address viii be feature OF con- com.
| menCemeut week Rumor has 1t that Senator Knox
will be given a degree. His son, Hugh Smith hhoX,
is q member OF the graduating class ana Is P P.eS
! dent Of the Yale football association secretary
Taft has a nephew in the senior class-Walbridge
/ Taft Of the varsity creW-and the Secretary may
be present at commencement. although his present
state Of health is certain to permit the trip.
No classes further back than 80 expected to
hold reunions. OF the members of this class eX-
Senator Stewart. ex- President Daniel Colt Gilman
/ - Johns IIop5ins University w w Crapo. Of New
Bedford Mass. Adrian Terry. Of Knoxville and
Professor Homer b. Sprague of Newton Mass.
may make the "trip here to enjoy quiet reunion.
Tho Oldest surviving graduate Of Yale is now the
Rev. Joseph Lord of Laingsburg. Mich He Is said
to be in failing health. OF the class of '42 General
EIiphalet Whittlesey. OF Washington; the Kew
Daniel Henshaw, Of Providence; the ReV. Lewis
Grout. Of Bratteboro, and Robert w. Forbes OF
New York City, are among the survivors, but oW-
ing TO their advanced age they may not appear
here at commencement.
The class OF 81 IS understood TO be planning
number Of elaborate features for it's semi-centen-
naI celebration. Included in this class are Pres-
dent Cyrus Northrop of the University of Mime
sofa. George NJ Woodruff, of Lltchield, General
/ Luther Trowbrilgc. Of Detroit and Professor Rob
/ ert Brown of the Yale astronomical observatory.
or the class Of '62 Judge Harrison b Freeman.
of Hartford. Judge Henry Holt Of New York city;
Professor William Woolsey Johnson Of the United
States Naval Academy: Franklin NIacVeagh OF
/ Chicago and Pierce y Welch OF New Haven
members. Some Of the best known alumni of the
class of 81 ex-senator Wetmore, George A.
Adoe of New York City; Wallace Bruce OF Brook
lyn. eX-CouEressman Robert Z. De Forest, of
bridgeport and Professor Matthew d. Mann. OF
With the class OF - are expected Bishop Howard
Talbot. of Wisconsin; ex-senator Dubois. Judge a.
Heaion Robertson, OF this city; Judge John W.
Nescou OF camden. y. j. PROFESSOR theodore >
Woosey. Of Yale Professor Edward 5. Thacher.
head Of the Thacher School Of California; Profess
sor Edward II. jenkins, head Of the Connecticut
! agricultural experiment station. and Dr. w. l..
Cushing head OF the Westminster School. OF Sims
bury Conn. J. Montgomery Sears, of Boston said
70 be the wealthiest member OF the Yale alumni. Is
enrolled In the class Of - hs Is also Charles +,
Chapin. editor OF The Waterbury American" In
the class Of 81 were Albert r. Coke OF Phiiadel-
pAia, and Professor William Lyon Phelps Of Yale
The class OF ~ Will bring back Edward Boltwood
. the novelist, Mayor Armstrong Of New London.
Captain Preston Brown. Harrison Teller. OF
senator Teller Of colorado: Professor Henry $
Graves. head Of the Yale school of forestry, and
Lee McCIung. treasurer Of Yale. Among the Nom
hers OF - are y. a SMITH. Of District Attorney
Jerome's starr. and Amos r. Pinchot. Of New York.
Two Of Ya!e's most famous athletic captAns viii
return with The class Of 'oI-F. Gordon Brown, OF
record breaking crew.
Burnside Wnslow. Yale's former catcher and
baseball captain, IS 1T the head II the arrange
n"nts for the triennial Of the class Of 'o, which
contains Walter Cross. captain Of one OF Yale's
/ best crews; ogden c. Reid, founder Of the Yale
swimming association. and the Rev. Father Fran
/ els " shane who was a Catholic clergyman OF
prominence before he took his Yale undergraduate
course
Yale VIII grant 7o5 diplomas to members of the
class Of 20, exclusive Of certificates and degrees
awarded fourteen students Of tho school,
one hundred postgraduate students. In the senior
class Of the academic department there are $40 stu
dents and IN the Sheffield Scientific School 9Ds.
making a totai OF 80 Tor the two undergraduates
/ departments a record breaking class
The commencement exercises will be begun on
I saturday Wheh tHe executive committee OF the
! alumni advisory board WIFI meet IN Woodbridge
Hall and frame recommendations upon which the
/ corporation viii act al its meeting the following
week. The corporation Will hold several sessions
during commencement week. Sunday. will be de-
voted TO the baccaaureate address OF President
Iladley and the annual organ recital by Professor
Henry 3. Jepson
on Monday the Yale Foreign Missionary Society
will hold It's annual meeting. Professor Frederick
Wells Williams will read the annual report for
the executive committee. on Monday morning the
class day exercises OF the seniors OF the Shelf
field Scientific School will DC Held on the Uillhouse
avenue lot
An unusually elaborate programme has been pre-
pared for the comIuenc ceme1t exercises of the Yale
Law School This Will begin with the annual
alumni dinner IN Hendrie Hail on Monday at noon.
Charles Ierue Munson, of Wiamsport. Penn. Will
preside head OF the alumni association and
informal addresses win be made by Judge Holt OF
the United States District Court: Judge Hammers
ley. of the Connecticut Supreme Court. and Senator
Frank B. BrandcKee. Of Connecticut.
The formal commencement OF the law school
will follow in Hendrie Hall. The grafton OF the
day VIII be delivered by Phander c. Knox. Sen
ator from PENNSYLVANIA. He will speak on the
topic The Development OF the Federal Power 10
Regulate Commerce"
The annual speaking for the Townsend prizes
viii follow The competitors, all from the senior
class Of the law school, will be George Price Whit
man. Of Atlanta; Albert Clayton Moss, Lancas-
, ter, Penn. John Carroll Slade. OF Kelloggsv.e,
/ n. Y; Albert Packer McKinstry. of Worcester and
William Herman Camblos. of Philadelphia
I The commencement exercises Of the Yale Medical
School will also be held Monday afternoon.
The annual address is to be given by Professor
/ Frederick G. Shattuck Of the Harvard Medical
School. the subject The Art and Science Of
Medicine"
The senior class OF tho academic department will
get together at o'clock In the afternoon in the
amphithcatre in front OF Old South Middle smok-
ing the senioriC pipes and for the last time
undergraduates singing songs college days.
The class Grafton. poem and history will be deliv-
cred and the class ivy will be planted The class
day committee is composed OF William D. Barnes,
jr, of Mansfield, Mass. Edward II. Hart. of
Brooklyn; Harvey p. Perrin, OF Indianapolis; Har-
old S. Wells, Of Scranton, and Livingston Platt, OF
New York city. The Cleo Club commencement
concert in Wo0lsey Hall and the senior promenade.
in the place, viii be held Monday evening.
The annual general alumni meeting will be held
on Tuesday morning in Alumni Hall, when be-
sides President Hadleys annual address, three
four prominent alumni will speak. Polls will be
open all day for the election OF a member of the