Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-26
HELD IN WOOLSEY HALL
Golden Club Medal Awarded to
Walradt.
PRESIDENT HADLEY PRESIDED
Graduates Marched Around the Col
lege Buildings and saluted
the Faculties.

NEW HAVEN. Conn., June o6-With the
made impressive. the Yale University COM
mencement was observed in Woolsey Hall
today following the procession OF the cor
poration, the faculties the guests and the
candidates for degrees. AS the attendance
at the exercises this year Is the largest
since the bicentennial, five years ago, the
route of the march was a long lane of
bright colors. and there was much cheer
ing. After music, prayer and psalms, Presi-
dent Hadley made announcement OF the
university prizes. The candidates for de-
srees were presented to President Hadley
and the fellows by the deans of tile re-
spective faculties, and the degree of bache-
Tor of arts was given TO $40 men of the
academic department, bachelor of philos-
ophy to 2iS men of the scientific school.
pache.or of laws to ~ men of the law
school, bachelor of divinity to IL men of the
divinity school. master of arts TO 20 mem
bers of the graduate school, master of laws
TO . graduate students of the law school
master OF science to =, mechanical engineer
10 = civil engineer to 3, masters of forestry
to % men of the forestry schoo' doctor of
medicine to % of the medical school and
doctor of philosophy to 22-the total number
or degrees conferred being 1g2
President Hadley then presented the cam
u.dates for honorary degrees
Important Awards.
The most important awards for scholarship
at Yale University were made public
during the commencement exercises to-
day. and in the list were the following:
The Golden Club silver medal to Henry
F. Walradt of Whitman Mass a senior.
Tor the greatest proficiency in the ele-
ments of political science: the James
eiordon Bennett prize for the best essay
IN English prose. divided between Roger
Is. Hull of Greenfield. Mass. and Robert
X. Lockwood of Zelienople, Pa the prize
being the income of $1,000; John Addison
Porter prize, income of $4,000. established
py the Kingsley Trust Association tSkulI
and Bones), to Charles F. Franklin of
Housatonla, Mass, member of the grad
uating class in the divinity school. Mr.
FRANKLIN Is graduate of Central Col
T. steele of Bethel. Conn, also of the
divinity school. The theme in both es-
says was Christian Science"
The audience sang America" the process
sion was reformed, and the recipients of
university degrees as separate bodies by
departments marched around the college
buildings and saluted the deans and facul-
ties.
Seniors of the academic and scientific de-
partments at Yale held their class day ex-
ercises Monday these being the features.
as 1ar as the public is concerned of the
commencement program. Hundreds of
guests and graduates have arrived I'm town
and many of the former attended the exer-
cises, the academic men holding theirs in
the afternoon on the campus, where a large
stadium has been erected. and the scientific
school men meeting In the morning on the
Sheffield campus.
Monday the annual meeting of the Yale
Law School Alumni Association was held
In Hendrie Hall, with collation. and ad-
dresses by distinguished alumni and others
Following this came the anniversary exer-
cfses of the law school, with Townsend
prize speaking by members Of the senior
class.
Members of the class of 1907 are out for
a new college record. When they receive
their diplomas To-day they intend to
nave more men engaged to be married
than any class has ever before boasted
Ihey have also voted to offer an expensive
cup to the members who first reports the
birth of a son. Returns of engagements
are coming in fast. H. NJ. Woolsey tho
class secretary. footed up the totals last
night. and said that seventeen had been
received. This is within two of the record
held by the class of &c. Samuel F. B.
Morse. the foot ball captain last fall, will
probably be the first bridegroom He will
be married Saturday in Staatsburg, N. J..
to Miss Anne Thompson Of Virginia Ed
gar Munson of the law school gave his
bachelor dinner yesterday. His wedding to
Miss Louise w. Franchot of Clean N Y
Will take place July 49,