The sun., 1910-06-02

N. Y. Leon traasT. 10. Of RrOOklyn.
! ". Y, won both the Chanlsr historical
prize for the brsi reaay On a historical
subject and ths James Gordon Bennett
| priEe for an essay On the foreign policy
Of the Unitsd states
. The TOppan prize In constitutional
Law. one Of the most valuable prizes open
I TO graduating students. was won by
Nenas l.. Potter Of Minneapolis. William
LANCER. 10. Of CaassltOn. n. H.. vas tho
/ trEi recipient oi the newly established
Charles N. ROlker prime as the most worthy
member OF the senior class. The lllig
medals In applied scienos were awarded
20 Lawrence Ripley Clapp of New York
city. Frederick = Dellenhaugh, Ir. of
CragsmOor y. Y. George Frle heggs
% Ashland. lll.. and Henry Drew Fgbert
Of New York CITY Walter W. Oakley
Of Ridgefield. Y. j.. was chosen bv his
classmates to reostve the Daring prize
IN meChanical engineering The medal
Of the Society Of Columbia University
Architects for pnOhCianCy in advanced
deaign was won by loseph Herrendon
! Clark Of New YORK city The prizs %
the New jersey Alumni Association for
the student frOm New Jersey who passes
the hest entrance examination was won
by James Perry Wilson. ~. % Newark.
Ihe k0hn mathematical prize IN Bar-
nard College was AWARDED 20 Adelaide
loehrsen. 10. u New York city. Tha
Hermann botanical priga was divided
between Eleanor Alandeville DOty. ~.
and Louise Nyitray. ". both ~ New
York city. Margaret Tower Hart, II.
OF New York city, received the Flarsheim
nrize Tor excellence in English compost
t,on Ihis prize y open only 70 member
~ the class Of ioll. of which Helen Amelia
] / ENnHannImn in Hka.ass the mHtWn
was given, would have been a member
The Jenny A. Gerard medal Tor proficiency
IN Am@rican Colonial history was given
N Gertrude ianra Hunter. "a. ~ Plain
held Y. j.
Highest final general honors IN Columbia
college Wera won By Mortimer Brenner
Louis GrOsshaum. John DothA Jones
and hollO lansmOre d. Wilton In Bar.
nard C0llege the highest final general
honor we're wen 10y Harriet Ruth FoS.
Dorothy Browning kirChwey. klizahath
NiiCh,". Agnes Thsr'sa O'IIonneil. Etta
Adelaid' Waite and Marion W"instein
More han 2.Wo alunni al down 10 The
annual alumni luncheon IN tho university
dining room a. O'Clock Dean Van Am
ing. Who j. the ~, -idsni II the Associa-
ton of the Alumni ~ Columbia jolleg-
al % the centre - the long table AZ the
end II The room with President Butter
on his II xht and George L. Rives chair
man ot the trustees Of Columbia. on hls
left. The luncheon was continual
uprOar u cheers Tor the dean. and when
everybody had eaten and tho tables wer. |
cleared u took Van Am a. he u knovn I
from The grs enest freshman IN the oldest /
alumnus. ten minutss before he could make /
himself heard. and a. that " vas only
odd words that managed 10 e-cape through I
the small interval. hetWeen cheers
The deans speech was a yaledictory /
them With hum on The last day On which |
he was 10 take part N university celsbra- !
ton and how much he appreciated every 4
thing they had done for hum Then hs T
urged th"m % take steps 10 make a more ,
firmly united body Of the graduates of I
the college in order that Il might not lo-e /
ia a'.tOnOmy In The univerity. which was .
steadily increasing in sigs Out ~ all pro- ,
portion % the incFea~s IN the size ~ the ,
college For that Van Am was cheered I
to the echo and there Was babel of noise .
when y" finally sai down
Sir William Henry White. who had re- /
ceiyed an honorary degree and President
Butler AlaO spoke President Butter made
has speech the occasion Of a farewell D
addrrss TO Van Am and explained
w." ANfAN = ~ NV INV NNHANN y - NNlNH
talnilg In having him 60 Ne then an
olnced that the trustees had ma de
amNls provision for the future of the
reiiring dean and that they Intended %
seep him stall a. an honorary member
nftde university stat
& Following the luncheon The reunion
rlasses had a uost ume parade on South .
) ED hefOre the COlumbia-Syracuse hase- 4
.all game which Was won by The visiting
lean hy the Ecore Of ~ The class
NJ Ian1 made the ht ~ the day hy march .
.ng arross the field ffty strong IN black .
.ars and gowns. each wearing hON ing
" i,iis eide Whiskers and sll hearing a
striking -e@emblance 10 Dean Van Am
ring~ there were Convtcts from the
lass q lSs Teddy Roosevelts and a
trained elephant from The class Of I0s.
sailors ard clowns FROM 1876 and lRlt
and Dutch lsOys from 1919 whO gradu-
atsd from the hahv Department aud
relehrated the event Nv having a keg -
beer. a. their mascot m the same cage -
! large Ion An Intlmslv rain IN the
middle NJ the afternoon nearly upset
all the plans but 70 cleared "a after q few
arEe DROPS had fallen and the f,m Went
IN
The elias. of Isn established a pre~a-
tent m making ~ deCennial gift ~ tie
FnNAuk tlAAtN hAHtFhA " W VIZ
university proper a. is usually The cts-
om The class gave q new coaching
aunch % the rowing club the presenta.
ion speerh heing made by y p Nash.
m. which was acCepted by francia \
8anRe -. one Of the hrst presidents
4 the rowing club and also q trustee of the 7
University
A. tho Metropolitan club last night
President Butler gave he annual com
nencement dinner IN honor n the reCipi-
,nts ~ honorary degrees az cnmmsnCe-
nent In addition n The recipients n
honorary degrees the guests included
Mayor GaynOr. Joseph n hoats. George
!. Rivea James Spever Judge Robert
Lovett. II Gary. Charles = HOH-
nan Robert y Tod. lloyd G. GriscOm.
'harlss r Alexander DR. Francis p :
linnicutt. W D. Guthrie the Rev Dr
William 7 Manning Bernard N Barich.
William e Demorest the Rev Or Mar
m n Vincent and Profs Van AmrinRe.
ioetze. Treat Kirchwey A. n Thorn
ike. Fgbert and Brewster