The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-19
l COMM MENCEMENT
 AT YALE BEGINS FOR UNDERCRADS
Many Reunions Are Features of the Week-FOrmal Exer-
 ciSeS on Wednesday.

New Haven. June 19-Class day
 exercises in the undergraduate de- | partments, anniversary exercises at the law school and meetings of the | alumni advisory board and of the l corporation of the university were the chief events to be in the annual commencement season at Yale. l The seniors in the Sheffield Scien-
 tif1c school held their class day cere- | monies in Vanderbilt Square during 1 the forenoon and later the seniors of
 the college held theirs in the old col
 lege yard.
 William R. RideI, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario, Canada, was the speaker at the law school. | Speaking on Common Law" he said l common law ''is the perfection of the human reason-in a word, common l law is common sense.
 What we call common sense," he 1 said, ' is not the old metaphysical common sense nor is it the sentiment which might be conceived from the | flow of lofty and a1truistic philosophy, but 1t consists in the application of the
 rules of justice and honesty to the | things of this workaday world. The
 real law is always the state of the
 decisions for the time being, what
 ever may be the state of the rules ! supposed to be binding. A judge is
 necessarily creature of his times.
 In our system the judge is not edu- l cated as a judge, but as a lawyer | who handles matters of every day ] life and is in close touch with the 1 people. The common sense of the l judge is not far away from the com mon sense of the mass of the people, The complete Commencement Week 1 program follows:
 Monday, June 19-10 a.. n1., Meet
 bridge hall. Class day exercises of the
 Sheffield Scientific school, Vanderbilt
 square. 12:30 p. m., Annual dinner
 of the Yale Law School Alumni asso- l citation, University dining hall l D. m., Luncheon of the Yale corpora l board, Memorial hall. 2 p. m., Class day exercises of Yale college, follow | ed by planting of the class ivy, col
 lege campus. 2:15, p. n., Meeting of 1 the Yale corporation, Woodbridge l hall. p. nn., Anniversary exercises
 of the Law school, with an address | to the graduating class by Hon. Will 1 liam Renwick Riddel1, Hendr1e hall.
 AS p. m., Meeting under joint aus
 pices of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma 1 xxi, Lampson lyceum. 4:30-6:3O
 D. m., Reception by the faculty of the
 Law school, Law School gardens. l 5-7 D. rn., Reception by the governing 1 board and the senior class of the Sheffield Scientifis school, Byers hall. 8:15 p. n1., Concert by the Glee, Man
 
 S:3O D. m., Commemoration of the 5Oth anniversary of the founding of the Yale School of Fine Arts, with addresses by the president of the uni
 versity and the former director of the school, John F. Weir, followed by masque and reception, School of the Fine Arts. 10 p. m., Promenade of the senior class, Woolsey hall Tuesday, June 20-10 a.. mi p. nn., Polls open for the election of a mem Der of the corporation. Woodbridge hall. 10:30 a. m.-12 m., Meeting of the alumni, with addresses by the president and representative gradu- ates, Battel1 Chapel. 1 D. m., Start ing of parade of reunion classes to Yale field. 3 D. m., Baseball game, Harvard vs. Yale, Yale field. 7:15 D. m., "1492" dinner, EWoo1sey hall. 10 p. m., Annual gathering of gradu- ates, college campus.
 + Wednesday, June 21-9:45 a. m., Assembly of officers, graduates, can didates for degrees and invited guests, college campus. 10 a. m-, Commencement exercises, Woolsey hall. 12:45 p. m., Assembly of Alum nj, Hewitt quadrangle. p. m., Alumni luncheon, University dining hall 4:3O-6:30 p. n., Presidents re- ception for graduates, their families, and invited guests. Memorial hall. Friday, June 23-Boat races, liar yard vs. Yale, New London.