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Von. VE - No--39:
NEW HAVEN, CONN
; JULY, 1899.
Copyrighted 1899,
by Yale Alumni Weekly,
Prick 25 Crnrs.
ARTHUR TWINING HADLEY, ’76. -
President of Yale.
SUCCESSOR OF PRESIDENT TIMOTHY DWIGHT.
TERM OF OFFICE BEGAN JUNE 29, 1899.
ANSON PHELPS STOKES, ’96.
Secretary of Corporation.
SUCCESSOR OF FRANKLIN BOWDITCH DEXTER.
TERM OF OFFICE BEGAN JUNE 29, 1899.
THE COMMENCEMENT.
All Were Enthusiastic over Both the
Presidents—The Speeches of a_
Notable Commence=
ment Dinner.
The last official. appearance of Presi-
dent Dwight and the first official ap-
pearance of Yale’s new leader, Prof.
Arthur T. Hadley, gave a peculiar in-
terest to all the exercises of Commence-
ment week. The reunion classes all
wanted a speech from the incoming and
outgoing Presidents and they were sel-
dom disappointed. The speeches oi
both men were most happy. President
Dwight recalled his associations with
those who had been here and expressed
a hope that they might continue, a hope
which was always met with an enthusi-
astic reception.
The new President in a characteristic
way welcomed the returning graduates
as co-workers with him. He found in
each class that came to call on him
some special feature of Yale interest
which he emphasized, and all bade him
good-bye with an increased enthusiasm
for the new President and an increased
confidence in Yale’s future.
At the Commencement dinner, Presi-
dent Dwight and President-elect Had-
ley sat side by side. The latter paid
a very handsome tribute to his former
chief and the President in his turn of-
fered the right hand of fellowship, to
the young man who was to take up his
work. Both President Dwight and
President Hadley were received with
unusual demonstrations by the great
crowd in Alumni Hall.
The other events of Commencement
week passed off according to the pro-
gram without unusual incident. The
numerous announcements in full are
given in different parts of this paper.
The rain threatened to interfere with
the Commencement Procession, but it
was finally possible to carry this
through in the usual way.
The weather of Commencement week
was unusually favorable and cool. The
reunion classes were quite up to the
standard of enthusiasm and numbers
and everything was most satisfactory,
except certain records in athletics.
Commencement Procession.
The Commencement procession was
a long one and, as usual, those who
made it up found it difficult to secure
seats in Chapel, a building which is
wholly needed for the necessities of
Commencement.
Professor John C. Schwab was the
marshal of the Commencement pro-'
cession as ustial, and the arrangements
were all successfully carried out. As
marshal, Professor Schwab carried the
cane of his great great grandfather,
Rev. J. C. Kunze, Professor in Colum-
bia College.
The order of the procession on Com-
mencement Day was as follows:
Marshal: Prof. J. C. Schwab.
Aides: Drs. L. W. Bacon and W. M.
strong, P-of. C. S. Baldwin.
The High Sheriff of New Haven.
The Second Regiment Band.
The Color Guard, bearing the flags of
the. US. Crises, Yale.
Student Chorus.
Candidates for the Degree of B.A.
Marshals: Mr. H. B. Wright and Dr.
F. H. Chase.
Candidates for the Degree of Ph.B.
Marshal: Prof. F.°E. Beach.
Candidates for the Degree of B.F:A.
Marshal: Mr. .G. H. Langzettel.
Candidates for the Degree of LL.B.
Marshals: Prof. G. E. Beers and Mr.
C.. W. Birely.
Candidates for the Degree of B.D.
Marshal: Profi. B. W. Bacon.
Candidates for the Degree of M.A.
Marshal: Dr. W. I. Lowe.
Candidates for the Degree of C.E,,
ME. and M.S.
Marshal: Dr. Y. Henderson.
Candidates for the Degree of D.C.L.
Candidates for the Degree of M.D.
Marshal: -Prot-cb.. Bo erris.
Candidates for the Degree of Ph.D.
Marshal: Mr. W. C. Morgan.
Marshal of the Corporation, Faculty
and Guests: Prof. H. W. Farnam.
President Dwight and President-elect
Hadley.
The Secretary and Treasurer of the
University.
The Corporation.
for Honorary Degrees and
Invited Guests.
The Faculty.
Marshals of the Graduates: Professors
F. K. Sanders and J. W. D. Inger-
soll, Dr. E. W. Scripture, and
Mir G..-P eciet.
The Graduates, in the order of their
graduation, together with the Gradu-
ates of other Colleges and Universi-
ties, and the Friends of the Univer-
sity.
Candidates
Commencement Dinner.
Of the Commencment dinner,. it is
best to let the President and _ the
speakers tell the story. What they said
has been taken verbatim and there is
a reasonable confidence in the accuracy
of the stenographer’s notes. It is un-
necessary to say that the hall was
crowded, was most hot and uncom-
fortable and that hundreds of the grad-
utes could not get in.
Those who had been to a number of
other Commencement dinners said at
the close of this that they had perhaps
never heard as interesting a series of
speeches. The only criticism was a
little too much speaking, but it would
have been hard to pick out any particu-
lar parts for abridgment. When Presi-
dent Dwight rose, the whole hall rose
with him, cheering and waving hats.
The scene was repeated when he intro-
duced the new President. Harvard’s
representative was given a splendid re-
ception and Baron-von Rottenburg was
received most cordially, both before and
after his excellent and concise address.
It is hardly necessary :to say that
when the Naval officers rose, the hall
was tumultuous for minutes.
President Dwight’s Opening
Address. —
“Gentlemen of the Alumni—I once
more, on this commemorative closing
of the year, bid you a hearty welcome
to this place, and I wish, with the em-
phasis of the hour and the past few
moments, which emphasis has impressed
my own mind, and I know that it has
impressed the minds of some of you,—I
wish to use this remarkable pressing
into this hall through the door and this
utter inadequacy of this hall for the
demands of the occasion, to be a wit-
ness. I wish to use the emphasis of
this occasion to impress upon you that
we need a new hall, and if the incoming
administration has the same sentiments
that the outgoing administration has,
we are going to have one.
THE BI-CENTENNIAL FUND.
“Gentlemen, we entered upon a great
movement somewhat more than a year