Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-07-26

GaA7z Eao~s At YALE Cox4rscElExr AT
the Alamui Dizaer - Taio, sasr oae or two
/ speeches Presiiea. Porter ssid . fsatine7t hal
been hs1aei to Lin ta te offered, vbich vas The
following "Ys'e Ccl,ye aaI tas 3iissfs.frri
Valley, AM coupled With :; v.s tie nsue o. .
gea;ensa Ehom lie would not need to iatro.aes
further than by Saying thrt bis asuc vss B-or8
aa! hal H1eu ls;ely meat.oneI IL Connection
WIN 'ols little ctii;c in The rifl Of She people.
The 1cleDce Immediately recognized tbs. the
hour bad come when Ai-. L G..tz Brown vlo
nsd ieen prefeat N The city since vesterltv
morning, but AAl kept carefully away from
lsces 3" mere he might ie taliel On 70 srsak -.
10 he beard
Nj. Brown rdysueei W The SHE stu a sr,v
aad aarghty ar -ni mounted the platform. te-
ing recel7et 1ith rCsptctiGi tut ut Jsr.onst-s-
tive 2ip'sus7. lie, IN formal style. 9Th raas,,
proiess' '3n OF nuuIiiiy, Acknowledged Tie ki.l
ness ct the greeting ami attributed If 20 the f.t
tEst darlrg the twenty-five ygsrs Of s-.Iuags
eeryicc since be grsigs'ej. performed In s lis.
tsnt part Of the country, owir- &c ghich he hsf
10; been abe to revisit New lzvcu. re had sr;al
20 do ne tiagrace 70 tire teaching q Yale C5'lp-a
ne Wss unworthy TO spe2E OF the Mississippi
valley, hut nevertheless be proce-isl % 90 il ia
4 strain thSt 4; clco suggested rts, sf,s-ra-!
became sui more Sppfrert, thst he yyas ben.
upon making speech tC- hurc5ahe. irtcr.Is4
Tor Aissour re<5srs more than fJr lie l-i.euoe
heio7a lic Z TIE We. are 7roud sr our
sccti-a. The West Is the beetir- B--r. n .ls
g a'i75lt s1se g-ifas Ti!l rsr-s-s hey f-tlrs
Ile " e.. is tls centre IF new Jess Yale ri-a
aSre been To;en:isi - promoting these iisar
lae 21T 1ltucsIi T1'ctrz' and s.fer rec ur-ez #
ihc Ncs- sre the dement, tbs, viii ,h.re .le
p2ucT = the c.Jr,ry. C-ncc-aiug edr-sso1
there e siFes-y sentiment il the Wes, di Ts-sut
from cr t@i-eT ;hsu thst IN the Es7t Iisas arc
growing fsr ia siraroe Of thcse IN TIE E,st -
lie heard insE ssy yaetc..izv, 50 Yale reeIsI
lees learning and more teaching ue s-reef
VIA him. "hs; was meant vas that there
thoIl1 be less recIting of t,ske sni more -sr-
acasl intercourse sad influence Of The tator ever
iho student lie wanted to ssy frankly that i
Isle wanted 20 become great national iostitr-
tion she must change her isctics Yale AID rha
other eastern colleges had copied the system of
iae rrei 20 universities, emitting the beat sul
9sieeuils ;c-lure Of those systems. vh.c; ~
pofsJu>i sssoci-;ion vita private ;utcrs. So f.r
50 eoncelas great advances ineiucauon tie West
is siiesi cf the Esst. The coiaaan-fcl,ooI sve-
,cus @. iAe Vest are superior TO those Of the
last Missouri has tae best s-steei ~ the corr-
;ry, and for ID abe = indebted more 10 Germany
'lan 90 he States Of tha atlantic coast he
ssid be came 20 Tacet the faeubcrs q his ci.=s.
aai during the day had Jcen exsminin- them -
70 coT E-uch o. the sautttcry GRAFTON delivered IL
the morning they understood lie represented
that none Of them kneg anything shout It, sni
therefore 'hst they were wrongly educated lie
czhortej the Ersiuktes aai fzsalry TO rsvoin-
TOME tie system Of eiucst.oa end put il rrsc-
lice nes ,.ess. He irii he didn't exrect ni,av
p.eseG; would agree Fith tie opinions he had :,
boldly utiefel- but recommended them TO the 81
ientfu or the men responsible icy the coniuot
ci the college
President Porter, to whom personally ne Al
dressed A;-set Hnenc7e- b. made psTGculs--
y annoying Importation, was uot content to let
the college rest unvindiostcl All responded with
= Keen TIt that vEs enthusiastically approved by
tire alumni. tie said the gentleman va evi-
IDENTIFY iil-l1iormei resreotng the chances vhich
hsi occurred At Tale College durlug the lss.
twenty years aui lie present state Of ais,irs
IL the college. II II shcut hspuen sdst De fil
net hs7e Other important business 90 s;t.nd %
rext rprlue, he -iehJ fad II agreeable AMI pro-
ltGola 20 attend tsC examinations end learn by
personal inspection whether the Students we're
veil taught AID whether hey learned anything
During tae twenty-five yesss be gentleman hsd
heeo absent from New Haven. shSTin- in The
gresi woJk of advancement thst Lsi gone on u /
Tbs Hes,, 'Eings had nct remtiued stationary
mere Great things bad been done in the West,
and be vas happy to bear witness from personal
snoFia1sc 70 the excellence OF lie Missouri school
system s1d the ao6le university in s., Louis,
out N the East, too, during that time something
had happened After the rounds Of saplause
that followed Prcsdent Porter's spirited ietule
OF the een'ieman's ossep;aiiuus concsit. Cover
nor Brown from his seat responded that ne ez-
necied TO have other engagements in the 5pring
ferhsps It w.s little unkird In President Por-
ter 20 take This Colossus in hand. IS be and bis
predecessor have often been compelled to do IN
the csse OF conoeiied Freshmen, and 20 LEI little
Of the insole0ce on, Of hin BY few vel admia-
is terei fsrcastic tLrus;s bat it vas sicLlY de-
served