New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-25
COMMENCEMENT SEASON
YALE COLLEGE.

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of Yesterday afternoon brought fresh breezes anu coo
.a,hor q, Tho Elm city this morning The large meet
,no n, A,uun, Hall this morning and the various CLASS
reupors and suppers this evening have caed iuo Tow"
hundreds OF graduates and the number is still swebe
Rut IN addition the unvaiine OF statue Oh fresoeu'
Pierson the first President OF Yale College the speeches
made on the OCCASION by ChiefJustlce Waite, Gov ln
cerson Dr. Bacon President woolsey aud President
Porter the feth anniversary of the foundation OF the
Law School and the evening reception. have all uuiteo
IN making the day unusually attractive
Early this morning a meeting OF the Corporation OF
Yale College was held the Presidents room in 'he
Treasury building where the usual routine business "a
,ransacted There were present President Porter ex
President woolsey, Bacon, Gov. Ingersou the Hon
AIpbonso Taft Of Cincinnati Mason Young OF NewforK
the Rev. Messrs. Hiram +. Arms, George j. Iiiotson'
Oliver F. Daggett Joseph Edrdge DAVIS u. Braiheru'
Myrou y. Morris and Samuel G. Willard
The Alumni meeting was held at 10 a. M. In Alumni
Hall Judge Mauusell b. Field OF the Glass of Al was
made chairman, and Gen. William s. Person, great
grandson of the first President OF Yale College, assist
ant secretary OF the meeting. Judge FIeid' III MS
remarks spoke OF the necessity OF the young men OF te
country and especially of college graduates, turning
their attention to politics Representatives OF the an
ferent who hold reunions were called upon Jonn
T. Adams OF "a spoke, and was followed by Samuel b.
Rugcles class Of 1871 who alluded to what was. in his
opinion the greatest question Of the day-he ment
or non-pay ment OF the National debt.
JB Thourbop OF New.York, class OF 1894. was the
NEXT sneaker The Hon. Henry II. Haght, Governor OF
California referred to the work which was oeing done
for education in California. The University, which had
deprived Yale OF Prof. Gilman, was fast making
progress In California The fact that 1t was uader the
control Of the State and not private corporation was
10 be regretted Dr. E. D. Norris class of 1s49 praised
the work which the colleges OF the West were DONG LOT
education. The Hon. Alphonzo Taft, class OF 1885, OF
Cincinnati, spoke the subject. While Jas. W..
Hustled, 1884, Speaker Of the New York Assembly was
making speech he interrupted by the entrance OF
ChiefJustice Waite and exPresdeut Woolsey. Inc
ChiefJustce received with applause, and in few
wechosen words thanked the Alumni for the cordial
reception they had rendered him. Among the other
graduates who spoke Prof W. G. Sumner class OF
1863.
Prof Geo E. Day then read the names OF the Alumni
Committee for 1873 President Porter Dr. Bacon Prois
Twining Loomis Day. Salisbury, Thatcher Dwight,
Brush, Newton. Wheeler, Sumner Packard, Baldwin,
Richards Weir. DR.. Francis Bacon Henry b. Harrison
and r. b. Dexter. The exercises then closed
Attn o'clock the Alumni and large number OF the
friends OF the college assembled on the part OF the
campus between South College and the Art sehooi 10
witness exercises attending the unvaliing OF the
statue Of President PiersOD The statue Is OF proIe
aud about eight feet in hight standing upon sond
granite pedestal six feet high represents fresdent
Pierson standing erect clothed In recors oDes ana
holding book 10 his hands & .'t 16ed
while student Of theology at Branford, Conn Laan.
Gi SfTSs orss 4 Of
native of Connecticut and graduate or the colege
On an elevated platform 10 l g e
alton of Yale College the members Of tne STATE senate
and LesslatuTe the HON. IRE Smchc Of
"Intiger Ve" by the Yale Glee Cluo, and PRAYER
by Prof Weir Of the Art school The presentation adj
dress then made by Prof H. g. Northrop secretary
Porter formally received the gft in the name Of the
corporation and friends of the College The value OF
the gift he said is enhanced by the generosity Of the
Vyer who had already done much for the cause of
education ia this bis native State. he closed by paying
glowing tribute 10 the memory OF President Person
President Porter seated himself in the chair that
President PersOn IN the habit OF using in his col
GOV. g r. Iuserso was the uext speaker
Of the ss ne s e Ms %
when this College founded by few ministers srusgled
tiers we're Instrumental in carrying out the say brook
Declaration of Faith which gave to America an eeeie-
sastca liberty which paved the way lot pohlcai I'D
erty and our own independence,
Chief Justice Waite OF Washington was next called
upon, aud responded as follows:
SPEECH OF CHIEF-JUsUCE WAITE
All saw Connecticut is a good State TO be born in.
sope add that it is good one to go FROM few only
say 1t is good to stay In But whether we go or
whether stay all that it is just the place for
preparation enter upon the real work OF life What
higher prase can we OF origin for
native State than tine acknowledgment that she Is ut to
have ALWAYS known this but never have felt 1t as
do today This FORM ideal though 1t may be, Of the
rst President OF honored university hch patient
SnS here or us to look tells the Whole
II only little than two centuries since tue soil
ao % dv2s Ye oNe Of those has
passed and of another since tins college
was founded aud tue work of higher education COM
meuced the tbeu sparseIy settled Colonies little
further aud,schoo were made Free and as was then
thought literally endowed from the public domain. The
law did not compel man to be educated, but custom,
which is otentines more powerful than law, dd Our
the outside realized that goodness only
come from those who know how TO be good Hence
these Hence this mospore ,S Sa
of Yale TO renew the vows OF The past and
@ BSt there more few books donated
the scanty Libraries OF those appointed 10 Walk before
made up the first material contribution to the work
winch had begun. Every leaf would have cost its
devoted TO any than the one he warmly
cherished his heart and bound together those who SO
fuy realized that wherever knowledge is there also is
power. The rock on which they built was the rock OF
their relson TO our eyes now 1t seems to have been
ceived. and such 1t has stamped the character OF
coidness aud given attractive form, but time
has taken away from the seekers after knowl-
edge realizing sense OF the truth that Connecticut
commeneed her teachings with an unqualified recogni-
zion of the wisdom of the laws which come from above
Such the beginning. Who can measure the vast
magnitude OF the resultsi
Brief remarks made bv exPresident Woolsey.
He was followed by Or. Leonard Bacon, who made Q
abort historical address, from which the following facts
are taken:
Abraham PlefsOD froSident Oh ldie CcHeRe, born IN
1s4l His father settled In Lynn, Mass. iu ie4o aud
after ard became minister Southampton, L. l.. he
next moved to Brsnford, Conn., near New-Haven, when
his was years od.i President Person grew up
IN Branford and then went to Harvard College, where
he graduated N 1861 He was an excellent scholar In
tue Indian languages. After living time In New
Jersey returned TO NewHaven and was President or
Rector OF this College from 1901 till 170 DIR. Bacon
showed TO the audience copy OF Cartwrights Com
mentaries, which the Rector studied aud which the
statue represents him holding in his hands Toe
reses closed with cheers and Singing by the Glee Club
This evening the class reunions are taking place In
che various hotels and puddle halls OF the city. The
classes OF 1874 1884, 1884, 1874, is49 1854 1862 1864 $685.
and 1911 holding ckaas soppers Nearly 70 men be.