Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-01
Commencement.

1SSO-1mportant Changes and Additions The Law Department-A Fine Pro- gramme-Brilliant Reception-Class Meet1ngs-To-Day.
 At the alumni meeting at Alumni Hall, yesterday morning, Rdk. Leonard Bacon, of 1920, presided. Hon. Ellis H. Roberts, ;edi- tor of the Utica Herald, of the class of 50,
 was assistant secretary, He is widely known, especially in the Empire State, as a brilliant speaker, and has served his district in Con gress several times. Alumni Hall was thronged, and quite a number of ladies at \ tended. Prof. George E. Day called the ! meeting to order. There was quite galaxy i of notables present, among whom were Pres
 ident Hayes Secretary of State Evarts, Hon.
 Edwards Pierrepont, ex-United States Minis I ter to England, (the two last of the class of
 '37), and Charles Dudley Warner. About \ twenty-five of the graduates of 50 years and over responded to summons and took seats on the platform. Prayer was offered by ex-
 President Woolsey. As President Porter en- tered with President Hayes the assemblage rose en masse in greeting. Dr. Bacon led off \ in call for three cheers, which were given ! with enthusiasm. Quick followed 8 sum- ! mons from some hoary headed alumnus for
 ''tiger." The tiger" was not forthcoming, \ but burst of laughter broke forth at the | enthusiasm and spirit of the, grey beard. Dr. Bacon opened the talking with a call 1 for full showing on the platform of the i graduates of 50 years or more. They must | not be so modest. Six or eight of the veter- \ ans responded. Hon. Edwards Pierre pont had just before entered. At sight of ' him applause stirred the assembly. Seere- ! tary of State Wm. M Evarts entered later I when similar greeting arose. Dr. Bacon l with humorous remarks, promised short speech. He alluded to the class meeting held at his house the evening preceding Out of 5S graduates but six were present. He paid fine tribute to the names no more answering to roll call With a few exceptions the story of each
 life is story of honor, of trust in God and of victory over death. In announcing the necrology by Professor Day, he said: ''Young gentlemen, you think it the duty of old age to die and get out of the way as fast
 as possible. We are doing so as rapidly as we can lawfully. At the Commencement af- ter our funerals it gives us pleasure to know
 
 more You will now listen to the roll of the departed"
 After the reading of the neurological rec ord, Professor Day announced the new trien- nlal catalogue, published yesterday, to be found at the treasurer's office.
 Dr. Bacon said 'sThe catalogue is still printed in the dead languages. If there is any graduate who is not sufficiently familiar with them to read it, I hope he will not call
 for copy. The dead languages will soon be
 buried, I understand. and the catalogue
 printed in the vernacular.' ,
 Ex-President Woolsey responded for 1920.
 He said: T have been called the kangaroo
 of the class. Now the kangaroo has no voice. If I had pouch in which to carry
 books I might desire to appear. My voice
 has been heard frequently in these halls
 am no kangaroo, indeed, for I have voice.
 Now, as the very best of good things come from Ohio, and I have 8 classmate from
 there I will call upon him to speak-EEisha N. Sill, of Cayuga Falls, O."
 Mr.Sil1 responded only to speak his thanks and say that he could not speak.
 Rev. Ray Palmer, of 80, author of Rock
 of Ages was called up by the chairman. MT.
 Palmer, among other remarks compliments " to the older heads present. said there had
 been an absence of men to look up to, and
 he now found himself among the old heads.
 He acknowledged that the world moved. Charles Tracy, of New York, responded
 for 1880. He related story about an Irish
 man, who was accidentally hurt, and who an swered his wife's question if he was kilt, by saying he was shot dead, but S'spacheless." " MT. Tracy was in @ similar state, and had
 slept in an oven the night before. He com plimented Yale for it's solid learning and true faith. A college with definite faith like Yale had drawn to it all elements of other
 faiths, and was thus fulfilling the designs of
 it's founders and yet holding it's own faith
 throughout. He said that the city of New
 York was fast becoming the friend of Yale
 College, and in time would yet become what
 Boston is to Harvard He was glad that New
 York was entitled to the election of some of
 the trustees of the college There were in
 that city two hundred alumni and they were
 power in this institution for good. The
 New York Alumni Association was dwelt upon
 at length and praised and defended Wit
 and humor it had. For this it had been criti
 cised, but when he saw such frivolity at the
 alumni gathering at New Haven, with 8 cler-
 gyman for the chief wag, it must be confessed
 there was nothing to say.
 William Frazer '32, of Staunton, Va, said
 he came from the Old Dominion in 1928 very
 fresh. The class had trouble with the fac
 ulty, presided over by the beloved Jeremiah Day. Allen Taylor Caperton was his room mate He died at his post as United States Senator in Washington The speaker, dur ing the sad fall of the State, had the pleasure of assisting him as a State Senator. He paid a tribute to his heart and head, both as Con- federate State Senator and as United States Senator. Hugh Blair Grigsby, another room mate, who received political preferment in Massachusetts, was also eulogized. He then turned his attention to his other alma mater the University of Virginia-which had been given one of the finest telescopes by his fel- 1 low schoolmate, who had made fame and for tune in two hemispheres-Hon. Cyrus H. | Mccormick
 H. w. Sheffrey '35, of the Virginia Superi- l or Court, was next. As he stepped on the 1 rostrum he exclaimed: ''Old Yjrginny neber' I tire.' Daughter He said the ebbing tides l and currents of life had kept him further and l further away from the old alma mater; but his 1 heart was ever true. (Applause.) Though 1 a Southern man, he had remained temperate in his feelings and love to his fellows-North l and South, East and Vest The man who | was the roommate of Thomas A. Thacher in l his college days couldn't wander far from the 1 devotion of 8 to his alma mater. The | power that controls this great institution | could have done no nobler thing than they l did yesterday in putting Thomas A. Thacher 1 at his option upon the list of professors | emeritus [The corporation chose Tracy | Peck, professor of Latin. Yale graduates | may have their heads frosted with age but l their hearts are young and green and even l loyal in their devotion. Changes have passed i over the college-oh, how many! He re- ferred to Dr. Woolsey his instructor in | Greek. You became president of this col | lege; you became a master mind on this con tinent. [Applause.1 Your voice was not | heard alone in Connecticut, but throughout l the country and in the savannahs of the l South. He will be kept dear to our hearts | until God takes him to Himself. I was in | the convulsion that threatened this country | 15 or 20 years ago, and say now with Web | ster: 'Liberty and Union, under the old | flag now and forever, one and indivisible." | [Applause.
 Rev Jonathan Edwards, of Granville, | Mass, spoke for the class of 40. He told of 1 his love for the college, and how shocked he | was when stranger passing South Middle asked what old structure that was. South | Middle always seemed beautiful to the men of Yale. Continuing, Mr. Edwards spoke of the time when he entered Yale as freshman, and the present Secretary of State (Mr. Evarts) was pointed out to him as the minor bully of Yale College. Gaughter.)
 Dr. Bacon voiced the feeling of the assem- blaze and called upon the minor bully of Yale | College. Daughter and long continued ap- | plause as Secretary Evarts arose) Mir. Evarts had an extremely attentive audience from