National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-07-01
COMM EN- CEMENT AT YALE.
President Hayes and Secretary
Evarts Participating.
Mr.. Evarts ns tile "Miuor Buliy"-An Elm.
phnuc Declaration by the President
Speakers from the Glass 80 For-
ward-Award of Prizes by post-
MASTER General tSey to
the Contestants.
Alumni srcrcIscs nt Yn1e Cnlinrc.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, juno 30.--At tho Yale
alumni meeting this morning tho Rev. Or.
Bacon, of tho class of go, was chosen uresi.
dent aud Hon. Ellis H. Roberts, of the class
of 80, assistant secretary. Pre- sidont Hayes,
Secretary Evurts and Hon. Edwards Pierre.
pont, tho two latter Of the class of 37, and
CHARLES Dudley Warner were present. The
president was received with Il storm or an.
plause. Secretary Evarts was introduced as
the "minor bully" of his class and sad "My
class has always occupied position of un.
fortunate obscurity. We como hero to-day
AMI find ourselves too young to be looked up
to and too old 10 be looked down upon, aud
| observe that the secretary paid us the
especial indigniiy Of paying no attention to
ourselves III reading tho nicrology. The kind
manner in which my friend brought to your
attention the principal honor of my life
IappIousel requires from mo some re.
marks. Being tho minor bully of Yale
college and one Of its corporation are the
only elective offices have ever filed. Zap
plausc aud laughter.] The moral of this is
obvious. Whenever the general masses of our
citizens arc rs moral as the graduates of Yale,
there may he some hope. / cannot but think
that these meetings teach us that there is much
enjoyed and learned IN college that has little
to do with the curriculum. Durng the four
years of our manhood we are brought under
the best influences Of religion and instruction
creating litu broadening out into family ties
| aud public duty, and when We bring to us the
affection Of our fathers generation in college
and then feel that which desccnds from our
sons generation, we feel that the name of
alumni marks true sonship and II truc
brotherhood inthc affection ufmpn. TApplsusa. I
Ii were TO select Il university upon dutim
reasons in regard to education and religion.
should give my vote in favor of that which
an honest simplicity kept up through life by
lis graduates; an honest estimate Of one and
another college graduates, neither puiFcd ua
10y pride NOR frozen by rCyersrs of real life,
| but who meet here with the same clear oye
| and the same warm grusp. IApplauso. All,
| IL the art Of human life could really succeed in,
carrying generally the integrity OF youth into
| the heroic spirit OF manhood VIC should be
nearer that sublime proposition Of the limo.
ccuco Of children, 'of such is the kingdom of
heaven" [App!ausc.l
President Haycssaid 'rhe sentence slightly
modified, which first heard after coming into
this room | might adopt. 1t is the privilege
Of young mon not to he garrulons. Therefore
| shall dctnin you Tut for q single sentence.
| After having seen so much that Is attractive
and admirable in this renowned COLLEGE
can say with cmpnasis--it IL always we'll to
speak with emphasis, for it shows that you
have decision of Charcter--I can say with ON.
phasis that if had not graduated from Ken.
yon college in Ohio | should want 60 be a
graduate of some other college,. IaughtGl
and sppiause
The alumni were very enthusiastic over the
president, aud when cx-MniSter PierrepOnt
in his remarks alluded to the idea that no man
could have made n better president than Mr..
:, Hayes there was such applause as Alumni hall
has seldom heard. Mr.. Pierrcpont spoke at
length of his gift to Yale collcge--a marble
thrcc.Quartcr Statuo Of cX-presdent Woulsey
by S. +. Gs,udons of New York. It was The
great intellectual yigor ana the high moral
aud religious qualities of DR.. Woolsey that led
him to have his incamonts done IN marble.
Remarks were made by DR.. Woolsey, Dr.
Bacon aud Elisha n. Sill for the class of 20,
Ray Palmer for 90 Charles Tracy for -, H..
w. ShoiIoy for 80, Rev. Jonathan Edwards for
40, General Darlington for 'l5, Hon Ellis II.
Roberts for 80, Il. n. Wilson for go, aud by
others.
PRIZES AWARD Ed.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Juno 3O.-Tho Yale
law school prizes were awarded US follows
The Townsend prize, slOO, and the Jewctt,
500 both to Il. II. Tutto OF Oswego, n. Y,
and the Belts prize, $50, to John L. Bartlett
of New Briton, Conn.
The Townsend prize for speaking at tho OK.
orcises to-day was awarded by Postmaster.
. ! Ennnr,l XIV 'rhn nI1r.gq tn tI,n .tul,n.s