New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-08
YALE MEN GIVING THANKS.
ENJOYING A FEAST AT DELMoNICo's.

MIR pEPEw NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY PRESIDENT
PORTER, MIR. EvARTs AND OTHERS.
"This is not the day that Governor Butler APP
| pointed for Thanksgiving, but this is our Thanks
giving dinner" said Chauncey NJ. Depew last
night as he to introduce the speakers after the
dinner at Delmonco's of the Yale Alumni Associa-
| ton. The former Thanksgiving jubilee having
| been abandoned first at New-Haven and later in
this city, it was replaced this year by din
ner that was hOnored by the presence
| of President Porter. Over two hundred alumni
and several invited guests sat down to the dinner
| At the right of Mr. Depew sat President Porter,
| Charles Tracy ex-president of the Alumni Associa-
ton the Rev. Dr. Joseph II. Twichell, of Hart
| ford Conn. III. III. Anderson, president of the
| University Club, and the Rev. Dr. Roderick Terry,
of the South Reformed Church. At the left
| of the presiding officer were William NJ. Evarts,
| ex-Judge Rowland, Charles G. Beaman, president
of the Harvard Alumni Association James w.
Alexander president of the Princeton Club; White
law Reid, president of the Lotos Club, and DR..
Francis NJ. Weld, ex-president of the Harvard
| Alumni Association.
Among the other gentlemen present were
Ex-Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina; Bray
ton Ives, Isaac II. Bromley, General Wager Swayne
Emigration Commissioner Taintor, Henry Holt
DR. w. ID. Anderson and John S. Beach, ir., of New
Haven d. 8. Appleton, NJ. NJ. Budlong, c. l.. Nor
ton W. b. Ross J. B. Metcaf, General James NJ
| Varnum. w. II. Fuller, +. S. Deleyan, Robert h.
! Taylor of Poughkeepsie ex-Judge Munger. Profes-
| sor Chase of the Columbia Law Schools Senator's
| elect Newbold, DR.. l. l.. Peet. f. F. Brown, r. s.
Parker. F. A. S. Man, s. B. Chittenden, jr Thomas
Sloan. Horace Barnard E. P. Wilder and Nicholas
! B. COnnor
At one of the tables sat the Yale College Glee
| Club, who sang several times during the evening"
| Nnat tnnI
| Night wake Freshmen, Wake" Bright Col
lege Days." Drinking College Song" Fatinitza
March," with whistle. George Washington"
"rhe Pope" and Ching-a-lng."
Mr.. DEPEWS OPENING SPEECH.
Mr.. Depew was greeted with hearty applause as he
rose to speak after the dinner and was constantly
interrupted in his address, His reference to the
recent visit of Lord Coleridge to Yale, and the
comparison made by the Chief Justice between
Yale College and Eton School received shout of
laughter as did also his statement that there were
| 3 600 college graduates In this city who could not
earn living. Mr.. Depew spoke as follows
gentlemen For the first time in many years the New
SrS i fSf President Of the University also
abied TO welcome a representative delegation from the
most 81 us when we were not glad to meet them APP
plause The College Alnmnus Is the only human Rfng
the chasteng rod and reveres the hand when Wleueu
This Is an occasion which fulhs the most constant
dream Of the undergraduate, that the time may come
when ne can agse and candid piece Of his mind JAP
plausel But when the opportunity occurs, as Will us
now the wears have melOwed aud rpened judgment
U1 hro9Sened our views that what seemed grievances
against the old college became blessings, aud what we
then believed worst faults. we now know are It's best
Though moi held at tho official date we called this our
Tbanksying dinner in recognition OF the reconciliation
and forgiveness extended by the Faculty the NewYok
| AIpnmi' Laughter Long after 1t had been rightly
! shadl In Now Have
revived in NewYork. in its merclless eailcatures
neither age poS sc or a n condition best de-
crbed by girl VINO said OF her quarrel with her lover
"There was distance and at the same time c0oness
| between us" Suggestive warnings were waited from
the Elms" but before heroic measures became heces
sary the last exhibition had convinced the most hardened
sinner amongst that the Thanksgiving Jubilee must
co. In the fitness OF forgiveness and hospitality we are
illustrating President here tonight all the points
I'm the story OF the PrOdga Son. except That with us the
| Prodlgal pays for the veal prolonged applause.l w.
| There are eight hundred Yale alumni IN New orK.
They ought to each other better and do more for
Yale The force in modern society IS ana the
OF this strong body the alumni should be concentrated
Vjor and strength increase the and promote
the prosperity of the college tAppause In the rush
monthly meetings not a score OF the alumni would know
each other and their influence would be lost We love
Yale not for material wealth or her great end0wments
for She has neither comparatively but love her because
of the indomabe spirit of her founders appause true
10 the old and directing to the In her second CEN
tHry and the unsclfsh devotion of her Instructors
Appause These have made her though last IN Gey
tADpause n rs time that those who. by gift legacy
are blessing therliyes en1ching their deaths augher
should learn that hundred thousand dollars given to NIL
out and enlarge the perfected experience OI ae WOuu
| WELD returns far beyond twenty times the amount
! dropped into mower fields untried experiments
| Hearty applauseI
YALEs ADVANTAGE OVER HER COMPETITORS.
Ofthe college graduates in New York, three thousand
cannot earn living. But very few Of them are from
Yale [Applausel Tho reproacG that the usual liberal
education units for the practical duties of life docs
not Apply TO her. strength lies In the fact that she Is
in the highest national university Her students
from state and Territory the distant orient
atTition diverse civilizations and surroundings rDs
on nrnyinciasn and develops the man This experience
is impossible in those Institutions which recruited
from eighDOrhOod ard reflect its prejudices The cur
coister and produce dreamers milksops laugh teri
but large college life breeds for tho world fighters
are advertising their lberality by such unlimited
choice In the elective studies that the students
| control the professors while older universities are
connecting with the classics Yale stands sereney by
those methods which open the treasures OF al the past
and relieve the professional or scientific man from spend
ing half his time learning the vocabulary OF his Voca
ton while mastering its details Applause III sald mat
Eulerson's daughter once wrote him, asking whether she
should study Greek, metaphysics or botany, and as
MansW A5rls IaagtSr that It made no
derence what She studied the main question was with
" T6e truth 5I Of this philosophy can be enthusiastically
hailed 10y the older graduates who followed President
| presence OF President Porter. Applause
TO name the rest is unnecessary their forms their
voices, their teachings are our choicest meoes the
| worldwide fame constant pride.
never proudcr OF Yse Of her calm consciousness
of strength and position, than when re-
cent In The chapel looked her thousand students In the
face While Lord Coerldge addressing them Every
that hts college equal to OK
ford and superior TO Cambridge. tApplause And when
The Lord Chef-JlstCe OF England made that remark,
Witch would have crushed younger institution, that
more than any other he had visited Yale reminded him OF
Zion School llhughter no one qualled but tho quiet
sn. ON every face revealed the Consciousness that his
Lordsbip speaking without preparation ana was en-
| barrassed by undgested IDEAS The strength OF Yale
comes moi alone the perfection OF her system, the
enthusiasm and ability Of her instructors, the representa-,
five character OF students, but In the accumulated
ir1nr wisdom and achievements OF the past IL Is THIS
grand succession and inheritance which inspires her un-
derg1aduates and claims ife-Oying devotion OF her
alumni The spirit Of gathering tonight is best
voiced n the words OF President WoOsey lhere may
he new institutions better than Yale; We claim no supe-
rnriir sllnnose that have reached perIectlOn