Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-26

lot for dinner. That veteran caterer, Wm. I. Pickett, who has served the college at IIumni dinners for fifteen years, had a small Irmy of colored walters getting the long ables in readiness Prof Northrop mount ,d chair, called out the different classes, md the classes from PA to 'S4 soon fell in md were ready for the meal. Upon the platform was table at which President Por- 5er. ex-Pres. Woolsey, Gov. Hoadley, Hon' Wm. M. Evarts, Rev. D. D. Mclaughlin, of Prof. J. K. Thacher, members of the corporation and others.
 After the last cless was seated, Pres Por- ter arose and asked ex-Pres. Woolsey to ask the divine blessing.
 The chatter of knives, forks and plates that the blessing could only be Hkened | to Q country brass band practising on a sum- mer night. The bill of fare consisted of | cold tongue, salmon, chicken, pickles, straw berries, pie and ice cream. With this prince ly fare the educated men regaled themselves and many bursts 'of laughter from different tables around the room testified to the iollity | of tho occasion.
 It was 8 o'clock when President Porter again rapped upon the table and asked for the attention of the guests. The meal had ended and blue wreaths of smoke began to ascend ceilingward and the walters sought convenient resting places where they began their calm and uninterrupted sleep. Presi- dent Porter made short address in which he alluded to the work of the year and to some of the difficulties under whic b the fac ulty have labored. He alluded to the losses the College had sustained by death during the year. and spoke of Professor Norton, Henry Farnam and T. G. Lawrence, class of 'S4. He al so remarked that there was very convenient opportunity for those alumni who have often expressed desire for some opportunity to give 8 moderate sum of money like g., 900 or $50, ,OOO, by giving an addition to the fund for the Lawrence dormitory. He announced that friend of the lineage of Professor Silliman had left $7O ,OOO for lecture course in literature which will be available in about twenty years. The money left the Scientific school had enabled that institution to pay salaries to the professors that were more nearly like those paid in the academic depart ment. The year has been marked by contiB- ued prosperity.
 President Porter said he took great pleas ure in introducing His Exceliency George Hoadley, Governor of Ohio. Governor Hoad- ley was received with prolonged applause. He said: ''Dr. Porter, this is not a court martial, whsre the youngest officer is ex- pected to speak first. The oldest and wisest graduates should be called upon before me, the youngest graduate. I thank you for the great honor you have conferred upon me, more especially as one of those who helped confer the degree upon me told me only yes- terdsy that he did not believe one word of my oration. It is required in Ohio that her governcRs shall make their mark have kl~o H. Eo,, this by your help and encouragement to-day I am more deeply indebted to you than can tell. Nor is this the first time that Ohio has been indebted to Connecticut. Ohio had
 been dependent upon Connecticut from the time of the first settlement in Mariette to the present time. For more than one-half of the
 years Ohio has been State more than one
 half of the highest judicial officers of the State were natives of Connecticut, and more than one-half of them were Yale graduates We are accustomed to call Ohio Gods country, but if the name is proper one it is so by virtue of the presence of the elect. The re- serve in Ohio, of which we are somewhat proud, is not the reserve of Ohio but the reserve of Connecticut
 President Porter then called upon Profes- sor Northrop for parting word before go- ing to the great Northwest. He was received 1 with cries of'Good," and tremendous cheer ing. Three cheers were given for the pro- lessor, who then arose and said: "There is saying of man in Shakespeare something like this: am not witty myself, but am the cause of wit in others So might say that I am not only an orator, but am the cause of oratory in others, and when I thought this morning of the orations that have been the cause of in Center church, at junior exhibi- ! tions and other place -orations which I did | not write myself, as anybody would know who read them, and then felt the man \ tie of the professor of literature slip from . 1lA. Ro1k | It is 8 relief to feel that 1 shall not be re- sponsible for any more of those speeches, | and to think that am going to new region where the soil Is refreshing. It is pos ! sibIe that there is field of greater useful ness for me in the West. But I cannot tell you how sorry am to leave Yale, and all the scenes and duties and associations of my past life. One of the reasons that led me to decide to go to Minnesota was the fact that there are so many Yale graduates there" Professor Northrop's remarks were received
 with frequent applause.
 My speech-making faculty has grown rusty" said Hon. Nathaniel Shipman of
 Hartford, ''but I have learned one thing from long suffering-brevity I thank you for this honor. Yale college expects every
 man to do his duty. Wherever there is a fight for the right and true, you will find
 Yale graduates striving in it's aid, for they don't propose to be unfaithful to the tradi-
 tions of their college.'
 When the class of '91 was called for no one seemed ready to respond. Finally Sherman Evarts arose and made a bright impromptu speech. A few moments later Ike Brom- ley entered the hall and at once was called upon to sneak. thrown down his back He said he could report progress for his class. None of the class is in the legislature the penitentiary The class boy was born in Chicago, where they make the President this year. The boy should have been nominated, for when he gets older tbe college professors will probs- bly, not be satisfied with his record. MT. Bromley said his class never bolted anything but their dinners.
 Dr. Twombly, of Boston, spoke for the class of '54. Educated in a Latin school of Boston which turns out bushels of young | men every year and then turns them into | Harvard, he chose to come to Yale and had sent his boys to college and meant to to the ! latest generation.
 MT. Freeman, of the class of '69, said | on behalf of the class that the meeting Tues day night was the best one held since gradua- ton. Fifteen members of the class have passed away from earth. There are some who are dead to thsir classmates, but are alive to others yet. Every man of the class is the leading man in the place he lives and in the occupation he has chosen. Mir. Freeman deplored the poverty of the college.
  He said: II was told during the close of my senior year by tutor that was implicated in every scrape and got out without punish ment. Why I should have been brought into this scrape and called up out of the reg ular order of speakers can't tell Governor Hoadley came here so late as Monday and goes away with the degree of ILL D. He came hsre bullion and goes away legal tender I recognize in these men before me the power of the educated men of the country. The power of the nature and the virtue of the alumni is in the mass here collected, but in- fused and inspiring the great masses of the 
 MT. William H. Law of this city spoke for the class of IFS, and Rev. w. H. Battershall for the class of '64.
 The general opinion seemed to be that the alumni speeches were not as interesting as usual
 MEMBER OF THE CORPORATION CHOSEN
 At the close of the meeting President Por- ter announced the result of the vote for member of the corporation to succeed Mason Young, Esq, of New York. It was as fol- lows: Thomas G, Bennett, 1,4O4; Mason Young, 1871; scattering, 259. MT. Bennett having received plurality of the votes cast