Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-25
Yale Commencement.


 The Alumni Meettng-InterestinR Pro-
 ceedInKs-Yale for the Year Past-VaIu-
 able Acqu1sItiOns-New Features-The
 StIIiman Statue Presentatfon-The Un-
 yelling and Speak1ng-The Law School
 mmencement-Address by Governor
 HOadIey, of OhiO-The Ball Game-The
 GIes Club COncert-The Law School Re-
 ceptiOB.
 The Yale alumni meeting took place yes- terday morning at Alumni hall. There were about three hundred present. Rev. E. s. Lines rector of St. Paul's church in this city, secretary of the alumni committee, called the meeting to order and nominated for permanent chairman MT. Benjamin D. Silliman of New York, class of PA. MT. Sill liman was unanimously selected and MT. Fuller, of the class of '52, was selected as l secretary.
 Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Savage, of Chicago.
 Tho chairman called upon graduates of fifty years or over to take seats upon the platform. About dozen responded. Among those on the platform were James Gilmore of Cincinnati, O; John Tweedy, Milwaukee. Wis; l. s Benedict, Montclair, N j. T J l Hudson, o; w N H Smith, Raleigh, N c; H | c Kingsley, New Haven; H B EIdred, Cleve- land, O; R Barnes, Marietta, O. MT. Siniman in his address stated the col- l lege to be hourishing and the Law and Theo- logical departments had gained ground great ! ly. Yale was rich in the generosity of her graduates. The pay of the professors was too little. Many of them received no more than clerks in New York stores Their sal- aries were totally inadequate. Here was a chance for improvement.
 Judge Smith, of North Carolina, responded
 for the class of 1884 and c. P. Taft of Gin ! cinnati, for '64, the former contrasting Yale
 of fifty years ago with Yale's greatness of
 to-day, and MT. Taft in his remarks:spoke of
 the recent riots in Cincinnati and said that it
 had fallen to the lot of Yale men to be prom
 inent in reforms needed in that city. l Governor Hoadley, of Ohio. was the next
 speaker. He was warmly greeted. He said
 Although am not graduate of Yale, am | a grandson of Yale not only because I was
 born here-Idon't remember it, but they
 tell me was-but am grandson of Yale
 because of the affection I bear my uncle (President Woolsey, who has so long and so
 ably governed this college. (Applause) I
 did not have the opportunity in my youth to
 be graduate of Yale. It is more easy now l to get from San Francisco to Yale than it | was for me to go from the little small town I ! lived in to Cleveland, only twenty-four miles
 distant. thank you, gentlemen, for calling | upon me. had no right to expect it, but 1 assure you appreciate it." Governor Hoad- II ley was heartily applauded.
 l Governor w. B. Washburn, of Massachu- setts. was the next speaker for the class of ! "A. It was ''Tippecanoe and Tyler too" tunes l when he came to Yale. He endorsed his class 1 as the strongest numerically and physically ! that had ever come to Yale in those days. ! His address was lively and humorous. He advised that the course of study be not radi- cally changed, fifty years of experience had | shown 1t to be wise one and well received. I Ex-President Woolsey was the next speaker ! and was received with great applause. He l said: II can give my testimony to the fact that Yale college has been growing better and better in her system. Difficulties are arising | all the time from the number of new sciences, ! both physical and metaphysical, which are I coming in and claiming their places. The ! rights of the old and the new education must 1 be kept inviolate. I have no doubt that the old plan, so far as preparing the mind to grspple with everything that may be 1 understood, must be kept up. have no doubt about Greek and Latin. There is a
 finish and 8 discipline that goes with the study of the classics that is necessary. These | two languages nave an 1nSenS1ble influence 1 which is far beyond any language you can | study at this time. You are led into past | world and can study it's politics, philosophy, 1 literature, out of which a very considerable 1 part of our modern civilization has grown D Other speakers were Gen Leavenworth of 1 Syracuse for PA, Rev E Fairbanks for '59, Hon W M Evarts for '37. Prof Fisk of Chica- ! go for '49, Prof H w Farnam of this city for 1 "A, Roger Lester of New York for '78, Rev | MT Twombly of Boston for '54. MT Evarts' speech was very brief. He said: ''This is | not one of the periodical occurrences of my | speeches, but he managed tose that his cless was duly represented in the talking President Porter extended an invitation to the alumni to attend the Art school reception tonight.
 Rev. Mir. Lines announced the following alumni committee:
 President Porter, Professors Salisbury, Fisher, Day, Thacher, Dwight, Brush, New ton, Wheeler, Sumner, Dexter, Wier, Bald win, Lounsbury, Dubois, Dana, Townsend, Woolssy, Tarbell, Rev Dr J E Todd, Charles H Farnam. Thomas Hooker, M F Tyler. H B Sargent. w L Cushing. E Lines. The com mittee was accepted and the meeting sd-