Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-25
QUE WEST.


 Ahe E-auai Meeting of the Tale
 Alumni Association of the North-
 Xvest-Opiniens in Favor of An Inc
 creased Representation For the
 Alumni on tho COrporatao1i-Presis
 dent NorthroP'a speech.
 The second annual dinner of the Yale Alumni association of the Northwest, which took place in St. Paul last week. was attend ed by nearly fifty members. Among those present were President Cyrus Northrop of the University of Minnesota, Judge I. Atwater "A, Hon. George c. Ripley '62, Hon. Stan Edward A. Bowers '79, formerly of this city. c. M and H. s. Gfiggs '82 and A. P. Wilder 's4.
 At the conclusion of the banquet Judge Atwater made few happy remarks, in tho course of which he expressed his regret that no formal pfogramme of address had been arranged. He intimated that he had about Evarts' speeches, with two sentences, deiiy- cred at the meeting of the Yale alumni in New York, but 30 bitter was the opposition of the members of the executive c6mmittee to any speeches thAt 1t resulted in the carry ing of bodily of the speech and thus pre- vented him from reciting it to the assembly, He congratulated the membere and the asso- citation of the Northwest on the success of the second annual banquet The Hon. George O. Ripley said that considerable interest was manifested in the selection of the six mem bers of the corporation of Yale college, and he felt that any information on the subject would be gladly receiveris
 Ls ASoSsT (l prv1a brief history of the corporation. He said that he thought every member wes interested in the selection of the members and intimat- ed that the Congregational ministers there oh, being in the majority, were responsible for the present condition of the college, which was not as gratifying or promising as in times past.
 His remarks vera greeted with applause, which showed that he was merely voicing the opinions held by the alumni.
 President Cyrus Northrop of the State uni versity said that while it was true that the classes entering Yale were not as great llu merically as in tha past; the explanation was due, not to the fact that the Cengre- gatiohai ministers had control of the corporation, but to the Improvement of Princeton, Amherst ana several western colleges. The policy of Yale college was outlined, not by the members of the corpora ton, but by the members of the faculty-the professors-who were most familiar with the defects of the institution and whD we're best qualified to suggest and carry out improve inents. While the corporation was really the head, he gave it as his experience that it's edicts were prepared by, the facul- ty and adopted by the corporation with out opposition CT comment. He said that the two great needs of the college were funds to make improvements, add depart ments and professors, and the improvement of the scientific department. He suggested that it would be a great thing for Yale, in crease it's students and otherwise improve it, if the scientific course could be extended to four years and made part of the college.
 It was suggested that if the corporation had no mind of its owi and was merely tcoi of the faculty that it was time that it was abolished or so changed as to be com posed of men who are active or interested in the progress of the college.
 The speechmaking continued until mid night, at which hour the meeting adjourned.