St. Paul daily globe., 1885-11-19
..HERE,s TO GOOD old YALE
Second Annual Banquet Oh he'
Northwestern Alumni.

SeCOnu AhHud1
Northwestern Alumni.
Forty gentlemen, alumni of \ ale college,
were gathered III the parlorS OF the Ryan
hotel at 9 o'clock to transact business, and
with feast and song and tales OF fond re-
membrance do honor to their alma mater,
fifteen hundred miles away. 1t
was the second annual reunion
of the sons of that institution
who have come to the Northwest. and feel
ingly was it celebrated. Judge Isaac At
water of Minneapolis, president of the as
sociation, presided at the business meeting
and Secretary Pyle Of st. Paul was at the
table with his pencil. About the only busi-
ness to be done was the election OF officers,
and those who had served the past year
were all reelected, as follows:
President-Judge Isaac Atwater.
Secretary and Treasurer-J. G. Pyle.
Executive Committee-Stanford Newell,
George C. Ripley and Mr. Griggs
1t was voted to hold the annual dinner
each year at some date prior to Thanks
giving. The business meeting then broke
up and the gentlemen at once ADJOURNED 10
the ladies' ordinary, where banquet had
been spread. it was elaborate and
was served in the Ryan's best style. Two
hours were spent in discussing the viands.
Seibert's orchestra, seated to one SIDE OF
the banquet table, gave several selections
during the progress of the feast, and
throughout the whole time there was the
utmost good fellowship and general socia-
biIity.
1t was about II o'clock when President
Atvater raped the company to order. No
iisU of toasis had been prepared, but still
Judge Atwater said it was the
proper thing to have more or
less talking. He had thought
of making a speech himself and had about
half committed to memory one of Hon. w.
NJ. EvartS', but some one had stolen his
COPY of it before he had finished his task,
and so he would not attempt 1t. However,
there must be speeches, and he called for
volunteers Mr.. J. G. Pyle arose and said
that a fitting theme for discussion would be
the proposed change in the sys-
tenn Of management of Yale col
lege. Hitherto the CONTROLLING element i'll
the corporation had been vested in certain
number Of
CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS
in the state of Connecticut. There was
some feeling that the alumni should be
given a more potent voice in the manage
ment of the affairs of the institution. The
resignation of President Porter and the elec-
ton of a new head for the college had
called out an expression of opinion that had
been quite general.
This was the signal for call for Presi-
dent Northrop, whose long connection with
Yale as one of the faculty had made him
familiar with its policy and its needs. He
made rOusing speech.
He maintained that the faculty, more than
the Congregational ministers, were the real
managers of the institution and that they
were the ones that outlined and shaped its
policy. He did not join i'll the cry against
the makeup of the corporation, for he knew
that the men who had given their lives to the
study OF the needs of the college were
really the ones that are and should
be real dictators of its policy. He paid n
most eloquent tribute to Prof. Thatcher, at
the mention of whose name there was loud
applause. He believed that the reasons for
O slight falling off in the number of students
of recent years was due to the growth of
other institutions that had peculiar fields
that Yale could not and should not try to fill.
He urged in strong terms that the old ties
that bound the college to the faith of the
fathers be not one of them broken, to meet
Harvard in its spirit of liDerality or
quasi liberality. Har7ard's policy would
not fit Yale Amherst on the north and
Princeton on the west had drawn from the
old supply of Yale. What the college needed
more than anything else was money, ard
given money, it would meet any and all insti-
tutions East, and would hold its own in the
contest.
President Northrop was loudly applauded,
There were songs and other speeches, that
lasted until late hour. Following were
the alumni present:
President Cyrus Northrop, Hon. George c.
Ripley, Judge Isaac Atwater, Rev. E. s.
Thomas. Judge ]. H. Chandler, Maj. C. McC.
Reeve. Hon. Stanford Newell, c. NJ Grggs
H. S. Griggs, G. Spencer, j. G. Pyle. H. Rich
ardson, j. B. Atwater, J. B. Howard, J. L.
Noyes, E. c. Gale, S. A. Booth,
A. p. Wilder. Fl. C. Mcdowell, Jr.,
II. A Gale G. w. Benton. r. B. Wheeler, H.
l. Bliss E. a. Bowers, f. S. Jones' G. L. Hall,
Lloyd w. Bowers G. ". Carpenter, J. A.
Moore, Preston King. c. w. Kirkham. F.
Merrill, NJ. d. Munn, e. B. Graves, H. B.
Beard, r. L. Williams, L. e. Hay, W. f. Peet,
Messrs. Dudley, Lathrop, Haynir.