New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-02
WALES NEW PRESIDENT
,,,,.cuRArIoN OF TIMOTHY DWIGHT


DRESS. r ,p,prNrl
OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIL. i"'".',
'W,u.u, yFS. July 1.-lale mas 'o-u'' wi,h
"a ono might almost add. u ne" po",' por
~ ,a,s,er Of the insignia OF ONCE iro" Cn,r,b this
~. % presiSent-elect Dwight III w. ~, ,.r,.a I'm A
oc every one felt that tie eo'Ieto ,r,,v hoth
mo'"'t, ,N, :, meant 10 become Yale Oh'ei"'' -
new path' 'n"' ~ poersss in each Of the depart
in iac' anu =. coordination Of all. the ke!"o''
mems s"" n,h,.. inaugural, has become the ino'''
Of President D"'e"
of Young Yale ,r.s.ivs scene The
.,..,v pfoces.ion from the library. INC ,t, SET
,ron the sober colors OF the hoor "hu p1,r
49,, ,n. gay fans and summer costumes Va Wv ,~,or,
on ~ s,un,s farewell OF one president inc eoq"
les 'nc ei"i - o,hera Ali these are vivid meh'si
~ ,,n gill hnger IN New-IIsven through NV
P r..idency OF Timothy Dwight i"o
80, ceremonies began promptly al looV o. "" -
ubrarv had been taken as rchue"o"' =, ,rmni
mc,al. invited dgnitsries ana ah'e-o'"" 80, ,,tch
n..oodsa Nv the New-Hayen brass panu S"u Wv ut
shs,g of the county, the president ana "a ,he
-, In arm. both in oxford caps ana gowns. c..,r.
Arm l." , e..,,,s and through the green 10 tenure
80, p.h,na them came the Governor .ne iou.
w. ,,..rnor and three ex-Goverhors o' "o"'' 49,,
.h Cor,oration and the Faculty nan ""S l,
line Professor Dexter, the 'orPo -. -. . lar,e
a. oxfora gown and cap. carrieu J" ' .,.,,
~ hsraath whose covers the p"rcu'ne"'
ha
chsr'ei VI ~ oI,ege seal Behind the faculty csme
o, I,.ge presidents: Eliot of Harvard hoOo'n'
- n,o.,o,. smith, OF Trinity; Northrop VI Vno o"''
..-s,,v o, Minnesota; Hastings OF the ohon inuo
cal seminary aud Tanner. OF the UNIVERSITY VI ,
,rnsp Professors Green Patton Duneu' N""'0n 49,
pocrvood of Princeton; Professor Johhs'n' VI ~
,-,.r.i,r Of New-York; ex-Justice william stro"H'
- ~, OF Michigan; Jndge shipih"h
u,,o., a., Representative Kellogg, OF Waterbury,
80, c.orge F. Holcomb and the New Haven b'ai"
:. ,,d.rpen The class OF '49-of which fre'lue"'
dwight was a member-snd the grahua'es VI ''''0'
brought up the rear OF the procession.
80 Cbure was crowded up the windows OF It's
,oaa galere. The corporation. faculty an" Vis'nR e
,ne nredent. and professors had barely room on .e
,,..,o Tho news and aisles were jammed win Srauu
90, and their friends while the plain citizens oil new
Haven made the most of 1t upstairs or IN Inc e"u'o"
marches The easy attention OF commencement ia.
WAS gone Every leaned forward ALMOST " cav"
the light to. es OF President for'ers 'o'0o VI INV
flowing periods OF his successor
After a PRAYER by the Rev. Dr Newman Smyth' fres
d,n Porter rose to his last speech at the heau OF
,ne college, He began ny regretung the absence OF
senator Evarts the first in his long line Of pupils.
II the Senator had been here, ne con,lhueu
shoull not nave nad to speak yesterday AT tue Aiu
dinner do pot repeat my statements as 10 tle
progress made by the college during my term Oh onc|
herr to-day good presidency has accomplished
is nateni IL The lives OF my graduates ITS faults mop
may be buried outside am co faa 10 Ss'0G this
ine pi',t,an Of learning IL u.s. however. both old
o ronn II combines the wisdom OF age with the Ell
@ 9" yenth Its III fact, the founder OF The hrsi
sehooi of the new education. the sheffield Scientific.
PRESIDENT DwiGHI's ADDRESS.
Tn closing he presented Dr. Dwight In turn 10 the
graduates the and the citizens OF New
Haven aud nling the new president the chaier anu
..al of the college, be called the audience to rise ana
acknowledge "a president Of Yale College Tim THY
rwtrnt" Everybody III the church stood up Tor
minute and It noticed at the signal to sit down ha
The TWO presidents had changed seals Professor Tracy
Peck delivered cohgratuliory address III A""n anu
the time for the inaugural address had come fres"eh
Dwight wa. loudly cheered lie advanced to the 'front.'
Of the platform He spoe for nearly all hour in part
Is follows:
Vale COLLEGE il to be a university That Is what we
who belong to it are al saying 10 one another to-day
This thought its III the inspiration OF tue honr nt
how i. lie end to be secured and what are The Ideas
which this university Is to Represents Ihe "oh Mnl'h
we have before US Is one OF deNeopiHonl u1ueI S"u
6itions already IN "A lalge me sure determined Ihrie
are two grot acts CONNECTED win the past when hu
determine acton The hr> J. that our university
nsl be hait upon foundation OF an already existing
college FOR more than hundred years TINS coIese
constituted the whole Institution ana ad - n'tert
conseq pied the nam Thought OF those VINO 'u
tie general Interests in charge: me profession a
schools, wDlcn were all OF item rounded III ule hrs
Quarter IIesenl century, were al Inc ieSn"iLs
small I'm number " students ana weak III Resources
Such being the Older oi growth IN the lhsuuon whs
malteI OF may almost say ol Necessity
the ola original college should cJnnue III every sense 10
hold tue rreenincut posluo' 'th'u Ino iasS 'i ~
years the condition o. things has greatly changed Inc
college, or acpdeniical epNtmen', as We fali IT,
has until now, through us Innuehce u pas ", Us,
tory traditions aud other causes, remained III Tue
INST rank ana attracted 10 lsc the larger snare oi
attention and regard cer' want OF UNI. OF e.
ordination has the result when the deVeOpmenl
OF the university must remove let we cano,' III INC
lmmed future, ignore or set asue Tue pas ~ tnS
regard. development must be with iuli r,coIhI-
ton this past fac cannot TAI feel ma We are no"
n a PERIOD Ia history. and III condition OF tLHS
Whei TINS Work Of coordination can be successfully ac
comm she'd The work o. instruction III thr acidehlca
dc ptriinent which mas fallen u Inc president an"
called MN TO be a professor VILE numerous auue'
al4Ie nIrn
n.ut cLas lie Is be far released IRON the obi
CATIONS winch have hitherto rested upon hp that ne
NAV have tune sTeus IN 10 meet and work win hr
several faculties and may stand III IKE relation 10 an
branches OF The university. The president is not Hkey
10 be "A mere agent giving MS attention Ohil
TO It's financial ana material Interests ana he should not
be lie should come IN contact with the s,u rents
ana should opportunity u exert an Intellectual
aud mora influence Gpon them. He must be teacher
Az some way and III some measure. but ne cannot 40
released from dntes that he may DO
able assume Others winch are equally essential
duty which nos III ne Inc
OF uLty ana coordination In order that the presiding
officer may SEND DIS best imhdence thfonshout az In"
parts IT IL necessity that he should not limit Ills work
lug any single one but the great cal oi Inc present
time TO him Is 10 send II form throughout tEe whnr.
hope may able IN degree Ia respond 10 thls
call hope 10 represent the university d"a as CON
noeed with that OF the Original college ana 70 40 some
thing for the h-athfuI devr Opnent Of the future.
No one IN Yale tO4ese can ohg ana successfully e1ti-
else what Is called The "Oueusn powell Happily Tor
the Institution aud It's welfare. happily also Tor the au
himself who 10 DIS the chief office III H. the president OF
m, collage though nav ug certain constitutional pre-
rogauve, dependent upon the support and syn
patty OF his colleagues IL Is therefore al encouraging
sign OF the present time there practically nDau.
1mous sentiment among Us III favor uI the movement
toward that unity aud cO-OfdlDat0u oil which i nave
spoken For the ehccug Of The result with any degree
OF DpeteHess, tluo must be allowed. We are now
only al the turning point Ihs movement VIII. Sul
dlI econ aud viii never 20 backward
IL Will Involve reorganization Ot all degrees Conferred
upon students at their graduation making them
equally sous OF this univcrsi y; Al Will CAL foi tue do.
hDeraton of faculties matters pertaining
TO the general vel being; II Will perhaps lead 10 tue
OF different departments certain lines OF
where Work OF tents be thus
bined II Will gradually Increase the number o unYer-
sty teachers II VIII dOubLrss demand very con
siderable increase OF University funds But In the hs-
tory OF American colleges tns giving period has not
wholly passed IL "a our plan II Will DO the part
OF those who follow US 10 reap the rus But there Is
glory aud inspiration at ne OcsinnnG II We Only plan
largely Inc III and progress OF the last
thirty years place where such plan Is called for II
should have far outlook upon the Iuturr, though II
may lay hOIl at nrst only upon what 10 lust Al hand
Whatever difficulties IL invO I've Will be overcome
sooner or aer lor, as s III tue line OF the university
Idea, IL il III the naturai Order of Development The
second great fact that Tue department winch call
the department much the lar"es:
number Oi students In the development
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