New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-24

years OF serene ana happy oid age ,he prayer OF
with which we of Neu-York pledge him tonight
lCheers and applauso
PRESIDENT PoRTER's RESPONSE.
At the close Of the chairman's speech, the college
cheer was again given for President Porter When the
venerable president to reply the cheer was re-
peated.
az stand here" said President Porter when he got q
chance to speak, "n peculiar position. have TO at
tend my own funeral obsequies and pronounce my own
discourse" This sally greeted with laughter
and then feonsly. but in somewhat feeble voice the
president made some acknowledgment Of the compli
ment paid him. lie explained why he had ohored his
resignation. "The reason is very simple" he sadj II
ia because OF my age am not conscious OF any special
failure OF my phi ysical strength and 1t be not i'm
modest for me to say so. am not conscious Of any
special failure in my mental powers. i am
not conscious of any desire to escape any
the delights responsibilities OF good earnest con"
r0versy regard TO tho principles practices or rcpu
aton OF the old college, think, II should be left out
Of such a contest while ! alive upon the earth.
should feel very much out OF place lApplausel When
you reflect that the end Of the present college year
shall have forty years active service professor
and president, and that now oil as President
Say when he resigned his Office there Ia nothing
be said. Itwa this simple fact brought sud
denly home to me, which determined me, without con-
sung with any mortal except the members OF my own
family to offer my resignation Then, again. felt that
any attack should be made upon the old college In any
FORM the vulnerable point might be found in the
age OF the president Into this breach at monsnts
notice threw myself, has been done OF Old that
might be hindrance to the reputation, honor and
welfare OF the old college, and for this
reason offered my resignation, supuating however,
that should allowed go with the professorship
which stln hold, and continue my Instructions ZAP
pausel
then referred TO the circumstances attendnghs ao-
ceptancc OF the Office OF president OF Yale College stat
ing that there manifestations OF deshtin many
quarters that lie sought desired the Office
but being It, he had endeayored to discharge his du
ties the best OF his ability The growth of tho college
during his administration sketched. II greatly re-
oice he sad the evidence that sfurnshed me from
many quarters that the graduates OF this college during
tho last fifteen years, in manly spirit In high aims and
good objects In world. have not disappointed my
pectatons the expectations OF the college 1t is
great boon to Inc that have been connected with
so many manly souls that have gone forth
In the last fifteen years to do good work
in the sight OF God and OF man, and that
nv name and my memory will he associated In the minds
Of many OF these brave fellows Therefore DO not at
all regret that accepted the office"
Porter then touched some OF the topics
in connection with the college which have recently been
subjects of controversy apoOglDg for the necessity,
which was forced upon him, OF making comparisons.
the college that it chung obstinately what was
called the old theory or education IN contradsunc0n
To what has been termed tho new. he said that the
term new education was first used IN an article
written present president OF Harvard College,
then professor in tho Massachusetts Institute OF Tech
noosv and the Sheffield Scientific School 10 NcwliaVen
was in that article the best aud most per-
feet exemplincatlon OF the education That sys-
TEN education which then called the new educa-
ton added President Porter " Is system OF educa
tion aud ~ si adhered TO In both OF our
Then described how tho new education had " de-
Respect Of nearly all the studies 10 which Yale
could adopt. lie toi to what modified extent tho
ing confined almost entirely to the junior ana the
senior years He thought that even In these years too
One OF the most striking OF this system he
thought that A. prevented the graduate from becoming
Of LIS fellow nag c1radaatss, and this personal
he thought OF the most valuable features
Of na,e Co ,rS Iee, cSrlty He believed TINT
this matter with worthy mrn had most valuable IN
lie said that life full OF ueccssiues there
was no option about thom, ami that the student should
must DO lie shoud not be allowed freedom OF choice.
Ho deprecated the tendency to base comparisons
between colleges upon the number OF students which
they contained In comparison with Harvard he
that Yale College dd not suffer in this respect
40 much ~ generally imagined, hut he ackn0w
euSe3 nc I some 81 the Western colleges would
TfoiSbly surpas. both Yale and Harvard. But he hold
ecfrr and at,ainncus Of tho GRADUATES, not
numbers and In these respects lie believed
Yale could challenge ,Gonp,,ITison co,, WIN
resident Porter Defended himself ftom tho charge that
A. collecting money Ls .,e gTSm %05a to- m
personal efforts. that In many schemes Tor raising
money had played prominent part
Next lie undertook to defend Yale college from the
criticisms OF those who maintained that Yale had too
much religion ana those who held that there was not re-
iiEious education enough In the college Those who
complained that Yale had too much religion should try
Themselves The people who sent their to Yale
required that they should receive religious instruction
The tendency thinking to insist on the
necessity oil providing religious training Tor college SUI
dents.
OTHER srEECHEa.
81 think that 1t would be proper 10 learn something
,.,, mi
at me introduce who ought to DO OF them aud
pet lads wants to OF them the Rev A. ii. Capp"
Dr. Cpp was greeted with applause and his speech was
punctuatod with laughter. lie said n part
The president told me that he nigh, haul mo MP to an
OF course =" But he replied, "somrihlng funny The
id,n Of mans making fun OF Congregational ministers!
BSt on, Gun Subject Of whch know most was brought
up CONGREGATIONAL ministers Iye been writing TO
life, except on sundays, and then ! We listened
a, rho.e eI GOOD p od fellows VINO Landed on Ply
mouth Rock BEGAN founding Harvard before tney hai
sp0iI be a college OF Congregational cergymen too but
IL got little oil the track The protopAsm was there
duced. Congregational clcrgymen take TO founding
and running colleges a1 naturally AL rI as
with an organization for the establishment OF Congrega
t9nai churches out West and tho pcment they get
nowioln, Dartmouth. Amherst and the colleges y
OF Ohio, Michigan, Mnnesota ana k ,msso
one set Of Inrn who ought TO be IN the corporation
NJ ale College 10 Is those eleven Congregational minis
,ers The Yale Of my day tho one place on earth
where poverty ala not stand In mans way Then II
WIS what tho had In him. not what
IL. had with him. Tho consCiOusnrss OF manhood Ia
y bot Vale teaches a That IL what sho has done
rom tho beginning may she do II forever tAppausel
As Harvard has been 40 outrageously assaiod here
,on,gbt said Mr. Depow. when tho laughter the
stories with which MI Clapp concluded had died away
,bi u Is no more than fair that she should be heard
in bsr own defence. call upon Edmund Wetmore to
speak for her"
The Yale men cheored Harvard to the echo. Mt Wet
,rore said among other things; | am much Obliged
., ,be torbearance Of your chairman's Introduction
80 frcshnnn This Il my first term At Yale dinner
calm When I received Kind Invitation from That
on airnan who night after light uttereth speech
~ an hundred dinners, feared that ran the danger OF
Ssing caten as well OF eating. Ia my day was
o0' nnn,non saving among Harvard men that the
!" min Do "A nlAce thAt used 10 be hpeed