New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-27
ALUMNI DAY AT YALE
THE OLD BOYS FLOCK BACK TO COLLEGE.
AN INTERESTING sPEEoH BY THE OLDEST LIVING
aRApUATE-MR pEPEw CHOSEN A MEN,


AN INTERESTING spEEoH BY THE OLDEST LIVING
aRApUATE-MR. pEPEw CHOSEN MEM
DIR OF THE CORPORATION.
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New-Haven, Conn.,. June 26.-At tho meeting Of
the Yalo alumni this morning exPresident Andrew d.
white of Network, presided About 200 graduates
we're present The Oldest living graduates
ported are the Rev. Joseph D. Wckham, OF Man.
chester Conn.,, class of 1915. born April 4, 1907
and Henry NJ. Taylor, Of Canandaigua, N. Y, class
of 1916, born February 2, 1896 General W. T. sher-
man, whose is member of the graduating class
accepted an invitation and sat on the platform. He
was greeted with prolonged applause. j. d. Wick
ham, the Oldest living graduate said that he thought
the reason VIII Re had lived so long was because he
had always bet' optimst. had never chewed to-
bscco and never taken any stmulant except little
vine and had borne false witness spoken i'll
of his nelghbor. He said that when he was gradk
ated the only instructors in the college Pres-
dent Dwight, grandfather of the present president
and Professors silliman, Day and Kingsley The
number Of students was 800, and two dormltores,
chapel and a small building used for general purposes
constituted the college.
James l. Houghtaling. Of Chicago, responded for
the sheffield School, aud C.. d. Hall, of Binghamton
NJ v, responded for the class of 4s The Rev. James
Tufts Of Morrison, Mass, spoke for IS; the Rev. d.
Atberton, of New-Nork, spoke for 49, IheodOfe
Bacon, OF Rochester, N Y, for 49, T. NJ Hinkle of
j. NJ.
GS .. Prentice, of Hartford, for 10 Judge W. H.
Tuft, of Cincinnati, Tor u.s. W. l. Badger Of Boston,
for ,s2; and ,, L Robinson, Of Hartford for 80.
The class OF '53 met I'm Batch Chapel at p. m.
and listened to address The Reaction Of Ethics
Upon EconomicsT The class supper was served at
the Hin homestead. At graduation tho class of IS
numbered seventy, of tho nineteen survivors four
teen held reunion After visiting President Dwight
the class of s5 held Malthusian festival 80 had
10 class boy, and feeling that the class may have
embraced the theory OF Nautilus and become opposed
to the propagation of children the committee thus
named their supper 1t IS the first class on record
Chaunccy NJ. Depew elected a member Of tho
Corporation this afternoon.
JUSTICE MATTHEWS ON THE CONSTITUTION
ADDRESS 10 THE YALE LAW SCHOOL ON THE
JUDICIAL POWERS OF THE NATION.
New-Hayep, June 26 ispecial The annual exer-
cises of the Yale Law School were held in Centre
Church this afternoon. The contestants for the
Townsend prize of 800 for pronouneing the best
ton at graduation were benjamin Il. Beekman, John
NJ. Blal1ey, Walter /. Booth and Robert W. Stewart
The last speaker received the prize. The Jewett
prize of $50 for the best examination at graduation
was awarded to W. f. Booth The o. s. Seymour
prize of $50 to that member of the graduating class
who has made the greatest Improvement in scholar
ship during his course was awarded TO Patrick Kane
The Belts prize Of $50 TO the member of the Junior
class attaining the highest mark was awarded TO
The annual address was then delivered by Justice
Stanley Matthews, OF The supreme Court OF the United
States His remarks were in part as follows:
IHefe was no 10 the minus OF lDe
great who formed Constitution than that which
lodged the safety OF civil and political liberty di-
vision OF the powers Of the Government into three great
departments, legislative executive ana judicial. II may
be admitted that the Constitution Of the United States Is
compact and that derived all It's original force rom the
assent Of the States became parties TO It, IN rat-
ncaton But the question in hand is who made the
Constitution, how it made; the important matter
to understand is what is It that made what Is the
nature and character of the Government ordained by it
what y1tqt
its relations the people considered both
zed into local political States and individual persons
1t rs in these inquiries that it becomes important
consider the and exercise Of the judicial
OF the United States.s
The principle according TO which the Supreme Court In
the administration Of justice pronOunccs upon the vaid
y OF the legislation Of Congress and Of the State
nents to confer extraordinary power that
tribunal and has always constituted puzzle to foreign
students OF institutions. Attempts have been made
in few instances, under the forms Of judicial procedure
TO invoke the interference Of the courts in matters
purely political In sutl matters jurisdiction has been
denied because the questions not judicial nota-
bic illustration this principle is found in the great con-
troversy concerning the tariff which eliminated in the
Multiplying Ordinance Of the State OF South Carolina,
hand, and oa the other in the Force BILL So
called. Of 1888. which finally composed by the
political and legislative compromise acts Of that period
The conclusion, indeed IS inevitable, that IL the powers
Of the General Government operate directly upon
the State governments considered political bodies they
nevertheless do operate directly upon every natural and
subordinate political person domieiled being within
the territorial limits of the State.
Such q combination msy become powerful enough as 1t
did in the case of late Civil War, to overthrow
listing governments erect others In their places
and confederate them together with view to estaUhsh
evolutionary but unless succeeds in its
Ultimate object 1t does not dsplaee .the CONSTITUTIONAL
relations between the themselves and the United
States 1t is therefore. settled Constitutional doctrine
that secession which resulted In the Civil war
Of 1861 were the unlawful Of the usurping State
governments the Of the States Themselves
and that consequently the itself was not war be-
tween States, OF the United States against
States but Of the United States against unlawful
Gnd usuping governments representing, not the States,
but a rebellion against the United States.
The Of the political fabric reared
solid deep foundation that foundation is the justice
Of the Nation That justice restans the bread ana over
topping powers Of the Nasona Government within the
Just authority OF their Constitutional limits 1t Restraints
the governments OF the States the exercise Of the
powers which have been reserved to them.
PRIZES AWARDED TO SCIENTIFIC STUDENTS.
The speakers at the Sheffield Scientific school this
evening were George b Richards, Howard c. Taylor,
Richard s. Curtiss Ebert E. Norton, Felix Kieeberg,
Charles A. futile, Carlton NJ. DeWOlf Edwin H. Lock
wood Morgan Walcott and Philemon T. sherman. At
the close of the speaking General W. I. Sherman de-
lIvered a short address, after which prizes were
awarded as follows:
Glass Of 1sss-For excellence in civil engineering Nor
gan wacOtt; honorable mention OF James A. Nelson For
excellence IN mechanical engineering Edwin H. Lock
honorable mention Of Howard L. Isbel ana Percy
L. Smith
Class OF 1sss-For excellence in the mathematics the
junlor year prize divided between Frederick H. Els
worth and william B. Morrison; honorable mention OF
Kenyon V. Painter. For excellence in Gemsn. Charles
J.. Stone; honorable mention Of Boynon W. Mcfarland
and William D. Morrison
Glass Of 1ssO-For excellence in all the studies Of
freshman year. Alexander w Evans; honorable mention
Willis j. Fem. For excellence in chemistry Harvey
NJ. Lawson; honorable mention OF Alexander w Evans
Tor excellence IN physics prize divided bet"'ea juan
Dubois and Alexander w. Evans honorable mention OF
Willis J. Fem, Oliver s. Lyford ir, and Walter Dodge
For excellence in msthern ties pie divided between