Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-27

othy Dwight.
 Senator Hawley's remarks were greeted | with much applause, and Secretary Nobl. was facetiously introduced by the president l as a classmate whose hair is now black whereas it was formerly gray.
 'sMr. President and fellow Yalensians, replied the Secretary of the Interior, ''I an glad that my hair is not only black but tha there is plenty of it." After the burst o
 laughtar had subsided he spoke of the joy which every true Yale man felt to visit onct l more the dear old elms and compus of Yale been spent. I find that Yale's president an6 faculty has come to the conclusion that the college wall must expand in order that Yale's power may keep pace with the nation. He spoke of eur country's vast ex- | tent and of the four more new States added viction is that Yale men will meet every de- nsnd of the country in every field at the shortest notice.
 President Dwight said that ex-President Porter was present but wished to be excused
 from addressing the gathering. A storm of applause greeted the mention of the ex-presi- dents name, and he was given a vociferous three times three.
 President Gilman of Johns Hopkins was
 introduced as 8 native of Norwich, Ct, which was famous for giving another great man to
 the country, President Dwight himself.
 The. president of Johns Hopkins spoke of
 his travels through the west where he h11
 found Yale represented in all of hazlas..7snao
 sitions and offices, especi u< .: sns nign DO
 ''whsrever go reioiQ alty thy in oalifoE1ia Vd,s
 free-born; I was trS.. | say that | wal rejoice as go f0t.alned at Yale college. spired withE Eup here where they will be in- that i< 4cH the same Yale earnestness for all
 wsGB good and true and right.
 "A ripple of expectant merriment passed i over the gathering as Samuel L. Clemens, the well known Mark Twain, was introduced
 "You will not see it at first, " said the presi. hu:1or in him"
 After expressing the disappointment which he felt at hearing President Dwight bestow- ing compliments upon hair and forgetting him entirely, he said he was pleased to hear man like the president of Johns Hopkins speak, for his oratory was so smoothly, so pleasingly, SO eloquently, 50 melodiously, so logically, so deliciously persuasive, and such musical English, that one would almost be- lieve lot that he tells. Qaughter) And yet, Mark said, cannot help but smile to
 myself when think of 8 man who is presi-
 dent of 8 college who doesn't know how to
 spell John. (Uproarious laughter.) Ever
 since Yale promoted me to a place among it's
 learned honoraries I have felt it duty to
 scrutinize things more searchingly than
 used to in order to apply my new acquire-
 ments to the uses of the university. So
 bought dictionary and resolved to do what
 I could to help the college along in
 science and in everything I could. The
 dictionary bought was one edited by Dr.
 Johnson. I did not purchase this book
 ignorantly. It was on the recommendation
 of the students of Trinity up ill Hartford
 Qaughter). They have been trying to be-
 friend me ever since got 8 degree. They
 give me all the advice want. I don't have
 to go to them for 1t either Qaughter). They're
 trying to shove me along in every way possi-
 ble. The sedate humorist gave his opinions
 and observations upon the progress of medical
 science and its condition now in contrast to
 what it used to be when doctor would take
 of his coat and stay with you till he had
 brought you out Then, said he, they arose
 to the occasion, but now if you have head ache in the night you can't get one of them thing else. They won't come if they know it is headache. When they do come, if you are woman, they tell you to grunt 8 little and try to stand it. If you are 8 man they tell you to swear as much as you want to and 1t will be all right. The doctors of to-day, he continued, do not carry around their medi- cines in a wagon, as the old ones did. They carry them in portmonaie. They put three drops of nothing in glass of water, and ask you to furnish the water at that. A month after you will find the water charged in your bill. and you have to pay par for 1t, too. In closing he assured the alumni that as long as he was permitted to appear with the faculty he would take especial pains to pick up all the science he could for the college.
 Senator Dawes of Massachusetts was invit- ed to speak for the Bay State. He happily acknowledged the honor conferred upon him and declared that nothing could add to the devotion which he already felt to the college. He said that he belonged to the Yale of fifty years ago, but to-day he was welded to the Yale of the present. In her royal robes I renew to her my allegiance and salute her queen of universities. The older she grows the younger she is.
 The author of "The Blue and the Gray" Francis M. Finch '49, of New York city, classmate of President Dwight, spoke of the many "reminiscences of college life which which had turned the modest college into the grand and imposing university. He hoped that its progress would never be checked by conservation, however necessary and admirable such quality was in the ad- of great and ancient institu- tion, but that 1t would continue it's progress.
 President Dwight assured him that wheth- CT the expression was grammatical or not, English or not, permissible or not, the college was "going to go." The president took this to make his report of the affairs of the college during the past year. Referring to the portrait of Samuel B. Chittenden, which hung just behind him, he said that the elegant library for which he had donated $125 ,000 was nearing comple- ton, and would probably be occupied at the of next term. It is intended as a to MT. Chittenden's daughter. In the reading room an elaborate memorial win- dow will be erected. Speaking of MT. Chit A. o,e the men appointed by God to carry the world forward. His name will be among those of the most honored of Yale's benefac- tors for all time.
 The Sheffield Scientific school has received an invaluable addition in the Sheffield prop erty on Hillhouse avenue, which secures for this department of the university, ground on which all future buildings may be built. All the other departments of the university were reported as showing great progress in the year past and bright promise for the future. Of the gifts to the university, $25. GOO had been given by Dr. Alvin Talcott of Guilford for the formation of Greek professorship George W. Nichols, '35, of Norwalk, donated $5 ,O0O, the income to be used for any pur- pose Two neices of the Hon. Henry o. Robinson of Hartford, who donated $5, 900 two years ago, have again given S, 900 for 8 Storrs' reotorship in the law department. The New YOrR alumni sent $OUU. The late Thomas B. Waterman, esq, 's6, arranged to donate O,O0O for the formation of two "This is one of the noble men graduated in the last four years," said the president. The friends of Scott Burt have secured $5. 900 for 8 scholarship in his name. The committee of the New York alumni, who have conducted the for the new gymnasium, which was to cost $150, 900, have raised this entire amount. (Great applause.) But $30,00O more is needed to purchase the lot on Elm street where it is to be built. The gifts since January last amount to over $250, 1000. In two years $75o, 900 has been received by gift not accrue to the university until later.
 After speaking of these gifts to..the college Dwight said: There is one moro point to which I desire to allude, and that with much gratitude and pride, and am sure it will be with much gratitude and pride to all who are here present, namely: The new recitation building at the corner of the square. (Applause.)
 That building is now so near finished that all can see what 1t is to be, and I think you will agree with me, all of you, as well as the