New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-26
ALUMNI DAY Ar YALE.
q MAxs CLASSES HOLDING REUNIONS.
cHAUNoEY N. DEpEws BRILLIANT SPEECH
BEFORE THE LAW scHooL-A NEW
MENHER OF THE CORPORATION
THE TOWNSEND PRIZE

. New.Haven, Conn.,, juno 2o-Ah iaw n'e" %"
happy tonight and bands and oonfres hep 70 en-
sHveu the sceno Tho exercises Of the day began
with the usual meeting Of the alumni, the presiding
ciacer being the Rev Or. Joseph Fl. Twftcheli, 80,
Of Hartford. The Secrology showed that during tho
yssr nine Yale graduates have died One OF the
most distinguished Of the alumni prescott was Cen
srsi Noble Secretary OF the INTERIOR Professor r.
w. Fisher Of Chicago, spoke for the class OF '49 ;
9. D. Pope, of Philadelphia, for 80; =. II. Belts,
Of New YORK, for 84 r. II. Hamlin, Of Cananda!gua,
n. r., for 80: and other graduates spoSe for tho
clSs,es Of later years At O'Clock seventeen mem
hers Of The class Of 40 eat down TO dinner together
among them bs,ng United States senator Henry L.
Dawes of Massachusetts; Edward Wells, OF New
Yoss; d. r. Atwater, Horace Clarke Peck, Richard
= Rise, DR.. David L Daggctt, of this city; George
sherman and Samuel ". Bailey, Of Sew-York
The address before the medical school, by Professor
H. c. Wood, Of the University of Pennsylvania is the
sensation Of the day He msde radical attack upon
The homoeopsshc school, saying among other things
believe that not 20 per cent OF the graduates OF
medicine tn America could pass the State examine
tsou required in Germany for license TO practice
At present practitioners Of medicine are divided
simply into two great bodies. On the one side arc
those physicians who generally known as regula
asinpAehs or old school doctors; the Other side
ere tho various socts Of medone, honcopsths,
oe1ectics With O miscellaneous raboe beneath them
a Christian scientists, faitheure oxygen ouacks'
electrical specialists and 1t is to Dc notoo'
TOO, that the largest number Of homoeopsths pro-
roreonstey to the population 10 In Spain, mo ono
country where tho general level Of education Is ths
lowest
The alumni this afternoon elected Thomas O.
Sloane of New>York q member Of the Yale Corpora
ton, the opposing candidate being John a. Porter.
u Hartford. President Dwight announces as speca
lecturers for the Divinity School the Rev. Dr. "a -
Behrends, Of Brooklyn; Lyman Beecher lecturer On
Preceding; the Rev. DR.. John Hall. OF New'horh.
ON The P,,,pit-How to Use How to Abuse. ana
How TO Elevate IT.; George W. Cable, of Northamp-
ton Mass, on "Bble Glass Teaching Professor
Leonard ]. Sanford, Of New-Haven, on Tho fFeser
Araton NJ Health lie also announced that eA-
United states Minister Edward J. Phelps would again
DO Kent professor Of law In Yale University
MIR. DEPEW'S ADDRESS.
Tho professors say that the address OF Chauncey NJ.
.Depew before the Law school was the most brilliant
,.vsr pronounced in this city. Mr.. Depew spoke In
Part sS follows: A
The mastery oS any calling involves a thoroagn
history and sSs Gfys sna Of snas
and fullest OF inspiration Its relations 70 iSor tSc
govcrumoat and the welfare OF mankna Zen en fer,ng
Ills more eager IS his enthusiasm The discover %
The Psndects Of Justinian in the sssR OF Am nan
Mmnsd the monastery, libetai,od the en ,,gbt
isss;se 70 rulers, and their rights to the people
"a sreseYyed civilization from beDs hopelessD us.
settlers Of America were deeply imbacd BY Pnecepi
ana example with Magma Charts the icn n , vi
; end the sssss q y y9s and the
d privilege They sought nSe s .av rsI ,Dan and
AL - she nstar the smpis economy Of hoir
esase needed lawyers, and for qas S n,austra,s
S made nag n the laws and administered them Ens
shrse hundred wears were the OF the American
isWyer Equal conditions had led not to com eomn snt
fnp allen 10 our fbc, puS
70 political rights common to all. ,,,,,ro the ability,
The We study th- more We % Sn 1he pa,sSrs Of
Se xmercan Bar They 6rous on 9as tho S statss
ina Ish9 ys amazed %a. me
power with which they presented the esiOn chatham
SEQUENCE and fresh and immortal doiences Of liberty
Of the ss SH Sss ~ood the
been sSr. to r s Of 'hS
~ work of the lawyers OF tn, convention IT Is
Singular fact tina. the leymen among nc seS. aDa
q The period seof SpHGS e people and in
state Conventions by the msh ne Is, .%yee sd
Tss is the only country in the history of the world
where the courts ss upon snS sH Of the
The tyranny from which they suffered by me IsI 10
tions possible under unwritten constitution lea e
hmerc an people limit by specific grants the power.
the law IS Unconstitutional paralyzcs both President
most original and creative enactment IN the develop
ment of representative government rs the sw ctra
10 guide its Trainer and his success due not SO
much to his vast learning as to his having ABSORBED
tenn enters upon its second century with ane1Tslled
ustre, dignity and power under The statutes amos
and the merits Of the founders of the Republic arr
Ssster understood. foremost place among them T
he given to Oliver Ellsworth, OF Connecticut. ue
author Of our judiciary system and the patron SAINT Oh
Inc professaon BY It's training obligations and op
portuni!es becomes charged with the grsysst public
means ia the end the destruction OF the law itself
Sroueh contempt for its interpreters and prsc shon
ems. So long as the Amnrcsn democrat behevrs
that fits courts are learned fearless and incOrruptbe
ne people are themselves the standing arms whel
uphoIds their judgments and enforss their decrces
Crowded sas eomSunes. in vast combna,ions Of isbo
and capital IN the elements which In any dsn sa
together for the overthrow Of existing institutions
se salvation of our lives and PROPERTY: o. our fa d,
eiyiiiraton itself, depends more and more upon !
judiciary wAch commands the sespsc a1a s, com 10
tsns care for the interests OF women. OF widows On
orphans Administer sacred trusts, defend ne WEAK *
hint wrongs fight injustice crime infrenched DC
hind wealth and power, and furnish the judges Of To
land, neither DO ignoranuses nor msve; wln .s
fnent 10 proportion to their incompetence or rssca
10 Intelligent man desires a return to the crut
conditions ard primitive simplicity OF the good Of
tines Notwithstanding great fortunes. there Is
E1n6r ann moro umNoTshi VI
ownership OF homes than ever before. In spite.
rather Doc OF invention. there Il erester dsman
and isrger employment for labor. and botter WACO
than at any other period In our history. univers
outrage, which. with the increase OF wealth oede
Sniy eyil 10 the Imagination OF the cary patriot.
now dsmonstrsied 70 10 the security Of society
Mssterful mon always forge ahead. In ne tnp
cvondit'ons they become chiefs. In war they ~
Senersis In poliacs the statesmen and party leader
N the profpsslons they command the large neon:
In fournaifsm they control public opinion and In !
modern development own great and pros,S s nc ne
ktfI and mine owners merchants contrsc tors rnlllo
sises Mon,rches and sri.toersces msinta.n csr ans
csnnof climb, and they remain the slaves OF she =
ede0ts Of birth. But I'm democracios equal r'sns u
3pDoytunitscs arc shared by all . 4,
Eyoiuhou and environment easily developed IN "
os61r States that Inaestgctible union OF tberty ~
GW which has given character and lerpeuly
xmesjesa institutions. 1t produced those perfe
eonditons OF freedom protection ana s9nMv' WIZ
t5oTs, and never before found y has Siassted :,