New-York tribune., 1890-01-18

Last year in looking the responsibility and thc
| success Of Yale in running the Government Oh tle
United states we celebrated election TO the United
states Senate OF Higgins in Delaware and Wolcot ~
Colorado. This year there was a vacancy upon ,Mna M
bench of the supreme Court Of the United StaeS-tat
tribunal which in dignity and power has no equal IN
! the world. The three candidatcs-Judge lro"n, of
Michigan; Colonel John Mason iirown OF kgntuchy'
aud the successful one. Judge Brewer, OF kansa--
were all graduates Of Yale Cheers me clis, ol
53 must look to her laurels for they were all members
of my class Of ,3G Cheer .nrr, tbo centenary
Of the inauguration Of George Washington as first
President of the United States We celebrate NEXT
month the organization of the supreme Court OF 'lG
United states. But as YOU look over the century o
Presidents of this Republic and Chief justices OF tat
great court the five presidents Of Yale who have GOV
erncd her destines during the same period tne clcr
Timothy Dwight. jeremiah Day Theodore D. Wo99l,ry'
dent Ooud cheers), Yale places them admlringy anc @
confidently beside the WORTHLESS who have directed !c
destines and given the law 10 the people ol t"S
during her century she has made mistake ard
never lowered her standard: CheersJ IohI;h u
IS our privilege 10 honor with Increasing love au AZ
fection, admiration and applause our preS'u'"'
President DWIGHT on THE UNIVERSITY.
President Dwight. at the mention of whose
| name three times three cheers were given, re-
sponded for the university. He expressed his
deep appreciation of the kindly fate which had
| permitted him to have something to do with the
| education of such men those on his right ana
| left hand Mr. Depew and DR.. Twichcll. Coming
TO the subject to which he was assigned. for none
| but reckless after-dinner speakers like MI Depew
| neglect their texts he said in part
The history Of college has been remarkable think
remarkable than in other point in the raising up
by Divine Providence at critical periods OF very great men
| who have done great work have the confidence TO
believe that time when his presence may be- ne'd
a man of order Of these men will be raised ND who
shall carry Yale forward into the future even mose
eloousy than 1t has been carried in the past tChc'foJ
In tho history Of Is the promise OF the future
(Chcers) L will trespass on your patience for ie"
moments tell you what has been done In the Jew wears
past. the number OF the students we have added 4ol
| since l came the presidency (Chccrs) We have
now larger number than ever in the academic d'-
partmcnt Of the college II Is larger number t'h
is assembled in any New.England college with the
exception Of Harvard and Boston University am sure
that we nave such fact this an Indication oI inc
wisdom OF cndowing institutions Of learning u
the economy giving gifts 10 these great Institutions
! rather Of establishing new. At the bcrnhlh- ="
my administration said wanted two millions "i u"''
We have in buildings endowmcnts and other gifts received
81 200 600 since l became president lohecr'J u'hN
the education Yale is greatly advancing a. u Is m
| colleges generally.
The opportunitc, FOR education now, as com
pared with those given when vas
student. are very striking TO me. Go h"'
know that l have ever wished persons lave -
1--we my life to over It again look forward "'l
hope there something greater and better IN the "'"'
But ! am filled with wonder at the opportunities anu
privileges DE given to young men as they come oI"@
into life now compared with those given when vas
i H.
Of the present time are going to be- Dr. Woo!s, u''d io
pav in the college chapel they might be- better Than
fathers believe IN the iuluIc oI h''' III"
vefsity.
one word more in regard the progress oi the COLI
lose and that IS in regard buildings Just as came Into
my present official place The Lawrence College Tor mo
occupacy Of students completed ana D"i2ht nan '
dedicated IN the FIST few weeks Of my administration
,CbeersN Since then have received the HAtnlh0'i|
pft OF Mr. Chittenden the Chttenden library and The
still larger gt from Mr.. Osborne, Of Osborne ha4' "
has just opened. Cheers Ihh th'fe Is 'Ne '"
| gymnasium. loud chee!sJ There Is son"thhY I"''i
| sting to me in the precise order In which thr''
,,ud,gs have come II Is the precise order ol i' al
| university. as I hold it, First, a building whore The
students can i've second the building co'ccaed 70 i
uoion: next the building devoted to learning IL N'0
-. - LEARNING. next a building cOnsecratcd TO in
,,ucon IN. learning communicated to the students ana
next building FOR the development u thr Phl''" ''
frheersA That has been from the beginning he 'i'f o
nfe in Yale University May 1t always be 20 cheers
| When President Dwight finished speaking, the
| company ioincd in cheering him 10 the echo, ana
| i'm singing with heart and voice lie JoiIJ
| Good Fellow.
POINTS BY THE OTHER SPEAKERS.
Mr Depew then introduced the Rev Dr Joseph
| H. Twichel saying he did 50 that Tor an an
around business man Il clergyman couId oe"' "''.'
all DR. Twichen answered the toast Ih'
Clergymen in the Corporation ana OUT OIL H.
The three times three sharp rahs greeted
Dr. Tvitchell when he arose 10 speak lie s'iu
| mai Yale had reason to be proud ol her p.c''-l
| condition "One thing is certain, lac oeclalrd'
| " She never had better president. NhA'H"-
| siastic cheers He is built for president liOl'
| 10 rrnund M Cheers She never had a
! better lot of INSTRUCTORS all the way thIonEn
than now and | told that never IN her history
! Iavc The new men in the college been oI d HIEAc!
class. both intellectually, physically ana morally.
| Following DR.. iwlcheH Af. DeTW Ih,IYtYD
Francis @ French president Of the Harvard Oib'
! lie made q short but eloquent speech lhltIsirIa''
| with witty remarks and funny stories. froiesS'i
| William K Townsend followed alSW'iIur NV
| toast Yale in Law, f0ltlcS ana IIst" W.
| His remarks were mainly confined 10 descriptions
| of Yale men elsewhere, ana ms specch was 'I'I
ouahly enjoyed While he was spcakihS eA-J ur -
| Henry T. Holland came in the dlnln9Toou ana
| took his seat at the table OF bonCr. II"I'a',i
Townsends speech was interrupted by the cheers
Jams " Alexander president Of the Princeton
| Alumni Association, spoke next for ITlhccl"h
| Princeton men, he sad nave nccomc p'D"9
| sonals so rapidly recently that ! was "II"rp
| that | should be treated as a professional 3IicI
dinner speaker but | am gIcalN fII'Ntu
| by the reception which ! have rcceiEcd "'s
| pT tijs nrc9sion little sunshine recently hrok'
over The Berkeley oval for the Princeton men, ana
wanted to do something before ,nG TES,', Tri,c..
,a men love Yale men? do not want to believe
to tLc contrary Yes, gentlemen, Princeton mcn
do love Yale men, ana they i4fe & ,n', ~ coil tie
| 'rtnY tChecrsJ We have sympathzcd VITA I3f-
Yard in her efforts toward the purity OF alhleu's
but ! confess that we nave pc'n s'''n" i1 "Ii|. ,t
| loss 70 know how she was going 10 purify am
| Ietics bv withdrawing from them u1uth'rf ana
applause told that o1 when 3or lot OF men nl
stand up on the football ield before I2' "i
VI ,ncp they feel "A little tIcpidation and icrl
i ro-nirht. 1t is not only on the football hcid'
bu. it is so all through life Cheers odI dhry ydt ARE
aggressive and pushing in whatever neld Inc. tneS
ga Themselves When ! see a pnshihR. a2Pr'9
llia niya man in any field in lle conclude al once
he is Yale man unless, indeed he Is 1 pTi"f',In In, Won
man Applause The l%s %ea r HaTf yoa GOT T6a 5
5amocratc s.um M spirit which we have heard aD,u,
tonight prevails there 1t does not nEn maze o9 amy
difference whether man has tIc tone, ,h ins,i,o 81
urinre or whether he depends upon the lhSilln
P',l T.r Lis cdncatiOn: thcN are ~ un IHV N.I'