Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-16
TOAsTING OLD YALE.
The Annual Alumni Banquet at the Shore
ham Last Night.

| The Annual Alumni Banquet at the Shore
| ham Last Night.
''Yale" was on the banners that wero flung
upon the walls of the beautiful new banquet
room at the Shoreham last night, and yale
was in the air for upward o. five hours, as fifty
or more sons OF that ancient university, sons of
! half a century ago. as well as those Of last
| summer sat around the board and ate and
| drank and sang and toasted to the honor OF
their alma mater. 1t was the annual dinner Of
/ the Yale Alumni Association Of Washington.
The table was appropriately set in the form of
a Y, with Mr.. Justice Brewer. the vice presi-
dent of the association. who presided in the
absence OF Senator Wolcott, the president.
sitting at the end of the stem. The feast was
| begun at o'clock, and the table was not
! abandoned until o'clock. An orchestra in
! the balcony gave harmony and rythm as an
| accompaniment to the gastronomic part of the
| program.
Justice Brewer hit popular chord when. on
making his bow at the end Of the Us stem SIM
] ultaneously with the appearance of the coffee,
he addressed the diners as bows" They had
been hard at work. he said, and now they were
to play for the rest of the evening He raised
a laugh when, alluding to his own position, he
said that 1t was bad policy to take a man from
the bench TO make president out Of him.
THE ToAsTs.
Ahc htos toast was 1dle, uIty years ubo, "
VIII ich Senator Dawes, of the class Of 80, re-
sPonded. He was so enthused, he said, by the
gracious atmosphere of the elms that was diff
fused about him that he felt almost inclined to
put on tights and hop. skip and jump for JOY.
he drew some strange contrasts of the Yale OF
his days there and of the present. and added
that on recent visit to New Haven be WAS
grleved at first to find it all driven by steam.
But be noted on coming away that everything
else IN the civilization Is being driven by steam
except Barnum's show, and that is driven by
gas.
Senator Randall Gibson of Louisiana was
billed to respond to the toast, yale influence
in active life," but in his absence the toastmas-
ter called on Judge William Taft. the solicitor
general. soon to take his seat on the bench OF
the sixth judicial circuit. The essence of Yale
life, he said. was the democratic spirit that
makes all feel equal as striving for the same
end. 1t takes a man. he asserted who has not
been grounded at Yale some time to get over
the feeling pat the world is not good enough
for him.
In responding to the toast. yale alumni"
Secretary Noble made stirring speech on the
value of the refining air of such great uni
versity. He told a funny story about a toncan
as illustrative of his own position that set the
table in a roar.
Yale militant gave Senator Hawley
chance to talk most entertainingly about the
Yale men who distinguished themselves in arms
in the various wars in which the republic has
been engaged. In the civil war. he said, were
representatives of all classes that had graduated
from Yale from 1904 70 1865. This, he as
serted. is the best country, with the best laws
and the best Constitution that ever existed.
aud such duty that Yale militant has performed
is the best duty of man. There was never a
flag worthy of the worship and labor of
young men as the stars and stripes.
Senator Higgins spoke to the toast What
know about Yale and spoke earnestly about
the Yale influence. YALE he said, is friendship
and manly spirit.
Commissioner Simonds responded to the
toast ale and invention" and gave an inter
estlnS chat upon the various devices produced
by earlier Yale men. and alluded to the number of
young Yale men employed in the patent office,
who are making records for keenness and
ability.
Representative John DalzelI had as his text
yale jubilant," and he said: yale is entitled
to be so called only in the degree she turns
out men capable OF exercising the rights Of
American citizenship. and that she teaches
men not to groan but to vote, and to vote at
the right time"
A letter was read from Senator Dubois, who
was scheduled to speak on Yale in the west.
regretting the mandate Of q physician that
Kept him away from the banquet. Justice |
Brewer then called upon Representative Dur |
borrow OF Chicago, the chairman of the select |
committee on the worlds fair, to speak about |
Yale and the fair" Mr.. Durborrow Was q |
guest, and be said he never regretted not going
to Yale so keenly then. He extended a |
hearty welcome from Chicago for 1893 to all |
the sons of Yale. |
The last toast was Young Yale" responded !
to by MIR. W. s. Case of IS, whose witty re- |
marks formed fitting close to the program !
He had asked for bread. he said and it had |
been toasted for him. Young Yale, lie added, !
Is rapidly getting rid of its mental safety pins
and year after year slipping away into the !
territory Of old Yale and making good use of |
the advantages afforded by the university
THOSE PRESENT.
Those who attended the banquet and sang |
the college songs with which the speaking was |
interspersed were: A. A. Adee, E. F. Ayres. |
Alex. ID. Anderson, Justice Henry B. Brewer.
W. ID. Bishop, Rev. j. d. Bradford H. b. |
Brownell, E. A. Bowers, ]. Stanley Brown. w. |
s. Case, Prot. Isaac Clark, l. Edwards |
Clarke, Henry L. Dawes, John Dalzell, Sem
ator F. I. Dubois, Representative A. c. Dur
burrow, jr., Fred'k Z. Dewey, Richard C. Dean. |
e Il Ely, {. W. Ely, Rev. Jno. L. Ewell, n. !
II. Egleston, VIM. II. Gunnison, n. Minor Good |
lett. IT., Z. L. Hall. Senator Jos. r. Hawlev Jas
H. Hayden, Senator Anthony Higgins, Henry |
c. Hallowell, Curtis j. Hillyer, Joseph p. ID !
dlngs, David L. Mckee, DIR. c. Hart Merriam, |
VIM. A. Meloy, Secretary John W. Noble, Prof !
saml- Porter, L. ii. Poole. Henry w. Raymond, |
Prot T. h. Rawson, ii. q. Russell, Dewitt C. !
SpraSue, Wa. +. Simonds. DIR. j. Foster |
Scott, Chas- NJ. Stabler, Judge VIM. F. Taft, H. |
h Willard. Henry S Woodward, Hon. JAS w. |
Wadsworth, Rev. Theo. 5. Wynkoop, A. G..
Wilkinson, Geo. p. Whittlesey, Rev Geo. 1. |