New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-16

conscious power which come from The class room
university men Infinitely small In proportion TO
I'll If numbers compared with those who never had
their advantages
In my class of one hundred, there were three
dead failures and tramp, but of the ret all have
gulshed in their vocatIons Two of thin are Judges
OF the supreme Court Of the United states. Recent
statistics have demonstrated that though college men
constitute only per Mt of the voters, they hold
eight per cent OF the best offices in the Republic
and with less data. but probably with equal truth.
careful student has estimated that common school
education add. nifty pr cent to ne productive power
hundred per cent. and college education three
hundred per cent, applause
II is and has been for many years familiar
charge that we have too many conspicuous examples
Of poor copies from foreign originals orr dudes affect
an English accent and turn up the bottoms Of their
pantaoons whsn II rain. in London. and many OF
our fashionable girls are the promising pupils OF the
French maid However much Of this may be true In
our e,ure our morals or onT manneT 3.s our Tb Go
are purely American (Applausc)
THE PECULIAR STRENGTH OF YALE.
oxford and Cambridge meet all the requirements
Of English life, and Heidelberg. Leipsic, Bonn and
Berlin are German ideals. hut the boy whose life and
work to be In this Republic will get an Infinitely
better education I'm American college. Here Is
the peculiar strength Of Yale In her teachings and
traditions in her faculty and students, In her spirit
and work, she IS National and American. 1t Is said
that ut the Vienna University whore Abbas, the young
Khedivc Of Egypt. Is being educated u part OF the
for dul,s part for counts and none Tor commoners.
At Yale The wealth. the position ana me powerful IN
fucnCes the has outside her walls count Tor
nothing, but what he has in him and what he does
with It mare his place and standing tApplnnks,eJ
Yale Is the democracy OF mind and good fellowship
IN oxford man said to an American professor Whle
10000 enthusiasts were shouting themselves hoa,se
the football game at Manhattan Field on IhnhkS'
giving Day why don't these young gentlemen play
on their college grounds ~ because" answered ihe
professor, devoted TO the scheme OF university
extension and In this important branch OF liberal
education they are giving an object lesson 10 ,he iasc
and they many. athletics have improved both the
manness and the scholarship OF our UNIVERSITIES,
the rowdyism and brutal horsc-play upon the weak
OF the earlier period am sure that none OF me
Dickey Club at Cambridge were prominent athletes.
The day after the Thanksgiving battle the champion
ncent physique and an abrasion Of his nose. to re-
quest me to deliver address before the y: NJ g. ~
at Yale He and Stage belong 10 the church militant
which is also the church triumphant applause Ia
The difference between college and political icpuDhcs
that tie former steadily advance ana tle a,fI g,.g
for instance. tentative AT first Is conservavely but
ties at the time that for purposes Of govern
mcn It IS being abandoned In the state OF New York.
Princeton and Columbia were never doing such splendid
work cXerng such beneficial Influence upon The cdl
cation of the country. Many Others are equally w9rtH
Of mention and honor But these. the oldest and sun
the first OF American colleges arr leading the thoughts
and efforts Of the Republic and directing them to higher
staniaris Of ne. Letters and politics applause o,
This occasi9. though little late IS the Celebration
II the wooden wedding 81 our president 70 the univcr-
,ity. ApplauscJ Five years have come and gone
since Timothy Dwight became president Of Yale; II
has been most cVcnttul period for the old college"
Three years more ard shall celebrate the centenary
Of the assumption Of the PIE, dcncy by his great ances
tor Timothy Dwight; Npplau-el il Is unique dls.
nciion of the grandson that hc prc-dcs over body
II students who double I'm number the whole body
Of the alumni AZ the close Of his erandaihers term.
Appiau.cJ In the five years OF his presidency the col
hec ha, become not only in name, but in fact ana
spirit. a university Tho students entering THIS iall
have exceeded those in all the classes of tho acad"mlcal
department when he was innuguntcd. The contiibu-
lions and me endOwments. and the buildings which
adOrn the campus and enlarge the usefulness Of Yale
greater In amount and more In value than the total OF
The quarter Of century which preceded his presidency
Yrcar old Yale first in scholarship hrs in National
spirit first In manly sports ana hIst IN u" hcssts oi
traditions Ly having tho btst the liberal and the
most wisely progressive Of PRESIDENT Applause loud
PRESIDENT DWIGHTs RESPONSE.
President Dwight stood mp while the alumni drank
his health. Then responding. he said among other
things:
Your president has made an admirable address, es he
always does. but there little wan. o. connection n
thought seemed daughter Ito has asked M
make my speeches a. dinners. and told him that
them OF those th,t went before me Nov shall g.
your indulgence what say II manifest some want Of
connection 81 thought. CRcnewcI lausher) lie began
ly saving whenever president was present az
Yale meeting the meeting fun a few years agp
sot beside Mr.. E,arts dnrer. -Four OF five sls'es
before nc, all hcd. As had not drunk ANYTHING.
said 10 Mr.. Eyait- 1T looks rs II we had been IN
duging." "Oh" said he. mot By any means;
10 is when the glasses empty that such
an impression proluccd when they full" and
/ confess they onp.y tonight u@ueht"rJ
Referring 10 Mr. Depcw's auson 10 reform in his
speech. DR.. Dwight said;
year ago late arriving OF the dinner and kept
everybody waiting and noticed lock of Ierroof In the
glance Of Mr.. Del"w THIS year l started earlier ond
Mr.. Derew himself was haH an hour late. lie
has explained 70 ne why he was lat; tina,
m hed t left the Union League Club, and they were still
counting the vote and at is probably why the Iartculn-
lcrn sought accomplished ia the club az its recent
election wa, not successful. Great aughtei Ia which
Mr.. Depew heartily joihed)
President Wright after other pleasantrIe', passed
TO a more scrous strain, in which he alluded 10 the
work Of Ne collcge and me o, 6rdlliaht
said: We ought not Y forget tn the realization OF re-
compli~ he'd by those who have gone before US. We
the results In time but they have prepared The
path bcfor This Is going % be 50 In the fptuc.
shtution lives, While men de- tAppIau'e)
PRESIDENT Low FOR COLUMBIA
SIR. Dcpew then called upon President seth Low
10 respond for Columbia College. Mr., Low
had entered the room Just tho speech mailing bean
md VA most cordially received. The NANTES titiois
~ GOOD will wcrr renewed rs 10 arose to speak. Ills
r.arl, opened with series Of wiilc SINS nhsl uPIh
some OF the illusions In MIR Dcpcw's inir duct9ry M
.rr.s INIT toward the close he spoke eloquenty and
earnestly Of the noble work Of education. :,
frlcn Mr. Dcpew introduced the Rev Joseph u.
1wIcfel himself one Of the most popular among INC
,rdr,tn q Vale lie spoke cnierIninngly and clos
,S,i,I a hcoufInl tribute ~ Harvard College which
rnrcvcd lie enthusiastic lndOr cncnt of tho ralo As
ISOLATION. ~ ..
MR. AiEXANDERS WITTY REMARKS.
Mfr. Fox then spoke for Harvard. He was foi-
lowed by Jane, W. Alexander, who responded Tor
Princeton. .,,.- ,,o.,,,
A. I came along ! saw placard; TAKE liooas
sosnpnrilla for that tired feeling struck me ts
,rnuId I, inst the medicine you would need wren you
..,s, mo getting up here to night. uhigiterl
Gem 10 be rs much OF fixture AT the Yale dinners rs
Vai" IS In the football champion hip. NheefS Bn.
It M hone that both these things VIII bc <uahpcu
next year. Cries Of No. no. neither me rDn
wa hone 10 heat You IL that We expect 10 l"PrVNc.
Int Mot came on Thanksgiving Day was so perfect
hat il would be impossible to improve IT, Applause
Heretofore have Away, found "a subject 10 ,.PeaN
ia ,o, mon hv referring 10 the wealncsses OF liar,
vord Int an unexpected occurrence has now deprived