New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-16
YALE AND HER PRESIDENT.
ALUMNI HONOR ALMA MATER AND TIMOTHY
DWIGHT
BRIGHT sPEECHES AT THE ANNUAL DINNER BY
CHAUNoEY N. DEPEw, JAMES W. ALEX.
AMBER, SETH LOW, THE REV. H.

members participated in the feast There WERE how
ever. many vacant seats Among those who were
prevented from coming, account Of illness were
eX-AtOrney. General Wayne MacVeagh, and ex-Pres
dent Andrew ID. White, Of Cornell University. Both
had engaged to be present and speak. Mr.. Mae
Neagh Is seriously III in Philadelphia, and Mr. White
tcegraphed to Mr.. Depew late yesterday afternoon
his inability to attend because he suffering from
tho Influenza
The large dining room on the second floor was used
for the occasion. There five tables, extending
east and west across the room, the das being the
Broadway side. The tables all simply but
asefully trimmed with trailing smilax. through which
extended blue satin ribbon, three inches WIDE tied at
4 intervals I'm loose bows. The same combination
swept along the front Of the table OF honor, being
caught up loops at intervals of two feet producing
/ simple but pleasing effect.
! Mr.. Depew. president OF the alumni. sat in his
official chair with President Timothy Dwight OF Yale
at his right and Austen &. Fox representing Harvard
College. at his left Others at the tables were James
W. Alexander for Princeton, President Seth Low for
Columbia, tfe Rev. Joseph II. Twichel, Of Hartford,
| Conn.,: W. watson, of the class Of '29; Walter T.
Hatch. and Isaac IL. bromley.
Among those at the other tables we're
Albert Mathews, Isaac L. Pet william D. Bishop, 1lor'
Barnard, Ellis ii. Roberts, ex-senator Thomas c.
Plat NJ d. Lairowe f. w. Gcssenhemer. John d. Wood,
| General Wager Swayne. George b. Thomas, Manning e.
Wells, william b. Ross, Francis Dela0ed' Julius Catlh'
Charles A. Miller, d. J. Holden, Clarence L. Westcott'
Charles + MdcLean. w. H. D. Pratt, Thomas b. Hewitt
H. T. owen, J. w Sterling, NJ c. d. Borden, Charles y
| Taintor f. A. S. Man. l.. II. Converse, John X.
Creevey. w. E. Wheeler Henry D. Barnes. Charles
| H. Royce, George c. Holt w. :. Packer,
William f. St!ger, s. Salisbury, Ernest o. stedman'
Williams Il. Davenport, Orlando NJ. Harper the Rev Dr.
ID. j. Burrc. George c. Brainerd, Thomas j. Rtch' IT,
| +. Rtzema de Grove, Aaron 5. Thomas, b. b. Denton
Walter s. Logan, q. Bcckman HCppn. Ashbel Green
w. f. Billings Charles c. Marsh. L. A. e. Cooper Robert
Iartshorn. II. X. Goetchcus, IL. b. Keteham'
Thomas Porter wolcott Lane. Robert Maxwell.
! Lewis Conner, II. c. Hopkins. George Ravens.
Dr. George woolsey. Henry w. Calhoun. Charles f. Col
Inns, Thomas S. Southwae, Frederick j. Brockway, w. H.
| Parsons, IT,, c. Stllman. II. y. Waheman Oliver T.
Sherwood Franklin D. Bowen. Frank D. Parev. Pe-cy
Jackson A. l.. Homes Winthrop Weston, Henry T. Hard
Robert Jalray, jr., Jonathan Buk!cy, Thomas l. Rock
tort, Isaac Russell Arthur Williams. George H. Holden
| Guy Howard, T. H. Weahcrbec John Yard. G. l..
Sterling Morris j. Beardsey, John A. Amundson,
James L. Newcomb, william ii. Yale Richard
l.. Turnbull, William J.. Pcck IL. f. Hiliari'
w. w. Sklddy. L. W. Adce Edward Bement, j. T. Ord.
Phnip H. Adee, Alfred Bishop Mason. Thomas Thatcher
Clarence L. Bccbe James NJ. Townsend, IT,, Lew 3
! Teaney, Leonard f. Curtis, Frank l.. Han W. d
Wheeler T. NJ tencld w. J. Bets, John W. Curtis.
otto T. Barnard, Thomas Hunt, Charles y. fo"I'F'
L. d. Worcester. ir. Allen w. Thomas, Dr. W. A.
Durril, Jr. +. W. Pangbon Dr. D. w. Hunter j. L.
ObeIly Calvin S. May Henry J.. Hawley. Bfayon Ives
Nv Fuller Hubert ;. Brown, j. Frederick Keri"chan
james A. Kobin.oa, s. d. Eaton buchanan "ln,hrop'
Roland Redwood j. Van vechten olcot Edmund Conn.,.
IT,, Henry T. Sloane and Daniel i. Chiids.
An orchestra played In the gallery and the college
glee club occasionally Joined in singing college soSS
While the festivities were going on, the Dartmouth
alumni were enjoying themselves In Ike manner Oh
tbs third floor and their songs and shouts OF aus'eF
could occasionally be heard. AZ the close Of President
Laws spe,oh a delegation from the Dartmouth alumni
appearcd at the door Of the Yale dining room and eH
tended the greetings Of the sister college, AZ INC
suggestion Of Mr. Depew, all arose ana drank 10 the
health and good fortune of Dartmouth amid mnch en-
,husiasm and committee consisting OF Isaac ii.
Bromley and George Adee was appointed 10 convey 10
those above stairs the greetings OF Yale
The speeches were pleasing md in large degree rem
InIscent and especially Interesting 20 Yale men.
President Dwight was the recipient Of much cor
dialy and many kindly illusions to his litc'worR
as an educator made and enthusiastically mp
plaudcd. Mr. Evarts not forgotten. and anec-
dotes OF the famous Yale anmnus were told IN turn
by President Dwight. President Low and Mr.. Dep
feeling alluslon also made TO General Sherman
who, az Mr. Dcpew on one occasion reminded those
present had made his last bile appearance nj the
Yale Alumni dinner one year ago. References maHo
10 Harvard College were also received in q cordial
spirit Of fraternity.
CHAUNCEY VI. DEPEW's ELOQUENCE.
There were no regular tOasts, and when the coffee
was reached Mr. Dcpew arose. and, In fe" humorous
allusions opened the sIceci-making lie took DC
casion to remark that Yale was full when her presl
dent WAS present and that there was prominent h'an
ceedng with his Introductory address as president Of
tho alumni, no said
| The Yale alumni Of New-York have assembled once
more 10 express their love for Alma Mater ana ther
vcrsy. Eighteen hundred and ninety one was idc
year The skies OF ne cPlese va, %G:q bnc and the
atmosphere vibrated with the triumpha sh1ulS OI
Yale. The Chamber Of Commerce hs New rd n mann n
them in the hours Of their annual les'lIlucs o
attention. but gathering OF Iae lem s"spg WIpm Inc
tln tttp q
udist}ngished doctor Of divinity who represented
a college celebrated for the rigdlty Of us titoIosy
and the beIality Of It's cndo"mcnts' ma 'nso iI
6rnn unbalanccd because of the defeat u the orho-
dox leader AMI his eeons on the bailleld 1y the
Congreeaonaist stage. 1t was then that he , re,
marked that never since Joshua blew his horn about
the walls Of Jericho had there been such yonh , Oh
Wind instruments as were Yale speeches l t i
~ long as our victories continue, we accept uc nIun
tration and the relation assigned Us by inc coquch'
Joshua Vas Yale man. lie was blower 1ut
an effective one: The bands OF the o,her H.,
'nnved Inc small boy 10 follow the pfOcessioh
6rrvely as it marched around the town hnt when
joshua blew his horn the walls OF JeGmU re
harvcsts in the agricultural states ana pno"ois r
rpRy u has dissolved the Farmers Alliance and me
pInrss Of springfield aud the Manhattan Atheno GiuD
srnnds have strengthened the Yale spirit anu M'o'
seh IRE 10 the quenchles, enthusiasm OF her soSi
Changes which do not improve ana rclo.'n1h odowi
n DrocTess and education has not escaped men
md effects The motto Of our old G2lcge i ndncnon
a ~, teach the Christian religion. ACCOMPLISHMENTS nn9
any ucsted alograp hlcaly in NcwEngand she do9
- i t~arb the Christian religion. tLaught r ilEr Fs
uoston for 900 years her adaptation to ne oemon
pos scrvatism and her radcalism, have az ovnt
,Tntcd that New England clergymen can u" ooms OF
su nan nr,ach As meet them In me rom " ,bn
mo ecorporaon they not quick and eSG lor man .
tlo o. atfcndance. like the thrifty Dusihe
lee Ioa ,ae as "A director In railroad ana nhai,h
VINO They pay for their Own Dntc
~ hiring a sandwich in their mas.
H., ,inr will sit longer and work harder lor VII
than any trustees in the country App,s ,r9rld has
lnal ",S NV smile az such weakness but the woIu an
nuo, f"r rejoicing In the results Of their hpos' FP
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