The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-06-28

| uieu, bh you hnoW, ltW uhyb uho' tie
 was, perhaps, the greatest scholar With
 whom the country has been honored in
 the last forty years. The simplicity and
 beauty of his character, hIs large ao-. eomplishmcnts, his great affection for
 Yale university, all endeared him to tis and makes his loss felt the more. Ills death creates c vacancy among the small number of those who were asso- ciated with him that cannot be filled. The other of whom I shall speak Is the Hon. William Walter Phelps. You nll know who he wns and what he WIS to this instution. l sec by the public journals that he has remembered Yale
 with handsome gift. He was true son of the University. No man loved Ynle with heartier love than he. And I can say that those over fifty yers of age love Yale better than those under. For their love has hnd longer to grow. announce the selection of Edward G. Mnson, '60, of Chicago, H., Payson Merrill, '65, of New York, and Walter Jennings 80, of New York; as direc- tors of the Yale Alumni University Fund Association for term of three years from this time. I wish to com mend the earnestness, enthusiasm ana generosity with which the origlnators or this movement have carried 1t on through the past years.
 And now, gentlemen, propose to re- lievc you of my personal presence ex- ccpt to introduce to you some other speakers. In the first place we owe d. legiance to Connecticut. The governor of Connecticut, who is Yale graduate, Is with us to-day and will say a, few words to us' .'
 |. Governor Luzon B.. Morris '54, then addressed the assemblnge,. He spoke of the old idea that citizens formerly held of allegiance and duty owed to the government as compared with the mod ern ideas which are creeping in from the influx of foreigners from other gov ernments and undesirable clements into our commonwealth. These people think that the government owes them more than they owe the. government. They think the government should support the citizens. Continuing, he said:
 And where can these questions be con- sidered as well as In 6uf mental lahora- tories? J The press always stands ready to convey to the country and communal. ty at large the results there obtained, We will, then, be thankful to the univerr |, sity and the means of education which we have. (Applause.)f -
 President Dwight linen said: We have the warmest aneeti0h for our brothers of the university at Cambridge, Mass.4 We are brothers in the same family of educated men. Many we have received into our fellowship. We have done so to-day. We should like to hear from Prof, John C.. Gray of the Harvard law school. :ai
 Prof. Gray said:s I felt in coming. here to-day much like d hefald coming with a truce between Tuesdays sklrmish and Thursdays battle, to remind you of our common humanity How much do these two universAies bwe tH each other? I think that Yale owes much to that president of Haryard who is to-day oel- ebrating the twenty-fifth year of his office. I wish there was more inter- . change between the two universities. There are great many Harvard post graduates that could benefit by coming to Yale and a great many Yale men who could gain good by going to liar yard. I do not mean this for under; graduates. For an undergraduate that: leaves his own college generally does it for the good of the college. But much could be gained by viewing two aspects of university life.'
 President Dwight then said that the first man he cahed up in recitation, when he began his work as professor was Edmund c. Stedman, and thought that if he recited as well now as then, his remarks would be very satisfap- tory, and he would merit the degree of LID, which had been conferred on him. Three hearty cheers for "Sted. man" were then given by the alumni,
 He spoke in the main as follows, This is the first time have ever had an opportunity of speaking at the alumni dinner. I have been somewhat of a university tramp, so that might say that am cosmopolitan. But ees- mopoltan should be at home in his own country, as we'll as elsewhere. But of all the honors which the sons of Yale have had, I cannot help but think that that of having started President Dwight on his university career is the greatest of any. Dr. Stedman then spoke in behalf of the study of English literature at the" university He spoke of the eminence Yale had attained in economic and political history, and referred to the fact that Harvard had twenty professors and instructors in English literature Columbia ten, while Yale only has six. On this account he was pleased to learn of the renewed and increased interest which was bH- ing taken in the study of English at Yale and that when an eminent alum nus died recently, although a 1urist,. he left bequest to found a new! professorship in English literature.
 President Dwight then read teIe- gram to be sent to President Elliott Of. Harvard, eonEratulating him oh the twentysf,fth anniversary of his presi-' dency of the university. =: &ss5
 Hon. William M.' Everett of Massa. chusetts, D fepresetative in congress, was the next speaker. He said: All Yale victories belong to Harvard be- cause the first four presidents of Yale were Harvard men. So you are an outgrowth of Harvard. and whether the crimson ot. theS dark blue wins, 1t is all the crimson s victory, as it took four sof our men to make your first, presidents. I@hars learned this in con- gress to claim all anyway, whatever the returns may be. In congress they fine us our day'sspay for absence on I any other account than siakness, either s Of ourselves or in OUT families, So ma ! iltE myself pretty iink, even homesicR, s| managed to find time to stop here for