New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-02
HOW YALE HAS ADVANCED!
MIR. DEPEW ANSWERS PRESIDENT
DWIGHTS CRITICS.
HIS rARoRs THE MOST VALUABLE CoNTRrBU
TION TO THE COLLEGE-SOME INCIDENTS
or THE ALUMNI DINNER.

OF THE ALUMNI DINNER.
New-Haven. Conn, July 1 CspecIaD.-The Yale
alumni dinner last Wednesday proved TO be I'M
usually interesting In many ways IL appears tnaI
there was large amount OF discussion ana crlucism
among the alumni owing 10 the changes which nave
taken place ut Yale in the last few years The cree
ton Of the Vanderbilt Dormtory. OF the
White Dormltory and of the WEIGH Build
ing the tearing down Of Old south Coiiese anu
the placing Of Osborn Hall on the site Formerly oc-
clpei by the famous Yale fence had so completely
changed the character of the campus and the ap-
pearance Of the college that some of the members OF
the alumni seemed bewil1ere1 well as chaSrineo
This led To a talk at the annual meeting or tho
alumni the day before concerning the PRESIDENT tne
athletic superiority OF Yale and the dangerous ten-
denotes Of athletics and AZ one OF the class meetings
severe criticism was passed upon the president. on
the ground that he had sacrificed the schodrsnp W
Yale for imposing buildings etc.
While these criticisms received wide publication IN
qury developed the fact that the great body OF inc
alumni were not in sympathy with them Al 'hs
alumni dinner however their publication IN inc
papers Of the day had a marked depressing erect
The occasion was enlivened by Governor motifs
Injecting a little Connecticut Democracy into ms
speech and by Represcn tatve William Everett VINO
alluded % his pronunciation OF octopus, ana ihsis"
cd that the accent should be on the TO- cios"S
with an eloquent defence of the present congress-
He fervently declsred that this Congress would 60
history,
=, was criticised for having done nothing but FOR
the onstrous propositions sustained by large sec
lions of the country, which II had falel 20 -pssA
diy WI for ca1ttries 70 come would be that 1t had
kept the Republic whore 1t was. - ,.
Chauncey NJ Depew who was called upon iInmeS-
daily afferward said that. while he differed with
MIR Everett on almost every question ne nag lounu
in his speech statement with which ne heartily is
arrsel and that was that this Congress was sure
OF never being forgott because ndI Dee" u s1
where il is lie then expressed his gratncau0n az
being e'GG5 e on, of total Of S votes and
marked that if il not for the presence anu
sentve Everett he Would be forced TO say that
ms vas prophetic admOn.tion OF inc uhahinnty
with which things would come to pass al the next
%Tbis Continued Mr. Depew, seems to be Pc
Rod of unsual activity IN the critical spirl' &c 70
Vale man 4, always Of inqulrng mind, ana -
apt to say whatever occurs 70 MN ABOUT tr a.
prsst many years this spirit had taken the general
form assault upon the present aasr adj,
OF the college The modern ainmnus however Iao,,
~ csn,ns and amid the scenes Of his college life
he wants To- ind everything Just he left II any
where from ten to forty years ago one aluIinus
had complaned that among other changes which ,
set down for Monday afternoon when tnls exereass
School had been started The reason Oh tnat enaise
that the dean Of the law SenSol @ppydiv match
bet ween Yale and Harvard occurred on tne sat9,
afternoon with mis- exercises Inc mo- rared the
jurist Or orator OF the c"lhtS Nv srnor Rns-
occasion and this year Il was 10 be Governor rus
sell % Massachusetts.
L1nror ~ or1tDr who was competing with the ball
ne'd outside of those who were compelled to be on
'o tbr erS mbuitors in H. where they could get
out of the sun This alumnus critic hst yetis
~ 80. NV, Scnool az Cer- re Church. said: Chaun.
cey YOU must have been IN the same ciass WIN oao
William Wickham. who graduated IN loV) EVe!yy
body with any blood left in MIN VII. be 2ut on ths
ba-feld this afternoon 70 see ale wax a n
~ was wandering this afternoon through the new
dormtorles with an alumnus Of National reputation
He pointed the porcelain hathtuos ana STU, Syn
I
such Injurious surroun lings can hope 10 Keep up
the reputation Of Ya.e in the fierce contests Oh is
'' n said Judge what kind Of bath'ubs did they
navy i,vhy5 s,d he. Great Scott, They didn't have
70 the criticism that President Dwight had sacri,
0cel the scholarship Of Yale to stone and brick ana
mortar Mr. Depew said that there were TWO an
| ege ana under HIS administration II han grown up
To- be by comm9 On 'Tn nitn S States o Its Curriculum
had been SO enlarged and It's standard so advanced
ea 3T pos wp nS' could S@f 0 PASS Rs
entrance into the freshman class Inc sIone i ai.o
| for The students with more comfort. under better
sanitary and hygienic principles, and larger aSn
received during the hundred years preceding fresi,
dent Dwight Yale had less money in her genera ,so
/ fund for the general purposes OF the college man
any other OF the great institutions OF learning Inc
University OF GhiGag9 win ne m nyarsty of Cs
fornia, with the Stanford millions: Cornei M u,
public land under the Cornell gift were constantly
tempting the able and sefsacrihcing professors OF
! Yale to other and newer fields. with much larger
salaries than Yale could afford Each OF these new
! buildings represented handsome revenue 10 inc
needed income OF the college - enable II 70 retain
its eminent teachers and TO make more etncient ue
| partments which required help on account II tne
! Increasing number of Students The college mad
been appealing its friends for quarter or cen,
fury most earnestly to come TO It's assistance aio
Increase It's efficiency and power by contributing %
! its general funds. Every one knew how small ana
/ rreagre had been the responses. President Dwignt
! bv an exercise of the rarest tact and genius hao
/ appealed 10 enuerprsing and generous people VINO
had the means and the ability to grasp the situa-
! ton ana the result had been an increase lnstne
vc,th of Yale since he entered upon the presidency
greater than its entire Accommodations from the time
Of Panon Pierson OF blessed memory its first presi-
! dent down the Rev. Timothy Dwight The only
| criticism which could be passed upon the presdent
was-ani the event criticised remarkable
| that IL added pungency to the criteism-that the
| president had never dollar personally for himself
out ~ all his labors His time. his mind the prestige
of his great his genius as teacher and his u-
| questioned capacity administrator had been
| freely given to the college. and. though the gifts
! which he had secured were large. his own laoors
were the most valuable contributions which Yale
| had received.