The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-27
YALES NEW COMMENCEMENT
THE BIC ALUMNI DINNER IN
 ALUMNI HAIL YESTERDAY.

1 Speeches by President Dwight, II Ion. Henr! c. Robin on of Hartford, Dr. Chauncey M Depew of New York, Judge Henry IG Howland of New York and Others--Th' New Grde. of Commencement Exercises Great Success-The Morning Exercises a Battell ChapeI-The Corporation Meeting Many New Appointments--The Presi
 dents Reception.
 Yesterday was the final day of Yale'i commencement exercises. The weather
 was all that could be desired to make
 the occasion a success, and the new
 order of commencement exercises pass.
 ed off in most satisfactory manner
 A complete account of them will be
 found in another column.
 The alumni dinner was held imme-
 dlately after the exercises in the chapel
 had closed. It was held in Alumni
 hall and In the large tent which was
 erected in front. The president, corpo-
 ration and recipients of honorary de-
 grees were seated at a table on a raised
 platform under the life sized portrait
 of Elihu Yale, The banquet was all
 that could be desired, an abundance be-
 ing served to all present, After the
 eating and drinking had been finished,
 speechmaklng was in order.
 President Dwight acted as the pre-
 siding officer at the speech making,
 He made the opening speech about 3
 o'clock. He gave a number of statis-
 ties showed that the growth of Yale
 in recent years in all the departments of the university. He lamented the fact
 that there was not yet erected on the campus an Alumni hall where all the sons of Yale could meet together and not be so crowded.
 Dr. William T. Harris of Washing ton, D. C., commissioner of education
 was the next speaker. He said that higher education in this country had copied more from Yale than from any other institution of learning. The debt which the United states owes to Yale in this respect can never be told.
 The Hon. John Patton, Yale 75, for merly United States senator from Michi- gan, was then called upon. He said that on coming back Go Yale he had found, as some one had represented 1t, many signs of change, and many changes Of signs" He referred to the way in which an enthusiastic American had bounded the United States: North by the North pole, south by the South pole, east by the rising and west by the setting sun. Another and more en- thusiastic one had then bounded 1t thus: North by the aurora borealis. south by the procession of the equi- noxes, east by the primeval chaos and west by the Day of Judgment. This, he said, was the boundary of Yale The glory of Yale is that she has al- ways stood on her own merits.
 The next speaker was Bishop Cheney of the Reformed Episcopal church Of Illinois. He felt on seeing Yale of the present like the Queen of Sheba when she saw Solomon's glory and exclaimed that the half had not been told her. Is 1t not true that Yale's magnificent development had it's Ytse in the Ameri- can college of fifty years ago? Let us give all honor to those brave men who in years gone by gave the first cup of cold water" to those who thirsted for in our land.
 The Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth, pastor of the Center church, this city. spoke lext He expressed his qualification 1t being an adopted son of Yale. He was all the more glad because 1t had on the occasion of the new or Ter of commencement exercises, which lad proved so successful. He had lad the honor to walk in the company if a member of the corporation after ward, and could not help thinking that even Solomon in all his glory was not lrrayed like one of these" He could estify that an atmosphere of mental, moral and physical wholesomenese was of Yale life. Tn the en- cooperation and spirit of 1 he young professors we have the fu- ure of Yale college In high standards l nd purity of morals Yale can rely, as lways. on the high spirit and character f her young men.
 President Dwight in introducing the l ext speaker told a good story about | )r. Smyth. He had met Dr. Smyth | ne day soon after pr. Parker's arrest | or riding a bicycle on the sidewalk l nd asked him why he looked so dis onsolate. Dr, Smyth replied: T am fraid I shall forget to ring my bicycle ell before a crossing, and so be ar ested" Well" replied the president, I sincerely hope you will be arrested
 will go right down and bail you out"
 Dr. Edward G. Mason of Chicago, a lember of the corporation, said that 1t ad seemed to many that some changes 1ou1d be made in the charter of Yale ,sarding the membership in the cor oration. Speaking for himself he said lat the governor and lieutenant gover- or of Connecticut, as members of the ,rporation eX-officio, had always seem- l to him comparatively out of place, nd that these two positions ought to 3 given to the alumni. He would be ad to see, as soon as possible, Con- 'egational minister elected from out de the boundary line of Connecticut, l Id believed that this would meet with 9neral approval. Dr. Mason was literally applauded Dr. Gallaudet of Washington, D. C., ho is at the head of the National ome for the Deaf and Dumb, express
 his pride at becoming an alumnus
 Yale He had heard of a good dea- l n who had said there was just one J ing he could not stand, and that s as temptation. This was about the l ny he had felt when he had received tifica ton that he would do well to tend the Yale commencement as e