The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-26
YALE COMMENCEMENT WEEK
ALUMNI'S sPIRTTED MEETING AND
 ADDRgSSES.

A ArIOuVo Go the Late RrOfeBsOr Oana--DT.
 Prudden's Brilliant Address ut the NIedl-
 cal School Exercises and the Medical
 Alumnrs BaDquet-The Triennial and the
 Glass Boy--Many Glass Reunions-Tun
 and Festivity-oId Grads and Young
 Grads-A Notable Centennial Re-
 union-The Glee and Banjo Clubs Con-
 cert, EtC.
 The meeting of the Yale Alumni
 association was held at Alumni hall yesterday morning and the hall was taxed to the utmost capacity, such be-
 ing the thVong of graduates in attend
 ance to enjoy this interesting reunion
 occasion,
 1 Mir. Thomas Hooker of this city open
 ed the meeting and introduced Hon.
 M. P. Knowlton, associate judge of the ! | Massa chusetts supreme court a. presid-
 ing officer. After prayer by Rev, Dr.
 Hart of Gloversville. N. Y, Judge Knowlton addressed the meeting, glori- fying old Yale warmly.
 l Henry Barnard of Hartford, the oldest living graduate. was assisted to the platform by Justice Simeon E. Baldwin. 1 Professor Charles Tyler of Cornell
 university responded for the class of
 1855. He said among other things: | Generations pass quickly at Yale.
 The changes that have taken place | bewilder me--these fair buildings that have sprung up like magic. We recall affectionately the memory of Presi- dent Woolsey, a true Oxforddan, Ben- | 1arnin Silliman; that ruddy son of the north, Professor Thacher; that incOn- parable Grecian, Professor Hadley; Pro- ] lessor Newton, who still survives: Pro- l lessor Whitney, who has passed away, and many others whom we were accus- | toned to see walking across the cann- pus I suppose between forty and fifty l are now living of the class of '55. T do not like to indulge in criti- cal vein. The oak that Is planted in
 the flower pot will, if 1t grows, burst the flower pot. It seems to some of us that the corporation of Yale uni versity might be extended, that it might be chosen beyond the confines of Connecticut. Yale has been proper ly conservative and yet progressive
 She still maintains the academic spir- it."
 Almet F. Jenks of Brooklyn, IN. ",
 spoke for the '75 very wittily. He
 was followed by Henry F. Taft of New
 York for the class of 'SO Leonard D. Wales of Wilmington,
 Del, judge of the United States dis trict court, responded for the class of 1845, in which he spoke pleasantly of the many changes he had observed on the campus. Investments like these, he said, never failed to pay dividends, The members of the class had done a fair amount of work and obtained their share of national distinction. He closed by paying a tribute to the in- structors under whose guidance they were.
 R N Wilson of Philadelphia was the spokesman of the class of 50. He glor- jed in the loyalty of his class to Yale.
 Seventy has for it's spokesman Wall ter S. Logan of New York city, who told of Yale's being cosmopolitan in its makeup and effect.
 Rev. pr. H. A. Stiman of the Broad- way Tabernacle responded for a'65, which class, he claimed, represented most Yale's younger spirit, which never knows itself beaten.
 Edward H. Mason of Chicago was tho member of '92 to speak for 1t.
 Alfred R. Conkling of New York city responded for Sheffield Scientific school.
 Dr. Richard Ellis of Danbury was the last speaker. He represented the class of '85 and claimed there was not black sheep in that flock.
 Professor Fisher introduced a resolti4 tion relating to the late Professor Danay which was adopted as follows:
 Resolved, That the graduates of Yale have been deeply affected by the recent announcement of the death of their honored associate and Professor James Dwight Dana. yet they are gratified that to the very end of a long. life, devoted with earnestness to the discovery and diffusion of scientific truth, his mental powers were exerted with una bated vigor. By his personal observa- tions, begun early in connection with the American Exploring expedition and prosecuted as long as his strength lasted he has made rich additions to the store of scientific fact. While he wa keen sighted student in and a strong reasoner in respect to the whole field of nature, in the branches of geology, zoology as connected with it. and nlineralogy, he was an authority of the first rank. Through numerous publications recording his own re- and editor for half a cen tury of the American Journal of Sci- ence, Professor Dana has done most effective work for the advancement of science. Although his writings have been an inspiration to numberless read ers, who had not the privilege of being lis pupils, his learning and his en- 5husiasm can be fully appreciated only oy those who have listened to his oral instruction and followed him in his excursions over the hills. In common with all who knew Professor Dana we lear reverent testimony to the upright less courage and Christian excellence which commanded universal respect
 The exercises closed with the election # the following executive committee:
 President Dwight, Professors Day, Fisher, Rev Dr. Munger, MT. Van lame, Professors Brush, Wheeler, Weir, Newton, Dexter, Lounsbury. Baldwin. Peck, Sumner. Du Bois, Danas Town end, Woolsey, Morris, schwab, Dr. J. }. C. Foster, Messrs w F. Tyler H. 3. Sargent, A. B. Hill, Rev. E. s. Lines. or. H. E. Smith, Messrs. H. c. White, V. w. Farnam, Professor H. w. Par