New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-19
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In the Garner Pto.ion of New-York last night
Yale Alumni oort was made to maintain the
AZ sherry : al g college etiquette in the matter
solemn decoruih % Venerable President Dwight
'' ' .oble OF honor haV"s Oh ms iei' an"
SAT ~ ~ cons Of Yale as henry T. fo"iahu'
lisn' - Elder Henry stahioru hIoohS' 'an''s .
Sanuei !, ,-urd Whittemore. w. Is HornDIower
Norton. Edn' an,d W T. Hatch Morris X. Jesup
James n Ua,sor A larger number would have
ana "' had il not been FOR the oinner OF the
been prese" ,,orican Revolution. feature OF the
So'9 - os the arrangement OF the 'apies 10
dihne wsre allotted the old-time graduates VINO
Table 4" ,hrough many similar campaign Next
hdd h.l,rx OF dignity was the middle table. at
10 'n's - seated the midde-aged graduates. who
"n'on hos, 20 keep pace with their elder broth
Gu =" looking austere and sedate AT Table {
e coated the embryo presidents, judges and wise
w. =, the country As the dinner wore on there
ny. relaxation Of this severe decorum. and by
w. .,,a cigars were lighted ii looked as If the en-
A. programme of class distinction and college
,'nes would fall through completely.
80 q. The men at the tables were George Adee,
- poet W. b. Ross. W. \. Stiles. Brayton
.os Henry Holt. W. II. Fuller. Buchanan WIN
,hron +. W. stevens, H. K. Wood. W. 4 Wood
..ar5 pavson Merrill. Edward Coffin. l.. H. Enrich.
Edwards, c. \. Miller. II. f. Hawley. W. ii.
,I.r,hor, ! A. Robinson. NJ G. Day, +. :. Brown,
. 8 Hamlin, Hamilton Wallis. NJ C. d. Borden.
:. :, pe,te z II. Converse. W. {. Witter, IL.
rat, sherman Evarts. W. NJ. Barnum, W W.
clidIev : r Belts. Walter Jennings. +. ;. smith,
= Hail E. G. Stedman Frederick Mead. jr,
W y davenport George r Nelson r NJ. Bently,
&, II Tibev T. i. Worcester. jr, u. W. Hunter,
= " Pangborn W. A. Durrie. James HilIhouse.
- Z, starkweat Their f. Il. Johnes. Daniel Wilcox,
, , Curtis ] L. Narrck, NJ. Il. O'Conner. Samuel
Kaeler O. NJ Harper. w. E. Peck. y. c. Thompson.
+, I Fisk w : Read. II. w Slocum. :. W.
Bertron. " V : Thoms. f. II. Norton jr. A. g.
Brown. Roland Holt. F. l. Slade. }. $ Barnes
- o. G. Jennings 6. NJ. Sdenberg. Thomas
Dswev. If. w. H. Parsons. George Woolsey George
cromwell H. W. Calhoun j. J. Phelps Gilbert
Colgate. W 3 Coey. W NJ Abel, NJ. A. Caldwell.
Hubert Parsons j. W jackson. l.. +. II. Belts.
: Davis l. f. Brown. G. y. Miller, +. L. Polk.
:. E. Sheffield. Harold Griffith.
HENRY f. HowLAND's SPEECH.
The opening address was made by Henry h. How
land. He said:
II IS again my privilege to welcome you as the
children Of our Alma Mater 10 your ailaa i ,,a
and to congratulate you upon the air OF content
halo over your youthful or venerable heads as me
case may be- Unless appearances are decelt'h
20" r H1 3op W ,b sTnenses Of The Government
drawn from your unwilling hands in the guns OF
mat your stand j. 30 high that you are included
in the per cent o; the entire population OF TN,
country that Will pay It, II is well TO take exalted
rank, even with the burdens which II bears Il
comes high. but We must have it, May ! be par
doned moment while l refer TO Yale's record in
the work she mas done IN this respect and 10 hef
contribution to Ya,es wealth Of great men In her
dent Il Cabinet officers Chief Justice u the United
States and for Canada, National officers OF the
china from the tinted States. Justices of the
nited States supreme Court Surgeon..iensrai 81
Judges. Circuit Judge. % Ministers Plenipotentary
congress. 20 State Governors and % college presi-
dents Four OF her graduates signed the Declaration
luton The frs, presidents Of princeton Columbia
Williams. Hamilton, the University of Georgia. o.
University, Johns Hopkins the University of Cali
fornia and several others were Yale men. She gave
University. Gilman 10 Johns Hopkins and George
Vale en 70 se around Everywhere The first pre
dent Of the Texas Republic, David G. Bennett was
born in Connecticut and graduate Of Yale
The last President of that Republic. Arson Jones
was born in Massachusetts and was Yale man
Ash5el Smith. who represented that Government
at foreign courts. and afterward was the distin-
guished Secretary OF State. was born in Connect
State OF Texas IS but annex OF the great univer
sity. Bring along any country that needs govern
Samoa. any of the isles OF the sea. Time would
gid her annals like Trumbul. Worcester, Web
ster. Woolsey. Silliman. Morse the inventor OF the
Davis and Marsh Jonathan Edwards and Timothy
Dwight, first and second; James heat ana Jere-
Nah Mason the gEes'e %os Oh noTar 1nrs Wsi
and Andrew White. seven hundred and nfty Of her
the Union and half as many more on me southern
sa and h SGd fed Gf 0fm e @ e ali bo S
once. and engaged In the natural pastImes inat be
natural order OF things. and will be worse.
but Of finer mould and larger powers mentally and
physically, FOR the athletic regimen they have re-
ceved
IL is difficult to restrain within the bounds OF
the feeling OF indignation AT the treat
inent by certain newspapers during the last season
Of the Yale team Of the best that has ever been
on the field. and its captain. who has never been
outclassed BY any PLAYER Of any college any team.
The filings and ,aunts at them for not following
and where they should play were incessani. Mis-
Of their actions and motives Were
heir pretensions ridicuied The game has received
too much prominence in the newspapers. TO It's great
injury. That IS NJ. the fault OF the players. but
Of the critics and all agree that it s not
good thing for young men in college TO become
athletic heroes before large masses IN cities.
WHAT PRESIDENT DWIGHT SAID
President Dwight. who responded to the toast
"rhe University" was listened TO with respectful
attention. He said IN part:
We old men afraid Of the temptat lions which
he young men must encounter We mus, resnem-
Der that young we know more Of
he possibilities Of life than our fathers knew.
hink every man. when he thinks abou, it. il CAD
hat his children TO have larger possibilities
Of life The next generation Is TO have advantages
which we never have enjoyed. The expenses IN
1pr coll-S are not much greater than they were
fifty years ago, but the country has made great
advances in that time. There is freedom now from
many conditions which hindered advancement when
young We look back with sadness at some
81 the changes that have come but this Is chang
ing world. The Improvement In manners Is Of
the changes. We so on building for the future all
the time. The movement which Is transforming
the college IS one in which We should all rejoice.
The college Will be new as well as Old larger ana
better.
James 5. Norton. OF Chicago. who spoke on THE
Scholar in Society" introduced Pleasantly az
a man who might be expected to show what kind
OF oratory common In the wild and wo0lly
west His speech kept the audience in happy
frame OF mind for half hour. He said in part:
framed in the Western school Of self-dcpression.
anu taught from infancy to regard the city as
oiie rporated by act of Providence and main
sen IN aniuencs 10 crafty the jus; pride of It's
1870, Li9r thought IL gracious act that you
sno",t can the outer barbarian into your courts
WIZ Diu MN speak his untutOred mind in the very
which have thus far assumed seems 70 reouire
thai should , aiscaim the qualification TO respond
to this TOAST. Tor although as A Yale man / could
hardly pretend a lack OF snhL.Ia 1.lla,lza