The Washington times., 1895-02-06
Men Nodded by Old Yale Met at
the Banquet Board.
TWO ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS Gel
Justice Brewer Presided and Told of the
sect There Club"-Three Times Three the
Cheers Rang ont-Prof. Wheeler Talked
of Football-Alpmni Distinguished in
Law, Letters, and statecraft- The Guests.

The Alumni Association of Washington
Yale University assembled last evening about
the festal board in the banquet hall at the
Arlington Hotel, the occasion being its annual
dinner. Justice Brewer presided, and about
him were grouped about fifty OF his fellow
members, many OF them distinguished in law,
letters and statecrat.
The tables were arranged in the form of a
square, and within the inclosure was n col
lection Of handsome palms. while here and
there upon the board, at the right and left OF
the presiding officer were large bouquets OF
choice roses, and the ceiling was richly
trimmed with green foliage. 1t was pretty
scene and excited the admiration of the
guests
The banquet began at exactly 7:30, and the
midnight chimes were sounded before the
programme was concluded. The menu elected
attention for goodIy portion of the earlier
hours, ii being somewhat after 8 o'clock
when Justice Brewer, as toast master, arose
and introduced the intellectual feature.
Upon assuming charge of this part OF the
exercises the justice congratulated himself
that as presiding officer he would not have to
MAKE Il speech. he TtiFEfbu uuUHOEOhSly W
Yale rs q "Get-there-club," saying that the
business of the collegewas to fit men for sue
cess in life, and that If u Yale man happened
TO aspire to q Senatorship, or TO a place in
the House of Representatives, or toa place
on the Supreme bench, all that he had TO do
was to make his aspirations known. Moth
ing could prevent him from reaching the goal.
HEARTY THREE TIMES THREE.
He introduced Prof. Arthur c. Wheeler, Of
Yale, who spoke for the "New university, p"
and both the speaker and his topic were given
hearty "three times three"
Among other things he discussed Prof.
Wheeler talked of football. saying that Prof.
Elliott condemns the game and would like to
work a reformation, but the trouble is there
| is no place to start from. He has not much
| faith in remedy for the existing evils OF the
game by modifying the rules. A friend of his,
he said, had declared that if the rules were
| enforced not one man Of any team would be
! permitted 10 stay on the field twenty minutes.
| If the charges made between Harvard and
! Yale were true. then neither Harvard nor
| Yale should play with the other.
Prof Wheeler referred to the dangers con-
| fronting the republic. said many things that
were depended upon for its perpetuity were
delusions; that the ballot had proved to be
| an engine of corruption, and that he believed
! the problems OF the future must pe solved by
the educated men OF the republic. e-.--
BRIGHT BUT BRIEF SPEECHES.
Following Prof. Wheeler's address were
particularly bright but brief speeches from
The following gentlemen: Mr.. Morgan Beach.
who spoke for the "Old college, Hon. John
| S. Seymour, whose theme was ''Yales place
in tie state;' MIR. L. IL. Giesy. a graduate of
| Trinity In response TO ''The smaller
colleges" Hon. Frank II. Jones. upon
TEAM play in Politics. ii Prof. Gal,audet.
who discussed the pRst present and iuture
OF the university and Mr.. Dewitt c.. Sprague,
who told in poetry the story OF Yale's contri-
| button of gallant men to the war for the de-
/ fense OF the Union. There were 10 or them
! he said twenty-one dying on the field of bat
tie. and LOG perishing from wounds or in
| iuries. -... 49, ..-
The list OF guests included, besides those
| above numed: Hon. William A. Maloy, Hon.
J. r. Pigott, I. I. Ryan, DR.. J. T. Scott Hon.
| Joseph r. Hawley Hon. William NJ. Stewart
/ Walter d. Wilcox, Hon. L. i. Whitney. Hon.
| W. c. Whittemore. II. X. Willard,
A. G. Wilkinson, 3. II. War
ner, Mr.. Barnard, Cyrus l.. Hall,
| T. H. Bradford. T. H. Galpin, Howard p
| Bell. 4. II. Eggleston, Fred. C. Leonard, L.
&. Bennett, II. r. Morgan, Hon. E. A. Bow
ers, Prof T. E. Clark. Isaac Clark. Hon.
John DalzeIl, Senator Dubois. Prof Charles
/ ". Ely, c. r. Ely T. D. Head. C. j. Hillyer,
| Prof. James II. Hayden, Postmaster-G General
| Bissell, and J. c. Hornblower.