The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-24
COMMENCEMENT AT YALE.
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their innings in the exercises of com menoement week.
 Graduates of the Institution from as far back as the early rorttes were pres ent but were far outnumbered by the graduates of later years, The alumni meeting at 9:S0 in Alumni hall was on the whole Q body of young graduates, though many gray headed seniors were scattered through the assembly. There was present the same earnest enthusi- asm and hearty Yale spirit and ten dered regard for their old alma mater manifested in the speeches of the rep resentatives of the various classes as is always present on such occasions, 'Nothng occurred to mar the harmony of the meeting and not word was said of the now famous Lee ivy"
 Thomas Hooker called the meeting to order at 9;50 a. m, and acting for the executive committee, nominated Charles II. Clark Fl, of Hartford, for chairman of the meeting and MT Clark was elected. Rev, Charles H. Wilcox '76, of Lawrenceville, N. J., offered the opening prayer.
 Graduates of fifty years standing were invited to take seats on the plat form and the following responded; pr, Wood 'S3, MT. Darling '36, pr. Emerson 40, H. P, Smith A, David Mawley '46 and ex-Congressman S. w, Kellogg '46,
 Chairman Clarks opening speech was sparkling with wit and humorous eulogy of the class of '71. He said:
 "Seventy-one was a good class. We will prove it by showing that the no members of our class cast 1S1 votes for class deacon. Could the highest moral ity be expected to do more?
 We miss the buildings that have gone-Old South, South Middle and The htheneum. This old building in which ,Ee are now is about the only one re- maining from that time when the dem- ocratic spirit, that should and must be preserved was so noticeable. This building, however, is not good enough, and think it time we had a new build ing"
 Hon. s. w. Kellogg of Waterbury speaking for the class of AS, said he came to Yale yesterday morning look
 
 celebrate their semi-centennial, and for a long time couldn't find any. Then one appeared, then a second, and he hoped to see several more before the day was done.
 He spoke of the work of the class of '46 had done, though it was by no means a large class. It's scholarship was high it has given to Connecticut two governors, and has had two mem bers on the Yale corporation and three also were colonels of regiments during the war Others have been earnest Christian workers in the Masters field. None had disgraced the college. It's ms mb IS to-day keep in touch and sym pathy with young Yale.
 Speaking of the boat racing of his day in college he said there was no boat race at that time, except a class race in boats hired from a fisherman, between classes on the harbor, and MT. Kellogg was one of the oarsmen. His men thought they had the more muscle, but they were badly beaten, and when they returned to the bank they found a fifty-pound stone securely fastened to the bottom.
 He said the older men were delight ed and astonished at the growth of Yale.
 Herbert Parsons of New York re- sponded for the class of 1860, spoke of the thrOngs in the buildings and es- pecially in the department of English, which he thought much for the better file considered the great need of the in stitution to be a higher moral stand ard in examinations among the stu dents and the obtaining of the degree of B. A. only by fair means. q think that if any man that Is | caught cheating should be forever de- barred from obtaining a degree 1t would ! remedy the evil With the evil remoV ed Yale would really be the grand old institution that we know her to be-"
 This expression was heartily cheered | by the alumni.
 w. R. Archibald of Scranton, Pa, spoke for the class of 1871 Seventy one came in the period of transition constructive and destructive. It saw the first demolition of building of the old brick row and the erection of the first Of the new quadrangle-Far and Durfee. It was the last class un- der the old system and the first to be divided alphabetically. It initiated two secret society buildings, was the last to confer the wooden spoon, the Yale navy was abandoned in it's senior year, and it was the last under Presi- l dent Woolsey's loved instruction" His remark that the class appeared 1 to be a hoodoo, as Yale was always | beaten when they were present at an
 athletic contest, made the Rev. Samuel | Scoville suggest that they absent them 1 The game resulting in Yale's defeat 1 probably shows that the suggestion was unheeded and Yale was "hoodooed''
 out Of the victory by the presence of | '71 men; at least it will do to say so. | Judge John M. Hall, vice president
 of the Consolidated road, spoke for the | class of '66.
 He said the growth of Yale had been | phenomenal.
 Never was Yale in better condition than to-day. Never was her policy bet | ter defined or her methods better. Ever | and anon spirit of criticism goes | abroad-in newspapers and magazines criticisms of methods or management that do injury. This corporation should
 be run like other corporations. If criti- | cism is to be made-and honest, intel
 ligent criticism is a good thing-this is
 the time and the place for it. This is
 where it should appear, and not by |