The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-29

| At the close of the alumni dinner
the procession was formed and march
ed by twos to College street hall, where
the anniversary exercises were held.
The Old Guard band headed the pro-
cession, followed in order by members
of the faculty and invited guests, men,
bers of the graduating class and the
alumuni.
At the hall music was furnished by
an orchestra.
| On the platform were seated Dean
Francis Wayland, Hon. John NJ. Har
Ian, LII. D., associate justice of the su-
preme court of the United States, and
speaker of the day; most of the faculty
of the school, including Judge Simeon
E. Baldwin, Hon. Edwin B. eager, Hon.
David Torrance Prof. George D. Wat
rous, Prof. George Beers, Prof John
Wurts, Prof. Pames Webb, Prof. E. G.
Buckland, Prof. w Frederick Foster,
members of the Yale corporation, in
cluding Rev DR.. Theodore T. Munger,
Rev. DR.. Anderson of Waterbury, Rev,
DR.. Cooper of New Britain, Judge How
land of New York and Thomas G..
Bennett, Esq, of this city.
The speaking for the Townsend prize
was one of the features of the after
noon. The prize was won by Joseph
Edwin Profit of Floyd, Va. His sub
ject was: "Lynching, It's Causes and
Cure 1t was an exceedingly well
written and delivered grafton.
All the speaking was of a high order.
The other three speakers and their
subjects were; Roger Sherman Bald
win, B. A, Yale university, 1895, New
York city, who spoke on THE Adapta-
ton Of the Jury System to the Condi-
tions of Modern Society,""
Mr.. Baldwin pointed out in brief the
changes which has been wrought in the
jury system as originally constituted
To-day men are equal as formerly
before the law, but not before each
other. There have been changes in the
social structure, which, though more
logical, is not so well fitted to the jury
system. The remedy is to be found in
the education of the people up to the
needs of the jury system of to-day
The speaker proposed the adjustment
of a unanimous verdict in civil cases,
and closed by saying that the adapta-
tion of the jury system was to the con-
dition of modern society most import
ant in the United States.
Christopher Lester Avery ir., B. A.,
Yale university, 1898, of Groton, Conn,
spoke on "The Rise and Progress of the
Hawaiian Republic"
Mr.. Avery traced the decay of the old
monarchy and the establishment of the
present republic.
Then pointing out the advantages that
would accrue to the islands by their
annexation, continued by saying that
the advantage would not be reciprocal
on the part of the United States. The
character of the population made them
especially undesirable as additions to
our electorate.
LAS a military station it would tend
to disseminate, not to strengthen our
power. The proper thing to do would
be to let England assume a protecto-
rate over the islands, which she was
well fitted to do"
John Walcott Thompson, 3. A., of
Dartmouth college, 1895, of New Haven
Conn, spoke on Daniel Webster as a
Lawyer"
He described in an excellent manner
the career of the great orator and some
of his greatest triumphs. Webster ex-
celled as an advocate at the bar, con-
tanning many eloquent and able law
yers. Who but Webster in the Dart
mouth college case would have thought
of introducing in his argument before
the supreme court of the United States
matter totally foreign to the case and
addressed the court as an alumnus, full
of love of his alma mater
Joseph Edwin Profit, the winner OF
the prize, spoke on 'Lynching, Its
Cause and Cure"
He said the evil was not of mushroom
growth; it had developed in England
and Ireland. In the west it was due tC
the unsettled nature of the country; in
the south to the abrupt changes which
had marked the transition from slav-
cry to suffrage among the blacks. It is
a present crime to punish past crime
and is never right.
"The remedy is not in legislation or
enforcement of law. but in education
The south must be left to work out
its own salvation, and the north
should be more sympathetic in her crit
icism. The educators must teach men
to have respect for one law which
alone shall be enforced.
An Innovation was the doctors ora
tion by Tokichi Masao, LII. b, Uni
versity of Virginia, 1895, NJ. L. Yale
university. 1896, Ozu Iyo, Japan, whc
spoke on "The Civil Code of Japan"
He described the formation of the
japanese code and said that the Jap
Ianese had not been imitators of any
one, but had worked out their own sys-
tenn. The code was completed in 1896
a year of great glory for Japan for il
that year, also, they had defeated tbs
Chinese.
The address to the graduating class
es was on George Mason and tbs
Virginia Bill of Rights" by Hon Johr
NJ Harlan, LII. D., associate justice ci
the supreme court Of the United States
| Justice Harlan. Address.
The speaker said in part: Il esteem
it privilege to speak here to-day. Ii