The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01

| Judge Howland then arose to make
| the opening address. A cyclone of
| cheers gushed forth as the venerable
! justice looked out over the sea of up
! turned faces. His address was filled
| with mirth and seriousness. He re-
viewed in an appropriate manner the
| social conditions of the past and pres
| ent.
He then said: 1--WE are, l believe, on
the tip end of a burning century Ques-
| tions have been brought up to cruelty
and wrongly prejudice some minds
against the best interests OF the coun-
try and, If they are to continue and to
be tolerated, then they are now only
a prelude to great trouble to come.
cannot believe, however, that these
| questions are the product OF American
SOIL. Let us hope that the graduates OF
1ale now and hereafter will be equal
10 their part in meeting all onslaughts
on our institutions and In pitting rea
son against ignorance, and right against
wrong, and that they will never de-
spair, remaining always as of old, su-
preme in victory and in defeat
| Judge Rowland after closing his
speech made the announcement that
Edward G. Mason had been reelected
member of the corporation. Mr.. Ma
son succeeds himself, as it was to fill
a vacancy caused by his own term ex-
piring, and the election was held. Mr..
Mason's name ELECTED general applause
In introducing Captain Mahan the
presiding officer stated the university
| has just conferred upon the officer an
| honorary degree, but it hardly equalled
| the honor two nations had already
shown him. Captain Mahan is popular
at Yale, and yesterday they made him
a hero. 1t was nearly two minutes
before his voice could be heard through
the laundering applause that greeted
him. He did not expect to speak. He
| reviewed the efforts of his literary ca
reer, stating that he was considerably
over forty before he was struck with
the thought that he might write some
thing that would interest some one. He
believed that his books had made an
impression in several countries abroad
but was sorry to say that they had not
much effect in his own country. He
believed that America should play it's
part In the International adjustment of
all things. The nation should not think
that it has not life or interest beyond
the waters that wash its own shores.
One Of the most brilliant speeches of
the day was made by the Rev. E. s.
Lines, D. D. 1t consisted entirely of
stories of rare humor and of witty say
i ings,. and the audience was kept con-
vulsed for fifteen minutes.
Gordon McCabe followed, and like
Mr.. Lines, devoted his efforts to the
humorous side of things.
| Prof. Moore, the next speaker, drew
the difference between the classes of
the present and those of twenty five
years ago The transition which he be-
lieved must be apparent to all had laid
a double burden on the instructors that
should not be continued until the men
had spent their best efforts and broke
down under the strain. He saw here
an opportunity for the friends of the
university to do a great good. The
remedy he thought was really through
them.
Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff of New York
spoke next. He was not on the plat
form and he would not be induced to
go on. He mounted chair amid the
members of his class and in an easy,
frank manner said:
Mr.. President and Fellow Alumni of
Yale:
Some men boast of long line of God
ly and abstemious Yalensian ancestry,
even at the expense of thereby ack-
nowledging that the best part Of their
family is in the cemetery, while the re-
lation of your humble servant to Yale
University is modestly circumscrbed
by his own personal experience In the
| ,,1a r T., tl,;. Gal
city of New Haven, which the Hartford
girl characterized as a "one horse
town." although she made haste to ex-
plain that Yale was the horse In the
second place received my early train
ing here from the ablest instructor of
young men and noblest of Yale alumni,
the lamented General William H. Rus
sell. And last, but by no means least,
my name is Timothy Now, Timothy is
a name in the highest degree appropri-
ate for the president of university as
deserving as Yale, for did not Paul. the
apostle, charge Timothy to admonish
"the rich in this world that they be not
high-minded nor trust in uncertain
riches, but that they do good and be
rich In good works, ever ready to dis
tribute?" 1t is name not altogether
AiAoPpAoE iitS ioi q man III pOtitltdl liIt,
for Paul in this same epistle to Timo-
thy, in the third verse of the third
chapter. charges him mot to be given
to wine, nor greedy of filthy lucre, but
he patient, not a brawler and no
striker"
The magnificent buildings which
adorn and almost surround the campus;
the recent acquisition of valuable and
desirable building sites for future use
and the great increase in the financial
strength of the university, all of which
must have been more than doubled dur
ing the present administration, demon
strate how faithfully and zealously
President Dwight has followed the ad-
vice Paul gave to Timothy. My atten-
tion at this dinner shows how strictly
am willing to obey Pauls admonition,
'be not given to wine"
The Yale spirit, that zeal and intensi-
ty of purpose which invariably scores
success, is the theme of almost every
speaker at Yale banquet. And why
should it not be? 1t is the transcend
ent characteristic of dear old Yale 1t
is nothing more nor less than the knack
! to apply scholastic attainments and
utilize opportunities to better practical
| purpose that others who possess equal
or even superior advantages. A Yale