The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-06-30
ANNUAL ALUMNI DINNER
ALUMNI HALL CROWDED YESrER-
 DAY AFTERNOON.

Speeches by Hon. S. l.. Wood0ord, Chief Justice Andrews, Judge Henry How1and and Othcrs-Telcgram From President Mckinley.
 The commencement exercises of yes- terday morning were followed at two o'clock in the afternoon by the alumni dinner to which about seven hundred crowded and the members of the young- CT classes were seated under the tent in front of the hall.
 The speakers of the afternoon, to- gether with the invited guests and the members of the corporation, occupied seats on the platform opposite the en- trance. President Dwight presided at this table. The following persons were seated around him: Bishop c. B. Brew ster, Judge Henry E. Rowland, Chief Justice c. A. Andrews of the court of appeals of the state of New York, Hon. 'S' A-' NSCAAOA Ss AiAlAAAStCA LO EPttllly AOl~&a onel Jacob l.. Greene of Hartford, John Addison Porter, secretary to the presi- dent; Buchanan Winthrope, Rev. Dr. Joseph Anderson, Professor Johnson of Trinity, Rev. pr. c. R. Palmer, w. W.. Farnam, Rev. pr. Cooper, Rev. pr. T.. T. Munger, Professor s. A. Wheeler and pr. Bulkley of Lakeville, Conn.
 After the dinner had been served the gates to the hall were thrown open and the younger alumni rushed in and took their stand in the center and along the walls of the hall. The balcony oyer the entrance was filled with women, who enjoyed the speeches as much as any of the alumni.
 As soon as the hall was filled with as many as it would hold President Dwight arose and welcomed the alumni with appropriate words. He said in part: "Gentlemen-I am happy once again to bid you welcome to the uni yersity on this, our anniversary day. wish also to remind you of the element AiloAALCSSCo 0Si0lC yOo HI SAAw SGAA ICA VIZ \ the hall, which proves that the build ing is not large enough for our pur- poses. The way to remedy this dificul- ty is the way always occurring to a Yale man, 1. e., to take hold of the matter and carry it through to it's conn pletion.
 We need a new university hall for our coming anniversary, and if Yale men cannot secure the existence of that hall so that it shall be ready for occu- pancy in 1901, then it seems to me that the Yale spirit has departed. But judge from what heard yesterday af- ternoon and late last night that 1t has not left us. commend this thought to your consideration.
 'Now, gentlemen, this anniversary is to be great occasion for the graduates of the university, and we all are to have part in it. It seems to me that we of the closing years of the nineteenth century should see to it that provision is made for the improvement of the i'm terests of the university in the coming century. We are intending to bring the matter before you soon and we are hOp- ing for a true Yalensian response. have noticed, gentlemen, that you pre- fer to hear 8 succession of other speak CTS than to listen to me all afternoon. It has sometimes seemed to me that there was a defect somewhere in Yale education. Where it Is I have not as yet recognized. Believing that share in my proportion of the common sense belonging to Yale, I submit to it in pub- lie and consider it in private. In con- sideration of the fact that the univer- sity this morning conferred a degree upon the president of our nation, wish to make that the subject of our first sentiment this afternoon"
 He then read the telegram which he had received from President Mckinley. The telegram was received with tre- mendous applause and excitement. The president was cheered again and again, and 1t was some time before quiet was restored. The telegram read as fol- lows:
 President Dwight, Yale University:
 Your dispatch has been received announce ing the conferring of degree upon me to-day by Yale. Please convey to your as- sociates, the officers and graduates present high honor and my best wishes for the pros.
 William Mckinley.
 President Dwight then introduced Chief Justice Andrews, the first speak CT of the afternoon. He said in part: "The scene of the morning in the oth- CT hall was to me one of intense inter- est from the fact that six hundred young men were just entering into the career of their lives. The, contempla- ton of the fact that among them were the brains which in the future should affect profoundly the interests of the people of this great country presents possibilities which are of extreme inter- est to me. The masterful men in any nation are but very few, and the thought has occurred to me that it seems that the primary duty of this great institution is to give the chief at- tention and to bestow the chief advan- tages upon the man of average ability. The temptation to bestow the best ad- vantages upon the brilliant minds who come here must be resisted. It is the man of average brains upon whom we are to rely to carry on the important interests of the nation.
 T can only close by saying that it seems to me it has become a fad to de- clare that there has been great loss of public spirit during the last half cen- tury. On the contrary, the sentiment of patriotism has taken hold of and an-