The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-28
President Hadley's Inauguration.

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and the more recent honors paid t,
Dewey, devotes a page to Yale's in
auguration, giving a splendid picture
| of President Hadley and a very fin
and equally correct representation o
| the scene at Battell chapel when Presi
dent Hadley was delivering his inau
gural address. Commenting on the in
augural the paper says:
There are two pictures which those
who were fortunate enough to find ad
mission to Battel chapel in the after
noon of the Hadley Inauguration day
and to the YARD in the evening vii
retain in memory.
One of these is of a man of unim-
pressive face and figure, surrounded
by q group of men in academic cos
tune of varicolored hoods, addressing
with stTident voice and with graceless
gesture an assemblage sucr as is sell
dom gathered in this country. In the
fading light of the afternoon the thir-
tenth president of Yale was speaking
knew the spirit of this unimposing fig
ure were blind to his awkward gesture
and found his voice pleasant to their
ears; for the soul of this man has
surmounted physical obstacles, and
made all Yale his friend That he had
the respect and what is better, the at
lection of the students of Yale was
manifest in the Yard; that he had
the sympathy and the support of the
graduates and friends of Yale was evil
dent in the hearty and spontaneous
applause that greeted him and his SEN
timents all through the exercises in
the chapek
Most that he had to say was Of
academic interest purely, or of inter
est chiefly to Yale men, but all who
have al owe Of country will read with
approval the following sentences:
The Yale of the future must count
for even more than the Yale Of the
past in the work of city, state, and
nation. 1t must come into closer touch
with our political life, and be larger
part of that life. OF this end 1t is not
enough for her to train experts com
petent to deal with the financial and
legal problems which are before us.
Side by side with this training, she
must evoke in the whole body of her
students and alumni that wider sense
of their obligations as members of
free commonwealth which the America
of the twentieth century requires
Is attitude in the matter Of athletics
was commented upon with favor in the
columns of Harpers Weekly last week
His position touching the moral side
of college life, and the traditions of
the place are summed up in these
words:
"Of all these interests, the most fun
damental are those connected with re-
ligious observances and religious feel
ing. Yale is, and has been from the
first, Christian college All her in
situations show this throughout their
structure. This was the dominant pur-
pose in Yale's foundation; and the
work and thought of the chill
dren have conformed to the wish
IF the fathers. What changes time may
bring in the outward observances or
now soon 1T may bring them, I know
not The question of compulsory at
tendance on religious exercises is one
which is seriously discussed by the fac
Atty, the students and the graduates;
1or can we predict the outcome of such
But this I know; that it is
approached by all, young as well as old. |
n spirit OF wise conservatism and |
reverence for past usage and that no
change will be made unless it shall |
surely and clearly appear to those in |
authority that we are but modifying the I
etter of a tradition for the sake of pre-
serving it's spirit"
But there is one other declaration in
which the public will have a special in
crest:
IF we have within the college life
lot only differences in things studied, I
,ut differences in enjoyment between
ich and poor, we are at once in danger
# witnessing development of social
and class interests which
hall sweep away the thing which was
most characteristic and most valuable
n the earlier education of our colleges.
lot the intellectual life only, nor the
ocial life only, but the whole religious
nd moral atmosphere suffers deterio-
alton If place becomes known either
S rich mans college or, worse yet, as
college where rich and poor meet on
ifferent footings. What shall it profit
s if we gain the whole world and lose
ur own soul, if we develop the intellec-
ual and material side of our education
nd lose the traditional spirit of democ-
acy and loyalty and Christianity"
These extracts give a hint of the
pirit that will pervade Yale under the
of this forceful man.
lie has the courage of his convictions,
nd his convictions are likely to be
ound. A Yale man by birth and train
lg, he will preserve the heart Of the
ale traditions, but he will undoubted-
: make Yale an even more potent force
American life than she has been.
The other picture that one will keep
of the procession in the evening. Ev-
y room around the yard" was light
l. every tree had its colored lights ev-
" student and alu,mnus had his torch
I'D his gown and mortar board of
reen, blue, red or yellow, according to
Is class Lanterns were hung from
very porch, and colored lights burned
every tower. 1t was a carnival such
perhaps has never been witnessed in
/ American college before.