The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-06-27
VALE ALUMNI MEETING.


 The annual meeting of the alumni of the college was held in Alumni hall yes- terday morning commencing at 9;30 o'clock Thomas Hooker '69 of this city opened the meeting and called upon Hon. John Patton, former United States senator from Michigan, to act as pre- siding officer. About 300 graduates and quite number of ladies were present.
 After prayer Senator Patton made a felicitous speech, recalling the old days of the college, and speaking of the work of Yale men in the world, mentioning particularly Senator Wolcott, who pre- sided at the Philadelphia convention; Judge Townsend and Judge Taft.
 Henry Deckert of Philadelphia re- sponded for the class of '50. He spoke of Yale's growth in the last half cen- tury His class graduated with seven ty-nine out of 100 who entered He paid a tribute to the late Professor Newton, who was one of the finest mathemati- clans of the country and man beloved by the students. MT. Deckert then spoke of the civil war and the part some of his classmates had in that great struggle. MT. Deckert then spoke of I 1ICSluell w OOISty dS tilc lN plCell pleSl- dent of Yale, and of him as giving the first impetus to the university. The speaker also called to mind Professor Benjamin Silliman and Timothy Dwight '49, ito whom" he said, Eve all looked as coming man. To him more than to any other we attribute the present sue cess of Yale" Professor James Hadley, he said, Twas looked upon by the men of 50 as a model professor, and he was glad to know tha. his son had been chosen to lead Yale in the future. We are glad to know that after one years trial the test has been made and Yale has made no mistake in entrusting to President Hadley's hands this great responsibility. We, the men of '50 are the graduates of plain Yale" said the speaker, "and we return to the great university with profound love for our alma mater.'
 Judge Lyman D. Brewster '55 of Dan- bury, Conn, was the second speaker He said that all Yale men were expan- sionists-as far as Yale goes-and that the older graduates looked forward to great career for the university, Judge Brewster suggested that President Had ley resurrect the old literary societies of Linonia and Brother in Unity, and the suggestion was received with ap- plause The speaker referred to three classmates who were in distant lands and prominent in their lines, and to three dead classmates at the head of their professions when alive.
 Xenophone Wheeler 65 of Chattanoo- ga, Tenn, responded for his class and referred to the changes that have come to Yale during the forty years since his graduation. He said that men of his age return to Yale with very much the same feeling of Rip Van Wrinkles His class he said, since graduation had done it's fair share in the world. Some of his | classmates had laid down their lives in the war, and others in more peaceful 1 pursuits, but each had done all he could l quent appeal for patriotism, that was | received with great applause.
 Hon. Francis w. Capen of Boston re- ! piled to the call for '65, and spoke of the / notable representation of his class in the civil war He said that Yale had | built better than he dreamed, and the Yale of Hadley was built four square, and the height and the Breadth and length thereof was the same. MT Ca pen's address was enthusiastically ap- pIauded.
 General H. B. Darlington 45, who was the one Federal general against five Confederate generals in the class, made a brief but telling speech