The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-15
YALE's GREATEST WORK.

From what has been said, It would ap-
pear rs though there were some grounds
for the remark made by Or. Fisher, Of
Yale. at Princeton dinner. that the
greatest thing Yale ever did was TO found
Princeton.
As to the future of Princeton. I can do
no better than TO use a paragraph OF
President Hadley's Boston Yale speech,
In which he spoke In part as follows: "As
the country grows larger and the demand
for education grows larger, the different
universities of the country find their
place. Harvard, Columbia and Penn
sylvania, located near large cities, have
become professional schools. attaining a
local character; while Yale and Prince
ten. separated from the noise of big
cities. have achieved a more national
character"
1t may bc observed that Princeton will
never become n professional school in the
sense In which Harvard and Pennsylva-
MIA are regarded. She will cling to her
college ideals; Princeton will some day
support great law school. but not in
mere utilitarian sense. Young men
OF talent and ambition who would take
up the subjects OF public law and iuris.
prudence seriously will find In the seclu-
sion of this purely academic village of
Princeton "far from the maddening
crowd" land the voice of the outside
| world reat hing him only as the echo be-
yond." nothing to distract his mind nor
divert the concentration of his facul-
ties from the object of his ambition.
No theaters. no social life. save that
found on the campus among his fellows.
ARE LEADING TYPES.
yale and Princeton are today the
| leading types Of sound conservatism in
higher education They both agree
| that the discipline OF life consists in a
| large part of doing what we do not wish
| TO do, and not doing what we wish to
do. Therefore the electives In both uni
versities are permitted to be chosen by
the students only with reference 10 cer-
| tain fundamental work that is always
| required.
| Speaking of the omitted toast. Col
lege Athletics" Major Warren re-
marked that it had significantly been
placed next to "Old Nassau"
| He then introduced Hon. Stanley
| Woodward as the greatest Yale man
in the state of Pennsylvania. and as
signed him the toast yale Spirit"
Judge Woodward was received with
a standing cheer. indicating by its
heartiness that Majcr Warren's senti-
ments were quite generally shared.
He spoke with frequent Interruptions
of applause as follows:
| JUDGE wooDwARDs ADDRESS.
| am thankful for the opportunity
| which your polite invitation presents, to
unite in the welcome which the Yale
| Alumni of Northeastern Pennsylvania
are here to extend To the new president
of the university. The presidency of a
great college is in some respects. the
highest and most honorable position
of the few Offices which always seeks the
man. The man who would venture to
seek the office would at once and for
that reason be relegated to the rear
When the corporation Of Yale had reluct-
antly and with regret accepted the rcsig-
| nation of President Dwight. the Office
very soon found the right man to I'LL his
place. The succession created q new de-
parture. and while altogether wise. wa;
not exactly apostolic. for. from the days
of S;aybrook and the "tndertakers.' II
has passed into a condition precedent
that the president of Yale must wear the
cloth of a clergyman as we'll as the gowr
of scholar.
| A century ago such breach of the ira
dition would have been regarded at least
In New England, as a dangerous II not g
wicked innova tomas bad as kissing
ones wifc on Sunday. or entangline
oneself In the wilds of witchcratt. Bu
|
nearest to the good old mother and hat
studied her symptoms with the creates
care, reached the conclusion that sh,
needed an infusion of new blood and al
injection Of lay sap; and hence Hadley-
the hOnored guest of the evening-th'
first layman who has reached the presi
dency of Yale without climbing the pul
pit stairs.
THE IDEAL PRESIDENT.
The voices which spoke against hin
were few md feeble, and the rea sOns whicl
they gave were not such as commended
themselves to that branch of the college
family known as young Yale A few
of the patriarchs thought he was rathe
young. Accustomed to associate the pres
idency with a bald head, they were Il lit
tie suspicious OF an athletic bang. A
the old time type cf a student had beel
pale, and thin. and bent, they wer
nervous about placing in the Office o
president even so good a gentleman a
our distinguished guest. because he ha'
pulled an oar. run the bases and kicke'
the ball. But when it was ascertaine'
that, as an incident to his college caree
upon land and water. he had also sprint
J cd away with the valedictory at con.
mencement, all opposition vanished, AM
, the ideal president took his seat with tn
, unanimous and enthusiastic acclaim o
ten thousand Yale voices sounding roun
the world.
believe that 1t will be part of the mis-
sion of the new administration at Yale t
bring the college and the people neare
together. During a recent visit in Wash
, ington I listened to several interesting
debates upon pending pubic questions
and the speakers frequently referred I
what they called the Academic vieN
OF the case.
Before / left Washington became con
WINGED from several object lessons whic
l met with, that the academic or col
legiate training Of some of our publ
, men was not rendering them imprac
ticablc or visionary. / went into til
senate ard listened to Chauncey Dope,
. upon the Philippine question. His speeo
! was grand one, pronounced with q
the eloquence and grace and power of a
A.henion orator In the best days of Ati
: ems. No grander effort has been mad
. in the senate of the United States sine
| Webster died.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YALE
r And then I went to the house, an
n | found Dalzell eXpOundirg constitutions
F.. law, ana, by common consent one of IN
n ablest statesmen and best parllamental
q ians in congress. Having still u few me
II eLts to spare | visited the Supren,
NouIt 'oHl, anu upon tUdI great peIcI
I recognized the familiar faces Of Shira
n and Brown, and Brewer with all OF whol
. / had the honor to be contemporary
n Yale. And as ] Was going back to II,
: hotel | met u splendid specimen of II
. American man by the rame of Taft, VII
informed me that he was about to sta
to Manila. and had come to Washingto
: tor final instructions from the presiden
n as we'll as to replenish his golf wardrob
q and his supply of modern boxing glove