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resentatives of colleges whose birth we
have watched and in whose growth we
can claim an almost paternal interest
stand here side by side with delegates
from those institutions, whether in the
new world or In the old, which can
point to n longer past than ours and
with whose achievements the centuries
have rung.
No bounds OF Place.
"Our brotherhood knows no bounds
of place, no limits natural or artificial.
Characteristic of university learning
from the very first was its cosmopoli.
tan spirit. While states and cities
dwelt in self centered isolation, the
universities of the middle ages estab-
lished the first postoffice by which in
telligence could be interchanged and
nations grow by one another's intel
lectual work. That community OF
thought which the members Of the
brotherhood of learning have thus pur.
sued from the outset has been In re.
cent days helped beyond anticipation
by those modern inventions which
have annihilated space and have made
1t possible to have with us representa-
tives not only from the north and the
south, from the Mississippi and from
the Pacific, but from Stockholm and
st. Petersburg, from japan and from
Australia.
'Our brotherhood knows no bounds
of occupation. The day Is past when
people thought of the learned profess
sions as something set apart from all
others, the exclusive property of a
privileged few. Opinions may differ
as to the achievements Of democracy,
but none can fail to value that growing
democracy of letters which makes of
every calling learned and noble pro-
fession when 1t is pursued with the
clearness of vision which is furnished
by science or by history and with the
disinterested devotion to the public
welfare which true learning inspires.
We are proud to have with us not only
the theologian, the jurist or the physi-
clan, not merely the historical investi.
gator or the scientific discoverer, but
the men of every name who by arms
or by arts, in letters or In commerce
Lave contributed to bring all callings
equally within the scope of university
life.
Nor does our brotherhood know any
bound of creed. Even those institu
tions of learning which mt some period
in their history have had more or less
n,
world grows, making their theology ne
longer tramnlel but an inspiration
and welcoming ms friends all who con
tribute to that inspiration, whether un
der the same forms or under others
Our common religion, 50 Fundamental
that we can all unite therein, teaches
| us broad lessons of reverence, of tOler
| ance and of earnestness. Ours be tn,
| reverence of those who have learned 81
| lence from the stars above and tn
| graves beneath; ours the Tolerance
| which can see good In evil and
hope in i'll success ours the earnest
ness which would waste no time In TIL
discussion of differences Of standpoint
but would unite us as leaders In tn
worlds great movement toward highe
standards in science and in business, Il
thought and in life"
| Many Responses Made.
] In response to the address forma
utterances of congratulation to the uni
versity were extended by various speak
ers. For the graduates Hon. Anthon
Higgins, LII. d., of Wilmington, Del
class of 81, delivered the response
Mayor John p. Studley, Yale gradr
ate, spoke for the city of New Haver
state of Connecticut and Hon. o. Il
Platt, United States senator from Coz
necticut, for the nation.
Foreign and American universitie
were represented in the responses a
follows: The universities of Great Bri
ain, James Williams, ID. G. L., fellow Q
Lincoln college, oxford; the univers
ties Of continental Europe, Fedor II,
tlorovic Martens, LII. D., University {
st. Petersburg; universities of th
south, Charles William Dabney, PHI. ID
LII. d., president of the University 9
Tennessee; universities of the west, d
William Rainey Harper, president c
the University Of Chicago; uniyersitie
Of the east, Charles William Eliot, Ii
D., president Of Harvard university.
The exercises closed with the readin
of the names of universities, college
| and learned societies sending delegate
At 5 in the afternoon President Hat
, ley received the distinguished guess
Of the university and representatives {
the alumni in the School Of Fine Art
building.
The final feature of the day was I'll
i spectacular parade of students an
i graduates of Yale accompanied by stl
| dent delegations from other instit,
tions, who marched through the city
gayly decorated streets gowned in co
tunes symbolic of the history of I'll
two centuries.
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