The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-26
THE VAST CHANGES WROUGHT By
YALE.

h recent Yale University has ex-
cited much comment into which the
Messenger did not enter. 1t was a very
~pretentious affair, and honors and de-
grees were poured out of an exhaust
less cornucopia. Hundreds were favor
ed, politicians and others were hon
ored," and altogether the old Connecti-
cut university, now so very largely
attended, eve believe with over $500
students) makes a big show and an
amusing "spl%uteration." One of the
orators was Mr.. Justice Brewer, of the
supreme court of the United States,
and his talk has provoked criticism Of
various kinds. The judge was in an
immense clarifying mood and he sung
in marvellous strain the greatness and
grandeur of that venerable seat of
learning. Old Yale is of more conse~
quence, of vaster power, of wider
sweep Of influence than Harvard, while
the younger institutions are not to be
named in the same day with it. MI.
Dooley e the proceedings, and he
was so much impressed with it all thar
tS ioS III q SOlulilll Ol lie SGlt-
bration' and in his own peculiar die
ton and ann which bring out in
verbal felicities the deeds of Yale and
the ~"cillybrate her by-cintury.' We
refer now to this appreciative notice.
another "cillybration''-for the purpose
of making an extract or so, in which
Mr.. Dooley shows how very great Old
Yale is. He writes:
But, ye take me Wurrud FIR it. Yale's
more thin that, Hinnissy. 1 go it
straight firm tn truthful sons iv Yale
th1msilves that if it hadn't been FIR this
dear bunch iV dormitorieS nestlin' un-
der tn ellums iv New Haven our below
ed country an tn short end iv tn
wurruld, too, might today be no bet
Their thin they should be. Ivry great
lnVintiOn firm tn typewriter to tn W
shaped wedge can be thraced to this
prodigal i~nstichoochion. But FIR Yale,
we'd be goin' to Europe on tn decks iv
sailin' vessels instead iv comin away
in tn Storage iv steamships or Stayin'
at home; we'd be drivin' horses, as
many Of h unlarned iv is doing to
this day instead iv pushin' tn swift
autymobill up hill: we'd be writin' long
an amusing letters to our friends in
stead IL tillyphonin' or tillygrafin'
Thin. Listen to what me classical AS
4. socyate Misther Justice Brewer, iv the
Supreme Coort, '6S-that was tn year
he got his ticket out-saYs about our
alma mather."
a great and most memorable celebra-
, ton of a great and most memorable
college. now grown into an university
of huge dimensions. All the great
events have been influenced by it; all
of the most important inventions have
come from it; all of the great move
ments nave sprung from Yale. Least
wise that is the 'idee" in that end Of
the world. So thinks and says Mr.. Doc.
ley, who must be heard from once
more on this line:
Il am Observation-Disclosures
fv Yale on tn mateeryal affairs iv tn
wurruld. Whin this beautiful colledge
hrst begun to nestle undher tn ellums
Nv New Haven ships were propelled be
tn wind. u vehicles were dhrawn he
tn OK, tn horse, TIL wife, tn camel, tn
goat, tn Newfoundland dog, tn zebra
Tn wind he says. blows no more lus-
tier now thin it did whin Paul was toss
ed baout tn Mediterranean be tn tu-
mulchuse what's-it-name. TIL OK an
tn horse has grown no Strengthen, 1 as
sure We, hin whin Abraham whit forth
firm his fathers house. But if Paul
was Twin today he wud go to Rome be
tn Rome and Tarsus Transportation
line, first-class.l / don'tJ know where
he'd get tn money, but he'd find it
somewhere. He'd go to Rome frst-cab-
in, an whin he was in Rome he wud, as
Prisidint Hadley's frind Cicero wud
say, do as tn Romans do. SoTbe Abra-
ham, Ye ca understand firm this brief
sketch what Yale has done. She has
continyed to nestle undher tn ellums
iy New Haven an tn whole face " tn
wurruld has been changed