The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-24

as never before the need for education- al institutions filled with the spirit oi devotion to the public service. Ameri-
 ca needs Yale.
 | Will Yale prove equal to the emer-
 gency? She herself has grown. Or | ganization has a foothold in her life
 The struggling little college with a sin gle curriculum has broadened into a great university, with various depart ments and a multitude of courses o1 study. Hundreds of instructors and thousands of students gather here. She dwells in princely habitation. Her ed- ucational appliances and facilities are wonderful Are all these things which wealth has gathered about her but the decoration of the mausoleum or are
 they the appliances and facilities for a
 larger work of training and service!
 Watchful and loving eyes are upon her.
 Will the dying words of her martyr
 son, Hale, become simply a motto writ
 ten on pictured panel, a fossil curi-
 oSity in her museum, or remain the ln-
 spring thought of all her instructors
 and students? If the one, the funeral
 ode may as well be written. If the oth-
 CT, then all the magnificences of her
 present equipment will be but the tools
 of greater usefulness and the habill-
 ments of an ever-a advancing glory. Will
 that thought of public service vanish
 from her halls? From out the silence of
 Gods acre I hear her sainted founders
 reply, God forbid. From the great army of instructors and graduates now num-
 bered with the silent majority comes the earnest answer, never: while from the lips of ten thousand living instruc- tors and graduates rolls thunderingly the solemn oath of President Jackson, By the Eternal" never!
 Yale's attitude toward religion has, not, will not, change. True it is that the per cent of her graduates entering the ministry is greatly diminished, but the larger range of human activities fully accounts for this. True it is that the severe doctrines of early creeds are from her life, as they are from the thought of the world But religion in it's truest sense, as seen in deeds rather than words, as shown by life rather than creed, is still regnant. Some of the outward forms of worship have disappeared, but the numberless religious activities which now engage the undergraduate life attest that the thought with which Yale began, of ser vice to others in church and in state, is still dominant, And this thought will continue. We cannot forecast the deep ar insight which the unfolding years may bring of divine things, but this we do believe, that evermore walking n the light and evermore seeking the ruth, the great body of instructors and students in Yale will move on in sweet accord with the thought of the Master, into the charter of Yale, I came not to be ministered unto, but | 0 minister"
 Brethren of Yale; brief, inadequate lave been my words. I have, however, | his consolation. Words are needless | o bear Yale's message to you, or to l ie your hearts to her. Blessed memor- | es waken at the mention of her name. | ;he was our guide and counsellor. She | filed our ambitious souls with high | deals Her finger was always pointed | Ipward We are thankful for all she l las been to us. We glory in all she has one for our country and humanity. | Without fear we see the gateways of | he future open before her, for loving | aith beholds only brighter and ascend ng steps up and along which she will 1 aove to the heights eternal.
 Pouring the oil of gladness on her | )yal children, inspiring them with the ighest ideals of public service, she | ill walk in the wisdom of light, the reedom of courage of truth, while till ne end of time her sons shall be princes l the corresponding realm of trium- hant democracy-priests in the ever- sing temple of God upon earth,