The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-02
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS
1T Before a Distinguished Audience n Yale Law School Last EvcninS-Im- dress.

| dress.
 One of the events of the year at the
 Yale Law school was the inaugural ad- 1 dress delivered last evening by the cee-
 brated educator, Henry Wade Rogers commemorating his permanent assocl-
 ation with Yale as professor of private
 and municipal corporations and of equity
 | Hendrie hall was filled by an inter-
 ested and most appreciative audience comprising university professors, lead-
 ing citizens of New Haven and stu dents. Professor Rogers was intro
 duced by President Hadley, who paid tribute to the former for the many po-
 sitions of honor he has occupied with
 success.
 Professor Rogers has now been con-
 nected with Yale a year and the high
 esteem in which he Is held was evil
 dent as he stepped forward to deliver
 his address, The professor was forced to acknowledge several times the pro- longed applause that greeted him. He received the closest attention during the hour and half that he occupied in discussing the rature, growth and ef- feet upon our civilization of corpora tions, and was rewarded by a storm of handclapping that proved the deep interest created. Professor Rogers de- livered his discourse with calm dignity and quiet impressiveness.
 In referring to the constitutional con- vention that is to be held in Connecti- uh ip I;,a eral tenor of his discourse, he said:
 ''The people of this state have recent ly voted in favor of a constitutional convention. I venture to think that when that convention assemblies after it has disposed of the perplexing ques- tion of representation, and comes to the consideration of other important mat ters that must receive careful atten- tion, it will find it necessary to give no little thought and serious study to the subject of corporations. If it does not it will be distinguished in this re- spect from every other constitutional convention which has been held in this country during the last quarter of a century.
 "When the existing constitution of Connecticut was drafted in 1918 cor porations In the United States were few in number and the necessity of constitutional limitations respecting them had not become manifest. No re- straints were then enforced and none by constitutional amend ments until 1877, since which time no further restraint has been added. The referred to prohibit any city, town or borough from owning the stock or bonds of any rail- road company and from making any donations to such corporations The legislature of Connecticut can still in- corporate by special laws and the charters it grants may be in such terms as to preclude subsequent modification In the legislative discretion.
 ''The constitutions adopted in New York in 1894, in South Carolina in 1895, Tn California in 1S96 in Delaware in | 1897, in Louisiana in 1898, and that now | pending before the people of Alabama | Ill contain many restraints imposed | lpon both public and private corpora | ions"
 Professor Rogers spoke of the good | hat comes from great corporations, but | with unusual force the | wills that are now commanding the | hought of many of America'S ableSt | nen. He pointed out that it was the luty of lawyers to lend their influence | 70 the work of restraint that these evils | night be eradicated.