The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-25

referred first to the privilege given Yal
 of furnishing President Roosevelt witt
 a right-hand man, viz, Governor Taft
 and spoke a few words of eulogy fo
 that distinguished gentleman, whicl
 evoked much applause. MT. Holt Wit | tily and forcibly spoke of Yale's bicen
 tennial as demonstrating once and fol
 all the effect of college education oI business capacity. Never were there
 in human history four days of various and complete events better devised ar
 ranged and handled; never were better results attained for the same money and never were customers sent home better satisfied The business capacity that handled this job cam handle any | job whatever, and in view of 1t, not
 to speak of the Gollinger head of the Morgan banking house, the Princeton head of the Equitable Life Insurance
 company, the Harvard head of the Pull man company, the recent Yale head of
 the New York Central railroad and the
 present Yale head of the Continental 1 Trust company I think, with these
 facts in view that it is a question whether a college education is not ne- cesslty nowadays" MT, Holt in closing
 referred to some of the glories achieved | by Yale thinkers.
 Colonel Homer B. Sprague, Yale '52,
 spoke for his class. His very excellent
 address will be found in full in another part of this issue.
 | Professor w. H. Brewer '52 g., repre-. senting the first class of the Sheffield | Scientific school, declared that, of the | membership of six three graduates l'Were present this year. "Of this small class said the professor, "no two en- tered at the same time. All the stu dents at first pursued electric studies, The department of science meant more than the establishment of one depart ment; it meant the establishment of q university course for graduate students as well; 1t was essentially the graduate course for the college" Professor Brewer, after calling attention to the work done by the Scientific school, clos ed his address by pointing out the fact that, together with the teaching the school needed work along the line of investigation as we'll
 Joseph F. Randolph 62. of New York, spoke in a jolly way of his class and it's ''NAliNN CliAIIllSi pltdSlIB dll HIS HeuIRGS, and his classmates were boisterous in applause.
 Rev. Charles O, Day '72, of Ansonia. told a bright, funny tale, which brought out much merriment The tale was H. illustrative of what big and noisy things his class had done
 President Arthur T. Hadey. who at this point appeared in the hall. was called upon. Ladies and gentlemen. said he T thank you most heartily for the chance to talk to you in this way. These commencement days give us a good deal to do Last night I went to the glee club concert, to a medical school dinner, and to a senior prome- made I have just come now. from a corporation meeting But I anS glad to come here to say few words to you" President Hadley then referred to the remarks made concerning the import ance of '12. My father told me" said the president, that he7thought seventy two was one of the best classes of Yale. He said the only reason he did not use the superative was that he thought the class itself was sufficiently impressed with it's own importance President Hadley closed by stating that although the college had grown into a university the university had not lessened the strength of fellow feeling,
 Webster Merrifeld TT. president of the University of North Dakota, spoke for IT. calling attention to the record of TT men, and the Yale spirit and made a point of referring to the West Point address of President Roosevelt
 Cyrus Bentley spoke for s2, w. N. Runyon for '92, George H. Nettleton for '96, who referred to the death of Ward Cheney. and Thomas C. Hewitt for 30
 The executive committee for the en- suing year was elected as follows: Pres ident Hadley ex-President Dwight, Professors Fisher and Brush, Rev. pr. Munger MT. Van Name. Professor Wheeler, Professor Weir. Professor Dexter, Professor Lounsbury Professor Peck, Professor S, E. Baldwin. Professor Sumner, Professor DuBois, Professor Dana, Professor Townsend, Professor Woolsey Professors Morris, Schwab. Parker, Herbert E. Smith, Chittenden, Dr. Foster Rev. Dr, Lines, w. w. Far man. Morris r. Tyler II. E. Sargent, A. B. Hill, Eli Whitney, Lewis s. Welch, Anson Phelps Stokes, jr,, Thomas Hook 1 CT, and James Kingsley Blake