The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-25
YALE'S COMMENCEMENT.
BRILLIANT SPEAKING AT THE
 ALUMNI DINNER.


 and Degrees tn Course in the Fore
 noon in WoOisey HaII-Many Notable
 Names-GreGt Enthuaiasm for Bowen
 and Brewer-BriIIiantk kcene at Prest-
 dents Reception.
 At o'clock the doors of University Hall dining room were thrown open and President Hadley entered followed by the members of the corporation and in- Yited guests and speakers. The various classes followed. and for nearly three quarters of an hour they poured in. At the north wall of the great hall a broad raised dais had been placed. It was nearly 100 feet long and oval in shape, reaching out generally from either end fully thirty feet into the hall.
 The table was placed at the outer edge so that the guests ate facing out ward in huge half oval. The table was tastefully decorated with ferns. Three great silver vessels decorated were prominent.
 President Hadley occupied the exact center. For some moments the guests stood waiting till properly placed, when on the presidents signal they were all seated.
 As soon as all the classes had filed in President Hadley rose and announced that grace would be pronounced by Bishop Brewster. During the dinner, which lasted over an hour, frequent 1- ef Jo, ol,o, oP al come bespoke the thorough enjoyment and hale good fellowship of the affair.
 The galleries that are at either end of the hall were brilliant with the beau- tifully colored dresses of fair friends of the graduates below. During the din- ner some one arranged a set of glasses and tinkled out Here's to Good Old Yale" Again and again was the inno- vation encored. '.4-....
 At the conclusion of the dinner Presi- dent Hadley arose and gave a short speech os welcome. He acted also as toastmaster for the occasion. He excus- ed his not giving a long speech because he had spoken in the morning. He in- troduced f1ateringly the name of An drew D. White. former United States ambassador to Germany, who sat at his right. The three magnificent pieces of silver that graced the table were given to his alma mater by MT. White. One of them bore the. Yale "Lit' medal set in on one side and a. DeForest medal on the other both of which had been won by MT. White while in college. The mention-os MT. Whites name brought out great applause, which he acknowl- edged by lowing, .''.'..> .. '.. .. F
 Presient Hadley next introduced Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott. Dr. Abbott spoke of receiving the honorary degree in the morning.. He said that he at one time considered entering Yale, but circumstances had prevented. Now, fif- ty5years later his ambition had been fulfilled
 He spoke of the divisions that exist everywhere, divisions of religion cli- mate, races, etc, etc., and of the ne- cessity of bringing together all these different elements into successful whole. It is the mission of a great uni versity to act as the interpreter of these different clements, as the blender of differing factors.
 He spoke in the most fiattering terms of Judge Gray's efforts to bring the coal strike to favorable settlement. A university ought to give breadth without shallowness and conviction, without ' combatativeness, and this should fellow men through their lives. This doesn't mean federation" We
 need catholicity in America not tolera- tion. (Applause).
 | No religion can define God. No man 1 sees all. He sees but little part.
 Know and utter your truth in clear voice and honor the other man who | does the same. I thank you for the honor given me.
 President Hadley then introduced
 Thomas Thacher, who spoke in sub stance as follows: You can't make Yale man of me. | It was done before I was born. It was my inheritance. There is something ill
 my throat. l think it's my heart. take it that I may accept this demon- stration somewhat vicariously. The alumni fund isn't the work of one man. 1 Every little while one man gets @ | thought. A Yale man should strive to strengthen the bonds oe union that | bind outside of college as well as in- side. The possibilities are unbounded of this alumni association In this sea of enthusiasm and strength and love 1 that is out there among the alumni, there are forces unguessed, powers un- thought of, which shall grow to tre- 1 mendous proportions. I thank you | heartily"
 | President Hadley then introduced the
 class Of '7S, which gave song in
 chorus to the tune of MT. Dooley." | The words were humorous and contain ed many hits of local character. At
 it's conclusion it was roundly applaud 1 ed.
 | Colonel Petit was next introduced by
 the president as "Jim" Petit. He
 spoke in substance as follows: we of | the army haven't seen much of the
 United States lately. We have been too busy over there. As I watched that
 body of young men who received di-
 plomas this morning I could not help 1 thinking what a magnificent regiment
 they would make. And that reminds
 me of the story of the Hebrew tailor
 who on seeing Niagara Falls exclaimed
 What a beautiful place to sponge a ! coat My thought was similar. A mans mind is most taken uD with his i calling. Of my life and work in our