Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-29
AT OLD ELI.
Feature of Day Was Pres. Hadley's Ad-
dress to the Alumni.

New Haven, Conn, June 2S.-Meet-
ings of alumni, the dedication of me-
| mortal to Horace Tracey Pitkin, Yale
missionary, who was killed by the
I Boxers in China, in 1900, and the Yale
| Harvard baseball game were the main
events on the Yale Commencement pro-
gram, Tuesday. AS Monday was de-
voted to the undergraduate functions,
Sc Tuesday was set apart as the formal
| exercises We're concerned. Gatherings
| of all the classes which have special re-
| unions, this year, and the general meet
| ing of the alumni were held. Much in
terest is attached to the choice of a
member of the corporation to succeed
Henry E. Rowland of New York. The
polls for the votes of the alumni were
| open in Woodbridge hall, from 10 to 1
| O'Clock, the candidates being Judge
Howland and James L. Houghteling of
Chicago.
The general meeting of the alumni
began at 1890 o'clock, in Alumni hall,
with Julian w. Curtis Of New York,
class of 70, presiding. After the pre-
liminary exercises, President Arthur T.
| Hadley presented his annual report. He
was greeted with Yale cheer.
| President Hadley said In opening,
that the year just closed had been eX-
| certionally prosperous, the number of
| students larger than before, the stand
| ards of scholarship fully maintained
and in many instances improved. The
health and order of the university has
been good; it's financial condition has
been on the whole satisfactory. The
gifts and requests which have been
made us have exceeded half a million
dollars in amount.
The most important among the addi-
| tions to the resources of the university
are: 1. A gift of 100000 from Mr..
Hammond to the Sheffield trust. for a
mining laboratory; 2. Requests from the
late Mrs. Henry Farnam of about $780,
900 to the medical school and little
less than $4,000 to the library funds; 3.
A bequest of $4,000 from Mr.. William
B. Ross of New York city, for the con-
struction and maintenance of a build
| ing in memory of DIR. Jared Linsly.
The gift of Mr.. Ross is to be used for
the construction of the much-needed
central section of the University libra
ry.
President Hadley devoted one-half of
his report to the discussion of finances
He said that the total expense, last
year, was 100000 and that it had all
been met. but that the present methods
were uncertain and unsatisfactory and
that some new means must be devised
to meet general expenses.
The president said: IF we look at
| the value of the instruction given and
received, we find no difficulty in justi-
4 fz1
would enable the university to meet
all deficiencies without in the least in
| fringing on the income Of the depart
ment. That such an increase in tuition
fees would involve any considerable
loss of numbers does not seem probab BILE
But whether an increase of charge
would have any effect in changing the
quality of the student body is more
doubtful point"
President Hadley also discussed the
question of giving the graduates a
larger share in the management of the
university, referring to plan suggest
ed by Rev. Arson Phelps Stokes, sec
rotary of Yale. He said: "a plan has
been suggested by Mr.. Stokes which
seems worthy of very serious consider
alton, looking to the organization of
an alumni council, in which every Yale
Alumni Association having an enroll
ment Of 100 or more Yale graduates
| shall be entitled to a representative.
Associations occupying contiguous ter
ritory, which separately would not be
sufficiently large for a representation
on the board, could unite for this pur-
pose under common name. If we had
a body of men so elected that they real
ly represented the sentiment of the Yale
alumni throughout the country, I am