The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-28
YALE ALUMNI GATHER.
SENATOR BR4NDEGEE'S AD-
 DRESS IN OLD ALUMNI.


 ing of YaIe-JuIian Kennedy Tells
 Rowing IncIdents-'e5 Man Thinks
 Class Is Ignored.
 The event of the morning on the Yale commencement programme for yester- day was the mighty gathering of alum nj in old Alumni hall. President Had ley read his report for the past year. At the completion of the business ses- sion short addresses were made by some of the graduates. The under graduates led in the singing of the col- lege songs.
 All ages of graduates were represent ed at the meeting. James Kingsley Blake, of this city, @ member of the ex- ecutive committee of the Alumni asso- citation, as temporary chairman propos- ed Dickinson W. Richards, 1880, for per manent chairman, and he was so elected. An invitation for all the graduates of mere than fifty years standing to oc- cupy seats upon the platform produced number of these, old graduates, who were cheered as they went to the front of the hall. Upon the conclusion of the reading of President Hadley's report Chairman Richards made a brief address intro- ducing Senator Frank B. Brandegee. Chairman Richards said in resume:
 "The duty of university is to take a green blade of a freshman and turn him into the hay of good citizen. At the present time Yale and Harvard are represented at the head of the govern mems affairs by college-bred men. Princeton had to be content with the ready-made article.
 During the last winter the legisla- ture of Connecticut was seized with a spasm of intelligence and elected, as was fitting, Yale man to the United States senate. Of all the men in the United States senate in recent years ncne has been more, none has done more to conserve to the best interests of the nation, than orville H. Platt, of Connecticut and we are all sure that his place has been taken by a capable successor. It gives me pleas ure to introduce Frank B. Brandegee, of 'S5." :E Senator Brandegee received an enthu- siastie greeting. He spoke of the value of Yale education and the wonderful meaning through life to all Yale men of that word Yale"
 NO word of human speech means so much to you and to me, and to thou- sands scattered throughout the world, as the one word-Yale. Men come and go; years wing their swift and silent flight; nations rise and fall; changes and crises crowd thick and fast upon us-but Yale is always the same"
 The senator spoke of the Japanese philosophy known as "bushido," the effective combination of chiyalry, hon or self-sacriffce, courage, courtesy, kindness. justice, patriotism. respect for constituted authority, veneration of ancestors and pursuit of high ideals. He said he was led to believe that Yale men had simply exported sam- pie package of Yale spirit to the mika- do and the seed had fallen on fertile ground.
 MT. President, Yale has always known 'bushido.' It was established here by St, Elihu and has been part of Ii ILV ISSu uiEtL SuA lidiulil CNCt StllSVs ''The Yale baseball nine abandoned it I for awhile, but resumed it after the Princeton game at New Haven and you saw the result at New York. know l the crew are living on it down at New London-'that's all'-you know what will happen. Bill Taft is living on it., and see what it did to hfrn-and he l hasn't got through yet. " .~
 "Henry Roberts tried it and forthwith became the governor of the best state and member of the corporation of the best college on earth. MT. President, have always been proud of the fact that I was Yale graduate; and, if may say so with propriety, am additional ly, proud that I belonged to the glorious class of 'S5.
 We graduated about 130 members, and of that number there are here to- day about 100 to attend our twentieth anniversary. We have brought, as a gift of love and appreciation to our alma mater, a larger sum of money than was ever given before by any class upon it's twentieth reunion. The Yale spirit does not die when a man gets his degree; nor are his obligations cancelled then. They both endure through life.
 Our alumni must stand by this great University. Much progress has been made since I left this dear spot. In this we all rejoice. But 1t must con tinue. The Tai Mahal, the most beau- tiful architectural structure in the world, was built as a cost of $10,0000 COG by King Akbar to gratify a womarl's whim and his own vanity. Among the alumni of Yale are men richer by far than King Akbar, and to them say that there is no such avenue to the up- building of this country and the eleva- tion of posterity as the liberal endow- rnent of this grand old university.
 Bring on your tainted money! We will purify it with the Yale spirit and consecrate it to the blessed mission of educating noble men to uphold the in- stitutions of our glorious country, and with wisdom, patriotism and liberal conservatism, keep her in the front 1 rank of the nations of the world
 "Mr. President, you may be surprised to hear that read your baccalaureate sermon. Every young man-yes, every old man-in this land should read it.
 It fairly reeks with the Yale spirit-tht spirit Of the Golden Rule, the spirit o1 fair play, the spirit of the square deal