New-York tribune., 1906-06-26
YALE HAS A BUSY DAY.
yp METC4LF SPEAKS.
L,s.;ce Breeoer and Thomas Thacher
n;scuss Legislation By Commission.

EaNen. june % tSfeclell---hlNcepfionall
A.. yune weather favored the class day exercises
I, .ns Two undergraduate Yale classes and the
o..,.-ous reunions Of alumni classes to-day. The
- uns given UP 10 the campus gatherings Of
u. academic and Sheffield Scientific School
-.xustirs classes. the members Of which were
osn ard gown; 10 the informal reunions and
,n,,5sons Of some dozen returning classes and
:. .te <,rnlsl anniversary functions OF the Vale
- school and the Yale Medical School
a, mon half dozen Of the reunion classes met
a.. ,nforrnsl luncheons al their headquarters and
!, ,,s vale dining hall. and at 1890 O'Clock the
y,,e Law School alumni gathered for their an
.rsl dinner in Hendrie Hall. The special guests
:, she dinner were Justice David ]. Brewer Of
=. United States Supreme Court who is hacb
a. his hftieth class reunion: Thomas Thacher
# New York who is attending his thirty-afth
,rriverssry. and Frederick y. Judson. &c. Of
G, Louis. one Of the leading lawyers of Missouri
yusiiee Brewer and Mr.. Thacher discussed
,outrol Of corporations by federal commission al
MS dinner, Mr.. Thacher criticising Secretary
Netcan and Congress by saying that he thought
ne tendency az Washington was to turn cor
rsraiiens over 10 a federal commission. and that
.te time would be soon at hand when LAWYERS
would be without business as there was too
much pzternalsm In the country. Justice Brew
g assured Mr Thacher that while the legislat-
=
missions tine courts had not vet been heard
.rau He thought that when the question of
legislation hy commission got 10 the courts they
would be FOUND upholding the Constitution with
me sane fidelity with which it had been held
up since the DAYS Of John Marshall.
SECRETARY METCALFs SPEECH.
At9.S0 o'clock the annual commencement an
bouneements were made and prize oratiens of
the Yale Law School delivered in Hendrie Hall
The speeisl address OF the day was delivered by
Victor H. Metcsf Secretary OF Commerce and
Labor Of Washington.
Ny. Metoalfs topic had TO do with the pre-
Dominating influence Of the lawyer in national
STAIRS. Re alluded TO the great Importance Of
The department of the government of which he
h secretary. and said that. while there were
many questions which might properly be spoken
of0n this occasion, il would be more pertinent to
touch on the extraordinary part that the legal
profession had played in the political history of
me country. From the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence down TO the present time, the lawyer
hse been the nainstay of this government.
Secretary Metcalf then showed by statistics
fhe percentages of lawyers who had filled the
Presidential and Vioe-Presidential chairs, the
cabinets and the Congresses of the country. He
said that the states would be the gamers II the
lsgz profession was more fully represented in
legislation which came from these bodies The
rrcwiug multiplicity Of session laws was one Of
he great evils Of the times. Crude measures.
special laws. unnecessary litigation encumbered
the statute books and complicated the admin
istration Of justice throughout the country. Uni
form laws on the great fundamental subject Of
legislation were the goal toward which all the
states Of the Union must steadily and persist
entity aim il Americans were to expect like con-
ditions Of civil liberty Of personal rights and
Responsibilities and Of social progress in all parts
of the Union
Continuing lie said that # might be properly
asked Whether The conventional training given
70 the American lawyer was sufficiently broad
10 equip him for the best discharge Of the public
duties which would continue to fall on him,
whether the law schools gave him broad
enough training whether he should not be
tysined in the school of modern economic
thought and along the lines OF modern business
experience as well as in book and case law.
LONG SERIES or "GRINDs" DROPPED.
NIoclock this afternoon the academic senior
class assembled in cap ard gown under the cam
pus elms and marched behind their hand to the
temporary amphitheatre erected on the site Of
0k North Middle. In accordance with tie rrec-
elent established last year. the former long
series Of grinds" on the members Of the class
we're dropped The class poem was given by
lanes Harold Wallis. of Dubuque Iowa; the
esss Grafton by Lee James Perrin, Of New
Haven. and the class history by William Shaw
Ecclintock of Pittsburs.
Ths Yale Nedical School anniversary was held
In College Street Hall al . 7. IN, the address Of
welcome being given by Professor William ".
Keen. or The Community Of Interest of the
Public ard Medical school
MEDICAL HoNoRs ANNOUNCED.
The following honors were announced by the
noui'y Of the Yale Medical School.
e,1 DsgTes of Doctor. of Medicine, cum laude
sc work n tre coursep-Eugene Maurice Blake, Of
S,tekeporL Conn William Lorne Irvine OF Mil
SisIhrook Conn John Fn1iiius Parker of Charles
Es. EE~E. = O. and jeremiah Barrett Sullivan, of New
,...ssmPbsn Gold Medal tawsrded for the highest
re- N ne examinations Of the four years,-fier-
tor!ous thesls,-Nar r. Srnirnow. Of New Haven
" " aonorshie mention ~ Frank Mears Adams. of
NsEs. Nv Haven. and Carl Emil Meyer. Of Chicopee
Ihis eve~iSE the social side Of commencement
week began with a large reception by the gov
eAsng board and the senior class OF the Scien-
me School in Byers Hall. followed by the Glee
tho Banjo Club concert in Woolsey Hall and
" 'hs senior class promenade At the same place
LOVING CUP FOR JUSTICE BREWER.
ne most interesting reunion was that Of the
tasS = 56. ~ which Justice David J. Brewer, Of
Nhe United States Supreme Court. and United
n'Sles Senator ChaUncey NJ Depew are mem
IS ~. DePeH cid NOT attend this year. The
.sN ss"o Joseph r. French. the secretary,
.'ihg cup the presentation being made by eX-
'iesd1a' Timothy Dwight 81 the university In
'e.OFn nie class save NJ Dwight a silver and
sc papHf Neeat. and in its presentation he
1S called "T1tor Tim" the name he was
t'aariy Gales by the members Of the class