Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-11
YALE MEN At DINNER
Secretary Metcalf Serves as
the Presiding Officer.
AFTER-Dl ADDRESSES
Prof Arthur Hadley, Head of Institu-
ton, the First Speaker.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF YALE GRADS
Function Given at Chevy Chase Club
Under the Auspices of Local
Association.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF YALE GRADS

Victor Metcalf not as Secretary of the
Navy but as yale. 80" presided over the
annual dinner of the Washington Yale
Alumni Association. held at the Chevy
Chase club last evening. where. with Pres
idcut Hadley in attendance, more than half
a hundred loyal sons OF Old Eli sat about
the. festive board. The guests were placed
at one long table, which extended from
one end Of the large hall of the club house
TO the other. 1t was Yale night and the
graduates of the institution knew that the
lid was off.
one thing that was novel about the affair
was that in the midst of the sons of Eli
was one figure a son of John Harvard.
Among the guests were Sir Chen Tung
LANG Cheng. the Chinese minister; Prof.
Simon NewcOmb and Mr.. Huntington Will
son. the latter assistant secretary of state
After the dinner had been served Sec
rotary M"tcalf in happy vein declared that
Yatc Is at the head Of the universities OF
America. and that the task of the local as
sueiatjou is To extend the knowledge OF
the usefulness of the institution. He spoke
in reminiscent vein for time, and then
called attention 20 his classmates some of
whom. he stated, are distinguished in the
law. others are in the House of Repre-
SeutatveS and yet others in other vocations
Of honor. He called attention to Secretary
Taft as Il Yale man. and in conclusion paid
a high tribute to President Arthur Hadley,
who. he said is the right man in the
right place" and who stands for the best
ideas of Yale.
President Hadley's Address.
As ne closed Mr.. Metcalf introduced
President Hadley. During his remarks Mr.
Hadlcy told of the work of Yale graduates
was a Na!c graduate cid not amount to 50
much but when ne lid work in the world
that caused his fellows to notice him and
when II was pointed out that his achieve
ments were those of a Yale grad then
il counted
Continuing he said it was the reputation
that Yale men do things in the world that
has sent students to the institution at New
Haven and will continue to do so Speak
Ing of Mr.. George y. McLanahan of the ad-
VtSOrv board, President Hadey said he did
not know what Mr. MCLanahan is doing
but declared he knows the man and is ready
10 lndorse his work. for an Endorsement is
ever 50 much better than an explanation
Justice Brewer made short address in
which he said that men go to Yale for the
great educational facilities afforded by the
Institution. He honorS Yale. he said. for
the fine work the institution is doing in the
world. He also called attention to the ia ct
that Secretary Taft was con- Tered for the
office Of president of the Institution at the
time Mr.. Hadley was elected. The speaker
did not entirely approve of the athletic ten
denotes q. some of the Ellis and expressed
the hope that the institution will long cling
to its high educational standards.
Yale Forest School
Mr.. Samuel y. Spring. class of '9S. spoke
OF the Yale Forest School, which, he said,
was founded through the activities of two
tribute speaking of their wise foresight
and their whOle-hearted interest in Yale.
These two men. he said are Clifford Pin
chot. 50 and Henry S. Graves. 81 They
foresaw that the nation must take active
steps to conserve the forest wealth which
was being so rapidly depleted. and before
the forestry idea was fully launched had
the wisdom not only to perfect themselves
in the science and art of forestry. but to
lay the foundation for a school which
should be the means of making Yale a
strong factor in the movement which is
destined To be one of the greatest i'm
portance 10 the United States.
Through the generosity of the Pinchot
FAMILY. said Mr.. Spring, The establishment
fthis department in Yale University was
six years il has made a remarkable de-
Velopment- Its courses in forestry and
related subjects cover the pure sciences and
the applied sciences. Work is carried on
iOt OAiy III jle class room, but also dl-
rectiy in the field. IT, as in the old days
YOU should wander out by East Rock or
West Rock. or out through the woods near
MaltbN you would find here and there a
student or group of students actively en-
gagged in field wOrk-measuring the timber
marking the trimmings. making detailed
plans for the numbering of the tract and
other phases OF its forest management
thus bringing into actual practice on a
small scale the principles which they have
learned in the class room under large
and competent corps of instructors
The senior class of the forest school is
TINS year engaged in such practical work
IN Grdndin county, Mo.
hrcc bOad fields of work are open to
the graduates Of this SchoOl-teac ching pri-
vtte and state forest work The first two
have had smaller development as vet than
The government work. The forest service
controls 100000 acres OF forest land in
the west. representing in general one fifth
OF The forest lands OF the United States
just as the Yale students at New Haven
manned To make every acre of land around
Ma!thy lake more productive so that prin-
ciple IS being extended TO the national for
csts. Yale is furnishing today the ma
1otItS OF the men who are working out the
great problems connected with the national
forests and the same spirit which has
characterized Yale men i'm other profes-
S'ons is especially shown in this great
work
Other Addresses
Other speakers who made short addresses
were Prof. Simon Newcomb. Mr.. Paul
charlton, Mr. Herbert X Smith. Mr.. John
X Stauffer, Mr.. Huntington Wilson and
Sir Chen Tung LANG Cheng.
Covers were laid for Rev. David II Ruel.
80. A. G. Bentley. 96; Henry c. C-ocker.
oil; Chentung LANG Cheng: A. A. Adee.
IS honorary, Yung Kwai. ~: T. III. New
berry. -, Joseph Dunn, 90: H. X VIII
lard. ~: David ] Brewer ~. Arthur
MatnewsOn. 'JS; Edwin A Hill. 'I6: Edwin
Shaw. a; F. l. Allen. ID: James Ii. HAY
den. 81; DIR. Gallaudet. 80: Herbert Gal
laudet ~: III. X. Smith. 81; G.. b. Chit