Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-13
TAFT YALE'S NOMINEE
Hearty Endorsement of His
Presidential Aspirations.
ALUMNI DINNER SPEECHES
Annual Assemblage of Grads Last
Night at Rauscher's.
JUSTICE BREWERS ADDRESS
Great Enthusiasm Caused by Men
ton of Name of Nominee.
Distinguished Guests.
ALUMNI DINNER SPEECHES
JUSTICE BREWERS ADDRESS

distinguished GueStS.
William II. Taft Secretary of War. was
given a tremendous ovation and hearty
acclaim as 1.-The next President by the
Yale alumni of this city at banquet
last night at Rauscher's. 1t was in the
same banquet hall several years ago. be-
fore anybody was seriously talking about
presidential candidates, that Bill Taft
of Yale" was hailed as "our next >Presi-
dent by Henry E. Davis, former district
attorney of this city, with the result that
all of the members of the University
Club then present climbed upon their
chairs and cheered for nearly fifteen min
ptes.
The Secretary of War was greeted last
night as he entered the hall with the fol-
lowing song to the tune of ''Tammany."
Tart for me. Taft for me.
He Is next PRESIDENT,
: Here tonight. sn pleasure bent;
TAFT for for me- me-.
Uni uni uni varsity!
Most of the hundred or more alumni as
sembled around the banquet board were
men in public life. There were, besides
Secretary Taft. Justice Brewer of the
United States Supreme Court. Victor H.
Metcalf. Secretary of the Navy: Chaun-
cey NJ Depew. United States senator from
New York: John Dalzell representative
from Pennsylvania; Lebbeus R. Whitley.
United States judge at Shanghai. China,
and Prof. E. P. Norris of the Yale fac
ulty.
Justice Brewer First Speaker.
The POSTMASTER was Secretary Metcalf
of the class of 20 He first introduced
TIE Ilrnyr F4,. ffn,.
who spoke of the Yale spirit, saying it is
manifested everywhere there is a Yale
graduate. Yale is more on the order of
the national university outlined by George
Washington he said than any other uni
versity In the country
Justice Brewer then declared there was
too much legislation. He said he did not
believe In 1t as panacea ior all evils.
No man could be legislated into heav-
en-. he declared. To substantiate what he
said, he called attention to the great mass
OF bills on the statute books and enor-
nous quantity of pending legislation.
When he introduced Secretary Taft, the
POSTMASTER said:
The only united effort ever made by
Yale and Harvard will be that to elect
Taft our next President. .
Laudation Of Yale.
Mr.. Taft confined his remarks chiefly
AAS 'o}u Al pdiS.
when / am sandwiched between two
such after-dinner speakers as Brewer and
Depew, l feel like dog looking in
butchers window-all l get is a look-in
Our able judiciary has just told you
some good things about our government
| will pass over that broad subject by
saying only that l agree with Mr.. Brewer
! wish to speak to you about Yale and
ITS progress. for which We assembled here
Fathers of the class of rs. when Civ
ing the parting charge to their sons
about to enter our grand old university.
simply tod Of the he'd days when their fathers
advice is needed The moral tone Of Yale
Is vastly higher than In our day. The re-
llgious influence is greater We may con-
these advantages that were unknown to
Yale is democratic. and 1 may say
wholesomely democratic. You all know
how the class spirit of Yale grew. II
made its appearance in the old days when
there were not more than hundred men
In class and everybody knew everybody
else. Although the classes have grown
SO as TO ne unrecognizable by us, yet the
class spirit is as strong today as it ever
was
Growth of the Institution.
Yale has grown in the manner in
which / like to see an institution grow.
AS new needs were felt, new buildings
were added with little or no regard for
the general architectural beauty and eff
feet. No addition was made until it was
badly wanted and that is one reason why
Yale makes so few mistakes. Although
It's growth has been irregular and incon-
sistent yet it has been a wholesome
growth, and a growth in time when
growth was most needed.
On whole, the university is we'll
governed. The men behind the scenes
are familiar with the ropes Yale is pro-
gressive. conservative and never makes
raise move 1T tries no experiments.
but let's other universities do that
Il have had considerable opportunities
In travelling to see what Yale has done.
| what 1t is doing and what it will do. l
can only say. Yale is not dead"
Taft as the best loved of the living grad
| yates of Yale. Representative Dalzell
| agreed with Justice Brewer that there is
good time to call halt The spirit of
Yale was the subject Of speeches by Rep
Whitley and Pro-. Norris
Dr. Francis j. Woodman of this city had
charge of the music Of the evening
Members Present.
The following members of the associa-
ton were present: Alvey A. Adee. G. s.
Arnold. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Frank p
Brandegee, David j. Brewer Edward c.
Buckland. Frederick II. Brooks, A. q.
Bentley, John Mason Brown. Clifford w.
Barnes, A. ]. Brown, J. Stanley Brown,
Isaac Clark. Henry G. Crocker. Frank c.
Cook George B. Chittenden. Edward w.
Cady. Mr.. Cady. ST.: Rastus Corning,
Paul Charlton. w. P. Clyde. jr.: Joseph
Dunn. r. G. Dean, August c. Downing,
John Dalzell Chauncey NJ Depew, W. G.
Dennis. John f. Dryden, c. M Depew.
tr.: Charles c. Paulding. Charles r. Ely''
Charles w. Ely. William p Emo. Prof
Il. s. Graves E. NJ. Gallaudet w 4.
Hyde. James Fl. Hayden. Ernest Howe,
Harrison. William f. Hit Richard Hook
er. Robert s. Hume. Loren B. r. John
son. J. NJ. Knox. jr.: John kean, John Lo-
rance, G. G. Lincoln, Victor HI. Metcalf.
Arthur Mathewson. G. X. McLanahan,
William II. Morse. Prof. E. P. Morris. X
G. McGouldrick A. ]. Osgood. John Ball
Osborne. Thomas c. Platt j. II. Parmelee,
w. w. w. Parker. b. w. Parker, Herbert
Parsons. E. A. Pratt f. X Rawson,
| Herbert Knox Smith. Edward Shaw.
Brockholst NJ. Smith. Roger A. Selby,
Herbert A. Smith. John Is. Stauffer Nor
ris Sheppard. William II. Taft c. c. Ty-
Ter. Andrew II. Wilson. Lebbeus r. VIII
fey: P. P. Wells. H. S. Woodward w c.
Whitmore. b. Rush Wendell Huntington
Wilson. II. X. Willard. G. w Woodruff.
George p. Whitt1esey and Howard S.