The Washington herald., 1908-03-13

TEft for ne. Taft for NE.
be Is our next President.
! Here tonight on pleasure b0ati
Taft for me-
TAFT sor me.
niuni-auiTarSityi
/ This verse. sung to the tune OF Tam
many" was the greeting 70 Secretary
Of War William H. Taft as he took his
place at the head OF the banquet table
al the annual dinner OF the Yale Alumni
Association OF Washington last night ar
Rauscher's. he was given a tremendous
ovation.
Well exernplhed, indeed, was that part
OF the charter OF Yale wherein il states
that the purpose OF the university is to
educate and train young men for public
service" Among the hundred or more
alumai assembled around the festive
board, most Of them were men in public
life, who have served their country not
only cDnspicuously, but well
SIen of Note at Table.
Justice Brewer. OF the United States
/ Supreme Cc--t; William H Taft, Secre-
/ tary OF War; Victor H MetcaIf, Secre-
/ tary OF the Navy; Chauncey NJ Depew.
/ United States Senator from New York;
John Dalzell. Representative from Penn
I sylvanIa: Lebbeus r Wiley, United
States judge at Shanghai, China, and
/ Professor E P. Morris, OF the Yale fac
uIty. we're some Of the former Yale stu
I dents last night TO pay homage 10 thel-
alma mater.
/ Secretary Metcalf OF the class OF 70.
as toastmaster. started the after-dinner
/ speeches. In presenting Justic Brewer,
/ Mr. Metcalf said he had the pleasure OF
/ introducing one who was a refutation OF
I the Osler theory. He said though he had
passed three score years re was more
useful to-day than ever.
Too Many Laws. Says Brewer.
Justice Brewer said every man present
was young He said Senator Depew and
+ Secretary Taft were the latitude and
longitude of the development OF Yale. He
/ spoke OF the Yale spirit which is mani
/ Tested wherever there is Yale man.
Yale is more on the order OF a national
/ university as outlined By George Wash
ington,- he said, than any other school
IN the country.
Students come from the South. the
East. and the West. Many men from the
South so 10 Northern universities. but few
men go South 20 the Southern univer-
I stiles I hope this viii change. as there
are many good universities and colleges
in the South"
/ justice Brewer said there was too much
/ legislation He did not believe in II as a
! psnaeea for all evils. He said men could
/ not be legislated into Heaven.
He spoke Of the great mass Of bills and
laws now on the statute books.
Taft Praises Alma Mater.
IN introducing Secretary Taft, the toast
/ master said;
a man who had held many important
I Offices under his government. who had
/ done great things for his nation. and
who was destined to hold the highest
Office that the citizens OF the United
/ States can bestow upon A man-the Presl-
dency.
The only united effort ever made by
! Yale and Harvard viii be that 10 elect
/ Taft our next President"
! When Secretary Taft arose and beamed
I on the diners he was greeted with en-
thusiastic cheers and much waving OF
napkins. with Yale yell thrown in.
I He said.
When I am Saadwiched between two
such after-dinner speakers as Brewer and
7 Depew, I feel Ike a dog looking in a
butchers window-all ! get is a lOok-in.
IndOrSes Brewers Views
~Our able judiciary has just told YOU
some good things about our government
L will pass over that broad subject BY
SAYING only that I agree with Mr.. Brewer.
/ I wish 10 speak 20 you about Yale and
its progress. for which we assembled here
tonight.
Fathers Of the class Of IS. when Civ
ing the parting charge to their sons about
to enter cur grand old university simply
told of the days when their fathers went
TO Yale That is sufficient No more ad-
vice is needed
The moral tone of Yale IS vastly higher
than in our day. The religious influence
/ Is greater We may congratulate our
selves that our sons have these advan-
tages that were unknown 20 US
Democratic Spirit mt Yale
yale is democratic and 1 may say
wholesomely democratic. You AL know
how the class spirit OF Yale grew. Il
made its appearance in the old days when
there were not more than a hundred men
in a class and everybody knew everybody
else. Although the classes have grown
so as to be unrecOgniZabie by US. vet
the class spirit is as strong to-day as it
ever was.
Yale has grown in the manner in
which I Ike 10 see an institution grow.
As new needs were felt. new buildings
were added with little or no regard for
the general architectural beauty and ef-
feet No addition was made until il WAS
badly wanted and that is one reason
why Yale makes 50 few mistakes. Al
though its growth has been irregular
and inconsistent. Yet It has been a whole
some growth, and a growth in a time
wheH growth was most needed
"On a whole, the university IS vel
governed. The men behind the scenes
are familiar with the ropes. Yale is pro-
gTessive, conservative. and never makes
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