New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

tion that we shall be better able to solve after
the tariff bill has been passed and after the
conditions which 10 follow that tariff bill
are fully ascertained. Certain it is that in no
city have We had a more cordial welcome than
in the city Of Pittsburg.
The Yale spirit is very elastic and capable
of spreading itself over and influencing great
many other similar institutions: and what
feel is that every university and every college
in this country has in its heart a desire to
emulate that which il recognizes as the Yale
spirit and-to make it. as well it may, a part OF
its institution.
Nov. the last President a Harvard man.
He said when he was made Yale man, that
he had never undertaken any great work in MS
great career that he had not found a Yale man
behind him help him And what WISH
to say Of Theodore Roosevelt l know, ana
those within the sound OF my voice who came
close 10 him know il well as l do, that ne
imbued into the government al " asHIie Ii 'oI m
that spirit which call the Yale spirit on
the one hand, and which you may call on Ille
other. The universal spirit of America, and that
he put into the hearts Of all the college men
OF America a desire to lend themselves 10 puollC
service and to elevate the politics OF JhiS Cotii
try And l am glad to be able testify that
that result Of his administration Is proiilhe'
element in life at Washington and in the poll,
tics of the United States l have not couIlIeu c
up what the college complexion OF MI hooSe I
velt's Cabinet was. l can only say that IN m Ine
and TWO Yale men. counting Brother Knox as
of the most recent but one OF the most
valuable acquisitions that Yale has made.
If I did not have 10 make a speec|n | -
time came to a Yale meeting l would come 10 10
great many more of them ma IL . alIlCu,I ,o,,
70 express the feeling of grautude i ma 80
have that YOU were permitted TO live under @ Iie
elrns Of dear old Yale and look to her as Soui
alma mater.
PRESIDENT HADLEY's ADDRESS
President Hadley of Yale and Judge Henry E
Howland. Of the class Of d. were the o'iieI
speakers President Hadley said:
We ALWAYS ike TO think of Yale having two
distinctive features-its emphasis on public service
and It's essentially national character. We Can Gan
sneak of these things with all the more satsLact!oI
now that ne have q Yale President of the Cntea
States coming from the Western teaeranobh az bs @n
who so conspicuously eKemplines both IN .i NE on
II a.. ~ Tsla has been school Of patriotism
@ more han school of classics mathematics
OF theology law, has attracted men non. ca =.
from all over the country has helped 1t to be "a a
school Of patriotism For this reason Ieearu ei
Yale's Western constituency as It's l'os'
and its most important asset. - -,
I do believe that We any Of us ,; reahSe T nov
clearly Yales character stands out IN ths resPeS pee
The two places with which most naturaHE com I
pare ourselves Harvard and princeton mar
ward in her graduate ana professional 49, de-
national university, but in her undergo sra1lale Ne
focaI one out OF little more than six hundred
men in the freshman class in Harvard less r .lan
OF Massa chUsetts. Three hundred and hIty are
Massachusetts boys and nearly an @ tntST laSF f 81
tbe state Yale has in her academic department
sIons decideiIc moro freshmen who come from
outside of Connecticut than the number that Har-
ward has from outside Of Massachusetts ana
when we take the two departments together We
find tba+ ON of : total enrolment somewhat less
than eight hundred more than hVe huloreu anu
nifty come from outside Of the state ,,. .
Prinoetons conditions seem at nIsI of
like those Of Yale. She has no larger ~ o
undergraduates from Ne" JeiSel o.oI i -1nre +ban
from Connecticut But even at Princeton more II!dn
tohrds Of Their enTonent ToC cGif New jersey and
4dlolning states % ol If characteT Of the Under
1are
more clearly seen in the state universities, o SUD
essentially national than Michigan EeI E, %reT CONES
decidedly higher in The UNDERGRADUATE uepai 'iiie'
than in the university as a WhoIe. % country. believe
"a b rhos inpoTtant that our undergraduate life
should he national rather than local. As things
stand in America today we aare ,snoFance one
Of these foes is provincialism The more We
1ba nov Who has learned one set Of opinions IN
one school will think that ne ah9%S 4e,eerous state
Of mind II Is particularly dangerous, one one DO 5e
eopnents Of steam communicating haze contsot
us INTO sIch Gloe pt We are sure TO give offence
unless We have corresponding Dreau'h "a '''0
lectual understanding
SPEAKS IN TABERNACLE.
7 never have claimed TO conform strictly TO
religious services" said the President at Temple
19o6or,b Staloro 10 Rabbi Ievy's congregation
~and il has remained for Pittsburg to bring me
10 church both on Saturday and prospectiYely on
Sunday It is a great privilege feel 10 appear
before this INTEL gent and patriotic audience at
the instance Of your leader, your rabbi VINO
was close friend Of my predecessor, and who'
believe, has transferred that friendship Tor the
time 10 me. do not feel altogether out OF
place in a Jewish tabernacle. for the church
attended in Cincinnati during my boyhOod and
early manhood was next door 10 the tabernacle
of the Rev. Dr. Wise and there was oftentimes
a change Of pulpits between the two churches
1 am glad to be here on this beautiful morning,
in this beautiful edifce, show, If possible by
my presence how much ours is a government OF
all the people and how wise was the cOnstitu-
tiona provision that no religious requirement OF
qualification should be necessary in this coun-
Try. In this Jewish tabernacle, President Of
the United States 1 feel as much at home and
feel much support 1 would in any other
church in the whole country. The prayer TO
which We have just listened so full Of love and
human kindness. should make us feel ashamed
Of all narrowness and bigotry. Never in the
history Of the country, in any crisis under
any conditions have the Jewish citizens failed
10 live up TO the highest standard of patriotism
I am not a preacher, and not in the habit Of ap-
pearing in pulpits. l never had done so until I
went TO the Philippines where l stood first in a
Presbyterian pulpit and then in an Episco-
palian. Returning to this country. l have ap-
peared in the pulpit Of my church. the Uni
tartan, and I am in a Jewish tabernacle.
That is round which I think justifies me in
saying that hope to be the President Of all the
people, and hope 10 have your support as YOU
have given it TO my predecessors. without stint
and with every desire TO make this truly good
and great country"
From the temple the President was escorted
TO Arsenal Park where he took part in the
dedication Of fountain presented TO the city