The sun., 1909-06-29

Onion soldier and refused a captsincy
mat ne might fight In the ranks. He has
served this college for two SCORE long
years. protecting and encouraging ia
expansion from the hundreds to the
thousands replacing offensive customs
WIN agreeable ones. and gently intluen-
cms the campus toward that high moral
tone whose power We know. His has
peen noble and beautiful life OF man. !.
souls feel that 1t is well with them. To-
day as he retires from duty 1t Ia witch our
Warmest respect and honor and love that
we tender the honorary membership OF
isS to Dean Henry Parke Wright"
The class historian, Leonard Kennedy
suPPiemented the orator with this:
Of Dean Wright demands a place Of honor.
We have always looked upon the members
OF the faculty with affection and esteem,
put upon none Of them has our affection
rested more securely than upon Dean
wright. With our graduation he ends
nus long career as member Of the college
FACULTY. But we shall always claim him
as an honorary member OF 1909"
When the class called upon Dean Wright
AZ the close OF the exercises he said in
speech from his front door steps that
ne was proud to go out into the world
with 1909; that the future was as uncertain
ior him as for any member OF the class,
put that he would try with them to bear
himself as Yale man should and reflect
honor on their common alma mater.
Then the boys cheered nightly and
emitted a lot OF them -Rah, rah" things
Of one syllable and Dean Wright turned
INTO his door with smile and a glowing
feeling in his heart.
general nature OF such things. Historian
Kennedy told OF the time whom the class
was put on probation for boisterous con-
duct at the prom concert. He said:
we behaved 30 abominably in the gal
lery at the prom concert that our sue
cessors fastened to abolish that custom,
and this year the concert was as stupidity
respectable as Savin Rock in January
Kennedy spoke OF tho glorious frater-
nifty OF W. K, and said threatening tele-
gram just received from Anthony Com
stock prevented him from going into de-
tails on the subject. He told how the
class elected Taft President and the work
In the class. At first they could do moth
ing with the twelve. So they telegraphed
to Bill himself to hurry to Yale to save the
day and the class honor. Bill came and
made a speech. This was the effect: Five
OF them were converted.
"To be sure three OF these were goods
and the other two lived in the District
Of Columbia-but morallY,we had won
The class poem was BY Leonard Bacon.
an honored name at Yale.
-, The seniors sang Wake. Freshmen.
Wake 'Amioi." .The Pope AS Fresh
men First Came to Yale and other songs
between the oratorical spiels and smoked
then went across the street. the rain
~ at Vanderbilt Hall probably the last
ivy to be planted there. 1t came from the
White House and was presented to the
class by one OF its members William How
ard Taft. Jr.. nephew Of the President.
where President Hadley was called out
Of his Office to wish the boys all kinds Of
good fortune. which he did in his best
style to the accompaniment OF great
cheering.
Then came the march to Dean Wrght's
house. On the way some OF the 1905
the part OF the small boys marching In
front Of the band Delegations from
many other classes cheered the seniors
on the way. Girls waved handkerchiefs
from windows, sedate men clapped their
hands. 1t was trimphal march all the
way.
The heavyweight oratory OF the day
was furnished bv ex-senator Spooner In
Hendrie Hall. His paper was a profound
discussion OF the Constitution In reference
to the making Of treaties by the United
States. He spoke Of the free power Of
the President and said the phrase with
the advice and consent Of the Senate did
not mean that proposed treaty should
be submitted twice TO the Senate. once
before it was negotiated and once after.
He declared that the Senate never directed
the Secretary of State or the President
to give it information. He added:
The Senate never directs the President.
h,,f fhnr ov-o NfI IoC Inn M OH
the President had seemed to direct the
Senate This raised laugh and Mr.
Spooner hastened to add: "Of course
this has no reference to a well known Yale
man.
Mr.. Spooner then went into discussion
OF treaties as the supreme law OF the
land His voice was raised to high
pitch as he told how President Roosevelt
had persuaded by personal effort four
States not to pass legislative acts con-
travening our treaty with Japan. giving
it's citizens the rights in our country
OF @the most favored nation
Think Of it, said Mr.. Spooner. 'the
United States being put to the humiliation
of begging four of its Commonwealths
not to pass legislation defying the su-
preme laws Of the land .
Mr.. Spooner declared that il any
State did decide to defy the provisions
Of a treaty. g remedy was available to
Ine reOcTdI NONcruIucut. A10 o1iu tudt
upon notification that such law had
been passed 1t would be proper for the
Federal Government to bring a suit In
equity In a Federal Circuit Court and
ask an injunction forbidding its execu-
ton. Upon a final decision OF the Supreme
Court that the supreme law Of the land
really is the supreme law Of the land.
he declared that the Federal courts could
punish for contempt any State or munich |.
pal official who might try to enforce any |
such law. He branded such laws as !
plain attempts at nullifcation and said
that those engaged in making them were
engaged in conspiracy against the high
powers OF. the United I
States. He intimated that the Federal .
could 60 further to stop
this notification process. but confined his
outspoken remarks to showing how 1t .
could be stopped by judicial methods. /
The Shelf seniors had their class day |
this morning In an amphitheatre In front /
OF Byer's Hall. There was no rain to i