Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-01
DECLARES PARTY
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Ing held for arranging a memorial for
Yale men who died on both sides in the
civil war, stood for nearly two hours with
President Hadley at the commencement re-
ception and rushed tonight from a meeting
of the Skull and Cross Bones to board
his private car attached to the midnight
train for Washington.
The skull and Bones" Is a secret soci-
ETY. founded by the presidents father when
he was a student at Yale. All the Tafts
have belonged to It, and its proceedings
are shredded with all the mystery which
characterize college fraternities. The
president passed into the mystic shrine
OF skull and Bones temple all alone to-
night, ana an Of the secret service guards
had to keep watch outside.
Gifts to University.
Today's commencement was notable in
many ways. President Hadley announced
the receipt during the last year of gifts
to the university amounting to tL0OO,OoO
OF this sum, Sl5O,OCO came from the general
educational board, the allotment having
been conditioned upon the receipt of 1S5o.OO
from other sources. One gift Of 100000
and three of $4,000 each were announced
anonymous.
President Hadley, Secretary Dickinson,
DR.. Timothy Dwight. former president of
Yale, and Bishop Lawrence of Massachu-
sets were the speakers at the alumni
dinner, In addition. to President Taft.
The president was given an uproarlous
greeting, which was renewed when, turn
ing to President Hadley, he addressed him
self to mr.. President and Fellow Yale
men, .-.
Makes nOther Speech.
President Taft said in part: '
''Since the fourth of March I have
learned a number Of things, and 1 am MAX
ing no reference to the weather bureau
either. l have learned that in the opin-
ion of the American people one of the
chief functions of the president of the
United states is to increase the box re-
ceipts and the sale of excursion tickets.
Il am not here, and l am not invited
here, on any such notion. l have come
because l could not help coming to be a
Yale man and q part of Yale. You will
think possibly, before the end of this
presidential term that 1 am as inevitable
a presence at the alumni dinner as the
ham and chicken that we are all so fond
of. l hope 1 may have the pleasure for
a great many years Of listening to the
kindly benediction that we all value so
much and that we all go ahead feeling
better for, from President Dwight.
II want to congratulate the president of
Yale university upon the degree which
was conferred on the president of Har-
ward university. in such beautiful, felici-
tous and friendly terms as those which
he used this morning, 1t made a man
warm to Harvard as. some Of us seldom
do. Then, too, " meets my full approval
that we orthodox men OF Yale should
recognise and seemssto approve, the lIber-
ality of the theological views Of Harvard.
Approves Courtesy to rva ~.
IT may also. note in the relations Of the
university what has previously been noted
on this occasion a number OF times, that
the courteous convention by which. Yale
always loses on Harvard class day at
Cambridge, and Harvard always loses on
Yale class day at. New Haven, is still
maintained.
Then the recognizing as a master OF
arts that musical critic, Brother Krehbiel,
who, from that chair Of power in the
Tribune office at New York, has marked
down composers and elevated musical
artists. We may well concur in and ap-
prove. ~
And then the corporation took UP tho
question OF the navy and 1 assume from
It's action, although the spokesman of the
university was a little bit chary on that
subject, hat It approved he voyage OF the
sixteen battleships around the world, and
I that 1t recognized In Admiral Sperry, the
supreme ability, the supreme equipoIse and
3 the determination which was able to meot
Z the requirements OF the custodian OF sl5O.-
= o0o 600 worth OF United States property,
: which, II lost could not be restored in
more than a decade, and l wish to say
l. with reference to that trip hat while II
e was criticised at that time here is no single
Q order OF my predecessor, many OF whose
orders tended so much to the peace Of the
world, as the order by which he sent
; around-not as messengers OF war, but az
. messengers Of peace-those wonderful
mechanism known as the sixteen battle
ships Of the United States"
Tribute to Prof. sumner.
The president spoke in the warmest
terms Of praise and affection for Prof.
William G.. Sumner. who, in retiring from
the Yale faculty after many years of &C.
tive service, was honored with a doctor Of
laws degree. In concluding the president
said:
w occasionally hear achoes from vari-
GUS directions Of the dreadful condition
that exists in the universities, but It won't
turn a single Yale man, or a single Har-
ward mar from allegiance to the university
OF his choice or from allegiance to the
conviction, well founded. that there is no
atmosphere with a higher moral insplra.