The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-22
DIG DAY FOR ALUMNI AT YALE
nm JOI OIER HINNING or
THE BiSEBiLL CANE.

l.Ar- ~ unions. % Participate ln tho
"m meeting when N" old grads and
Young grgds come together. and 10
600 n tho afternoon 10 Cttend tho
mYursbip hasehcli game between
'.. -rd Harvard
Uas 'hn irst time that Harvard came
N.N Haven Tor the ur,t u the series
.mTSEshIp Rames between thsss
Universities. Heretofore they have
a.t the initial game beEorc tho Har.
..1 umm rCement crowd. but this
f..r on oonseQuence of a shakeup in the
lego ,a.srdar at Yale. Harvard came
lore 'p PLAY
Nnt M" victory, 1, &, 5. that the Yale
~ turned ~ on the lads from Gam
lcs certainly brought great deal III
% rumi vt IN the alumni Of half a Gen.
t.' hack a. we'll a. to thu youngsters Of
Oh. 'reshmtn class. even Il the arIicla of
lt hat wa' turned out was not a. clas.v
a.. ne b'g league brand.
n"re vas lots doing Tor the alumni
early in the FAY. In the frat place the
.mni meeting was held IN tho morning
n I'D alumni hall. probably tho laat Of
those meetings that will over be- held
there for the building IL e. bc torn down
ma few months u make way for a memo
raj dormltnry IN honor Of ex-Dean Henry
Parks Wright. who has just closed his
twenty-five years as dean Of thu academic
department.
not AND ENTHUSIASTIC.
n vas hot az the alumni Gathering, but
% md not make much of an impression
un the enthusiasm " the Old timers as
tt'v vigorously applauded the oratorical
h"pgl"ts that werc pinned on their alma
mater
With twenty Of the oldest living
Caduat"s On the platform. all Of hf,y
years standing and President HadBey
and sN-Prrsident Timothy Dwight flank
nr the array. the crowd ~ grniuatns sEt
or,tood through the spssches and renewed
I'D acquaintance. The personnel 81 the
assembly was impressive There were to
b" found therN Judges Of thu supreme
Court, lawyers famous throughout the
country. mpisters. business men and
doctors. all assembled with radiant 10Y
ga their faces.
he meeting vas callel 10 order bv
JarNes Kingsley Blake. o. WIN ror,iuatsi
the Rev James G. X Mcclure. 20. Of mi.
C1co FOR chairman. He callei for all
gradnates Of 81 wears or iGore standing
o. crme up there with him. a0d twenty
odd men slowly filei up ami the cheers
NJ The crowd. who rose n their feet 20
honor the dignity represented by that
collection % ne.
fuorfr,ft ~ 1 .,,-t- l. n...t---4 - o.
late hiilhome professor n Greek Al Yale.
was pre'e1te first thing yi the alumni .
nesting by a runihor q his friends and /
PuElls The pre eutation speech wsg made
Nv Prot. Perrin 20 the sediments eN- .
preset were anplauiei. The riyers OF /
the portrait we're Matthias n Arnot 7
Francis Bacon. simeon Paliviu. Sihon n /
beckWi;h. Walter X. Brigham, GEORGE I
Brush. Franklin Carter. kduari n |
Zoe. Cha.Tcs w. DepoV. Franklin B. I
DexseI; Timothy Dwight. Thomas D .
Godte1, Arthur Z Ha iley Thomas |
hooker. Berra5otie Perrin. MIN Martha |
Day Porter, Horatio NJ Reynolds. George !
/. Sterling. Frank y Iarhell. Adai.0n .
Van Name. Arthur " Wheeler J Davel- I
port Wheeler. James l. Whitney. 1hso- /
aore = Noolsey, Edwin D. Worcester and .
HeEry =. Wright
SORROW FOR THE DEPARTED.
Presiielt Ia Hey in his sreech reSe, red |
with words Of respect and sorrnw 70 the |
deaths during the past year Of four great I
FnrI devoted % Yale George B. Tt".r l
Of shelf. William Graham sumner ~ the /
s0af eTniC department Samuel W Iohr. i
IN ana Samuel s Sanford. His report 1
sait N regard 10 Dean Jor ~ that he hal 1
maze success OF the first year and 20
CuIii be IN future years. With reference 4
O. Dean Jones. President HALEY pro-
'0sei much laughter by saying:
although a very different m IN from HE
H-s-tsres,'r Dean Jonss his m a. q gent
sE0---, u g. AZ drst ths suisnrs IA
.r Understand him. bat nov they know 7,
.fff q hey want % hRht Jonssy WI ac- h
.1mm9dars them, and quicker thtn thsv
bought III first loneSy in a fight will
t"a' ,lu badly AMI then evpllin vhv he
at Do n such rare way that you will b.
i''f bon, action 20 have bssn the rss Ilt II
s.-a Ir''lhgence and true courteyy
Marcus Knrwlton. IN. Chef Justice
90 'I- supreme Court Of Massal husetta.
q" y" y he Yale of fifty years aso and
' ne 0hlnges since A. the tine %
D. 'ullege days only Alumni Hail and
'.a library we're the modern buildings /
Wv Tins building u . 60 for a living
"om rial % one % the greatest and most !
H'Ienual men Yale ever produced
F"'rY Wright. Z
H~ spoke % the passing o. the old
'-S rIw and q the passing of the ira ,
o.' r- w'h the rJw. He spoke q the ,
wig wealth of the university and of ,
mI0h more importRnt wers the IN 1
,'rN's IN the increasing students He I
'f Hi The elective system with certain
Pei --d tickets II
TO ~" increasing Of wealth is incrsas- ,
'.. dlngers ~ lie In America he 4,
~ It'll q giving greater power Of !
...H 1mrut We are w0rshippers % Nam
u - the function OF a university Z
"r1rna this and send out men % I
'''' IN" university looks % the A,
f'.- - mould p Iblic opinion q
OLDEST LIvNU GRADUATEs
' VI lure then introduced the Hon
f. Hedges. D. 81 BFidRehampeon.
'" uls!est living graduate Of Yale.
'Hr' thus position n even more :
.-." han that Of President u the :
I..f >'yt's. he was helped % the
.u oy President HadIev and he
f-.at cheer. With a firm voice \
he'd every one IN the large as-
tN rom Mr. HedRea told several
-.'uo-s. IN which he paid the
.'..r. .-llta q several Of hia Old teach o
'.- N.| |.-r gave good advice on temper 2
beng conducive % longevity Z
. e. part a. followa:
.a only q few moments 10 which v
want % say that II I we're 10 7
..a briefly the two things uhich q
'---ufial for Yale men 10 bear q
could name progFrzs and success. y
.-s me hoW { have lived -
IN hal q No. d