The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-23
SAMUEL ROGERS ONLY IA GRAD
 AT YALE FEAST
President Hadley Announces Gifts For Past Year Greatest in History of University and
 More Coming

New Haven, June 23.-The announce ment by President Hadley that the gifts to Yale this year have been larg- CT than in any previous year of it's history was one of the sensations sprung at the alumni dinner yesterday. The total gifts for the year aggregated $2, 232,000 when he came to the dinner. AS the final course was served, he re- ceived notice that the gifts of the Alumni association for the year amounted to $150,6 .93, making the final total of all gifts. 8, 3S2.696.93.
 This includes the Hewett present of $368,825 and the Wheeler gift at the first of the year, but it does not in- clude the $50O, ,0o0 intended for the new Sloane laboratory or the recent pro- vision for the mechanical engineering library of the scientific school.
 The largest offering of the year was that of Mrs. Russell Sage, who gave Sachem wood estate. The subscrip- tions for the new boat house amount to $s4,183.26. J. Pierpont Morgan gave $100, 900 for the endowment of chair in Assyriology. There was the Town send contribution for American his tory study, amounting to $48, ,315.H The George E. Day gift for the mission library of the divinity school is $44,- 0S7.95. The medical school received $25,000 for a clinical building. The Jes- up fund of the forestry school stands at s5O,OO0.
 Secretary Stokes believes that the university still needs and will secure endowments of $1O,OOO, ,O0O, including $2,O00, 900 for the improvement of the medical school. President Hadley was confident MT. Stokes great faith will be gratified.
 The class contributions to the Alumni association fund this year are led by the combined academic and Sheffield scientific school classes of 'S5 who, to distinguish it's twenty-f1f fifth anniversary, gave $52,000.
 The board of directors of the Alum nj Associati tion decided to turn $50,000 of the class contributions over to the income fund, and 1t will be spent to increase the salaries of professors, as- sistant professors and instructors next year. They added the rest to the sta ble alumni fund, which now amounts to $460, ,356.32.
 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. who re- ceived the degree of doctor of law in the morning expressed the hope that the alumni will replace the compara- lively small Peabody Museum with a great natural history museum includ ing a Peabody division.
 Venerable President Timothy Dwight, who was introduced as "the youngest of us alp said that he loved all Yale men and he believed that all Yale men love him. After his remarks the singing of Bright College Years" concluded the exercises.
 Judge Henry P. Hedges of Provi- dence, R. T., was the oldest graduate present, belonging to the class of '38. The Hon. Samuel T. Rogers of Bridge port was the only representative of the class of "A. Among the members of the class of '50 were Ellis H. Rob- erts, ex-treasurer of the countless treasury notes; also Leonard A. Hen drick of New York; Henry l.. Dechert of Philadelphia; Albert Booth of Bridgeport and c. $. Brainerd of Brooklyn. Bishop Heater, 80 invok- ed the blessing.