Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
"Greater and Grander Than
Ever" He Tells Alumni.
SPEAKS AT THE BANQUET
Gives His Views Of Salaries as Mem.
Der of the Corporation.
IN SAME BOX WITH DEAN
Declares Both of Them Followed
Popular Men in Office and Both
Live in Hope.

1alc men did honor to Yale PrcSi :
dent of the United States last night at
the annual banquet of the Washington
Alumni Association at the Raleigh Ho-
tel. And President Taft, with never a
hint at the tariff or any of the other
vexed political questions, talked to
the Yale men gathered about the board
of the Yale spirit, and declared that In
his estimation his alma mater was
greater and grander than ever in the
work she was doing in preparin :
American men for the work they must
do in the world.
only once did the President refer to
the tasks and troubles which beset hin,
and other heads Of new administra-
lions. Dean Jones Of Yale College, who
has only recently taken charge of the
Yale academic department, had spoken
OF the objections that had been raised
ny the undergraduates to the new reGu-
lat1ons which he had established. Pres
ident TAFT was the next speaker, and
he said:
Until Dean Jones rose and made
some covert references to his expert
ences OF the last year / didn't realize
we were In the same box. He followed
popular man in office-Dean Wright
and SO have /. We are both strue
1870
President Arrives Late.
President Taft was unable to reach the
banquet hall until late in the evening
When he arrived. accompanied by his
military aid. Capt. Archibald Butt, the
Yale graduates rose as man and greeted
the President with long Yale chez,
with three Tafts on the end, the cheer
which has resounded across many a foot
ball field In the past, whether in victory
or defeat. and which is always accorded
the men Yale delights in honoring
Huntington Wilson, assistant secretar,
of state and vice president Of the Wash
inston Yale Alumni Association, presided
at the dinner in the absence of the presi-
dent, Truman III. Newberry. He well
coined President Taft in the name of the
the fate of the President to fall into the
hands of the Philistines, but that last
night he was with the men Of Yale. who
were already prejudiced in his favor and
who believed in him to man.
A Distinguished Gathering.
1t was a typical Yale gathering, men
Who had made their mark in every walk
Of life. and men who hoped still to
make their mark Senators. justices O,
the Supreme Court. men high in the
| executive branch of the government, emf
nent lawyers and physicians and educa.
tors had gathered about the board
They Joined in the old Yale songs and
listened to the younger graduates sing
the new. "Integer Vitae" bright Col
lege Years. "Bingo" were among the
veterans that were sung with the vim,
of college days. Down the Field one
of the later foot ball songs. and that
greatest of all Yale songs, "Boola, -
echoed through the hall.
"Brekekex koax koax, Brekekex koax
koax,
o up o up, paraboloo,
Yale, Yale, Yale,
Rah. rah. rah, rah. rah. rah. rah. rah
rah,
Taft. Taft, Taft
The long cheer rang out with the pre-
cis.on of gatling gun as the Presi-
He said THAT Dean Jones had looked at
him significantly when the dean spoke
of the increase in salaries which the
members Of the Yale faculty should
have.
Chance for the Dean.
Il am a member of that corporation
continued the President, land I do attend
the meetings when 1 can get the time
because like to go through the form OF
seeming to govern such a great institu-
ton as Yale University but it is only
going through form. Everything Is ar
ranged for US with all that certainty
that would commend itself to those con.
nected, with political organizations. My
recollection Is that we have just got
through raising salaries. Now, Of course,
they are not up to what they ought to
be. We have not had as much money
at Yale as we have had at some other
universities, but l think that under the
beneficent government and the proper
= -
way to getting more money, and when
we do get it We are going to spend 1t In
salaries.
mo one can live in Washington with
out being on that same side Of the ques-
ton. 1t Is true that our donors are be-
coming more liberal as to the limitations
that they impose on the money which is
contributed to the university, and they
are leaving it to the university, as they
| ought to leave 1t, without any restrictions
whatever.
There is one class not very recently
graduated at Yale which boasts among
| its members the present dean of the
academic department. which made an ex.
sity fund. All the other classes have
| been contributing ten and twelve and f1f-
teen thousand dollars every time they
have class meeting and giving 1t to the
| university fund for such expenditures as
| the corporation shall see fit to make. but
when they got to the deans class they
| proposed to make deed Of gift as lone
| as If ii had been drawn by PHILADELPHIA
| or an English lawyer. They limited its
use to all the children of the class that
| are coming along In the next three or
four generations. And yet 1t is member
| of that class who is now Directing to the
| fact that We are not contributing the
money thus left to increasing the salaries
We have taken 1t over, but we are hold
| ing it. and If we cannot get those restric-
tons off We are going to give 1t back to
| the class and let 1t work out the problem
| itself.
Those of you who rejoice in a legal
education will know the difficulties OF
| figuring out the rule against perpetu-
| titles, and we have concluded that 1t Is
cheaper to pay the money back to the
| lem.
Prof. Emory's Sentiment.
81 listened to Prof. Emory's speech
| with great deal of pleasure. No one
could listen to it without feeling the in
| spiration. I did not know that we could
! get such sentiment out of tariff board,
/ but certainly it was a high ideal and
| the picture of that alumnus of Yale
| coming back every five years with all
| the burden of sorrow that he had on
him. with all the memories of defeated
hopes. with the thoroughbred nerve that
he got at Yale. to rejoice In his being a
Yale man, brought tears to a mans
eyes and sent down his backbone the SEN
| university that could inspire that kind
| OF feeling.
Now. / believe. though I claim to be
a young man, to old Yale. / graduated In