The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-16
CLASS DAY AT YALE PROMISES TO BE
 EVENT OF HISTORY
Dream of Yale Men Begins to Become Reality in
 Splendid Coliseum

New Haven, June 16-A spade and a clurnp of turf make the class day of Yale, 1913, historic. The implement in the hands of President Hadley will turn the other as the first expenditure of physical effort ito make the dream of Yale men for a coliseum a, reality. The ceremony in the presence of hun dredS of old grads and most of the seniors will be held on the new ath- letic field of the university opposite the present football field, late in the day.. In it centers the interest of the host of Yale men who are here for conTnen ent
 The seniors of the Sheffield Scien- tific school held their exercises on the campus in HilEhouse avenue and bhe 1 academic seniors gathered in the early afternoon on the college campus. There was the usual reading of class poems and histories and the passing of lem onade to the ladies and smoking of the class pipe by the seniors.
 At noon the alumni of the law school gathered in Memorial Hall for the annual banquet at which Samuel J. Elder was the principal speaker. Samuel J. Elder, '73, of Boston, l spoke on Progress Toward the Ma tionaI Accord saying in part: l "For a. century the English speak 1 ing nations have been at peace be- | tween themselves. For almost a half l century the nations of Western l Europe, too, have been at peace In l spite of heavier and heavier burdens | of armament, the nations of the world more and more keep the peace. Seem ingly inevitable conflicts are being set l tied by treaties of arbitration. | ''The part that trade has played in | pacification is most mighty. Trade as Il well as glory has now become a factor in the councils of nations. During the | 18th century trade itself has derived l a stupendous impulse. The hand | maiden of trade is transportation. Ii
 is difficult for us to release the slug I gard, snai1-Hke pace of commerce , hundred years ago. The magic wand
 has been waved and space seems tc
 have been annihIated. The world iE
 rapidly becoming a community.
 "Protection of peace-the same
 necessity which tnpelled the estab- !, 1ishment of courts and tribunals 1T : communities-is irresistib1y forcins the blishment between nations They are necessitated by the ever-in creasing accord of nations.
 'It is a crude idea that such court. should exist merely to prevent war. I Is vfta11y important that every inter national controversy should be settlet once for all and not be left as stand ing menace. So the nations have, witt
 ever-increasing frequency, resorted tt I arb1tration."
 Mr. Elder said that eleven arbitra
 tions stand to the credit of the per
 manent court He confidently looked forward to an agreement on a 1udicia
 arbitration court. He said the recen : treaties with Great Britain ant
 France (defeated by the Senate) ex
 cepted the matters of "honor'' ant
 ''vital interests from arbitration ant
 he asked why these matters shou1t , not be arbitrated. He said that tn i, proposal of President Taft to discard
 these time worn exceptions and t. arbitrate "all difference erected
 new monument to the record of na | tions.
 In the afternoon, the law class me
 in Hendrie Hall where the prize speak l ing was held. The exercises of tn
 medical school were held later in tn
 college street hall