The Washington herald., 1913-01-30
Guests of Honor.

the President, were Prof Russell H.
Chittenden, director OF the Sheffield
Scientific School. the scientific depart
ment Of Yale University, who came to
washington to bring the latest message
of the local graduates from their alma
mater, and Justice Pl,ney. Of the United
States Supreme Court. Princeton grad
uate. It had been expected that Beck
man Winthrop. Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy. would be present to represent
Yales other traditional rival. Harvard.
but Mr.. Winthrop was at the last mo-
ment prevented from attending the din
ner.
At the speakers table were also A. A.
Adee. Second Assistant Secretary Of
State. and Yuns Kwai, secretary Of the
Chinese Legation, q graduate Of Yale In
1854 The main body OF the guests were
seated mt small tables. sthnged Or
chestra played during the dinner. Later
the whole company Joined in singing
"Boola." ''Old ELL" 'Down the Field,
and the songs of decade and more
ago. II was a typical college gathering.
Prof. Chitenden. in his address. dwelt
particularly upon the great part which
the study Of the sciences both applied
and pure, was playing in the college
and university OF to-day. He declared
that Yale. through the establishment of
many splendid new laboratories and the
pportunities which were being given for
. scientific education, was making a
foremost place. The educated man to-
day. he said, must know something about
everything. and everything about one
thing. and the study OF the sciences had
become recognized as essential Yale,
he said. had been the first OF the big
institutions OF learning to realize the
value OF including the sciences in its
curriculum
Developments in Recent Years.
great scientific development OF to-day is
In reality the product OF recent years.
For two thousand years. from the days
of Pharoah until the days of the
French revolution, he said, the world
stood still as regards science. Ulysses
sailed the Eess with much the same kind
OF vessels and with just as much safety
as did John Paul Jones. 1t was not until
the new school OF science, with the de-
velopment of the steam engine. that ad-
vances were begun. He spoke of the
huge part which is played in the world
to-day by the railways, the electric
cables, automobiles, and all the other
modern inventions. He referred parti-
cularly to the advance in science made
along the line of the sanitation. The
way in which the United States had
made 1t as heaithful a place in which
TO live as this country. had opened the
eyes OF the civilized world
Justice Pitney, in his address, told the
Yale men how much gratlhed he was TO
be with them, particularly when they
were saying farewell to the great Yale
president. He carried his audience back
to the days when he was a student at
Princeton. when Walter Camp was doing
thinns N NJ
terror to the Orange and Black He spoke |
OF an old friend. the late Henry Hoyt, at |
one time Solicitor General. Of the class
Of rs, at Yale, and told how he had
heard Mr.. Hoyt speak with great af- |
fection of his friend. "old Bill Taft"
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'T have never heard that name men
toned since, except in terms OF respect,
admiration, and affection" said Justice
Pitney. Il congratulate Yale upon hav-
ing given to the country this wise.
sagacious. and patriotic man. con-
gratulate you, as have congratulated
him. that he is going hack to your alma
mater. upon retiring from public life
on the bench. as governor OF a great
dependency, as head OF a depa rtment
of the government, and as Chief Exec
utive of the land. He goes back to his
alma mater to lay his laurels on her
lap. to enjoy the ripe years of his life
beneath her elms. and to add new lus-
ter to the old college, OF which you are
so proud.
Il was originally discovered by a
Yale man." said Justice Pitney. amid a
general laugh. referring to his appoint
ment to the Supreme Court by Presi-
dent Taft.
RecolIections of Wilson.
Mr. Pitney turned his attention to the
next President. Woodrow Wilson. whose
classmate he was at Princeton. He said
that they had had the laborious task OF
eating at the same table.
II knew Woodrow Wilson as a quiet.
cordial, studious. literary man, a good
friend and wholesome, useful college
man, without any noticeable exaltation
in the process of development" said Mr.
Pitney. Il bespeak for him a cordial
welcome when he comes to Washington.
II were asked why Princeton has not
had a President before, I might be in
clined to refer to the recent contest be-
tween Yale and Harvard to send a IA
vorite son to the White House, and
might suggest that II was eminently fit
ting that Princeton should have inter-
vened.
81 hope that the new incumbent of
this high office will have all the success
ne ucStTNeS, ana Inat When he
retires from Office he will be accorded
the high praise which is being given
to President Taft, that he may then re-
turn to his alma mater also, rich in
honor. having preserved the peace and
having done what in him lay TO raise
high the standards of the country. Then
shall be In every way well satisfied"
Brief speeches were made by George
X McLanahan, president of the asso-
citation last year, and Frazier d. Head.
Mr.. Head humorously referred to the
defeats which Yale has recently sustain
ed on the athletic field. at the hands of
Princeton and Harvard, and suggested
that combination of ozone. oxygen, and
Yale spirit be infused into the under
graduates. He said that he was afraid
that everything was becoming overorgan-
lied at New Haven. and that the indi-
vidual was not given opportunity enough
to display his abilities.
Those attending the dinner, in addition
to the guests at the speakers table, were
F. III. Brooke, c. L. Black, ]. H. Buck,
J. NJ. Carlisle, r. P. Dewey. Prof. Joseph
Dunn, w. II. Fox, H. S. Graves. Robert
c. Hayden, Frazier D. Head, Edwin A |
Hill, John Torrance. Ward McLanahan.
George X. McLanahan. G. G. Lincoln, |
d. NJ. McNeale, DR.. Arthur Matthewson, |
George II. Myers, NJ. Z. O'Brien. L. E. |
Osborn. Will K. Payne, J. L. Phillips, |
Duncan g. Phillips, jr., T. q. Sherman,
Lieut.. Skene, U. s. A, II. A. Smith, A |
H Snow. ]. K. Stauffer. James H Hon.