The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-14
Promise of Future Triumph'
for Old Ell Enthuscs
1900 at Waldorf.
SCENE LIKE OLD CAMPUS
Famous Athletes and Scholar.
Of Other Days at Dinner
MIR. Taft Speaks.

dorf-Astoria last night as President Had
ley. William Howard Taft. Walter Cam.
and H. II. Ramsay told 1900 Yale gradu
ates from this city and hereabout wha
Yale stands for and what Yale expects &,
DO. And among the expectations tthi,
from MIR. Camp Ia the everlasting, com
plete and glorious walioping Of dear vi,
Harvard at football and baseball within
the next two years.
1t was hardly necessary to take the
word Of the joyful Ellis that the annual
alumni dinner was the biggest and most
enthusiastic ever held. The on.y dinner
to be compared with II was tho celebra-
ton In honor OF Mr.. Taft Ave years ago
But there was more Joy and ginger In
last nights feast. even. than in the af-
fair OF 1909.
Yale men came from all over Greater
New York. New Jersey and Long Island
Mr.. Boldt OF the Waldorf and Oscar. his
cAptain-gener.l. had to turn over the en-.
tire fret floor OF the hotel to accommo-
date them. and even THEN there was none
10 much elbow room.
Aendrick Oldest Graduate There.
There was Leonard Addison Hendrick
6ass Of 1850. p: oud OF the honor OF BEN,
the Oldest graduate present. He was on
the stan Of the Herald for thirty-five
years, served as a corr, spondent In the
civil war and now at Sc can cheer with
the best OF them And between Mr.
Hendrick ana william 4. Herod ser
held 1915. was sixty-six years OF Yale
history and accompi shment.
The class Of SO had one representative
John d. Champln. Levi Holbrook was
there for 81. From IS came three. Il
N. galloway. W. q. Hubbel and A. Il
Wilbur. The class OF '65 had the larges,
repre.entation of any of tho Gid ti,,
ella ssea turning out e'.ven men inc,u6iny
T. n. Converse and \ 4 Chittenden.
Among the 1 200 one saw many n man
vho had made n name for himself In
Val. and after ~, Iud,,o ,,.orga - uoi,
AT win 80 Jobn Sanford was with 80
A. the 20 tabI. wsre ono r R,nrard
f5er Tbeodors A bingham and Nicnaa,
YA,y.t A. U.s. fable where Mr. TT,
voud hav. been ordinarily. we've .Jus.
e,c. Jobp proctor Clarke William HIM,
ana Others Al the 81 board we're tbs
D., NJ I u purra,i William, Chu,,hiIi
jnhn ~ Coleman and \ r Cusrnssy
One ia, ntiSed also among the vounver
MAN Allison Armour DIR. Aiexander Lam.
hsrt and II r. TwombIy. 'si: Eugene
Lambs Richards WylIys Terry and C,lar.
ence R,akeslse Sc Austin Colgate $50
" n HIckok 'ss 8 and a famous crowd
NJ athletes Who MADE vale famous NJ,
foo,hau hasebal, an1 trark snorts .So,ns
~ these we're Frank 8 Ru,t.rwor,h Al
fred r Osgood. r. ] Giannini. the rowing
coach; Clarence De witt. W, J. Torrey.
q. C. Greenway. John r. Kilpatr,ck.
Henry II Ketcham ana ~ = sanford
Like Gamma In Old Days,
Inc 'front.' OF the grand pairoom was
mhde over INTO part OF he rare
campus OF FORMER days drop curtain
showing the venerable Drick buildings
win the ems painted on side drops ana a
replica OF the initiated ana notched ran
renee standing on patch OF smoot
TURF. AROUND the boxes was draped the
Yale blue with circular blue shield
contain nH me white outlined on
every ooS; me dinner oVernoweI from
the grand ballroom into the Astor gallery
anu Hnen 'he ''ihe came ior speech max
ing Yale men were crowded from audi
torium to ioof'
There were only SIX at the table oil
honor under the painted elms. These were
Il bertron, IS. the president OF the
eumhi ea-tresiueht iait' now irot' Iait
% the fale Law scnooi: arthur l. HAD
icy. the president OF the university waiter
lamp. VINO Keeps "e a.nie'ic hre s'o"'
ms nus' Seoise -. iue' .he toas'iaster
alo n n. Ha.nsay' proie ssor III .he
cneme'o sciehtinc sShoo, ana new at'e'
o'nnsr speak, Q. ,ne mrs' rank,
49,. e" az, .,'' nm ,ha 500 n TO-, s'oou ."
.s,, ~ WINS .ne .h,o e'"Sn'
ns en."u .n,. s"n MN v'"mSe "r,
De.o wv ". a.
W nh. ,", .,,, ,"s
1870 shav 80. .,,,, hra.d,nn 80, :
800 IN ,hsrs Th,v wan,sd 20 Lnnu
49, "a go. u;.,,.. 60 -. va,s
SRpected to do to retrieve lost laurels
Then Mr.. Bertron turned the conduct OF
the dinner over TO Mr.. Ide.
1T was suggested" said Mr.. Ide, "tha,
wires, pia nists without pianos, grape Juice