New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
YALE'S DEFICIT MET,
 HADLEY TELLS ALUMNI
First Battle of War Won'' President EXultantly
 Announces.

New Haven. June 1S.-To the alum
 nj of Yale university at it's commence
 nent gathering today, President Ar thur T. Hadley spoke of the life and ! work of the institution in war times. "A year ago." he said, "the campus , was full of students in uniform ready to go into actual service. Today it is empty for the students have gone. They are doing things in France and elsewhere. year ago we spoke of
 an expected deficit. Today, thanks to ] the alumni fund, that deficit is met and YaIe's first battle of the war IS Won.'
 The alumni gathering was in the new Spra guc Memorial hall. The sev- Cral speakers were given close atten ton. It was a gathering devoid Of the picturesqueness of other alumni days, all frolics by classes having been given up, costumes abandoned, the ball game replaced by a patriotic gathering, the class dinners pared down to simple repasts at class quar- ters and a memorial service to the 1 late Dean Henry Parks Wright by hsi class back for it's 50th anniversary, affording the second opportunity for i
 To the alumni, President Hadley said the war problem was to keep up traditions and inspirations. There were fewer teachers, many of the best had been called and the student loss is 40 per cent Athletics dropped to s secondary place.
 In looking forward, President Had
 ley said that the danger seemed to
 be loss of the old-time college spirit.
 but this had been overcome and the war has proved a source of strength
 rather than of weaknesses. In detail
 the president told the story of the
 year, and of it's readjustme The
 policy as to academic credits to men
 who have gone into service was out
 lined. A student who has completed
 his junior year or half of his sclen-
 tifc school course will be credited
 half year if he returns. Any such
 man dying in service will receive the
 bachelor degree causa at the next fol-
 lowing commencement. Of the finan-
 cial side of the war problem. Presi- dent Hadley will speak at the com mencement luncheon tomorrow
 The patriotic meeting was preced- ed by a graduate procession from the college campus, past various hlS- toric buildings and memorials to Hewitt University quadrangle where the university flag for 1,229 univer- sity members in service was raised. This number is of members of the 1918 and later classes. The number of Yale men in service announced for the first time is 5,522, of whom D. 127 are in the military or naval forces. John Proctor Clarke present. ed on behalf of the graduates the class shields and memorial tablets showing the university's record in this war. On the shields were the figures of the men in service. Presi- dent Hadley accepted the memorials. Taps was sounded by buglers, and the exercises closed with singing of '"The Battle Hymn of the Republic and retreat.
 Schuyler Merritt, of Stamford, rep resentative in Congress from the fourth Connecticut district, addressing 1 the alumni, warned against what he | termed the Socialistic tendencies which are gaining root in this country. After the war he hoped the pen 1 duIum would swing the other way. l He said that a socialistic state must l have an autrocity executive and he 1 could think of none that would give l less liberty to it's people than one of l that character. Congressman Merritt | said he believed the framers of this ] country's constitution would turn in l their graves if they knew the great 1 power given to President Wilson and
 1 Secretary McAdoo. He cited the par
 l ticu&ar powers given to those two
 ] officers and said this might be evidence
 l of the trend towards socialism. He
 l thought railroad managers would
 l rather be under government direction
 1 than responsible to their stockholders.
 l and farmers, he thought, would rather
 ] raise crops on government money than
 ! on cash from private sources. He
 1 hoped the socialistic tendencies would
 ! not be perpetuated after the war.