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perchance, carry out our desires. Such
an assembling of ourselves together
might be worthy of the hour, but it is
not needful for us now. We meet with
the possibility already turned into a
reality and the plan even more than ac-_
complished. Through the efficiency of
those who voluntarily took upon them-
selves the responsibility of carrying out
what was undertaken, and through the
generous enthusiasm of graduates and
undergraduates, the means for provid-
ing the gift have been secured and the
gift itself is placed at the disposal of
the Government. We accompany it to-
night with our words of presentation.
Let us send these words with a prayer
that we may soon see the realization
of an honorable peace. Let our pa-
triotic sentiment be true, calm, worthy
of us as reasonable and educated men,
free from: all false excitement, in ac-
cordance with righteousness, generous
and abiding. Such patriotism befits the
membership of our University and is
characteristic of its history.
After some further words recalling
the past and connecting it with the
present, he closed by calling to the
thought of the assembled company the
sentiment of Yale’s well-known College
“For God, for Country, and for
Yale.”
Then the President brought forward
the business of the meeting by intro-
ducing Dwight H. Day, ’99, Chairman
of the News, who was also Chairman
of the Cruiser Fund Committee, to tell
how the work started. ‘The story of the
origin of the work has already been told
in full in the WEEKLY and its progress
has been noted from week to week; so
it is unnecessary to report Mr. Day’s
brief and very effective introduction of
the Committee reports or to print any-
thing of the short address which fol-
lowed from Lewis S. Welch, ’89, who
told in a general way how the choice
of the Committee fell upon the gun
and how it was made possible to se-
cure these guns; how the money had
come in so fast that the Committee
couldn’t stop it, until the surplus was
already $2,000 or more. Mr. Welch
said, on behalf of the alumni, that the
work on the Committee had been a
pleasure to them as a constantly in-
creasing revelation of the loyalty of all
Yale.
The Treasurer’s Facts,
The facts about this response of Yale
were then set forth by Mr. Edward
Sawyer, ’98, Treasurer of the Commit-
tee, in an itemized report, which gave
an idea of the extent of territory from
which these contributions had come. It
had already been brought out by the
previous speakers that the appeal had
been made in a very simple form, merely
by statements in this paper and by let-
ters or telegrams, as the exigencies of
the case arose, to the secretaries or to
Photo by Randall.
PRESIDENT TIMOTHY DWIGHT. —
other persons connected with the differ-
ent associations throughout the coun-
try. In this previous report, it had
been brought out that as far as the
alumni were concerned, nearly a thou-
sand men had partaken in the gift and
that unquestionably, without any seri-
ous effort and with only a little more
time, the entire sum might have been
raised on the basis of dollar contribu-
tions. The subscriptions had ranged
from twelve cents to two hundred -dol-
lars. The latter was given by Dr.
Depew, ’56. Several subscriptions of
$100 were also received and several of
$50. Mr. Sawyer arranged his estimate
of expenses as follows:
COST Dt AatinS. Finesse. es $5,200
estat olor. c's. S33 500
Expenses of Committee...
The last two items were estimates.
The colors are being finished under the
direction of Mr. Ernest Carter, Chair-
man of the New York Committee, and
will be presented to the boat on her
next return to port. The expenses of
the Committee, made up principally of
telegraph and correspondence bills, will
be given in detail in another issue.
Mr. Sawyer’s report, amended. by a
few slight changes, the results of the
reports received from different sections
since the meeting, gives the receipts as
follows:
Wew (tlieanss. 3)... ce... $ 7.00
Columbus 0... 9.00
Satatoen oprinme... 6 eS 10.00
OR Eee ee. a a a 10.00
PPOUSON Ter ae os 10.00
ANONYMOUS 4 Fees... cake 11.00
West Winsted: Coan: <. 265.555 12.00
Dery; (Onegin eee ee ees 15.00
mGattle VW asn 8 ee 16.00
Detroit, Mich. 16.00
Latehfield,. Coan, 2433.4. 20.00
Wyoming Valley Ass’n........ 20.00
Oregon .Association. 2.43.05. .5° 25.00
Roehester, Ne ¥o55 es as e 2o.56
Wallinetord, “Conn: G33 5 25.00
Rangeley, Me. 32.5 ves. S.eneaae 25.00
Baltimore,’: Mais. 6 6s 31.00
New: Britain: O6nin? ote 31.00
Cambridge; Mass... .. 0. S35 32.00
Northwestern Ass'n (Minne-
SDOHS) i Or ae loathe 38.00
Meriden, Conic... isc 39.00
Llouieweiles is een ny a ee 40.00
Davo, Ch a es. ee oe A4.00
Washitteton ee tas ae 48.50
Duttalo.2 Ne Ye es 4 52.00
Pairheld County, 2% 4344. -ores 75.00
Hatrishute Paws ea 70.00
Waterbury, Cogea:c. 23... 93.00
Denver Cole cece a. ee ee
Fiss@xe1ounty SS oi asa 115.00
Cleveland, Fe os ee 120.00
Scranton. “P@iswuse)si.5.. ence 123.00
Piiladeiohia, P4435 3 Poe 162.00
Crncinnatic ty Wea a ed 163.50
Pittspure, Pas oe cs 192.50
Boston. Mass. co. cee ul oe ee oO
Caliternia ASSOCIAtIONS a,. -s5., 220.00
Ciieee 0; Lie. ee a 267.00
Hareord, Gonk. 240.5 aes 317.00
Long Island Association ...... 355.00
New Diaver Alum... 20.53 633.00
New. York City Abimgit 7-20). 2,045.50
Smaller.contributions from the
following places: Brooklyn, Al-
bany, <"Sing = Sing, — Auburn:
Ithaca, Poughkeepsie, Norwich,
Canandaigua, Oneonta, Mor-
ristown, Newburg, Calendonia,
Brockport and Wellsville, N. Y.,
Wilkes-Barre, Easton, Erie,
Bethlehem, Uniontown, Coch-
ran, Pottstown and Kittanning,
Pa.; Portland; “Me.: Concord
and Dover, N. H.; Rutland and
Brattleboro, Vt.; Worcester,
Athol,.:,Andoyer, .N. Adams,
Whitinsville and South Wey-
mouth, Mass.; . Bridgeport,
Stamford, So. Norwalk, Bris-
tol, Rockville, .Terryville, So.
Glastonbury, Norwich, Middle-
town, Talcottville, Lakeville
and Brookfield Center, Conn.;
Montclair, Orange and Plain-
Held, N. =. Wine, OW a
Pleasanton, Kan.; Toledo, O.;
Paris,.. y.>. Rachmond,.. Va,:
Wilmington, Del.; Baltimore,
Md.; Cedar Rapids, Ia.; Vulcan
Mich.; Rockford, Ill.; Madi-
son, Wis.; Salt Lake City, Utah;
St. Louis, Mo. (final report not
yet in). Amounting to $141.00
Undergraduates:
Class of 08.205 iors $178.55
2 8 Re aa 190.75
1GOO. saa sere 301.40
ae ROOT, eae sae 166.00
re Qe aes Vie 78.52
Sees OO: Saves, Mie OGae
oO ian oa ae 89.50
LAW SCHOO! 4 cissey suet 71
Wivinity ocioOl os. 18.50.
Medical School . ..;;. 12,25. SI.103.32
LOM eee res $8,102.82
At the conclusion of Mr. Sawyer’s
report, which was most enthusiastically
received, the audience, under the lead
of the Glee Club and band, sang the
“Star Spangled Banner.” Mr. Walter
Haven Clark, 96, of the Law School,
then introduced the following resolu-
tions:
“Whereas, The Government has con-
ferred a distinguished honor upon Yale
University by naming one of its new
auxiliary cruisers the Yale, and
“Whereas, The graduates and students
of Yale University desire to express in
a substantial manner their hearty ap-
a of this act; now, therefore,
e-1t
“Resolved, That we, graduates and
students ‘of Yale University in mass
meeting assembled, hereby tender to the
Government our sincere thanks and beg
to present to the cruiser Yale, as a
token of our support of the Govern-
ment in the present crisis, two rapid-
fire guns and a set of colors; and fur-
ther, be it
“Resolved, That the secretary of this
meeting be instructed to forward a copy
of these resolutions to the President of
the United States and to the Secre-
tary of the Navy.”
These were’ ‘seconded “by CGC. Hi.
Studinski, ’97.
President Dwight then introduced
Rev. Dr. E. 5. Lines, ’72, who spoke
of these resolutions as follows:
Address of Rev. E. 8. Limes.
All men knew that in a great crisis
in national life such as war makes, the
voice of this ancient University would
be heard, although no one could. have
anticipated how the opportunity would
be given.
I suppose that we were all among
those who wished the war deferred as
long as possible, that all the resources
of diplomacy might be exhausted and
that the influence of the world’s trade
might make its influence felt for peace.
There is little use of discussing that
now. Probably war was sure to come.
It might have been delayed, but few
believe that it could have been averted.
From the day that the Government
demanded the withdrawal of the Span-
ish troops irom Cuba, and the end of
misrule and unutterable cruelty in the
island, our course as a people was de-
termined. Now we. stand together,
united as in no other war in which
the country has been engaged. Now
all: our resourees-im men and ‘money
are sternly pledged to the execution of
the order that Spanish soldiers shall
leave Cuba and Spanish cruelty cease.
I count it a righteous contention. It
was not determined suddenly last
month, nor by the destruction of the
Maine. The decision was hastened by
unwise agitation, but we have been for
many years coming to it.
it. GOULD NOT .GO ON.
Nations are no more called upon
than individuals to go about the world
like wandering Knights correcting
abuses. But when nations or indivi-
duals have at their doors an intolerable
nuisance, a menace year after year to
health and peace and life, the time comes
when it must be ended, and by force if
necessary. Spanish misrule in the
colonies has made what Livingston said
slavery in Atirica made, an.open, sore,
and the world’s life required that it
should be healed. In three years Spain
sacrificed 100,000 soldiers by death or
disease, to crush a rebellion into which
the Cubans had been driven by decep-
tion and unendurable abuses. No man
may know the number of innocent non-
combatants killed and starved to make
a desert of one of the most fruitful
islands of the sea and call it peace.
And this could not go on. We kept
our treaty obligations, but we could
not stifle the sympathies of our people
who have been taught to hate oppres-
sion and to love justice and mercy.
Across the sea, where we were help-
less to act, the Turk killed his hundreds
of thousands of Armenians and burned
and persecuted to his heart's content,
and the jealousies of the great powers
left him free to do his wicked work.
We said that it was a crime, a blot
upon Christian civilization, that the
Turk was not told to stay his hand and
let Armenia live.
We have had our Armenia at our
door and now we have said that abuses
and murder which rival those in Ar-
menia must end. It is a righteous de-
mand, a grand word to speak in the
name of humanity, and we may be
proud of our country for having spoken
it. It will mean unmeasured good for
the world to have an end of Spanish
corruption on the Western Continent
and to have this open sore healed.
It ill becomes me to speak of war
as other than evil. I would not fall
into the error of many of my call-
ing, in trying to interpret the divine
purpose in this war. Two lines from
one of Dr. Holmes’ war poems have
come to me many times of late.
“God help them if the tempest swings
The Pine against the Palm.”
One may hold Hosea Bigelow’s first
opinion of war;
aez: fer owar,- <1 eall: it- murder,
There you hev it plain and flat;
I don’t want to go no furder.
Than my Testyment fer that.”
“Ef you take a sword and dror it,
An’ go stick a feller thru,
Guv ment aint to answer for it,
God’ll send the bill to you.’
s And yet one may find some wisdom
in his later utterance:
“Ez for war, I go agin it,
I mean to say, I kind o’du,
Thet is, I mean thet, bein’ in it,
The best way wuz to fight it thru;
Not but wut abstract war is horrid,
I sign to thet with all my heart,
But civilyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder cart.”
We are not thoughtless about war
and we would have had the issue made
up a little differently, but.we are at war
with a just cause and contention, for
humanity and civilization, which we be-
lieve will be approved by history what-
ever may be the judgment to-day oi
Paris, Berlin or Vienna. |
The way before us may be long,
beset with difficulties and demanding
great sacrifices. They who were most
urgent for war will be soon impatient
and we shall hear that old cry of the
Civil War for a forward movement to
satisfy public sentiment. Professional
politicians who have already had too
much to do with the army will mar
its efficiency, and thoughtful men, such
as the great body of our graduates are,
must stand out against this flood of
impatience and favoritism and foolish
criticism.
We send to-night from the old home
to the great family of the sons of Yale,
the assurance that the new men in our
long muster-roll appreciate the need of
the new time. Yale men are giving
themselves for the country’s service even
as Yale men did in the war for Inde-
pendence and in the Civil War, and
are thoughtful and sober-minded. It is
hopeiul to see the college community
stirred by the sense of responsibility to
the country and brought to feel that
sacrifices must be made for the State.
A new generation of College men is
learning how much the country means
for them and that patriotism is more
than zeal for party, fervid oratory and
the display of flags. The war has
touched the heart of the University and
the response is worthy of her best tradi-
tions.
A TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY.
Our hearts go out to the College
men at Niantic, who took their places
in the lowest rank, rather than to those
who have come into high places
through the influence of fathers or
friends. As we turn with confidence
to the navy, let Yale men remember
that the country owes to a Yale man the
ability to meet in any hopeful way the
crisis which has come. As you follow
with pride the squadrons, whether at
Manila or in the Atlantic, or the vessels
which guard our coast, remember that
the new navy with its noble ships
and well trained men is the work
especially of Secretary William C.
Whitney, of the Class of Sixty-Three.
The thoughts of all of us go in all
these days to one great ship which
keeps watch for the country and for us,
far out upon the Atlantic or among the
Carribbean islands. When the govern-
ment took this ship into her service
the name of our University was given
to her, and we take her under our care
as best we may. We follow her with
our thoughts and good wishes, and we
give her guns and the set of colors that
she may speak for Yale against her
country’s foes -and be the first in their
faces to fly her country’s flag. Her
place is out on the farthest line, to
watch, that no enemy’s fleet strikes ours
unwarned, that no war-ships' break
through to destroy our cities. And we
rest in peace and go to our work while
the Yale, yes, and the Harvard too—
rivals now only in the service of the
common country, keep their lonely and
ceaseless watch. It comes to me that
