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en cl il ae ee surely called for mutual congratulations of equal dimensions. Let us hope that the Bi-centennial Celebration will result in fostering that highest measure of that moral support, with which the University may boldly enter upon her third century and face the great prob- lems of the future. Mr. Chauncey G. Parker responded for Harvard. The sentiment was from Kipling: “Deeper than speech our love, stronger than life our tether, But we do not fall on the neck nor kiss when we come together.” Mr. Parker dwelt at length on the reconciliation and close mutual inter- ests of Yale and Harvard. Prof. Walter A. Wyckoff of Princeton responded to the toast to that Univer- sity to the sentiment from Longfellow: “Thus I wag through the world, half time on foot and the other half walk- ing.’ His speech was a very graceful statement of Princeton’s position in the intercollegiate world. The toast for Mr. Yandell Henderson, Yale ’95, was “Chasing the Dons.” Mr. Henderson sketched briefly and graphi- cally the cruise of the “Yale” and the pleasant and interesting experiences connected with it. He paid a very handsome compliment to Captain Wise, whose presence was expected at the supper, but who was detained by illness. To the toast “Ourselves” and to the sentiment “As for him that bloweth not his own horn, his horn shall not be blown,’ Mr: Sidney M. Colgate, ’85, spoke as follows: Mr. Colgate’s Response. Since the Secretary of our Associa- tion informed me that I was expected to reply to this toast this evening, it is fortunate for me, and also for any who may have a kindly interest in me, that I have not seen a sign, such as an enter- prising undertaker in London hung in his window, which read as follows: “Why walk around in misery when you can be decently buried for thirty shil- lings?’ And yet there is a brighter side to my lot this evening, in that I am privileged to represent an Association which has stood during its long history for all the bést objects which an Asso- ciation can represent. An Alumni Association, it seems to me, should at least stand for three things: First: For the cultivation of gener- osity toward the University. Second: For the crystallization of opinion concerning the policy of the University, and, Third: For the preservation and per- petuation of the Yale spirit. Among our own immediate members it is well known that our Association has taken a very active interest in stim- ulating the generosity of its members toward their alma mater. (Mr. Col- gate recited here the humorous record of the Association in this line in the past and then continued in a serious vein), ; Since 1890 there has been no effort on the part of our Association to raise a fund for the College, but now, with the return of general prosperity, there is no reason why another effort should not be made. Nay, more, it seems to me very desir- able that there should be made, with the incoming of a new administration, a united effort on the part of all the alumni associations throughout the country, give liberally to their alma mater. There is now an_ excellent system for the collection of gifts through class organizations, but, it seems to me, the Alumni Associations could accomplish this work in the more thickly populated sections of the country, more thoroughly and efficiently than by means of any class machinery. x k *k * THE EXPRESSION OF ALUMNI SENTIMENT, Second. An Association should stand for the crystallization of the opinion of the alumni concerning the policy of the University. This Association, formed in 1884, was quick to realize its duties and responsibilities, for, when but two years old, in 1886, a crisis was impending in the affairs of the University similar to that which must be faced this year, we rose to the occasion, as the following minute will testify. “After the annual meeting in 1886, a discussion arose as to the policy of the University, in which all took part, and YATE ALUMNI WHREKBEY Messrs. Heald, Dryden and Fowler were appointed a Committee with power to decide upon the advisability of holding a general meeting, to discuss the selection of a College President and the general policy of the University.” To some of you, this may seem rather presumptuous, to attempt to dictate to the members of the Corporation whom they should select; in fact it may seem to you, as Kipling has remarked, “like tapping with your cane on the deck of a troop ship, to stop the engines be- cause you are seasick.” President Dwight was chosen. WHAT ASSOCIATIONS HAVE DONE. Following in the wake of his popular Presidency and the example of our own Association, associations through- out the country have rapidly multiplied. In these associations during the past thirteen years, and recently aided by that indefatigable and indispensable ally, the ALUMNI WEEKLY, the opinions of the graduates have become crys- talized, not only by discussing the affairs of the University among them- selves, but also by meeting in an in- ‘formal and social way with the Presi- dent and members of the Faculty. From their own lips we have learned concerning the inner life of the Univer- sity, its difficulties, its encouragements, its purpose and its hopes, and from this more personal contact has grown up a greater trust and confidence in the Uni- versity and in those who are responsible for its direction, so that to-day, when we are approaching another crisis like that of 1886 I have not heard of any such meeting being proposed by this Association as formerly, to give points to the Corporation as to whom they should choose for President. Third. An Association should stand for the preservation and perpetuation of the Yale spirit. betas A GLORIOUS RECORD. Our record: during the past has been glorious, and there is every promise for the future. We are rich in the memory .- of Hon. Staats S. Morris, our first President, who had been graduated for fifty-three years before he reached the pinnacle of his career in the Presidency of this Association; Hon. Anthony Q. Keasby and Chancellor Runyon, who, after forty-two years of patient waiting, received this, their greatest honor. We look with pride upon Daniel A. Heald, Rev. Richard Green, Frederick Adams, Hamilton Wallis, Prof. D. A. Kennedy, and the peerless trio who have broken - all records for second and third terms, Jack, Dick and Mike. It is dangerous, in an Alumni Association, to even name the Yale spirit, because of the tendency of the speaker who utters these mystic words to attempt to define them and put them in concrete form. [I have heard such descriptions, which, instead of beautifying, but picked to pieces and disfigured that which eludes description. It is as indefinable as that sense of the all-pervading beauty of which Lowell writes: “It runs through all and doth all unite.’ Whatever it is, we know that it exists, that it is a power no less than the power of gravitation, and that it should be one of the great forces to make the life of each alumnus the sweeter, the nobler and better worth the living; -*.0* In education, while the President of Cornell is now on his way to the islands of the Sea, to establish kindergartens and peripatetic schools of philosophy in the palm groves of the Philippines, that time has come, predicted by the ancient Hebrew seer, when one week from to- night, in New York, at this very hour, the lion of Yale will sit down with the ox of Harvard and eat spinach to- gether. Our own Association is ex- panding the limits of its domain, and now is including in Essex County, the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and The Bronx, for no doubt you all have received urgent letters from our Presi- dent, requesting you to make this occa- soin the rallying point of all the mem- bers of your class East of the Alle- ghenys, but in our own inner circle we hold fast that which is good. Mike is again in the chair, and, so far as I know, is to remain during good behavior, provided only he will intimate that he will follow the good example set by President Dwight and retire at the age of seventy. * * * The ancient schools in the groves of Athens could broadly be described as a collection of men, but after the in- vention of the printing press and the multiplication of books, Carlyle re- marked that a University of those days consisted of a collection of books. Judging from the rapid and phenomenal growth of educational centres in certain localities of the West, it would seem that in these days a university consisted Yale has . of a collection of buildings. combined these three great elements in education, and she is to-day a university of buildings, of books and of Bachelors of Arts. She has builded on the broad and enduring foundation of Christian culture, and through all the changes and fickleness of this careless age she has conserved that which was best in educa- tion and religion. We, her children, strong men though we be, in her pres- - ence are subdued and humbled, and a feeling of restfulness and hope comes over wus, as she places her venerable arms around us and calmly says: “Grow old along with me, - The best is yet to be, The last of life for which the first was made.” : The invited guests were: Chauncey G. Parker; C. G. Kidder; John Rey- Holds. harvard: Prot. Water ox. Wyckoff; Edward D. Duffield; Bay- ard Kirkpatrick, Princeton; E. M. Colie, New York University; Joseph Vernon, Yale ’85; Prof. J. C. Schwab, Yale ’86; Yandell Henderson, Yale ’95. The members of the Association pre- © sent were as follows: ‘41—D. A. Heald. *55—Henry N. Cobb. ‘62—Frederic Adams. °63—Hamilton Wallis. ’°64—F. E. Woodruff. *71—Geo. M. Keasby. *"72—W. B. Wheeler, Geo.. Richards. *73—John O. Heald. . "74—W. Campbell, D. A. Kennedy. *75—-Wm. Read Howe, T. J. Lee. ’76—Geo. E. Coney, Jas. B. Dill. *77-—R. M. Colgate. . : Sa We Sherindn. Louis Hood, CGhus, A. Feick, -C. He Kelsey, A.D: Chandler. . 4 *79—L. H. Hyde. ~ ’S0—D. W. Richards. ’81—-F rederick Seymour. *84—C. A. Mead, C. E. Eaton, Joseph Wood. Be ee ocnaiize.- jr, Ros. Otorss; W. E. Eaton, J. M. Magher, ’85%., Edw. Kenny, ’85 L.S. 26 —-N. M. Goodlett, Jr., S. M. Col- gate, A. Colgate, C. W. Goodrich, Wm. A. Brown. ’87_S, E. Cobb, Paul Spencer, W. S. Brigham, R. D. Morse. 3 ’°88—Geo. M. Gill. ’°91—Malcolm MacLear. : °92—_Wm. N. Runyon, Otto Schreiber. ’92 S.—H. B. Atha. 94 —A. S. Taylor, Geo. B. Case. °97—John L. Ewell, Jr., N. W. Wallis, Geo. J. Ferry, Jr. ’97 S.—C. G. Altha, R. S. Kilborne, C: Rudoff Schultz, Jr. ’98—George G. Schreiber, R. D. Douglas. ’98 S.— Richard Krementz. ——_—__>¢—_—_——_—""__.- FOR THE CORPORATION. Mr. Henry F. Dimock is Named by | Certain Alumni. To the Alumni of Yale: Understand- ing that the Hon. Frederick J. Kings- bury, whose term of office as Fellow of Yale University expires this year, does not wish to be re-elected, and deeming it desirable and especially fit that his successor be one qualified by nearness of residence and business ex- perience to serve the University in the same way as he has so well served it during the last eighteen years, we re- spectfiully present as a candidate for election as such successor, Mr. Henry F. Dimock, of the Class of Sixty-three, who resides in New York, is one of its most successful and influential men of business, and is widely known, es- teemed and trusted as a man of rare ability, sound judgment and high character. His faithfulness in the dis- charge of all duties undertaken, his especial interest in education and his strong loyalty to Yale assure, in case of election, his attention to the duties of ‘to the regular meetings; 187 this high and responsible office, And it seems to us peculiarly apt at this time to put forward a representative Yale man whose success is a striking proof of the value of college training in a business career. Name. CLass Guages Ki lgecrsoll::, .o.. 12. |: "40 Pibert: Mathews. 2.405.023. 5). "A2 sherman W; Knevals:... 2... .. - "53 Charies “lo Lewts cis 03 oe 5 "53 Baward WLambert 20.05.6584 Alexander H. Stevens ....... ‘peBd Wacer Swayne 2.2 ....-. 56 Robert Mo Galway 52.4.2. 58 Proderic W. 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To the Editor of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY: Sir:—As an alumnus resident in New Haven, and a recent graduate, may I suggest to my fellow alumni through the medium of the WEEKLY, the name of Col. Norris G. Osborn for the vacancy in the corporation caused by the death of Edward G. Mason? The resignation of President Dwight together with the withdrawal of: Prof. Brush from the Scientific School, make the selection of new members of the Corporation at the present time one of unusual import to our alma mater. The new president, whoever he may be, is almost certain to be chosen from among the younger educators of the country, and if the evident desire of the great body of the alumni be con- sulted, will be essentially an executive. Appreciating to the fullest the great work done by President Dwight, it cannot be denied that the years before us will be even more vital to the growth of the University, and the broadening of its influence, than the decade through which we have passed. | To properly support such a president the new members of the Corporation should be chosen from those able and willing to devote the necessary time men broad and progressive in their views; and if such a suggestion may be ventured,
