YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY
time.’ He seemed to have the idea that
Divine Providence found him and
picked him up at that time. The gen-
tleman whom I wish to introduce to
you next, and whom I am sure you will
be glad to hear, was there on the 25th
of May last, and was found. He will
begin his work as a moral agent to-
morrow. What his first moral act will
be—the character of it—theologians
have a good deal to say about that—l
think will depend considerably on the
results at New London. The gentle-
man to whom I refer and for whom I
have the deepest respect is Professor
Hadley, President-elect of Yale Uni-
versity.”
Pres.-Elect Hadliey’s Response.
President-elect Hadley responded as .
follows:
“Mr. President and gentlemen of the
Yale alumni—This is a day both of
retrospect and of prospect. I cannot
look pback:.on fifty.. years, but I: can
look back on twenty very pleasant ones,
and will only express the hope that
your remembrance of twenty years will
not lead you to treat me as Mr. Travers
treated that luckless banker, who said,
‘Mr. Travers, have you read my last,
pamphlet on the currency question,’
and Travers replied, ‘I hope so.’
“But there is a retrospect to Presi-
dent Dwight’s administration to which
we ought to give a few words at least;
for, in that admirable account which he
gave this morning of the course and de-
velopment of Yale during this century,
so generous in its estimate of others,
his position debarred him from showing
equal generosity in his estimate of his
own work. Let me continue the line
of thought that he gave us in the
address of this morning. Let me tell
you how the strong work done by the
presidents of the early periods were all
in jeopardy thirteen years ago, because
the work of Yale had in some respects
outgrown the financial powers behind it.
Let me tell you how a man came to
the front who was a financier, no less
than a theologian; a man who had the
conviction of what the University needed
and what the University could do; a
man who saved the work of the past
years, not by a mere process of conser-
vation as that of the late President Day,
but by taking the rudder in his hands,
and rescuing us from financial ship-
wreck, to which we seemed perilously
near; and how under his guidance, in
these thirteen years, the position of the
University has become very much
stronger, until now, the man who takes
it up, takes, not an institution in a pre-
carious condition, but an institution
whose foundations, as has well been
said, are laid secure.
“And he has had it in him to inspire
others to work with him. Great
should be the gratitude of Yale, not
only towards her large benefactors, but
to those who have given her their time
—the men who have charge of. the
alumni university fund and others, who,
by their efforts, have seconded the
Presidents so ably. There is no time
for detail We thank them, and we
thank them one and all.
THE FUTURE.
“And now a word as to the future.
There is no need of much unbuilding.
The foundations are well laid and
strongly laid. President Dwight has
had a profound conception of what a
University should be. The first work to
be done inside is the ordering of the
relation of the parts one to another
so that the buildings, true in them- .
selves, shall stand true together.
“There is a story of a certain can-
didate for mayor of Milwaukee, of
whom I am reminded sometimes when
I look at some of the pictures on this
wall. The streets of Milwaukee had
been expensively but awkwardly laid—
or at any rate some of the inhabitants of
Milwaukee thought that the lines of the
sidewalks did not always go straight—
and this candidate promised that if
elected, his first act should be to para-
lyze the sidewalks and _ curbstones.
Some of this has to be done here: Nor
need the work stop there. Nor can it
stop there. It is not merely in the re-
lations of the departments one to
another. There is further opportunity
for development in the extension of
University influences onward and back-
ward; onward, so that the graduates
can feel themselves even more than they
have in the past a part of the Univer-
sity; backward into the schools, so that
“we can come into contact with the
educational systems of the country and
become leaders of influence which we
could never be if we pursued a policy
of isolation.
THE NEW SECRETARY.
“Tt is one of the greatest satisfactions
that I have upon entering my work that,
along with the loyal support of the
members of the several faculties, I have
before me the prospect of assistance
right: at Hand. from = such. 4° nian
as Anson Phelps Stokes of the Class
of Ninety-Six, who will bring to
BELA LYON PRATT.
Given degree of B.F.A.by Yale at Commencement.
the Secretaryship, not only,—and this is
the very highest compliment of the kind
that could be paid mortal man—not
only the disinterested devotion of the
previous incumbent of the chair, but the
contact which he, as a young man, must
make with the younger alumni and the
influence among the schools which he,
in his college days, has already had and
used for Yale, and which it is his am-
bition to carry further.
“And in this work we are glad to be-
lieve that we can have the cooperation
of other Universities. There need be
no isolation; I am confident that there
will be the utmost friendliness. I ac-
cept it as a harbinger of the future, that
we have at Yale to-day, not merely
representatives of Harvard and of
Columbia and of Princeton and of
Annapolis, but that we have also repre-
sentatives of the Universities of Great
Britain and Germany. This may well
be a harbinger, that working together,
we shall do infinitely more for the
cause of learning and the cause of
humanity, and for making leaders of
thought and leaders of men, than we
could ever have done separately.
“Tihis is not an inaugural address and
it is not time for outlining a policy.
In fact, an incoming president cannot
always outline his policy. Many re-
forms must be instituted by the profes-
sors. And after that there are many
other things which are easily reformed,
when you can make the other man be-
lieve he is doing it and not let him
know in advance just exactly what you
want. For details, then, we must wait
partly for the inaugural, and partly for
the outgrowth and growing up of the
history of the College. Yale will
develop in the future as she has devel-
oped in the past, by the harmonious
action of all parts. It is for us to-day,
not so much to strive to peer too closely
into the future, as to render grateful
recognition to the men who have made
Yale what it now is, to the men who
are still making Yale what it is—Presi-
dent Dwight, his associates in the Cor-
poration, and in the administration, in
the Faculty and among the alumni.
It is for us, the younger men, to thank
them and to thank God for the oppor-
tunity that they have given us.”
“President Hadley as I may most
properly speak of him now,” continued
President Dwight, when the applause
at the conclusion of the new President’s
speech had subsided, “has alluded to
the union of universities, not only in
this country, but in foreign countries.
What representative of this idea could
be more worthy or more fitting than
our friend, Mr. Mott?”
Mr. Mott’s Speech.
“I appreciate,” said Mr. Mott, “more
keenly than I can express by any lan-
guage to-day, the kindly and gracious
act of adoption of this morning. I
receive it not so much unto myself as
unto that great Christian student
aos
brotherhood, which I have the honor
of representing, and to which so many
Yale men belong. |
“TI appreciate this honor in a peculiar
sense and degree as coming from Yale.
Why? Because of the far-reaching in-
fluence in organized Christian work
which Yale has had in the development
and extension of this student movement
throughout the world. Why? Because
in Yale to-day is to be found the larg-
est Christian student association, not
only of this country, but of all the ©
countries of the world. Not only the
largest Christian organization of stu-
dents, but as a result of the wise guid-
ance of the committee, the hearty, in-
tense co-operation of leading students,
representing all aspects of university
life, and the wise counsel and sympa-
thetic co-operation of President Dwight,
this organization has already embodied
the best attributes of organized Chris-
tian work amongst the students, and ap-
peals to the best elements in university
ife. -
“TI say therefore that I feel this honor
in a peculiar degree. I have found Yale
men in every city of the Union, but it
is not to that I would call special at-
tention. In harmony with the sugges-
tion that has just been made, I would
emphasize chiefly at this time the world-
wide extent of the influences of Yale.
I have now visited some thirty coun-
tries, and I am pained to say I have even
been in a country where I did not find
the American flag; but I have never
been where I did not find the Yale flag.
I thought I had reached a place where
I would not find a Yale man when I
took a trip to certain islands, but the
first man I played with on the deck
of the boat—deck billiards—was a Yale
man. When I went up to China, I said
I would not find any, but I found Yale
men on the rush line of missions. Then
I went over to Japan, and I was told
a few weeks before there had been a
meeting of fifty Yale men, not all grad-
uates of Yale, but loyal Yale men, and
so it has been throughout the world.
YALE MEN’S WORK.
“It was a very prominent member of
this College who laid the foundation of
this movement on the continent of
Europe, James B. Reynolds. I went on
into Ceylon and found the man who be-
gan the work among the students in
these parts of the world, Frank San-
ders, now one of the professors of Yale.
In India I found that one of the travel-
ing secretaries of this student movement
in this great country was a Yale man.
I went to China and found the man who
formed the first organization of students
in that country was a Yale man. It is
true he has been sticceeded by that
Princeton center rush, Gailey, but it
was he who laid the foundations upon
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Elected to six year term in Corporation succeeding
Hon. F. J. Kingsbury.
which the structure was raised. And
in Japan, the man who developed it for
the first eight years of its life was John
Swift.
in the Southern Seas, in that mighty
empire that is opening up, it was neces-
sary for them to send back here for
‘Billy’ Sallmon.
“We all have known of the influence
of Yale in the political history of this
country, and we need only think of
such names as Chief Justice Waite and
‘William Evarts in the great national de-
velopment. We need only to think of
White at The Hague, and other names
that crowd in memory. And we all know
how the spirit of Yale College mani-
viously said,
To sustain the great work down -
fested itself when at least 300 of her
sons hurled themselves or were ready
to huri themselves to death at their
country’s call.
_“T wish to call attention to the preci-
sion that has characterized Yale men in
all relationships, in working and build-
ing up a Christian civilization. I refer
to the missionary heroes as I have
found them working in the Levant, in
Africa, in India, in Japan, and in the
islands of the Southern Seas. It has
taken the Yale spirit to do what they
have done. It has taken men of rare
fiber to thrust themselves into the very
heart of China. It is said that the most
distinguished service of England to her
great empire of India was that of fur-
nishing the highest ideals and inspira-
tions in the administration of the affairs
of that grand empire of three hundred
millions of people. We are living at a
time when Yale and the other universi-
ties recognize their responsibility, not
only to the nation, but to the whole
world, and we are laboring to the end
that the influence that goes out from
this great republic shall be an influence
that makes for righteousness, and the
highest type of civilization.”
Dr. Dodge’s Response.
The Rev. Dr. Dodge was briefly in-
troduced by the President and spoke
as follows:
“When our President used the word
‘examination, I think I speak to the
experience of all, that a tremor ran up
the spine of every man here, and I
think I also speak to the experience of
all when I say that our most fervent
prayer in those days of past agony was
that the paper might be short. There-
fore, anything I say will be short. I
have been engaged, as has been pre-
for the last thirty-five
years or more, in the export trade, and
I may frankly say that the trade has
been somewhat successful, because I
have been engaged in exporting a valua-
ble product. I have been engaged in
exporting Yale ideas. Mr. Mott has
just spoken of what Yale has been do-
ing in other parts of the world. In a
word, I may say I have been con-
nected with an institution whose ideas
of scholarship and athletics are being
used over in the Levant, and whose
young men will be the leaders in the
coming great conflict between Protes-
tantism and Mohammedanism. As a
member of the Class of Fifty-Seven, I
believe that there is one good reason
why the next President will be a suc-
cessful man. He was born during the
period when the Class of Fifty-Seven
was passing through this institution.
We all remember what remarkable
stories were told of the progress of that
young man before he was twelve months
old, and I may say to these young men
here, that, while looking forward to the
time the next President may reach three
score years and ten and lay down his
successful burden, if they are to follow
in his footsteps they have got to begin
as early as he. Some of them will have
to-be born again, I am afraid.
“And now, dear friends, I feel that
every man who leaves Yale feels sorry
at the thought that one, who was our
President for so many years, 1s now
about to retire, and I want to say to all
the graduates here, and to that one who
is now to take the reins of office, that
no man will wish him larger success
than the old alumni of the College.”
Admiral Bunee.
President Dwight then ‘said: “I
promised Admiral Bunce that he should
not say a word, but told him that he
must get up and receive our hearty
‘welcome and I wish he would arise and
let us welcome him and say something
to us if he will.” 7
The hall literally shook with applause
as the Admiral stood up. He spoke
briefly as follows:
“Mr. President and Fellows: I feel
very deeply the honor of being elected
a conductor, in a large degree, for your
interest in and fellowship with the naval
service of the United States. In that
capacity alone do I receive the en-
thusiastic welcome given me. Per-
sonally there are no claims whatever of
mine for any such honor as has been
conferred upon me to-day. Another
point, I am but an infant. An infant
cannot talk. I am but two or three
hours old. The institution from which
I graduated has no talking among its
grades of study, and I am glad of it
now because I feel that there is no
