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160 assembled here to-night to do honor to the head of this great institution ; and I know that one and all will join me in proposing and drinking, stand- ing, the health of our new, young Presi- dent, who starts in the year 1900 under such glorious auspices, Arthur Twin- ing Hadley, the President of Yale.” PRESIDENT HADLEY’S SPEECH. President Hadley followed in the main the lines of his former speeches. “You have referred. sir, to* the work of Yale in the establishment of other colleges; you have referred in particu- lar to the work of those that we know in founding universities in this part of the country. movements within us, the time will come when Yale, instead of seeing in other colleges rivals, will be the head of a great movement in which the growth of every other college will help the growth of Yale and in which our relations to colleges and schools alike will be such that we can be leaders in the education of the country in a sense which would be impossible if we pursued a policy of educational isolation and confined our work to our own domains and our own students.” , Of the Yale feeling he found, he said: “T am happy and proud to say that in my whole trip throughout the Central West, the loyalty of Yale has been mant- fested beyond my highest hopes (pro- longed cheers). It is in this that we have the greatest promise for our future; in this that we have the greatest as- surance that Yale shall be a leader in education, a place to which our rivals and friends may look for life and for help and cooperation. No words can express the responsibility which rests upon you as Yale men, as an essential part of the University in the third cen- tury of her existence, and no words can express the assurance which I feel, and which all of us feel, that you will rise to the level of these responsibilities, and that you, the heart and center of the life of Yale, will give us your support, your sympathy, your loyalty, to make the Yale of the Twentieth Century the mother of American, democratic, Chris- tian men.” Mr. Lathrop: Gentlemen, before the orchestra begins to play or the singers begin to sing, I know the President will forgive the seeming familiarity if we propose to him that heartfelt western toast—‘What’s the matter with Had- ley?” (The regular responses were given very heartily by the entire assem- bly, standing. ) CHANCELLOR SNOW. The toastmaster said he would take the liberty of making a little deviation from the program and call upon Chan- cellor Snow of the University of Kan- sas, a graduate of Williams College, a man who honor the occasion, being the President of a great University him- self, by coming here to do honor to the President of Yale. Chancellor Snow said that he felt h had a kinship to Yale in that ten of his ancestors had emigrated from England and settled in Connecticut, nine of them being of the first settlers of Norwich and one of them being one of the first settlets of the city of Harvard. Chan- cellor Snow continued in part as fol- lows: “I have been greatly interested in hearing President Hadley unfold his plans for the upbuilding of the greater Yale, and I have been struck with the contrast between the constituencies of ANYWHERE! That’s where you can buy a Knox Hat. For if by any Biante the hat store at your home is not a Knox store, a line to the main ie Fifth Avenue Hotel Build- ing, New York City, will start a sample your way. I believe that, with proper: Ais 6 6h AILUMNS the two institutions over which we re- spectively preside. President Hadley comes to the alumni of the great Yale University. All the men are friendly, all men of wealth, and all respond with loyal hearts and hands to the call for aid in carrying out these plans for the future enlargement of his University. In our experience, a very different con- stituency is presented. It is necessary for us to go to the people, who must be taxed to support the institution, and in Kansas we have had to contend with all sorts of opposition. I remember on one occasion, when an appropriation of $15,000 was asked for, it was cut to $7,500. The citizens of Lawrence in- vited the legislators immediately to visit the city and gave them a banquet. They went back to Topeka and restored the full amount asked for. “At a period somewhat later, after the drought and the grasshoppers had de- vastated the land, a member of the legis- lature, who was himself a teacher, pro- posed, seriously, to take the University from the support of the State for the sum of $1,500 per annum, and he would find his own teachers. In a discussion upon the annual appropriation for the University, a member from Leaven- worth, with an unpronounceable name, objected to the first item in the bill— ‘for one Chancellor, $2.000.2 He arose to state that he thought that item was very extravagant; he thought that $500 was sufficient for a chandelier for that University. “But I will not dwell upon the theme assigned me. I wish to join with you, the alumni of the greater Yale, in ex- tending my most cordial congratulations that Yale has secured a President who is broad enough to understand the need of all classes of men for the highest education, the first Yale President who was not educated for the ministry, and who is able to take a comprehensive view of the intellectual demands of all classes of our common country. I wish him and the Yale University a develop- ment in the Twentieth Century which will surpass the fondest anticipations of himself and his associates.” A CLASSMATE OF THE PRESIDENT. Mr. F. A: Leach, ’76, a classmate of President Hadley, was next introduced, and spoke with considerable feeling of the qualities of the President as a young man and of his deserved success. Mr. Leach said that it was nearly thirty years since first they met in the Hop- kins Grammar School at New Haven. He said that President Hadley had even then started on that career as a writer which had since made him so famous, and that he treasured it as one of the greatest honors of his student days that he succeeded in being tied with him for first place on graduation on composition in the Hopkins Grammar School. But that afterwards, in 1872, and in the Class of Seventy-Six, ‘in the expressive but somewhat paradoxical language of the street,’ “I wasn’t in it; said’ Mr. Leach. He said he was glad of President Had- ley’s success for many reasons, among them because their class would not now have alone the honor of having pro- duced Bob Cook, the famous oarsman, but could claim also a President of Yale and the mark of high scholarship and great executive ability. Mr. Leach said there was a good way, too, to account for the President’s success, and it was a rule of life that he wanted to impress upon the young men, and that was, to choose good ancestors.” REASONS FOR CHOOSING YALE. The toastmaster then introduced Mr. W. B. Clarke, the father of one of Yale’s seniors, who will graduate in 1900. Mr. Clarke spoke briefly of the friends of Yale and said he knew not where any of her enemies might be found. The alumni were expected to sing Yale’s praises, but people wondered at the interest of men like himself, who never attended Yale, but who were so deeply interested in her best welfare. President Hadley had a warm spot in the hearts of these men, for, with all his learning, he had also that much prized gift, sound common sense and a knowledge of practical affairs. “In de- ciding to which Eastern college to send our sons,” said Mr. Clarke, “we natur- ally look about us for sample graduates. In this city we have Yale men prominent in every walk of life. The democratic spirit of Yale has done much to endear her to her friends, for there the sons of rich and poor are closely associated, (Continued on 162d page.) We oe Baseball Coach and Schedule. It was formally announced on Satur- day by the University Baseball manage- ment that Charles Nichols, pitcher of the Boston National League team had been engaged to coach the University Nine from the beginning of March until the Easter trip. Nichols has had ex- perience in former years with Amherst and Harvard. The schedule which was announced last week shows that outside of the Easter: trip the Baseball Nine will play 24 games between March 31 and the end of the season, counting ties in the Princeton and Harvard vames, of which number 14 will be at Yale Field. The games for the Easter.. trip have not been definitely arranged for at the time of this writing. The regular schedule follows: Saturday, March 31—New York Uni- versity at New Haven. Wednesday, April 4—Tufts at New Haven. Saturday, April 7—Wesleyan at New Jlaven. Saturday, April 21—Holy Cross at New Haven. ° Wednesday, April New Haven. Saturday, April 28—Wesleyan at Mid- dletown. Wednesday, May 2—Brown at New Haven. Saturday, May 5—Columbia at New York. Wednesday, New Haven. Friday, May 11—Andover at Andover. Saturday, May 12—Brown at Provi- dence. Wednesday, May New Haven. Saturday, May 19—Orange A. C. at East Orange, N. J. | Monday, May 21—Georgetown at New Haven. | Wednesday, May 23—Lehigh at New Haven. Saturday, May 26—Crescent A. C. at New Haven. Wednesday, May 30—Brown at Provi- dence. Saturday, June 2—Princeton at New Haven. Wednesday, June 6—Univ. of Vermont at New Haven. Saturday, June g—Princeton at Prince- ton. ; Saturday, June 16—At Orange A. C. or New York. 25—Amherst at May 9—Dartmouth at 16—Lafayette at Thursday, June 21—Harvard at Cam- bridge. Tuesday, June 26—Harvard at New Haven. Saturday, June 30—In case of a tie Harvard and Yale will play it off on neutral grounds. es Baseball President Resigns. At a meeting of the University Base- ball Association held last Wednesday night, Jan. 17, Reuben C. Twichell, President of the Association, handed in his resignation to take effect at. once. Mr. Twichell said it was necessary for him to take the position of secretary to his father, doing that work and _at- tending College if possible. At Mr. Twichell’s request the remaining officers of the Association agreed to elect his successor at their own discretion, and after a short conference Frederick B. Adams, 1900, Chairman of the Yale News, was appointed. Mr. Adams ac- cepted the Presidency. —_~+4—___— Yale, 11; Princeton, 90. The third game of the Intercollegiate Hockey series was played between Yale and Princeton at the St. Nicholas Rink, New York, Jan 19. Yale won by the score of It to 0, and showed good team work. The forwards were fast and the defensive work, especially of R. E. Smith, was excellent. Yale lined up as follows: Forwards, S. Cambell, 1900; E. S. Bronson, 1900; F. C. Inman. 1902 =. ~Pomt, oh.Po Broth 2 49002+ Cover pont Ao Coxe 100L. = Goal Ror Smith. : ms Yale, i; N.Y.A.C., 4. The New York Athletic Club de- feated the Yale Hockey Team at the St. Nicholas Rink, New York, Satur- day. night;. Jan. 13; by<a*seore’ of goals to 1. The playing was very fast, Linen, not Wool, Against the Skin! Why not? to be credited with some ex- perience in cold weather, have generally declared for linen un- derwear. Read what some of the most eminent dermatologists of the country have said about the advantages of Linen. Dei- mel Linen-Mesh is queer stuff and costs a bit, sure enough, but it is magnificently endorsed by intelligent people who have tried wes CHASE & CO. New Haven House Block. Russians, who ought —$————— especially in the second half, and the score is hardly a fair indication of the relative strength of the two teams. Yale lost because of poorer team work. Her only goal was made in the second “ett by Bronson from a pass by Camp- bell. —_—_+e4—___—_ Bethany Graduate Association of Yale. A number of the graduates of Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kans., who are now taking post-graduate courses at Yale, were called together by Dr. Granville at his house, Dec. 29, for the purpose of organizing a Bethany College Graduate Association of Yale University. Dr. Granville appointed a committee with Dr. Westlund as chairman, to prepare all the preliminaries necessary for elect- ing officers and completing the organiza- tion. While it is the intention to take good care of the social feature of the Association, its main object will be to encourage graduates of Bethany College and other Western colleges to come to Yale for post-graduate courses. It is the intention to do this work in a syste- matic manner, assigning to each member some particular part of the work for which he seems best suited. A great deal of this kind of work has already been done by instructors and graduates at Yale, hailing from Bethany College, with the result that of the Class of Ninety-Nine, taking bachelors’ degrees at Bethany College, thirty-three and one- third per cent. are now at Yale pursuing post-graduate courses, and none went to any other university. Of the Class of Ninety-Eight, twenty per cent. are now here. As far as can be learned, no other college sends any- thing like as large a proportion of gradu- ates to Yale. This association of gradu- ates is certainly the first of its kind at Yale, and probably the only one of its kind in any American university. —_—___—___4>>___—~_ Work on Hendrie Hall. The work on Hendrie Hall, as the “new front of the Yale Law School will be known, has been recently taken up after a delay of several months, caused by the scarcity of iron for the girders and supports; and will be pushed with all possible speed to the end. The street wall of grey granite has already risen above the first story and the side walls of red pressed brick are somewhat higher. It is hoped to have the build- ing about completed by Commencement and ready for occupancy when College opens next Fall. ——__+#_____—__ Hawaiian Club Dinner. The Hawaiian Club held its annual dinner Wednesday evening, Jan 17, at the Tontine Hotel. An invitation to Hawaiian students now studying at Harvard University and at Lawrence- ville and Hotchkiss preparatory schools brought 10 guests. The dinner was very pleasant and profitable. The Yale Hawaiian Club has at present six mem- bers. Henry Pratt Judd, 1901, of Hono- lulu, is President.
