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THE BOSTON DINNER.
Large Yale Meeting—Presentation to
Mr. Rodgers, °98.
The annual dinner of the Yale Alumni
Association of Boston, at the Exchange
Club, Thursday, February 15, was by
far the largest and most enthusiastic
and successful meeting ever held by the
organization. There were almost two
hundred graduates present, gathered to
do honor to President Hadley on his
first visit to the Association.
At the business meeting preceding the
dinner, the following were elected of-
ficers of the Association for the coming
year: 3
President... George "I, Huntress, .70,;
Secretary;::L. Ls. Hopkins, 291-5. Treas-
urer, A. L... Aiken,v’or;: Executive
Committee, Hon. Henry Baldwin, ’54;
Dr. Abner Post, 66; Rev. Theodore
P.. Praddén,-’6ey Hot, Samet.’ ¥.
Elder; °735°.° William °"ES ‘Strong. ?:’96;
Walter I. Bigelow, 77; Sherman L.
Whipple, 81; W. E. Decrow, ’80; C. P.
Phelps, 8452 f-C*Sinith, ¢ "852" Allex
Hubbard, 83 S.; Horace S. Frazer, ’83
S.; Sidney Hosmer, ’92; J. Weston
Allen, ’93; Henry C. Stetson, ’93, and
R. W. Whitehead, ’93 S.
President Henry Baldwin, ’54, acted
as toastmaster. At the close of his
speech of welcome, he introduced Presi-
dent Hadley, who-was greeted with tre-
mendous enthusiasm. -At frequent inter-
vals President Hadley’s speech was
punctuated with cheers. He said, in
part:
“Coming from the alumni associations
of the West, where every man who can,
goes to Yale as a matter of course,
to Boston, where every man who goes
to Yale is a monument to his own moral
courage, to his parents’, or both, it is a
great delight to find in this alumni
meeting a larger gathering than has
been seen anywhere, except in New
York. Whatever may be said of the
rivalry between Boston and Chicago in
the matter of population, in the mere
numbers of the census, it may at least
be said that in this Yale gathering,
which represents the truly worthy part
of the population, Boston is ahead. It
certainly does not seem like the enemy’s
country.
“We have passed the clerical regime
when there was a feeling’ that there
was not room for two universities side
by side.
and the demand for education grows
larger, the different universities of the
country find their place. Harvard, Co-
lumbia and Pennsylvania, being located
near large cities, have become primarily
professional schools, attaining a local
character, while Yale and Princeton,
separated from the influence of big cities,
have achieved a national character, and
a usefulness, primarily, in the develop-
ment of the best type of citizenship to
lead in national affairs. I do not want
to be misunderstood in anything I say
about the comparison of colleges. I
want it understood once for all that I
am a cordial admirer of President Eliot
and the work he is doing. There is
toom -for wus “both, Yale and Har-
vard, to learn our lessons and make our
experiments in rivalry, but in mutual
respect and friendliness. Yale shall hold
to the idea of having the students meet
in the same class’: rooms on common
lines. I think we shall not give the
degrees for a certain number of hours
of work, no matter in what order, but
shall require a certain arrangement of
elementary and advanced courses, so
that men in each year will be doing
some advanced work and some elemen-
tary work. In other words, while
leaving the utmost freedom of choice,
we will strive to make that choice grad-
ual and specialization gradual—the men
learning something of everything and
everything of something. I do not be-
lieve that we shall, for some time to
come, if ever, cut off the concluding
year of the college course.”
President Hadley, by the aid of maps
and plans, explained the proposed new
building and grounds, to the manifest
interest of the audience.
Among the features of the dinner was
the enthusiasm which greeted a tribute
to ex-President Dwight, Alfred Hemen-
way, 61, coupling the names of the old
and the new Presidents in a delightful
way, bringing forth a manifestation of
the love and affection which the Bos-
ton graduates feel for both. ss
As the country grows larger, ©
YALE ALUMNI wHEKLY
The presentation to Yale’s great coach,
J. O. Rodgers, ’98, of a beautiful set of
the Century Dictionary, bound in Yale
blue morocco, each volume impressed
in gold with the Yale seal, was one of
the events of the evening. Samuel J.
Hider ’73, made a happy presentation
speech, Rodgers accepting in remarks
of characteristic modesty, in which he
gave unlimited credit to the general-
ship of Capt. McBride and the fighting
qualities of the members of the team.
A special glee club of younger grad-
uates, led by. J. Weston Allen, ’93, fur-
nished the best singing with which the
Association has ever been favored. A
solo by Ledyard, ’97, was loudly ap-
plauded.
The speeches were without exception
excellent, the speakers, besides those
already mentioned, being Dickinson W.
Richards, ’80; Rev. Edward M. Noyes,
goo George S. ° Payson, 8% o> and
Judge Howland, ’54.
Letters of regret were read from
President Eliot of Harvard, Governor
Crane, Justice Brown of the United
States Supreme Court, and Chief Justice
Peters of Maine, who were invited.
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The Divinity School Catalogue.
The new catalogue of the Divinity
School is entirely changed from the old
form and much enlarged. The most
important changes in announcements
have already been made in the WEEKLY,
namely, those referring to the prizes.and
loans and pecuniary aid.
One of the first changes noted is the
announcement that no students of other
“seminaries will be received as candidates
for the degree of B.D., after the open-
ing of the year.
As to members of the graduate class,
it is announced that those who have a
degree of B.A. equivalent to that of Yale
College may be enrolled in the Graduate
Department of the University and be-
come candidates for the degree of M.A.
(requiring one year of residence), or
that of Ph.D. (requiring at least two
years .of residence). The proposed
course of study must have the approval
of a committee of the’ Academical
Faculty in case.of M.A., and of the
Graduate Faculty in case of Ph.D.
A new regulation is announced in re-
gard to resident licentiates in the form
of a fee of $10 for incidental expenses
incurred by their attendance at lectures
and the use of the libraries of the Divin-
ity School and the University.
It is announced in regard to elective
work that the required number of hours
may be made up both from the electives
offered by the professors in the Divinity
School and from a long list of Univer-
sity courses, which Divinity students
may enter.
The description of the courses of study
is this year given by departments. This
seeems to have considerable advantage
in clearness.
Among the courses announced for the
year is one on “The Epistles of Cap-
tivity,” by Professor Bacon, and one on
“The Original of the Lucan Writings,”
by the same professor. Professor Por-
ter offers “Biblico-Theological Study of
Hebrews, James and. Revelations,” a
one-hour course through the year. He
also offers as a graduate course “The
Biblical Doctrine of Revelation.” One
of Professor Fisher’s courses for the
second term is “Leading Types of
Protestantism in England.” Professor
Stevens offers “The Theology of
Ritschl.” One of the first term courses
of Professor Brastow is on “Christian
Pedagogy and Liturgics.”
A course in Mission Study is offered
by Mr. John Pitt Deane. This is a
more systematic arrangement of Mis-
sion Study than has yet been attempted.
It includes class and lecture courses.
Under the latter head, Professor Hop-
kins will give six lectures on “The
Religions of India,’ Professor Sanders
a lecture on the “History of Christain
Missions in India, and Present Prob-
lems of Mission Work in India,” while
Mr. F. W. Williams will trace the Bibli-
cal History of China in outline during
the past three centuries, with “a special
reference to the factors out of which the
present state of the Empire has been
evolved.”
This list of University electives open
to the students of the Divinity School
1s, Of course, a very long one and goes
into practically all branches where the
interest of the theological student would
draw him.
STATE REPRESENTATION,
Interesting Facts about Birthplaces
of Yale Men and Ancestors.
[By Dr. Jay W. Seaver, Associate Director of Yale
Gymnasium. |
The material from which Yale men
are made is a matter of interest not only
to the Faculty and Governing Board of
the University, but to all the alumni as
well. A study of the regions that send
men to Yale, discloses some valuable
points in determining not only the places
from which the students themselves
come, but enables us to judge something
of sectional peculiarities and possibly
something of the tendency of national
and local types in educational matters.
It has been possible to gather some data
in connection with the physical exami-
nation of Yale students that throws
light upon these subjects. It may be a
matter of interest to alumni to know that
a physical examination is required of
each man who uses the Yale Gymnasium,
unless a certificate is furnished by the
parent or family physician requesting
hat this requirement be waived and
agreeing to bear the responsibility for
any injury that may result from the use
of the gymnasium without the guid-
ance of the instructors in charge of that
department. In connection with these
physical examinations, the student fills
out a blank giving the birthplace of
himself, his parents, and grandparents,
among other items that help in estimat-
ing the physical possibilities of the man.
From the last thousand men examined
in the Academic Department, I have
compiled the accompanying table.
’ Paternal
Grandfathers.
Paternal
Grandmothers.
Maternal
Grandfathers.
Maternal
Grandmothers.
Fathers.
New York,
Connecticut,
Pennsylvania,
275. 283° 217. °226 297 256
187 188 196 192 191 190
G2) 929 28 oe OG
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x Hin S Bh ON O CO tu ents
Massachusetts, A 7 CARO 8) SMM Ce hale 3 eae oh
New Jersey, 25.35 04. Sag 16> “a2
Ohio, 53° 5° O52). 29.4: 20, 24%’ t" 32
Illinois, Ir 26 7 4 4 5
Maine, 20 eb: gl 87 a o4s ae
Vermont, BPe BS R326 Fal eb. +s ag
Ky. and Tenn., 26..5.30;486 20 20. 29. 23
Great Britain and
Ireland, a3 O85 5st een. 30! Egg: TIO
Germany, 45°80 296 Fige! S01 4er Ad
Carolinas, 6°40 62 41-5 -F0 eee
From this table it appears that New
York State leads in the number of men
sent to Yale, this being essentially one-
fourth of the total number of students,
while Connecticut follows in the second
position, with essentially one-fifth.
Pennsylvania stands third, with Massa-
chusetts, Illinois, Ohio and New Jersey
following with a comparatively large
representation, which is essentially one-
fourth the number from Connecticut.
The next largest number of students
comes from Maine and Vermont, Ken-
tucky and Tennessee, each of which is
represented by about the same number
of men that we find from Great Britain
and Ireland, which was the birthplace
of thirteen men.
DISTRIBUTION OF BIRTHPLACES.
Now, if we look at this table to dis-
cover the distribution of the birthplaces
of parents, we find that New York is
still represented by the largest number,
although the number of parents is not
so great as the number of pupils, and if
we glance at the columns representing
the birthplaces of grandparents, we see
that there is a diminishing number on
both the paternal and maternal sides.
This same fact is found to exist with re- ©
gard to the parents cf students from
Connecticut, while the number of grand-
parents from this State is larger than
the number of parents. This point is
worthy of special study in connection
with what we observe in the case of
some of the other States like Illinois,
where many cof these grandparents of
Yale men may be located, as we see a
marked deficiency in the number of
grandparents born in that State as com-
pared with the number of students from
it. Pennsylvania has a comparatively
large number of parents born within her
borders, but the number of grandpar-
ents shows a proportion somewhat simi-
lar to those from New York. In the
case of Massachusetts we notice that
the number of parents corresponds
closely with the number of students,
while the list of grandparents from that
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State is larger than would be anticipated
if nothing were known of the social forces
re-acting upon ccllege life. The reverse
of the statistical conditions of Massa-
chusetts are found in New Jersey, Ohio
and Illinois, while they are duplicated
by those from Maine, Vermont, Great
Britain and Ireland, Germany and the
South, if we accept the statistics of the
two Carolinas as fairly representing that
section of the country. |
SOME EXPLANATIONS.
I am not willing to say that the fol-
lowing suggestions are perfectly demon-
strated by the above table, but I offer
them as possible explanations of some
of these variations that are observed.
First, the rapid growth of New York
would require that many of the imme-
diate ancestors of the younger part of
the population must have come there
from other regions, and it is fair to sup-
pose that some of the grandparents and
parents that are found in excess in the
list of those from Great Britain, Ger-
many and Massachusetts are located in
that State, and the same cause would
explain the peculiar list from Illinois.
In the case of Massachusetts, Maine and
Vermont, which are representative of
the whole New England section, we
find the excess of grandparents which
may be explained by the emigration
from this region to such western sections
as Illinois and Ohio.
The comparatively large number of
men that come from remote regions
must be a matter of congratulation to
all loyal sons of Yale, and it would seem
fair to conclude that the loyalty of the
"eastern emigrant to eastern institutions,
and that deep regard for higher forms
of education remains permanently fixed,
although the location may be widely
changed. A second source of satisfac-
tion is found in the fact that so large
an element of foreign population seeks
educational opportunities when they are
brought in contact with democratic in-
stitutions that give equal opportunity to
all. In the early history of immigration
to this country, the percentage of col-
lege-bred men was remarkably large.
This, however, has not been the case in
the last half century. But the same re-
gard for mental training and _ self-im-
provement persists in the more recent
immigrants that was found among the
earlier ones.
THE SOUTHERN SECTION.
A study of the southern section sug-
gests some points of interest. In the
case of Kentucky and Tennessee, where
we may assume that the population is
not a new one, but a natural develop-
ment of the people who have been there
for the last fifty years, we see a marked
tendency to an increased number of stu-
dents, and the high regard for Yale in
the minds of the people is shown by the
number of parents who were born in
that locality, the number of grand-
parents being somewhat less than might
be anticipated. This may point to an
intellectual awakening that is of steady
growth and that bespeaks much for the
future of this splendidly fertile region.
In the Carolinas we have a constant
number of parents and grandparents,
with not as large a number of students
as might be anticipated. This may be
partly due to the ingress of northern
people in the more recent development
of the South, dnd partly due to financial
causes resulting from the destruction of
industry so recently.
The whole table speaks of loyalty to
Yale and would seem to point to her
future prosperity.
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Harvard’s Infirmary.
It was recently announced that the
gift of $50,000, made by James Stillman
of New York City, to Harvard Univer-
sity for the purpose of éstablishing a
hospital and infirmary for students, has
been doubled, making the sum now
amount to $100,000. After inquiry, it
was found that owing to the advance
in the price of real estate and of building
materials the original sum was insufh-
cient to provide such a building as the
donor intended to give, and on learning
of the conditions, he immediately made
his second offer. Ground will be broken
early in the Spring and the new hospital
on completion will be called Stillman
Hall.