Show TAfT LIONIZED BY YALE ALUMNI President Discusses in Jocose Vein His Coming Conling Duties as Kent Professor of Law I 1 Washington Jan 29 Thc Th The local Yale alumni association at Its annual banquet hanquet ban han tonight greeted and bade farewell to President Taft Tart A long ont cheer with Taft Tatt Taft Tart Taft Tan at the end welcomed wel wel- corned the President to the banquet halls and the strains of or the song sons and of Heres to Good Old Yale Vale Drink Her lIer Down with other college songs rang out durIng th the evening The President declared that when whon next he met with the the Washington Yale Yalo alumni It Il would be as a 3 member of ot the tho faculty come b back ck to tell 0 of the tho nee needs s of ot the university Whether the faculty of or Yale would treat him as a freshman treshman ho said he did not know He lie spoke in a Jovial jo mood of his coming duties as Kent professor sor of ot law at Yale saying ho lie was doubtful as to what he was vas to do lO but that It meant something to have been on the bench long enough to havo have acquired tho the reputation of or knowing all about the law But Its It's a n. different matter he ad added added added ad- ad ded when hen you ou have to be examined every cery day by hr a lot of or bright young oung students stu stu- dents If It you ou can restrain their theft curiosity curl curl- osH sufficiently the position mn may be fairly satisfactory He Ho then launched Into an a attack on some of ot the tho ho mo modern ern professors proCessors of or political po po- po- po 11 al economy whose h heads ads a are re In Inthe Inthe inthe the clouds and who have lost all ull sense of or proportion as to what Is valuable in pre present ent civilization and what we e must anchor to I want to help to bring the students of ot one ono university to realize what it means to be an American now and what benefits this country with it Us Its constitution gives thes us I think weare we wo are arc enjoying man ninny many o benefits without re realizing realizing re- re how much of or 1 self eU sacrifice it took took to bring them about President ent Taft Tart Yale is 78 today sent fraternal greeting to Au August Smith said to be bc the oldest living Yale graduate grad grad- nate The occasion was Mr 11 Smiths Smith's eighth birthday anniversary and he hc had written to Mr Taft TaCt re regrets that he ho could not attend the Washington Washing Washing- ton Yale alumni dinner tonight |