Show LAUNCHING THE fB TAFT 1 Secretary of f in Ohio At Atif if r T J Yale Clubs n G ill COLLEGE YELLS tL L TO AS THE NEXT r V PRESIDENT j it 0 tJ Opril 27 7 Smoking the P vigorous vi orous whiffs w urs but friends carrying a war bonnet within easy reach Secretary o ot of War Tart Taft t io ay returned to his home borne reser reservation vat His r lIc utterances es were de devoid void M political Import and his private were wel those of harmony and gOod gOodwill od will During the afternoon however Jie political p council with the wise merit Bieri and th the day dozens of o belligerent bucks did dd scalp dances and made mad ad much political war warn warI talk I The secretary himself was consistent consistently ly 13 silent upon all matters relating to toi i the presidency l ency Senator Foraker the eade ef of the faction opposing the secre secreta I tary ta to this ls state sustained a deep per personal Borrow orrow In the death of his broth brother brothe brother er er e r James Jasa ram es R B Foraker er It Is 18 therefore Certain that a can be during the thee present e ent trip no political argument or between en the secretary and the Demonstrative Friends Th mt of oi the secretary were than then he and ani chief them WUI wei the tho men from Yale Talo Who who came here as did the tho secretary to o attend tb thi tbt annual convention of ot the Vestern W stern Yale Tale club Secre Beere Secretary tary Taft t suf president of the tho organization organ tion held the gavel at st the business g In the morning end and again at banquet In hi the evening Although the tbs secretary eaid Md ld he ha would not allude ls Its te politics there re was no 10 such restraint upon the young ung men from Yale They failed from nearly every state between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi were present from the south Their allusions to 10 the next president pf pi the United States tates t s were frequent and popular Tho The sentiment could not be although altho gh the secretary ignored d dit It as s well as he ho could The Tho Next President The first outbreak camp cam tn In the tho morn morning mornIng ing lag The secretary as presiding officer had bad announced the personnel of or a nom nominating mating committee and mentioned the offices they were to fill nil As be he finished hed heda a voice offered the th amendment l of or andEO and BO EO nominate the th next president of or the United States st tes A spontaneous yell yeli came from the convention but the sec secretary secretary secretary was unmoved The gentleman Is out of or order with such a 8 a definite lack of precision that the men who had chewed cheer d tried to make makeup up for their own misconduct by glaring with Ith strong trong disapproval at the man who had led then them astray He sank into his seat scat abashed At banquet however signs of ot the coming presidential campaign were plentiful The secretary himself was at tt all nIl times but for forthe forthe forthe the men from Yale the bow of ot presidential presidential promise was already arching the sky and It formed a political halo for forthe forthe the head of ot Taft of or Yale So they ren rendered rendered dered great glory to the school In that it had bad sent forth the man Secretary ry Taft as presiding officer and toastmaster delivered the first ad address address address dress of or the evening It was substantially substantially substantially as follows Secretary Tafts Tails Address Secretary Talt pointed out that the formation of at Yale clubs and clubs of ot the graduates of other Institutions had grown into a custom and he briefly out outlined lined lIn the idea which led to tho the forum forma formation tion lion of the Western Federation of ot Yale clubs which had its Ita first meeting me in Chicago two years ago its second in St CLouis ouIs and now Its third in Cincinnati rhe advantage ge of ot such an organization tto to his mind is that it makes for the good of ci Yale and that It arouses inter interest est e la in the university the country over and binds inda together In sweet memories the e i eis of or the organization j f fI I e effect therefore said the sec et of an association which speeds l of ot the Tola spirit through be country by bringing to t the university sity t students from all allover over tha coun wry tri and adds to the co cosmo cosmopolitan mo politan character that Yale has always joyed h Opportunity for Discussion r benefit which follows from lisa organization of a club or an an asso association of clubs like this Is la the tha fact that It furnishes for the and expression of opinions ions by fhe he e of or the university on pie tho lio r ad policies to be pursued in En e tIe progress which the university bakes s LU LUce every goon good thing in the world Tale Taie is W a 8 growth and it is growing noro today tada than ever in Its history The expansion In the university during durin the She the last twenty years has bas been much greater reater than limn Jn a n the previous ono one hun bun hundred bundred hundred dred years If Is not true that because hazing has hu disappeared because drunkenness is Ss very much less that therefore men develop rugged rugge practical quail qualities qualities ties fitted to resist temptations of or aft afterlIfe and all of us ought to rejoice that the material growth of ot Yale since we were there has been paralleled by an improvement In the moral tone of ot the thet t dent body and in the standards set sot by b th t public opinion which 13 Is I even eyen stronger as an Influence In the college community of ot New Haven than in the body politic at large l rge The change has not affected the th spirit of o Independence I of or or democracy that we all like lIk to think of or as especially char bar characteristic baraC aC of Yale Yale Vale Not Sectarian Secretary S re Taft t adverted td t the fact that since the last meeting gf f the fed federation federation he lie had ii been honored by elec election election I c tion as member of the lg body ody of Yale He X pointed out that in a the tha th of ot the university Yale Is not DOt now nowa a sectarian ae aria institution I tu on J 1 Thi Th is official he for tor It has s come within tho The benefits of ot the tha Carne Came Carnegie gle gie fun d as 23 a 9 i Institution and it is purely BO soS BOHe soSHe He expressed gratification that tb he had found the view taken by the clerical members of oty Yale te corporation with ref tet reference teter refer er to liberal Uber instruction particular particularly ly Iy in theology olg tob to be broad and toler tolerant ant an an He Ho said however that the cor corporation pursued the policy of not meddling m and in leaving to the president president president dent the management mt of r the various departments department He stamped with his ap approval provat l the Yale method meth d of dealing with athletics tics Indicating his belief that t pub public lie lic opinion would place placer restraint upon excesses in respect to athletics sHe He was gratified to see the spirit of appreciation tion of high scholarship that was dis displayed dIsplayed displayed played by bir the inc students at a recent meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa asso association elation clation More Influence Than Riches We are here to acknowledge the debt that we owe we and the gratitude that we feel to our alma mater Taken as 85 a whole Yale Yalo men are a e not wealthy I think generally they have acquired more of Influence than of riches and therefore we are not able to give as much to the university as she ought to t have but I believe that a successful method has bas been brought about for ma materially materially Improving the finances of ot the university In conclusion In presenting President P Hadley of ot Yale to his fellow alumnI Secretary Taft said It Is now more mora than a 8 dozen years ago since the Yale Tale men of Cincinnati met and passed a 8 resolution that in hi their opinion the person to be bo selected to succeed President Dwight was Ar Arthur Arthur Arthur thur Hadley of ot the class of 76 This was the first formal expression of ot opinion from any part of the country We cannot say that his selection was due to that resolution but we can take pride In the fact tact that that resolution expressed the general opinion of or the alumni of Yale Y and of the corporation and we can take further pride in the triumphant vindication of our judg judgment judgment ment mont which the administration of Pres President PresIdent PresIdent ident Hadley so abundantly furnishes At the conclusion of Secretary Tafts address ha b Introduced President Had Hadley Hadley Hadley ley of Yale university who spoke upon Yale Other speeches included Rge Alum Alumni ni ft Advisory Council Frederick N St Louis and nd Years at Yale Y Ie by Frederick S Dickson or of Cleveland Tafts Busy Day Secretary Taft had an exceedingly active day He Be arrived at a m mover mover mover over the Chesapeake Ohio and was driven to the he home borne of his brother Charles P Taft Only his brother was wasat wasat wasat at the station to meet him The Yale alumni had Intended to greet him but it was feared that their demonstration would give the event a political aspect and they were with difficulty dl culty persuaded ed cd to keep away awny Their greeting was reserved for tor the opening of the business meeting and it lost noth ts by the de delay deI deIny I lay my Following the business meeting the secretary and nd other members of the visiting alumni were entertained at luncheon at the tha University club lub lubIn In the afternoon the secretary con conferred conferred with Arthur I L Vorys the state manager of the Taft campaign and Henry A Williams who controls the Taft headquarters in Columbus It was admitted that the discussion em embraced embraced embraced braced the political situation but no statement was made for tor publication Tomorrow morning Secretary Taft will visit Dayton where he be will speak at the laying of the cornerstone of the new building of the Young Mens Chris Chrls Christion tion association Monday the secretary will spend in lu Cincinnati and In the evening he ho will wll deliver dellvEr an address upon the Panama P nama canal before the BusinessMen Business Mens Men club |