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Last Friday night the annual alumni dinner of Yale was held at Delmonico's. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew presided. Mr. E. C. Wetmore represented Harvard; Rev. Dr. Van Dych. Princeton. Mayor Hewitt was to have represented Columbia, but was unable to appear. After dinner, Mr. Depew delivered one of those speeches for which he is so famous. He devoted the introductory part of his address to a discussion of the growing interest in alumni dinners throughout the country...
...There is this difference," continued Mr. Depew, "between these two greatest and most beneficent governments earth-that of the United States and that of the University of Yale-one does not know how to handle a surplus in the treasury and the other is showing marvelous ability with a deficiency. Not that Yale is in debt or running behind, but her resources and income are unequal to her superb preparation for expansion and her great opportunities. I have no hesitation in saying, from a personal examination of the subject, that if the liberal wealth which is so freely bestowed when...
Chauncey M Depew stated at the New York Yale Alumni dinner, that there were two great institutions in this country-the United States Government and Yale College. One is struggling with a surplus, and the other is heroically struggling with a deficit...
...meeting of the Columbia Alumni was held recently at the Hotel Brunswick in New York City. Among the guests was Edmund Wetmore, president of the Harvard Alumni Association, who spoke on behalf of Harvard. He was followed by Chauncey M. Depew, Yale, '56, who spoke for Yale. Among other things he said: "Yale is always first in war, and as Harvard is always second, I suppose she is first in peace. But Columbia is always first in the hearts of our college countrymen, for she always cheers impartially and then attends the banquets of the winner. Columbia exactly fills...
...said that the Hon. C. M. Depew, Yale, 56, is writing an article on Yale for Harper's Magazine...