About fifty graduates of Yale gathered in Springfield Tuesday night to attend the alumni dinner of the Yale alumni of Western Mass. The Hon. W. S. Shurtleff presided. President Dwight was received with great applause and in his address praised the work of the university in the past and spoke of the future prospects and plans. After the conclusion of Pres. Dwight's address, Senator Davis arose and said: "Our alma mater was never so strong, never so full of vigor, although in her two hundredth year, as she is today. The older she grows the younger she is. She has come to what she is, because she is a growth and not a creation. She has grown to it. She is like a tree that spreads out its branches and extends its roots down deep into the earth. So has Yale done, and how rich are her fruits?"

Senator Davis was followed by other present, after which it was decided to hold the next meeting a year hence at Worcester. The meeting then adjourned.