New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-23
HARVARD ALUMNI DINNER.
REUNION AT MONICO'S-ADDRESSEs by
PRESIDENT ELLIOTT, WIN. c. BRYANT, AND

TO the number OF about 100 gathered at DclmOnCO last
evening, the occasion of the annual dinner. occu-
plying the seats Of prominence President Elliott Of
the College; James c. Carter, President of the Club
the Hon. VIM. NJ. Eyarts, President Barnard Of Column
hia College, the Rev. Edward T.. Hale of Boston, f. B.
Crowninshicd OF the Corporation OF Harvard Unver-
sy the Hon. stephen H. Phillips, Attorney General Of
the Sandwich Islands; Dr. Lusk of Bellevue Hospital, ana
the Rev. DIR. Bellows The dinner itself served in
the usual style. Tho music. while good,
composed entirely Of selections from opera
boufie. and did not contain single college
air, feature OF the evening which quite
generally condemned At the termination Of the dinner
President Carter in few witty remarks announced tho
first toast Of the evening, "Our Alma Mater" and intro
duced President Elliott, who responded as follows:
REMARKS OF PRESIDENT ELLIOTT.
Since last met here have completed, for the first
time, the annual round OF my official duties and
assure YOU that the most impossible thing OF all is this
very function which should be the most grateful Of all
the functions, speaking, that is of the University. II
could only and feel, MS do, the emotions Of our
admirable young mother when her children rise
up and call her blessed, you would realize
how impossible it is TO represent TO you the
dignity ard ardor and tenderness with which she accepts
yor afectiOnatc sutatiOn made by the affection OF the
children who have left her studies, she grds herself to
Toll with fresh devotion for the children who yet
with her Mr. President. I went with yOu heartily IN
everything you said about the University Dnt there
rem9rks which wish 10 guard against. A
small College may suffer grievously from The
loss single inspiring teacher bat our University has
outgrown that state. Applauso II has become pow
erful organization. This corporation s'"'.c ana ludel'nG
firing, self-cXtCndiDg organic ton with had lrtsi
dent OF no President, the strong oIhahIdl1l NoIH'
right on this independence OF persons this screen
OF immortality, which makes up 50 blessed lhig 20
Every brick well laid in its walls, stays there, doing
lis honest work for centuries Every endowment great
small every little gift, keeps on bearing irult genera
ton after generation John GloVcrs niue aunhi5 OF
s5 given in 1865 has been doing the good work J DIN
Glover set it at these 20S years ago Bat gentlemen
on at Cambridge, our gradual advance toward
tre University freedom in studies aAd dlslhne,
the proportion as the University is free hs schools mus
be thorough and rigorous. We see, therefore. WIN ue
utmost Satisfaction ClStmct Improvement ID u' "a,
paratory schools the country over There are now pubic
schools in Buffalo. Erie Cleveland, Chicago - Louis
Cincinnati and Philadelphia whlch can ana 90 pre-
pare candidates to enter our dNihs>l.h. ~
tions. Applause Inc standard on aHin ny 10 m
ward College is higher than the standard OF aou"aio
anv other college in the country and We mean ~ >h4l
is IS years and every UNIVERSITY must nave 7
dents who are young men, NOT UOys. my
their own. Then the elective system has gained
steadily Teachers who arc HLI"iI t""S 81 j..
Of its very opponents have become after t9 IT'S most
ndiscIimIate advocates Tie uPsuo1 OF thc iI-,,,c
thing. but freedom to choose what 10 90
| know that there are some That. came,
ali the old things OF Cambridge are being thonehc,'y
ripped with indecent haste Let such he assured
T te ~, nn Change simply for ihe sake Of change
M has merely been pursuing with more
Iigor tban heretofore an object which It las had
In view these 20 years. You Will he Interested, ES
men TO know how the representation OF this great state
203 under graduates only !; came from New oik oy
ana BroSEny No" g stt Si 'O and So rom New
York City and Brooklyn lAppausel The
nGinber of graduates las more than doubled
in on yr,rs, but the number Of graduates from NcwYork
state has duadruplci and the number from TN, cJ ana
So saw The wear 1900 will see 5000 students in Harvard
University ana will ind the representation from Now
TO the toast 1.-THE Corporation" Mr., F. B Crownn-
shield re- ponded referring win khdH t&PteaI''S 10
had the honorable name OF the Oldest Siaduar
The Rev. Edward L. Hale Of Boston responded to the
next t0ast-"Tne Oycrseers" lie made humorous al
luson to tho duties Of an oyeIseer Which, he sad ac
cordipg to tho Presidents statement, to keep MP
sers % pr,e-s and asking questions We do that sail
no. very thoroughly And these questions aro lot an
ereI we know il II for the good OF the College That
uo,3 ,iess tie old college Tic Presidents view
Of the position OF the oyerseers is That hey
provide for the maintenance OF kindly relationships be
tween the goyerl.ntH oil inc CoIS@c proper ana W
uulic AZ large They mediatOrs between them, with
out which tAe COeN oanno, get IT'S ita ll1bls nom ue
public, tie puoIc Obtain the adN'nlaEes Gi ,,o
college During the last five years these relation
ships have become closer and more comm IMAM
ever before. think the people OF the United states
Know thousand times better what Harvard College -,
and what arc tho advantages Of an cducau0 tAere IMAM
they used to know. l will not tIl all me
i IN but il has gained it partly by
tic struggles and sacrifices Of the Harvard
try lAppauseI The President has made usc Of -oIry
Legitimate means to let the public Know what ar. Ihe
fr,elu. there at the University, and am one OF those
lo eieve they only The beginning Of great
harvest which comes from the planting OF 200 years ago
M Henry Y. Leavitts being here called upon Tor q
song sang two comic Irish and Scotch pieces, which ere
loudly applauded.
The next toast "Our Sister College" ~
then announced and responded to by the Hon.
VIM NJ. Evarts, who said: am sure deio
is no part Of the education Of Harvard at
which Yale graduate coul learn more than at a meet
ing of this Club If you fast as You seem pro
crossing the regular course OF your studies ana your
freedom study at Harvard 1t soon wiz be no vain
hoast of Yale scholar that ne knows all the things tnat
have been omitted at Harvard lIdughterI Whch INST
came here from New-Haven there were scarcely Cah-
bridge graduates enough in ms Guy IN my Pieslon 10
nh up the COmmssiOnerships for the state OF Mssichu-
setts lIanghtor NOW may Juase rom inG nun ~
Der see in my own office, there are lawyers ehogh 10
elpDy all the clients likely To show themselves LOT tIe
next hundred years Laughter 1ou surPass Us now
in numbers, as well rs III many 0ther parcuhtS ul we
are determined far az In us lies 10 accomplish some
thing for the credit oi all.
President Barnard of Columbia College also made
brief response 10 the toast OF Our Sister Colleges lie
sod: Although address you President OF another
College | feel as IL I ought 10 have been a grad
uate OF Harvard. [Applause] In my early
life Harvard was greaa distance ron my
home. and this determined my education, MOI long
he fore the period at which became member Ol 1ac
there was code Of laws and discipline wmrh was any
thing but agreedDc 10 inc hiuuCHl u biV"V "i"'y W
seryances were required Of young meu III those days
and while WAS student in college the laws required
that every student should uncover themselves III INC
presence of the professors whenever they happened 10
be- Now all these rules altered Tor me DETER IOr
now the young men have learned better how 10 govern
themselves. change has taken place in the nee
dom and discipline of young men, but thcre mas SiHQ
been change in the character OF the teaching ana OF
our institutions, both in their moral ana lnJcNeciui
character Harvard may he considered ut the head OF
institutions of this kind do not hesitate 10 say mat 10
Harvard belongs the term Of "Qurcn Of UhVctslut0.
The number OF her undergraduates has reached to ana
I.iTf IaF ter
other colleges nave drawn great numbers rom lhe
limited states but Harvard has increased her NUMBERS
moi only from Massachusetts, and the other states nut
from places beyond the States. .AppaH3e'l
| think the progress the college nag
made In attaining higher place IN the
pnbc confidence is due 10 her systems ol rdhc3u"h a
her modes OF discipline. think, with the fTc'lich lnAt
fIt.4 I4uf A