Daily globe., 1880-06-03
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI.
Officers fer the Ensuing Year-EndOrse-
ment of Prof. Campbell-Annu ual Ban

ment of Prof. Campbell-Annu ual Ban
quet.
The campus and spacious halls and
rooms of the State University pre-
sented a decided contrast yesterday with the
day before. On Tuesday the grounds were
alive with gay and happy crowd who
afterwards filled the chapel to overfowing, to
listen to the class exercises. Yesterday there
was an air of seriousness and quiet every
where conspicuous. Youth and gayety had
given place to the dignity of professordom,
and to the grave counsels of th @
alumni in counsel assembled. The
GLOBE representative, upon arriving
at the University shortly before 10 A. M,
thought at first that he had mistaken the local
ity ana intruded upon the residence of some
sffluent retired citizen. The beautiful grounds
were deserted and the GLOBE man made up his
mind that all but himself had departed. En-
tering the building, however, in quest of news,
he found the faculty In session in grave counsel
upon matters connected with the institution.
with which the outside world had nothing to
do. Ascending couple of flights of stairs to
Prof. ThompsOns room, he found that the an
nual meeting of the Alumni was in session.
Out of the seventy-seven persons who compose
the Alumni, only twenty-nine were presest.
After disposing of some preliminary busi-
ness, a resolution was adopted that here
after no business should be transacted
in the meetings of the Alumni, ex-
oept that which is specifically mentioned
in the call, and that special meeting may be
called by the president, at the request of ten
members of the alumni, to include three of
the executive committee.
The election of officers then took place. with
the following result:
President-J. O. lockwood, of '79 class.
Vice President-Geo. 81. Partridge, of '79
class.
Secretary-Mrs. J. E. Miner, of III class.
Treasurer-E. @. Ohatheld, of IA class.
Toast Master-W. Z. Bassett, of rs class.
Poet-Addison Gage, Jr., of '79 class.
Orator-M. ID. Taylor, of rs class
Alternate Orator-W. Ct. Warren of '78 class
PROF. CAMPBELL's CASE.
s. P. Stearitt, of rs, offered the following:
WHEREAS, The present proof of moral and
intellectual philosophy of our University has
been publicly misrepresented as to his quail
| ties as a man, his endowments as a scholar and
| critic, his efficiency an instructor, and the
value of his services in his Department. be it
ReSoLUed, l. That we, the alumni of the Uni
| versity, regularly and lawfully assembled, per-
| sOnally admire and esteem Prof. Campbell as a
man, kind, genial, Just, marked for his many
| qualities and virtues.
2. That we believe him to be ripe scholar
| possessed of all the knowledge of the school, q
proficient Gnguist, versed in the classics,
ancient and modern languages, an astute the
! ologian, a philosopher acquainted with the
PHILOSOPHERS of all times, and critic equitable
| and just.
3. That from long and intimate association,
we believe him to be q thorougS, painstaking
| instructor, unseotarian and unbiased in his
views, clear and positive in his ideas, aud that
| though earnest and enthusiastic in his special
work, he does not seek to proselyte any to
adopt peculiar tenets.
We therefore deem his services as peculiarly
valuablej and indispensable, inasmuch as we
believe it impossible to secure the services OF
| an equally competent instructor.
4. That we learn with great regret of the
prospective loss to the university of Prof.
| Campbell, who has so long and so honorably
| filled the chair of philosophy to the satisfac.
| tion of all concerned.
5. That we recommend committee of three
to draw up a testimonial to be presented to
Prof. Campbell. Adopted.
Messrs. Keyser. Bryant and lockwood were
| appointed as such committee, and a set of
| complimentary resolutions was read, embody-
| ing in intent the above. The resolutions will
be presented in person to the professor.
The readers of the GLOBE are familiar with
the facts in regard to Prof. Campbell, and it is
| resolutions gave rise to a long, animated and at
| times heated discussion. All who took part
| in the debate expressed themselves as dIssatis.
| ned with the management of affairs under the
present gime, and broad hints were thrown
out that the university did not stand as high in
public estimation throughout the State as it
might. In fact, the alumni present fully en-
dorse Prof. Campbell, and believe that il each
| of the Professors would attend to his own du-
| ty the institution would be a gamer beth in
reputation and efficiency. No matter what
may be the views of the board of regents, or OF
| the faculty, there is no doubt about those o1
| the alumni in reference to Prof. Campbell.
The discussion lasted until nearly 2P. M.,when
/ the meeting adjourned to participate in
The ALUMNI DINNER
| at the NicOllet House. AS stated above the
alumni numbers n members, and adding the
II who will graduate to-day, will make "a. Ii
addition there are some 600 students, all Of
whom had been invited to be present. It wa.
| expected that at least l25 of this number
would be present at the banquet, yet when thu
dining room doors of the Nicollet were thrown
| open at 3:30P. NJ. only 81 were found who hac
responded to the invitation. Of these so were
members OF the alumni and IL were old stu
dents. The dinner was simply superb. Every
| thing that could be obtained in the market to
tempt and satisfy the appetite. was served ir
metropolitan style. Everything on the elab
crate bill of fare, from nook turtle
soup down to coffee and tea, was OF
| the best, and showed conclusively
that the Epicuriens sworld has lost much in
not installing mine host'' of the Nicollet
| John T. West, as one of its high priests long
| ago.
The good things having been disposed of, the
next thing in order was
THE ToAsrs,
under the supervision IF J. W. Perkins of the
| class of ~, as toast master.
The toasts were as follows:
Welcome to Old Members" Responded to
by q. A. Henkrioksou, class of '76.
Our Alma Mater" Response by John G..
Hutchinson, class of rs.
"The New Profession: The Teacher the civil
izer." Response by Mr.. lockwood class
of 70.
"Class honors." This toast was given in
honor of Ct. A. Wood, class of rs, who took
both silver cups offered by his class for the
| first marriage and the fruits thereof. In re-
| sponse Mr.. Wood said that he lived in new
town, (Ortonville,) and they had no time for
play, but meant business every time.
The ministry" Responded to by Rev. g.
Q. Campbell, class of II, now of the Auburn
theological school, N. Y. Mr.. Campbell leaves
in short time for Africa as a missionary
'Old members-we always welcome them to
Our college halls" Response by J. B. Eustis,
of Minneapolis.
"The alumni of the State university of Min
nesota." Response by W. L. Bassett, class
of '76.
"The Dead, may their memory ever remain
fresh" Response by Rev. c. W. Savidge.
This closed the exercises at the banquet, and
those present dispersed and met again in the
chapel of the university. to listen to an origi-
nal poem by Mrs. j. E. Miner, and the address
BY Z. A. Hendrickson. B. s. The poem was
entitled "The Ascent" and fully sustained the
high reputation of its author as lady of more
than ordinary literary attainments Mr.. Hen
erickson chose for his subject Popular Gov
ernment, and he handled it with rare ability,
showing that he had given it much thought,
and clothed his ideas in eloquent language.
Ihis closed the exarcises of the third dazr of