New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-23

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ton TO the seventh regular toast New England
cducation based on Puritan principles, 1T Is the
foundation OF all that is safest and best IN the Re
public, We are no nored tonight BY the presence
of an eminent New England educator, who VIII tell
us what Ncw-E gland il 40 done for highest educa-
ton | have great pleasure to Introduce to You
President Carter OF Williams College. PRESIDENT
Carter was received with loud cheers. lie SAID;
Gr>uLMrS AID PRESIDENT OF THE NEW -ENGLAND
fns French critic explains In glowing description
tho unlufiug In .e Exhibition or l-12, Whth -hu"s
distinguished German General In the Franco russian
war riding through battle ucld' "hoh ,I III onc v,
the most hrnufif provinces % Franco IL f. just about
dawn; the Is gradually tipping tnr mus WIN ,S E
and gold. The enthusiasm OF tue young ihaH ~ ms
eide increases with the opening OF tue IoyoB
morn untu lac "a ulAonI9 q, 20 ",T ~
himself aud i'm exciting words hc chs the atlsIion Oh
his superior the lovely panorama aroused RON ma
and not seeing the picture when inc % an ~,
Inc gar.h ght day he turned toward tue YOUNG hD
with AN expression Oh isfo' ny,irg" Laughter rms
Germanic devotion TO duty was Identical with the Purl-
tIe rrault az the influence Of tho leading mon
who came from England, and especially Puritan MINIS
Bay had greater number Of Unyers iy-bred men IMAM
any other colony. Compared WIN virginia, Nir'iIu"
had very few Ii Horker IN llaIlioiu anu Jo 40"
ycnport In New Haven who lent their influence To our
education. In The south u was Wv, ~ ~ b
Others hands andIf one made Inoton TO the NGi9iy
his nip the revolver Of the o,n,r t Ens ~ ty {
IL
men one did mako Euch q movement the O.her was
uuirk with his pistol and shot nm dead AZ Is inc
fashion there lac turned him over 10 see WH eot {"
vrauUu he had and discovered 10 was u7h OI "i5hey
that the Inau WAS about 10 oucF 10, MN
:, Ncyerthelcss" said he the Wishes OF the ue-
ceased must be e5peccd; so VIII i3ho trolIr
i'm memory of the departed IIauShIcrI
"Thc home aud friends OF our early days, was
resi- onded to by J. c. Carter. Governor Littleield
smoke to 'T The New-Engand States, fruit mothers
of fruitful daughters" He Was followed by Judge
Lawrence in response to the toast " Our Sister
Societies" Mr. Hurst, president OF the 1t. GEORGES
Society. Acknowledged the graceful act Of saludng
the British flag at Yorktown. II was then nearly
1870 and the society adj nurncd 10 the reception
room that President ArthTs old friends and ac-
auantances might have an opportunity 10 snake
HIM by the hand.
LETTERS OF REGRET.
Mfr. Cooper read letters of regret from General
Sherman. Senator Edmuuds, Robert {. Winthrop
and Mark Twain" They wcre selected from some
forty letters Mark Twain wrote:
HARTFORD Nov. 1G, 1891.
DE Ar SIR: Having already accepted hn invitation %
dinner In celebration OF the 26lst anniversary OF the
landing Of Pilgrims am forced 10 decline we pres
emf one from sheer lack OF storage room Ana 40 ~
with the sncefest regret and also WIN some degree OI
raucor against the grms because they dd nOt Spt up
and land ON different days; for II they knew anything
a. al t6ey must have known that tboy getting ny
an yersaIy and that to cranp II rSdy down To