New-York tribune., 1881-12-16
LIVING OYER COLLEGE D1fS.
DINNER OF HAMILTON ALUMNI.

DINNER OF HAMlLTON ALUMNI
fHE GATHERING At THE UNION SQUARE HOTEL
THE GUESTS AND THE SPEECHES.
There was dinner of Hamilton College Alumni
last night the Union Square Hotel The time set
IL was D. . but Alumni kept struggling in for an
bonr afterward and il was after when the fifty per-
sons present sat down to the tables The dinner was
served in the dining room on The second ioor, whch
was iust large enough for the company. there was
no atte1ppt at decoration save on the presidents
table which was ornamented by handsome
centre-piece of flowers and tastetuly arranged
beans of fruit Dr. Henry b. Mlllard presided at
his night was President Henry Darn OF
Hamilton, and at his left Daniel Huntlng-
ton. Among the others present were Colohel
Emmons Clark, Colonel John ii. Howell Oh
philadelphia Brainard Smith, L. A. Clarke H. W.
Thatcher, Colonel Horace Fowler Emu Root "
Mckinney, of Utica; Thomas Alien Clarke. OF New
Orleans: II. C. Burchard G. j. Lowery, the Rev
DIR. C. E. Knox. n N Brockway, Professor A. r.
KELSEY. of Hamilton; II. b. ThomGns, OrVihe
nllen, the Rev. Dr. f. +. Ellingwood Dr'
w. S. Searle, Professor ID. q. La'on'
Professor A. G. Hopkins Colonel 6eoigo
6 Hastings. the Rev. William Hague, D. H. Cor
coran Judge C. H. Trpax' "; Ms,6to6 III IriTi n Tiomkns
Chester s. Lord DR.. L. l.. Love, Edward kocN"el
Tho bii1 of fare was elaborate, and it was half
mast o when DR. Willard rose to introduce the
%" II is reatlv TO your credit gentlemen of the
Alum > he said THAT You here tonight II Is
not always easy for men TO eXtrlcate theln-
selves at the present time from the cares Oh toir
business TO attend meeting like this, .whlch Is
solely for pleasure And never can despair o. men
who can still derive pleasure from meeting III S1 v
way to revive old associations ana menor' J if wee
are not a sentimental people as rue & anu - wd M
should hug and kiss each other as the OeIlla IJ t
French do am inclined 10 think that we oI snohiu
So Rrt these meetings show that we
nre not entirely without sentiment AS a
Nation we live too fast; we ear 700 lhnch % 4oC ! S
and too much mnce pie and we drpk 100 huCh
water: we work too hard for our wives and daugh-
3ers SO that those of our neghbors may not surpass
them in what is called society. But we are i've W
enjoy ourselves and we are glad to see all OF y0u'
but especi lily he man who LEFT large ClIt alf nf d
popular church to become the presloent ol d
college in u proYnclal to"h-oui Ho" Pi'''''''
:" II does not require very extended experience
said President Darling IL rcspoHSe 70 and yared
tpifts have inst come from eXaInlnatl0ns III met met
aphysics and mathematics, ana here au caiied aiid
aIpon 10 make after-dinner speech was caiI'u
upon believe to tell what knew about 1alnllI"Ii
college. THERE is question now beng Gl9cussifa
considerably throughout the country Whlch oukIC
70 interest MS deeplV DO the smaller universities
and colleges furnish better education thah me
larger onesi | have noticed however, that 'le us
cussiOn is one sided the persons VINO nave tllkeu
or written upon this question all favor smaller col;
]eges and thev all belong to them. lLaugIter
The larger colleges have allowed the debate 10 90
NV default Notwithstanding the TACT, however,
that these disputes all favor smaller colleges they
all wish the colleges they belong 10 10 DC lu.9I,
Yet after all the facts before me are the
best argument in favor of smaller colleges we
have a poet at Hamilton. DR.. North lapplanscl, ana
in one of his recent productions he calls Haiitoh
The 1NotLer ON the HILL II we should personity
our college, YOU would be the Graech, ana IN her
Jewels we would have the best evidence OF her
value .,.-,. ,,- r,,,ob oood ,bo
college has done in this city: In your largest
theological seminary. Three of her sons have been
rofsSor Three more are secretaries of three of the
largest charities for which your city Is famous Ana
in the law her alumni have not less dstlnguishied
themselves Before me sits distinguished Judge
and iuriSt Judge TruaxL whie proleS-
sor III one of your best law schools
tinguished lawyer here who was educated at HamI;;
ton, whose ancestors must have been wei
acquainted with tho book OF Job. We can say
With him. nanghter and bushes by
Elhu Rootl With the distinguished physician
sitting at the head of this table there Is need for
me to speak OF the success OF Hamilt0ns sons In
We aspire to he one Of the larger colleges al
though now we should probably be classed as one
of the smaller. When you THINK that TINS
State sends more young men 10 college than any
There is ONLY one obstacle which now prevents ms
from accomplishing this With larger end0Wlnent
The curriculum could be enlarged ani noderhlzeI'
And mn>t express my belief that this can be oh
tanned Mr. Field tells us that when he informed
Mir Thaekcray at Boston that every seat for hls
lecture had been taken. Mr.. IhaGkeray was 80
shut the doors of the hotel lest the
Dolice should come in and arrest
him. On his way to the lecture hall that night
Thackeray expressed his JOY further BY putting his
feet out OF the carriage window. When !he man
comes to me that tell me that this endowment
Ss secured think shall be tempted to express my
1oy in the same way, although 1t may be unaghl-
bed for man whom they call on the m hlu ,Old
Prex' There is special danger which threatens
American colleges now Money is becoming so plen-
fiful, interest is so low and good investments
are so scarce that the endowment OF a
college has be to increased to keep IL from retro
grading And il is 10 college men that HamilJon
College mast look for her endowment They are
The ones who understand the full value
of an education. May our college have
The sympathy and support Of her Alumni in her
effort to secure a suitable endowment"
AS President Darling sat down, an enthusiastic
alumnus proposed three cheers for Our new
President and they were given vigorously.
a letter of regret from Professor Worth was then
read and a communication from ex-Judge B3s-
worth describing the faculty and the
condition OF the college between 1928 and 1880.
Speeches were also made by the Rev. DR.. Hague,
MIR Huntington, Elihu Root, H. A.. BnrchaIr,
Colonel EInlnons Clarke and DR.. Searle, and the
gathering did not break up until late hour