New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-27
GRADUATES OF AMHERST.
A PERMANENT ASSOCIATION FORMED.

A PERMANENT ASSOCIATION FORMED.
TIE ANNUAL DINNER EATEN-ADDREssEs BY PREsi-
DENT sEELYE AND OTHERS.
The annual dinner of the Alumni of Amherst Col
leps living in this city, was held last evening at
Delmonicos. There was a business meeting before
the dinner at which permanent organization was
formed to be known as the New-fork
Alumni Association of Amherst College. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President WALDO
Uutchns. AZ; vice-presiderts, Elliot Sanford,
go. and the Rev. L. w. Donald, go; secretary,
Charles ~ Pratt 10; treasurer, Herbert l.. Br1dg-
man, '66; executive committee. John A. Deadly
'64; jefferson Clark. '6S; William l. wash
burn. '76; Augustus s. Hutchins. 10;
and James Turner. 80 There were hfty-one grad
mates at the dinner including Julius II. Seelye, of
'43, the president of the college. +. +. Marbury,
'33 plesded and at his left, sat one OF his class
mates. the Rev. Dr. F. L. Angler. of Greenwich,
Conn. and at his right was President Seeye.
Among the other graduates present were John ii.
Washburn II. L. tapping. the Rev. DIR. James ID.
Wilson, of the Central Presbyterian Church:
Colonel s. j. Storrs NJ. w. Tyler, DR.. Rufus r LIN
CON- C.. ID. Adams Francis H. Saylor. OF Philadel-
phIa; Herbert l.. Bridgman, DR.. H. I. Pierce, s. w.
Brown, w. X. Mead, the Rev. Z. Winchester Don
aid of the Church of the Ascension; w. H. Brown.
Henry Goodwin Smith and Others and the 81 quar-
tet-George p. Hilton, Walter H. Crittenden, James
Turner and Francis II. Parsons
There were no formal Loasts, but the speeches
were full of personal alIusions, 'enlnls,
Gene of college days and encour lge' o,
tine present prosperous condltCn Ga the
college. The quartet sang several times and was
loudly applauded. In his address OF welcome MI,
Marbury told how he came TO go TO Amhnrst ana ma
how later, he came TO this city before the
DAYS OF the railroad. When lie came down the
Connecticut River in a boat with
a company of psam-singers who made the night
melodIous to the annoyance of all the other pas
sengers lie continued:
Fifty years ago, beside James Humphrey was about
the only alumnIls OF Amherst in New York Tue city
was then full OF graduates from Cambridge
filled with Boston disdaln Laughter We
But long since recovered from that
spirit Of depression into wbioh this oye:wheimpg Gus
did recoverl Largely through tho power Of the
elergy Beesner appiause ana stoTrs m ana
dent seclye to tell MS something about that college OF
which no alumnus is now ashamed to be asked when
you graduatedf
President Seclye was greeted with hearty APP
pause as he rose to speak and II wasrepeated many
times during his remarks. lie said In substance;
Ii is not speech tonight that you desire from out
a report from the college, which IL IN remarkably
dourishing condition. lApplausel There 10 larger
number OF students In attendance thin tue college
catalogue has shown before. Applause. ! would
not say they better than those who nave
preceded them aughteI nor that they are dong better
work but am that the college er had
more loyal undergraduates than 10 has now and that
IL never oeeD peryaded by better spirit 81 honest
healthy work About one-seyenth OF students have
come other colleges This Is remarkable, Whine IL
is the rarest thing IN the world any student OF
COLLEGE 70 ask Tor dismissal To another col
iege We have students from Yale Harvard
and nearly every other New England college, and many
from Western colleges. They find, they say, that
IL is a popular thing at Amherst to lie " dig lap
panse ald they hnd 1t there 10 DO good work We
are doing greater variety OF work now tnan We nave
ever attempted before We do not lose rgut VI Laun,
Greek and mathematics These are s AS they should
be- backbone o the college. But from these We nave
braucned varied limos OF inquiry prominent
IN the present careful attention,
II always has from Amherst but without i
erature and without gnOrDg Art There SUI an open
eve mis- DRY aud broad outlook for philosophy and,
as ever, the supreme seeking THAI all conueotei
with the college may he compete In Him. In whom are
all the treasures Of wisdom aud knowledge. lApplause
Brief speeches were also made by DIR. Angler,
Jefferson Clark, James l.. Blsnop, the Roy l.. w.
Donald. Augustus harrington and Others, the quar-
tef closing the entertainment with " he Last
Cigar