New-York tribune., 1884-03-22
ALUMNI OF COLUMBIA.
THEIR ANNUAL pINXER AT DELMoNICos.

ADDRESSES BY PRESIDENT BARNARD, PRESIDENT
PORTER. OF YALE, y. II. coUDERr AND OTHERS
The annual dinner of the Alumni OF Columbia
College took place last night at Demonico's. About
200 members of the Alumni Association were pres
ent. At the table of honor Frederick X. Coudert
presided and with him sat President Barnard.
President Noah Porter, of Yale; Mayor Seth
Low, Joseph w. Harper, Charles A. silliman,
Stewart L. Woodford. George l.. Rives, Professor
William Il. Ware, Dr. Charles s. Bull Dr. {. X.
Agnew. William c. Russell and William L. Boyd.
Among the others present were John McMulIen,
William b. Lawrence, jeremiah Loder, Joseph
Leroque, William JAY c. =. Mitchell, Edward
Mitchell. Professor j. II. Van Ani;inge, Willard
Bartlett W. H. Duer. c. NJ. DaCosta. j. II. Ham
ersley LeGrand Lockwood, +. G. +. EcclesrSe,
James NJ Brady r. h. MARITIME, George G. DeWittjr.,
Abram Van SantvOsrd Gerard Beekman, W. III.
Butterworth, Edward S. Rapallo, Robert Ray
Hamilton, Hamilton Fish, jr.. q. nj. Spier, Jr.,
Isaac Segman. Professor j. X. Rees. Professor
F. DePeyster Rickets, William Mitchell. jr., Robert
c. Cornell. DIR. X. III. Sayre aud Robert Lenox Bel
knap Bernsteins orchestra played popular airs
during the dinner and the college gee club sang
many times, calling forth peals of laughter and
rounds of applause
REMARKS BY MIR. COUDERT.
AT the close of the dinner Mr. Coudert who pre-
sided in the place Of Abram 5. Hewitt, made an adj
dress in which he said:
hear my speech which had prepared for this evening
Cres of ~ But when some OF you have grown mas rs
old in the profession OF friends, You Will
understand that when solemnly announce that L
am not going to make speech tnal ls only mere ora
attention II & Sd Wss o s sDang eo 20 aRe eaS
speech ySq might %Sn fob ne dsEsp none o 'S Sc few
extemporaneous remarks that have carefully cOnned
the last yss % dFqSnSg fs 0 SG an
address, not on Coluopia Celegs-that mslgnineaan slga
ask was s eft to, to aas have been singled
for that not because OF any tTaiseen1ent tneT 0 0
Laughter l am told that the of the living mem
bers were thrown into hat andn Is Anpy because o
my name popping that am assigned this honor TO-
nSbt II Is well known that whenever member OF that
class called upon 10 perform duty ne rs lhie 70 no II
aud to do 1t well GCries OF Oh! and aughte Ihs may
seem egotistca but cannot allow any false shame TO
stand between and that class Laughter ~ VII,
Why Columbia College and the City OF New, YORK
should have united in toast Is problem can
not make out surely the mere question o. nan D sc wSpa
subject and If there was nothing more 20 unite Columbia
the former first saw the light on Manhattan lsiahu,
L should decline to speak upon SO LlNH -
has It's dignity and selfrespect But citizens Of New
York have sent their boys TO other colleges fearing to
Sn%1 d SsT O"1 To- & he G own children and have
favored and caused to prosper provincial though
ward and Princeton The sons of these institutions
b9yc named come here occasionally 10 nsrt us with
selves if we only had that gift seaduation where
could we stopi lLaushterl
RESPONSE OF PRESIDENT PORTER.
The Columbia cheer was given heartily many
riiae when Mr. Coudert closed his speech He in
trodueed President Porter of Yale, who spoke in
response to the toast Sister Colleges. and said in
substance:
We are 10 observe that Columbia College il assuming
the proportions Of university We rejoice IN The estao
and intellectual as well as the evidence furnished Of
desire par Of its to open the doors TO
Ever since have known anything about Columbia Col
legc has been known as school fo classical learning
For the future what shall we say Firs! oi All III feiel
10 the great question OF what IL called some
by annex lLaughter.l II has been burning question
with you though it has moi been with us The ques-
question from that of the coedueaon Of the sexes
in the same classrooms and under the same
by Columbia, In certain portions OF the country c0e'u
cation Of the sexes for the ae 9ens he AZ ea@ esS.
mended when II becomes necessary, ,haro gn ,s as
other se1 educated themselves they had better
6e eit loue because this business Of creating syse@
often the sensibes and interests Of the Instructors,
had better be avoided lApplause . 49,, &. oonroo+,or
The question Of the study OF creek ana h conecVn ~
herewith scientific exclusive OF classical education Is
question aoout Thlch the slstei eGeges SIe iS No
earnestly eXeresed and Will Oe loI sone 1e " 80
one objects the courses OF education III wnch pek
and IN other colleges we nave isige nun"ed U
undergr sdnate students who never study DIeeA anu
" IL
All or ss not be required but should be understood
IN this torn namely Whether student shall be sd,
"a worthy of the testimonial without the study OF Greek
That the question 70 be decided III inc coiges Oh tn
country and in regard which bOe the influence OF
Columbia will be strong united and unchanged. Ana the
reason is simply this: thar from the me %hen zen ].e9C ]
tuaI iniyersy culture commenced 10 the prtEept
time no study has been found equal 10 the STUDY
of language IN the earlier years lor eonsunmale euu
Another point I viii refer 10 Is concerning the fam
which shall be assumed ana lncucae1 10 le SCHOOLS os
Ifyhnr ar1Iinp In
institutions OF learning should be in favor Of faith IN the
Ns Observation-Disclosures which God has made to Imam. claim
that the time has not yet come When the patnec ana
ecyaIng influences pnngng from the name OF Him con
SSs4 SSF4ns sneo ToOm shall Bow i can be dispensed with
in g hqPA9 o IN SGes tSe institutions of human culture
Until the time shall omeiwhen the conclusion is reached
by what he called unanimous consent tnat 81 we
have taught TO believe concerning historic Chris
any fable i cera te Is S S pSrt to "a SlsO tbcc ro
truths 10 be veres to instruct them In their spirit
applause
PRESIDENT BARNARD'S ADDRESS.
Three cheers were given for Yale at the close Of
President Porters remarks, and the Glee Club sang
Here's to Good Old Yale" Mr.. Coudert then
called upon President Barnard to speak for " Co
lumbia College" The president was received with
many evidences ~ respect and enthusiasm. 1hese
are some of the points in his speech:
whenever rise before you under circumsssces Ike
fhe present feel very much sometimes you have fea,
when were up Tor e1annnallon vi peIhnpo
more particularly when some Of you-I trust not all
NAV have mp before the board sm up before toe
hoa;rd this time although I happy TO say that
the present board is more cheerful IN ocss.oris m sp
iban mat which you know under the same
name in Forty -nnth-st [Laugserl You are expecting
from information as TO TIE copduoh OF ne coegs
and some facts as its probable future Our present
condition may considered in two polnts OF Yiew.one
material and the other intellectual The purely material
and visible conditions of college have changed won
derfllIy during the past twenty years haVe
aen herr one or two graduates whom I fret
met in ny own lecture room In ls04. twenty
years ago There are OF you who for twenty years
have not revisited your college II s therefore he case
that many OF you do not know the changes Wnca nsvs
taken place in our merely outward appearance 80 that
Won Visited the college now you would not know It.
We have adopted new system o. library Spariaa !.
90 see that books arc used Our idea Is that III
books are used up for As hooks OF library
o1gt TO be for legitimate study they will have given 20