New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-22
BOUDOIN ALUMNI At DINNER
REvIvING MEMORIES OF COLLEGE DAYs-DR. NE"-
MAN sMYTH on PROFESSOR PACKARD

RFyIyISG MEMORIES OF COLLEGE DAYs-DR. NEW
MAN sMYTH on PROFESSOR PAcKARp
Forty members of the Bowdoin College
Alumni Association sat down under an electric hgh'
chandelier in "a of the Murray Hill Hotter last even
ing They were there to eat their annual dinner ana TO
revive Old memories OF the college on the bahks oi ~
Androscoggin the Alma Mater OF Longer
low Hawthorne and host of useful men in oil depart
mcns of learning the head OF the long table presided
Or. Fordyce Barker, of '37, who, "a no hI'Soii
acknowledged, has been taken for "A railroad A"s'
Colonel scott q great editor ThurOw Weed ana htcS
f. Brunswick during the commencement season was ST.
uted by the of "a worthy Congregational minister
Though the doctor did not have his diplomas Win tl
ne WAS greeted with fraternal fervOr by his college
friends his left sat the dean of the faculty ana acE
president, DE- Chapman, rugged, earnest man. uh"e
whose administration the college has grown ahd pIoo
pcred. Dexter A. Hawkins. OF rs; General Thomas IL.
Hubbard Of 81 Jane, McKcen. of '6lC T. Soule oil az
occupied ghborng seats. Professor william A. Fach
ard and Professor Cyrus Bracket, of Princeton came III
late but received seats The Rev. ID. C. Weston OF o.
the Oldest graduate present bcamcd pleasantly Oh ''
Rev. Dr. Newman smyth of 'G3, who Is young
but whose fame has already passed the Do"hu"'!
of Connecticut
When speeches were In order DIR. Barker made
feicous one paving feeling tribute to the laie ITO
fessor Packard who he sail. always a gentleman
and an idea; instructor. To the tOHst of lhct ocIr
Chairman rsunnded urgng the claims OF the INSTITUTION
upon the graduates and directing special attention ~
success which had attended the experiment "I H.
government ny the jury system among tile n'cIIia'iu
acs believed that students could COVE IN tue
than they couid he governed. ana cal'u TOT ~
college which he administered III the absence Oh p1
dent "A broad and liberal educational polcy IhoIoh-,
abreast lie spoke of the needs ol Tue ,ol
lcec, the chief wants being new gymnasium an" !"
library and u larger beneficiary fund.
Smyth read a euugy upon the me anu services az
Bowdoin ~ Professor Packard. lie said III part
This mai the last bond between The present ana
the past in the history al Bowdpu College. lie had been
spared for many Ia keep present IN our minds inc
of sacrifice Of devotion. and 81 power ~ the history
OF orr Alma Mater. These men oi whom he was we
last themselves wholly to the college ANA ihe
Church They considered nothing human IoTiGh 70
them They loved their fellow men nnd counted u ah
OV to live and Ia die for them They luoa'd upnn Tie
office a col professor high ana sacred cilhhE
They Jealous Of IL dignity 1hry cou!"
not he tempted b. earthly rewards nom li'
duties. They believed not merely ~ trHch-
ing students. but IN educating men. They MAJ 40
ambitions beyond their WORK ard no hope ~ reward h
yond the good which they wrought our country owes
it, character largely To such faithful ANA >ciicn'iS
The lines of their influence have gone FORM every
where throu-h broad territory. tn" old pai-' ana
the new era cuIuos. BIT with all or gains ~
the means and appliances Of cdurIlin" ana
all he rNpdnsinu Of the domain oi human ku""I'"t'
would , % fatal loss tn colleges should The -pli
Of tho-" from the -rts of learning ann H axe
Of learned ami critical Professionalism folio" Inc '-' "l
SINCERE "ho,c-0Il,d and C'I-ccIacd manhood III our
colleges and universities
Speeches were 81. AIDE hv W. j Curtis, Professor
Bracket and General Hubbard.