New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-03
THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY
ALUMNI DINNER AT DELMoNICos.

MUCH GOOD CHEER. GOOD MUSIC AND GOOD SPEAK
ING AFTER THE DINNER.
The good fellowship and good cheer that per-
vaded the festivities dinner Of the alumni OF the
College Of the City of NewYork last evening exploded
the od-tine fable that there is not healthy college
spirit In that Institution Two hundred Of the old stu
dents fought their college battles over again between
the courses OF OF Delmoncos dinners The classes
that sat together. and the graduation from the gray
haired like Professor and James Steers
of the class OF 80 to the smooth faced graduates OF
recent date almost without a break J. Seaver
Page. president OF the Alumni Association, III the
chair. At HIS right sat the white haired Professor
Roemer the oldest member OF the faculty The others
the dais were the Rev. Dr. Joseph Anderson f. W.
DevOe. Judge Noah Davis. Trustees Jacob D. Yer
mllyea, Eugene Pomeroy. Charles l. Holt
II. b. Perkins, George IL. Crawford and Professors New
comb and johnson. Among the alumni present were
Lewis Sanders George W. Van sclen Professor Werner
William Adams, Adolph L. Sanger, DIR. Thomas H.
Burchard. Dr. l.. G. Spitzka, Alexander +. Ketchum
Everett p Wheeler, Justice W. Ii. Kelly. r. r.. BOwker
Professors Mason, Tisdale and Roberts. and Dr. l. d.
Hudson
When the resonant tones OF The Bulldog on the
Bank. tho Little Brown Jug" and kindree classic mel
odies had died away the meeting went into executive
session President Page introduced the tOasts with neat
little speech, exhortins mis- brother alumni to shout
little more and give all the voice and energy ut their
spreading fame their institution He
first called Professor Roemer. who spoke TO
the toast "Our Foster Mother" In the
absence through sickness OF President Alexander q.
and then the cheer " iiooiay! liooray HOoray I.
Z. n "! rang ont with iunanimity aud ear-spitihg
reply he spoke warmly of the prosperity of the college
and the work being done there. Then he read me
nat the number OF students had Increased Ivy $50 IN
the last year. 1t reviewed briefly the
history Of the institution and spoke OF
us desire and ability to adapt Itself to the
utS ina "A n,
OF the school system OF New YORK. IL closing
he paid tribute 10 the greatness OF NewYork City aud
Of the that crowned common school s,s
TEN. Then Mr.. MaylAid sang song, g. Holmes Craw-
ford spoke to "Our Guardians and Edward NJ Cole
for Our Brothers" The latter took np the unhappy
fate of the acrdnner speaker ami handled 1t Witty
before going on to his subject proper.
Paul KrOtci. IS. reJoiced the ears OF the unsteady
81, spoke OF Our wards In Introducing MT Van
sclrn, the chairman joknsly referred to the runor
other things: d" The topic asssncd me Is trhr
obscure ana ambiguous 1t Is possible that me com
winch indeed have changed materially since the days OF
Governor DOugan, when In 1858 there were six wards
designated by him including The Out-Na 10 contain
The town OF Harlem. WITH all th" farms ana settlements
on t9s island f north OF inc tFs e 1oo MI1T To
posed Doubtless those whom VIZ, gentlemen Of the
alumni should watch over and care for The college has
guardians fOI whom another Is TO speak But we,
IN our turn, have duties Ia perform We are sprung
from the people. educated by the people and we should
Nile OF modern cviiz ton spread over Europe, at hrS
covering with fertile diluvum mach OF what had i"rei-
ly ana pros on IN An obscure corner
called Holland IN little ARK Of PUSHES and willowfootS
with difficulty kept from the suDmerElng sea the splr
OF civil ana religious liberty WAS preserved spirit
which in after years led It's followers Bcrors
not the he'd Sea, but the Atlantic Ocean,
TO the promised 70 that Holland dockrd
oppressed of all nations HugueiOts from France,
Jews from Portugal. Puritans from England ana al
made welcome; even the prosecuting Roman
ahclcs pro when the Professionals heo tine
victorious and the Duichmen showed themselves, as
they aud their descendants nave ever remained. truly
cosmopolitan Christians broadly Catholic. THIS TRAIT 81
character they Ight here. with their school master
and to-day. according Ia annual school census, we
find (NIr
dten. five and fourteen yotra Of age IN tue
Tenth Ward. representing twenty natonalues. Poland,
Denmark RumrIIl Russia, GREECE. turkey, Palestine
In closing he fOrceiully presented tine necessity oil
educating the voters that the ballot should cease 10
he "A humbug.
our sisters were toasted aud Ernest n. Perrin re-
pied absent Ihr last speech 81 tue
evening by DR.. Anderson, who answered 10 oar
Old Friends" The pauses hllrd ~ by an Imitation
sophomore defamation by Mr Krnic and the singing OF
maj