New-York tribune., 1886-03-24
CHEERS FOR OLD NASSAU.
THE PRINCETON ALUMNI AT DINNER.
SPEECHES BY DIR. MCosH, Mr. ALEXANDER Dr. |
VAN DYKE. JR, MR. DEPEw AND OTHERS.

| JR., MR.. DrPEW AND OlhbhN'
| There never was jollier reunion OF college
boys-for they all boys together-than the meeuhE
of the Princeton Alumni AssOcIato. when they gathered
last eyeniug In DemoncO's ballroom to sing over ther
colere songs TO revive old friendships and TO glory
their alma natter" Old Nassau The nail was hleu 10
overAowng with the graduaes-thero were over -oo VI
tbem-and they made the walls echo with coleRe So"ts
sup I'm all possible keys but always with the greatest
enthusia SIN There decorations ot orange anu oo
ooye the raised table which the invited guese SAT- Out
the emblem which was most franlicaly ch'erou "u"
toasted by every Princeton mar was great eRS'"Hpo
fooIba whichwas suspended IN front OF the raint " n
musicians gallery The orange background when huhE
hshud IL bore the word Championship In great Dach
letters and every time the younger graduates cast tn
! evss toward this emblem of victory on haru-loush
fields they gave voice to Of those ronsnfskyToA
cheers for which Princeton IL famous PerhaPS 'ne'o
cheers came with all the more gusto from the lae' 'n"
IN ,be haoopv sat score of ladies, who listened with
apparent delight TO tho songs, the cheerN anu '"o
sperches and did not cough even when the poo"oo'
smoke began rise In thick clouds
! Before the dinner began the Alumni Assocauo"
| elected the following officers; Pres'dent' Ian''
| w Alexander; vicepresidents Thomas n. McCar-
| ter and j. Coleman Draytoni secre'ar''
Rudolph L. sohirmer treasurer NJ. Taylor l!he' ~
ecutive Committee. William HUI WicEh"in' Ohalle'
Nubrie Charlks scribuer. Powers Fare C. T. CnyIer'
Among the honored guests OF the evening, whose seats
we're on the dsis were President McCosh' John n
Cowen Dr. Henry J. Van Dyke, Jr PROFESSOR "oo"r""
Wilson, Edmund wetmors, president OF the h"rVaIu
Alumni Cub; Chauncey NJ. Depew, president OF the
Yale Alumni ASSOCIATION; Frederick {. HinricXs oi
Columbia and DE Lancey NicOlL Among the others
present were Judge Magic, of New-Jersey lhomaS -
| McCarter, of Newark John L. Cadwaader Henry Nj
| Alexander Henry A. Cram. j. Coleman Drayton' FRO
| fessor Allen Marduand. william Allen Butler Robert
Bonner Charles scrbner, David Paton' Morton
! Paton c. G. Cuyler. W. Horh"o"e''
spencer Trask Logan Murray, George b. French' Tue
! Rev George G. Teisley, Leonari W. Jeromh' Ed"ardN
/ Dlckerson Jonn L. N.sbet, DR.. William T. Roberts DE-
Markoe Dr. Richard c. Hail. Cleveland H. Dodge Jonn
Farr Robert IT, McCarer. John A. Stewart jr' Rudolph
| I, Schrmer NJ. Taylor Pyle, Alexander Porter Morse
/ ! .iavard Henry, H. B Thompson. OF PhliadeIphla'
| U,Ilett D. Wilcox Malcolm Campbell. W. L. Lutpheh
Jobn Larkn c. A. Mum, Arthur scrbner and Frederick
| Cul or.
! When the time for speech-making came Nj Alexander
rose and raped long The table before he could ell
force order and silence Alast be was able TO DeRih Ms
speech and although somebody created great laugh by
CRYING "chestnuts" after Mr. AlexandeTs best quota
ton, he was heard with attention and approval IL
said:
SONS OF PRINCETON: Let us congratulate ourselves
ma, ON ne ight OF meet toselher ana
enjoy without aduiteraOL the company OF those Whot
company most to be desired Oh course & rtir 70 Wv"
selves. Appidu7"I loFsot ln"t We na' ,cp s vi
few representatives from other COLLEGES, sucn Az & lai
! and Harvard and Columbia But lhey are an plche'
men products Of alumni associations and therefore en-
titeu to enter charmed circle On account OF lh'
! ilcularly careful about what yOu may say IN your
srercnes Dne respect to the feelings Of ChauncrN
football IAppause. And am sure that MI Wethoie
woui feel uuTt II You say anything on the SUBJECT o
compulsory education ll4auShter'I
After giving some good advice to
! the alumni. and thanking them 1or
the reelection of himself and the other officers Mr.
Alexander spoke of the advances made by the
college and then introduced Dr. McCosh. The venerable
! pr sldeut spoke IN part as follows ...,,.. ., ,,,
IL is my Pheasant Office to give some account 10 the
graduates state OF the college First as to elect
i've studies, we have 1Sd them ~ the e"eKe ever sue
! became president While we allow stule4t' TO too1e
in sOme studies do allow them TO DO so III all
We arrange that wIie III the higher cs-se5 students
elect biects winch SUIT ther tastrs anu ues.na
tons in e they Obliged every Intercourse I"
arv Secondly we have three-fnld division OF studies
into language and literature science anu pnlosoPhy.
e%V H 10 ,@ ,nto onT rolIeye every new DEPART
ment of true science, literature and philosophy allow
ing each student to make choice Thirdly. ia follow
ing out TINS course We are approaching the chaTdc-
! tor Of university Friends have sent copy OF
university plan, drawn out by me, 10 every al hmus
whose address we have able procure II now lies
with the college authorities and with alumni express
their to whother this scheme Is TO oe car
Finally claim that the college Is PtCmoting ,Sen Inn
to my library meeting held every few weeks at which
prrs being phbi.ned and scattered all over the land
The Attendance these meetings which used TO he from
thirty forty now from one hundred to one hundred
and fifty. / have to add that nearly all our younger
professors publishing works of value. editnI text
views books discussing the OF thought
As consunma;ng TIE whole there is The Nec ITtnceo"
Rertsr This has official co necti0n with tho college,
but aims carry on the education begun Ia h5 cOeG
and further the hign ends which all the colleges III
! tue country meant TO promote.
After Dr McC0shs remarks and when standing toast
had been drunk in honor OF er President Jonn Mclean,
Mr. Alexander introduced John X CO~en, the president
the Baltimore Alumni Association, who was to speak
Our sister Associations Mr. 'owen said thAt
when invited to speak he had been told That ne
mi hit talk any thing from railroad TO evolution
don't think T speak Oh railroads" said Mr. Cowen, "for
last time did So WAS before the Jersey LrgsIhtnre
The result that fifteen of the nteene Voedln
| favor of the road | advocating aud about
| thirty-fye against IL. SO | think that VIII
leave that suj-c saying only that II Depe%
the Jersey legislature TO prevent the Bal-
umore and ONO from gel ting here he ia mistaken MI
Cowen then wen; on TO make witty ana eloquent
speech. advocating the necessity OF pontcaI ahi
economic training In colleges and the advantages OF
alumni associations.
The Rev Dr. Henry j. Van Dyke jr. the nexi
speaker to the toast. Our Alma Mater" His speech
from beginning end punctuated with the applause
and laughter OF his hearers Among other things he
said:
We are gratulate ourselves that have no in
discussions In alma mater Princeton IS not
rent by fierce controversies between Congregational
ministers aud alumni From our serene heights we eau
come better from the pew from the pulpit Here
everybody laughed and locked az Nj. DepewI sun "
.nggest ihat we wash our soiled
linen III tue privacy OF our family ana IN thlr
up some of those amateur correspondents VINO
write such startling accounts from Princeton Of earth
shaking Violence and have not learned the derehce De-
tween reporting and rOmancing.
ChauDcey NJ. Depew made one OF his characteristic
witty speeches. Edmund Wetmore spoke for Harvard
aud Frederick c. Hnrchs for Columbia. Assistant
District Attorney Nicon spoke "College and Pol
itcs" and Professor Woodrow Wilson. the author OF
Congressional Government" made interesting and
able speech The College aud the Government" 1t
was late when the meeting broke up with final
tiger"