New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-17
REVIVING COLLEGE MEMORIES
THE GRADUATES ARE BOYS AGAIN.
DINNER OF THE DELTA KAPPA EPSILON FhAIEh-
NITY-sPEECHEs BY Ex-JUDGE HowEs AMI
TUFODORE EOGsEVELT

DINNER OF THE DELTA KAPPA EPSILON fhAih"
NIrY-sPEECHEs BY Ex-JUDGE HowEs AND
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Tho dinner Of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Cub at 'no
now club house, No 49, Fifth-ave., was, from
collcgeman's standpoint, model affair. The SERIOUS
ness which the presence Of invited celebrities us"Sy
lends to alumni dinners cspellcd by the faiera
feeling, which but members OF college sccre'
societies can appreciate. Tho atmosphere vi '
banquet hall was therefore fsaught with convlvity
and good cheer, and the attitude OF the members anu
guests was marked by informality than charac-
telizes the average affair of the kind.
The largo par0rs of the club house were used ior
the spread and nearly as 1t was possible iho
different chapters of the fraternity were assigned 10
different tables the central board being reserved lor
the speakers The parlors were adorned with inc
magnificent collection Of paintings loaned the CLUB by
Calvin s. Brlce. The only fraternity emblem VS'oio
was satin banner with central design representing
the general fraternity seal and surrounded by the
various seals of tho college chapters Oh the la''oI'
thirty three in number twenty five were roIeseh'eu'
Among those present were eX-Jndge OrahVine l.
Halves, Professor Cyrus +. Brackett Professor Alex
ander Johnston, Fitzgerald Tsdall, Wayne MacNeagh'
Theron c. Strong Theodore Roosevelt, John Dewitt
Warner, Calvin s. Br.ce, D. Lowbor smith
Professor David Bennett King Clarence H Filbss
Dr. G. r. Harrison, r. G. Ascough FRI nix s Williams
Bnrchard c. W. Partridge, Floyd b. W ison and Frank
S. Williams. , - .n,r,o,r
The parent chapter, Ihl. OF arc, was
iovlal. The deegatiOn consisted OF Il. n. Aleh' CO.
Martin 6. Allen, SO; Robert H. LYMAN, - !. W.
woodruff II; s u. Brewer, 'S2; G. d. Ashley
~: Joseph WOOD "a f. Il. Terry, 10 anu f. ~
Fisher. ,, ,
The menu was the masterpiece" OF Cluo-Sicwaru
Wells Iander's orchestra playe coll &c songs curing
the banquet and Lander himself prtsd az inc pan,
whilc the " Dck"sH 'ated o1n-irrna'lon IN ~
nerhborhood by their rousinG rrnaitlons OF ha'erny
songs snch as " The Peelcr'S Defeat =, IT.,
Fx-Judge Granville p. IIawes presided, ana I'D MS
Introductory address said:
We should con r,aulqs ourselves upsn being able 10 on
tertain ourselves and friends own clnb hon win
perfect appointments. Thres vsors ago IL was oouo"
whether such cond be organized Yet the hre onrh'
brighte, on ones hearth That Ia true OF all coo-e
associations. SOmetmes hardly appreciate the OBJECT
of club liable TO associate 1t with spirit
OF secrecy AMI college ASSOCIATIONS 1t must have anotler
object however ia 1t all lies the idea OF union
men 10 form an OF minds in their nteoctus
careers That gaining. and the success we hve
already il very encouraging In May lsso 'hls
cub bal go members in May 1886. 800; in NAV, 1884,
$40 an now 1t has asa. rAppllnse and cheers
The chairman then called upon Theodore kooseVsfIt
3 IN res pond 70 the The Wild NcSt' Inc
speaker was greeted with college yclH Oh scntt vi
varieties lie introduced his remarls by rcSrc'tlhS
that in tho West ne always referred 70 as
distinguished Eastern literary man." While IN me rtN.
he was called that noted cowboy from the WEST.
number OF capt. al anecdotes concluded his response
! Among the other speakers were Theron q: s'Iong
John Dewitt Warner Professors Brari etl anu JohiSt1n
of Princeton: Professor FitZ Gerald IlSdae, Vi W
lumbia, and Calvin =. Brice.