New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-10
UNION COLLEGE MEN UNITE.
ANNUAL DINNER OF NETWORK ALUMNI.
roAsrs AND SONGS TO ALMA MATER AND
SPEECHES WARM IN HER PRA1sE-soME


OF THE GOOD THINGS SAID.
AFT Won want to 90 to Union, just come along
with me. by the light by the light Of the moon"
ca sang Union College Glee Club last night by
tho light by the light of electricity, in the great
dining -hall of Delmonico's, where the members of
the Union College Alumni Association of New
York obeyed the musical invitation in spirit, if
not in body. Everybody's thoughts were with
old Union She was talked Of, and sung Of, and
yelled of, and dined to- 1t was the second annu-
al dinner of the association, and was most sue
cessful one The association is hOurishing II
has over 450 members, and is one of the largest
college associations in NewYork.
The Rev Or Charles d. Mott presided over the
Unionists with ponderous gavel made from a
piece of the old wagon that his grandfather, Dr.
Elphalet Mott, president of the college for sixty
two years. used TO ride in. This wagon was as
celebrated as the wonderful one-horse shay II
ran on three wheels, and Ex-Governor Hoffman
once spoke of it as the forefather of the modern
tricycle. The portrait of DR.. Eliphaet Mott
hung on the wall behind the chairman Directly
opposite, draped in the Star Spangled Banner, was
the picture of Chester A. Arthur, one Of Unions
sons Near by the portrait of Judge Hooper
! c. Van Worst; who was president of the assoca-
tion at the time Of his death. The flag of Camp
Union, pleasant Renaissance of the times the
boys" have in their summer camp at Lake
George was prominent among the decorations of
the room.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT
To the right and left of Dr. Mott sat Charles
f. Smith, of 81 John H. Starin. college trustee
Eli Perkins, 81; Warner Miller, go: the Rev
Dr. Edward Everett Hale, representing Harvard
| William II. McElroy, go; w. H. H. Moore, the
new president of the association; President Web
ster, of the college; General Butterield, 40: st
/ Clair McKelway of the Board of Regents the Rev
Dr. William irwin, trustee; Professor William
Wells, of the college faculty; the Rev. DR.. 4.
V. V. Raymond, president of the General Alumni
Association; Professors Ashmore, Brown and
Perkins, of the faculty.
Among the others present were Robert p. Orr,
James B. Lockwood. L. H. Mitchell. Professor
O. F. Stoves, of Trenton; Professor T. Van
Dusen New Brunswick; Theodore Il. Shear, f. y.
Anabe, F. p S. Crane Of Middletown; Charles f.
Bishop Chauncey B. Ripley, William B. RanIdne,
A. T. s. Clark, Edward Cary, George A. Brandreth,
Silas W. Durt, Samuel Marsh, James T. IIoyt,
Craig A. Marsh, Charles f. Sprague, John II.
Burtis Theodotus Burwe1, 80; Clifford y. Hand,
A. 7. Berthond. the Rev. Dr. S.
B. hosster, Clark Broollcs, Henry Bacon,
John H. Burtis, Frank Loomis, the Rev. DR.. S. NJ.
Haskins, the Rev. DR.. John D. Wells, John NJ
River, Henry Parsons.
MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS GRADUATE.
Homer Greene, author of the poem, What
/ My Lover Sad" sat at one of the tables. The
Oldest Union man present DR.. Elijah Whitney,
| of New-York, who carries his ninety-three years
lightly, and boasts that lie was graduated III
1928.
The following the menu:
|
| Potages
Consomme "a Royale. Creme Gaspergea
| Hors d'Ocuvre.
| Bouchees Colombienne
Poisson
Bass rayee sauce hollandase vcre.
Pommes de erre ranglalsc
| Relieve.
FLEETS de boeuf madere
Eplnards a respagnoe
Entrees
Dinde IA chevreuse
Petits pos parisienne.
Croauettes de rs de
Harlcots verts.
sorbet Dalmatle.
| Rot.
| Entremets de Douceur
Pou1ng bananes.
Pieces
Glaces Fantasies.
Fruits Petits tours Cafe
The arrangements for the dinner were made
by the Executive Committee of $3.50. consist
ing of the following members: John Bigelow '35
John d Wells, '3S /: Frank Loomis go; William
II. McElroy, so; William b. Rankine, ~, and
Robert c. Alexander 80.
THE SPEAKING BEGINS.
The chairman congratulated the president,
faculty and alumni of Union on the present. CON
ditiOn and bright prospects Of the college. Loud
cheers and the wild Union whoop followed his
encouraging remarks The yell7 runs this way:
Rahi Rah Rah U-n-,o-n
Hikah! IIillah Hikah!7
The faculty complmcnted thus: What's
the matter with the faculty? They're all right!
They're Lallahs, you beti"
President Webster, of the college in an earnest
address. set forth the possibilities of Union, and
his aims inc, the conduct of his Office " | am
willing to put my life into the work. he said,
:" but if the college is not cared for by the men
who graduated from 1t, it will not be cared for
by ANYBODY whatever lie declared himself in
favor of athletics, and said he would do anything
he could TO favor the proper physical develop
ment OF the men and, he added, If We are going
70 compete with older colleges at all, we want
TO win, you know" Cheers
W. H. H. Moore, the newly elected president
of the association, in few graceful words eX
pressed his appreciation OF the honor done him.
The chairman now announced that he WAS about
TO introduce member Of the profession OF Anan0s
a gentleman whose friend George Alfred Town.
send thus once referred To him: The city Of
Washington contains some very remarkable celeb
rites but the chief among its prizes are the three
greatest liars on earth. Don Platt Ii one, and
Eli Perkins is the other two" Much iaughtcTJ
TRUE TO HIS UNTRUTHFUL NATURE.
Eli" maintained his reputation. lie graph
cally described the adventures of his class, that
Of 81, during the war. Historians, he alleged,
spoke of them as the " great war class and
HerodOtus had termed them the great rebellion
crushers" Having closed his narrative by
marking that his class went 10 the front seventy
strong and came back seventy-tbree strong, Mr..
Perkins went on 10 discuss the subject OF veracty
lie defined an excellent distinction between W.T.
and humor. Humor, he declared, was absolute
truth all the time Wit was always an eX-
agOerafion IJo iIIuetrate tod This bv EXAMPLES. The