New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-28
JOLLY DOCTORS AT DINNER.
EXPERTS WITH THE KNIFE. JUDGES OF
THE HUMOROUS.
ANNUAL Feast OF THE MEDICAL

DEPARTMENT ALUMNI OF THE UyIvER-
sIrY OF THE CITY OF NETWORK.
"Thc boys wo know but who are these
Whose beads might serve for Plutarch's sagesi
For Fox's martyr. II you please,
Or hcrmits Of the dismal agesi'
These lines were written by DIT. Holmes. Tho
dinner committee Of the Alumni Association, Medical
Department, University Of the City OF New YORK.
printed them the toaslst after the toast Of The
Alumn' In this application they were nbeious
IT., alumni who were at the nineteenth annual din
ncr OF the association, held at Dclmonico's last Night
were not In the least suggestive OF Foxs martyrs or
dismal hcrmits Possibly some Of their heads were
equal to those Of the sages Of Plutarch, who was
mixed up In q most alarming manner by the half
schoolcd men who uscd 10 talk Of Plutos morals
Pluto having none. this IL manfestiy absurd: and
the doctors who dncd last night have nothing to do
with Pluto oven though their association motto pro
claims: "Doctrlna Robur Cvitatis,, which o free
translator construed TO be 1.-THE doctor Is the robbcr
Of tho stse.' The motto really asserts that learn
ing Is the strength Of the State This emblaZoncd
OH big flag which the principal decoration Of
the dining room and was also stamped pretty little
badge "on by the officers Of the association.
DR.. r. s.. Wtthaus, Its president, presided.
Al his table were L. C. sheehy, HI II. Porter, the
Rev. william ". Taylor. the Rev. Dr.. II. NJ. Mao
Cracken, Y. a. PuTington Dr. William N. Polk. c. z.
c. c. knight. samuel Hall and W. Z. Jarvis. There
were also present:
Drs. NJ. NJ. johnson. c. AZ Won Ramdohr. II. J. Bolt
c. +. Bernhard. T. Hartley. NJ. Allen j. l.. Winters, w.
@. Thompson, George weoley. L. A. Stmson. J. H. Nc
Deunov. J. H. J. Love- william Pierson. n 7. Joyce.
o. ]. Ward, n. q. /. Craft. j. Horn. w. L. Stoweu.
T. W. Cleavoland. J. s. Haynes. b. W. Gwyer. w. b.
Graves, =. A. Morrow. F.. l.. Dodge. {. c. Bsrrows II.
O. vendchbefeh l. sick,ls, T. T. Relying. =. A. Becker
A. II. Crifnp. J. S. Bub J. y. Comfort. II. +. Smith,
4 A. IL. &. III. p. T. ].
GIlcuddy. 4. b. Marion 7. H. Manlcy. c. g. Coakley
J. NJ. byron. T. J. Iunn, S. Cummings. c. w.
Jackson. +. NJ Chndsll, d. D. Jennings.
T. X. Tuthnl. L. johnson. T.. 10 Fcyrc.
D. T. Toal II. c. Cooper. W. IL. NJ. Mernroe. a. Brett
X. ~ Fuller, u. Knapp T.. ID. Fisher r. Abbott. r. NJ
streeter. a. NJ Phelps. William strsuord a. T. Hen.
bricks o. T. iIonegger. II. L. Pugsey A. J. Guck, NJ X
Goldsmith. H. Mucllenbach, j. c. Mackenzie IL. \. Nor
ris. J. II. Dew H. c. NJ Pdye Il. \. Murray. J. b. Fer
guson, c. l. rardeo, b. L. t'Nci {. s. Benedict J. p
Poland, c. VI. Ford Dr. Mcdonald. A. T.. Macdonald.
DR.. Mueller William NJ. Mc-aury \. Hodemah. T.. L.
Pardec y. NJ. Sha1er. Seymour. w. L. Ford. Dr.
Anderson, J. II. Anderson and Winfield Tucker. W. B
Somerville. a. L. D,By~. G. L. Williams, T. l.. Brown.
NJ Lcazarian. j. {. Stcdmin J. n. shepherd L. >.
Becker, Abbott Fost.t w j. 1eck 7. Friedrich. George
w. Bogart. w. W. Ward and {. T. Otbcn.
The arrangement, for the dnncr made by n
committee with the following membership: DR.. G.
nslec PaTtec dean OF tho faculty DIR. Anderson, DR..
X. a. Murray. DR.. WltthGm and Dr. Quimby,
The oldest Alumni present were DR.. g. J. Fisher. OF
sing Sing. and DR.. samuel Hall They both Of
tho graduating class OF 1s43 aud old in medical
scholarship their alma mater. which Will next year
celebrate her Jubilee
The dinner committee showed much wisdom and
wit in the mcnu-card. which graced with many
notices. The "foreword" was chosen from the writ
mgs OF Robert Durns-"It's guild 10 be merry and
wise, It's guild ito be honest and tue.' Before tho
list OF dishes *As tcxt from Ecc,slastes-"A feast
Is made for laughter. and wine makcti merry After
Of fare "
"what next tho frog said when his tail fell on
Strictly speaking, Hoods natural history some
what confused. II is doubtful and nay be left for
debating societies to decide whether the remark should
have been attributed To the frog the adpole Speak
ing about tails, another humorst has written about
the tail wagging the d0g,' and ccrtanly the last
part OF the dinner important tian the first
The toast list cXccllcntly arranged and tho
speeches frstratc. Dr. Witthaus Congratulated
the alLnrl the Of their dinner. and lie also
spoke with Just pride of the success Of thu college.
Vice Chancellor MacC:aCkcn spoke for the Uni
wcr,ry taking a. his subject university Altruism."
Look not every university on its own things, but
every university also the things OF oher uni
vcrstes and colleges lie defined "Cnlversty AItru.
ISM positive effort by university 20 nOush the
interests Of other colleges a primary end lie had
seen. in the past, much altruism among tie great
railways in their pool arrangements among Olegcs
and universities. but the day now come WIEN the
degree
lie proposed two applications Of the altrr,tc prin
clplc. First 10 the wcalthcst universities In thof re-
lation 90 poorer colleges. These universities night
we'll set up a limit % the number OF undergraduates
admitted by them. admit freshmen, say not o,cr
one hundred. giving preference Ia the well prepared
boys Of the vicinac Tcll the remainder to attend Their
local colleges. Massachusetts, and Connecticut TO-DAY
draw near five hundred undergraduates from ten
thvro. Sta fbust Tho
OF rich mems sons ard Of rich men from their local
colleges. The result IS bad. Three+fou Of tho
colleges in ten states northwest Of Ohio have an In
from property Of less than 5000 year each.
Can In Your travelling agents. withdraw local exam
liners from Pittsburg. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago
St Louis and Minneapolis. stop advertising for fresh
men. Cease the brag, ours Is the college for rich
freshmen also we give free board to poor freshmen
such boast made Of late on behalf Of a certain
university.
Announce. Ike Johns Hopkins. our first business
is 90 do what the local college cannot do namely, sup
port graduate and professional work. II is 10 rival
Berlin Leipsic and Vienna Up iii now said james
Russell Lowell even Harvard has been doing chiefly
the work OF German gymnasium
The second application 10 tho medical depart
mcnt Of the University Of the City OF New York in s
relation to The medical schools Of distant states. "We
need not discourage medical students seeking distant
cities like our own for instruction They not fresh.
men of sixteen or seventeen. They men with
their home ties and habts we'll established But not
AZ come to New York. There arc 100 medical
schools IN America. The larger part by far I'm
slant State. Eighty eight belong 10 tho regular
orLrr. OF the entire 100, only twenty-five have
income Of 5000 year each from all sources. Only
eleven have $4,000 per annum. only half dozen
have medical property worth 100000
The speaker did not propose that tho University Of
the City Of Ncw-York should cndow these 100 poor
great Satcs % the West BY exhibit at the Chicago
Worlds Fair. what those state, must do fdr their
medical colleges IN order TO sct them IN the first rank.
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