New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-17
COLUMBIA'S SONS JOYFUL.
n,xyrR OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
,orssrs ny FREDERIC R. CoUDBRT, PREsr-
nEST LOW, CHAUNCEY NJ DEPEW. JAMES
w ALEXANDER AND OTHERS.


w. ALEXANDER AND OTHERS.
rolumba's sons made merry at the annuai dinner oi
.ho alumni association last night al the io'cl bruins
,or Almost every class that has been graduated l"
,ho last City years had its representatives AZ ,he
I'D while Yale Harvard Princeton and Swarth'
.o. bcnorcd the dinner In the presence of the presi
s,s NJ their alumni associations. In the seat OF
A., tstcr bibendl Frederic II. CO-dert the pres
do,t Of Colunbias associatlon and beside MN "o'e
prosdent Low 10 william Dudley Foulke 3D. Inc
n,csdent-elect Of swarthmOrc; Edward King inc
n-esdent Of tho Harvard Club; Chaunccy VI. Depe"'
an. nr,sdcnt Of the Yale Alumni Associations James
n, a,cxandor the president of the Princeton Club
Tn, Oldest alumnus prevent was Frederick liuGhson
,ao Near him sat william e. SchermerhoFn 40
ceor1, " Root ~, ard David Thomson ~
Among Others present were Joseph Laocquc 40
Archibald +. Cnshman 80 Walter r. T. Jones 90
charles A. silllman 30 Elias O.. Drake 81 DR.. Elias
T Marsh "a General Stewart L. Woodford "a, the
pey Abbot Brown ~. Francis Hendricks $50, Ed
wa-i r. BrDwnn4 10 John CT sby Brown 80, John
Diner 80 Cortlandt De J. Field, DR.. Emory NC
Ci,ntook 50 Professor J II. Van Amrlngc go Will
ian A. Boyd ~, Edward Mitchell '8l, william o.
Lathrop jr. 's2. c. r. Mitchell 'Ga william H.
willis 90. Charles A. Post 'G3. Gerard Bcekman "a,
DR.. Charles ;. Bull 'G4, william II. Buttcrworth,
J. Hooker Hamcrsey 65. George o. Kip 'Go, Judge
r. B MARITIME 'G5. John V. Wheeler 'G5, julien
T Davies '66 Professor Augustus G. Merriam 49,
samuel A. Batchfori, George o. De Witt )r.
49, Nicholas Fish %, Henry F.. Picrrrpont
,s7 william Mitchell 90. Brandcr Matthews
II sidney c. Ashmore 80, Professor John X.
Roe, ~. Frederick X. Hutton 70, Henry Il. Mar
shall 10. Alexander b. smonds 10, spencer Mdrich
! "a Charlie. X. Buckley ~. George Il. Buttcrworth,
Robert C. Cornell -, Dr. Edward ID. Perry 20. Judge
| p H. DugrO 20. John b. Pine - Or. Reginald II.
seyre 81 Professor Nicholas Murray Butler 49, Will
lam : ,loin 'e2. j. ". Wainwright - and W. L.
Neiklcham $50.
The Rev Abbot Brown, $50. asked the blessing at
The dinner Mr. Depcw came into the dining hall at
9 O'Clock and was greeted with Columbia cheer Us he
! wss ushcrd to his seat. When Nh CoudcT rose 10
make the opening address. he said In part:
Il take great pleasure In welcoming all our guests
tonight. As Lincoln wrote, We can SOY we nj"
now ~ peace With tho world and all the rcst Of man
kind, We have done nothing to mar the PERFECT mar
nony which has existed between our college anu
o.hcrs We have gained no brutal victories daughter
- have uc horne the sceptrr from either Harvard OF
Yale Our victories have been intellcctual-and moral
| for We AZ Columbia now encouraging Young '"'
10 Ia pious by making thc pracnco of prayer "P''o"
| daughter. II could only make attendance upon
! chapel exercises r>clnl offence We Hh"l'' ""'0
! crowded chapel every day =,
,cer .neok,ne Of The athletic outlook Mr.. Condcri
snohe ~ barnard College saying: After all What We
Qe, from nur mothers and sisters is what Is o'O' ul
r,e work II barnard College + bound :" be one ol '
living and hcst factors I'm education In Ne" lof" wy
when President Low was called upon To respond L"
the toast columbia The outburs' Of cheers pre''
him from speaking FOR moment. lie then SAID among
other things Sine months ago stood here to receive
~. x.lcome which you extended 70 me ar IN" Ne"
,,...er. q, Columbia and tnb- this opportunity o.
nublcly acknowledging that have enjoyed 70 tho III"
he support which then promised 10 me D! "u'
toe. alumni and fa0ulty Columbia Is such surprise
y, ~. .ha, t.el tlat WHO WON graduated IN NY
tsfa AZ
~. prescnt s plt before Columbia os1 ~ the uni
wv ,he. Sew.York CITY wants her N b" 'he mus'
| ,rax her students from all quarters n the gloc'
p,..h,.,, Low thr dwelt upon tn Difference between
| u.yo and a university In scope and opportunity
ard clancd for Columbia 'he utle Of university
william Dudley Foulke. 90, thu pr"''den' cleo,
, s.,r,hroro COLLEGE. was then Introduced amid
| chc,r. He said among Other things "Grea' ooc'oS
must be studied from tho distance, and a. mountain
:. h.st und.rsood from point, Of view so 1t J.
,,,, n colleen think OF Columbia a. II was u
1900 A college and Columbia. rs II is today "a NM
rets,,yr lie then gave graphic Description OF wv
college, OF hs DAY. and told OF Visit n mace yes
,,rday morning with President Low through tho col
lcrc buildings. r.,., ,.,-
Tho ,-ctent O, the Iiarvard Cub spoke Of tho f7cnd
,o,.tIons existing between Columbia ard hNVaNL
.avinc tho, they began when Harvard sent pa"lNl
1r,x,dwcll IN 1884 become the hI~t PROFESSOR vi
.hcrna
,.iy.s when Harvard gave 10 President 10" M
1910 de,rec O, doctor ~ laws. lie spoke Of
u,,,r. athletic vlciorc,. ard mentioned hor recent
victory at spun-ncld
| Chounc.y NJ Dcpcw spoke for ale. AND sad " ne
f. suprcIncy happy ever. i i true SIC i. q"
spriu,1eld but then with "A nudge t""''o N'' ~
ander who e. at MS ltD shc didn't los" at hro'h'"
Laughter 81, kept the average. and success IL 'h
~. don.rds upon tho doctrine Of averages. AWAY
nj & hCcAlls"
orrhi.s vc,v York 20 clps,ly. New York Is the rep
.sc,ta,ivo OF all TINT IS cosmopolitan ana uhlversa
q, tho lnit.- states. n + the one hoSpholc pace
"a which all mankind comes for recognition ana en
I courrercnt And Columbia + like It. uauShfef'
! rt.b columbia wond establish chair 10 settle IN
ouee,ion why II s that the salt water college arc 81
,un,ror ~ tresh.wst-r colleges. II IS curious fac
r ,ho, have mover boen able 10 explain unless " h
ha, our Eastern colleges inbbc some OF the splf1t
= tho old ~arlke vikinsS and breathe IN the ozone
t..hcr Septunc which the colleges Of the interior car
not get . .,
=, The last speaker was James W. AieSano'' u"
d nre.la,n, Of tho Princeton Club lie said in part
Next to my nreeiG, and my religion. there /. notihh
IN which take greater pride. or 10 "lch INV mean
. ,ocs am more than Princeton and II anyhlnS co"l
enhsnee than pride would D% ,n !" IN ,drrton viii
columbia And do find these Two colleges IN illeuvh
contact al through the past century ctilbo, CI"
~" Same. degree of blood relationship between Prime
T. | ton ana Columbia which exists between princeton am
t1iShd ~" h our ir,t three Presidents ilarNHn
+. | Ia Yac's mother, and, therefore. our erdhum"'i
e | Now II l. the cOmnonest thIg III ire ""r" ''"
II weakness, of human nature that more 1uaiTin'E "''
" | occurs I'm the iumy circle Than on aldr oi
u Laugh'erJ And cannot d"il dl'houRh IN,
,r i",ciiy nry.tc and Won mustn't give II away tm,
4 there has Al times been disturbance between our graz
=, | mother onr mother and ourselves. 0aughicrJ ol
10 ,randn,othcr hns gone far - To- sold " Il
lime, lnOrdluutely, and our ne, her la, tIlfa'I'u y
81 ouy SO Lately A. Thank gvlug Day, NOR 'r'ttrl
=, | tmn necessary discipline required. daughter b'
. with columbia have one long unbroken 'an,r
~ academic friendship. And we are fond OF our Ne"
tc England ryatlu too, I'm pit" OF family bih"l- Jn
N L., some outsider attack theEl! lApplausc Hh
II iaught.rJ Tho roster OF Columbia, alumni - do'
~ ali Fin. way down with the names Of Dntchmtn. 10
1. arr I'm New Amsterdam aud you cant hcp bcu'
ls Dutch Well you may not know 1t. but princeton
Y n,trun .olut was "a Dutchmal- King William II
D. Prince of O~angc: branch uf that great hou&
. nassau which 50 famous Ia The cause Of cltil II
h. dcp.ndcnce and religious liberty. Now one of NoI
NJ living Dltchmen perhaps the nobcst Dutchman OF the