New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-24
SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT.

President Alexander began the afterdinner
exercises by q speech in honor of "Old Nassau
He said
In returning to the presidency Of tho Princeton Club
you will observe that come back hand in hand with
the football championship (Cheers)
Durinp the last exasperatng year Of Yae's supremacy
in athletics club naturally put into the presidency
a man. who, though friend Of mine. ripe scholar an
eloquent divine, cultured man OF letters, was known
TO be fundamentally opposed TO athletics during Prince
TOMS intermission from championships Taughter) 10
was for our advantage in those miserable times to have
president could take the benefit OF clergy and not
be amenable secular courts Apropos Of this let me
tell YOU story. Some months ago Harvard man told
me he had listened TO Princeton who the best
preacher he had ever heard. was Immediately all
attention Which one Of the thirteen Princeton men who
are pastors OF leading NewYork churches was i'll What
portion Of Scripture did he preach on In what pulpit
on what sundayf My Harvard friend said he hadn't
been church. and 1t wasn't Sunday, and there
no pulpit Scripture. " The man." he said =" was
DIT. Dyke. and heard him at the Harvard dinner"
(Laughter.) That the time when Van Dyke proved
that Yale going to the dogs because she played
football And h. right-at that time. (Laughter.l
Now our friends from Yale ask us how are going
extrieae ourselves from that position Why is the
simplest thing in life. IL is change Of administration.
(Applause)
1t Is just like the British Ministry. The views OF
Van Dyke were reversed on the Berkeley Oval lass
November, and the Ministry resigned. and have been
called TO form Cabinet the prevailing views.
(Laughter.)
Having assumed ONCE, comply with the custom Of
presidents upon their Inauguration and submit 70
account Of the state Of affairs. internal aud
external
Being true Princeton man, let me tackle the most
difficult subject first: foreign relations. Our rela.
tons as power with the other great powers have been
somewhat mixed Indeed the question Just presen.
seems to be: what our relatonsf"
But 1 cali your attention 10 the pleasing fact that
the Ministers Plcnipotentiary and Enyoys Extraordinary
from Yale and Harvard have demanded their pass.
ports-(aug but, the contrary. with
tonight May the day dawn when they. with ths
Ambassador from Columbia. will not be welcome guests
at our board (Applause.)
Whatever may be the natural exuberanee Of spirits
among US boys occasion like the present over
circumstances o. joyous character 10 u.s. be referred
10 later Or let me my brothers from the other
universities word VIII be said tonight
is unkindly meant toward them De mortius nil nisi
bonum 1 beg the Ambassadors to accept that remark
In a Plckwicklan sense. (Appause)
That great power. Harvard, has reversed the usual
order OF She fought with and aiterwafd
refused to recognize belligerents. But we take
that IN a Piekwickian A Yale told me the
other day that he awully glad that Princeton
the football game, because &c gave Yale chance to
how she could take licking. Now 1 suggest that 10
will be only generosity part TO that Yale men
are kept happy In this way (Laughter)
Of the Foreign have smashed that prsveb. fer NJ