New-York tribune., 1891-05-02
IN PRAISE OF OLD BROWN.
ANNUAL DINNER OF NETWORK ALUMNI.
PRESIDENT ANDREWS DESCRIBES THE RECENT
PROGRESS OF THE UNIVERSITY

OTHER SPEAKERS.
The president of the Brown University Club told the
,.mni who met at Sherry's last evening 10 eat
.Sslr annual dinner and taxi cup o. kindness yet
s.r Amid Lang syne" and alma mater that they had
.01e 10 have good time. They did. and there was
.vsrv reason TO "trOwl the Brown bowls and bring
!. the altar of Brunona an offering Of
-ass IL has been great year for the
rniyersity. Under her new president she has
,,odden royal road in learning and she is not only
, Ieade? in scholarship, but in athletics In classic
lines there were only nine muses.. The Rev. sydney
smith an Englishman who once made a joke. and that
Gas on scotsmen, and II bad one, replied when he
Gas asked IL he willing TO subscribe to the Thirty
,ne Articles Yes sir. forty, II you like" The modern
nuses number rot nine, but almost many more as
eou like In ono modern attainment actively pursued
a. all colleges, however, the cassicism of the antique
Il retained in connection with a more manly sport
shsa antiquity ever saw and the alumnus OF Brown
.r any other university would undoubtedly say that
N baseball nine are worthy Of more estimation than
callope (who always reminds one Of Barnum's circus
arde and the rest The baseball nine are heroes
Ihey bave bcatci: Howard and they have beaten
Vale and, not vet elutted with glory, they want 70
meet them and beat them again. Sic itur ad astra"
President Andrews, of Brown University, sat on
The right of Charles l.. Colby, president OF
the club, at the dinner. Others present were
,he Rev. Dr. II. l.. Wayland, OF Philadelphia
Dr. c. F. Adams, Henry d. Anthony, William b.
Arnold c. L. Balch. Albert G. Barney, Ira Barrows,
Arthur F. Bowers John r. Bean Dr. Bull, o. L.
prght Harry VI. Burrows, George A. CrocSer, Charles
D. Cooke, Gardner Colby. Lucen G.. Chaiin, stewart
chaplin, James May Duane, president of the Brown
Alumni Association OF Philadelphia Charles H. j.
Doncas NOrmas S. Dixie, Dr. Frederick Dame,
Lyssnder Dickerman, Edward F. Ely Joseph p. Earle
l. n Ford, the Rev. william II. p. Faunce, Z. d.
French William II. Frost, Albert Gallup, president OF
the Park Department DR.. Robert W. Greene, j. B. F.
Herreshof DR.. Charles Hitchcock, Rstcle Hicks, Will
am W. Hoppn, Charles f. Hughes, Colonel Rush C.
Hawkins, the Rev. Edward Judson, Francis Lawton
Arthur Lincoln DR.. John F. Lyon. Lucus Lyon, Dr.
J. L. Leonard Emory 5. Lyon, Manton B. Metcaf
Edward Miller, jr.. James ". Perry, Thomas d. Robin
SON. y. s. smith, Dr. SHELTON Augustus Van Wickle
william II. Williams and the Rev. Dr. c. b. Walton
Letters of regret came from several old and highly
esteemed friends who could not be present-among
them Professor John l.. Lincoln, George William Curtis
and Professor Francis Wayland, of New Haven. Mr..
Curtis wrote:
Il am sorry to say that am so engaged that can
not come to the dinner But shall recall the happy
evenings that l have known with the club. / salute
with respectful regard the president who brings the
benedicion of alma mater. and as used to sing
Farewell, and whenever you welcome the hour
That awakens the night Of mirh in your bower
Then think Of the friend who welcomed IL, too,
And forgot all his cares TO be happy with YOU
At brown dinners the song 20 Alma Mater written
by j. A. DE WO Of the class of 1861, is always sung
so last night 1t marked the boundary line between the
coffee and the speaking, and the whole company Joined
VI singing:
As I'm memory backward wander.
And roam the long vista Of past years adown,
On the scenes OF student life often wen ponder,
And smile as the name of old Brown.
Then Mr. Colby said:
We have come here tonight tn have good time We
awe to glad and rejoice together over the pros
a. rtv has 10 University,
las been one Of remarkable years in all her
history During the last twelve months she has come well
q front. and has taken her rightul place among
he leading educational Institutions of our country
year ago when gathered here we came
o president and n offer him
he encouragement Of our loyal support. We were full
hope OF the future and many the prophecies that
Inder his leadership we would enter on ncw career
prosperity l need not tell you, gentlemen, that all
highest hopes have been than realized, all our
DOldest prophecies have been than fulfilled. zap
pause)
The chairman gave several interesting facts Illus
ratng the progress Of the university lie said that
the John Larkin Lincoln Fund Of 100000 had been
over-subscrlbed last June; that $4,000 comins
from the Faycrweather bQuest, and that 1t was
almost without question that Brown would be
he university which receives that proportion OF the
agricultural fund which goes to Rhode Island and
which will reach 800 900. In new buildings Wilson
Han was about completed The observatory given by
lrONernOf
money had been raised and the building promised for
the gymnasium, owing the energy and persistence of
DR.. Keen, Of Philadelphia. Several new courses o;
study had been opened The new degrees OF b. Sc ana
c. f. were conferred. There were $50
students in 1891 as against 2S5 IN
1880, an increase Of % per cent.
There were hirtyv professors in 1891, where there
had been twenty-five in 1890, and Brown had licked
Harvard at baseball by a score of 6 to H.
4" Brown University" added Mr. Colby, "was the
first Of all the colleges founded the principle Of
liberty Of conscience, and If there are Two things IN
this land to-day that stand for religious liberty they
Plymouth Rock and Brown University" (Great
applause" , $1,000. ,.,.o.,n,
talked of the obligations of the university to her
alumni of the unity of feeling and Of purpose that pre-
services Of the advisory and executive committee OF
the trustees should be recognized In golden letters
committee who had for the last twenty-five years been
one of the most useful men copnected with BroTn own
had for the last twelve fifteen years given at least
10 per cent of his time 10 the affairs OF Brown The
president also spoke in terms OF gratitude OF the chan
ceor Of the university the treasurer of the univrSy
and many more.
In regard the work Of the university he said that
under the Young brilliant scholars who added
to the faculty about year ago new departments had
been added and old depsrents had been
Andrews TO find baseball nine In in me he conn, 0Ins
try professional or COLLEGIATE 70 beat inc o. nine ,hs
nine OF Harvard University, which wa have recently
done. applause II takes work, it takes brains, u
takes skill and il takes cooperation loud applauseJ
/ was pleased when an outsider said, day or TWO
after the victory Ovef Harvard; There can't any
nine that comes along march Oh to them Browns ana
walop the Brown University nine as they dsed 10;
Gaughtec and applause, And this was IemaiS
made in cold blood. and not by ar enthusiast IN
the college. As some 'lewd fellows Of the
baser sort are st lying about US. will say that
90 man in the nine is not legitimatey connected
with Brown College. That true too. when we beat
Yale That is true of all the three splendid batteries
PLAYING this year (applause), and am bound to say
further that on the nine there Is not man that
does not bear most excellent character ZAP
plause.1
In closing his speech, President Andrews touched |
on the educational question: and spoke Of the necessity
of continuous advance in Brown UnverSity's scope
and aims to keen abreast Of the times.
The Rev Dr. Wayand In witty speech, aboundiDg !
IN clever savings showed how the educational path OF
youth had been SmOOthed since his time. "There is
no longer said he "a divorce between education and