New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-16
PRINCETON'S SONS DINE.
OLD NASSAU EXTOLLED AGAIN.
SPEECHES BY PRESIDENT PATTON Mr. ALEX
AMBER, CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEW
AND OTHERS.

What's the matter with the Princeton tiger
Hes all right This is his of year In a'h
lctics, because lie missed making prey of a Yale
football team. SO he has turned back TO eFudl
ton, scholarship, pety. the higher college lie,-
sic itur ad astra" But because he has become
virtuous, has he forsworn cakes and ale? NOT
much His orange and black banners and stream
crs Haunted gOrge0usly on the walls OF the pls
Hotel Brunswick dining-room last evening Ills
stuffed image was enthroncd much higher IMAM
the das from which wit and wisdom
were eoquently poured on his admirers at
the annual dinner of the Princeton Alumni, and, he
being stuffed and dumb. they did the roaring for
him. And such roaring The Princeton men
have unbounded admiration for their alma mater.
an enthusiasm for her dampencd by no petty re-
verses sustained in fields not within her educa-
tional province at all-sde- shows az it were. for
gotten with magnificent ease in the magnetic at
mospherc of social and convivial reunion SO
with their hundreds of hearts beating as one and
their voices united. If not exactly in unison. they
shouted for Old Nassau.
The dinner held under the direction Of
the Princeton Club of New-York and it was in
all respects admirably managed. No one
regretted the return from the corr-
doris of the Equitable Building to the
comfortable Brunswick, and Mr.. Godchaud's
fare. every dish Of wElch served rs piping
hot rs an undergraduates first love. James W.
Alexander the popular president OF the club. pre-
sided and under his skiul direction the after
dinner exercises were conducted without agslng
and the ball was kept mcrrily rolling. lNo ma
licOus reference 10 football is utcndcdl On
his right sat Dr. Chaunccy " Dopew, wearing
with Lis accustomed mcckLcss and smile IN which
plenty of traces of Lood-fcllowship, bat none OF
ovcrwccning triumph. could he discerned the hon
ors Of Yale I;y his side was Dr. Pennington, the
oldest Princeton alumnus present, who was grad
uat,d in 1925. on Nr AlcXandcr's Immediate
left WAS President Patton of Princeton. Others
AT the raised table were judge Melee, of The ST.
rrcmc Court Of Ncw-Icrscv; Charlcs F. Green, Ed
ward King, of Harvard: the Rev DIR. Henry van
DYKE Adrian II. Jclinc. Spencer Trask, the Rev DR.
d. t. Frazer OF Newark, the Rev. Thomas C. Hall,
Of Chicago J. y Lewis and District-Attorncy De
Lanccy Ncoll
Another guest came in when DR.. Patton WAS
speaking. and took his place at this table.
din of cheering greeted him, the whole company
arose. DR.. Patton paused and looked toward hlm
and smiled a welcome - his venerable and much
loved predecessor Or James McCosh.
Among the men al the tables the floor, who
sat according to their graduating years, and
varied the unanimous Princeton yell by lively
class cries, were
John " Aiken Charlie. b Alevsndor Henry \. Alex
andcr Horny VI AlcNaute-. samuel A"Nandet Professor
A. Campbell Armstrong n odore Ayr,s. benjamin Il
nlydrnburca. Frederick Bonner. Robert Id~in Bonner
Robert I.,dce-. Charles Henry Bueer. Howard L.
Butler william Allen Butter. ir. John l. cad
walad,r. william c. Campbell. Ernest !. carter
c. e. Cu,l,r Cleveland H. Dodge. Frederick Evans. r.,
L. Coleman Drsvton. Frank Dunnns George w. Farlo-'
John Tsrr. r. H. Powers Farr. Harvey Liwari FAX.
P.iny Fi,. Robert :. Yard the Rev Aoram w HA's'f'
Joseph Ha,cy, ]. Arden Hartman, J. Borden Hartman
III. Frank Hartley. David A HAYNES. Joo T. Hedges the
Rev Dr. William Holiday william Il. Horblo"rr'
John J. Hubbel J. A-pinwsl H,dsc. j., Alexander ~
Hudnut. william H. Isham. r.. Charles T. lmDTie' me
Rev. Dr. Charles X lmbrie, :he rev pF'
william Irwin. Baker Johnson. Morris y. Johnson
Herman +. Lee. Ashton Lcmone, Dr. Henry T. LOOMS,
Dr. David Magic Df. Francis II. Markoe, Professor Allan
Mafquand Henry Marquand Charles w. McApn' Dr. j.
Hunter McA.pn. H.. i"b'rt II. McCarier Ih'ina' ~
McCartcf, george t. NcCldlan. John J. NcCopH bf.
Andrew J. Ncro.h. tie Rev. Dr. J. Hal. Nell
,aiHc. Clarence Il. Mitchell. Robert Gfier Monroe
Iunius MofNan. Lawrence :. Mott. Charles A. Mum.
LQ-an G. Murray J. auin Nico. John /. N>'"t John J.
o,ot Professor ncary b. Osborn William Chur,u Osborn.
Dor.on Plddo h. L. Wayne Parker Morton Patton. Aaron
I,c Dr Arthur Fl. Francis =. Fhran'r l. h'ly Prem
tee n. Taylor Tylc Pry Il. ryn. y Rudolph l. Scair.
cr Art w II. Scrlbncr ChaIc, Scrbncr 10 c Lean shaw
I4vasd " sheldon. he Nv. j. Etchie smith,
wa.tr LLOYD smith, Traucl, sp.cs. Ir.. Eobcft ".
Sper. d. ". Allen starr. william G. sttt.
jonathan surge, sylvester Van SycheI. Thomas =.
Tracy II Hams Nil-4%ih J. Jiii4'i' A
tvs s.. M,p.. Joseph .. Bauso,. N CORY i1'"'"r.
wilson lar and David N. Milton " u. Hesyey. John y.
NcAdsm. T. +. II. Ila.-,y.
The Princeton Glcc club did admirable service
by their singing Of famous "Carmina Prince
tonicusa7
President Alexander was tremendously applaudcd
when ne arose and called Tor order for the speak
ing His address Of introduction and welcome
was rs follows:
chang, hi hue a,c1ri ~ 70 Tic college platform on
which Doc ,lca.s-"c aic Away clad TO See in here
interested ln, D. sdes, he is orange to night tAdun'cj
Drpcw ,id az recent college banquet uat for tloom
preach Princeton dinner after defeat al football
game. Well call n- attention t. the iact Ia nirht
" i,6 5''r IT,, n, The "I,.
observation va, made by character not popular a.
I arsrg5 r ni' We r ri, our Isl, pi,Ce ab
hO,ic.
Last year, after t!nl magnificent dinner when vc
lul jos. '"ianh' Oi my Acquaintance. whom sco
here tonight ,aId q, thai De thought 1t was
10 c1dtl,ion oyer football victory. At the tine.
IN" idea did not strike me iayorahy. hut after "a
~ froo an" aver VII vlc"rr ""l et M rcnprrt
the feelings OF visiting friends, and let
our attention to learning. Ia tho arts aud sciences.
II We can manage 10 get an educational swing into
the proceeding, We may mead of any tIlnnatiOn5 from
brethren Of Harvard and ale about springfield
and IGOOkl}n. sec how sweet the of ad
vcrsity. 40 sooner had our suffered defeat
al Eastern Park tan complete reaction mental,
moral religious set in AT Princeton week
had not elapsed before the Convention of CON :
for the Nddl. states wa, MD al Princeton and. IN
stead Of athletic game. Dr Me o,h addrcs,. Il the
G-lcga, on hJW De used 10 regulate boy IN college.
Applause and laugIt"rJ The next elk the Con
Ncuton OF Young Mems Christian Assoc cation, OF
COLI met ~ Princeton. The next wccl. the Aeso-
citation of College Journalist, held congress- AT which
the representative of each college paper read a I'll
qustiOn some important topic The Editor Of
HE IhcctoHidn tUUa ipr his sui feet. What steps
Necessary 10 Overcome the Growing Prejudice
Against Football Now. it ,coin- 10 me that The
best step possible would be t. beat iac on n,Nt
Thank, giving Day, to ,hc time of about tmrS two To-
nothing! Nothing would FAR rs that 30 remove
the prejudice which las crown IA me. tAppliu-cJ
Iut am drifting away from that severely moral.
philosophical. th"OlOcical which | determined