New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-08
TRINITY MEN REJOICE.
THEY ARE MERRY AT THEIR BANQUET.
SPEECHES DELIVERED TO THEM BY ALUMNI
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT

SPEECHES DELIVERED TO THEM BY ALUMNI
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
One OF the most enjoyable annual dinners Of the
present season that given last evening the Hotel
dc IogcrOt. F+ave. and Eighteenth-st. by the New
York Alumni Association OF Trinity College. II
not a big dinner In point Of numbers. but there
degree Of soc!abllitv about the affair which was ap
rreciato. by all. John sabine smith, president OF
the association occupied the centre chair at the table
Of honor. on each side OF him were seated william
l.. llornblOwcr, president OF the Princeton Alumni
Association; the Rev. Dr. d. Parker Morgan. the Rev.
Dr. Thomas Gallaudet George Williamson Smith, pres
ident of Trinity College: the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Hail.
of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church OF Brooklyn
Eliphalet Mott Potter president OF Hobart College,
and bishop Henry c. Potter. Of New-York.
The arrangements provided for the seating Of
four or six at separate tables Some OF those present
Colonel william s. Cogswel. William Il. Cur
It's Grenvlle Kane. Frank Roosevelt. FOrdham
Morris, t,e Rev. DR.. Brady. F.. Backus Marshal H..
Mallory. John S. White. f. ID. Appleton, II. C..
Appleton, Ambrose Spencer Murray, jr. John NJ.
Crane, Franklin II. Fowler, ID. ). Moore. L. l..
Purdy. J. Cleveland Cady. W. r. Thorne. the Rev.
s. S. Mitchell and J. W. Shannon. OF Philadelphia.
The dinner committee consisted Of Robert Thorne.
Charles Erlng Hotchkiss Willard scudder, Frederick
Everett Haight and Albert Church Hamlin.
On calling the asSembage TO order President John
Sabine Smith dealt literally with the representatives
a great many Smiths. good, some bad. some
who had been hanged, and some who ought TO be
hanged. Trinity College, however, when seeking
for a president had turned to the best Of all the
Smiths in the person Of George Williamson Smith.
whom he introduced
President Smith dealt with college statistics but
| in the course of his remarks said
"There Is nothing especial to report, but there Is
a steady growth in every direction. slow increase.
II continuous. makes a graf difference in ten years.
1t is nearly ten years since received the honor
Of appointmnt to the presidency Of Trinity Col
lege. There is tradition that the third Of ITS ten
presidents there ten years and three months
with this exception have the honor OF having ont
| lived all my predecessors. wish TO make my &C
acknowledgements for the uniform and continued sup
port of the New-York Alumni Association In the
policy OF development which was adopted nearly ten
years ago.
IL want to say word about college athletics.
When the college association began 10 fence In their
grounds and gather gate money a commercial ee.
men was introduced into the sport. Hence we ought
be surprised that students in the professional
graduate schools Of institutions possessing them
should pressed into service that good athletes
on their graduation should he sought and induced TO
60 TO colleges having graduate schools nor that men.
after their graduation. should be retained or returned
from year TO year another pretext until the
football season is But the effect upon college
like Trinity with no graduate school In which TO retain
or 10 which TO draw graduates, Is TO put at great
disadvantage OF course MEN continue to play with
all and they hold their own with credit; bnt II Is
| enough 10 discourage the most ardent under
| graduates TO find that each year they
expected 10 meet greater num-
Der Of old graduates than the year before. hoped In
the interest OF college athletics that the proposition f.
| confne the college teams to undergraduates woum
| prevail, and regret its rejection by Yale HOW
ever whether the -form DC made or not owing 10 ohr
| unexceed equipment for athletics you VIII con-
tinue to have good reports from Trinity. II the re-
form b. made shall win greater number OF games
! II the present average continue We shnll ihrnsh
larger number Of skilled and pucRy players to the
| graduate end OF the university teams
ain closing ! wish to give notice that expect
ut commencement to bring before the alumni matter
of interest further development OF the college,
| unless the work desired shall nave Deeh proNiuca
| for previous TO that time"
| Bishop Henry G. Potter was next Introduced, ana
his speech was a pleasing tribute 10 those fountains
Of learning which tend TO the development not alone
| Of the intellect. but Of character. he SAID 'he re-
laions OF the Church Institutions Of learning Ought
| always TO be paternal rather than disciplinary lie
said also that the man who priest or layinan had
TO deal with men. needed TO be educated In more SIDES
| than one. He referred TO his own experience "a
| clerk In a Philadelphia merchants once before
| he entered the ministry, and said tnat the
knowledge he had gained there Of men had peer ZEN
Of much value to him. lie referred ierlneiN 10 his
relations with the lamentcd Bishop phiip, nroo o"d
and while speaking OF that noble man simpltiy ano
Innocence, paid tribute to bis ready adsplamniN 10
circumstances and his tact In always presenting te
most encouragn features In le's struggles before
| those who sought his counsels. -,
Following Bishop Potter's delightful address me
Rev Dr. Charles ii. Hall spoke for Yale College nId
| for Trinity both Of which, he alleged, Were re,
snonsite in the matter OF training for what he iohu
| himself now 10 BE-. His remarks were con Inihsims
Of wise sayings with many facetious pointing. iie
| wos followed BY Austin c. Fox who responded I"r
Harvard college Princeton College was represented
by William B. Gornbower. Dr. W. N NJ: Wn VA, Tt
my for the CITY OF Hartford the home OF ir1ihN
f,liege md Edipllalet Mott Potter spoke for hobar
College a. It's president Brief addresses were Also
! made by the Rev DR.. ID. Parker Morgan and the HeN
| Dr.. Thomas Gallaudet