New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-13
PROGRESS OF COLUMBIA.
1T Is REVIEWED AT DINNER BY HER
ALUMNI.
THE OUTLOOK DESCRIBED by GEORGE G. DE
WITT AND PRESIDENT Low-BRlGHr ADJ
DRESSES HY CDGE CULLEN DIR. VAN
DE WATER. EDMUND wEIMOKE-
EXJUDGE HOWARD AND
\. II. JOLlNE.

| DE WATER. EDMUND WEIMONE-
ExJuDGE HOWARD AND
A. H. JOLINE.
| The New-York alumni of Columbia College eave
their annual dinner last evening at the Hotel Bruins
wick The big ballroom clothed on all Its SIDES
| with National. State and college emblems ana
| looked extremely pretty. About 80 alumni sat
| down to the feast There was table OF honor
| extending north and SOUTH at which were seated
| George G.. De Witt, president OF the association'
President Seth Low, of Columbia College; the Kew
| DR. George r. Van De Water, United States At
torney Edward Mitchell Judges Willard Bartlett
| and Edgar ". Cullen, of the State Supreme court;
| ex-Judge Henry f. Rowland for Yale; Edmuni
| Wetmore for Harvard, and Adrian II. Joline' for
Princeton; W. G. Lathrop. jr, chairman OF the
| Dinner. Ccmmittee Julien T. Davies. Isaac y.
| Seligman John Il. Pine, Frederick Hughson, OF the
| class of 80: John Crosby Brown, W. Bayaru Cut
ting. james +. Ruggles. Of the class OF az BISHOP
Seymour Of Illinois; Brander Matthew's ana
| d. a. =. Ricketts,
! presldlng at the lower tables William 5.
| Sloan George sherman, Professor j. IL. Van Am
ringe Professor Nicholas Muncy Butler. Congress-
| man j. Gelssenhairer. of New-Jcrsey; Herman
Adrich and Charles II. Mapes Some Of those
present were Charles Bull. Judge r. ID. MARITIME
| William A. Duer, William Mitchell, Frederick DE
| Peyster Foster, DR.. J. ". Beekman Professor
! Ricketts, OF the School of Mines; Dr. II. II. Sayre,
| George +. Butterwor;h. f. S. Rappallo, Herbert
Turner L. +. Browning. DR.. W. II. Draper the
Rev. William $. Boordman and Charles a. Jackson
MR. DE- WITS ADDRESS.
The dinner was a merry enc. and moved along
| with much promptness. At few minutes before
| . O'Clock. the coffee came and then followed a
| speech by the president Of the alumni MI lie
| Witt. This IL par; OF what he sad
| Fellow Alumni: Another year has passed away
and again meet al our annual dinner to renew
our youth revive the memories of our college days
| nd ,sfte cutie NJ otIr -
| have every reason TO rejoice over the continued
| prosperity and progress OF our college. the uni
versity system has been consummate1, new SCHOOLS
have been established and every department
| strengthened. Under the guidance OF our president
| and the trustees with the hearty cooperation OF
| It's officers Columbia maintains her high position
as IA leading university Of this country. 1t Is true
that unlike friends OF Harvard Yale and Prince
ton We have no atactc victories 70 Eeiep Man.
think that athletic contests carried too far IS
10 develop coarsencss of character. rather than rue
manliness. Athletic Development which should
| too often its chief attraction. Many young
man goes to college with only the ambition to De-
come an expert athlete, superb kicker and rush"r
We OF Columbia however cannot Complain IN 1hht
our students are taking TOO much interest IN ath
interested This association has purcha,,I ana ana
the trustees arr liberal H. their support yet the
general apathy am.ng the students Is sHrprslns,
tmnitics We frcqu ntiy hear Of promising fresh
mea crews and ean 6ui they 90 not sse" 70 b pe
'"fhe trustees. ri their recent meeting. authorized
s snc pari of The budInss on the new Site
they should deem proper to be used a. dorini-
dents The commee eco y, mat M a 40 the
tory systen be trs I ne 2 }or ,c6 scco,nodn
lions. This step in the right direction
PRESIDENT LOWS SPEECH
President Seth Low made pleasing speech. but
one that could be- styed other than OF strictly
missionary order Ills remarks contained pleas OF
| n kind which. II they bore fruit. would no doubt
| advance Columbia's interests greatly. Then Judge
| Edgar NJ Cullen spoke 10 the toast The Alumni"
and said many good things. He was followed by
| the Rev Or George r. Van De Water on the sub
| jcct college Athletics" To the toast "Our
| Guests Edmund Wctmorc spoke for Harvard In
| part rs follows:
The good fee.!ag between Harvard and Columbia
| f. Of long standing Ike the traditional friendship
! between France and the United States. imagine
| that perhaps In the early days. here and there
some Puritan Harvard tutor wearing Plymouth
| Rock pants. some ambitious Harvard students,
who wanted 20 see the world and therefore, avoid
| INK ew-Havcn. had worked their passage round
| from Boston. came here and were en,erta!nei by
the conrty protectors or gay students OF old KINGS
College ana their return told their fellows how
! NeW-YOrk Of Itself WAS "hoIe oIuiIII
blan Exhibition. Midway Plasancc GUIDED ana
descantcd On The royal hospitality which they
had received. uitl the college and ne ely became
associated together with All that was liberia cor
dial and delightful ana the association has never
ois1 ~ many matters Of policy and government
Columbia. for instance, as understand laVoIs a
DESTROYS Of sharing the benefit Of university
education. SO docs Harvard. SO mat we may say:
! with Fals,an. "G) To them, there's sympathy.
Harvard however claims slight lead In this par,
ueGar Frst we ma mere S aP ppvn nn ,Ir t'~
Kind o application OF the nebular hypothesis the
sen uper ,RG . @pc' Of T'S " Complete S c
lcse having name and orbit OF lis own 9.S
! urrly the Anncx-uoV the Anne Radclire-not she,
by the way. who wrote me Mysteries Of udolpho;
are perfectly familiar to the modern young lady
but an anne R1cne vino was an raIy pr pge
! ture to say that Radcliffe College has yet fairly
| swung on for herself but she Is about to-has set
up provisional government under me protee,"raue
| OF Harvard. and every member OF the govern
pate any of the difficulties which might arise If we
cll called upon, our part. to. so to speak set
Then to continue our parallel in the matter of
choosing president. iiaryari and Columbia pro,
that the president of the modern university requires
more than dcSToe 81 and dT Inn classics s to III him
| for mis- high Office ,,
must confess this that your presidents political
| wisdom enables him see which way a tidal wave
president seems TO miss his calculations and to pass
| under. This however, may be after an me pro- pro-
is better to 20 with the rest. even when ne fore
| sees that they are going down. rather than TO
incur the awful consequences Of knowing more than
his party. .....,..... .,......a ,,.or,, ,.ou 70.
| Then our representatives. always work wen To-
gether. when the country needed advocates 10
| maintain her before international tri-
| bunal. with England tor her antagonist and the
| world for an audience. Harvard offered the name
| OF James q. Carter and Columbia that of Fred
| erics r. Coudert and such thc r - - work
| that tho host that The English Bar produce
could not surpass their eloquence l2arnns
II they did not set judgment for al. ,acy asked
Judge Cullen will tel you that ms frequently
happens to the ablest Of lawyers" ApplauseJ
| The other speeches Of the evening were by ex,
| Judge Henry f. Rowland. who spoke for 'lale.
| The idea he expressed was that there should be
larger concentration Of assistance about the great
| er institutions OF learning rather than a dstrhu-
ton among the smaller schools. His suggestions
| were loudly applauded. The final address was IN
behalf OF princeton" which Adrian j. Joline made
| felictously. ,,
| In the course OF the evening there was singing
| by the Columbia College Glee club.