Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
THE ORANGE COLORS
Floated From the Flagstaff Of Welck-
er's Last Evening.
GRADUATES OF PRINCETON At DINNER
President Patton, Justice Brewer
aud Other Bright Takers.
FUN, SONGS AND MUSIC

The annual dinner Of the Princeton
Alumni Association was held last evening
at Welcker's and upward Of forty sons of
the old New Jersey college. and a number
of invited guests. sat down at the beauti-
fully decorated table. It was the twenty
third dinner Of the sort. and by long odds
the handsomest as well as the most enthu-
siastic affair of the sort since the late Gen.
Belknap organized the association.
They were all boys last night. Some Of
the boys got their degrees as long back as
"a half century ago: the majority of the
crowd had their diplomas signed by the
dear old DR.. McCosh. now president emeri-
tus, while still others. those who have
graduated since 1889, have the name Of DR..
Francis L. Patton on their sheepskins. Still
they were all of an age last evening, all
sons of a common alma mater and brothers
to each other. They sang and talked and
ate and drank to the memory Of the vener-
able institution. which is old, yet young.
staid and conservative, yet progressive and
enterprising. Their loyalty to the orange
and black could not be disputed, and the
least mention of the dear old college down
in Jersey was sufficient every time to bring
forth a rousing three cheers and a tiger"
Old and Young Were Boys.
There was present, as always. MIR. John
H. Voorhees,. who graduated in 1871, and
down at the other end of the table was a
son Of Senator Gray. himself a Princeton
man, Mr.. A. c. Gray, who graduated more
than fifty years after Mr.. Voorhees,, and
up and down the long tables were men of
all the ages between. The crowd treated
them all alike. young and old, it made no
difference. For example. when the ciga-
rettes were passed to Mr.. Voorhees,, they
n al fa6 tV, rrrafo0 TDI a
smoke cigarettes? You ought to be asham-
ed of yourself" So 1t went from the time
when dinner was announced until after
midnight when the guests rose from the
songs. speeches, clever stories and sturdy
samples of repartee.
Naturally the dinner was somewhat in
the nature of a celebration of the victories
OF the foot ball team last fall, and when
they sang the good old song, 1--WE Love-
We Love, We Love Our Princeton Foot
Ball Team" they sang 1t with a will and a
fervor that must have satisfied Mr.. Justice
Brewer, the president Of the Yale Alumni
Association. who was present as a guest,
that they meant every word they sang
The familiar rocket cheer of old Nassau,
tnree cheers ending with isis. boom, ah."
was snot on on every possible excuse.
A Brief Business Meeting
Prior to the dinner a brief business ses
sion of the association was held Memorial
resolutions were read to mark the death
during the year of two members who were
actively identified with the interests of
Princeton and the local association, Rev.
DIR. John H. Cuthbert and Mr.. John Johns.
The formaity of an election was gone
through with, resulting in the choice of the
following: President, Joseph K Mccain
mon, class of 1866; vice presidents, John
II. Voorhees,. class of 1S41; Charles Albert.
class of 1872; ]. c. yelling, class of 1874:
Justice A. B. Hagner, class of 1S45; Henry
b. Mum. class of 1S47, and James NJ John
ston, class Of 1870; executive committee
Henry E. Davis. 70; A. B. Kelly 20; F. s.
Presbrey, 10; H. B. Davidson, 80, and
Victor Kaufman. 80: treasurer, E. s.
McCalmont, ~. and secretary. H. c. Stew
art. jr.. 1854
At the Dinner.
Then the doors of the banquet hall were
thrown open and a line was formed to enter
the room in state. President McCammon
led the way with DR.. Francis L. Patton,
the president of Princeton, on his arm The
table was set in the shape of the letter T
and handsomely and appropriately deco
rated for the occasion. At the center of
the short head table sat Mr.. McCammon
with DR.. Patton at his right and Justice