Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14

pearance. As usual, the younger members
were seated at the lower end Of the table,
where mirth and hilarity reigned supreme.
Facing the president Of the association was
the indefatigable and handsome secretary,
Mt. Henry c. Stewart jr., whose interest
| and labors in behalf of the association huve
done more than anything else to work up
the spirit Of enthusiasm that prevails to
such a marked degree. In the balcony over
looking the table was stationed a mandolin
club. which rendered choice selections
throughout the evening. the majority Of
which were old college songs. Whenever
| they struck q Princeton song the guests
Joined in with their voices, and the hall
resounded with the tuneful strains Of "Old
Nassau" the triangle Song and others
So familiar and SO dear to the heart of
every Princetonian. In addition to the old
stand-bys there were some variations in
| troduced for the occasion that caught on
immensely. Thus for instance. they gave
| a parody Of Daisy Bell, which was a deli
| cate little hit of on the foot ball game with
the University Of Pennsylvania. which ran
| as follows:
"Pennsy. Pennsy. where are your red and
| blue?
You are too easy for us to daily with you.
Your men they're not in college
| They haven't got the knowledge,
But they'll look sweet at the feet
| OF the Tiger. siss-bOom-ah."
Another parody which took well was a
| local rendering Of Bull Dog on the Bank"
1t went:
Oh, Grover on the bank,
Queen Lii is in the pool,
| Saying, II won't come back i
Without the head Of Dole"
A Unique Menu Card.
The feature of the evening, however, was
the menu card. which was gotten up on
ideas from the head Of Mr.. Stewart. The
cover was made of leather and was the
size and shape of a foot ball laced up the
back to keep in the pages in book form,
for all the world like the sphdre that play
ed such prominent part on Manhattan
field last Thanksgiving day. The inside Of
the covers was of orange and black. On
the front page was snarling tigers head
| handsomely embossed in colors. On the
| second of the egg-shaped pages was the
list of offic ers OF the association; on the
third, life-like drawing of lineup on
| the foot ball field: the fourth. the program
Of music for the mandolin club then a
picture Of Wttherspoon Hail. one Of the
hancsomest dormitories in the country
then the menu, printed in orange and
black; then a view OF the front campus.
| with old North College. and on the last
page a list of guests and members of the
association. The dinner cards had in the
| upper corner an embossed orange and black
| flag, with the word Princeton running
| across 1t. The menu itself was unusually
elaborate and well prepared.
Then Came the Speeches.
President McCammon's sway Is such q
kindly one. and he is SO popular with all
| the members of the association that when
his form was seen to tower up at the head
of the table after the coffee was served
he was given such a cordial reception that
stranger might have supposed that he
was about to make a witty and entertain
ing address. Mr. McCammon. however,
does not indulge in speech making, espec-
| tally when he is surrounded by such ex-
cellent after-dinner takers as was the
| case last evening. He, however, smiled
| pleasantly in response to the greeting. and
proceeded to stir up a great commotion
| by announcing that the first speaker OF
| the evening would be the bright and brainy
! president of the college. At the mention Of
| DR.. Pattons name the alumni sprang to
| their feet and waving their napkins, gave
| him three cheers and several extra ones to
make the measure good President patton
| is an accomplished after-dinner talker. as
every one knows, and as he is in the habit
| of attending the alumni gatherings In
various parts of the country. he Is probably
more or less familiar with receptions OF
this character.
When he was given a chance to be heard
he made happy, entertaining speech.
which was frequently punctuated with
| applause as well as with comments OF
more or less relevancy. He expressed his
pleasure Of once more meeting the alumni
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here with great pleasure. He enjoyed the
| trip here, and in this particular he was
| not alone, for, as he understood 1t, the
| journey from Princeton to Washington
represented the ideal trip Of every Prince
! ton graduate. He spoke Of Princeton's
contribution to the personnel Of the public
service. She had sent men to the White
| House and to Congress, and her graduates
had filled various civic positions. He had
| hoped that a Princeton graduate would fill
the vacant place on the Supreme bench
He alluded to this incident to show that
Princeton was true to her traditions. as
she had spent much time in preparing
men for the great places and neglected
the subordinate places
The Function of Yale.
| Yale had pursued the opposite policy,
and had aimed to supply the school masters
of the country and other minor places, and
one result was that her sons now filled
nearly all the places on the Supreme bench
President Patton referred, of course. to
| foot ball victory last fall, and in a rather
sarcastic vein spoke of the humanitarian
and ethical criticisms that had been passed
| upon this sport. He expressed the hope
| that the game would be played again, and
| with the same fortune.
Later in the evening one of the older
| graduates asked President Pattcn if he
thought that such contests with all the at
| tendant circumstances were a benefit to the
young men. DR.. Patton replied in a very
earnest and emphatic and eloquent manner
| expressing himself in the strongest terms
as being fully convinced, after considering
| all the circumstances connected with the
game that the general result tended to i'm
prove the morals of the students. This
declaration was received with perhaps the
| warmest outbu-st Of applause that occurred
during the entire evening. President Patton
before taking his seat gave some notes of
| interest from the college campus. He spoke
of the completion of Alexander Hail. and
said as an academic building and for it's use
as an auditorium this building, in his opin-
| ion, would be far In advance of anything
| in this continent or in any other. He ex-
pected that the building would be comp,et-
| ed in April, and that the commencement
dinner In June would be held there.
| He then spoke about the proposition CT
| changing the name of the college so as to
| secure the title of university and of the
| widening out Of the scope Of the college, not
/ to include typical law school, for example
| but to establish course of historical and
philosophical Jurisprudence. He spoke OF
| the important influence which the alumni
| welded and of the help they would be ad-
vancing the work Of the college. He spoke
of the place of college men in the world
and said that from the colleges was being
| poured the purest influence into the rive.
| Of life.
| Supreme Court Needs.
Occupying a seat on the left of the pres.
/ ident of the association was Mr.. Justice
Brewer, who represented Yale College. He
was introduced as such, and was given o
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