New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-01
WELLS FOR LAFAYETTE.
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ALUMNI.
A HOLLY COLLEGE GATE ERING- PRESIDENT WAR
FIELD. SETH LOW J. :. WISE AND JOB L.
HEDGES AMONG TIE SPEAKERS.

JOLLY COLLEGE GAIT ER1NG PRESIDENT VAR
FIELD. SETH Low. j. s WISE AND JOB h.
HEDGES AMONG THE SPEAKERS
Members of the Lafayette College Alumni Associa-
,ion Of NewYork and their friends ate their annual
dinner last evening at No. 1,20 Broadway Inc!
had good dinner and sang college longs ana
shouted college cries while an orchestra played COL
lege airs Covers were laid for sixty men, among
whom Dr. Ethelberi ID. Wariieid preSide"' W
Lafayette College; DR.. William c. Catteii, express
dent OF the college: President Seth Low, DR. Baiard
and Professor Catte. OF Columbia College; me heV'
Dr. John II. Davies George c. Austin. David ZEN
nett King. Colonel John j. McCook. John S. Wise,
Murat Halsead Job. L. Hedges Henry A. Potter
the Rev. DR.. J. W. Gilland. DR.. Shearer ana Lieu
tenant Edgar Jadwn. L. S. A.
Previous to the dinner there business meet
ing, at which the following officers OF the Alumni AS
ISOLATION for 1895 elected David Bennett King.
pre- sdent; John Fox and DR.. A. A. Smith, vicepresl-
dents; George c. Austin. secretary: John S. COOK.
treasurer: W. McMurtrie III. A. Potter j. G. Zoe.
Moncure March and J. +. Ster. members OF the
Executive Committee.
Henry 4. Potter master OF the feast, and az
ter coffee and cigars had been served he introduced
Dr. Warneld who talked In humorous way about
Lafayette College of the present college athletics
and plans for the future.
DIR. Cottrel spoke briefly Of THE Days OF iore'
and then President Seth Low was introduced TO re-
spOnd to the toast. Columbia" lie said that when
the Kings College was named Columbia College by
act OF Legislature 1t was the first time that the
name Of Columbus had been mentioned or recoS-
MED BY the governing body OF any state In the
country which Columbus had discovered. Tie made
the college men laugh at several new jokes before
he down. - . ~,
John S Wise. called on to speak Of THE South
Of Today said he could hardly be recognized as
"A representative OF the South Of to-day, since ne
had become a New Yorker. lie said he lately re-
ceved letter from Southern man telling MIN
that since he had left Virginia he need not pose a.
a representative of the South I've learned more
about Lafayette tonight than ever knew before. .
he said. but II Job Hedges te,@ the question |
asked him. III kill him"
Then he said that tire Scotch-Irish. who founded
the college in Pennsylvania. had been among the
foremost Of educators. He told number or good
stories but carefully RETAINED from talking about
the South
Job +. Hedges. Mayor Strone's secretary. spoke
for Princeton, to the text There IL a difference
even between tigers" lie said that when ne
met Mr. Wise AT tho dinner he was astonshed to
hear Mr. Wise ask Where in the world -
Lafayette College. anyhow" n.auGhtcrl He
had some amusing things 10 say about the Prince
ton tiger. as contr1sted with the Tammany tiger.
other toasts and speakers were: The Ir"ss
Murat Hastead: The Faculty. the Rev. \. \
Bloombergh. From T,wig to sturdy Tree James
c. Mckenzie; The Clergy the Rev llr. james
". Gllland; The Alumni" Robert Snodgrass
THE Youngsters" Lieutenant Edgar Jadwin, and
The Undergraduates" Charles T. Bartlett