Evening star., 1895-02-13
Honor for DR.. McCosh.


After the dinner had been disposed Of as
college boys can, it came the time or
speeches usual to such an occasion, and Mr..
McCammon acted as toastmaster. Since
the last dinner of the association DR.. Nc
Gosh, the venerable eX-president of the
college, has passed away. and his death
came with a feeling of personal loss to
every Princeton man all over the land
Scarcely q speech was made last evening
that was not replete with references to the
dear old man, as each one knew him. and
many stories of his quaint originality and
neter-ending good nature were told. Before
the formal speechmaking began, however,
Mr. H E. Davis was called upon to read a
series Of resolutions that had been drawn
up expressing the feeling of the assooia-
ton upon the death Of DR.. McCosh. They
were not the regulation, stereotyped reso-
Iutions of regret, but a most eloquent and
beautifully worded tribute to the genius
and kindness of the old Scotch philoso-
pher who for twenty years presided over the
destinies of the college. AS he finished, Mr.
Charles w. McFee proposed toast to the
memory of the dear old doctor, and 1t was
given in silence and all standing.
Princeton of Today.
In introducing Prof. Sloane to speak to
the toast of Princeton" Mr.. McCammon
referred to his eminent work scholar,
and especially to his recent exhaustive life
of Napoleon, which is attracting so much
attention. In beginning, Prof. Sloane paid
high tribute to DR.. McCosh and spoke of
the inspiration which he had always been
to the college faculty and students alike.
DR.. McCosh's mantle, he said, had fallen
on no weak shoulders, and the work as
begun will go on uninterruptediy and sue
cessfully under DR.. Patton. After the bat
tie of Austerlitz, Prof. Sloane said, Ma
pcleon had medals struck off which con-
tanned the simple but appropriate inscrip-
ticn: II was there-Austerlitz-I was
there" So it may be said of every man
who has been a student at the college Of
New Jersey it means something simply to
say that he has been there for to certain
extent his position in the intellectual life Of
the world Is assured. He made an earnest
plea for the teachers Of the land, and for
the profession Of teaching, claiming that
it was not nearly as dignifed profession
nor as we'll rewarded as it deserved to be.
Speaking of athletics, Prof. Sloane said that,
in his opinion, their influence was for the
best, giving all the men in a great universi-
out the best in each. Yet at the same time,
foot ball, for instance, should not be al
lowed to get the best of college. The
college should get the best of foot ball.
A Bright Talk.
Prof Woodrow Wilson spoke to the
toast The scholar in political literature.
His was an unusually bright and witty
talk, but at the same time was full Of good,
hard, common sense when he came to
speak Of the college he loved 80 We'll He
referred at some length to the other two
great universities of learning, Harvard and
Yale, and to the characteristics that make
each distinctive. The influence of esthetics
and Of beautiful living Is all powerful at
Harvard. At New Haven the spirit of sue
cess prevails and the Yale man Is remark
able for his abilities to get there every
time. The characteristic Of the Princeton
man, which makes him noteworthy any