The Washington times., 1895-02-13
Enthusiastic Princeton Alumni
Enjoy Their Annual Banquet.
GOOD CHEER AND SPEECHES
Notable Presenc, of Youthful Faces Among
the DISTINGUISHED Guests-college Songs,
Yells and ve-nacular Ruled the Night
Impromptu roasts Were Given Happy
Responses s-Iulogistic Resolutions.

The Princeton Alumni Association OF Wash
| ington bubbled over with enthusiasm. dis
played its colrs, the orange and black, in
great profusioE and hung its banner on the
outer walls with three times three and a tiger.
at Wormleys H,tel last evening, the inspir-
| ing cause bein, a dinner. the twenty-fourth
annual. and theusual, if not u little extra, ac-
compartment o good cheer.
| Prior to assembling itself in the banquet
hall the associition held a business meeting
in one of the larlors and elected its officers
/ for the ensuingyear. as follows, the list being
submitted by a committee previously ap.
| pointed: President, Joseph X. McCammon,
Of the class oil 60; vice presidents, John Fl.
Voorhees,, II Charles Albert, ~; Judge A.
B. Hagner, Al; Henry B. Mum, AT; James
NJ. Johnston, 20, and Henry E. DAVIS, &c;
secretary and treasurer HeB4y c. Stewart.
'S4; executive committee. A. d. Kelley. class
10; H. B. DAVIDSON, so; Victor Kaufman,
| 'S9; Richard iatton, "a, and John F. Will
4 skins, "a. 49, ,,.,,... ...,.,,..
IT Eows A GOOD THING.
1 A majority O those chosen were reelected.
! including the resident and secretary. The
association expressed the opinion that it
-sznew n good ting when it got square look
/ at it, and so eSed draft upon experience.
President MG1ammon led the way to the
festive board escorting Prof. William NJ.
! Sloane, OF Princeton College, ono of the
| guests of honol Following these were the
1 remaining gusts of honor, and then the
/ membership e.
4 Surroundingthe president at the head of
/ the handsomei, decorated tables were Prof.
/ Sloane and theremaining guests of honor as
| follows: Justic John NJ. Harlan, OF the
I United States supreme Court; Prof Wood
1 ward Wilson, of Princeton Mr.. Robert
| Bridges t''Drodl" of Life, Hon John W.
/ Causey, NJ c., of Delaware: Mr.. James N.
( Green, Mr.. james H. HAYDEN, Judge Jere NJ.
I Wilson, and Dir James Kerr. The first OF
/ the foregoing lrof. Sloane, is the authorof
I the history Of Napoleon now running in the
| Century Magazine and Prof. Wilson. his col
I lege colleague, is the author Of "Congres-
! sional Government. anr
/ There was / most notable eresence of
! youthful faces among the assembled MEM
/ bers and that there was an abundance of
! young blood wfB early manifested in the ex-
uberance OF spirits and the prevalence of
jollity. Collegesongs, college yells. and col
| lege vernacular ruled. and the old boys We'd
with the young in making the most of the
occasion.
HAPP! TOAST RESPONSES.
The toasts wee. impromptu. the responses
most happy. Prof. Sloane responded to
Princeton r.ferring with some feeling to
the resolutions which the association had just
adopted in memory of DR.. McCosh, paid
high tribute to the deceased president, aud
passed to a discussion of Princeton's plans
what Princeton desires to do. He said
Princeton proposes to do things on grand
scale, and he outlined the plan upon which
she proposes TO accomplish the results
aimed at.
Prof. Wilson spoke to "The scholar In
political literature" His address abounded
in humor from the beginning to the close,
and the humor vas seasoned with words of
gravity and wisdom.
Mr. Bridges was asked to talk of prince
ton in the editorial chair" which he did.
with distinguished credit TO himself and the
alma mater.
Addresses were made also by the Hon.
Jere Wilson, Dr.. Kerr, Judge Hagner. and
others, and to briefly summarize, it may
be said that the oratory was of the highest
type and reflected honor upon "Old Prince
ton.
EULoGIsTIc RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
President McCammon served as toast
master. The resolutions. which were unani-
mously adopted, were highly eulogistic OF
the lamented DR.. McCosh rejecting the
warmest sense OF respect to his memory upon
the part of his old students, and copy was
ordered to be sent to the surviving family.
They we're introduced by Mr.. Henry e.
Davis.
The members present: Messrs. John Voor-
hees, Mr. Charles Albert, Hon. Alexander B.
Hagner. Mr.. John A. Swope. Messrs Henry
B. Mum. Robert l. Thompson, Hon. George
Gray, Messrs. J. Henley Smith, Mr.. Joseph
K. McCammon, John S. Blair, Mr.. A. b.
Kelly. James NJ. Johnston, Henry E. Davis,
E. S, McCalmont, Richard Hatton,
George Dudley Whitney. Ormsby Nc
Cannon Calmont, DR.. E. A. Baloch,
Walter A. Gait, William Barnum, Charles W.
McFee, Blair Lee II. Bradley Davidson,
Walter H. Acker, ]. Henry Gulick. Henry G.
Stewart. ir.i DR.. A. L. Stavely, Fred A.
Young, Victor Kaufman, George G. Fraser.
Harris Lindsey, and John F. Wilkins.