New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-13

and that Of year ago but we have tried hard to
make it different one thing we have succeeded .a
in doing is 10 clean our streets and to keep them
We surely have succeeded in driving out all the
6dn @ No oMa t iRT % sd don eose the
doors of all the saloons on Sundays, we have the
To-day we have some fifteen or twenty depart
in this city, and each department comes to be
Hsads heads are s" Appointed ~ the Mayor In fact, the
b MaTo S has er Ia has DONE hs
that he neither control the heads nor remove
10 do n 70 70 Tec eel the eondemnaton Of the people
for al their had acts while they themselves as re-
General Butterfield remarked that he had held
the response to The Navy" in reserve, and pro-
ceeded to read letter Of regret from Melville
II. Landon.
lSene raj Butterfield next introduced Charles r.
Miller
MIR. MIL.LERs SPEECH
Mr.. Miller addressed himself to the toast Of
"Our Sister Colleges" He said in part:
Not of your own time (your own college is only
patty of age for youth. Both Union and Dart
mouth small colleges. and both are wen ADAPT d
both have definite field 10 cultivate. Neither need
try to vie with the great universities
The presiding officer then introduced Charles
A. Dara. who said In part
The first reflection that occurred to me when I
looked over this assemblage that Union College
for this is the heaithiest array OF heads have
ever seen. | am friend of Union College. have
never heard, and don't believe anybody else has.
the principle of liberty. As sit here am re-
h ad mean mt the Si late Mr seward and take great
sur saying in the bs Of hi MS v s0n Wh
who wrote in undying characters, far into the
he So tR o the w6 sF had and sd s
alma matters walls. there would still be for her AL
most unparalleled glory.
f W. SEWARD SPEAKS.
Frederick W. Seward. of the class Of 40. son Of
the great statesman and classmate Of General
Butterfeld, was the next speaker. He said, in
part:
When first went TO Union. II was in time Of
thing that most impressed me that at chapel
exercises a Presbyterian divine would pray for us
Mou Gae res GrHp rom the the an Re next &
good Methodist brother would plead our cause. Thus
II that at Union we learned our first great and
lasting lesson Of the tolerance OF religious opinion.
We learned the principle which Hes at the bottom
OF our American Constitution and OF the Protestant
reformation.
General Butterield. with short speech, hand
ed over his badge OF office to his predecessor as
president of the Alumni Association, the Rev.
Dr. George Alexander AS DR.. Alexander as
sumed the red ribbon he said AS my first duty
] will confer upon General Butterfleld the title
Of President Emeritus" The members then voted
him vote Of thanks and three cheers.
William II. McEroy, Senator J. NJ. Carey, Of
Wyoming. and Senator Amasa ]. Parker, also
spoke
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
At 5:45 o'clock the annual business meeting Of
the Alumni Association was held in the parlors
Of the Waldorf. President Daniel Butterfield pre-
siding. The principal item on the calendar
the election Of officers This resulted as follows:
President. the Rev. DR.. George Alexander; first
vce-president. Silas b. Brownell second vice.
president. DIR. Daniel NJ Stimson; secretary,
Edgar S. Barney: treasurer. William c. Rober-
son; Executive Committee General Daniel But
terield. Professor Franklin II. Gddings. Of
Columbia College; Charles w. Culver, William
y. Rankine. William X Gilchrist, Andrew W.
Gleason. Charles d. Mott, George F.. Marks and
William L. Kennedy. Jr. At the meeting OF the
Executive Committee on last Saturday It was
decided TO propose at the annual meeting an
amendment TO the bylaws providing for in
crease from nine to fifteen members, the addi-
tiOnal names 20 be chosen from among the
younger alumni. The amendment was adopted.