New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-22
WITH HARVARD CHEERS.
SOME VERY STRIKING SPEECHES AT THE
ANNUAL DINNER.

BISHOP LAWRENCE OF MASSACHUSETTS TALKS
OF PRESIDENT EIJCTS WEAKNESS" AS A
READY AND Personal syMPATHIZER WITH
THE STUDENTS PROFESSOR DE SUM-
CHRAsT's ErIoGy or DR.. ELIOT
HE DEFINES THE FACULTY
STAND on FOOTBALL
It always takes a college dinner to make the
walls OF the big dining hall at Delmonicos re-
sound In the way they should. and last night 1t
seemed :. they had never before been called
upon to re-echo such a volume OF cheers as rose
from the throats OF the Harvard alumni 1t was
the twenty-ninth annual dinner OF he Harvard
Club. OF this city but the feast was not confined
to the members of this organization. To 1t were
hidden Harvard from every part OF the me-
tropolis. and the New Englandcrs came a-journey-
Ing from the land OF the Purtans TO sup with
J their welcoming New-York brethren. Yale and
Princeton also came to the feast and. marvellous
as 1t may appear to football enthusiasts. the rep
resentatives the three universities Eat down In
the utmost amity and peace. What is still more
remarkable, they discussed together that allah
sorbng but trine dangerous topic OF football,
and yet drank bumpers together in :hc heartlest
and most decorously Bacchanaan fashion. just
as II n Springfield and a Manhattan Field had
never existed.
TWO NOTEWORTHY INCIDENTS.
OF course the tributes last night were for Har-
ward from the start to finish. and all the speakers
We'd with another in speaking their sincere
praise and admiration OF the great university under
the clms Cambridge. And the cheers which
rams out full OF devotion and love for, as
President King ca lied II. THE oldest and first uni
versty In the land" Amid all the blaze OF Grim
son and the applause. laughter and cheers stood
out two incidents which riveted every ones atten-
ton on the instant and made the dinner OF unusual
N Una h.. a. a &c
pecially the recent vote in relation to football
which Professor de Sunichrast bore from the Har-
ward faculty The other the statement from
Bishop William Lawrence. Of Massachusetts,, that
President Eliot weak In the personal SYM
PATTY which he showed for the students and that
he had failed to the greatest possible en-
thusiasm from alumni and undergraduates. Some
o. the Harvard graduates sat aghast at this bold
statement for the moment. and ii was greeted with
almost perfect silence. But Bishop Lawrence 1t
was clear. meant anything but an attack on Pres
ident Eliot. He merely mentioned this weakness
as drawback compared 10 the superb character
Istcs OF the head OF Harvard. The speech could
not he forgotten however. and 1t is certain to lin
ger long In the minds Of the diners last night.
40 END TO THE MERRIMENT AND GOOD
CHEER.
Jollty ami GOOD fellowship reigned at the feast
without connno. All the speakers HAPPY In
their remarks. AMI Of course ex-Judge Henry h.
Rowland. who responded for Yale. pu; every one in
nsate of mind 10 drive away the blues for month
10 come. He told some tremendously funny stories.
4 al ais some Of the other speakers. and there
were one or two tales 1T which the Bishop Of Mas
sachusetts ami the Rev. Or Arthur Brooks tried 10
look easy and unconcernei. but II they were just
irn" shocked II wasn't their fault
TAe feast FOR $50 , m but ot course II
hour later when Edward King. the presi-
dent ~ the CLUB lei The Nay into the big dining
room. ~ his rshi the raised platform sat Mar
TN Br.mncr. president OF the Harvard Corporation.
Tnon came william D. IIornblower. Professor dc
Sumirhsa.i. George l.. Riyes ana Austen g. Fox.
TO the ie' u President KING sat ex-Julge How
l,nI bishop Lawrence. 90 MAs-achusetrs. the Rev.
d.. Arthur brooks. Charles h McMchael and
Lloyd MrN.m Glrr!s1n. There were five ;abes.
AMI at me heals ~ them were George X sheldon.
Nathaniel : smith collector James T. kibre,h.
George BingIen. n l. Edgar and y. r. Robb
MANY wElLKNowN MEN THERE.
some ~ the others who sat down At the crimson
t.lc, kei tables under the shadow 81 the enormous
Harvard banner drapel over the entrance were John
n s,lgnlck q n Gray. & l. Mason. j. II. Fes-
.enI,n " NJ Grnneil. Gorham Bacon r 7.
Ha.ett. c. +. Mctlm. Charles II Russell Paul
Dana H. II. Richardson. \ O. Hodges. Wendell
Goodwin II = Van Duzer. Marshall n clyde.
James Loeb " VI Van Hcgsen. ". Il. Rand.
Walter Abbott Graham II Brewer. Royal 7. car
roll Winthrop chandler. Amos r French, Koo"r,
lac.n. Jane. \ wright f. T. Barlow. Walter
Tr.nb'e stewart ~hll.to. Frank Russak. Barney
Sachs " T. Slade i H. Adams. j. -. Hoyt. r g.
Gorham John Grccnoush. r. Frank Brown"lL w. l..
Parker. W H. Page. lf. + T. Jennison. DAVID Ives
M,ckie. Herbert Grern Dana kittredge. ; \ X
Townsend Dr John White. j. II. cole. Samuel l.
Parrish Arthur II cutler 9. II Wight elem
ent Cleveland George Hll. Dr. William T. Bull.
EN.ri Jansen Wendell X ; Mlnturn. l.. l.. Sex
ton ". X Draper Theodore Durham. \ l.. tlske'
f. X Dunham Charles V Mapes. +. l.. Paris
Frederic cromwell Chares :. Fairchild George
Benede.ari Dr F. f. klnnlcutt r. W. liuIdekoper.
George G. Clark Gordon Wendell. Louis Is Nc
Cagg O. H. Ledlio G. Durham. Samuel r. Winslow.
ChAuncey q; Parker Charles \. Nelson. Audley
Haslet Horace Graves. Horace j. Hayden. John
q. Curtis J. Hampton Robb George :. Greene jr'
Edward Wetmore :. - Clarke. Russell Bedford
orqgc T. kemgs p IInn " 5eorss bag
den H. Arthur AmcEy r. G MHnSy Ps II9fy "
cromwell Harris Fahnestock. \ II. Lorkett, W.
Sr j irving ni Es1a Dexter Basdcn and
Robert Emmett
PRESIDENT KINGS REMARKS.
President King was greeted With great applause
when he rose and called for order lie was III
terruptcd constantly with applause ana occasion
ally with a sentiment from the rear OF the roo''
given sotto yoce lie said
completion Of orr new clubhouse. We have had
red letter days our club TINS year ~ N"l
They are ALWAYS rcd-letters at Harvard. > me
hrst was the opening Of the house in June me SEE
ond was Ladies' Day last autumn. tiehrty CneeI-
ing for the ladies' Athletics Is a subject WIFI
calls forth The interest OF US all ana 'speclahs
football Particularly Is this the case now Whe the
faculty has Just passed resolution regarding 100
ball. HIisses drowned with handcIapplhsl i In,
fault with football lies not with the playerS put
with distorted public opinion and unwhoiesome
excitement seen at our pig ss sno,h, but they
are mindful Of its advantages and good enec,s'
UCheers) II lies In the power or these men I" ~
yate The standard OF public opinion "All II iair
In love and foo bali Is The wrongful maxim bna,
we have been following Now We must straisn.een
out this twist. ,Another voice-"ph, can 40 u.
II s better not to win at all than throusm wi,
sportsmanlkc conduct and this ~ the feehns WHICH
We must make prevail. Football ~ TOO Boou anu
valuable a game to have 1t 80 by the boarn
President King then alluded to the ihi.uc"'' u
torv.rd ,n., In mara aerious affairs when our