New-York tribune., 1896-02-08
DINNER OF RUTGERS hLCNNI.
PRESIDENT SCOTT ON COLLEGE lM-
PROvEMENTS AND NEEDS.
SPEECHES pY DAVID MURRAY JR.. THE REV Di'
DONALD MACKAY AND THE REV y"
HENRY A sTIMsoN-AN EVENING
OF GooDFFLLowsHrP

OF GOODFFIIOwsHfP
Tho annual dinner of he Rutgers College Alumni
.ssocia,;on was given last night ri the 81 Denis
Hotel About q hundred members ioin'I N me
evening. festivities which were marked 'nr'nE"-
ont with he utmost goodfellowship DnV1h M"-
raw ir the vice president Of the assocnf'n pre-
sided and accompa nying him ai the h"no '"o'e
were DR. Austin Scott. president of Rutgers 'olese'
the Rev Dr. Donald Sage Mackay. Of Newark
r,,,.ia Ni-ray ex-Minisfer TO Japan. the Rev Dr
Henry 4 stinson Or II Baldwin and Justice
Rookstaver
Af,er Mr. Murray had said few wel-chosen
wo-1s of welcome 70 the members. he infro1H'ed aS
tho first regular speaker of the evening President
Scot, who was received with many signs of ahec-
ton and respect Before proceeding 10 deal Win
tho ,oas, OF our College" he paid tribute 10 the
memory Of the Rev. DR. Talbot W. Chambers
trustee Of Rutgers College who died few days ago
pr3ceeIng he drew attention 10 the fact that me
nresenf week marked the end Of the nth year OF MS
presidency of the college and then went % 70
describe some OF the Improvements which had been
instituted IN iha, period The gymnasium and TIE
,,,v,ne grounds We're he thought. among the best
~ the country while from scholastic point Of.
view man, Of the fondes hopes OF the faculty hni
been realized Leaving this consrntnlaiory vein.
the president proceeded TO hurl sort OF genre re-
oroach At the members o. the alumni. they dll
not Ne thought d. al they could for the further
.noe of the college Had they forgotten he sskei.
,ha, Rutgers was the only Institution mat repre-
senfed that valuable clement In ihe pohu'di ana
social NE Of America. 'he Dutch element lie i"it
,ha. The descendants OF the Dutch should iden'hJ
,hrsev.s more with The college. and T. the history.
tho traditions and the foundation Of the institution
we're better remembered. the desired nep he con-
riuded would be gngrudginsy gwen.
n. ioast OF THE Faculty was 10 nave pe"n re-
snnr ri.d 10 by Professor Jacob Cooper. but as ne
Va unable 10 be present David Murray spok,
r-laa, 10 The sentiment IL doing So he .aid mat
n. hsI been recently asked by the educational ai-
,hritle- AT Washington 10 prepare history OF the
,j,caiional centres OF New Jersey. DIrng his re-
n.-~hes he said ne had learned great dsal about
t,n,ge~s and could assure the alumni mat tl"r
.o1ieye would take a high place In his history.
rhe pey Or Mackay. In speaking oi Our Guests
-,ade a vvacious address that evoked many pea4s Ot
,a'g,te- Spcaking "a a ScOtchman. he drew a
Ia COMPARISON between the conditions mat pre-
n,aTed "a American and Scottish college he, and
con,rasted the high social relations ana bright sur
ro"rdings OF the former with the hardships ana
a.,ar neourloue existence Of the Scotch student.
Tho Rev Or Stimson ended the lis, OF speeche
u.ith a graceful and appropriate response 10 the
,oast Of "Our Sister Colleges
TIE committee In charge OF the dinner hrrhnge-
ncnts we're the Rev. Dr. j.. Elmendorf. W. H. Van
Steenberg l.. l.. Kellogg, Irving ). tpson. T. NJ
Rre,t and Henry T. Cobb.