New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-18
acONG OF ROYAL PURPLE. !"
rrrJJAMs MEN MAKE WALDORF WALLS
RE-ECHO.

.r SUCCESS OF THE ANNUAL DINNER
cu,RIEs BrlI.KLEY HuBpEIL PREsIDEs AND
p,sHoP POTTER. JUSTICE PATTERSON
AND OTHERS SPEAK
r. .sonr of the Royal Purple" with the fullest
So, that nearly two hundred lusty voices could
, 70 II resounded through the corridors OF the
ssy.,dorf last night. The members Of the Williams
,.,ni Association of New-York had gathered
~ for their annual dinner, which. In briancy
ia ,oviality they declared was one Of the most
ccessful in the history Of the society.
charles Bulkley Hubbell the president of the so
.,av sat in the place of honor at the head table.
80, among the others present were Bishop Potter
Worer T. Edmonds the Rev. DR. William NJ.
crosvenor Arthur w Francis. John Tatlock. jr.
Nous Schermerhorn. Edward s. Atwood. John
y Corwin. Frederick Geller. II. h. Adriance. Ellis
Thomas j. r. Kimball Hamilton w. Mapie. JUS
,ice Edward Patterson. w. p. Prentice. Professor
p,cbard A. Price Rolo Ogden. James II. GARFIELD.
rhorles Louis Stafford. Franklin VI Olds. r. W.
rownseud O. c. Brown. L. c. Wyatt. q. r. Alb
ko,, A. W. Van Vechten. Arthur @. Wasten DR..
Tnliam D. Granger. DR.. c. H. Gardner. the Rev.
mr. A. F. Schoufier and J. Howell Jones.
THE BISHOP INTRODUCED.
In openng his Introductory remarks, President
,,u,hsu first extended a cordial welcome to the
.lpmni and the guests Then in his desire to
rssent the regular speakers of the evening he eX-
,sndsd his address only long enough TO refer TO
.ha influence that the colleges had in defeating
AZ BRYAN in the recent campaign. part in when
Williams took small share. Then In felicitous
,srms he introduced Bishop Potter. who was cor
daily greeted. In part Bishop Potter said:
am glad to be here to testify to what owe to
" henc within its walls. but know the pictur.
Ssoue scenery in he midst of which II stands. ana
shis MASSAGE of Ruskn wherein he speaks OF the
influence of mountains in making great race.
s snCs With It's history and traditions. From that
college have gone men who nave taken inc rum bn
sasthen: and we never cease to be gratefu! TO
WaI's am on this point Shall be trenching upon
the political sensibilites of those VINO near me II
s LAY ' the missionary spirit and activity Of the
Williams Alumni Association miEn, De carried win
Justice Edward Patterson. who followed the
RIshop declared that he had no speech to make,
hut he spoke for nearly half an hour and fire.
ouently moved his audience to mrth He said III
part:
As have told you. have no speech. but my
friend here Judge Rumsey. has speech, but my
would have done more honor TO the occasion than
ANYTHING could say. He is both an orator and
poet That speech of his l have listened to IRE
ouently. Q-aughter) 1t is flexible, too. and s ap-
propriate alike at funeral or al sa snS he as
sured only this morning that II he had q
The greatest pleasure. CRenewed laughter.l have
told Won that he is a poet. He is strong in works
OF imagination His greatest work OF imagination
has been published and Is bound In calf IN 'hree
Volumes. II is entitled 'Rumsey's Practice IN =,
der the Code OF Civil Procedure: Naughter) IL
is work of pure Imagination can assure you.
and in producing IL he has reflected great honor
upon himself. upon the profession TO whlch ne De-
longs and upon the college from which he comes
DUTIES OF COLLEGE MEN.
In an eloquent speech Hamilton W. Mabie pointed
out some of the duties OF college men, and the
effects OF college education THE duty of the grad
uate" he said. in the course of his address, rs TO
keep In touch with his college, and to become more
a college man every day OF his life. In many occu
pations and professions we come back to remember
that We belong the great company OF those who
nave shared together the life Of the student and
the aspiration of the scholar. The classes come
and go, but the unbroken continuity OF study and
thought goes So We come here TO antrim our
LOYALTY to the great truth for which the college
stands the continuity of the social and political
of the world. No man understand
the present age unless he has listened TO the voices
OF the past age: no man can be OF use TO his com
munty unless he knows the communities OF otheE
men, nor a man understand MS own times
gone before him. In this country the college was
never more important than to-day. Here is vast
citizenship constantly recruited from those who
drink the wine OF democracy and are not
past: who think and act as II man had never
Thought or acted before: who were like children:
disregarding the experience OF the past, but ready
10 make trial of the experiments which the fathers
made long ago. men in that historic isolation which
Is so full of fruit.
"Now the function of the college" he went on.
"is TO mediate between the rich experience or the
mast and the rash impulse of to-day 10 interpret
nv opening the vast landscape Of history 10 the
View: 10 calm the and restessness of to-day