New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-08
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI DINE.
ONE HUNDRED GRADUATES AT THE
TABLE

INTERESTING SPEECHES BY JOHN C. JUDGE
JUDGE GAYNoR. CHARLES II. SKIN
NER AND OTHERS.
The first annual dinner OF the Alumni Associas
ton OF the Boys High School was held last night
in the Germania Club. One hundred athletic
young men, representing various professions,
were seated around the tables at o'clock. Many
OF them had not met since the occasion Of their
graduation years before. The list OF toasts in
Guided: Judge William J. Gaynor, Civic Duty
OF Educated Men, Colonel Jonn Y. Cuyler, Tho
Boys High School,; Charles H. Skinner, The
Influence Of journalism; Congressman Charles
G. Bennett Young Men in Congress-; Prot. Al
bert Hall, The Faculty"
SPEECH OF MR. JUDGE.
John c. Judge well-known young Brooklyn
lawyer and member of the class Of SO, acted ~
POSTMASTER His address was as follows:
Brother Members and Friends: l am delighted to
see an audience so full OF animal and ardent spirits
As we touGn r the chords Of rendshp and
we are animated with feelings of gratitude for
or the frs time we have assembled to do honor
to our alma mater 70 glory IN her success ana "a.
members sent forth by that institution have re.
fected credit upon her. to express anew our graf.
spent in her arms and protected by her walls. Incl.
dentaly we are here also to renew our acquaint.
ances with each other; to forget for rev hour:
10 have good time together. we nave ,.gnt On
Of TSrkfTs for scno S wno n0s
worker. Those OF US who have remained loyal 70
school here for the purpose OF displaying
that oyay asd a" its
everywhere-to the Senate to the House OF Repre-
senatves and to posts of honor in this and In for.
think the age Of materallsm has passed. The
W5rS Governs ems manknd It is subter matter
is the influence OF thought and emotion that deter
IS g the ren f OF les g, rSs v
ton which is going on In every product OF mater
they originally sprarg. is likewise operating IN the
spiritual and moral element Of our race; ana II Z
this evolution of the sabtler' forces or mind ana
World Look back at h.story The march Of armies
the achievements of conquerors, the great Work OF
mechanical power. are now of little consequence
The civil fabrics OF Greece. her form of government,
hoo,s IN fact the table talk Of one Greek slave
has surpassed the work of all her armies. Mara
thon and Thermopyae are as notnng TO INC q, s
tetus France. the combined power OF her Bour.
bons and all her turbulent and terrible reyo-
lutions have made mark on the French people
in comparison with the influence exercised upon
them by Napoleon. whose brief bulletins. expressing
Ps Ig Dream o empire and glory In Eng
.ish history. in the moulding Of the character and
ing to sHakespeare George iii is popinjay
in comparison with the literary clubs around whose
table sat Johnson Goldsmith. Burke. Reynolds, Bos-
we'll and the mental giants OF the times; and even
,ods GsGrg Eliot al b spd rea wears as sns
crown far splendid than THAT OF Victoria;
And so IS the sbS Is the OF ,pe bens
The minds Of m,n are fractional parts OF the gu:
Pdeme md ana n rbn globes }et Of SHINING phos
phorus. SO our thoughts and sentiments n fneir
the psychcal being enshrncd with the physical
form OF which Is the one great product OF crea-
poetry and e!oauence wh.ch this divinity has sought
TO enthrone itself in the material world
is run N.Y. by few men OFFICES are hlied BY ndiyd
uas. But control and properly care Tor munici-
gether OF who will the right SIDE and DO II.
APPLAUSE FOR JUDGE GAYNoR.
The speaker then introduced Judge Gaynors
who was roundly applauded. He said
The duty Of in reference to politics ana gov
eminent is to be true to their conscience anu oe.
Citizenship In this country is at its highest wnen
there is neligenee conscience and courage OF con
an honor not only have intellisent and dscrnr,s
mating political convietions but TO cnanSs r them Do
you think the man who boasts that his father was SO
S sw Sa w be- one is doing his civic duty!
And yet how often We hear even persons running
votes and we have to wonder whether II does
really get them votes But thanks TO our late
Young men have come great change is at hand n
this respect We have had unmistakabe evidence
in this locality. and In the WHOLE country during
the last few years. of the existence OF large and
growing number who are Pg y 70 the ecaaon
that Loyalty ones intelligence and convictions
comes first With them II is allegiance 10 what IS
sound and right first and TO party second. wItn
these voters actually Is or Is soon 10 Dc ana re-
main the balance Of political power IN this coun-
try from the school district, 20 every poltical dF-
sion up TO the Nation The additions to them IS %
come largely from young men like you, educated
by the state Eft Government up. and Keep II from
being debased and IN the eni from tufnoims GOV
This work our schools have been dong almost un,
observed When many saying that low ana
corrupt government In our cities could not be Del
tered along came generation from our SCHOOLS
bloods which have come here and made up our pop
ulation have met In their children IN the pupnc
schools and have come out blended into one intel-
gent and harmonious citizenship our 'oo1vW popu::
iation thus unified and imbued with one spirit and
immigration. The .argest European immigration We
could anticipate would have no more enect upon
than brick thrown against the wall Ok cus
Capitol
\ TALK ON JOURNALISM
Charles NJ Skinner a well-known newspaper
man. spoke on The influence OF Journalism.
He referred 10 the mechanical changes that have
gone into effect since the days OF Franklin
! A, that time he said. only few copies could
, he turned of the press In minute, while
| now several hundred were printed every sixty
seconds Il am often asked II 1t Is advisable
| for a Young man to go into journalism ne Went
| on argue that II is. Not particularly TOT .ne
| remuneration that Is In it, but because IL Is the
only business that I can think Of which iur-
| nishes something new every day. Its interest 10
| constant" ,.,..
Howard Clark president Of the association.
| responded to Our Alumni =,
Before the dinner the members OF the aiu'hi'
| held a meeting and adopted the bylaws sub
| mitted At the last meeting.