Evening star., 1896-11-17
AROUND JhLE TABLE
Pleasant Feature Of Gonsaga College
Diamond Jubilee.
MANY ELOQUENT SPEECHES
Commissioner Rossea the Grandeu,
Of the District.
TRIBUTE TO THE PRESIDENT

The first annual banquet Of the Alumni
given last night at the new hall of the in
stitution. was a delightfully."- successful at
fair. and appropriately closed the program
for the second days exercises of the dia-
mond jubilee. -
The tables were arranged on three sides
Of the large room, land were beautifully
decorated with flowers and potted plants.
Archbishop Martfhelli occupied a seat
equidistant from each end of the tables.
On his right was Rev. William OBJ. Par
don, 8. j.. provincial Of the province of
Maryland and New York. and at his left
was Rev. DR.. Gillespie, president of Con-
zaga College. Others close by were Com
missioner Of Pensions d. I. Murphy, Dis
trict Commissioner John w. Ross, Monsig-
nor Sbaretti, Rev. DIR. F. z. Rocker, Rev.
DIR. j. Haven Richards, s. j., president of
Georgetown College: Rev. Eugene Hannah
of Baltimore and others equally prominent
DR.. G. L. Magruder was toast master.
and introduced the speakers. The toast,
THE alumni" was assigned to Mr.. F. P.
B. Sands. who mentioned many incidents
connected with college life at the institu-
ton, and he was frequently interrupted with
the toast "Gonzaga College" His remarks,
while quite brief. were replete with thrill
ing personal experiences the recital Of
which frequently brought down the house.
MIR. Ross on Warrington.
Commissioner Ross spoke to the toast
''The city Of Washington" and in part
said:
when a Washingtonian returns to the
capital from an extended visit elsewhere
and comes within view of the dome and
the monument. he has sensation which
cannot be adequately described by any
mere words. He has thrill Of pride that
he is a citizen Of the United States and
that he is an inhabitant Of the capital CT
this feeling which has come to every one
here present. you will find in 1t first the
element Of gratitude to the Great Oliver Of
every good and perfect gift that 1T was
your heritage to be citizen Of the great
republic. and with that gratitude Is
mingled the sentiment of patriotic pride
as you view again the emblems Of national
authority. AS you journey through the
states Of the Union you know that within
Its proper limits the national authority is
there also. but you see it not; you know
that federal laws prevail, but you do not
feel their force. But the moment you
cross the dividing line between Virginia or
Maryland and the District Of Columbia
you know that you step upon soil where
the sole jurisdiction is that OF the United
states of America. where the federal
great structure is symbolic of the SUI
premacy of the federal union
And as you tread again the familiar
streets and avenues the feelings which
1mpart Duoyancy to your steps and bright
ness to your .countenanee are not aI,ae
the result of the fact that you are amid
the dear associations of home and kindred.
which come to al wherever resident, but
to your recollection the sufferlngs and the
herotsm of the revolutionary sires who
made federal capital possible, and of the
permanencv Tm VINO nsrtni made Its preservation and
the civil war And you Cannot avoid hav-
Ing forcible reminders everywhere of the
great intellects which, under the provi-
dence of God, had the wisdom the
strength and the courage to frame svs.
tenn OF constitutional government strons
enough and elastic enough to endure the
storms and dangers of 10 years Of inde-
pendence and Of government by the neonIe
And that feeling of mingled nride and
gratitude which comes to YOU. comes To
every, lover OF. his country as he for the
hrst time sets his foot upon this truly
federal soil. >. - ntu1
And so. sir. in response to your toast 7
say that the city OF Washington Stands for
something in human hopes and aspira tIons
something In human development and hu
man uest1ny, which is not represented by
Of the earth. ~ .''
II stands fer and represents a govern
ment based upon a fundamental law made
Dy the people and amendable by the people
ehaer winch no wrongful or oppressive
power or combination ininlical to the nub-
lie interests can exist or be maintained, for
any extended period of time 1t is the sym-
POI OF a system of government under which
mere can De no permanent array of the
classes as against the masses for with a
ialr Held and equal rights and opportunities
the son of the laborer of today NAV he the
leader OF human thought and advancement
"'When the Congress established the fed.
eIal seat Of, government 1t designat-
ed by law as such not the CITY 81
washington. but the District of Co
iumpia. Inc growth and development
OF the capital can be measured and COM
puted by only one rule, and that is the
rule which shall prescribe the magnitude
and the grandeur of the republic.
EVERY star added to the constellation of
states will have Its luster reflected at this
political center. 1t is becoming the seat
or elegant and advanced learning The
great religious denominations are yieine
win each other In the establishment of uni
versit1es here In recognition of the UNEQUAL
ed advantages which are offered at the
capital.
May the worthy institution In whose
nonor we are assembled maintain its high
rank among the msny colleges and univer-
stiles OF the District in which every Wash
lngtonian has just and patriotic pride"
Rev. DR.. Richards.
Rev. DIR. J. Harens Richards, S. j., re-
piled to the toast, Our sister colleges. "
DR.. Richards expressed the heartiest SYM
pathy with Gonzaga College, and fully in
dorsed the idea Of Rev. DR.. Gillespie that
new college building ought to be erected
at the earliest possible opportunity. He
eloquently pointed out the advantages to be
derived by students who come to Wash
ington to complete their education, and
said that there was already here a great
nauonal university, such as was contem-
plated by Washington. and that this has
been made possible by the liberal action of
Congress in making appropriations to aid
various departments In making original re-
search in their respective lines. The new
Congressional Librdry building was, he
said, the finest edifce ofSthe kind in the
world. DR.. Richards paid high compli-
ment to the faculty of Gofzaga College for
the thoroughness and ability with which
they instructed the youth entrusted to their
care and said that. the young men who
entered Georgetown College after having
passed through GonZaga were better pre-
pared to go into the departments of law,
medicine. &c, than those who came from
any other institutions in the entire country.
The President.
Pension Commissioner Murphy replied to
the toast. The President of the United
States.' and in part Baid.sf
1T is most appropriate, fn such a gather
ing, and on such a notable occasion as this