New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
EX-JUDGE FINCH THE GUEST.
HONORED BY MEMBERS OF THE PSI
TPSILON FRATERNITY.

TIE DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE HOTEL. SAVOY
CONGRATULATIONS. SONGS AND SPEECHES.
Whats the matter with Finch This was the
,,o, of rho lay sung frequently and with empha-
,s Ia, n chorus OF $50 voices In the beautiful ban'
ouct hall OF the Hotel Savoy last evening The
answer always came promptly ana win assura"ce'
He's all right
The Finch referred to was ex-Judge FRANCIS NJ
Finch of the New-York Court OF Appeals who re-
,ired from his oiiice January l. after serving III
,hot canac,ty for the term of fourteen years ana
,.ho has lust been appo nted Dean OF the cornell
Law School and In whose honor the Isl opshoh
fraternity was giving dinner
Mr. Finch has endeared himself TO the hearts OF
members OF the Psi vpsilon fraternity all over the
co,,r,rv bv writing many of their most popular
fraternity songs and the gathering OF last evening
,,,,s, have made clear 10 him the high esteem In
y,bicb his brethren hold the service he has done
them.
Not alone from those present came the hoho's'
Tho diners OF last evening were mercy representa-
tive From every chapter OF the fraternity came
CONGRATULATIONS and similar messages were sent oy
,,,daa Gray of the Court OF Appeals: Frederic r.
couder, Andrew d. White. Albion w. Tourgee.
United states Senators Haw.ey. Frye ana Wetmore'
the Rev DR. r. = Macarthur. Dwight H. Oimsteau'
Daniel G. Rollins the Rev. Dr. Augustus ~ strong.
p,shon Whitaker. OF Philadelphia; William Cary
Sanger and Lyman D. Brewster, as well as from
fba
Floral remembrances also came from the Cornell
and Vale CHAPTERS and decorated the table where
sat the speakers Special delegates came from Yale
and from the Psi Epsilon Club OF Boston.
Graduates OF Bowdoin Dartmouth. Harvard. Am
herst Brown, Yale. Trinity wesleyan, Columbia,
New-york University. Union. Hamilton Syracuse.
Cornell Rochester. Lehgh. Pennsylvania Kenyon.
Michigan and Minnesota were among the men who
assembled to honor Judge Finch.
The toastmaster was Theodore Bacon. graduate
OF Yale In the class of SO. At his right sat Judge
Finch as the guest OF honor: Professor Il. s. Will
iams OF Yale: Judges Addison Brown. MacLean and
Nathaniel II. Clement. the Rev. Dr. G. X. Van DE
Water and Thomas Thacher, while on his left were
seated Edmund Clarence stedman, DR.. s. II. Fox
president of the Psi Upsi.on Club; Charles Dudley
Warner Professor Willard Fske. Austin Abbott.
Isaac Dayton and Professor G.. W. Klrchwey.
The reception and dinner were arranged by
committee consisting OF ii. L. Bridgman. g. 8.
Coleman c. II. Shaw w. NJ. Kingsley and +. a.
Parkhurst. The dinner proper was very livery
one the being in,erspersed with many songs
most Of them from Judge Finch's own pen
Mr.. Bacon In introducing the guest OF tne svc. sa
prudence found just. .hcation In the fact tha' J,s
prudence could not be properly perpetuat WIFI
out the aid OF literature In Judge fincn, sd
the toastmaster. 'the two are fellcitousy un.ea:
.Cnr nc t;uest he was greeted with a volley Of his
own songs and three nearly ga shat he resarded
shs Amer not 80 much as a tribute to himself, as
a manifestation OF the feeling OF brotherho9d IN
the fraternity. He added that wniie ne nad hes os
ionged to profess on which resarded even rnytn-
micsl sentence with dark suspicion. neverthe:ess
nnetrv was the cradle OF law. inasmuch as all law.
yers were originally poets. He noticed. too that