The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-19

none at all. The details were all carefully
attended to and hospitality was the char
acteristic of those who arranged matters.
For instance, 1t was not mere matter
of chance that the orchestra played the
good old commencement march when the
guests adjourned from the Empire rooms
to the Trooadero for dinner and old men
and young stepped to the music which
years ago made the march frcm the cam
pus TO the First Baptist meeting house,
walk never TO be forgotten. 1t was not an
after thought that prompted President
Hazard to ask the guests to rise at the
close OF the dinner and sing "Alma
Mater" and ii was not accidental that
the orchestra played "Americap Just be-
fore General Miles was introduced and
then mingled the strains TO the "S,ar
Spsng'ed Banner with the applause
that followed his speech. These were
the details that add so much TO a dinner,
especially Of college men, and leave such
a delighted I'M preston, the cause W hich
is not always essy TO name.
There was all the enthusiasm of the col
lege bleachers after tremendous athletic
victory on Lincoln Field, but the enthu-
siasm was in its evening dress, so to
speak, and without he noise.
The oratory furnished a rare diversity
of thoughts and ideas. Each speaker in
troduced was typical OF something that is
called best in American life, and there
The rugged atteranc.s OF General Miles,
suggestive Of the field and of great actions
rather than of the banquet hall, were in
contrast to the smooth and scholarly elo-
quence OF President Eliot, and the sharp,
snappy sentences of Mr.. Higginson on
sound money we're different from either.
Professor hughes OF Columbia touched
the right chord when he spoke of the
spirit of loyalty displayed by Brown men
for their Alma Mater. Professor Bronson
of the Brown department OF English liter
ature gave some excellent reasons Tor de-
veloping the university life OF Brown and
making il high intellectual center for
those who wish to go beyond the limits
of Undergraduate instruction and Presi-
dent Andrews, as usual, made one of his
good speeches In which wit and serious
ness received equal attention and he paid
a splendid tribute TO the General on his
right and the executive OF Harvard on his
left. i'm whose presence, Dr. Andrews said,
al feel as II i am q lay reader"
General Miles spoke OF the college edu-
cation and its effect upon the young men
as he had seen II and expressed mis- con-
viction that the spirit of the universities
vas patriotic and that the students 10y
atty extended beyond their Alma Mater to
their country.
81 do not belong to the business nor
TO the political life of the country, but to
hat class Of which il has been said that
they bad rather die than work. That is
not true. The military life is one of toll,
hardship and study, and, IL needs tie, of
sacrifice There are some things which
the soldier would rather die than do. He
would rather die than to see his flag dis
honored, or TO turn bis back on the foe,
or to lose that honor which is the soul of
service.
President Eliot said that he had at
tended six college dinners within the last
three weeks and found the same spirit OF
loyalty ct all Of them, and argued
inat in oil colleges is fostered the same
sentiment, the same hope TO serve well
the country which we love.
Do not we Get confused with the various
meanings of the word money! Lot US see:
First-Money IL n donominator OF vaiuos-u
fooirule-a standard by which 60 measur,
values.
second-It Is an instrument to facilitate IN,
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