New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
HALF A CENTURY OLD.
10y COLLEGE ALUMNI CELEBRATE THE
r,rr1ErH YEAR OF IT'S FOUNDING
or.rrs ASSEMBLE AT THE LAWYERS CLUB
,xp GREET WITH ENTHUSIASM THb
SPEECHES OF PRESIDENT WEBB
PRESIDENT MORTON
Avn OTHERS


uo,a,s Alumni OF the College Of the City
Tue wy chose an unusual place in which to
| Of - ".,r eighteenth annual dinner last evening
n' ,be Lawyers Club. in the Eauitapie oui'o-
e ,s an unusual place for such an a"ar
ms . the less we'll adapted for the purpose anu
w." Nv one of the 100 alumni OF 'he co''eso 'a'
e'os tho name of the metropolis congratuia'ee inc
bears '"e :, tho Dinner Committee for his good
chairman OF 'ne D''
| nse IN its choice. ..,n
| sens .orual dinner OF the alumni was something
l W ,han that of last year. ii was 'he ce'eo'"
mV' nv :, the sem-centennal of the rounding OF ','c
NO" "m.rn-A,ma Matters golden wedding. one oi 'u'
| ,,or.dnner speakers called H. an" HIS
| lion made an emphatic hit =, uo,a
/ ', .ourss the occasion was reooie"' Vi eo
:" .a cood fellowship. College alumni dinners
,.s na" ore that wherever they are hed anu ""o
""' s,as them Charles +. LydecKer he'u '''e
| e' I'D II required his best enorts 10 supp.
t" ,,festation OF this exuberance OF soou 'p !.
'"e ',or,lv TO allow the orators OF the occaSo" "
sOn' 49, calling The special guests OF the occa-
| fuAi 'A'' -, nho are we'll enough known to both
fon "sie I'D tho business community to inspire
tne ,orest in their utterances. since they IN
| m", professor Ira Remsen. of johns hopNI"'
,",,.orsi,v President Henry Norton OF o,e'ens
tm'.' t'... Professor Henry +. Osborn. OF Coumo,a
| ~ ~ course. General Alexander D "eoo. '"'
| ~..s,sent of the College OF the CITY Oh NC"
SOME OF TIE GUESTS.
.,o others present were Professors "e'-
1 = Mason Fabregou, H. L. Johhs'on'
/ ~ Tisdau. Woolf and McNulty; o'ehe,", o,, a.
"."tr, mo-. EDWARD Lauterbach, Ferdinand ona' ~
l he''nu' pr,ggs George ~ Messter. Hugh +.
pl.,, Ut. - - NJ stephens Arthur McMullin, ). an
:, ' o,oo,, Djstrict-Attorney Ocott, A. H. Alher'
/ v - W II Kelly Samson Lachman' H. r.
| ".XouI + Childs s. Evander Childs' James
| rss,man. James Goodwin. Assistant Distric''A''o'
49,, Vernon NJ Davis and Charles L. Holt.
raod frnn n,
M,vor Strong. George c. Harnett, James - Ca',e.
"a charles Bulkley Hubbe. president OF the
,,osrs of Education. President Hubbeii. IN MS
communication commended in high terms the work
| of the College of the City of New-York, ana de-
clared that it would stand proof of the ines
sso expressed the hope that the Forthcoming es,
na Tt "e" 10 the work Of the college
president Webb spoke briefly. but TO the point.
making plea for new site and iarger oppof uni l.
les for the growth OF the college. declaring ina. IL
wss lust dscouraging 10 tell the coI!ege 10 CIV
is present quarters as it was to put boy IN ma a
traitjacket and advise him 10 hasten towarG M me
iaure of manhood as rapidly as possible; NOW;
turn the College of the City of New-York out OF It's
which the eSsI Ssr s eoege sneg 'G o
moved gys 6r an @ We ssi fSg e
snsasm d would H' erect the new building it would
have been completed from cornerstone 10 1907 IN
,he minute that followed the Generals speech
PRESIDENT MORTONs SPEECH.
President Morton's remarks were even briefer
than President Webbs. II am aware. he said,
'inat We at the Stevens Institute. are much
Younger than you. While you celebrate tonight
your golden wedding. soon to celebrate only
our silver wedding A circumstance about which we
SAY little in view of recent political matters The
speaker finished his ten-sentence speech by calling
| attention 10 the great advance made In the last
few years in the Importance attached In colleges
10 scientific studies. and recalled the day when
they were looked with disfavor by the advo'
Gates of the classics.
Other speakers of the evening we're Professor Ira
Remsen OF Johns Hopkins. whose toast was a
Haf-Century OF Progress in Science; Cleveland
Able of the United States Signal Service. who
spoke Mutual Relations of the Colleges and
toast was "Our Physicians
The committee whose arrangements FOR the an,
Dneherty chairman: f. NJ. Cole. f. b. La Fetra.
| Professor William Stratford. w. II. Kenyon James
T. Steers. Albert Delahed. b. +. Hooper: Professor
4 solomon Woolf, r. T. T.. Easton, James NJ Donald.
1 Charles Murray. DR. 5. Pollitzer. Dr. F. j. Torek.
Il Dr. {. @. Coakley and Eugene Scndheim