The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-22
SONS OF PRINCETON DINE.
CHEERS AND sONGs A-PLENTY
FOR ord MANA y.

President Patton Says That the Tise IL
Coming when the Recognised Man VIII
ne Not the Athlete, bat He who Does
the hest AI.A-ound Intellectual Work.
From his pedestal behind the speakers table
In the banquet room OF the Hotel Savoy last
night there Rlowered down upon the sons OF
Old Nassau n huge striped tiger Of Prince
ton, killed when or how no Princeton
man knows. In some Jungle on the other
side Of the world. and brought over. stuffed.
To find his final resting place In the
possession Of tho Princeton club. Above him
and In front and to either side Of him was the
orange and black, and the festive alumni sang
their songs and cheered their cheers merrily In
the very face Of him. with such q power OF voice
rs would very likely have sent him skulking In
fear away had such clamor invaded his Indian
lair.
IL was q very merry and noisy feast rs most
Princeton b~anquets are, partly because tho
proportion OF younger alumni was very great.
Before the dinner was half over the graduates
began to give their class cheers; first
'Ss. then 81. then 80. then 90. then
altogether In n fierce and friendly rivalry
No sooner had the cheering stopped than n little
group Of mon at tho end of one OF the tables
started odd Nassau" and instantly ev-
cry man In the room was on his feet
singing as II his life depended upon
II. No sooner was that finished than
the football song which the sons OF Yale have
heard many n time swinging over Manhattan
Field when the battle was on. was started up.
AMI the older graduates listened while the
younger men shouted tunefully:
oh. mel oh my!
How we will lick old Eli!
But Just to show that there was no III feeling
they Immediately followed this up with " Here's
to good old Yale" Various Princeton songs
filled up the remainder of tho time until Presi-
dent John l.. Cadwaiader got up to make his
speech of welcome. In the course Of his speech
We Of Princeton believe In n thorough edu.
cation. and perhaps not II LITTLE In the old faith
In manly sports and manly lives LnpplauscL.
nnd for myself ! will say, that ! he-
tCheers.l / Will now give tie one real
toast "f the evening, Princeton University. and
hlsThn on ne.' o IP iss p ht% sn1 20 ni rss 90 T"!''''y the
AZ President Patton got M nil rose and gave
the college slogan for him. lie spoke Of the
progress OF Princeton and said:
athletics Is q complaint frequently heard.
from the new,paprrs. and even. in communica-
tlons from the Senate; and I think that we
t 9%"' shade 10 .o MEL time no s s1s s son.ld. 2u, w : en-
there Is so much profit In this branch rs we
s IN, s.., l have ave. no aoSS, that q, hi. Yea. " there ,s1.
i IL pas; trouble sss'' sss Fs' III fiv'H b. Us ,,.s *
; no. qpSs5ms.s ia our mind; .h,: yssr;
the field of battle where they have been fight
Ing for The glory Of our university We sny 70
evident thai p, 1t. dramatic encc, this
~ ons the 70, 's siu an,ns' ! ana e MI. . .ns s.fs%n'"'%
II all of one hind. and i would like
for occasions net athletic. ! wan, to say a word
, shs ssf' .S !" sSl!ss' he to s sSa all and !h' Who i%,
though ho does his best and. does II glori-
forward 70 a time when the .poier: shall not
shall be he who does the beat kind of ail-sround
In closing President Patton spoke Of the ad-
v%sntases Of the proposed arbitration treaty
The next speaker was President, Low, who
ans cred to the toast of Columbia. He had
something TO say Of the Greater Now York. as
:" I have served on many commissions. but
nave. given themselves more. unressryedly
to their work than those who are dIaft-
Ing believe ihS eh .sss s Si er CHATTER New York. b.
Or By Brooii lynn i It viii give the y city OF New
rent life. and hope that il viii pro,ec, the
great franchises so that they will not DO
given away in the future ns they have
been In the past. believe that the
charter will unite the various communities un-
der n system that will do the work better for
the new united city than. tho separate cities
could do IL for themselves"
Other speakers were James G, Carter for
Harvard. Joseph II. Twichrll for Yale. and
Prof. Andrew. f.. west, Princeton. -. and
William +. Amin. Princeton, u. Among
Abram 5. Hewitt. Tracy II. Harris, &C :. Guy Ter.
Charles Scribner. Robert +. bonner. John w.
AitSen. Rowland Cox. Prof. Henry =, Osborn.
Job Hedges. Charles Is. Alexander. and William
Hull WickhAm.