New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-27
EXETER DAYS RECALLED.
JOYFUL TIDINGs HEARD AT THE AN
NUAL DINNER OF THE ALUMNI
RECENT GROWTH OF THE FAMOUS SCHOOL TOLD
BY THE NEW PRINCIPAL. HARLAN p AMEN
ADDRESSES ALSO by GEORGE WALTON
GREEN PROFESSOR DUNBAR. W. b.

BY THE NEW PRINCIPAL. HARLAN p AMEN
ADDRESSES ALSO by GEORGE WALTON
GREEN PROFESSOR DUNBAR. W. -.
HoRNBIOwER AND OTHERS
The new visor that has lately been creeping
through the veins OF Phillips Exeter Academy
found expression so far as the New-York alumni
concerned In the enthusiastic dinner OF the
NewYork Association OF the Alumni OF Phiihps
Exeter Academy that held at the WINDSOR
Hotel last evening II was the fifteenth dinner OF
that organization. and it by all odds the most
successful held. Nearly one hundred old Exeter
"boys' sat at the tables. parook OF the good cheer
and listened to the glad tidings that were brought
to them OF the life and the good health OF their
Alma Mater.
George Walton Green. the president OF the asso-
citation had the seat OF honor at the guests table,
and among The others present were James ~
Arnold. Ethan Allen. c. T. Bangs e. +. Bnllard'
Edmund L. Baylies L. g. Biseow. Joseph W. carr
c. VI. Cumming. Joseph l.. Cilley. b. H. Chey'
John X. Cilley. Clinton II. Crane. Philip A Crapo'
Thomas C. Clark, jr., c. f. Dean. William North
Duane John X Enlins, jr, DR.. j. A. Fordyce.
William +. Forepaugh William j. Farquhar W
Fleming. Charles d. Folsom. ]. b. Gerrish.
Theodore Gilman jr, G.. T. Goldthwaite'
George Walton Green, Herbert Green
Harry Hubbard. John C. Head. Ford Huntington
7. Sunern Taller ]. Craig Havemeyer Eugene d.
Hawkins Hector VI. Hitchngs Ogden HARRISON
+. G.. ireland. |. @. James, William f. Kip & u
Kidder. r. c. Taber, Benjamin c. Lockeit, Arthur
H. I.ockett George VI. Leventriit, Thomas W. La
mont. Townsend Lawrence. Vernon Monroe, Iheo-
dore W. Moses. Charles MacVeagh. Edward b.
Merrill. George II. Morse Dr. ID. II. McAlpn, II. T.
Parrish. George a. Pllmpton, S. L. Parrish, FRANCIS
X. Parker. Edward l.. Parks. Charles Wolcott
Parker. W. W. Richards w. H. Rand, L. +. Sexton,
Henry Smith. j. Herbert Senter, Nathan s Smith
I. Sidney Smith. William ;. Seamans, Edward NJ
Stothers. the Rev. A. d. Smith. Theodore Sutro. 3
Smith Arthur c. Thompson Eugene TreadweI, w.
{. Yer Planck Augustus Van Wyck. John h.
Walker. Chester James wllcomb. II. II. Whitman.
]. Blake White F. H. Adams Samuel c. Wood and
Thomas G. Wentworth.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Before the alumni sat down dinner they held
short business meeting and elected the Following
officers for the coming year President, Frederick
G. Ireland; vice-presidents Edmund l.. Baylies.
Lawrence T. Sexton, ID. Hunter McAlpin. William
". Rand. Nathaniel s. Smith and William 5. Sea-
mans; secretary. Ethan Allen treasurer. Hector II.
Hitchings: Executive Committee-Arthur l.. Lock-
EFT, J. Craig Havemeyer. william J. Farquhar.
Charles r. Bangs and Charles MacNeagh
ADDRESS Or MR.. GREEN.
Presd INT Green called the dlrers to order $50,
end in opening the flow of oratory spoke in part as
follows:
we, meet tonight. under what may fairly BE be
called exceptional circumstances. 10 testify by this
in the welfare OF our old school II would be fool
sh TO deny that for some years past and until
quite recently things have not been so well with
the Academy Why this was so. what were the
causes which made Exeter lose somewhat OF her
great prestige We need not ASK now. Ihat time,
thank God. IL past. When the trustees chose their
new principal they made no mistake Within less
work has been started the standard OF scholarship
has been maintained. the numbers have been IN
and character has been upllfted This Is what the
old school has so long wanted, what she has got Ak
/ laS n har ~
principal; the princpa! with a free hand loyally
turning 10 trustees for advice and support; and.
finest Of all students convinced that their best In
terests are the first care OF trustees faculty and
As I understand the theory upon which trus
tees and the principal and faculty are at work, II
is 70 encourage sound scholarship. to strengthen
and build up character. so as to n a young man
for the varying conditions and possibilities OF
American life.
CHEERS FOR THE NEW PRINCIPAL
Harlan p Amen himself an Exonian Is the new
principal whose methods during the short time In
which he has been at the head OF the school have
heartily commended themselves to the alumni and
the trustees was received with prolonged cheers
by the diners when he to speak TO them OF
the recent development OF Exeter and what he
special point Of the spirit OF cooperation that
existed between the faculty and the boys and
greatest advantage He had also word 10 sax
athletic hays su hS we WISH s o all To
have II known that Exeter Is still the place where
boys must 60 in order TO- get the very best
that Captain Mccormack. OF the Dartmouth eleven,
had been engaged to coach the Academy eleven
| NEXT fall. and perhaps for longer.
The principal said that the academy had In.
creased in numbers by thirty within the year and
that there 1874 boys there, adding that
the Sssssd in quality Ia ws5 sni
which they had been assured would not be long
wanting. library and reading room the ex-
penss Of which would be sbont sa0o He char
democracy.
HEARTY WELCOME FOR PROF DUNBAR.
Professor Charles F. Dunbar OF Harvard. presi-
dent OF the Board Of Trustees received a welcora
that must have assured him OF the affection fel,
for him by the old Exeter boys. He spoke briefly
In congratulation upon the fact that the pitfalls
surrounding the academys steps had been passed
and that there no longer any thin ice to skate
around and said that the future was now assured
William j. Hornblower IL not an alumnus OF
Exeter and ne was introduced example OF
the fact that men were born to be great in
spite Of the deficiencies Of their early education.
Mr. Hornblower was inclined regard his pres
ence as an indication OF the harmony the concert
that ought exist between schools and Institutions
Of learning He had some interesting things to say
OF harm, ny and union. or Greater New-York he
said that although Mr.. Plat had decreed IT, he
thought the Senator might awake some morn
his feelings would be like those OF a certain con
gresham who had bill passed that resulted in
TO him: Didn't you know that the bill would be
n boomerangT Yes. he answered. but didn't
blower thought that the mission OF American eiu-
cational institutions should be TO stamp out the
sectionalism that had once divided the country so
that II should be henceforth harmless
other speakers were Police Commissioner Roose-
welt Professor Wentworth. the beloved Of all Exo-
mans; William II. Rand and Gilman Tucker
PACTFIC STEAMSHIP COALITION.
Chicago March 2s-It Is reported from San Fran