The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-24
SOME NEW DISCOVERIES.

lneTe anu WITH the OtnerS nau eaten UP
the good things.
SOME NEW DISCOVERIES
Lafayette recently sent out to the
world that 1t had at least discovered
something new under the sun"-a
new excuse for getting off chapel alb
sence. The Alumni association of
Northeastern Pennsylvania had paral-
leled it's alma mater 1t had discov-
cred a Lafayette dinner in Scranton
For both discoveries Lafayette should
be appreciative.
Lafayette, he said, had done some
thing for Scranton, as was attested by
the prominence of the Scrantonians
who sat about the board but Scranton
has also done it's share for Lafayette.
He alluded to the fact that Lafayette
had given to Scranton a principal for
her high school and a citizen who had
brought fame upon his city by his
work for popular education He could
go farther, he said, but Lafayette has
a reputation for being content to do
her work quietly and let others sing
her praises. He closed by referring to
the attainments of the various profess
sors of the college, particularly to the
recognition accorded Dr. March on his
recent trip to Europe, and to the
achievements of the college on the ath-
letc field especially on Franklin field,
Philadelphia, which latter remark
stirred up the highest pitch of enthusi-
asm, and showed that the sporting
blood" of the "old boys" had lost none
of its warmth.
Isaac p. Hand, of Wilkes Barre, one
of the trustees, was called upon to re-
spond to the toast "The Trustees" in
place of John Weles Hollenback,
president of the board who was un-
able to be present He paid a glowing
tribute to the work of Mr.. Hollenback,
and characterized the board of trus-
tees as a noble, generous, God-fearing
Christian set of men, who gave their
efforts and their money generously and
unseltishly to the cause of the noble
institution to which they We're allied.
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
In introducing Hon. John r. Farr
to respond to "Our Public Schools"
Toastmaster Phillips said "he was a
great sprlnter in his college days and
is somewhat of a runner STILL" eX-
planning for the benefit of the strangers
that this is Mr.. Fairs fourth consecu-
tive term in the legislature.
Mr.. Farr was most happy and elo-
quent in this, his favorte theme, upon
which he has expended so much time
and thought and in which possibly no
one in the state is better versed. He
contended that Pennsylvania had been
backward in education, but was rapid
ly forging to the front and gives prom
Use of soon standing in educational
matters where she does in the cate
CORY of the states first in the Union.
kindergartenS and manual training
schools, he prOpheSied, would yet be in
cluded in the public schools and each
township would have it's own high
school,
The theme, college Education in
Practical Life" was ably handled by
Hon. James NJ. Fritz, Nanticoke's bril-
liant lawyer and eloquent speaker.
one practical result of q college
education he said, was to make the
mind antagonistic to everything super
ficial and this in itself was a condition
which, coupled with energy meant sue
cess. The mental juggler and mounte-
bank may surpass in instances and at
| times the man who has built his in
| tellectuality upon firm foundation,
| but in the long run and at the time of
supreme effort the firmly y-founded man
| succeeds and the other passes into well
| deserved oblivion.
The previous speakers had each in
| turn been received with applause and
Interrupted with cheers and hand
| clapping, but a continued ovation is
the only phrase to properly convey an
idea of the greeting given Parke H.
| Davis, the director of athletics, to
whom Lafayette owes her present ath-
| letic standing among the first colleges
| of the country.
After some predatory remarks con-
| cernng the status of athletics at La
fayette at present, he went on to eX-
| plain for the benefit of those who
might not have sanctioned the refusal
| or second game with Pennsylvania
| that the advisory board had concluded
| to refuse the golden caravan which
| Penn paraded in front of them because
| they had two caravans in view next
year. In other words. they did not
want to jeopardize their claim to
| place among the leaders next season.
HONORS FOR LAFAYETTE.
He then went on to say that he came
| up from the college to tender the North
| eastern association, in the name of the
| Undergraduates, the championship in
| the relay races the second best record
| in the world in the long distance re-
| lays; the championship of Pennsyl-
Vania in field and track events three
successive victories over Lehigh in base
| ball and the championship of America
in foot ball. on the gridiorn Lafayette,
he said, had not lost a single game.
1t tied one with Princeton and on that
| the championship rested. Lafayette's
claim to the championship is based on
the comparative records of the two
teams Princeton had Is points scored
against her while Lafayette allowed its
| eleVent opponents only 10 points. He
created hearty laugh by solemnly
announcing that he brought official no.
tice of the athletic demise and inter-
ment OF Lehigh. The coroner's Jury
| brOugh in a verdict that death was due