The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-22
THOSE AT THE TABLES.

white, the Lehigh colors.
THOSE AT THE TABLES.
Arthur Long, the president of the
club, presided at the dinner On his
right sat the guest of honor, DR.. w. S.
Franklin, professor of electrical en-
gineering, at Lehigh university, and on
his left was the toastmaster, w. r.
Butler, of N1auch Chunk. The others
present were: II. Kemmerling, Nor
gan Davis, jr., w. r. Pierce, c. p.
Turner, Walter Briggs, w. A. James,
Charles Straw, Edward N. McIlvain,
John NJ. Beaumont, Fl. w. Rowley, II.
| H. Stock, j. J. Clark, j. II. Reese,
| Scranton; II. S. Drinker Philadelphia;
| r. p. Linderman, Bethlehem; G. E.
| Shepherd Wilkes Barre; Charles Gra-
| ham, jr., Kingston; w. II. Hutchins,
| Wyoming; H. l.. Manley, Hazleton.
After discussing the excellent dinner
served by Landlord Godfrey, and sing
| ing first of all America" and their
various college songs, the speechmak-
| ing began with the address of the
president, Arthur Long. 1t was an elo-
| quent and interesting effort and was
| fairly punctuated with applause, every
| reference to Lehigh or anything per-
| tanning to Lehigh being the signal for
yell" Mr.. Long said, in substances:
Fellow Alumni: We meet tonight with
| one common purpose-to memorize our
four years of happy incidents and ex-
| periences at dear old Lehigh. and to
| kindle anew the fires of college fellow
ship that CLEAN so brightly in the shadow
| of each of us.
AS president of the Lehigh University
| club of Northeastern Pennsylvania, it
lnI.
| you-each one of you-to this feast that
| awakens us to the memory of happy
| past. And especially does it give me
| pleasure to welcome to this banquet our
dear friend, DR.. Franklin, A stranger to
| many of us perhaps. but not to the
| world who know him by the deeds he has
| wrought and the good he has done.
/ was not born in the right time of the
moon to have been endowed with the
| gift of speech-making, but l would take
this opportunity to briefly illustrate the
| close relationship of a college education
to a business life.
REALIZE 1T NOW.
Blessed with the eXhiliration of youth
and manly vigor, burdened by no cares
other than those that lean lightly upon
us. we did not comprehend while at col
| lege the systematic training that so judic-
| iously aids now to spur us on to greater
efforts; yet when we look at and think
| of the great men-great statesmen-our
college machinery has developed then it
is We point with pride to the years spent
on hill and vale in the dear old city of
| South Bethlehem.
| College education disciplines mankind.
| It's the careful, painstaking, well-direct-
ed forces and professions inculcated into
the minds of the youth that leads to the
ripened fruit of experience and thought
| fulness in mature years. Compare the
| ago, when competition was naught and
| struggle less great. Compare the inven-
tions of modern ideas with those of our
| forefathers. True, perhaps, the seed was
sown. Yet, so with the college life. Then
| it was the hard-fisted merchant who
amassed fortunes. Now it is the result
of advanced education and ideas the
practical, thoroughly cultured mind-the
mind that grasps the details and de-
YOURS them as the fly would grasp the in
sect.
What a pleasure it Is to us today, when
in our ordinary pursuits of life, we read
of, or i'm some way feel associated with
ing came from within the walls of old
Lehigh. For go throughout the length
and breadth of this great country-yes.
cross the seas, If you like, and here and
there you'll learn of those whom nations
honor today and who developed their
the same study rooms that dealt so
kindly with all of us.
| Not that men have been born and at
tanned greatness without a college educa-
tion. Oh, no! For there are many whose
wits have been sharpened by the fierce
and continued struggle; whose pulses
throbbed for hours meath the weight OF
burdens greater than ours
THE GLORY OF LEHIGH.
The great glory of Lehigh men is that
by the influence welded, there is pro-
NOTED and inculcated into mankind loft
, Ter ideas of life, thought and action. TIC
many of you, perhaps, the old appela-
tion of Alma Mater seems sentimentally
weak. We should not lack the commun-
, ity of feelings which occur as dreary
things. The old familiar scenes and ia
miliar faces cannot fail to arouse in us
the sacred memories and constant charm
In the life we led there. We ought to
have a pleasurable sense in these COM
mon memories that would make our 10y
J atty to Lehigh all the more secure.
, Our club tonight celebrates it's sew
enth annual banquet. We are honored
by the presence of friends from all parts
of the state; men whose walks in life
lead in various directions; men Of posi-
tion, whose persistent diligence at col