Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-19
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AUTH'S SONS
Central MassaN
Reunion al lchusetts Alumni
md Banquet.
Distinguished Sons o
Gather Around Nhe Hanoyers College
Sing Praises o. The, estive Board and


- " Alma Mater.
Come, fellows let US
And sing it loud and 4
Our alma mater is GU. aise song
Old Dartmouth, loved ~ leaf.
So sang twenty seven tn S ne
alumni at the sixth annual u -,
banquet of the association -
and Western Massachusetts,
evening, and for few all Tn;a
hours the graduates, old ann 49,
projected themselves back in,E -.
| college days, renewing old frie.X 80,
and old recollections till the heaGV 49,,
full. President William j. Tuck, Si1i
D., of Dartmouth College was the ut w
of the evening, and he delivered an.Er,
quent address, reviewing the work99gue
the college and explaining the plans a ell
the futrue. Hon. 1. T. Paul, ~, OF 81
ton was expected to be present, EAf
during the day a telegram was receiYexp
from him, stating that his father han
died in New Hampshire, and ne woulG1
be unable to attend, the announcements
causing deep regret.
From o'clock to 7.S0 O'Clock a recep-
ton was held, followed by a banquet in
the State Mutual restaurant, where
a.
excellent menu, and the next two hourst
were enjoyed in discussing the varied
courses.
Those seated around the banquet
board were Abner H. Merriam, 40 of
Templeton; Henry L. Parker, IS, of
Worcester; DR.. Albert Wood, So, of
Worcester; Judge Chester c. Conant,
81, of Greenfield; Frank P. Goulding,
49, of Worcester; DR.. Gardner Pierce,
So. Arthur G. Lewis, 49, of Worcester;
| Jonathan Smith, II, of Clinton; Prof.
Homer P. Lewis. IA, of Worcester; A.
| w, Edison, rs, of New York; Prof. Levi
L. Conant, '79, of Worcester; DR..
| George F. Balcom, 10, of Worcester;
DR.. Edward H. Trowbridge, 81, of Wor-
cester; DR.. William j. Delehanty, '8S, of
Worcester; Henry L. Parker, Jr., So, of
Worcester; John H. johnson, 'SS, of
Worcester; e. B. Hale. 81, of Brook
field; Burton Williams, 49, Of Milford;
Marshall o. Edison, '91, of Worcester;
Matthew Gault, 80, of Worcester; FL
mer c. Potter. '92, Of Worcester; Rev.
B. S. Gilman, 81, of Gardner; DR.. Thos,
NJ. Shattuck, "a, of Worcester; G.
Woodbury. Parker, '94 of Hudson; John
William Morrow, '97, of Worcester; Ar
thur F. O'Malley, '97 OF Worcester.
At $50 o'clock President William J
Tucker arrived from New Haven, and
brief business meeting was held.
Judge Chester c. Conant Of Greenfield,
81, presided and committee, compris-
ing Henry L. Parker, Jr, Jonathan
Smith, Clinton, and Elmer c. Potter,
was appointed to report a list Of officers,
which was adopted as follows: Presi-
dent, Frank P. Goulding, SO, Worcester;
vice presidents, Judge Elisha B. May
nard. '67, Springfield, and Webster
Thayer, 80, Worcester; secretary FL
Matthew Gault 80, Wooster; executive
committee, Hamilton Mayo, '79, Leonl- |
mister; Arthur G. Lewis, $50, Worcester;
John A. Aiken, IA, Greenfield; William
e. Sargent, SO, Lancaster and Rev.
Burton S. Gilman, 81, Gardner. Henry |
L. Parker, Jr., moved that the associa-
ton hold its annual banquet in Worces-
ter in February unless the members OF
the association resident in western Mas |
sachusetts, desired it at Springfield, the |
date of the next meeting being left to
the executive committee.
A vote Of thanks was extended to An |
drew w. Edison, Is, now Of New York, |
for the efficient manner in which he has
y performed the duties of secretary. Mr.. |
Edison has been secretary since the or
ganization was started, and to his UNI
firing energy and loyal spirit is due the
present strength and interest Of the as
ISOLATION.
At the after dinner exercises which
followed the business meeting, Prof. |
Levi L. Conant, '79, Of the Polytechnic |
Institute. acted as postmaster with his |
usual grace, and he introduced the |
speakers of the evening in a very happy !
manner.
In opening the exercises, Pref, Conant |
said that all looked back with pleasure
upon their college days, and cherished
again the friendships formed there. He
alluded to the physical features of Han
over, the five-mile square and the cam
pus and other familiar places, dear to
the alumni He said that in his day one |
of the occupations of the student was in
criticising the faculty, but now he was
glad to notice that the student body re-
garded the faculty with q spirit of rev.
erence this spirit being characteristic
of the graduates of the more recent
classes. He complimented the work of
DR.. Tucker, and spoke in warm terms
of his wonderfully successful admins
tration
President Tucker was then introduced
and received an ovation, being obliged to
bow his Acknowledgements so warm was
the reception. DR.. Tucker began by
saying that a Dartmouth alumni meet
ing was always in order anywhere in
Massachusetts. One characteristic Of
the college at the present time is that |
chusetts than from any other state, and,
further, that there are more Massachu-
sets boys at Dartmouth than in any
Massachusetts college except Harvard.
Three influences he named as bearing
upon the college idea The growth of
the universities had its influence upon
it. The changes in their curriculum
had been met with changes in the col
lege curriculum. There, too, had been
a change in the constituency of the coll
lege Formerly the students were in
a large majority from the academies
Now they are from the high schools. The
effect is that the college is more repre-
sentative of modern life. The college
has, too. had an effect upon the high !
school curriculum, and broadened it.
Dartmouth was the first college to in
corporate the scientific department into
it's life
An outside influence was the demand
on colleges to deliver men earlier into
life. People are becoming impatient to
get through education to enter active
life Not only are the students them
selves impatient but their parents as
well. The average age of entrance is
10. the college delivering them at %, and
the professional schools at IS. Refer
ence was made to the obstacle the high
school boy had to meet In comparison
with the academy graduate. Academy
boys have their entire time and effort
devoted to their preparation for college,
while the high school students must
consider and respect their social duties
There are a large number of boys who
work their way through college, VINO
also have to work their way through
the preparatory school. Many boys pre-
pared to enter college cannot enter for