New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
IN HONOR OF MR.. CHOATE.
ALPHA DELTA PHI CLUB GIVES DIN
NER FOR IT'S PRESIDENT
JAMES e. CARTER PREsIDEs-APPLAUsE FOR THE
GUEST OF THE EVENING. WHOM DR.
oU1MBV CELEBRATES IN VERSE
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.

GUEST OF THE EVENING. WHOM DIR.
oUIMBV CELEBRATES IN VERSE
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT
Fraternity spirit ran high last night at the Alpha
Delta Phi Club. No. 81 West T'hrty-third-st. when
The members Of the club gave dinner for their
president. Joseph II. Choate Although the sub
ecrbers were limited TO fraternity who were
members OF the club. large number Of applica-
lions had to be refused and the dining room. which
was decorated with smilax and white roses-the fra
ternity green and white-was crowded.
James c. Carter. the president OF the general fra
ternity. presided. with Joseph II. Choate. Harvard
80 al his right The other men at the presidents
table Francis l. Stetson Williams Chapter. 81
Colonel Charles E sprague. Union Chapter 80. and
Everett ?. Wheeler Manhattan Chapter 90 Fra
ternity songs were sung at intervals. and as soon
as the coffee had been served James C. Carter rose
to make the first address and Introduce Joseph H.
Choa,e. Mr. Carter spoke Of the sadness OF miss
ing old familiar faces and the consolation Of seeing
those VINO represent the spirit which animated
them" In speaking OF the part or the fraternity III
college life. he said:
have heard the utility Of frsternitles questioned
They ought TO- ne sezSa ~ create stand
ard and Ideals which the best men reverence ana
by far than any system OF government which can
be applied from the outside
Turning 70 introduce NJ. Choate he added: We
honor our fraternity IN hono1ng It's most distn-
long friendship with Mr.. Choate Mr. Carter said
our lives commenced together half century
ago IN the little chapter house at Cambridge.
They have never been out OF each others sight
and they meet here again tonight
When Mr.. Choat. he was greeted with pro-
longed applause punctua.ed with the fraternity
cry:
HI HI. III,
Alpha Delta Phi
Alpha Delta Alpha Delta,
Alpha Delta Phi"
In opening his address, Mr. Choate referred In
nattering terms TO Mr.. Carter. adding II was le
that came 70 IN the year NJ ls4s 10 give me ne
joyful tidings that was elected TO this fratcr
nifty" Mr. Choste proceeded speak OF some OF
the great figures Of his own Harvard chapter-ot
James Russell Lowell. Edward Everett Haze and
Bishop Brooks He then remarked that every
chapter had its flower" and said he would not
have 70 60 FAR for tha, % the Amherst chapter
Richard : storrs. George william Curtis was also
spoken o. the gem 81 the Brunonan chapter
The mention OF these names evoked much enthusi-
asm and cheering. Three contemporary university
presidents further cited great sons OF the
aternity-President Eliot. Of Harvard President
Dwight OF Yale. and Presidept Gilman. Of Johns
Hopkins
Mr. Choate recalled tho fart that ne had In 1857
spoken'at the Metropolitan Hotel IN this city upon
the occasion Of the fraterni'ys twentrAnh anniver-
ssry. Again IN 1862 he spoke az the fftieth ami
versa-y and he added that he going ~ drag
II shall bo there" he continued. II shall he Their"
n 81 takes my last breath. 70 speak FOR the honor
o. the fraternity"
In ending his address he paid a tribute 70 the
work Of members ~ Alpha Delta Phi In the civil
War and continued: Now that the dangers o. war
threaten rs again 7 have no doubt the same story
will he told. and the young men ~ this fraternity
will rally 20 the defence OF the has ta"ers)
Before sitting down Mr.. Choa'" proposed toast
70 the memory of tho last president OF the fra
t-rniiy. Clarence A Seward
The fraternity Greek HYMN vas then sung. ana
the following speakers were introduced Everett 7
wheeler. Manhattan. who responded 10 me toas,
"A Remniscence": Francis l. Ste'son. Wiliia"7'
who spoke on Brother Cnoa'e as A Member OF ~"
Par.: pr Charles r Quinhy Dartmouth. who
read an original poem The ocrason. and Colonel
Charles F. spragu-. Union. who discussed brother
Choate as n Member q, ~. Fraternity Or gum
hys poem received with much applause y
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