The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12
wESLEyANAND W1NECUPS.
DIR. BUCKLEY RAISES mrs T0IoE
ABOUT THE Az UMNI DINNER.

ne wouId Have Licked tho Other way. ~
Ham shouid Have Dene when Noah raad
Had Too Mach, but Dr. Funk's ''v~oice" Arose
ana silence Ceased 20 Cloak Alma Mater.
At the last annual dinner Of tho New York
Alumni Association OF Wesleyan University at
the Savoy there was wine upon tho table in
front Of some of the guests. 1t is not recorded
that the vino did any harm to these guests or
that they consumed enough of It to dull their
power TO appreciate the wit that flowed after
dinner. But DIR. Funk's Voice tPro.l cried
scandal, and theroupon the Rev. DIR. ]. NJ. Buck.
ley. tho editor of the Christian ADVOCATE, and
q power In the Methodist Church, has spoken.
In tho current number of tho Christian Adro-
cate DIR. Buckley, over his own signature, does
his best to mako that wine bite like q serpent
and sting like an adder, as the Scripture says 1t
shall do at tho last. The sting and bite In part
are as follows:
THAT wine should be served ut WosleyAn's
b~anquets or drunk there is a gross improperly,
q disparagement to tho university, a scandal TO
the denomination. The New York Alumni As
sociation is Of great assistance to tho institu-
ton in many ways, and the faculty and the trus-
tees arc sensible OF 1t.
But Wesleyan University could prosper bot
ter without an alumni association than with one
at whose banquets wine should be served. This
proposition, we think, must be obvious to every
one whatever his personal views OF the use OF
wine) who considers the history OF tho univer-
sity, what IL Is, what II stands for, and whence
1t derives its patronage.
I those who believe, as we do, that, IN
view of tho graduated scale and the invisible
lines between fermented wines. fortified wines,
and distilled liquors. wine drinking on social
and festive occasions 10 the first step taken BY
most young men toward becoming ,dissipated,
and that 1t is the temptation By which hundreds
who try to check their dangerous drift arc
again drawn downward, the bringing in OF
wine on such an occasion Is q g%rievous wrong.
THAT It has occurred this once inltwenty nine
years OF tho associations banquets is deplor.
able. To most of the members of the society,
as well as to the President of the university
and the members Of the faculty, 1t was an entire
surprise.
that time I resolved that II the circum-
stance of wine being introduced in this way
should be mentioned in any paper in Now York
state the naked facts. The Christian ,Adro-
cate waits for any Christian denomination or
any philanthropic institution that ia inculpated
tt9ssc see Whether the tn facts are misstadse q |. G ;xtcnud
before it makes a public criticism; and know
ing how 1t occurred. and that one or two per
sons wero responsible for making it possible,
again. unless 1t became public through other
sources, l did:not purpose to troat Alma Mater
as Ham treated HIS father, Noah. J. NJ. b..
monthly meeting and dinner at the Aldine Club.
% Fifth avenue. last, evening, j. $. Judd pre-
sided, and there was plenty Of wine on the table.
The Young Alumni are not bothered by scruples
revolted against the so.called dry" banquets
of their elders. There were iifty"ono Of them
present last night. and one of them expressed
been aired, For" said he. we will not now be
taken for theologians."
Last evening Prof. Willard Fisher, professor
Of economies at Wesleyan: Capt. Young of the
son spoke,