New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-19
UNITED ALUMNI
GATHERING OF GRADUATES OF THE SIX
SCHOOLS OF NETWORK UNIVERSITY.
OVER SIX HUNDRED MEET AT THE HOTEL
sAVOY-CHANCEILOR MACCRACkBN M"
NouNcEs GIFTS TO THE LlBRARY-pR

OVER SIX HUNDRED MEET AT THE NUM-
sAvoY-cHANcEI.loR MAccRAcKEN An
NorNc.rs GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY-DR
Killings SPEAKS OF SCIENCE
The first dinner OF the united alumni OF the six
schools OF New-York University was held last even
ing AT the Hotel Savoy. The union OF the alumni
from all the departments of the University was
suggested BY Chancellor MacCracken. and the sue
cess OF the dinner last night will probably insure
its annual repetition. Covers were laid TOT oo
guests and nearly all of the seats were occupied
not less than $50 persons sitting down to the DIM
ner. The number included many women. among
them the wives and relatives OF the members OF
the University council the graduates of the school
OF pedagogy and the Women's Advisory Committee.
Not only the banquet hall OF the Savoy en-
trely occupied. but almost the entire paror floor
was given up TO the affair.
Before the guests sat down to dinner they were
received in the Marble Room of the Savoy by Mrs.
Henry Draper Chancellor MacCracken and William
S. Opdyke. the president OF the Alumni Association.
The violet, both the flower and the color. appro-
priately reminded one that IT the emblem OF
the University. and the menus and the souvenirs
were printed In violet ink. The souvenirs gave a
birds-eye view OF NewYork University College. the
School OF Applied Science and the entire educa-
tional establishment OF University Heights as It
Will appear when all the buildings have been
erected.
The progress OF tho various courses OF The dinner
interrupted from time time by the singing
o. college songs and cheers for popular members
OF various groups. together with the inquiry as TO
propriate and reassuring response. The graduates
Of the various schools 80 FAR possible sat to-
eether, and the assembage included number OF
alumni whose graduation dates away back In the
iortes one aiumnus OF the class OF AZ was pres
emf and there were five from the class OF rs Of
the Medical School.
THE POSTMASTER CALLS FOR ORDER
tlon had lots of trouble in persuadng the merry
alumni to order when IT was time FOR
the speaking TO begin The more ne pounded his
gavel on the table he more they shouted Louder"
but finally he succeeded in gaining attention to
his announcement that there must be absolute
quiet. whereat there perfect bedlam. When
at length approximate silence regned. tho presi-
dent said that per cent OF all the students that
the University had ever graduated present
the dinner. and he expressed the hope that this
extraordinary outpouring indicated the arousng OF
enthusiasm for alma mater that had heretofore
lain too dormant He then introduced Cephas
Brainerd, jr.. who read secretary's report that
far from being the usual routine document.
JUSTICE KEOGH on THE BAR
Justice Martin j. Keogh was introduced the
first speaker His toast was The Law School
ana Its Alumni" Justice keogh briefly but eo
quently defended the bar from some OF the at
tacks that have recently been made upon It, He
spoke In part follows:
The New-York Bar is the farest field on which a
that we longer hear the eloquence that once
captivated Juries ana made the classic speeches
tee. But the courts now places for the trans
acuon OF business, and the lawyer OF to-day IN
law the great combinations OF capital, advising on
oeijcae questions or trying his case with cearness
of statement, precision Of thought and drectness
industry skill and fidelity TO his client equal to the
before
lily maintaining the best traditions and as worthiy
bearing the splendid heritage Of the bar.
CHANCELLOR MACCRACKEN ANNOUNCES
GIFTS.
Mr. Opdyke then introduced Chanc ellor Henry NJ
MacCrackea, who spoke at length and evoked
much enthusiasm by his announcement OF gifts to
TIE university. The Chancellor spoke In part as
follows
February has but twenty -eight days. but II gives
to America the birthday of Washington and Lin
day of our deeply cherished and iamented Dr.
Charles Butler. Of whose birth Tuesday OF this
week the ninety-sixth anniversary. | congrat-
uate the alumni and their committees upon this
magnificent occasion Our new city has eqtered on
Education for every borough. She has central
Board Place eyer nm TheT platform for o TOR b E
schools, higher ideals and higher development
| am happy TO announce tonight three gifts
made TO the university library during the present
1rint<-it is in the Germanic Library. which
pIeted the German library of either Leipsic
$50 M 70 he invested as the BEGINNING OF per-
marent endowment of the library. The three citi-
names nam at at least east for the present ,.
Is k!nded only by the blazing. glorious sun.
George Haven Putnam spoke on New York City
and Education" In this country" he said. we
have rather outgrown the necessity TO associate
me literature Of this city is now American uni.
VI one
merce ono thing New York has done for Amer-
first work Of the first New-York literary man
Washington Irving. was cosmopolitan In Its
humor."
Dr. Billings. director OF the New-York Public
Library spoke on "New-York City and Science"
y distinguished French philosopher. Or. Billings
said. had once declared that it better to have
q future than past. That statement furnished a
convenient point OF view when they considered
the relations of New-York 10 science. He had
noticed curious gap in the historical literature
and literary history, but no mention OF the
seienhc men 1nG TIE Nr,s sGien,hG discoveries
greatness of New-Yort One long article. he
Did indeed find, entitled Scientists SCENTS Of New
commcrcial article to which he had objected.
This curious lack OF mention of the part played by
science In the city's life certainly not because
i9S h wSre como mo from the nvcrty al
though there were few who had not been
nectcd with II. (LaUghtcrD
There was, he continued. a curious want OF ex-
actitude in peoples minds 10 what science really
meant II everyone present 10 write out Il
definition OF the word. he (the speaker doubted
II any two would be alike. There distinction
in Technology. which might not have occurred to
them. between man Of science" scientist" and
scientific man" man OF science such be
cause he loved it, il the main object of his
life. and matter Of pecuniary gain alone.
Henry Draper was good type OF the man OF
science he was one OF the founders OF the new
astronomy a man who did the best scien;ihc work
Of his time: that work was still going and was
still the best.
The scientific man is a man who is interested in
investigation and often seeks to put them prac-
teal use To he combined efforts OF these two
classes the greater part Of the comforts OF modern
civilization due Take type Of this class n
man such as John Ericsson. who. by his invention
Of Tho circular turret revoutlonized modern naval