Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-02
HARVARD CLUB DINNER


AHe OF HARVARD were sung n
song and told in story at the regular annual
banquet OF the Harvard Club last night.
The club is composed OF the alumni Of the
university. and boasts among Its member
ship graduates OF over half a century. The
banquet last night was the fifteenth ami
versary of the local club and was In many
| respects the best ever given by that organi-
cation The banquet was held at Rausci,-
ors, and the decorations were artistic ana
beautiful The crimson flag OF the univer-
sity was largely in evidence, and the color
was brought out In bold relief in incandes
cent lights. which were n feature OF the
decorations. Behind towering palms in ono
corner of the room Was stationed the or
chestra, which rendered appropriate music
throughout the evening. Judge Edward
Lander, the president of the club and the
eldest living graduate OF HarN arl In Wash
ington. presided with his usual dignity. and
although far advanced In years. lent a xest
70 the occasion that was refreshing. Ely
Secretary John W. Foster occupied the
seat of honor on his right. with District At
torney ii. r. Davis and jeremiah Curtin
The translator OF QUO Nadis.'' on his left
sat Major General Miles. Prof Simon New
comb. Justice Bradley. Vice President
crank w. liackett and COMMISSIONS
Ross
The Speeches.
After the excellent menu had been serysi
Judge Lander called the club to order. ans.
after happily and wittily referring to his
early days in the university. called for the
speakers. EN-Secretary John W. Foster
spoke OF the law department OF the UNI
versity and recalled pleasantly IN. pron,,
| rent lawyers who had presided over that
branch of the university. Commission
Ross followed with some pleasant ren,f-
niscences and referred incidentally TO th.
men OF his time. who had made their mark
| In the world. Assistant Secretary Roos,-
| Welt, Professor Newcomb, Mr. Jeremian
Curtin, Mr.. John Sidney Webb. Prof +. W.
Clarke. Major General Miles and Major 4
w. Powell also spoke.
All the speakers were well received some.
! OF them being greeted with the college Yell
| IN vigorous style. both before and after
lne,r remarks. Every one indicated IN
| pride he felt as a Harvard man and III.
| eminence that Harvard men had reached ~,
! every profession and in every walk Of lif,.
was made manifest. Suggestions u-er,.
| made which, could they be transmitted ts.
| the faculty. would doubtless be received
| with pleasure, for they were all I'm the in
| terest OF The advancement and bettermeut
OF inc institution which those making them
SO much loved.
Perhaps the speech that made the most
| impression was that OF Mr. Roosevelt
when WAS a plea for athletics in college
because ne believed that the man who was
foremost IN athletics during his college
career became a man OF action when No
went out in the world to fight the battle OF
| NE; He did not put athletics above achoI-
arship but he believed that the training az
/ the body, the sharpening of the faculties
IN athletic contests, and the struggles the
| failures and the triumphs that com. TO
young men in those contests. make moro
vigorous the mental faculties and give "a
| yirile Intelligence that causes a man 10
| 40, rather than hold back and criticise III.
actions or other men. 1t is not the man
| VINO tells how other men ought to do he
sald, VINO benefits the community, but The
| man who acts himself TO the best OF his
ability.
| Those Present.
| The speeches were intersperscd with COL
| loge songs, and the evening closed with
the singing of Fair Harvard" and "Auld
Lang Syne." Those present included Ed
ward Lander, John J. Heyden. j. L. NJ.
| Curry, ex-Secretary John w. Foster. Or.
simon Newcomb. John Savary, Samuel +.
| Emmons and Frank w. Hackctt FrederIcl,
| Huidekoper, W. H. Putnam, jeremiah Cur
| TN, Superintendent Bernard II. Greene nr
+. I; Howe, John w. Ross, Justice A. &
| Bradley, +. w. Clarke, II. T. Worthineton
| b. p. Mann. DR. J. Mcbride Sterrett. r NJ.
| Chatard, DR.. Charles z. Munroe W A.
| Day, F. II. Bigelow. II. W. Wiley, e l.
Whitehouse. J. w. Fewkes. J. W. Holcomb
| Representative w. II. Moody, q. H. FL
bridge. Representative Melville Bull. Solicit
| tor General j. X. Richards, Henry E.
| Davis, f. T. Chamberlain, Representative
| L. n. Littauer, Charles Moore Pickering
| Dodge, j. S. Diler, Theodore Roosevelt
| assistant secretary of the navy; ii. Ran
| dali Webb, Senator Boise Penrose. +. H.
| Head, ]. s. Webb, Albert .. Elliott L. A.
Coolidge, Charles Aitken, w. L. Crounse
DIR. Leonard Wood. Representative q. f.
| Foss, Representative John Simpkins ID. W
| Shea, Arthur Macdonald, James McCor-
mick, Maj. ]. w. Powell, George {. Dean
| John B. Henderson, Jr., F. II Hitchcock
| r. l.. O'Brien, Percival Hall, r. Ross Per
| ry, Jr., Ernest G.. Walker, Howe Totten T.
| Z. Schrader Professor Cleveland Able, A.
/ b. Fay, w. III. Garland Robert Romans, s.
| ID. Judd, r. s. Hosmer, c. r. Wilson. Cen.
Nelson A. Miles Harry W. Simms s. s
Paschal, Representative J. F. Fitzgerald
Edwin X. Lewis, Charles Sumner Pierce
and N. F. Mcmillan.