The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
LOVE OF KIPLING,
ur WAS THE CHIEF SUBJECT At
yrSTERDlY,s ALUMN4 MEETIN0.

Annual Meeting ana Elect Omcera-ProE
stephens Entertains Thern with n Talk
About Hudyard ExipiinE ana mis- works.
va,snr's Associate Alumnm held its annual
-suplon and luncheon at tho Hotel Savoy yes
,,rdsy, and in point Of numbers ana lifo the
occasion has mover been approached by q
similar ono In this city. Even the busi-
ness meeting was full Of interest Miss
n. II. Hcrscy of tho class of 70. tho Presi-
d,nt OF the association, was In the chair.
promptly at noon she called the members,
,.orlv 200 strong, to order. Tho follow
inc officers we're elected for the coming year:
President, Mrs. Z. s. Atwater; Yice-Presidonts.
Rachel Jacobs, Frances g. Markham; Secretary,
Ada Thurstou; Assistant Secretary, Cora Start;
treasurer, Marion s. Blake; member Of Er-
scutiye Committee, Clara l. Bostwick; member
Of Polling Committee. Elizabeth Raeburn Hoy.
The Endowment Committee reported the COM
ple,ion OF the fund Of $50, 900 to endow . chair
Of astronomy, and the Polling Committee an
pounced the election Of Mrs. II. X. Armstrong,
~, as On alumni trustee. As soon as the bust
ness meeting was adjourned the Alumnp gath
ored in tho reception rooms.
Al half past / an elaborate luncheon was
served In the banquet hall. Exactly 223 gradu-
ntes seated Themselves by classes at the round
tables. 1t will probably make Yale and Harvard
and Princeton very wretched to know II, hut the
table decorations were in Cornells colors, red
and white. The members OF the Glee Club. who
had come down from Poughkeepsie to furnish
. music, felt very much upset when they noted
this, until they found that tho favor shown the
Ithacans was a nero coinoidenee. Ten men
were invited to BIO present, and all accepted.
Miss Hersey presided at Q long table on q plat
form. with the guests Of honor about her. On
her right was Prot. Il. Morse Stephens Of Cor
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vassar. Mrs. Kendrick, the principal; Prof.
Leach of the Greek department Prof. salmon
ilntin aS' Director Of the gln;nasiu%; III;
Ellsworth, Of tho Hoard Of Trustees were others
at this table. The table itself was elaborately
,na .mil"x! VIII MitS se ths a aTfss,n oams sp The Fi sftop
had sung its way into the hearts Of everybody.
ing him hn'i Miss sN He srs said: THE President Of
thee Alumni Association has many trying oc.
sSe has to interview tho senior class about their
relations to this association, when she. knows
4 Ih' }yb are %% Ss5ips sr lsss SSo JUS. / It ssr .bs sPy tf@s. s flss
and that is Introducing. our President at our
sure him that we know that there are trials and
tribnlatiops aver n times Si Of peace, and that we
Alter some little pleAsantries DR.: Taylor said:
,, the history Of tho college. No new buildings
passed sixty for The frst time in our history. II
, tions would bo: Is the college keeping. abreast
Of the times; 10 IL maintaining the high
s ssee 6o th 9 i . Tss to n Is a fash T,sh IN sh Colleges Esss q I
RH sFRsr Siy'o %s,Tif ; ssa H Psin sas 60H n1s d DUG sai t.
IN " Pfept tSe }f 81 e ten y ss.s'e y Re history y..,ar
ley was founded With similar equipment and
Ideas. Immediately after that Smith opened
T ;,nal VIA. Prs NaS tSs r sspiHsrtRass s1s an ns inn9 two
large colleges started in Now England, whence
Ss aF SI many aS.n stS9ds a'tS IA Af sr! ysa,s s later
iLeImassGa and fase The same dificuities.N WV
. Of Yssssr tbs NPrssident got down to her needs.
ls " = sIe al a1v w0n rv Tssr z t Ssa W snd % 9or needs TO-
from YOU. We've made 2 great ippr9yement in
s Sosy m of isStanlde ssRSf Is Earning M9t to hear mi music T"f i%a
e, tfsIlif FsnsEi,v T II n e pTst but Sel{ & sf isef Epltse on , ss
Iar is not perfect. No college Is perfect, A per.
. snd nc ssi fssSlt 1' y 1]er a | s But we nsv are Vol aoin sa IL;
best that sixty men and women can: Various
classes have been making 2 special effort to i'm
presented. 1895 with which to purchase new
books, and there have been many gifts Of 800
large gifts. but I yet hope to report ct one Of
these meetings a million.dollar gift for the en-
dGMT Iss H. Of the D sdqca nirnSnS dsPaPbt rnp ss.nb,,,
sayiHg that his subject would be Rudyard
Kipling. He said: Before coming to my sub
iar girls with whom I've come in contact. We
get a few OF them at Cornell, and they are the
us. They have proved to me what I have al:
ways believed. that woman students trained
in the same way as men can do just, as good
from them" Then, '' after tes' s% " fTn the ssso.
citation to renew the fellowship OF Miss orvis.
Paris, and to whose ability no paid a tribute.
. he b began to talk abont Kipling. exclaiming:
ways talk an hour and three.quarters on this
sue}est. ltyou'd given me some frivolous sub
}e%Gt Ike Experimental Psychology or pedagogy
"K1pllng is a man with q mission; q teacher.
preacher; q poet The difference between him
immense. We have plenty OF those poet.artists,
n,asters OF words and masters of manners, but
trouble themselves to polish much. They are
I'D Ike to bring before yon the gospel of Kip
difiss; 81 course. there are RI many kipiinss. There
but we shall 4 to the KID ing that tsi' e KlpiinSs
tle preacher: I don't propose TO worry about
s going N' 10 tsis 81 a t%S,a h Gs 6 GsftsSr not Gnf hi Z @an ! s%
81 first reioicod in him as q man who made
knoyn the work being done in India. He had
S%eysloped into the laureate Of Greater England
py the grace OF God, not like one Austin. by the
grace Of salisbury, Kipling ID the bard of
GREATER England. and out Of bis different stages
has come K'ping the preacher. He secs poetry |
IN the everyday things around him DO
Sog remember .'MeAndrewss. hYmn.' where
ne found poetry in the dirty stoker working on
a. ocean Inert KipllnG breaches q gospel to
tne modern world. He understands tho rush
and hurry, the tendency to skepticism, social
Ism nj and i'd 50 on, His is the gospel Of work which
working themselves to death In order to amass
enough so that they'll never have TO work any
love story. The Light That Failed Z Don't you
s roaS how Dick Heldon tells Maysie that
good work tannot be done for money. praise, or
tAmsf he first teaches the gospel of work.
His next gospel Is that Of obedience and dis
eipiine. Hes never shown that so plainly as In
us jungle Book in the training u Mowgli.
IN these days. when obedience IL not considered
sb ysl5lus' when parents even do not teach their
shlldreh much obedience, 10 IL not something
ior some one TO rise and show that tho Keynote
WhiGh binds society together 10 obedience and
tries 70 show that tho duty of man Is not only to