Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-23
AMHERST ALUMNI.
Annual Banquet of Worcester
Association.
A Pleasant Gathering of Local Graduates
at the State Mutual Restaurant
New Officers Elected.


the 18th annual reunion and banquet of |
the Amherst Alumni Association of /
! Worcester, held Tuesday night, at the |
State Mutual restaurant There nearly |
! two scores Of Amherst's sons gathered |
and for three hours lived over again the |
happy days they passed in college. In
the eXuberance of their joy, however,
the alumni did not forget those with
whom they were associated as students
and associates. Many who spoke at the
exercises after the banquet referred |
feelingly to those who have passed from
this life. Among those thus referred to |
were the late Prof. W. S. Tyler Of the |
| faculty, Hon. Henry D. Hyde of the |
! board of trustees and Prof. A. S. KIM |
ball Of the Worcester Polytechnic In
stitute. The reunion was success in |
every way, and was due to the commit |
tee of arrangements, which consisted of
John E. Day, II; a. w. Coombs 70; !
David B. Howland, SO; Rev John E. !
futile, 70, and Charles e. Hildreth 92. |
| The members Of the association as
sembled in the reception room connect |
ed with the State Mutual restaurant
early in the evening, and at 7.30 o'clock
the business meeting of the association
was held. officers for the ensuing year
We're elected as follows: President DR.. |
Charles A. Peabody, '6S; vice president,
Rev John E. Tuttle. D. D., '79; secre-
tary, Henry e. Whitcomb "a; treasur-
er, DR. Royal P. Watkins, 'S9; executive
committee, the officers and G. B. Hitch
cock, '92. A short reception was then
held in honor Of the guests of the asso-
/ citation, who included Prof John F.
! Genung of the Amherst faculty, NJ. f.
Dickinson and A. H. Dakin Of Boston.
After the reception, the members
marched to the private dining room,
where Proprietor A. A. Brigham had
spread one of his finest suppers. Bene-
and then the good things were served.
Seated about the tables were:
Prof. John r. Genung, Prof. z. w.
! Coombs, 'SS, Worcester; C. T. Porter,
96, Shrewsbury; g. E. Burbank, so,
! Worcester; Henry e. Whitcomb, '94; H.
A. MacGowan. 'SS; Prof. G. H White,
| '86; G. F. Marble, 'S6; Arthur P. Rugg,
'S3; Judge William T. Forbes, II, West
boro; Rev. Sidney Crawford, 81, Rut-
! land; Rev. c. w. Loomis 80 West
1 Brookfield; Rev. G. P. Eastman, "a,
Millbury; A. n. Dalzin, '84, Boston; Rev.
I John f. Tuttle, D. D., '79; Rev Calvin
Stebbins, 81; DR.. Charles A. Peabody.
| '6S; Prof. G. H. Haynes. 81; Rev. DR.. A.
e. p. Perkins, 40; Charles 7. Haynes,
'62; DR.. Edison B. Flagg, 81; George NJ.
Foskett, rs; Harry c. Waldron, 70,
Westboro; Dr. Lamson Allen, rs; " P.
Gilbert 'S9, West Brookfeld; George
Rugg, 80, Grafton; Charles H. Miles,
81, Grafton; Dr. ]. M. Farnham, mi
G. H. Sibley. 81; G. P. Hitchcock, -,
Fftchburg; DR.. Royal P. Watkins, SO;
Charles B. Stevens, 'S7; C. Henry
Whitcomb, ga; c. E, Jaggar '96; NJ. F.
Dickenson, '62, Boston; John E. Day, II.
The discussion of the menu ended,
President John E. Day, who acted as
/ tdastmaster, welcomed the members and
guests, and then introduced Prof. j. E.
Genung to respond to the toast, "The
college" Prof. Genung conveyed the
greetings of the college to the associa-
ton, and then spoke at some length in
an interesting way of the work the col
lege is doing and of the needs to carry
on higher work. He said the college
! is kind of little civilization where the
student gets his first taste of honor and
| experience. He Is not at college merely
as a student, but Is a man with his eyes
open, trying to get an idea of what life
| is. The student has received the sense
Of mastery or knows where the mastery
comes from, so that after he leaves col
lege he need not rely on demagogues,
dogmatists or the daily papers for ideas,
| but on the complex powers which he has
come in contact with. The speaker then
referred to the aesthetic side Of college
| life which relates to taste, that is the
taste for the finer results OF our civiliz-
alton, art, music, architecture and poet
ry Instruction in these branches are
needed today and the speaker hoped to
| see instruction soon commence in Am
| herSt in these branches. To establish
! these would of course be costly, especial
| ly in art which would require museum,
a collection and means for instruction.
Something could be done by the estab-
lishment Of lectureships, and thus pro-
vide for the rudiments.
The students clubs, the Glee, etc, are
| doing something in advancement in the
| instruction of music, and the speaker
hoped the work would be continued The
taste for higher literature and poetry is
| already on the increase, and there is
/ prospect for progress all along the line.
G. Henry Whitcomb '64 a member of
the board of trustees, was the next
/ speaker. He referred to the financial
! condition of the college and the leave
of absence recently granted President
! Gates. Mr.. Whiteomb spoke confident
] tally to the members, newspaper men
being excused from the room at the
time.
/ M. F. Dickenson. '62, spoke Of Hon.
Henry D. Hyde of Boston, recently de-
ceased.
Rev. Calvin Stebbins gave many an
ecdotes relating to the life of Prof. w.
! ). Tyler, the lamented member OF the
4 faculty.
A. H. Dakin of Boston spoke of the
! Boston Alumni Association, which he
4 said was one of the first college alumni
! associations to be formed. 1t was es-
tablished in 1854 1t was due to the
/ generosity of the association that many
college prizes were founded. The past
of Amherst is secure in the scholars
graduated. 1t is for the members of
the association to see the future does
not fall short of the high ideal which
| she cherishes.
Prof. George H Haynes of the Poly
| technic Institute spoke of Prof. A. S. |
| Kimball who recently died.
DR.. C. A. Peabody spoke for the Am
| herst man in medicine, and G. F. Mar |
BILE spoke of the graduate in business. |
C. H. Sibley spoke for the younger
alumni, and the exercises closed by
singing college songs and giving the |
Amherst yell.
| Before adjournment, President Day
spoke of the vacancy in the board Of |
! trustees, and referred to NJ F. Dicken-
son as a man fit to fill the vacancy. 1t
was the sense of the meeting that Mr. |
Dickinson should be chosen to fill the
| vacancy.
The Massachusetts, Progressive Asso-