New-York tribune., 1899-11-17
DIR. HUNTERS GOLDEN JUBILEE.
MERRY GATHERING OF FRIENDS AND
PUPILS HONORs HIM AT sHERRYs.

MERRY GATHERING OF FRIENDS AND
PUPILS HONoRs HIM AT sHERRYs.
The dinner given TO Thomas Hunter at Sherrys
last evening was one of those affairs where each
man and each woman present seemed to be fgura-
lively grasping the hand OF him 70 whom they had
come 10 pay a need of praise in a clasp OF affec-
ton and friendly memory. The dinner was the
third annual one Of the Thomas Hunter Associa-
ton composed of pupils OF Grammar School No.
35 and participated in by the graduates Of the
Normal College. The undergraduates were also
represented. so that the gamut of age was repre-
sented in the diners and speakers. and at the tables
were gathered men and women whose sons and
daughters had also been under the same tuteage
and who were there pay their respects TO Professor
Hunter The dinner was served small circular
tables. The women gathered on one side OF
the banquet hall and the men were on the other
side The balconies overhead also bore their COM
plement Of guests.
The orchestra which seemed to be imbued with
the spirit OF the occasion, interspersed It's more
modern selections with songs grown old in service.
and Il times the unusual sight Of three hundred
or four hundred and women singing Annie
Rooney" and similar airs gave evidence that those
present were in hearty sympathy. II may be re-
marked in passing that, so far as could be oo-
served Professor Hunter did not sing Annie
Rooney" but there is no doubt that he enjoyed
the unconventionality Of the affair as much as
everybody else.
Charles Prtzel presided. and in his opening re-
marks referred TO the fact that Professor Hunter
had superintended the education OF more than
fifty thousand men and women. Mr. Putzel oc-
casoned considerable merriment when. In the
course of his address he referred to his hearers as
those who graduated many. many years ago a
murmur of protest was heard from the women
side of the room, and one Young miss was heard
is is it," t$"'A'N' n,.r. 1,.... ,,.o.
cheers for the Normal College we're proposed ana b
given vehementy Mss L. Marie perce net rang Ia .ne
in humorous and appropriate manner S1s When 1.-THE the
spoke in behalf OF the qndergraduates saving tnat
they claimed Professor Hunter as their very own,
S ana no as Snk that anybody could dispute it Miss
Toom referred 10 him as dearest kindest ana SIM
cerest friend and teacher, and those superlatlVes
seemed to sound the keynote OF the whole affair.
Professor Hunter was the next speaker He said
in part: ,.,o,-.o, ,.,,h ,hese recommendations
which do not feel are wholly deserved. am
shy ana bolie that Is excsedngy full makes little
noise In the pouring out So II is with me. My
self at this tribute As looked upon you tonight
felt proud Of you and OF our city In you you le see
to inspire in some degree it is because have had
sympathy and love for every one / ever taught
only an exponent OF the American institutions that
have made me wha; am ana oa am bo pr0u' when N n"
landed here with so in my pocket; sSoIs took
me by the hand and bade We welcome. In honorlns
me YOU are honoring the public school system.
Professor Hunter was loudly cheered ana tnen
every body sang Aud Lang Syne. peaassame as
feature was an original poem The Golden nope
~ Forty-nine" read by Professor Helen Gray cone
the concluding stanza OF which Is as toilo"S'
With every memory that endears
We crown his cup who did not roa"
To seek the gold that csappears
We pledge his golden Harvest Home
or Half a Hundred Years
other speakers on the list were yoseph :; Lpne' p'
lanes Fitzgerald William NJ IL Oicott me heV;
nr Charles p Fagnani DR.. Edward u. Fisher and
James Goodwin.