The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
TWO YEARS
Of Amity With
Brown.
OAR MOUTH MEN
Discuss Athletic Outlook
at Their Banquet.

"Wah. who, wah, wah, who rah!
Da dada Dartmouth! Wah, who, wah,
T-i-g-e-rl"
With the old familiar yell sounding
in their ears, with old-time pictures
in their minds eyes. and the praise Of
their alma mater upon their lips, the
members Of the Dartmouth Central and
Western Massachusetts Alumni Asso-
citation who attended the seventh an
nual reunion and banquet held in the
state Mutual restaurant in this city
last evening, enjoyed themselves thor
oughly
Tile banquet, which was held in the
large private dining room in the res
taurant was preceded by short bust
ness meeting, at which records were
read and officers for the ensuing year
elected as follows:
| President, f. P. Goulding, IS; vice
presidents. ]. G.. Edgerly, CT, Webster
Thayer. 80; secretary, Elmer C. Potter,
90; treasurer. Matthew Gault; execu
| tive committee, Jonathan Smith, Ar
thur G. Lewis. Henry l.. Parker, Jr.,
%. Fl. Trowbridge, j. H. johnson.
THOSE who sat down to the banquet
which was one of Proprietor Brigham
best, were as follows:
III. l. Parker sc, f. p. Goulding '63,
]. G. Edgerly 81, NJ. p Higgins '6S,
g. 3. Williams IS, Jonathan Smith ii,
II. B. Lewis IA, ]. @. Gray '7S, l.. L.
Conant 49, Webster Thayer 80. ~ II.
Trowbridge 81, II. L. Parker, Jr., 'S5,
J. L. Sewall II, w. F. Robbie 'S9, e.
| Williams go Z. c. Potter 92, w A.
| O'Leary '95, F. W. Cowles '92, Matthew
Gault 80, c. A. Holden IS, S. l..
Staples SO.
Vocal selections were rendered by
the Lyric Male Quartet, composed of
Fred Butler (bass), II. N. Raymond
(baritone), ID. E. Newland (tenor) and
Walter s. Knowles (tenor).
President Frank P. Goulding acted
as toastmaster, and the following pro-
gram of toasts was responded to: 1.-THE
old brigade" Lyric Male Quartet OF
Boston; Dartmouth College," Prof
Charles f. Richardson II; THE mon
key and the chimpanzee," Lyric Quar-
tet; Our Berkshire sister," Col w. S.
3. Hopkins; THE toast" Lyric Quar-
tet; Amherst College and reminis-
cences," Dr. Charles A. Peabody; IT
long for thee" Lyric Quartet; Dart
mouth athletics and intercollegiate
relations" Edward K. Hall '92: "The
Dartmouth alumnus,'' J. G. EdgerIy '6S;
"Reminiscences of the seventies, Rev.
John L. Sewall IT,
The guests of the occasion were Col
W. S. B. Hopkins Of the Williams Col
lege alumni; Dr. Charles Peabody,
president Of the Amherst Alumni AS
ISOLATION; Prof. G. f. Richardson, pro-
fessor of English literature at Dart
mouth College, and Edward X. Hale of
Boston, prominent member of the
college advisory board on athletics
President Goulding, IN opening the
after-dlnner exercises, said that all
that is claimed for Dartmouth is that
1t is a spring of sound learning. This
is shown in the careers of her sons.
Wherever honest work, intelligence,
insight, ability, learning and scholar
ship are required to advance the cause
of mankind, there Dartmouth men are
to be found"
Pref. Richardson was then intro
duced. He told Of the progress that
Dartmouth has made IN the past few
years, and said:
II do not think the most brilliant coll
lege man nowadays is more brilliant
that the college man of rs years ago.
This seems wonderful when we con-
slider the small literary advantages oy
which such men as Hawthorne, Elmer
son and Lowell were surrounded. The
men then were as large as we have
today, but the average attainment now
is greater, for we have more to do
with. We have now a somewhat richer
set Of men in Dartmouth than for
merly. / do not see why rich mans
son should not enjoy an education as
y II as poor mans son, and in Dart
mouth they all {partake Of the Dart
mouth Spirit"
Col. Hopkins was then introduced.
His address was mostly reminiscent
dealing with the early history Of Will
liams and Dartmouth colleges. Both,
he said, had had to do with the Amer
lean Indian. Eleezer Wheelock had
gone forth to guide them to heaven,
and Col. Ethan Allen strapped on his
sword to send them TO hell
Dr. Peabody, responding for Am
herst, referred to the bonds which had
always existed between the two col
leges, and said: Gentlemen, bonds
like these shall never be broken As
Dartmouth and Amherst stand on the
banks Of the same stream which brings
happiness and prosperity to the farms
along it's course, so shall they continue
to stand side by side on the banks of
the river of life sending out those in
fuences which bless the world, elevate
mankind and add glory, happiness and
power to the nation"
Edward X. Hall was the next speak
err. He told Of Dartmouths athletic
tangles, and expressed the hope that a
settlement is to be reached in a prob
able consideration of interests with
Brown for the coming season. Said he
This year the old athletic debt has
been brought down to 5000 and every
vestige of professionalism has been
driven out of the college sports. Up to
a few years ago Dartmouth had an un-
enviable reputation for professional
ism. Something had to be done, and
the medics were barred from play. Am
herst and Williams refused to meet us
IL we allowed the medics to play. We
complied with their demands, and the
triangular league was formed. We al
ways stood we'll with Williams, but
Amherst and Dartmouth have been at
odds for some time. The feeling be-
tween the two colleges has been almost
as bad as between Cornell and Yale.
The present trouble was caused by
an editor OF the Dartmouth who seem
ed to delight in saying editorially that
Amherst and Williams were not In
Dartmouth's class. Once before VIII
liams was on the point of Withdrawing
from the league. This trouble was
smoothed over. and things went along
until this fall, when another editor in
the Dartmouth. in slightly different
language, said that Dartmouth wanted
to get at another college, Amherst