The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-23
The Tech ALUMNI.
Annual Banquet and
Business Meeting
Last Night.
MANY TOASTS RESPONDED TO.
John NJ. Russell, '76, Elect
ed President of the
Association.
MANY TOASTS RESPONDED TO.

The Alumni association of the Wor-
cester Polytechnic Institute held its
18th annual meeting and banquet last
night in the State Mutual building.
The business meeting began at {
o'clock and was attended by a large
number of the members. The follow
ing officers were elected Executive
committee: John NJ. RUSSELL '76;
George lockwood, 'S8; Elmer c. Rice,
80; Harrison P. Eddy, '91; Charles M.
Allen, '94; Charles A. Harrington, '95;
treasurer, JohnoC. Woodbury., rs; Soc
rotary, Charles Baker, '93.
By a rising vote resolutions on the
death of William P Chase, lost at tie
wreck of the steamer Portland, wc'e
adopted. kilograms from the members
of the alumni at the General Elect1 &C
Company, Schenectady, N. Y, were
read.
Promptly at o'clock the members
and the invited guests sat down to the
banquet, served at the State Mutual
restaurant. Music was furnished ly
Truda's orchestra during the repast,
which was an elaborate one. Prayer
was offered by Rev. H. B. Washburn.
The post prandial exercises We're be-
gun with selection by the Tech Glee
club and toasts were responded to as
follows, President John NJ Russell
acting as POSTMASTER: Hon. Stephen
Salisbury, 1.-THE trustees view of the
proper relation of the alumni to their
alma mater; President Mendenhall,
INt1ft 20
their solution Prof. George l. Alden,
1.-The Tech alumnus and his achieve
ments, as viewed by an ex-professor
from business standpoint; Hon.
Charles G. Washburn, The common
wealth VS.. education"
Several short talks were made by
members of the different classes, and
the Glee club rendered a number of Sc
lections. Regrets were expressed at the
absence of the class of SO and at the
close of the banquet a remedy for such
occurrences was suggested and acted
upon. 1t was voted to hold hereafter
the alumni meeting and banquet on
the afternoon of commencement cay
rather than at night, so that the eve
ming might be left free for the grad
uating class,
meeting of the executive commit
tee was held Immediately after adj
journment, and the following execu-
tive officers were elected: President,
John M Russell, '76; first vice presI-
dent, Harrison P. Eddy, 81 second
vice president, George I. lockwood,
49, third vice president, Charles NJ.
Allen, "a.
Among the invited guests present
We're DR.. Mendenhall, Hon. Stephen
Salisbury, Hon. Charles Washburn,
rs; James Logan, '76; Elmer T. Howe,
~ Rev. H. B. Washburn, Professors
John E. Sinclair, George E. Gladwin
q. w. Coombs, James j. Guest, Levi
P. Conant, George I. Alden, Leonard
P. Kinnicutt, William l.. Ames, 49,
and u Waldo Cutler, IA; Milton P.
Higgins, Clarence A. Chandler, IA.
The members of the association pres
ent were as follows John G. Aldricf,
Arthur H. Allen, sCharles NJ. Allen. M.
c. H. Andrews, F. e. Appleton, Charles
Baker, w. S. Ball, P. c. Barbour, +.
W. Bateman, L. E. Booth, E. e.
Brown, j w. Bugbee, c. A. Chandler,
A. B. Clemence, C. E. Cleveland. j. P.
Coghlin, E. W. Cole, Ephraim Currier,
L. Waldo Cutler, w. H. Desper. W.
E. Drake, C. A. Earle, C. w. East
man, H, P. Eddy, F. L. Emory, W. W.
Estes, F. T. Fay, E. H. Fish, W. B.
Fuller, A. ] Clifford, A. A. Gordon,
Jr., L. F. Gordon, H. C. Hammond, |
John w Higgins, NJ. P. Higgins, f.
w. Howard, H. S. Howe. w: f, Howe,
G. H. Johnson, c. S. Joslin, A. Is.
KimbalI, S. D. Leland, S. H. Leonard, |
T. S. Miller, E. F. Miner, Subbo Nj
koloff, D. F. O'Regan. ]. P. K. Otis, |
w H Ramsdell, T. w. Rawson, Ma
than Rice S. H Rood Horace Ropes, |
Herbert j Russell, ]. NJ. Russell. G.
II. Scott. h r. Sinclair, w. l.. Smith, |
l.. w Southgate, c. G. Stratton, W.
F. Thayer e. F. Tolman, H. NJ. War !
rem. F. S. Weber, C. z. Wells, A. H. |
Wheeler, H. S. Whitney, J. F. Wis !
son. ]. C. Woodbury., Ralph Wood |
ward.