The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-24
WIT AND WISDOM.
Annual Dinner Of the I'm
iversity Club a De-
cided Success.
COLLEGE VS.. UNIVERSITY
DR.. Patton of Princeton and
Dr.. Scott Of Rutgers in an
Animated Debate.

uIucr the MOON WAS SoHiS ou III II
Union League Clubhouse. Such cries
and yells, such a Gathering and hubbub
they had never heard. Some thought
that an exhibition of the natives of one
of our new possessions in their war songs
and dances was going on. while others
were of the opinion that Sam" Dickin-
son and ed" Woolley were giving an IL
lustration of how they were thrown
down" at Trenton last Tuesday, when
they tried to sell their bipartisan gold
brick to Governor Voorhees,. 1t was
neither of these. however, but simply
the younger element of the University
Club having a real good time at the IAN
nual banquet of the University Club of
Hudson county" They uttered their col
lege cries until you could see cracks i'll
the ceilings, SAM their old college glees
to their hearts content and drowned the
music of the orchestra by their accom-
paniment of knives and forks on their
plates.
In truth they had a real good time. as
did their elders, who found much enter
tainment and much to think about in the
addresses of the speakers. The dinner
was a decided success in every respect,
and the committee, consisting of John A.
Blair, Princeton '66; F1avel MCGEE, Prince
ton, 50; Philip M. Brett, Rutgers, 1872;
Pierre F. Cook, Princeton, '92, and Man.
ming F. Stires, Jr., Yale '97, deserve much
credit for the excellent manner in which
everything passed off. The guests began
to arrive early. and while waiting for the
programme to begin inspected the suite
of rooms on the second floor of the club
lo,,ao ,r+o ~-l;ats h. TT-;xarcifu C1r1h h1z
recently come into possession. All were
pleased with the quarters and said the
club was to be congratulated upon having
acquired such excellent quarters and the
privileges of such a club.
1t was eight O'Clock when the orchestra
under the leadership of Ed. Cranmer,
University of Music, 'S9, struck up a
march, and the guests filed into the ban
quet room. 1t was evident that the COM
mittee did not expect that their efforts
would be crowned with such success,
and there were a few more present than
they had looked for. There was very lit
tie confusion, however, and the commit
tee quickly succeeded in finding a place
for every one. Judge John A. Blair sat
at the head of the table, having at his
right the Rev. Francis L. Patton, D. D.,
LID, president of Princeton University,
and on his left Austin Scott, LID, presi-
dent of Rutgers College. Next to DR..
Patton sat Henry Morton, Phi. D., Sc. D.,
LID, president of Stevens Institute of
Technology, while the others at the table
were Flavel MCGEE, Esq, and the Rev.
Cornelius Brett. D.. D., while opposite
DR.. Brett sat Police Justice Nevin. who
told the Doctor more about crime in Jer-
sey City than he ever knew before.
At a small table near the guest table
Drs. John Nevin, E.. A. Westervelt, and
William Divine were seated, and between
courses talked learnedly about bones with
names as long as a body, and discussed
things the ordinary laymen is not much
interested in until he needs a physician.
A group of lawyers consisting of Max
Rosenberg, John Keller. Rynier Worten-
dyke and George Tenant, lent dignity to
the lower table and looked upon the eff
forts of the younger element to make a
noise with the came cast of countenance
that a senior views the ~endeavors OF the
| freshman to spread himself. The Rev.
F. w. Jackson, pastor of the Scotch
Presbyterian Church and the Rev. oval
colt jackson, Jr., sat beside the Rev. DR..
Charles Herr of the First Presbyterian,
| and discussed questions of doctrine as
we'll as the menu. The Rev. Frank
Goodman, of the Centenary Church, sat
near them and had Lawyer Edwin S.
Manners for a near neighbor. At other
| places at the tables were:-Horace Wait,
| Charles Stimets, Joseph A. Dear, Jr.
William Dear, William A. Lewis, Pierre
| Cook. Isaac s. Taylor. ex-Commissioner
| John J. Cone, William McNaughton. War
rem Hardenbergh, DR.. Joseph Rector,
James ]. Hopkins, principal of Public
School No. 2 and Earl L. Cushman, Of the
Hasbrouck Institute. By superior
manouvering the younger dement, got by
themselves in the front room and enliven-
ed the proceedings greatly with their
singing and college cries. None but col
lege men took part in the proceedings.
TIL first participant in the programme
was AK Lorretti, c. H.. E. F., College OF
Gastronomy, 81. This was PROFESSOR
Loretti's part in full
Blu Points
SOUP
PURGE of Green Peas aux Croutons
FISH
Boiled Kennebec salmon-sauce Hol
landaise
Potatoes a la Parisienne
ENTREE
Tenderloin of Beef a la Jardiniere
Roman Punch
Ciearro.
ROAST
SQUAD on Toast.
SALAD
Iettuce-French Dressing
DESSERT
Ice Cream Assorted Cakes
Fruit Cheese
Water Crackers
COFFEE Cigar
The Professors effort received the un
divided attention of all present and h
he had finished Judge Blair served tn
feast of reason. In presenting the oyster
+ of wisdom he said he had read in one 0
the daily newspapers a f1orid description
of what the dinner was to be, and at
certain stage it stated the president woul
make an address. There was no founda
ton for that statement, he said, and We
he saw announced again on the pro
gramme as though a repetition of a mis-
statement made it true. II any one ha
come there on the supposition the Judg
was to speak he was at liberty to retir
then and there. The Judge paused
while but no one. withdrew and he con