New-York tribune., 1901-01-15
ROCHESTER ALUMNI DINE.
PROGRESS. NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES
OF THE UNIVERSITY OUTLINED.

College songs and college yells echoed through
the parlors of the Hotel Savoy last night The
New-York Alumni Association of the University OF
Rochester having its annual dinner John b.
Calvert of the class Of To- presided and before the
dinner began the following officers of the associa-
ton were elected: President. L. Emmet Holt rs;
first vice-president Frederick j. Mott ri; second
vice-presdent George A. Ain. 81; third vice-Pres-
dent James C. Foley, II; secretary j. A Hamilton
'9s: treasurer Frederick Wilkins. 50, and Execu-
tive Committee Merritt Galley '6S; L. ]. P. Bishop,
IA NJ Curtice Holt '75 James NJ. Hudnut, ". and
II. V Andrews. 81.
The speakers and their toasts were: 'The Uni
versity" President Rush Rhees; The College Man
in the Business World" Henry n. Mckinney The
Old and the New in the College Faculty. Profess
sor Ryland Norris Kendrick SO; Culture in the
Small College r. c. E. Brown SIS; THE College
Man and Expansion" ]. Sloat Fassett. 10; what
Rochester Does for Man" the Rev DIR. X. B.
Hull. II, and Greetings from the Boys in Phila-
delphia.' the Rev. Rutger Dox. "a Mr.. Calvert.
after explaining that some of the promised speak
ers were detained at home by illness. said:
Speaking of the grip am 5 reminded Of asS Te
satiGn that is Tepopfe9 TO haye Tey said
one little newsboy TO another, wna1 are trin tngin
Them are French things" was the. answer
They come from Paris; that is whv they call them
NO said another they come from Germany;
Not at all" said a third They are Irish; they
come from Ireland. Tor heard Dr w mite can then
Aiikecrobes"" "
He then went on 10 introduce President Rush
Rhees of the University. nd sad
The remarkable YER of 1900 has been very
eventfu year for our new president When we met
Mater k@heTs a College Very rightly conferred
upOn him the degree Of Ii ID D. Shortly arterwaTd D
II is a bow President Rhees seems 10 be true TO
'9 rush and If kind friends will give him all the
money he needs TO meet the expanding Ire OF tne
of Rochester should not step up from her place Of
being the of the smaller colleges 70 being the
first of our larger colleges
When the laughter which greeted Mr. Calvert's
wit allowed President Rhees to be heard, ne said
the boy was all right and weighed sixteen pounds
He then spoke of the progress made by the college
IN several lines and wound up with this reference
to it's urgent needs;
We need first new science building; cd 20 beTosr aoGO
such a building planned to allow for growth wnlch
we believe is a.reaSy N & ssm spesdanS W as nrgentiy-
an immediate addition of at least SlOcUW 10 our en-
mnnds For Growth and expansion which must
come. much more Is necessary
Mr. Mckinney. speaking of some OF the needs OF
the business world, said:
Men are needed who dare to lose business when
taking it means the dulling OF conscience.
Professor Kendrck urged the alumni to send
their sons Rochester.
Mr. Brown made his hearers laugh heartily by
describing certain uncutured college graduates as
.men who don't know dactyllic hexameter from
a bronchial troche." He then pointed out IN few
sentences the opportunity which the small college
has to make itself a power In the land by fostering
among its students a higher regard for that general
cnIture which comes from wide reading outside the
text books prescribed in the curriculum lie adv9-
Gated especial attention TO instruction IN EnsHSI;
as affording a fine chance for the Introduction or
a literary spirit within the college so that the
reputation of possessing real interest IN intei-
lectual culture might come TO be as powerfui a
social passport for a new man entering college as
Is the reputation OF being a good football player