New-York tribune., 1901-01-26
GOVERNORTO COLLEGEMEN
MR.. ODELL. EX-GOVERNOR BLACK AND
OTHERS SPEAK AT THE DART
MOUTH DINNER.
MOUTH DINNER

The thrty-seventh annual meeting and dinner Of
the Dartmouth College Alumni Association at
tracted several hundred patriotic Dartmouth men
TO Delmonico's last night. Judge William n. Cohen,
president Of the association, acted postmaster
and Governor Odel one OF the speakers. The
Governor said in part:
When man is wise he usually refrains from do
ing what he knows he is incapable Of doing. How
ever. l have yielded TO the entreates of Judge
Cohen, the legal adviser OF the Republican party,
and shall say something. ] have been reading up
Ex-Governor Blacks encyclopedias in the EXecu-
but have been unable 10 find out where Yale. Har-
it costs more TO educate child since Mr.. Blacks
Trained an5 Tbara are ,aTe ne +,cs tn ba t9leT
am glad to meet so many bankers and business
faction OF my pet tax scheme shall certainly.
Of the present administration I was brought up
/ received was gained at Columbia and YOU will al
pardon me if l say that Columbia is as fair an
alumni Of Dartmouth are certainly TO be congratu-
lated, for among rheir ranks may be found the
most noted in the public eye II must thrill
every true of Dartmouth feel that the great
sase is e oSe for Of & sPnd Work
doing for America to-day
DR.. William ]. Tucker. president OF the college
made brief report the progress OF the institu-
ton. He spoke of the assured success OF the
alumni fund of 10000 which is being raised for the
erection Of a memorial hall. Continuing he said:
Three facts mark the present educational era
the sudden increase Of the intellectual wealth OF the
departments and the growing freedom Of the in
dividuaL Modern education cannot afford TO ignore
great advance in the requirements for success in
business or affairs. an advance lifting much OF
great thing to know what we call the world, but
that is that man should Know what the world
wants. The call oE the Street is for brains more
When education was routine to which the indi-
process was simple, Now the individual himself
has TO be reckoned with; he has to be estimated in
He must be honoraby consulted even If his opinion
stfii believe in the need of certain maturity OF
college students. Choice is matter of judgment
art Of education is the same that ii always has
been-ony more difficult under the conditions 10
men ITO see straight and TO think clear
Ex-Governor Black. OF the class of 70. received
warm welcome. and closely followed. After
witty introduction he spoke IN glowing terms upon
The Characteristics Of Daniel Webster" He
related the love of Dartmouth fof its great son.
who graduated just a hundred years ago
Eulogizing the great statesman. he continued:
Whatever he pretended TO be. Webster was
nTnent His name and his performances in the
lines which he pursued have been cut into the rock
made of on this continent. But it IS by the
peaied to me- but rather by those softer. homeer
traits that bring him down TO a closer and more
in elect and ina gnaton, was still more imposing
when the milder outlines of his nature ex-
posed
still bound him. He far away but
that he could see the hills of New Hampshire
Whether he stood in that giantlike repose that
distinguished him among his fellowmen. eXer-
cised that unequalled power which, my mind
made him in some respects the foremost figure of
visible chord that chained him to his native rock
He was carved in deep lines like all heroic figures
When the people Of the world shall cast their eyes
around them for that light which shall lead them
that fall from his beacon will extend far out
upon the waters any that line the American
shore.
Other speakers with their subjects were: Pro-
tessor Adams The Faculty: Jefferson Clark
.Our Sister at Amherst; Samuel w Mccall IA.
Congressman from Massachusetts. Nothing. Pro-
fessor John H Wright, The College Professor as
a Workingman," and David ]. Foster. 80 Con-
gressman from Vermont. THE Collegian in Con-
gress.
Among those present were Dr. Josiah W Bar
stow, Major James c. Cooley. Gilman H. Tucker
Horace Russell, DR.. Charles L. Dana. Bishop
leonard, of Utah: DR.. Henry l. Silver Charles n =
Miller Thomas w. Proctor and Frank S. Streeter
The following officers of the association were
elected President, Charles NJ. Hough '79 vice
presidents. Dr. Henry NJ. Silver -: BENJAMIN s
Harmon, 50 and Jordan J. Rollins. 92: secretary
Albert A Wheat, 'S9; corresponding secretary
Hamilton Gibson, 81: treasurer, Herbert r. Thurs.
ton "a; musical director, Addison F. Andrews
rs: Executive Committee Harry +. Towle 20:
Thyng 81: Andrew w. Edison. rs; Charles Albert
Perkins. 80: Arthur L. Livermore. 'Ss and Joseph
J. Bishop. 95