The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-09

Howell, Oscar ]. Harvey and Others
Love of alma mater was the pre-
dominant keynote of last nights an
nual dinner of the Lafayette Alumni
Association of Northeastern Pennsyl-
Nania. aud the fifty staid-looking men
who filed into the banquet hall of the
Scranton club at $50 o'clock sang the
old college songs before they rose, with
all the fcrvOr of the ardent sophomore,
and cheered every uttcranCc relating
to the glory of the EastOn college in
manner which showed that long alb
scncc from the college ''Ooms had not
dimmcd their feelings towards the
scenes of undergraduate life in the
slightest particular.
The meeting was preceded by the
annual meeting of the association held
in the office of Secretary Dolph j.
Atherton, of the board of trade. The
session was called to order with the
Following officers at the head Of the
alumni: President, Edward Wellos,
Wilkes Barre; secretary and treasurer,
Robert Peck, Scranton; executive COM
mittee, w. a. May, Daniel A. Capwell,
Oscar j. Harvey. Albert II. Welles.
William ii. Trembath and Edward Il.
Reynolds.
n nominating committee was ap-
pointed of the following members, upon
whom devolved the resp )nsibility of
naming the officers for 1901: A. II.
Wclles, so, OF this city; County Treas
urer +. c. Kirkendall '94, of Wilkes
Barre; DR.. Frederic Corss. of Kings
ton; James +. Dickson, of this city,
and John B. Law, of Pittston. The
officers nominated by them and unan-
mously elected by the association
were: President, +. l.. Phillips, 81 OF
this city; vice-president, I. =. Hand
60, of Wilkes Barre; secretary and
treasurer Evan Jones, of Wilkes
Barre; executive committee, Byron
Hahn, of Wilkes Barre; Rev. j. b.
Craven, of Wilkes Barre; l. T.. Pardee,
of Hazleton; Charles NJ. Hileman, OF
Pittston, and DR.. ID. \. Capwell, of this
city.
Following the election of officers each
member present arose and announced
his name and year. Loud cheers greet
ed the retiring president, the oldest
/ member present as he arose aud an
nounced Edward Welles, 50" a short
social session followed, old acquaint-
ances being renewed and compliments
exchanged, and then all adjourned to
the banquet hall on the seventh floor.
Bauers orchestra, in an adjoining room
played during the service, and their
rendering of popular airs proved not
the least enjoyable part of the nights
programme.
THE TABLES.
The tables were arranged in the form
| of a rectangle, open at the upper end,
| and We're handsomely decorated with
| tulips, carnations and smilaX. At each
| plate was a boutonniere and a splen-
didly gotten up programme, which
| formed a tasty souvenir of the re-
union. At the lower end of the table
was seated Anthony G.. Campbell, 81,
| of Wilkes Barre, the toastmastcr, or
| rather, to give him the full benefit of
| his classic title, the nights magister
| perturbationum. Near him were seat =
| ed Rev. Ethclbert u. Warficld, Phi D.,
| lL. D., president of Lafayette college;
Rev. Dr. Isaac j. Lansing, of the Green
| Ridge Presbyterian church. a Wes-
| leyan graduate, and other of the
| nights speakers.
Colonel Ii. NJ. Boies, Yale 80, and
| Walter 5. Bevan, 81 who were TO
| speak on "Alma Matters Tried and
True Trustees" and "A Liberal E,du-
| cation" We're both called out of the
! city and consequently unable to re-
| spond to their toasts.
An excellent menu had been pre-
| pared by Caterer O'Neil, AMI received
full justice from the Easton grads.
| The old Lafayette songs were sung
over and over again, and when the
toasts were given, each address was
followed by the lively notes of Here :
to Lafayette, drink it down" "Vive
La, vive La, vive Lafayette" and the
! rollicking FOL dc rol, de rol, rol, roll"
sPEECHMAKING BEGINS.
1t was after . o'clock when the last
course was served and the speechmak
ing began.
At 9.15 o'clock, A. g. Campbell, 81
the evenings magister perturbation
ium, rose and, after announcing that
he had been chosen chairman of the
evening, commended the excellent
judicial selection made"
1--WE are here he said ITO celebrate
the twenty-tirst anniversary Of the
founding of this association and Ia
honor our mother, Lafayette" lie then
called upon Lafayettc'S distinguished
leader DR.. Ethelbert u. Warfeld
president of the college, the first
speaker Of the banquet.
The latter, a tall, Observation-Disclosures
man, whose silvcry beard causes him
to look many years older than one ol
the youngest college presidents of the
country would naturally be expected tc
look, spoke on alma Mater, Larav.
| cite"
| He spoke Of many of the changes
! wrought by time at the college, auc
then referred to a Lafayette gradual,
who has achieved greatness in In.
management of "A great industrial in
stitution and quoted him as paying al
eloquent tribute to Lafayette men wh,
have been under his orders.
lie also told of tho recognition be,
ing won from the public by Lafayatt,
graduates. Doctors, lawyers, men in
all walks of life, hc said, are winning
liurels.
1--WE have reached turning poin
in our career he said. "\Vc now
have over $3.50 undergraduates at tn,
university. Are we then going TO re-
main small college or develop somC
new department. | say that we SHOULD
try To remain Il flrst-rate college. in
stead of attempting TO become a sec
ond-ratc university, as some of ON
sister colleges have tried to do. on
dormiJories are now crowded and on
capacity taxed To the utmost. Wha
we need is not more students, but bet
ter students.
WHIT COLLEGES NEED.