Evening star., 1901-04-15
given the ground and $4,000 for building

given the ground and $4,000 for a building
toward the school.
DIR. Gallaudet spoke of the uniform liber-
ality of Congress in providing for the COL
lege, and especially of the friendship of
Thaddeus Stevens while in the Senate. Free
scholarships have finally been increased to
100. While there was no endowment fund
for the college, he considered the care Civ
en- the institution by Congress as the very
best endowment.
DR.. Gallaudet said he was often asked
about what deaf mutes could do when they
left the college. He said they make edit
ors, architects, artists, clergymen four be-
ing in the Episcopal Church,, teachers,
chemists, enter the civil service of the gov
ernment, and, in fact, do anything other
people do. Their education enables them
to face the world successfully. The college
boys print a college paper, enter into the
usual athletic sports of other colleges, and
had beaten the foot ball team of George
town College and the base ball team of the
University of Virginia. They even had in
duiged in some hazing. The deaf mute
graduates could be compared with grad
uateS from other colleges without suffering
from comparison.
UpbuiIding of Education.
In the absence of President Whitney of
Georgetown University, DR.. Joseph Taber
Johnson, vice president of the medical fac
ulty, as well as vice president of the Alum
nj Association, spoke for that institution.
President Whitney had instructed him to
say that he had the most cordial sympathy
with the purposes of the meeting and that
he was deeply interested in seeing the ed
ucational systems of the District of Colum-
bia built up.
DR.. Johnson briefly reviewed the history
of Georgetown College, which was estab-
lished in 1913, and was the oldest educa-
tional institution in the District The
membership of the alumni Of the college
is between 11,O0O and 1900
Acting President of Columbian.
Rev. Samuel H. Greene. acting president
of Columbian University, was greeted with
long applause when he responded to the
call for an address. He said he could re-
port to the association the largest degree
Of progress of any academic year in the
history of Columbian University. The roll
Of students was over 400, which was 300
more than had ever been enrolled at one
time before. By the close of the present
year the university will have received and
spent $4,000 in its work.
"Peace reigns in all our borders" he said,
land our work was never so thoroughly
organized as at present. There has never
been more devotion on the part of the in
structors nor more enthusiasm on the part
of the students. Columbian never deserved
and got so much of the world as she de-
serves and is getting today"
DR.. Greene paid a tribute to the faithful
anu SiliCieIl WOih VI pitSioSiilS VI the
university in the past. He said Columbian
University had never ceased its struggle
to give the world something worthy along
the line of it's educational needs. The vindi-
cation for the eighty years work of the in
stitution was to be found in the graduates
of the university. Men prominent in the
various professional and business walks
of life here bear the stamp of that school.
He looked hopefully to the future of the
university. This city, he said, provides
the best surroundings for student life to
be found anywhere in the world.
Prot. Howard L. Hodgkins. secretary of
the association. was called on and respond
ed appropriately being heartily appla
Those Present.
Those present at the alumni dinner Sat-
urday evening were:
DR.. George N. Acker, Major F. L. Av-
rill Frank M. Barnes, Charles B. Beall DR.
c. NJ Beall, William T. Bingham, Justice
Brewer Alexander Britton, A. w Brown
Chaplin Brown, George w. Brown. Adds B.
Browne, J. H. Brunnemer, Rev. s. L. Bry-
ant, c. L. Buckingham, Rev. G. H Butler
DR.. w. X. Butler, Thaddeus Cahill DIR. c.
T. Caldwell, F. L. Campbell, Dr. L. D. Car
man, DR.. w. p. Carr, Prof Mitchell Car
roll. DR.. ]. w. Chappell, Melville Church.
S. NJ Craiger. Clarence E. Curtis, Prof
W. F. Dales Prof. Allan Davis, Dr.
H. B. Deaie. Charles Ray Dean, w. A. De
Caindry, W. Riley Deeble. c. w. De
knight; John Joy Edison, Joseph R. Edison,
Charles E. Fairman, DR.. Robert Fletcher,
DIR. ]. NJ. Flint DR.. w. A. Frankland, DR..
c. w. Franzoni. DIR. l.. L. Friedrich,
DR.. E. n. Gallaudet, Very Rev. P. J. Gar