The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-26
D. U. CONVENTION
Public Exercises Held In SayloS
Hall Last Evening.

The public exercises of the ID, L. con-
Vention held in Sayles Memorial hall last
evening were very interesting and were
well attended. The committee had ar
ranged an excellent program. The eser-
oises were presided over by President
Faunce of the university, who, upon call
-irrE tine rnrrtirg to- order rrstfe- a short
address In which he publicly welcomed
the many visitors to this city He spoke
OF the fraternity which was represented.
and the value OF fraternties i'm general.
Professor Lindsay r. Damon gave a
history OF the organization and develop
ment OF the fraternity.
Professor Walter c. Bronson OF the
English department read poem prepared
especially for the occasion
The Grafton OF the evening was deliver
ed by Rev Augustus M. Lord OF this city.
lie said in part:
"The ties OF fraternity. as ] think OF
them are three-foid in the first place.
they bind together men of different col
leges They ought Ca keep fraternity
man from becoming mentally and morally
a provincial in the great world OF letters,
| they ought to broaden his Intellectual
| sympathes and his Intellectual fellow
| ships they ought to make plain go him
| that greater than any particular college.
greater than the greatest university. is
/ the college spirit and university spirit,
which for its complete expression re-
B uuires each and every college large and
! small that ~ honestly and intelllgently
| meeting real need
"'rhe nrst function of the fraternity Is
| to bind together the undergraduate ana
the alumni OF many widely different col
| legeS IN ties OF comnon purpose ana
| common faith.
| ~ second and equally important func-
| tion OF the fraternity Is its influence ~
! keeping alive the interest OF the alumnNs
in his own gnlts se or "a th"r ~ ~
/ his own college stands Tor, Ia The sur
! viNai of It's best traditions and me . ,ul-
/ Glmcnt of IT. beat hopes, SIN another
! function OF the fraternity ts revealed III
| the opportuui.v aud the nccesslty of as
! sorting aud strengthening the cqlege
| spirit the university idsa., az the heard
/ OF the active work of the world to make
n raIt th"oCyhout business ana proies-
| Sinral nfe rhis lant is the theme which
ASK Ntd tv consider with h'e
M The terV leginring ut any such ei-
| furt " suall oe met nv the dimlnishii x;
| vet .UU IOtunt survival of A prtJudlcidl
! Hpditiun tonCetring the relation between
! the coil, ge III the community; me NI,-
I sponsihlc student and the lsw-ahinins cil
iyep. the town and the gown 1he olu,
determined prejudice. dislike aud con-
! tempt betwceu the undergraduate ana the
wnrklng world has lost lts bitterness ihe
I aueStion now. however. II whether tht
attitude of The one toward the other -
~ Hing into Indifference or rising lnto con-
scious respect aud fellowship. believe
- have reached point where the trend
- be- either WAY. and n is the duty oi
| aVcrvon, who H. interested in the better
life uf either the college or the coinmu-
nifty. cor both, to exert his Influence large
| or small. to lts utmost. that me tr'nh
may De iu the right WAY.
I All of us know these men who do not
| choose Or uSc their college associations
sud studies to give nner cuttins euE'
10 their liie, but only tc ornamenl the
1 handle bN which they huld fher life