New-York tribune., 1901-02-22
HALFMILLION TOHARVARD
UNNAMED FRIEND GIVES 1T FOR AN
ARCHITECTS BUILDING.
GIFT OF AN INFIRMARY BY JAMES STILL
MAN AND OTHER BENEFACTfONS An
NOUNCED AT ALUMINS DINNER

large crimson banner hung the balcony Of
the ballroom Of the wadorf-Astoria last evening
when the room made the dining hall for the
Harvard Club OF New-York. and there was an
abundance o. other crimson decorations. About
three hundred Harvard alumni attended the thirty
fifth annual dinner of the club and before the
speaking began about two hundred women, many
of whom wore the Harvard coIOrs. appeared in the
balconies The banner the gift of the late
&. G. Beaman. The souvenir Of the dinner repre-
sented Harvard football player making a goal
Edmund wetmore the president OF the club. was
the POSTMASTER With him at the guests table
were DR.. Henry r. Walcott. the acting president OF
Harvard University representing President Eliot;
James w. Alexander. representing Princeton Uni
versity; the Rev. Donald Sage AIackay, James H.
Hoyt and the Rev Henry X. Wadeigh.
Among the men the other tables were William
III. Baldwin, jr chairman of the Committee OF Fiji
teen; Austen G. Fox. Samuel r. Clarke, James H.
Hyde. Horace r. Deming. Charles f. Mckim, +.
W. Rhinelander J. j. McCOOk Loring t. Hildreth.
Henry S. satterlee, Charles 5. Farehild. f. Elery
Anderson. Addison Brown. William G. Choate. Peter
B. Oney Edward King Albert Stckney, j. Hamp-
den Robb. Richard II. Derby, f. r. Appleton. Henry
3 Van Duzer Edwin u. Morgan, Lucius y.
Littauer. Cornelius y. Bliss. jr.. and James 7.
Kilbreth.
An interesting feature Of the dinner the
announcement by DIR. Henry r. Walcott, acting
president of Harvard. that a friend Of Harvard
whose name must he unknown had given S590000
10 the university for architects building. Dr
walcott could not be prevailed upon to disclose
the giveTs name. The announcement was received
with cheers. The building will be for architectural
study. Plans for il have not been drawn, the
gift has only just been made. Dr. Wacott also an
nounced gifts by Hiram Hgsinson of building
for the Harvard Union. a social organization; by
James stillman president OF the National City
Bank of Sew-York who has Harvard, Of
a Harvard Infrmsry. and OF a building tor COM
parative zoology by the Agassiz family.
There was much enthusiasm in the banquetins
hall when the old loving cup was passed around
and when the speaking began every speaker was
greeted with the familiar "rah-rah-rah. in winch
all the assembled alumni Joined.
Great enthusiasm was created by the toastmaster
in his opening address. Mr.. Wetmore spoke I'm
happy way. calling from his audience shouts Of
laughter and tremendous applause. When he re-
ferred the sad defeat Of Harvards football team
at New-Haven last fall, he said
When Fate with the scales in her hands on that
gray November afternoon looked down upon the
field at NawHaven. and saw, on one side. in vast
ness of those who wore the crimson roses. and the
They have enough already-to give the victory 70
that side would be too much must chasten me Snem
And that's how IL happened
Mr.. wetmore referred to the entertainment Of the
Cuban teachers at Harvard last summer as great
credit to the university and continued:
As one OF the steamers bearing our Cuban guests
bag D their homes ed :
harbor Of Havana u gided by The wreck or the
Maine. while It's passengers crowded 20 that side OF
,,roiectfne biscL aba,e ~, water Tbe scene sug-
gests a striking contrast Three short years ago
and from their shelter was launched the treacher-
unseen weapon that sent our gallant sailors
in swift reprissl swept the tyrant from the land
became the helping hand to those VINO had dwelt IN
shores from which the assassin's bolt shot, do
freedom.
sight OF what freedom has done for US Fttt'ng II Is
that Harvard should he the first institution in the
land 20 welcome those To whom our nag has
brought liberty and To- be. in truth. the herald OF
its sns slorious So sn folds ir Tor protec,icn '
The bringing over OF the cuban teachers was in
cdental 20 the new relations or the country abroad
and suggestive OF the new conditions under which
yrd has Seen prom5t IN meeting She has taken
the lead in modifying and extending the system
demands Of the present day. But those demands
sbio FOR skin rather than cultivati N The pres-
dent of the Institutr Technology lately said that
the coming man OF the twentieth century was the
Let all the demands for technical education be met
growS gr5 m "f % physical kn6Iiedgc the greater the
triumph Of mind over matter, the wider the SUB
greater TIE need OF scholarship for the sake OF
scholarship. of the cultivation Of fine intellectual
taste as well ds trained intellectual power. We
need these because they are the antidote 70 the
longs TO an age Of miraculous material achieve
ment And these it is that college tfe. as we have
IL never be otherwise.
DR.. WaIcott recounted some OF the recent ma
teriaI prosperity Of the university. mentioning
several buildings which have been erected as gifts
10 the institution and saying that since the Har-
ward Medical School had outgrown its present
quarters several Boston men had united To buy a
large site for new buildings for the school
Mr. Alexander. speaking for Princeton. made a
humorous and complimentary address. and he was
followed III the same vein by Mr.. Hoyt
hes adj hy
Nackav and the Rev MI Wadleish.