Evening star., 1902-03-21
CORNELL MEN DINE
Graduates Listen to President
Schurman.
UNIVERSITIES GROWTH
INCREASE OF
STUDENTS IN THE PAST YEAR.
Senator Foraker Elected President Of
the Local Association-one Of the
Earliest Graduates.

Earliest Graduates.
Some sixty graduates of Cornell made the
walls of the long banquet hall of the Shore
ham echo and re-echO with the songs or
their college days, and with the ripping
yell of the Ithaca University. The occa-
sion was the twenty-second annual dinner
of the Washington alumni of Cornell Uni
versity, at which President Jacob Gould
Schuman of Cornell was the guest of honor.
Senator ]. B. Foraker, go, who Is the
president of the Cornell Alumni Associa-
ton Of Washington, was master of cere-
monies last evening. In accordance with
the custom Of the society In inviting to the
annual dinner representatives of other uni
versites with which Cornell Is on the most
friendly terms. Mr.. Henry E. Davis and
Mr.. H. W. Wiley were present as guests
Of the association, as representatives, re-
spectively, of the alumni associations of
Princeton and Harvard. The other speak
ers of the evening were: Representative }.
H. Southland. "a; DR.. d. E. Salmon, 70;
Prof. F. w. Clarke and Dr. L. o. Howard,
Before the dinner a brief reception was
held in the parlors of the hotel, and at
about s o'clock the Comedians and their
guests gathered about the table, arranged
in the form of and profusely decorated
with red and white carnations first giving
rousing Cornell, l yell, yell, yell, Cor
nell!''
Senator Foraker's Remarks.
After the singing of the Cornell hymn,
"Alma Mater" in which all Joined, stand
ing, Senator Foraker expressed his thanks
for the honor of being chosen the presi-
dent Of the association. He had known
nothing of the intention to honor him in
that way until informed of his unanimous
election and he remarked that this was net
the way in which men were accustomed
to get office out in Ohio. Senator For
aker member of the first class grad
uated from Cornell. He told his fellow
diners that he had been led to go to Cor
nell because OF the broad and noble plans
announced by it's founder. and because he
believed that in after years it would be
an honor to be connected with a univer-
sity founded on the principle that inspired
Cornell. He contrasted the meagre facil-
tiles of the university in his time with its
splendid equipment today. but said that the
strength of the institution from the be-
ginning was In it's faculty, which, in it's
first year. included such men as James
Russell Lowell. George William Curtis and
Andrew d. White
Tribute to Three Men.
DR.. L. o. Howard 1T. an alumni trustee
versity, as shown by the fact that every
where in his travels he met Cornell men in
responsible positions He paid a glowing
tribute to the three men upon whom. he
said, the remarkable growth Of the univer-
slty and its present greatness chiefly de-
pended. and these men he named as Ezra
Cornell. the founder Of the university; DR..
Andrew ID. White, the first president and
Dr. Schurman, the present president.
President Schurman's Address.
President Schurman remarked that he
considered it both duty and a pleasure
to go about the different alumni associa-
tions to tell them what the university was
doing. He described the steady growth of
the institution. both in the number of stu
dents and in the scope of instruction This
year there are $500 students in the univer-
sty, and the increase over last year is
greater than that of Harvard. Yale and
Princeton combined. That there was good
physical and mental timber among these
students was indicated by the victories In
rowing and foot ball and in the intercolle-
giate debates. On the one side in its de-
partments OF classics and philosophy Cor
nell fulfilled the definition of James Russell
Lowell. who said that a university was a
place where nothing useful was taught but
on the other. with the recent extension in
the number of departments Cornell also
satisfied the opposite conception, which re-
garded a university as a place where every
tuluB useful was Taught, and 1t this
latter practical definition which formed the
underlying principle on which Cornell was
founded.
A Changed Attitude.
Mr.. Henry f. Davis who spoke as the
representative Of Princeton, told how when
he was in college Cornell was regarded
with suspicion and was called an "atheist''
institution because 1t had no denomina-
tional connections, and how it was looked
on with coldness because of the educational
innovations which were introduced there
He contrasted this attitude with the one
OF respect and admiration everywhere
maintained toward Cornell today, stating
that the change was due to the great work
which Cornell had accomplished. Mr..
David paid an eloquent and touching tribute
to Princeton and the educational spirit
which she represents
DR.. Salmon Reminiscent.
Dr. D. E. Salmon. 70. chief of the bureau
Of animal industry, told of the intensely
practical spirit which pervaded Cornell
from the very first and which was due to
Mr.. Cornell himself. AS an example Of
Mr.. Cornells desire that useful studies
should be included in the curriculum of
the university DR.. Salmon related a story
OF Mr.. Cornells anxiety to obtain the SER
vices OF DIR. Law, then a professor in one
of the Scotch universities. in order to insti-
tute course In veterinary science Dr.
Salmon said that Mr.. Cornells parting
word to President White as the latter was
bring back that horse doctor with YOU" II
was this readiness to find a place for what
was then regarded as the most humble of
studies that had given Cornell the broad
est. most comprehensive and most liberal
scope Of any American university.
Mr.. Wiley Eulogizes Youth.
President Schurman, in his address, had
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