New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
CORNELL MEN DINE.
Announcement that Crisis IN Epl-
demic Has Passed.
GEOGRAPHIC COLLEGE PICTURES.

blO1hHTrftC COGLC1E
With merry songs and jests. college jioes In
Vulnerable ard the varied class yells. Corheu
alumni last night gave their twenty-thiFd an
nuaI dinner the WaIdorf-Astoria. The moor OF
the grand ballroc filed with small tables az
which sat the guests. while the two tiers OF ooNes
were filed with Women including "co-eds. Kea
and white were everywhere; two immense Amer
can flags eraped behind the speakers taole'
whiIe Cornell naGs and banners Haunted from the
balconies.
Professor J. :. Shearer. who had charge of the
stereopticons, announced that he had received d
| telegram saying that the crisis in the typhoid
| epidemic the university had passed. and that
| hereafter the university would have good supply
| of the purest water.
A novel feature at the dinner the exhibition
| of stereopticoI and geographic pictures showing
growth of the university from the actual break
ing ground for the first building to present day
| Incidents and the plan tor the proposed regen-
era tom of Con ell he moving pictures showed
| practice trials Of the Cornell crew the Cornell
ball tossers on Percy Field and the 2s5 foot tobos-
gan slide.
GREETINGS FROM DR. sCHURMAN-
President Jacob q. schurman was to respond
| 10 the toast "Our University but L. Carroll
Root presiding. announced that because Of the
| serious epidemic Of typhoid at ithaca, President
| Schurnan was detained at Cornell His place
was taken ny Dean T. f. Crane. who' atter re-
marks the frequency of his having 70 represent
President Schurman, said:
| President Schur1nan sends. through me. his cor
dial greetings TO the alumni. ana expresses W. W
PPea tfe a9emi Of typhoid is due to the
contamination of the water supply. - Civ,
Mile Bridge. and it is supposed that the water
fbbppy baTay nlS have lived in Ithaca for thrty-seyeu
years and this is the first time there ever I1 nas
h non OF thf W bsf6prey The college authorities
| are sparfng no pains or expense to ameorate tng
conditions Of the students affected anb bein looked
after by experienced physicians; ana are has been
| able care sor ALL and everything possible "dS
| been done for them ,, "a. ,,-,,at nor
mai increaseEabout two hundred students In all
on October 10 we had ISIS resident SdqpeIs b short
| courses. This ranks US seventh IN InS ~ ~ onr
| dearest foe. Yale Our faculty has increased to
| S80 and our material equipment has grown 100
| Congressman-eIect Charles 7. Dunwell after re-
calling early days Cornell and praising the edu-
| cationaI methods at the university, said:
| ..As a result We have the Cornell man He ls
progressive and modern, resoute, bold. brings his
education into everyday life and uses 1t in all his
| affairs, and relies 1T. He is the most hapPy'
| most original and most modern OF our men.
| DR. SEAMANs SPEECH
| DR. Louis L. Seaman, 70, spoke of The 1ntel1-
| gent College Athlete" He said in part
It has been asserted that many of lifes hardest
battles have been fought and won on the grl9lron
or literary dilettante who diates on the degen-
eracy Of student life on account 9d fng fo2 bam
| haven't the slightest possible use an any OF You
tion is required than in red hot game OF foot foot
ball between two evenly matched eievenS ven, ne ne
judgment and quick action-of courage and nd. & GL
ties that go to the making up OF the suceesSlu u
Contrast the countries where athletics held in
high esteem with those where the reverse aPpnsts pt
60 fHqa ihe senaod5 fGF life is ooksd upon % By
cratic and literary classes as deSradlng &c & obe ne
| can hire some one TO 40 ior nm, f,,ar b1r the
foreign residents when was Tso tI ssi9. 1.-The ways
man for native newTRaPer M certainIy most ex-
traordinary especially at night time AfteF e dhper
and the men then seized them round the MdlsI a tb
sonpd ThTlfd Of 'fS fSe most rSdh endish 1i music
In 1883 in the interior Or OF G1na; s 9re 9re no
| HIGHWAYS in China except in the cities where the
streets are rarely over tour 0l i've III ntbvvays
| Well the sight that army presented was one never
to s be f9Tsot{Esa @ Each IS Solder Es had two c6oo
they would be called in military Parance o b sa
dier which was loaded his kt 6sbs 2Rp b 9~ hSd
| ing a large bamboo umbrella over his head 10 pro-
The l one Word needed in the vocabulary IN that
| grand old country the word athletlcss nag 40
Eugope would not to-day be lowering with out
| spread wings ready TO pounce upon anu a.
eategorS eit 80 T- of ancient history
Once China is Thoroughly aroused and quIeEene
| energy that characterizes the West let the tIotn
l and
covite and the Teuton look we'll TO their laure
| for tel YOU gentlemen as sure as waters HoM w
| and roses blow the Son Of Confuctus Is sun IN IN
| the great race OF civilization. and he Is there 10
| stay. x - 4lo-o ,,bo bava
| tasted its horrors ard yet, so long as the great
| race for the survival of the httest cOhunuess -
long will wars be inevitable Peace conferences. 5
| diniou1acv arbitration and Hague tribunals MAJ
for the moment satisfy the optimistic fancle5 oL a
! Visionary age. but he who runs may read tnal
| perpetual peace is an iridescent dream; that tne
| ONLY safety OF nation, its sole and single nope
| of salvation lies In its thorough preparation
In connection with athletics. George w Bacon.
| chairman Of the Athletic Field Committee told OF
the plans to establish grounds near the campus
for athletic sports in place of Ola Percy Field He
said that $4,000 Of the $4,000 necessary had oeen
| subscribed and the trustees were considering a
proposition to give about twenty acres OF the old
| farm for the new athletic grounds
| When the views of Cornell were shown Jokes
| and knocks" were banded, each picture recall
| ing many "reminiscences OF Cornell life
| samuel S Slater 81 and Garrett T. Serviss. u,
| o,.o smoke OF ex-senator John Ford a Cornell
r1an it was said that his francnlSe TAX niIl ~aS
| one of the greatest pieces or American leslsia-
ton.
anrprtt.. Cocoaine kills dandruF. allays irritation
| 90 rrornotes healthy growth OF the fia1r