New-York tribune., 1903-02-07
WILLIAMS .4LUNNI DINE.
President Hopkins Tails on Ideaf-
ism and Business.

Royal purple was the color and royal good fel-
lOwship WAS the rule at the thirty-sixth ahHuai
dinner OF the Williams Alumni Association al
Delmoncos last night. Three hundred or more OF
the college and their guests sat at round
tables. crossed by purple satin ribbons. and theN
made the banquet hall ring with their jolly songs
during the early part of the evening. Here is the
chorus of of them:
SOM Nauni the crimson some tie oi'e'
Were the regal color
.rt or Berhshire.s s; @ peerless Queen
And ming.t it with white.
And We t. igmpa @ IN its might
The speakers President Henry c. Hopkins
Austen .. Fox. J. Edward simmons Henry Loonis
Nelson. James II. Hoyt. said to be the Depew OF
the West. and Frederick Jennings. president of the
alumni association.
President Hopkins who introduced by Mr.
Jennings. said in part
transcends lines, party divisions and religious
increasing in numbers at ma!esue rate. ah9 me me
ratio OF the increase Is sreater Than tni "a 'ng M
men has become powerful and magnificent factor
I'm our national lie.
educated men and women are not onli moray ,S
intelligence the right moral standards. the love of
Righteousness and the enlightened patriotism OF
is very largely true that the graduates of our
higher institutions stand .ogetheT for whatever @ rs Is
best in American life. Shall this continue 70 @ De
true? is perhaps the most important question
which American citizen can ask hlnlSeH io-udt
1t may be truly said that the main aim anu Pur
pose of the liberal sducat Oil is to keep the mora
and spiritual upparmoGt w have no palehce
with that form Of education which wouIa RUE ouI
the practical. We would even contend that tne
first duty any 10 society Is 10 earn an
honora BILE livelihood for himself and those de-
pendent upon him But over and above an dolni-
mating all. would have as characteTIstic as
differenia:nE spirit of the liberal training TINS
pervading impression in tie student body-we are
here to make OF ourselves I'll that is In us to DO;
being. getting manhood. not success; is tne
first thought and purpose. This is the ideal
The management of business. the controi OF III,
d1,stry and TRANSFORMATION is to-day noble and
kingly task, worthy the ambition OF any man i,
i'll becomes a scholar a teacher to belttle an
this fail TO recognize the magnihcence ana tne
lcne1cence of these great a. hevementS We stdnu
almost in before them. We take on our ha's
10 the men who guide them, But the emerEtncH
which upon us In this generation is 10 determine
whether all this tremendous move mtnt Is 70 oe
utilized the higher purposes is TO ne suoscizr
ethical ends Is be spirituazed: ana so I lagr
sublime and glorious Let us by al means s.uus
econouics-t Is essential 10 CiuZenSh1p-nut ~ us
remember that the estimate Of moral vaIues - ~
vastly more import than any question OF hnance oI
commerce. The school Of liberal arts seeks to
train men will recognize and viii staho lor
moral values
Austen H; Fox followed in humorous a1ter olil-
ner speech. Henry Loonis Nelson, eX-presloeht Vi
the association and a member Of the facn'y'
spoke of the past work and expectations OF ms
Alma Mater He followed by James IL hoSI