New-York tribune., 1903-02-06
.4LTTNI act rs HOSTS.
.Steuens Institute GRADUATES Celebrate
at .SkerTUS.

The alumni of Stevens Institute gave dinner
to the newly installed president Alexander =
Humphreys at Sherry's last night, More thah
four hundred guests were present. They were
seated according to classes, and the scattering
volleys Of cheers. many and diverse as to ne
ginning hut invariably ending in stevens
and the class nunersL showed that the college
spirit had not been forgotten. There was no
rivalry of freshman and sophomore. hut class
cheer answered class cheer. running around the
hall in rapid succession the identifying numerai
always emphasized
1t WAS distinctively technical school dinner
The speakers told OF technical education, its
value and the advantages of technical schools,
while the guests discussed engineering prob
lens and school memories.
In the galleries. decorated with green foliage.
were many women. among whom were Mrs
Humphreys and her daughters. Their appear
ance was greeted with cheers and waving OF
handkerchiefs.
Seated at the table with the president. Mr.
Humphreys were the following The Rev; Dr. :
De LanCy Townsend. Governor Franklin Mur-
phy the Right Rev, Frederick Burgess, Blshop
of Long Island Colonel f. 4. Stevens, trustee
of Stevens Institute Of Technology; s. Bayard
Dod president of board Of trustees, stevens In
stftute of Technology: Professor Robert II.
University: Walton Clark. general superintend-
ent. the United Gas Improvement Company: DR..
Henry S Pritchett, president, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology: Professor r. II. Chit
tenden director of the Sheffield Scientific School
George II. Daniels general passenger agent OF
the New-York Central and Hudson River Rail
road; Malcolm s Greenough. of Harvard Uni
versity: Professor c. T. Chandler. Of Columbia
University: Colonel II. g. Prout, Editor Of The
Railroad Gazette: Professor Edgar Marburg Of
the University of Pennsylvania: Captain w H
White Tracy H. Harris, president Of the Prince
ton Club: Eben E. Olcott. president of the Insti-
tute of Mining Engineers. and w. L. Alderman
president of the Alumni Association, who acted
as toastmaster.
Among the other guests were George West
inghouse. William Dean Howells. Frank Tilford,
Colonel George Harvey, ]. Henry Harper Cen
eraI Francis Y. Greene. Chancellor MacCracken,
John Kendrick Fangs and the presidents and
members Of the faculties of numerous colleges
President Humphreys the first speaker.
He referred feelingly to his predecessor. Henry
Morton. to whom toast was drunk, followed
by toast to President Humphreys himself ac-
companed by cheers.
President Humphreys said in part
Do we. the engineers. appreciate what technical
inclined 10 think that this IS better appreciated
in Great Britain than it Is here In Great Britain
their premier position in the fields of industry.
Al the last meeting OF the British q asSocinon SOC nor ,0r
portant papers devoted to this question. and
Armstrong warned their countrymen that unless
there was radical Improvement in their pro
Commercial supremacy would be finally lost
insnen have of late come over from England in
spect and study schools and industrial estab-
lishments. Technical education has not done it
an but without the wonderful natural advantage
We have wastedly employed at times would not
stand. haEs hf'eo US 70 the nes''S ",l'H " , ,'o
has not as Yet been 50. cifcaiIy referred to in
English discussion must be given full considera-
vented The utilization in Great Britain of technical
education otherwise availa pie Inc man VINO EN-, m
ferfor position in the social scale An employer OF
the institution Of Civil Engineers the most power
ful organization of its kind nth in the World. In I6efe Re
4 lesser degree. over Germany.
The Englishman enjoys personal liberty equal
to ours, but he will not submit TO things we sub
nit to- We only submit TO tyranny as long as We
too spasmodic in our protests and too easily hood
winked by our political bosses .,,,z =. -.
hut this is only in certain departments of applied
n1e in i Whicb is bad Germany
inclined to ne overoalanccd on the side of theory
We must completely harmonic theory and prac-
tice
After the cheers occasioned by the mention Of
his name had subsided. Governor Murphy, the
next speaker, responded TO the toast New
Jersey" saying in part:
I assume that you will not fnd much fault II
don't stick close to my subject | also assume
that most of you know as much about New-Jer-
sey do. If you don't: you can ado 10 your
knowledge with much proht. ..s s ,,,
schools in New. Jersey; there are more than TWO
thousand schools, with more than elght thouSahd
therelis tremendous force at Work Ior 9o1cauon,
We five in age Of money making, buI thefe
never was time when d9lIaT @ ah9graeo tn 10 t Se
little. and there has never oeeh a llIle m Lne
history of the race when man amounted 10 so
There Is no institution in the land which does
more 10 develop the clements Of the true man than
Stevens II this country is 10 be saved from the
dangers ahead-noW. this is po!iucS-it VIII be be
cause institutions like Stevens develop truthfulness
and the courage to dare u tell the truth
Bishop Burgess Of Long Island followed. He
said:
It is a pleasure to know that these men VINO go
out to be captains of industry WIZ uhoer stand thdl
il is essential have the Christian spirit
Only this winter we have seen many innocents
suffer If these captains of INDUSTRY go out IN TINS
conflict between capital and labor II they cannot
put souls into corporations, they must see that
no money goes into the pockets already bulgng
with spos We hear much about child labor,
the pale. weak children. six or ten years old. who
toll in the sweatshops or grow pale working IN the
mines. These captains Of industry who are mere
must do something to give these chldren Vhaf the5
ought 10 have-childish life and childhoods study
Colonel f. A. Stevens eldest son Of the
founder Of the school told Of the endowment his
father had fixed and Professor Edgar Marhurg,
O. the University of Pennsylvania. announced
that that institution had conferred on President
Humphreys the degree of Doctor Of Science