Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
OLD HARVARD PRAISED
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE WASH
INGToN CLUB.
College Songs Sung and Some Happy
Speeches Made at the Raleigh
Last Night.

The crimson of fair Harvard was in evil
dence on the menu cards and in the floral
decorations of the tables in the banquet
room of the Raleigh last night on the occa-
sion of the annual dinner of the wash
ington Harvard Club. Over sixty MEM
bers of the club and their guests were
seated at the tables presided over by Judge
Edward Lander who has for so many
years been it's president and who has from
the affection in which he Is held by the
club a life tenure of that office. Previous to
the dinner business meeting was held, at
which the officers for the ensuing year were
elected and reports of the officers were
received. The dinner was punctuated with
music by an orchestra and college songs,
which We're given by the members WIN
spirit and effect, the lead being taken pv
the younger graduates, but many OF tnoss
whose hair was whitened with age entered
into the spirit of the songs as force1ully
as if they were undergraduates.
Brief Speeches.
With the advent of coffee and cigars
Judge Lander raped to order. and in
brief but felicitous speech, in which ne
humorously contrasted the Harvard College
of the present with the institution of his
dav-he was of the class of 3o-happlly
introduced the Rev. Edward Everett Hale,
whom he called upon to the toast OF 'Har-
ward College" After the three times
three" had been given and DIR. Hale had
been applauded for several minutes, the
venerable chaplain of the Senate gave some
interesting "reminiscences of his own college
life, telling where and under what clrcum-
stances the song Fair Harvard was writ
ten He then said: "One thing l want to
pay tribute to is the charming free-masonry
that exists everywhere among Harvard
men. They are brothers wherever you find
hn ioS h3 I n m
society have never been broken, and its
chapters in all cities are today open to
me and to any of the members of it that
may be near.
Il think it is very evident from Presi-
dent Eliot's latest remarks on the subject
that he is ready to reduce the length of
the college courses. 1t is think, apparent
to him that it is desirable for the young
men of the country to be obliged to spend
no more time than they have to in prepar-
ing for the battle of life. 1t is fact that
the young men of this generation, while
they go to college quite young, reach an
average age of twenty-three before they
have obtained their degrees of proficiency
in the lines of work to which they expect
to devote themselves"
Prof. Robinson of Harvard than made
short address, in which he gave some in
teresting information as to the gratifying
progress being made in all the branches of
the university. He made some compari-
sons as to the courses of today and those
II.
but said that from his experience he be-
lieved the spirit, the fraternal feeling and
the thought prevalent among the students
were about as they had always been.
DR.. Wiley's Latin.
Judge Lander then called upon DR.. Har-
vey w. Wiley. who was the chairman Of
the dinner committee. to say something as
to the food that had been prepared for the
alimentary canal of the club, making a
humorous allusion to DR.. Wiley's food tests
at the Agricultural Department.
DR.. Wiley said that 1t had been decided
by the committee that there should be very
few speeches at this years dinner, and he
advised those who had come prepared to
infiict ponderous remarks upon the club
to soak them in salycilic acid and put them
away In cold storage until next year. Dr.
Wiley. who had been accused of furnishing
the copy of the Latin for the menu. while
not admitting the soft Impeachment, closed
with some remarks in that tongue which
gave him completely away
Judge Lander referred to the Radcliffe
annex to Harvard, and. abiding to the
presence of some Of Radcliffe's renresenta
tives in the gallery, proposed a toast to the
ladies, calling upon Rev U. G. B. Pierce to
respond. The pastor of the Church of Our
rather modestly contented himself with
adding the usual blessing which is attached
to that toast.
After this there was a novelty introduced
by the committee In the presentation of a
couple of specialists, who sang coon songs
and gave limitations. Finally Aud Lang
Syne' was sung, and the members sepa-
rated. many considering it the most enjoy
able dinner that the club has had in years.
The Guests.
Those who were present at the dinner
We're Truman Ablee, Frank H. Bigelow,
N. J. Brumbaugh, Charles Monroe Carter,
C. H. Chapman, John K. Butler, F. N.
Alger, Thos. NJ. Chatard. Arthur J. Collier
w. l.. Crounse, Pickering Dodge, Samuel F.
Emmons. F. w. Eaton. Omar d. Conger,
Allan B. Fay, Samuel T. Fisher Prof w.
w. Gale. ]. L. Cilley Of the New York Har-
ward Club. Foster r. Green Frank w.
Hackett, Charles s. Halves. Percival Hall,
w. A. Heilprin. Geo. N. Hersing, Jos.
Adna Hill. John M. Gitterman, DR.. c. o.
Howard, Philip H. Gerry, Prof. l.. L.
Hooper. Franklin T. Howe, Mahlon Hutch
inson, Theodore w. Koch, Story B. Laid,
Lord, E. c. E. Lord, C. P. Huntington, b.
Pickman Mann, James Mccormick Geo. x.
McLanahan. Emerson w. Matthews, r. w.
Montague, Geo. T. Moore. E. @. Moses,
Chas. Z. Munroe, Simon Newcomb. r. Ross
Perry, jr., s. S. Paschal, U. G. B. Pierce,
Herbert Putnam, Daniel w. Shea, Edwin
w. Spalding. J. Macbrde Sterrett, Chas. II.
Stone, Ralph w. Stone, w. A. Slater T. J.
Thompson, w. r. Tuckerman, Howard
Ruggles Van Law, Wayland r. Vaughan,
Harvey w. Wiley. Prof. Robinson Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, John A. c. Wright
and Walter D. Dayidge.