The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-03
DARTMOUTH SONS
LAUD ALMA MATER
President fuckers Address
ROuses Enthusiasm.
GENESIS OF COLLEGE SPIRIT
Senator Burnham, Representatives
Powers and TirTell, and Other
Alumni Members Speak.
GENESIS OF COLLEGE SPIRIT

More than two score Dartmouth Col
lege graduates residing in washington
gathered about the banquet board at
the Hotel Raleigh last night and cele-
brated the twenty-ninth anniversary OF
the local Alumni Association. Inter.
state Commerce Commissioner c. A.
Prouty presided. and at his right sat
the president of Dartmouth. Rev. Dr.
William J. Tucker. who made the prin>
clpal after-dinner speech.
When cigars had been reached. Toast
master Prouty began the flow of oratory
by short review Of his alma matters
greatness. II was a fine college, he saio.
in the day when Daniel Webster tore UP.
his diploma. and it had shown Itself
great In the past year by having its
football eleven beat both Brown and
Harvard Universities. With spark
ling bit of Mandatory comment, ne intro
duced the guest of honor. who received
an ovation from the banqueters.
College Aims.
President Tucker launched directly
into scholarly discussion of the proper
aims Of the twentieth century college.
The main thing today. he said. is the
conversion Of college sentiment into
college spirit. This latter quality he
described as sentiment in action. due to
numbers of men coming together I'm cen
tiers, either at college or in cities after
ward, and weaving together their indi-
Vidual sentiment into a strong college
spirit.
The great question confronting Amer
lean colleges today said DR.. Tucker. is
which aim TO put forward most ener-
getcally-to make the college an agency
or n,~ . - a.
SO Tar as the financial policy of the
institution is concerned. Colleges were
nrst dominated by religious motives
then state, then scientific, and now
economic. Agencies operating against
the public good can be controlled he
said. only by exercising honesty judg-
ment, sanity. Insight. and a command
of men.
Specialization of Today.
Or. Tucker contrasted the two meth
ous OF college education-improving the
whole student body for benefit of the
state. by raising the average learning
and developing specialists, as is done
in the colleges endowed by miIlionaires.
who seek results in special lines which
interest them He said one of his ideals
Tor Dartmouth was to have IL earn at
least one-half the amount required for
the education of each student. since
the students tuition fees amounted
which he puts the college.
NO young man makes a mistake in
mortgaging his future by borrowing
money TO take college course. DR..
Tucker said. in advocacy of esta blish-
ing a fund from which to make such
loans TO deserving students. Man has
class he declared. THE way is open
Make your way. find it. with a deter
ininatiion not to die until you have ac-
complished something"
Bright Bits of Oratory.
Senator Henry e. Burnham. of New
Hampshire. made an eloquent speech.
eulogizing John Marshall. Rufus Choate,
Salmon p. Chase. Thaddeus Stevens
and other great men who had shed
luster on the name of Dartmouth
Representative Samuel L. Powers
grew enthusiastic over Dartmouth's vic
tory over Harvard. and advocated the
lean fund idea Representative Charles
q. Tirrell told Of college DAYS when he
roomed with Judge Ide. Of the Philip
pine Commission A. p. Greeley. Edwin
II Fowler. and others spoke and Prof
Henry NJ Paul sang the famous song
Of his alma matters Eleazar WheeIock. =
Officers and Guests.
At the business meeting preceding the
banquet resolutions were adopted on
the death of L. p. Gage class OF 1862
for thirty years supervising principal
of schools OF the District. and Thomas
A. Gushing. 1857. for twenty years head
OF bureau OF the Internal Revenue
once Officers for the year were elected
as follows:
President. Horace s. Cummings. 50;
vice presidents. Edwin II. Fowler. rs:
Daniel +. Merrill &C. secretary and
treasurer. Henry =. Blair. SO: executive
committee. r. g. Kimball 81: A. A
Fisher. IS; William J. Wallis. "a: Choir
lister. James W. Cheney. 20: historian
Charles 8. Clark 80
The alumni present at the banquet
We're Rev. DR.. w J. Tucker. Rev
Albert Evans. J. Ormond Wilson. Sam
uel r. Bond, Horace s. Cummings. the
Hon. Henry NJ. Baker the Hon Henry
r. Burnham. the Hon. Charles @ Tir-
rel. James W. Cheney. Henry NJ Paul.
the Hon. Samuel L Powers the Hon.
Charles A Prouty, Edwin IL Fowler.
Winfield s Montgomery. DIT. r. g. Kim
ball. John T. Freeman. Arthur p
Greeley. stephen y. Ryder. Walter +.
Burleigh. George =. Wood David NJ
Bildreth. Aleye A. Fisher Henry p
Blair. Richard X Tyler W H. Mer-
riIl. William J. Wallis. John G. Reding-
Ton. II. NJ Snow. J. r. Hartshorn. e {.
Burbeck, T. Lyman. .. A. Mechlin, w
H. Wooiverton. and J. A. Gilman.