Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
DARTMOUTH DINNER
Annual Function of Univer-
sity Alumni Association.
PROMINENT GUESTS
PRESIDENT TUCKER AND OTHERS
DELIVER ADDREssES
Resolutions Adopted in Tribute to De-
ceased Members-0hacers Chosen
for Ensuing Year.
PROMINENT GUESTS

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| A number Of the enthusiastic members OF
| the washington, Dartmouth Alumni Asso-
citation gathered in the banquet hall of the
| Raleigh Hotel last evening to participate
| in the twenty-ninth annual dinner of the
| organization. There were present men dis
| tinguished in many walks of life, senators.
members Of Congress and representatives or
governmental bodies, lawyers. scholars and
| men of business affairs. who have made
| their records in life, and who attribute their
| success to the teachings and precepts OF
their alma mater. At the dinner which fol-
| lowed the business meeting Of the associa-
| ton there were speeches made by several
! members, songs by the entire gathering,
| and solos and ensembles by the musical
| portion of the membership. The dining
| table was decorated with La France roses.
| carnations and tulips, and there were bou-
| tonnieres at every plate as the guests took
their places at the board. Soft-Shaded can
| dies shed their rosy glow over the snowy
| cloth. while the electroliers in the cell ng
| and along the walls added beauty to the
surroundings
| At the business meeting prior to the din
| ner. the following officers were elected for
| the year 19O4-05: President, Horace s..
| Cummings. class of 1862; vice presidents,
| Daniel f. Merrill. 81. and Edwin H. Fow
| Ter, 7S; secretary and treasurer, Henry +.
| Blair, 80. Executive committee: K. q.
| Kimball. 81: A. A. Fisher 'SS, and William
| j. Wallis, "a. Chorster. James w. Cheney,
20. and historian. Charles s. Clark, 50.
In Memory Of Deceased Members.
Resolutions were adopted deploring the
death of N. P. Gage. class of go, for thirty
years supervising principal of the schools
of the District. and Thomas A. Gushing,
| class of 81, who was for twenty years at
the head of a bureau in the internal revenue
| Office here. Copies of the resolutions were
ordered transmitted to the families of the
| departed members.
| The honored guests Of the evening were
| Rev. DIR. William J. Tucker, president of
| Dartmouth College, who came to Washing
ton to attend this dinner. and Rev. Albert
| Evans of Hamilton College. pastor Of the
! Metropolitan Presbyterian Church.
| The menu to which the members and their
| guests sat down was chosen with taste and
| served with care. The cards were tied wit n
| green ribbons-the colors of Dartmouth
| Judge Prouty Of the interstate commerce
commission acted POSTMASTER and intro
| duced the speakers. laying stress upon the
| fact that none Of them had been fore
| warned that they were to be called upon
He first presented DIR. Tucker the president
| of Dartmouth. and principal guest of the
| evening.
DIR. fuckers Address.
DR.. Tucker spoke enthusiastically of the
progress Of Dartmouth during the past
decade and predicted greater things for 1t
| in the next.
THE most significant change that is
| now taking place in college life he said
is the conversion of college sentiment into
college spirit. There is increased sense
Of fellowship that is due to the coming to-
gether of many college men at the great
centers of the country. to the organizatio
| of college associations and the incubation
| Of the college spirit in men of affairs who
have left their college days behind them.
but who have not forgotten the teachings
of their college days or the inspiration that
their years there gave them to fight the
way to the forefront in the world of work.
l note with pleasure that Dartmouth alum
nj in New York are now moving toward a
permanent headquarters in that city on the
same street with Harvard and Brown, for
many years rivals of our college in edu-
cational features and on the athletic field.
1t is good omen when these old college
| men get together and seek to keep alive
the sentiment as we'll as the spirit of the
college. This is putting sentiment into ac
ton in way, but the other way is In
putting it into action in the world of work.
| This is constantly going on. and there need
be no fear for the future of college whose
graduates are alive to these sentiments.
One of the educational changes that are af-
fecting the older colleges and universities
| is the change that is going on in their
relative positions The public good is best
reached by the development of the indi-
vidual. and every historic college is set to-
ward the end of some public good. There
are some whose tendencies are toward the
ministry as the best course to follow to
this end, and for a time this was prom
inent feature of college work. Then came
the scientific era, and it became evident
that men could do their work better
through that course for the public good.
There are constantly broadening ideas of
education, but they all have for their aim
the same thing-the good of the whole peo
pies The old-time colleges gained their en-
dowments through their idea of minister
ing to the public good by way of the min
istry; now they are extending their ideas
and plans and men are seeing better than
they did when these colleges were young
In the land
Objects of Education.
eve educate a man because we want him
for certain purpose. Many are sent to
college so that they may. upon leaving
have the means to gain a social prestige.
Others attend for utilitarfan purposes, but
they are all in the great ranks that aim to-
ward the same goal. 1t has been learned
that it costs twice as much to educate a
man as the college ever receives from him.
At Dartmouth one half Of this cost comes
from endowments. and the other half
should properly come from tuition and the
like. The state of New Hampshire gives
the college $4,000 annually. and we are
thereby and to that extent benefited 1t
has of late been advanced that the value of
college plants should be increased in order
to increase the earning power of the col
lege. Many of these plants have been dou-
bled. but the earning power has grown
five fold. This shows that the increased
strength of the plant is a good invest
ment"
DR.. Tucker said he had advised the trus-
tees that the creation of loan fund would
be good thing for the college. He sug-
gested that 5000 be set aside for this pur-
pose, and that 1t be loaned to students at
small rate of interest in order that they
might complete their education. He told
the audience that he had investigated this
plan and found it to be worthy of serious