The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-03
BROWN men AT
BANQUET BOARD
Judge Of United States Court
Was ToaStmaSt0r.

The most brilliant Brown dinner and
the most largely attended. was that held
last evening at the Wellington, where 300
OF the graduates and friends joined In
singing old college songs and extolling
the excellent qualities of alma Mater"
1t was most distinguished gathering,
as we'll as most jovial one, and. from
the time that the assembly gathered TIL
the last echo OF the midnight bells had
vanished on the air hilarity and good
time proved a feast for the physical, mem
tai and the psychical
1t Is upon such occasions as these that
the hearts OF all men of Brown swell
with enthusiasm and pride and last even
Ing there was a glow or intensity OF that
pride upon the faces OF all present that
indicated clearly that true stamp OF the
sons sent out from year to year and
showed that all who fare forth look back
with a caressing feeling to the years
spent under the elms.
There is feeling OF fellowship that
swells I'm the heart of each son OF old
cheers are heard and that binds together
the hearts OF all with a tie that is far
stronger than the ties OF kin, and makes
men know that. however diversified their
occupations after leaving the home Of
their adoption, there is a bond and also
n union of manly purpose that ever
lasts till life ends. Such an occasion as
last evenings dinner only serves to In
tensify that feeling OF comraderie bred
at school. and 70 make the fellow stud
ents know far more truly that they are
OF one great and growing Brown fam
ily.
BROWN" MAN TOAsTMASTER.
There was an almost spontaneous out
burst OF cheers when r. h. Comstock
stood upon his chair and proposed for
master OF ceremonies Judge Arthur l..
Brown, OF the United States District
court This proved 10 be the awakening
OF the spirit. and with his witty. but
pointed remarks. he directed the In
tellectual flow for all the remainder OF
the evening.
In beginning the exercises of the even
ing Judge Brown said I'm substance that
the present generation could not be guild
ed BY It's own mind alone. but must he de-
dependent upon the contributions OF the
college While many college professors
were too bookish, IL was also true that
many business men are harshly practical
and less bookish than they might be
Each college carries a well endorsed de-
partmcnt for the burial OF It's ideals and
one Of the ideas that l would suggest FOR
burial was that the present college man
fas far too Impractical The thought In
tended to be conveyed was that college,
men OF the present time were not wholly
theoretical but highly practical. In con-
cludlns Judge Brown introduced to the
|
was far too Impractical The thought in
Aesthetic Culture" In introducing the
speaker Judge Brown said that President
Harris was in control of n college tina,
had given to Rhode Island a number
OF prominent men.
POST PRANDIAL EXERCISES.
In substance his speech was that there
was something more IN lifo than the
building of railroads and the pleading OF
enjoy themselves. and that this enjoy
ment was very largely obtainabls through
the channels OF art and literature. Cul-
ture is a flavor OF the intellect. OF char
acter. A cultivated man Is a gentleman
In intellect. on the side Of aesthetic
culture we see music gradually creeping
men coming from a college should have
more than professional requirements.
They should have culture and training in
and worth living so that they may at
tain to the noblities OF life.
Henry .Robinson Palmer, editor of the
Alumni Monthly. then read a poem, en-
titled THE College Beautiful" This was
Sc, sn5susrstsa srn9 NsSeiyea after
Germ Ger OF Greek Culture Trasceabie in in
Modern Students?" The idea intended 90
be gonyeysd s WAS ;has ad i not not s GTss
but the inculcation OF all that Helienism
stands for. His address was rather
sngthy but fun 9t thois Err rsm1Tsass ey
known by ali who ever waded through a
course In Greek under him. In one OF HIS
rem,niscsnces re-. Of the days spent In
that one could almost fancy themselves
walking along the oliyed avenues around
applause nc sfsy sIy psSyss the a Of
'rhe next speaker for the evening was
HaInm2nd LAMONT. formerly at the h.Gd
of The hnssh s Ss q sTSwn Ss.
His remarks were addressed as n phil
lipic against profession hlisni In college
ks In In sst n the he rsa ";
our athletics since II IN not necessary that
al men should play upon college team:
he is %S not INJURED njI d1 Sy 70 remSisinT i9 or % ~.
team"
Francis A. Gasksll spoke on the Judges
tne ne, sg6PrsTss ,6s, is court OK hhoae s isna
Court OF Rhode Island have always been
able, and happily all Brown men. The
IDEAL Judge ia addition 10 being incor-
rupuble and fully patient must love
hie work.
President Faunce spoke OF the great
minds that have gone out from Brown 20
coJJate the world.
THE addresses OF the evening were I'm
wIfh the singing OF college
songs and repeated cheers. At IL o'clock.
sUsIug Of Alma Matec." the
most shook hands and departed, resolved.
more than ever. TO live for she college
or their heart
Young swardie IL working his way
through college lent he7'
He IL lust now YOU bet Hes study