The Washington times., 1904-02-04
LOYAL SONS SING
OF FAIR HARVARD
Washington Alumni Hold
Annual Banquet.
DR.. HALE CHIEF SPEAKER
Gnzzled Campaigners in Life's Battles
Grow Young Recounting Memories
of College Life.
DR.. HALE CHIEF SPEAKER

With class songs. fulsome praise. and
loyalty expressed love for their alma
mater, the Harvard men OF Washing
Ton held their annual banquet at the
Raleigh last night More than a hun
dred We're present. and the guests In
oluded a number OF prominent gradu-
ates of the university. Prior 10 the
banquet the President. who is as loyal
an alumnus as any Of Harvard. en-
tertained a number or the men at the
White House
The banquet at the hotel was given
under the auspices OF the Harvard
Club of the Capital Venerable Judge
Edward Lander. president, sat at the
head of the table. and to his right was
Edward Everett Hale. orator OF the
evening, and one OF the Oldest of the
university graduates.
President Lander made a brief address,
comparing college days of the present
with those OF the time when he took his
course at the university.
Day of Young Men.
After several humorous sallies he re-
ferred to the displacement OF old men
by the young men OF today. and ap-
plying the idea to those present, he ifn-
pressed upon them the responsibility
resting upon their shoulders. He said:
In my day. and in the days of our
fathers. and as Calhoun, believe. ex-
pressed IT. we believed in an ocean,
bound Republic. We did not even want
Canada. and there were doubts as to our
ever growing toward Mexico. But now,
where is t1at old idea? We have be-
come a wcrld power. and young men
have made the Republic such. Conse 4.
Quently il rests upon you to carry the
fn Ion,
as your fathers carried their older ideas
to that point which has made the Re
public the power ii is today"
Judge Landers eloQuence was re-
ceived with applause and the three
times three Of fair Harvard was given
later with vim.
Prof. Robinson, of Harvard. who re-
placed President Eliot the latter not be-
Ing able TO accept the invitation Of the
club to be present, spoke briefly on the
progress the university Is making. He
referred to some of the troubles of the
past over ventilation and described the
fans. and so well have the fans work
ed, he concluded. in carrying on the
hot air and other impurities from the
rooms Of the university that so far this
year the coal bills have exceeded those
OF last year by $500.
DR.. Hale's Speech
DR. Edward Everett Hale did not
make an extended speech. After a num-
Der of humorous references to college
life In general. ,he said President Eliot
seemed TO be ready 10 reduce the length
OF the college course from four to three
years. He thought that no young man
could get through his schooling ana be-
gin his life work too soon. Hence he
believed that II the long vacations were
cut out three years would be plenty Of
time IN which TO complete the courses.
A ndmber Of addresses were given by
the others present. and college songs
midnight and daylight before the last
OF the diners departed for home.
College Men Present.
Those present were Truman Abbe,
Frank II. Bigelow. n. ]. Brumbaugh.
John X Baxter. F. \. AIger, Thomas
Dodge. Samuel F. Emmons, F. W.
Eaton. Omar D. Conger. Allan b. Fay,
Samuel T Fisher. Foster r. Greene.
Frank W Hackett. Percival Hall.
Charles 5. HaWes, w. A. Heilprin,
George y. Henning. Joseph A. Hill.
Frank II. Hitchcock. William Hitz, John
NJ Gitterman. Prof l. l. Hooper.
Franklin r Howe. Mahlon Hutchinson.
Theodore w. Koch. Story b. Ladd, Ed
ward Lander. Thomas s. Lee. Daniel w.
Lord, E G. g. Lord, g. =. Huntington.
b Pickman Mann. James Mccormick.
George X McLanahan. Emerson w.
Matthews X. W. Montague. George T.
Moore. Edmund Moses, Charles E. Mum
jr S. s Paschal T.. q. b. Pierce. Her
bert Putnam. Daniel w. Shea, Edwin
w. Spaiding. J. McB. Sterrett, Charles
Stone. Ralph w. Stone. W. A. Slater,
". r Tuckerman Wayland T.
Vaughan. Harvey W. Wiley. and tNchn
a c Wright