Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-17
PRINoEToN's DINNER
ALUMNI ASSoCIA-
TIoN,s ANNUAL FUNCTION. =.
Songs and Brief Speeches the Order of
the Evening-An Elabo-
rate Program.

ENJOYMENT wes the order of the evening
at the annual gathering of the Princeton
Alumni Association of the District, which
took place last evening at Rauscher's. The
members of the association and their guests
were seated about table of horseshoe
shape, which was adorned with flowers. AS
an appropriate setting for the festive scene
the colors of the university. orange ana
black, decorated the walls. The banner OF
the university fioated from the breeze last
evening, speaking in metaphor, and her sons
sounded her praises in rafting college song
and enjoyed "reminiscences as well as the
social reunion.
A large number of those present We're ca
pable of delivering elaborate orations, but
they did not get chance and. in fact.
they would not have given voice to ex-
tended addresses If they had been given
chance. for the informal style of speech
making is what goes at Princeton dinner.
There was POSTMASTER, of course, and
that position was filled in the usually &C
ceptable fashion by Mr.. Henry E. Davis,
who occasionally had something to say
himself. when he was about to convey
suggestion for a speech or song.
Indian Students in TITO.
Mr.. w. D. Mclean, the secretary of the
association, presented some interesting data
regarding the DeidWaTe boyS III JUG Az
to Princeton in 1910 to be educated at the
governments expense. In return for their
education 1t was promised that in case the
Americans proved successful in their revolt
against Great Britain to cede portion or
their territory to the United States. Tile
boys were John Kilbrck and Thomas Kill
brick and George White Eyes-the last
named being the son of Capt White Eyes,
the Delaware chief who actively espoused
the American cause and in consequence
was treacherously murdered a few years
later. The Indians for while enjoyed
the novelty of the situation, but it was
difficult to make them apply themselves to
their studies. In a very few months 1t was
apparent that any attempt at an academic
education wasted on Thomas KILL
brick the oldest of the three, and he was
consequently put to work on a farm near
by, where, as he expressed in a letter to
Congress, he had 'lernt a little of farming
and blacksmithery.' John Killbrick, on the
other hand, was quite studious and by the
summer of 1873 had advanced to geogra-
ply, mathematics and Latin. After the
speech-making the guests were presented
with book written by Mr.. Richard Z.
Adams, the neutrality-suspicious. of
White Eyes, which treated of the ancient
religion of the Delaware Indians.
| One of the guests of the evening was Mr..
| McCready Sykes of the class of 1894, who
| Is the author Of "Poe's Run and other
poems. Mr.. Sykes not only received a very
| cordial greeting from individual members,
Dul IlOSl hearty ONdtlOu ITOIn tIS eillll =
| gathering when he was called to his feet.
| He spoke in entertaining fashion and
| was bright and witty. He recfted several
| skits on foot ball, and so delighted the
audience that they wanted more
The company was entertained at inter-
| walls by the songs of Mr.. George O'Connor,
| who won. as he always does, a keen ap-
probation of his clever dialect and humor-
| Gus selections.
In the course of one section of the bril-
| liant talk of the POSTMASTER, which is
| usually known as the opening remarks, .
| Mr.. Davis paid an appropriate tribute to
Dennis Sullivan, whose death recently oc-
| Cured. AS a factotum of the faculty and
| well-known figure about the campus,
| Dennis Is remembered by the graduates
| for many years back, and what Mr.. Davis
| said in way of appreciation was Endorsed
| by all who knew the man, who held one
OF the humber places In the college world.
Greetings From Other Universities.
Greetings from Yale and from the Univer-
sity of Michigan were conveyed by Wallace
| w. Hite and Duane E. Fox. Rev. Charles
| Alvin Smith came to his feet in response to
| the toastmaster's call, while as to Mr.
| Henry B. Mum, it was necessary for MIR
| Davis to state that Mr. Mum had gradual
| ed ffty-eight years ago. Mr.. Mum showed
| no evidence that so many years had passed
since he left college. He spoke in remi-
| niscent vein that was full of live interest.
| Other speakers were Messrs c. K Berry
man, Andrew Y. Bradley, John F. Wilkins
r. D. Johnston of Birmingham, Ala; DR.
Neff. James NJ. Johnston and Wallace Don
aid Mclean.
The menu card was the work of C. x
| Bergman, who was among the guests. 1
| was ornamented with cartoon depictine
| men coming from all directions, each bear
| ing section of a dormitory resembling the
| parts Of a sectional bookcase. Each mar
! bore the numeral of one of the classes be
| tween 1892 and 1901 to typify the new dor.
| mitory of ten entries, to cost SITE, 900. which
| these classes are to erect on the Princeton
| campus.
The Guests Present
Those present were: A. B. Kelly, G. w
Kelly, E. s. La Fetra O. S. Metzerott, Chas
| W. McFee, Charles Albert McKenney, Wal
lace Donald Mclean, John o. Mervin, Hen.
ry B. Mum, Wallace Neff, James L. Nor.
ris, jr.. c. X. Bergman. Walter J. Pilling
Charles Alvin Smith, j. Henley Smith, VIII
liam H. Spurgin. H. M. Suter, Robert F
Thompson, Henry v. Tulloch, Charles D
Voorhis E. A. Balloch, William Barnum
Brewer j. H. Brickenstein. Duane E. Fox
Alexander Britton, H. Bradley Davidson
G. Thomas Dunlop. A. B. Duvall, Jr., j. Q
Ecker, L. L. L. French, Edwin c: Head. G
H. Hinton, Victor Kaufman, r. c. VIII
kins, ]. F. wilkins. Max c. j.. Wiehle, Nc
Cready Sykes, Henry E. Davis. Foster
Greene, Andrew Y. Bradley, Wallace w
Hite. R. D. Johnston or'' and u Z. Heyn
olds.
Preceding the dinner the association helt
its annual meeting, at which the following
officers were elected:
President. Wallace Neff; vice presidents
A. B. Hagner r. Wayne Parker, Joseph <
McCammon Henry E. Davis. Henry y
| wallace Donald Mclean; treasurer, Henri,
v. TuIloch; executive committee, A; B
Kelly. chairman; Edward A. Balloch. Wal
ter j. Pilling, Charles H. Bradley. James L
Norris, jr, Oliver S. Metzerott and Edwh
| C. Head.