The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
G00RRH CORNELL mem MEN HONOR WHITE.
EN-ANBASSAlOR THEIR GUEST
AT etSNrskL DINNER.
sreHsSwSA cn:E .ss.vay,ns r,. ,;'

tlls at dRATFst ihtdJ2 The Gags hac
Iren kept under the tables and the yell'
Had been kept under the chests OF 400 gooc
end loyal Cornell graduates until that
moment
Tho tumult was greeting to Andrew d
White, ,~eS- President Of Cornell and eX
Administrator 10 Germany from the Cornell
University Alumni of the City OF New York
dsselnbied at heir annual dinner this yeai
given in his honor II was the first public
dinner that Mr " bite nus addressed since
bis GetlUu}rUa Germany.
IIFofh4nItof -tps dinner was designed
10 do Mr White reverence In one re-
spect it failed. The first page was fine
photogravure q sir. White as he looks
to-day; the mex, contained pictures OF
air White at different stages of his career;
the thirlt bew62er VAS taken from his
book, sSahtofbmi go Past and Present.
and pictured reai elevation Of the edu-
oator and diplomat surmounung the rear
elevgion Of Il santo Domingo mule
Gathered at the table about Mr. White
were President Sulrgrlh OF Cornell, Presi-
dent Hadley Of luIe, President Butler OF
Columbia. President Finley of the College
OF the City uf New York, Chancellor Mac
Cracker of -SeY York University. Oscar
i. Slnpn { former Minister to Turkey and
Gen. SLewart L. " oodtord, former Minister
to Spain. N the galleries were hundreds
of Cornell mothers, sisters, sweetheaTts
tsnd coed grads, The decorations OF the
hall. were AmcIlcnn ,ags and Cornell flags,
except that over Inc taII OF the back gallery
hung two Japanese fagh
Seymour Z. Thomas "a was the toast
muster and introduced Mr.. White. Then
the flag. and the "Cornell-I -yell-yell-yell-
Inyt,alIi." - brpuf lOOga W hen
they began to quiet doypl Mr.. White said
Neither YOU nor your Oh .ldren nor your
th idrcu's Oh ldrcn VIII see the time when
there Will lie no more wen founded demands
for the extension and Improvement OF the
higher instruction in thus country Much
has alrcad9 been done, hut more remains.
L would esta blIsh at AZ many OF our
great universities A. possible. professor
ship. lerupeships and fellowships in
cbmparag yei law and Legislation.
The endowment OF proie7sorships,
lacture-hips and feIlow-hips at various
university centres. 10 which there would
Ire attached the duty Of studying the best
solutions arrived at in al legislatures
foreign & dCprstc could not fan TO
hive a mo-F hrJpy influence. At present
the instruction. m oil our law schools Is in
answer to the question what our Jaw Is
The instruction propose should answer
The question what our law ought 70 be
The first result 81 such protesso rahips
lectureslips and telowships would naturally
lie to interest. in all parts 81 the Union,
great numbers OF Young men, earneat,
Vigorous and in the best sense ambitious
The next-EfDbable result would be that
rsany OF. these men would influence their
FELLOW citizens helpfdlly on various i'm
Jortant Questions. Another exceedingly
likely result would ts the increasing en-
trance Of such men into positions executive
aid legislative. Yet another would be
steady and intelligent Improvement IN
the laws throughout the country; and in
edition 10 this there would come, in the
legislation Of Sur -ysri1us States. an in
ct'easing tendedcy toward homogeneity, a
r oonsummation most devoutly to be wished
h, h" And now to my second proposal. Be-
9des the Improvement Of law, there IL
eoreded an Improvement OF institutions,
dend for this purpose | would establish, in
Al .ur more important universities, profess
sorships. lectureships and fellowships OF
cpmpautiye administration
My thIrd proposal has reference to an
Improvement which has already begun.
and which shows admirable fruits. / refer
To the estai1llAlment, on large and broad
scale in-the leadlng universities through
out the Union, of proiessorships, lecture
ships and felowshIps in International law.
Good beginnings have been made at Cor
nell and at various other universities; but
the provision for such work needs to be
far wlhespread.
My fSdrth y that there be established,
at the leading universities Of our country.
professorships, lec1urehhips and fellow
ships for the history of civilization and
that there be knit into them obligatory
instruction in political ethics
"'pheit purpO5eI would be 10 show what
the ssseplial progress Of mankind in civil
zation has been and 70 deduce from this
what environment should be promoted
and what powers should be cultivated for
the evolution Of the civilization which we
hbpe for. As TO the incorporation into the
main professorsl1ps of "a department Of
political ethics IL would, l trust serve to
show, IN the history of civilization, the
working OF a Powaf, not ourselves. which
makes Tor righteousness
"And now as tho fifth and final feature
in this group of sJudus ! would suggest
professorships. lectureshps and fellow
ships for the history. OF the United States
In various universities such epdowments
have already been provided but | would
have more az Them until lectures on the
growth If our national life shall be offered
at every university,
Franklin Matthews. chairman Of the
dfntir Gcdnfiitus. proposed "A silent toast
tdthe memory of the late Joseph c. Hendrix.
Nh Matthews read a number of letters,
among them the following from the Prasi-
dent of the United States.
>asq..,l WHITE House..
WARRINGTON. Feb. "a. 1905
Ny DEAR Mr.. MATTHEWS: VIII you per-
mt me-. through you. 70 extend my hearty
Regards TO yopr,guest Of the evening? 10
Mr.. White III h9S Been given to render
distinguished service 10 his country as a
dplomatist and distinguished service as a
louder Of scientific thought Tie is one of
tho Americans OF whom all good Americans
are proud.
Wishing you pleasant evening, ! am
Faithfully yours.
THEoDORE ROOSEVELT
Mr.. Franklin Mathews, Chairman Cornell
Dinner Committee
Besides the Roosevelt letter Mr. Mat
thcws rcGd messages Of regret from Grover
Cleveland ptof Goodwin Smith, Joseph b.
Foraker. OscarS. Straus and Baron Kaneko
PRECEDENT Thomas. in introducing Presi-
den fiadley, referred 10 Yale as our dear
~ zoe. which would not play in our hack
yard n''F
Mr Hadley remarked TINT one Of the
things 10 the glory Of Mr. White was that
the year Of b,g graduation from Yale marked
tho beginning ii intercollegiate boat racing
He said that in the method Of combining
tho progress Of the new and the sentiment
odthe old in colleges no one had done more
thnn Mr. White
William II McElroy. who responded 10
the toast College Men as Citizens re-
marked on rising that he was not graduated
at Cornell and never had any co-edu-
cafionai relations with it,
-But, he added "erS- man addicted 10
language sud make Dup q case for any
college bonn rr-ire