Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18
SONS or OLD CORNELL
Annual Banquet of Local Alumni
Association Last Night.
DEAN CRANE SPECIAL GUEST
Makes Address Outlining Progress Of
the University.
SOME EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE
Addresses by Mrs. Robert T. Hill,
Representative Dunwell and
Others-List of Guests.
SOME EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE


occasion for the gathering was the annual
dinner of the Cornell Alumni Association
of the District of Columbia. The dinner is
regarded one of the most successful,
as well as one of the best attended. meet
ings which the local alumni ever had. Rep
resenting the president of the university
and bringing the latest tidings from Ithaca
was 7. F. Crane, dean Of the university
faculty
The guests OF the evening began to arrive
shortly after 7:30 o'clock. the hour set for
the meeting. and for one hour there was
an impromptu reunion in one of the parlors
of the apartment house. Old college ties
| were formed again and remembrarces
Of the days when the university won
her biggest foot ball game and when
Cornell swept the Hudson with her crews
were recalled. The dining room was tas-
| tily decorated with many Cornell flags. in
one corner was the orchestra. and near at
hand sat some of the college graduates who
had been standbys in the glee club in their
day, to lead in singing the college songs,
feature of the evening.
DR.. Howard as POSTMASTER.
Dr. L. o. Howard. chief of the bureau of
entomology of the Department OF Agricul-
ture. acted the POSTMASTER Without
preliminary remarks, he introduced Dean
Crane, who was greeted with three Cornell
yells as he rose to speak. The growth of
the university was first taken up. Pointing
out that it was the ambition of Ezra Cor
nell, the founder, to have 1000 students. he
said that ambition was realized in 1885
The full-course registered students living in
ithaca now number 1855. If the students
in the summer school. in the short agricul-
ture course and in the New York Medical
School are added the total number of stu
dents receiving instruction from Cornell
University in one year is 4,213. These stu
dents, the speaker said, were gathered from
fifty states and territories of the Union and
from twenty-eight foreign countries. In
the number of students that it sends to the
university Dean Crane noted that the Dis
trict of Columbia stood seventh in the roll.
Three events of great Importance to Cor
nell students, and even to the whole coun-
try, are to be celebrated in Ithaca within
the next year. The first is the dedication
of the Goodwin Smith Hall of Humanities.
The position which DIR. Goodwin Smith holds
In the world of education Will make this
occasion notable one, he said, marking
the erection of a monument to his mem
DRY. Although he Is very advanced in
years he has promised to be present at the
dedica ton, which will take place at COM
mencenent time in June.
About a week later the Rockefeller Hall
of Physics will be dedicated one of the
finest equipped college physical laboratories
| In the country. The American Association
| for the Advancement of Science will be
| holding its meeting in the city of ithaca at
| the time and the greatest scientific men OF
the continent will witness the dedication
| Another celebration will be that of the
| Tooth anniversary of the birth of Ezra
| Cornell, the founder of the university. The
| date falls on January II, 1907, but 1t has
been considered best to have the celebra-
| ton in the following June. when the
| weather conditions will be more favorable.
| Andrew D. White. former president of the
| university and noted diplomat of the United
| States, will deliver the principal address
| on that occasion.
Speaks of Development.
| Cornens development in the line of physi-
| cal culture and athletics has been unique
! and wonderful declared the dean. There
| has been no excitement at ithaca over the
| foot ball situation and nc advocates for the
| abolition of the game there. Prof l.. NJ.
| Dennis of Cornell has been elected chair
| man of the new foot ball rules revision COM
mttee, and his deliverances in that connec-
| ton have been widely quoted. There is now
| at the university uniform system of phys-
| cal culture obligatory on all students, for
| two years. new athletic field is being
| built by the alumni near the campus and
the playground of that field is already COM
| pleted and was used largely last fall.
Following Dean Crane, Mrs. Robert T.
Hill told of the efforts of the alumni to
| make the members of the board of trustees
representative of localities and thus repre-
sentative of the alumni in various sections
Other speakers were Representative
Charles T. Dunwell. Mr.. Delbert H. Decker.
John F. Hayford. E. s. Shepherd and Mrs.
Karl F. Kellerman.
The committee which had charge of the
banquet was composed of John G.. Hoyt,
chairman: Lewis P. Clephane. l.. C. Ora
ton Frank c. Wight and Archibald Z. Ban
ming. Jr.
List Of Guests.
Those present last evening were: Miss
Helen Nancy Abbey, Miss r. Alexander
'04; Mrs. L. A. Bauer. 92; Mrs Herbert D.
Brown "a; Mrs. F. v. CoviIle. 80: Mrs
Robt F. Dodge, Mrs Chas. T. Dunwel,
Mrs. Barton Warren Evermann Miss Ada
J. Finch, Mrs. Chas F. Flocken. Miss Ella
NJ Ford. 50; Mrs. Wallace Green, TT; Miss
Grace Hast, Mrs. John f. sHayford. Mrs.
Daniel J. Healy. '93; Mrs. Robt. T. Hill, G.;
Mrs. F. A. Holton SO; Miss Agnes Hooker
'S5; Mrs. Ellen X. Hooker. G; Miss Theresa
g. Houghton 'o2: Prof. T. F. Crane. Frank
Albee, 9S; Cyrus D. Backus, &c. A. T.
Banning jr.. Oh; DR.. L. A. Bauer, Geo w.
Beer. '02; G. Arthur Bell. '04; Herbert u.
B B,pTns, Ralph p. N f., Brown o mn g T.
eiapp. 'os; Lewis P ciephane ,S co. %;
Frederick V. Coville. 81; Delbert H. Deck
er. 81; Lawrence G. Dodge. 'o5; Daniel e
Douty, '01; Representative Chas. r. Dun
| well. '73; Prof Barton Warren Evermann,
DIR. Arthur M. Harrington, 10; w. F.
fletCher, VI, Cn1S n. fl0cken. VI, ii. L.
Gilbert, '01: l.. C. Grafton. '0o Wallace
Greene. IA H. NJ. Hale. '04: ]. C. M. Han
son. G.. 80: S. H. T. Hayes '95: John f.
Hayford. 80; DR.. Daniel IfHealy, William
| Curtis Hill. 81: j. d. Warner, 'O2
e. r. Alexander '0l; H L. Hibbard,
80; r. A. Tfssington. 90; Z. Blough,
Mrs. L. o. Howard. Miss S. NJ. Huddleson
Mrs. Karl f. Kellerman. 90; Miss Lee Miss
Clara S. Ludlow. 03; Mrs Walter r. Metz.
| Miss Evelyn G. Mitchell, 'o2; Miss Grace
O'Neill. '04 Mrs. Richard Rathbun, Miss
Emma A. Runner, SO; Miss Elizabeth W.
Saxton '01; Miss Philena r. Sheldon. 90;
Mrs. L. A. Sterling. Mrs H. ]. Tompkins,
Miss Anna NJ. Tonks, Miss Eliza Tonks, '03;
Mrs. A. C. veatch. Mrs. Geo. E. waldo
Mrs. c. David White. G.; Mrs. G. H
Wright. Henry Beach Needham. Prof. E. F.
Hitchings. F. A. Holton, 'S3; L. o. Howard
II: John c. Hoyt 81; DIR. S. E. JelIiffe,
Karl F. Kellermann, 90; DIR. r. s. Lamb.
"a; f, +. Lines '04; Prof. E. G. Lorenzen.
'9s. Walter r. Metz. '97; Ray E. Middaugh,
'92; Carlos B. Mirick. 'o5; Francis u.
Neale, 10; Geo. f. Patrick. 10; A. H. Per-
kins 94: DIR. Richard Rathbun. 10; F. c.
Robinson. '04; William f. Shannon, 4. s.
Shepherd or; ]. NJ. Smith. '04: NJ. Smith.
jr '0i: E. A. Sterling OF; III. ]. Tomplsins,
90; DIR. John Van Rensselaer,. 80: A. c.
yaatoh RenraSeptaffva Geo Waldo