The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
 ALUMNI HOLD REUNION
Prominent Men of This Vicinity Gather to Discuss Their
 Alma Mater.
BANQUET AT HEIDELBERG
Officers Are Elected and Plans Formed to Keep Society
 Alive.

Many prominent men in this vicinity met last evening at Old Heidelberg to attend the first banquet and meeting of the Connecticut Alumni of Columbia university held in the state in twelve years. To the initiative of Professor Baldwin of Yale university was due this assembling of the graduates, many of whom are also Yale men. pr. Eliot of this city, presided.
 Under the direction of Caterer Bell the following menu was served:
 Blue Points
 Chicken Consomme .Grammont Planked Lake Superior White Fish
 Pommes Viennoises
 Sweetbreads Glaees la Montebello
 French Peas
 Filet de Baeuf Pique Provencale
 Tomato Farcie
 Salad Duchesse
 Camembert Cheese Crackers
 Coffee
 Last nights gathering was called for 4he purpose of infusing new life into the Connecticut Alumni association, to promote fellowship among the gradu- ates of Columbia university in this To- cality and to discuss informally ques- tions leading to the forwarding of the interests of their alma mater. Much enthusiasm in the new movement was manifested by the members present and following the dinner many of those gathered around the board expressed their thorough approval of the plans outlined,
 Columbia's position in the college or hit was enlarged upon, particularly the Eigh stand of it's Law school and the College of Physicians and Surgeons. This latter was given first place among the country's medical schools and many of the Yale men present last night were alumni of that department ir Columbia,
 Much was said of the lack of college epirit at Columbia, due, 1t was ex- plained, to the special schools, its loca- tion in New York city and the lack of dormitories.
 It was said, however, that a marked improvement in this respect has been shown lately In this connection many of the speakers referred to the Yale spirit as the exemplification of the true college spirit
 During the course of the evening new officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Rev Nathaniel Ellsworth Cornwall. '6a ot stratfoTd vice president, Edwin Au- gustrs Down,@M. D., 'S7 of Hartford secretary. Professor John Duer Irving 's6, of New Haven. The following were the evenings speakers:
 Dr. R. W. Pinney, '87, and Dr. F. N Loomia, Yale 'S1 both of Derby; pr William Henry Carmalt, 61 Medicine New Haven; Rev. Nathaniel Ellsworth Cornwall '62, Stratford; Rev. Harr, Inness Bodley, '75, New Britain; Pro lessor Edward Washbur Hopkins, '7S New Haven; Dr. Gustavus Eliot, 'S Medicine, New Haven; Dr. John Fl more Bailey, 'S5 Medicine, Middletown Dr. William Sherman Randall, 8 Medicine, Derby; Dr. Edwin August Down, 'S7 Medicine, Hartford; Profes sor Charles Sears Baldwin, 'SS, Nev Haven; pr. Harry Gray Anderson, s Medicine, Waterbury; Professor Loui Doremus Huntoon, '95 Mines, Nev Haven; Professor John Duer Irving '96, New Haven.
 The next regular meeting of the as sociation has been set for October l. 1908, at Stratford Conn, with the ney president, who Is now rector of tn parish formerly occupied by Dr. Sam uel Johnson. This Dr. Johnson was tn first president of Columbia college.