New-York tribune., 1907-01-17

Believe will achieve yo1Ir
Nail our banner TO the polei
Brave D x E: N''"e ana tasting fame
Thus sank hundred and fifty "Dekes' last night
70 their guest OF honor Commander Robert T.
peary who planted the azure. gues and or and
.bs lion rampant alongside the American colo-s
when he reached his farthest north 1t was ar the
annual dinner of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fra
,.rnity in New York City in one of the louis
ouatorze dining rooms of the ST. Regis Com
rnsnder Pcary was the guest of honor but he
shsre6 that distinction with Whiteaw Reid the
.urri-a, ambassador 10 the Court of St James.s
wig was long president of the association
Commander Peary was graduated from Bowdoin
IN lE77 and Is ? member OF the Lambda chapter of
n h J.. Mr.. Reid. Miami. sc. belongs TO Kappa
The others ~ the speakers table were Judge Holt
Yale c.. Phi: General Horace Porter represent
ing the army; the Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, jr.,
ysIe 'qe Phi: Edward L. Pratt Yale 49, president
Of Phi. and Colonel John J. McCook Kenyon. GO,
LAMBDA.
on tae iist Of speakers this toast OF Jack
Tondc-'s for Commander Peary: "A health TO the
man the iran this night. May his grub hold out;
may his dogs keep their legs: may his matches
never miss fire.
The explorer had smooth trail when he spoke
Judge Holt that when he introduced him.
PLENTY 81 people. he said, asked what was the
Of finding the North Pole. Some more asked what
was the Of living anyhow he said. which pro-
yoked a blase undergraduate to demand a reason,
v-hich wasn't forthcoming all Then tho toast
master told the things which Commander Peary
might have been had he not become explorer.
He might have become broker and attended
10 wash sales in the street" said Judge Holt. He
might have become a lawyer and defended de-
fraudng bankers Or he might have been
fnsncier and kept stud farm, IL he had money
enough-if he hadn't, he probably would have be
come sot. Also. he might have become a physi-
clan blished practice with old ladies with
chronic complaints So Arctic exploration justi
fed itself when it saved him from these paths"
After the singing of the song Peary and few
ringing cheers. the commander began the story Of
his dash. He said in beginning:
sll natural problems of to-day has added the
slightest TO the laurels of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
voGr appreciation. ] carried Delta Kappa Epsi
lon vd Pn = took t BETA Kappa Epsilon nag wSch
bs6 been given to me by the Chicago Alumni As
rom the furthest northern point
commander Peary then rehearsed the chief Incl
dents Of his dash north. and return. In ending, he
said.
1t is the duty and destiny Of this country E TO have
the North Pole 1t as important to our national
secJIring of tie control Of the Pacific. These last
would give prestige and wealth, but the other
n N2lf be done0this American conquest of the
two poles. The common bond Of pride and exui-
rioits will make US all better patriots. and VIII
Justify the expenditure OF time and wealth and
ives
After his speech another D. x z. flag was given
10 the commander-this one 10 feat from the Pole
itself Mr. Reid ed few minutes later and
escorted TO the platform by some Of the promi-
rent persons present
Mr. Reid made a brief speech
General Porter called attention TO the fact that
nearly all the present living ambassadors OF the
United States were ''Dekes.' These include MI
Reid Wayne MacVeagl Robert T. lincoln and
Stewart l. Moodford He said also that the fra
ternity showed a remarkable record in the Spanish
var for of its entire living membership to-day
mora than two-thirds took part I'm the war
Ex-C;overnor Black was unable TO be present. ana
she next speaker was the Rev. Anson Phelps
stokes ir secretary Of Yale. He spoke for the
Younger graduates and referred briefly 10 the
uroper use and influence of secret societies in the
colleges and universities Of the country, and the
advantage and help they could be TO their re-
spectiVe institutions and to the country al large
Another speaker Edward l. Pratt faIe
and president Of PM chapter. de spoke lot
gave tribute the older men who maintained
interest and activity in their college and society
affairs. Colonel John J. McCook was the last
speaker. and when he finished all Joined in the
al D x. F. affairs
This dinner and the lectures, plays and other en-
tertainmeuts are all under the charge OF the New
York Delta Kappa Epsilon Association, which,
with its mem nberehp OF from FIVE hundred to six
hundred Is the largest graduate college fraternity
organization in the country The OBJECT OF the
nity which was founded at Yale in 1874. IT is the
largest Of the older college frateTnlles with 1We-
tv-three chapters owning their own halls, and the
remaining ones all renting buildings afd thirty-9ne
includes President Roosevelt. who is a member OF
the former Harvard chapter He sent letter OK