Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-01
ANDOVER GRADS MEET
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PAYS
HONOR TO PRESIDENT sTEARNs.

A meeting of the Alumni Association Of
Phillips Andover Academy was held last
night at the home of Mr.. George x. Nc
Lanahan, 2O31 @ street northwest. The
meeting was held in honor of President
Stearns of Andover.
Mr. Ephraim Adams of the class of "a
was a guest, and also made an address.
He told the association why 1t was he was
not graduate of the institution. He said
he was one of band of fifty students. who,
in 1884, formed an anti-slavery association
against the wishes of the college authori-
ties, and subsequently was expelled for It..
After he left Andover he was graduated
from Dartmouth, and later went to Iowa,
which was then but a territory and owned
entirely by the Indians, except for the land
of the Black Hawk purchase. He told of his
work among the Indians as missionary,
and of the churches he had established.
President StearnS was the next speaker.
He recalled the fact that he had seen only
recently the document of protest issued by
fifty students, of which Mr.. Adams was
one. and he urged that the document De
printed in the magazines issued by An
dover. He told of the progress of the in
stitution, and urged the members OF the
alumni to help the work of endowment
Mr.. I: H. Dunlap. Mr.. McLanahan. and
Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng, chinese am
bassador.
Officers Chosen.
An election of officers was held, which
resulted as follows: President, Sir Chen
tung Liang-Cheng; vice president, Mr.. F.
1. Allen; second vice president, Mr.. G. L..
Raymond; secretary, Mr.. George c. Hen
ming, and treasurer, Mr.. I. H. Dunlap.
The association Is holding a number Of
meetings in honor of the principal, Mr. AL
fred e. Stearns, who graduated from An
dover in the class of '44 Sir Changtung
LANG Cheng, class 50. the president Of
the association, entertained informally
Wednesday evening at dinner to MI
So gave a luncheon for Mr.. Stearns yes
terday at the Cosmos Club, to which a
number of the prominent educational men
of Washington were invited.
Entertained at Dinner.
The commissioner of patents and Mrs.
Allen gave a dinner last evening in honor
Of the president. The members present
were: Ephriam Adams, "a; H. L. Adams,
TT; w. w. Andrews, '9a; F. I. Allen. rs;
John Mason Brown, 81; W. ,e1 B. Bryan Bryan, q;
Cobb, 90; I. H. Dunlap, 81; Foster r.
Greene, 90; George N. Henning, 80; R. s..
Hume. "a; c. x. McLanahan, 49, p. w.
Mn4as ss Ss " A W. p W. MG PARKER ss W
Raymond. IS; J. B. Redmond, 81; c. E..
Taylor, '98; ]. B. T. Topper. '5s; H. J.
Wilder, 93; W. 7. 6; Weymouth, 81; H.
G. Sharpe, 16; w. w. Farnam, t.
New members: John Albee. "a; w. B.
Bryan, IA; Ephriam Adams, "a; H. C.
Adams, A. P. Morrill,, '94; Edward Nc
Cauley, jr., '93; Col JONES Parker, 20;
John E. Parker, SO; ]. B. Redmond, 76,
and John A. McIlhenny, 49, civil service
commissioner.
Students in the academy: L. S. Allen, 'OS;
Ralph Palmer Allen, '9S: John Lawrence
Baker, '69; William Wilson Finley, jr., 'OS;
Adolphus Washington Greedy, jr., 90; Rob-
ert Gordon Mckay, '07. and Roger Hoyt
Moses, OS.
Guests: F. Kingsley Curtis, G. w. Nc
Lanahan. Hector Fuller, Brice j. Moses,
father of r. H. Moses, a student at the
academy who received the annual WASH
ington alumni prize of s25 last year. for the
| local student having the highest record.