The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-21
New York Mayor at Banquet.
Many Jerseymen
Present.
WILSON PAYS HIGH
TRIBUTE TO EXECUTIVE
Declares Generals Son Reached
Office Through His
Own Merit.

ly 500 present, and all these united il
extolling the Mayor as one who ha
risen above the politicians.
Parker d. Handy. president of tn
Princeton Club, under whose auspice
the dinner was given, presented Johi
l.. Cadwalader. IS, ex-president of tn,
Bar Association. as POSTMASTER. III
doing so Mr.. Handy took occasion t,
remark hat the dinner was not tn,
outcome OF the one given by Yale t,
President Taft, and that, Y
princeton was used to Presidents; foi
instance, there was DIR. c. G. Cuyler
p~resident-of the United states Mort.
gage and Trust Company. AT this, Bic
BIZ Edwards, 90, ex-Princeton football
captain. who also happens to be
street cleaning commissioner, led a
long yell for everybody, He got to
work again in a minute, when Presi-
dent Wilson vas introduced, and fin
ished off the yell with Wilson-Wilson
Wilson, to which some ireverant per-
son added That's an
AS soon as the laughter gave him a
chance President Wilson remarked; II
note with satisfaction that your man
ners hav not changed either for the
pStt0i NV L last fltl 1OI
six years ago. He Their went on to
say that since the product of a univer-
sity is the men it makes, he was glad
to be able 10 speak of a particular
product of Princeton-Mayor, Nc
Clellan.
The Mayor of New York" he com
tinuedi "has won his distinction in a
way which | am sorry to say has come
to be regarded as peculiar in American
life. He has made his way slowly.
There has been no self-advertisenent,
but In the midst of his many duties
he has mastered them and has been
able to make his way amid the i'll
~tricacies of the most irrational city
charter of our day. 1t is a fine thing
to note that the integrity of a city Of
ficer can win out in spite of the tram
mels laid upon him by the law itself.
Now he has won his way to the place
of trust and affection that he enjoys
by the characteristic of m~anhood-a
big word that includes self-respect, in
tegrity and courage.
1T has recently appeared almost by
accident during an investigation, for
we are all being investigated nova
days, that he has a grasp upon the
minute details of his duty"
President Wilson went on to say that
knowledge in men is much rarer than
honest desire, but that the Mayor had
not only lived up to his lights but
they have shone bright and have
He spoke of the Mayors
name for scholarship, saying that this
was a fine thing In a day when "many
university men at least conceal their
knowledge of letters" A ne cheer
from the back of the room followed and
President Wilson remarked: Il trust
that was a cry of hope"
President Wilson discussed the rela-
ton of the university to public az
fairs. He pointed out that the days when
men went to college solely to prepare
for the learned professions had passed,
and that now the majority of college
men entered the business world. This.
he said. together with the fact that
hardly a generation had passed since
science secured a secure foothold in
our universities, accounted for the
changes that have taken place. To
day, he said. the great need was for
change, n the only class tina can be
appealed to for change is.the class that
ootoptiSlith itGCli Ill SuittS6lul uT-
d~ertakings.
"rhe man OF whom 1t is said that he
cannot be bribed is hribed already"
declared President Wilson. "Bribed
because society has said to him: You
have found abundant opportunity in
the established order of things!' But
things can't stand still, and l believe
that 1t is part of the duty of the uni
versity to see to it that not one OF
you maintains his position comfort
ably. 1t Is our duty to make the young
men Just as unlike their fathers as
possible. 1t Is necessary that the ris-
ing generation be choked off from the
point of view that has been estab-
lished and ~reintroduced into the free
dom of the world of affairs and of
thought.
Society always renews itself. from
the bottom. This renewal must come
from the young men pressing up like
sap in the trees-the sap hasn't always
reached their heads, but when 1t does
a wholesome intoxication follows which
is dangerous to restrain
President Wilson pointed out further
that the university to succeed must
not produce a few types, but must be
democratic above all things, ut must
do" he said, what the Roman Catholic
Church did for the middle ages In fur
nishing an administrative organization
that was thoroughly democratic because
no priest was so humble that he might
not become the Pope of Christendom. &
THE modern university must be a
place where all new forces are drawn
and welcomed In a spirit that will
challenge them to express themselves,
and give them free leave to- exercise
the fermentation that is sure to result
when these are introduced into the old
order of things"
President Wilson closed with the
statement that Mayor Mcclellan was
such a nan as the modern, university
sought to produce, and that the diners
were met not only to celebrate the s,ic-
cess of a IA but to redevote them
selves to a principle of patriotism.
In introducing the Mayor to his fell
low-alumni T~oastmaster Cadwalader
said that recent talk OF difficulties
which the Mayor had had. with the
politicians arose entirely from the fact
that the politicians had refused to
climb to the position Of the Mayor and
that the Mayor had refused to sink to
their level. ssTho day 10 not done by
anv Ynsanu far tha Hfavor ~ fap az