Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-26
WILL Be NOTABLE AFFAIR
FAMOUS MEN TO ATTEND HAIR
YARD CLUB BANQUET.
President Taft and President Eliot
Among Guests Expected to
Be Present.

The annual banquet of the Washington
Harvard CLUB at the Raleigh Hotel Tues
day evening. March 80. promises to be one
of the most notable i'll the history of the
club. which is famed for notable gather
ings.
Dr. Harvey w Wiley Will be the toast
master and the distinguished guests OF
the occasion viii include the President OF
the United States. President Charles VIII
liam eliot of Harvard University Sena-
tor E.lihu Root OF New York Rev Dr.
Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the
Senate: President Charles W. Needha m
OF George Washington University. Char,es
ID. WaIcott secretary OF the Smithsonian
Institution: r. S Woodward president
OF the Carnegie Institute: Charles Fran
els ADAMS, Commissioner Henry f. f.
Macfarland. y. ID. Stuart. superintendent
of the public schools of Washington and
Jerome d. Greene. secretary to the Cor
poration Of Harvard University.
President Eliot's appearance will par
take of the nature of a farewell. inasmtcl
as his resignation as president of Har-
ward University will take effect i'm MAY
when ne will he succeeded by DR.. Alb
bolt Lawrence Lowell, Harvard -. II
also forms an incident in an interesting
trip which President Eliot has recently
taken through the west and south 10 meet
tie Harvard clubs and Harvard men il
the NariOnS cities. 10 observe the organ
liza ton and methods of leading UNIVERSE
ties and colleges. to study educational. in
dustrial and civic conditions and espe-
cally to meet wherever possible the mer
who rave the real interest of the south
most AT heart. The trip. covering two
months. began at Buffalo. February 4. eX-
tended as far to the northwest as Min
neapolis and st. Paul, and topk in the
south and the southwest, including Gal
weston and Houston among other places
in Texas. New Orleans. Montgomery. At
lanta and Richmond II has been series
of OVatfonS in a way. and at the R1ch-
mon banquet tomorrow night President
Eliot will be given the unique distinction
of being asked to listen to addresses by
representative southern men and decide
as to whether or not the south has fallen
into intellectual decadence.
While in this city, President Eliot will
be the guest of Harvard graduate. and
arrangements have been made for him
to address the pupils of the Washington
high schools at the Central High SchoO
building Tuesday. as his fononess for
heart 10 heart talks with young men is
proyerbial II is said that a few years
ago he addressed Il meeting of the News
boys Union in Boston. answering from
the platform at the conclusion of his re-
marks more QuCStiohS u lIiC
satisfaction of his audience IN few min
utes than the average student is sup
posed to meet in lifetime.
Announcement has been made by the
banquet committee that while. as usual.
all Harvard men are cordially invited TO
he present at the banquet. applications
for seats must be sent To Pickering
Dodge so 18th street northwest. al the
ca rliest possible moment owing 10
the large number OF seats already applied
for it may he impossible 10 proVi,.e seats
for those whose applications are received
later than Saturday.