The sun., 1910-06-30

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much more cake, and several Kinda Of
meats and orOQugttss. it Was By no
meana q Quist neal.
NlhesSsatsn sang Lord gOOhrey Of
Amherst NinoeaenaeVon chesred Tor
all Of the reunion glasses. including Itself.
Charles 4. Whitman, New YOrk's District
Attorney, Id the applause for iooO.
Over az one side of the room were q score
or more Of quiet msn who had been
paying strict attentlon 70 the grub
They stood up suddenly, every torehngor
pointed TO the side Of the room where
sat the members Of the graduating class.
Their voices rang together: We did u.
There were many incidents IN mat
dinner. but the class yell Of the dads
made the real big hit
Il was announced presently that the
alumni hal raissd more than $4,000 iOF
the college In three years. Last year the
class Of &c rAisei 81 600. %. g. 500, Oi, $50
This year's class promptly announced
that i las already raised ejOO. Great
enthusiasm. Il was announced al8o that
Robert A. Woods. ~ has besn made
an alumni member Of the board Of trustees
The suggestion was made that every class
arrange q msthOd by which Il NAV make
u small annual contribution toward the
support Of the college.
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cheeIing when he said that Amherst men
alWsys meet on terms Of perfect equality
and good fellowship. some Of them come
| in aufos the most u them in trains. but
they are equal before the world when
they Get near the campus. he was look
/ ina down. he said. upon more bald heads
and brains than he believed he could
| find anywhere elsc In the country.
Then he intrOduCed President George
Harris, with the toast Amherst Drink
her down. down. down And down -
Was drunk with water. strictly.
Prasidsnt Harris said he was especially
glad 20 see the class Of I1OO. since the
4 class was distinguished for two things
Il ushered In the tNentieth century and
u marked the beginning OF his own ad-
ministrntiOn. Cheers from 90 for PreNv.
President Harris spoke OF DR. Edward
\ Hitchcock's illness and there was roar
/ % cheers for -Old Doc He said he
/ had no announcement Of new and splendid
gifts 90 make The administration had
/ not done much toward buttOnholing the
Alumni the past year However, the
late John n kennedy had left NO0.On
TO Amherst. there had been received a
bequest Of $4,000 from Iviry u BARTLETT
| for the founding OF scholarships, and
Jonas Guiliord Of "a had left 81 ON. Henry
c FOlgeI, Jr, of 70 had provided for
l an annual prize for the best esaay on
, Shakaspaarian subjects. and Noah {
/ Rogers, ~, had provided for a prize fOI
/ excellence in debating
President Harris said the alumni might
/ be called on Tor help next year What
! Amherst wants 10 do IL 10 raise the sal
ares Of her professors A. the president
J said, they are about the best paid of any
/ Of the smaller New England colleges, but
Amherst doesn't think they are getting
enough.
Amherst students are not wasting their
time, he assured the alumni He thought
the class Of 1910 vas an excellent exam
pie Of what the college could do. Tbs
number Of COURSES had been Increased
about " per cent. and changes have been
made in the elective system 10 keep stu
dents from scattering their energies over
too much ground More attention IL now
paid 20 the clRssics For the degree Of
bachelor Of arts two years study Of an
ancient language II now required
/ President Harris told the alumni that
there was present . man who had planted
/ two trees on the caugpus sixty years ago
/ He directed their eyes toward the yener,
able DR. Bliss Dr. Bliss made a brief
talk, saying that aa long as Amherst
seeks the truth she will grow a. the tree
/ planted more than half a century ago
have been growing
/ The president announced that the Cas,
/ of io0O had won the trophy offered Tor ths
best representation az the commence
ment Naughty-uaught had back ~ u
per cent. Of his enrolment. Judge Whit
mans class, 'eo, made a game strJlggls
for the clIpa sending automobiles tO hah d
dozsn Massachusetts, towns where ~
men live. but they were beaten by PEI
cent Ninety had an average Ot az -
The class 0l 80 came next with 80 IS
The claSa of 'o5 showed a percentage ol
BlO2 Eighty-fve had 81 n.
Grosvenor n Backus Of New York city
president Of the class Of 1904. which has
had possession Of the trophy. turned Il
over 10 Harold ! Pratt Of Brooklyn
preaident q the class of 1910 Mr. Rackus
made a little speech. He quoted Coke of
ownership and applied the quotation
deltly 20 college reunions Amid
laughter M. Backus rad:
In respect 10 those animals which 20
away and return habiulally the rule s
this: That they are considered a. yours
a. long as they retain an Inclination TO
/ return. but II they cease % have this IN
| oIination they cease 20 be yours and
/ become the property Of any who may
take them. And they may be supposed
40 oease 70 have the inclination Of re-
turning when they actually relinquish the
habit oi returning.
George L. Rives talked briedey and Con-
/ grasaman Lawrence OF MasHachuset o
/ cloaed the programme with an address
on The Gratitude an Alumnus Owes
/ His Alma Mater
The rest Of the afternoon was given up
20 fareWella. handshaking and agree
monte 70 return In 1911 and do II all over
again.
| III waa the opinion Of President Harris
that the commencement while quiet and
rAacid had been the most satisfactory Of
recent years.