Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-08
New York Princeton Clubs
Greatest Crowd Hears Plea
of College Head.
AUDITORS RATHER COOL
TO DISTINGUISHED GUEST
Mysterious Anonymous Pam
phlet Distributed at Family
Gathering

in the Princeton Club for nearly an
hour last night and devoted much of
that time to a defense Of the rejection
of the hall million dollar Proctor gift.
1t was one of the largest gatherings of
the Princeton men In many year at
the clubhouse and there were not seats
enough to go round.
Among the trustees that were there
We're Professor Wilson Farrand,
headmaster of the Newark IN J) Acad-
emy, and Henry b. Thompson and
Henry Green. of this city
Before the address pamphlet was
passed among the alumni and eagerly
sought 1t was one of many that have
been put out some of them signed. some
not.
Unsigned Pamphlet.
This one was not signed. 1t bore on
its face this exhortation:
CHEER UP!
Owe must laugh before we are happy
For fear we die before we laugh at all
de La Brayere.'
Further down the page was the an
nouncement: Printed for the family
only
The pamphlet concludes with what is
called a synopsis. with moral. Here
IL Is:
SYNOPSIS.
"once upon A Time there Lived a
;5taid. Respectable Corporation. which
Operated baby Farm. Its Heart be-
ing in it's Work, a Burning Desire arose
10 Enlarge and Receive more Babies
Coin being Closely Held in the Realm,
search was Made for Greenback Help,
aud 10. Bounteous Benefactor was
Located A Large Wad was in sight for
the Babies. The Staid and Respectable
Computations exclaimed ''rah. rah.'' and
Called on Architects. The Babies
crowed and Packed their Trunks What
Hoe for larger Quarters and more Com
panions. However one of the Guard ;
ans at the Farm, in Carelessly stroll
ing over the Proposed Site, turned over
a Mental Stone and Beneath discovered
a Horrid Creature. The Report caused
Throwing of Fits and much Collie.
Sages, Wise Men and Counselors in
Israel were Consulted. Discussion
Thrived for Periods of Time. All the
Ink in the Realm was Flushed upon
clean Paper. The Verdict percolated 10
the Public--The Horrid Creature was a
.Dilettante and Would deprecate the
value of Real Estate even IN a Grave
yard The Rounteous Benefactor re-
eeived the Regretful News with Brow
Clogged with Surprise Iiesitatingly he
was forced to Invest the Proposed Wad
In Golden Bordered securities. and the
Babies gurgle at the Old Stand with
Feelings of Loneliness guarding each
Glib ~
Moral Take ii on the Jump and
Hire a Shadow Chaser
Some of those present said that
President Wilson left the distinct i'm
preston by his address, that he had
given up all hope of receiving re-
newal of the Proctor gift, and preferred
that the subject should be considered
as finally dismissed.
He and Philip Rollins, class Of 'S9,
who presented him. occupied the plat
form alone.
freedom in Gifts.
President Wilson discussed first, his
hearers said, the growth of educa-
tional methods and institutions in this
country, and used the occasion to say
that ne regarded President Emeritus
Eliot of Harvard as having dcne pos
sibly the largest service to American
education of any man living The
speaker then referred to Princeton :
distinct gift to educational methods in
the preceptorial system.
Then from a discussion of earlier
Princeton days President Wilson
turned to the growth of the graduate
school, the university department to
which Mr.. Proctor wished to make his
gift. The speaker is reported as telling
the alumni that Princeton could not af-
ford to take gifts with conditions tying
them up. The university ought to be
free to use gifts as the best interests OF
the college life demanded. He was said
to have reiterated his statement made
at ST. Louis and elsewhere that the
graduate school should not be widely
separated department of the university
but rather should sustain close rela-
ton with its everyday life. giving and
receiving support from the entire in
stitution.
Another statement attributed to him
by those who heard it was that, given
the option on rich college or graduate
school and few students and a poor
school with many students, he would
gladly choose the latter every time
A man who was present at both the
St. Louis reunion and the meeting last
night said he never saw an audience
give a speaker closer attention than
DIR. Wilson received. But there was
very noticeable absence of enthusiasm
he said, as the president outlined his
reasons for the rejection of the gift
and the attitude of the university
toward it. There was scarcely any ap-
plause, he said, in the course OF the ad-
dress. At it's conclusion. this alumnus
said most of the alumni left the room
after greeting those nearest them
It was said last night that little sur
prise was felt over President Wilson'S
desire to have the case treated as
closed Eastern alumni present at the
st. Louis reunion say that nothing oc-
curred there to justify the report that
the offer OF the gift might be renewed