The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
DR.. R. ". RAYMOND HOEORTD
FRIENDS CELEBRATE THE EN.
GINEERS TORN BIRTHDAY.

VIsitSrs Prem Abroad. q Mccall tTon
LondUn society. . Letter FrOI'
andrew Carnegie and . sllNt'
servlts Prem sclentlstb Friends
Dr.. Rooster worthingtOn Raymond
who vas banqueted and spoken AZ TOT
hours up At the Plaza Hotel last night
must have quite agreed with oliver Wen
dell Holmes that TO be 10 year, YOUNG
is sometimes far more cheerful and hope
iul than to he ~ years Old.' DR.. Ray.
mond vas 70 years. old last "Wednesday.
The dinner in his honor last night vas
partly in celebration Of the engineer
ssventisth birthday and partly in appre-
citation Of Dr. Raym0nds thirty year, Ol
constant service - secretary Of the Amer.
ican Institute Of Mining Engineers.
There were pink roses. lilAcs and smilaz
all over the banquet hall. girls and girls
and gowns. much OrAtory lntsrspersed
with music. kilograms, letters and cable
dispatches from engineering. mining and
metallurgical societies ell over the world,
delegates from London and Paris who had
made the trip across the ocean just 70 Be-
present, enErosssd resolutions BY thu
dozen. q gold medal from . London 90
ciety and q silver service from friends,
the presentation Of which concluded tho
doctors hilarious evening.
The doctor. wearing . skull cap. sat
beside his silvsFy haired wife and tried
to take Il all a. mOaestly - mortal could.
Mrs. Raymond beamed proudly and some
times she hastily Wipod her eyes.
Dr. Raymond and HFs. Raymond sAt
on either side Of the toastmastsr. Dr..
James Douglas. the engineer and metal
Iurgist. On the dais with thsrn were
DR.. Lyman Abbott. George WeatiDghouss
and Mrs. Westinghouse. the hisses Susan
and Susie Raymond. BOrsanO d TeiAdA.
who had come from PARIS - The repre-
sentative Of tho SOci6te des lng6nieuFa
Civils do France; r. T. BaylisS. vsce-pTssi-
dent u the Institution Of Mining and
NIetallurgy Of Great Britain. who had come
20 present 20 Dr.. Raymond . sold medal
from the British institution; Capt. RoOert
W. Hunt and Mrs.. Hunt. John PFitg.
President John A. Benssl Of the American
Society OF Civil Engineers, s. @. SpihbuEy.
W. L. Saunders, Thomas c. Martin, d..
Frank d. Adams Of Montreal and Mrs..
II. B. Bellinger.
Andrew Carnegie ssnt . lSttsr IRON
regrettinG hin inability 10
be present. President d. J. Part
ngton Of the Mining Society Of Nova
scotia and Sir Hugh Boil. president Of
he British Iron and Steel Institute, who
we're listed a. speakers, alsO were CON-
,sllsd 70 send letters Of regret
In the dozen or more speeches and
in the letters and other messages d..
was lAuded for his work a.
soldier. sailor. post, story
writer and critic. Dr.. Lyman Abbott
n his short address said that be would
,ave aside all these accomplishments
4 the guest Of honor and talk Of him
merely a. the friend Of his pastor
ToastmAster Douglas announced early |
hat the speeches must b Kept down |
o Ave minutes of oratory. Hes 70
ears old himself. said Dr. Do ugiaa,
nd doesn't regret IL
Mr. Spilsbury then was called upon
o read the messages Of congF&tuistiOn.
ie read through about fifteen Of them
nd finally used up the last OF his Eve
minutes with the remark that thsrs
rere % many more be couldn't Anish
slors midnight. Mr.. BAyiias then WAs
introduced.
Ny ,'aPPrecia,iCS9 q pr. R.ymopdS