The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-22
SHARP ANSWER TO PRITCHETT
EITHER 9IINN o. FORDHiR
RESENTS CRITICTSN.

I.~ sud uedleal SrhSsls Net I.araInx.
Ne sa,S-Men. Not Eauipmeaa. the
TnInSS That GhIeaS Csunt- DEIrIct
NttsraeS Whitman Agrees on Thst.
Inc Rev. Daniel ,. Quinn. president
cf Fnr,tham University. made a tart
answer before the law students of the
universally assembled NJ a dinner IN the
Hotel MANN attain 10 the crit icisrns that had
r.,n ~ SGD upon the Forslham medical
and Jaw s,hools by Dr. Henry u. Prii q.
,hett. the president Of the CnrneEie
Foundation for the Advancement OI
lat,htng he said that when ~ harmed
that DR. Pritchett had once ts.en presi-
,isnt II tn, Massachusetts, Institute II
technology any aspersions Dr. Pritchc,t
niRht have cast upon shcs, twu depart e
,nents II Fordham came as a compliment
rather than a slight.
Prrstdsut Quinn. who vas the first
strak-r oI the evening and whose toast
VAS The University allndsd Co Dr..
Prl'che,i IN the beginning oI his sVse-,'h
MARTIN II Glvnn with whom I have
ta-n talking this evening. has told M,
.a.d President OUinn. that in his re,Dogl
uprn the condition 90 warriors colleges
~ Pr,tchett has c~n~,Ired thu law aud
medical schools ~ Fordhan becarse
q 'h-ir led. " equipment | ask ed Mr.
Gl,rn here Dr Pritchctt came from
and n. rpld IN" that the head pI the Car
neSie Foundation dsed to be- associated
With the Massachusetts, Institute OF
T~chncloCy know Boston pretty we'll
and can therefore unslerstSnt Tr. Prit-
ChaJ; criticism. | assure YOU that under
starding u cors.dsr IL compliment
20 hurdhar rather than IN any other
hGh, r. 49,,
taliary quite common in the cd iCational
woTld whi'h - that s~lIipmept ~ every 70
thing thai college. HhoaIld he measured
hv tue amount ~ money that u behind
y 10 my mind u - the men ~ ho con-
-ttY'" the facIlt- and the spirit IN " Inch
Ikey orb thu make the university ard
the rolage wha' thev a-e. am perfectly
CERTAIN that whsn Ee rom" Co compare
oufs>lNe 81 fordhann on the scores ct
moral feeling. diligence and scholarship
On every noint except the INST eriali-tic
On@ ~ equipment we need not be ashamed
and hat we can compete with any other
college in the land. I congratulate voI
th-i nan ~ the position occupied ny
p Prt'che't has aid cha, he does -,,y
ahou' vO'i
wh-n district Attorney whitman fob
!ov.d Pres.dent oHnn I've backed up
know tina, what your president ~ .
Ius' -ald resds no Endorsement from inc. :
sa@ Whitman. -h,it I bel eve every
thing that he has said. l cave frnn .
.rls "a, Scl,eg.: poor co'isse IN resperii
a" N~ss ccllee- W. the world.
J. isat equipment and mHr~v and
m" buildhnge LAT ntsk" a college CT =
unIVer~i'v. whatever IN" equipment
mag ~. the men to whom you look ur
ana Nhe teach you 90 the REST Of thoIr
ability srp tie highest inancn~~s for
= "a IN your college life congrs tulst"
IRE FoUtham law schoO' on IN" work
" IL dCiEg. know Of no other iaw -ChoOI
~ the United States thai hes mace ~,I' h
remarkable progress IN the last four
years.
Whitman sai1 jokinsly thai ~ vas
enrrv the 100 odd stisoe. - - tho taIce
cia-scs N the school Af0 saf At the
uanquet last night Nere rot ye; a1mi'te .
to the tar
Tor / still Rave -isk, vsca-cie~ To
I'll and there are 700 Appl'Csrts. ! am
glad that there are 2.tJo laSycrs who
are wiling TO GO into tho service a. the
city. Ny embarraNsms' does rot arlre
from tire lack 81 cood men tp ~ oef'"es
IN from the difficulty in choosing from
among ~ many good men
The nistgics Attorney rIcsed hiB speech
~ ssying that IL Re dI1 rot succeed
h,mseH ir Office he tcpe4 that the man
~ hrs right. who hRppened to ~ George
Gordon Battle woCld succeed him ard
you'd ftnd places for FOrdkAm men in
ire District Attorneys off,cs Others
Who spoke we're Dean Paul Fuller IL the
aw school Ralph p. Clifford ~ tho
faculty. JUSTICE William Carr. Justice
James 4 OCiorma1, judge Warren "
Foster Martin r. GlTrr. William McAdoo.
Thomas p Connolly. x. A. CONWAY ann
Lee Hickey. John d. Lyons the pre-
Dor 81 the third wear class. was toast
naSies