The sun., 1910-05-29
IBCA. GETS STEVENS CASTLE
aLUNAl DAY ANNOUNCENENT
at THE INSTITUTE.
President tlnnphregs Tetls GrAaaales
mat Titie VIA Ne Taken % tuesday
-lheers FrOm An Fiahhs After the
Fm Naakmg a. the AlumnI mas Parade

Fm Making aS the Alumni mas PaFads
Alexander C. Humphreys. pTssident oi
stevens Institute Of Technology. an.
nOuncod az the third annual alumni day
exercises at Castle Point Field In HObOker
yesterday afteFuOon that next Tuesday
the tF'lsteUa Of the institute will take sitls
10 Stevens Castle. the beautiful old home
stead Of the Stevens family overlooking
the Hudson River on the crest Of Castll
Point. and that they expect 70 take p0s-
session Of the historic building On next
reunion day The Castle and four acres
Oi ground. which will become q part ol
the institute = rapidly increasing holdinEs
u the home Of Col. Edwin A. stevens, ths
present head Of the family. who inherited
the property at the death Of his mother,
Mrs. Martha r stevens
! II is the purpose Of the board Of trua-
tees, Dr Humphreys later explained. e
convert the Castle into a students hall
or students union. and build a large dor
mitory adjoining a. The institute also
has an option on the Robert l.. Stevens
plot. consisting of eight acres fronting
the river and lying 10 the south Of the
Castle property and east Of the institute
campus When this property shall have
been ACQUIRED the institute will own a
clean sweep of the Castle Point lands up
to Richard Stevens's residence and
grounds
The Castle was the home of Edwin
Augustus stevens, the father Of Col
stevens and the founder % the institute
which bear his name. In his will, dated
April rs. 1877. h. gave a city block. tISO.oo
in money for the erection q buildinEa
and an endowment fund of $4,000 for
the maintenance II the institute He
was the seventh son Of Col John Stew n.
who bought Ssi acre- in Hoboken. in
GLIDING the Castle Point prOperty. in
March. l5st. and with his brother. Robert
Livingston stevens. inherited the won
derful mechanical genius of their father
Col. John Sfeven-. and his -ons were
among the leading engineers u their
tlme
The feature u the alumni day exercises
was the parade Of the former Stevens
boys and the manly men u 1910. led by
Hon. T Roosevelt on a hay charger
with an oyergrown Teddy Bsar on hi~
back Mr.. Roosevelt was imEersonAted
by d. N. BrinckerhoH. ~. president II
the Alumni A~socia'ion. ana everybody
agreed that h. made a capital grand
marshal
The parader- appeared at the north
sntrance % the field at SIS oclOck and
drift@d through the gaze keepinE step
% the music Of ths Seventy first Regiment
Rand. The first company Wa- made up
~ the grave ~eniors. -sv-nty-=iE struhg.
IN cap and gown. and the -Oid Guard.
CONSIST ing % mlembers u clas-e' from
- IN ~. came nest in -tore clothes.
The rest e the classes down "a ielp
were in fancy and Srnt--qus dudS and
800 persons enjoyed the spectacle a.
the grads nassed Arouhsi the track and
cOiIntsrmarchsd acro,ss the ath,eti, fi-ld.
The first prins. a blue silk nag. 10 the
class making the hest showing. was
aVari-d 20 ~. whose oentre pieca was
hid-o,s looking green drs Eun. a. feet
lonE. with ten pairs of very active legs
and a nic-ly nnkcd tail St Gssprge
had charge of the MONSTER a. IL curicd.
or rather wObbled its long lean lsngqh
around the held and finally stretched
out like a good naturad puppy IN front
~ the reviewing stand. ~ which were
seated Pr-sidsn, Humphreys m~mhers
Il the faculty and invitad guests IN.
s-cond prize. red silk hag. went - the
clas- Df ian A. brave a hand - twenty
six knights A. ever jousted before lsdies
fair.
The class of rs reserved honorlble
Mention. The class gave an imitation
of the rptun % an imitation Great Hunter
from the imitatiun Wilds of make belsve
Afnca Harry e. Gordon. the Great
Hunter carried an imitation B,g Stack
He vas meskly followed by several very
black natives With savage yi-Ages and By
numerous strange looking imAls-that-I-
hav.-shot. Twotwo legged bsars brought
Ip the rear carrying a hig basket contain
.nE offcial documents hbelled MY Poll
cies. 7 R.
Halleys comet, yellow one. was car
ned aloft by the strongest u a bunch
II twenty-srven long whiskered astrono-
mes IN the class % -. A member q /
the class who wors his sunday best was I
spotted by his former classmates hiding
lehfnd a pretty alri on the edge II the I
,peCtators. He vas promptly kldna pped I
md compelied 10 make a tour Of the feid I
n the wake Of the erratic wind blown I
,ornei The class of ~ wore chantacIsr
Nlstumes. and the class u % was gorgeous
u the Earb II the terrible Turk
A. the old boys Oi Stevens lined up IN
'ront for the reviewing stand 20 hear
what DR. Humphreys had 20 sAy T
Roosevelt No 2 of the class of 1915 pushed
ne way through the ranks and presented
he institute president with his big stick
with permission Of Teddy said DR.
Humphreys, I will receive this club for
Ise on the other Glasses
-Boys.- he added. I am not gong 70
poil your fun this afternoon by making
! speeCn'
-HurrAh.' exclaimed the crowd.
But want 20 congratulate the q lumni
Z Stevens upon the showing you have
made here TODAY he continued you
lunt know what encouragement you
iavc given the faculty want % ex-
'resH thanks 10 you for hfting the debt
n the Morton laboratory since you
rerc herr q year ago Next year I hope
'ou will all he hsfe 10 help ~ take posues-
non 0i the Stevens Castle lCheers We
'xpNCt 20 take title % the Castle in three
lays lGreatef Chesrs | want you 10
Understand that In q KING tire Castle
'ou take responsibility. q part Of you.
VI IN giving but IN getting money We I
ave an option on the Robert l. Stevens