The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
HARVARD MEN IN
FEAST AND JEST
Message Brought by Dean OF
University Extension.
DOORS TO BE OPEN TO YOUTH
One of Several Reforms Resulting
from Elevation of Prof. Lowell TO
Presidency Made Known at Annual
Dinner at the Raleigh Last Night.
A Merry Celebration.

dropped that the youth of the country
may enter. We have opened the DOORS"
was the message brought by Prof. James
Hardy Ropes, dean of the Harvard Uni
versity extension, to the annual dinner
of the Washington Harvard Club, at the
Raleigh, last night.
The doors OF Harvard are to be open
ed to the youth of the whole country,
and the sectional constituency of the in
stitution broadened through the medium
of the secondary or preparatory schools"
said Dean Ropes. This is one of several
reforms which have resulted from the ele-
walton of Prof. Lowell to the presidency
of the university Prof. LOwell's reforms
were the theme of the remarks of both
Prof Ropes, who was the guest of honor,
and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, the
first speaker of the evening.
Custom of the Past.
Hitherto. according to Dean Ropes,
prospective students to Harvard have
been forced to prepare, because of the
entrance requirements, exclusively for
the Cambridge institution. Now that
college is to prepare for the students, in
stead of debating to the preparatory
schools what a prospective student must
have studied, and the university is will
ing TO cede back to the schools the die
tation in such matters. Dean Ropes
quoted statistics to prove that in the
past Harvard has drawn her freshmen
almost exclusively from nearby points,
and from schools in which the course OF
study was influenced by the entrance
requirements OF the Crimson university.
Speaking of the students of distant
schools. which were kept from entrance
by the eXCluSiVeneSS Of the requirements,
bean Ropes said: The extreme limita-
tiOns of the constituency of Harvard
University must be broken. In the last
ear we have at least opened the door.
We must take the products Of these dis
tant schools as they stand or do with
out them altogether
Beekman Winthrop. Assistant SeCre-
tary of the Navy. Was the toastmaster.
Nearly sixty members Of the Washington
alumni were gathered in the big banquet
hall facing an immense crimson and |
white Harvard banner. which covered
almost completely that section of the |
wall directly behind the speakers table. !
In the Topical Songs.
Mr. Winthrop, who, in a list Of topical |
songs, marked Not for Publication"
was introduced as one who sits upon a |
gilt assistant throne"
And gives the whole department roll |
a mighty genial tone introduced Senator |
Lodge TO welcome Dean Ropes. Senator
Lodge regretted the absence of Presi-
dent Lowell, of Harvard. saying he
feared the recent Senatorial contest, in
which DR.. Lowell had run him so close
a race-a hig interrogation point being
indicated after the word CLOSE by q
marked elevation of the eyebruws-might
have lad something to do with his recent
competitor S-aGain the Interrogation
point-abScncc. Senator Lodge asSidU-
ousIy avoided tariff. reciprocity. and poll
tics. He commended Or. Lowell on his
limitation of the latitude allowed stu
dents in elecing studies practced
under DR.. Eliot, saying the system had
resulted often in the student learning
"a little Of good many things, and no
one thing very we'll
Frank NJ. Cobb Of the Geological
Survey. who rose, as he announced, ito
make a few incoherent remarks ap-
prOpriate to the OCCASION quoted sta
tistics to prove that Harvard graduates
are first in quantity and quality
in every line of endeavOr. He fOunu
it no difficult task to convince his
hearers.
Representative Nicholas Longworth,
who was called upon by the songs in
the mot for publication" list, to tell
a new story that would be bit
risque. and make all the old grads
jump" kept his hearers in happy
mood by an extremely witty speech.
MT. LOnSWOTll lblu Ol MS ldlluIt ~
pass in his political economy course
at Harvard, a course which dealt eX-
Clusively with the tariff, experimenting
his statement with the remark that he
had yesterday morning, as a member
Of the Ways and Means Committee of
the House. voted for President Tafts
Canadian reciprocity treaty.
Puts Question to Lodge.
Turning to Senator Lodge, Mr.. Long
Senator from Massachusetts whether
my action in funking the tariff course
a Cambridge was justified or whether
my vote this morning was right"
Wait till we get hold of your bill"
was the reply, soto vOce, from the ven
cradle Senator from Massachusetts" !
Mai. Gen. Leonard a Wood, Chief of
Staff of the army, related several anus
ing anecdotes. and. referring to a recent o.
hearing before the Appropriations Com ,
mittee of the House, in which Gen.
Keifer, of Ohio, had quizZed him on what
he thought the attitude of other nations
would be if we fortified the Panama
Canal, said he had replied that he didn't
know what they will think If we fortify
the canal, but they will think we are
perfect fools if we don't"
United States Consul Chandler, of !
Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic. who !
has started a Harvard Club in that far
distant country, spoke on the growing
Importance of amicabe commercial rela-
tions between North and South America.
At Speakers Table.
Those at the speakers table were
George H. Henning ]. w. Hocombe,
Representative Lincoln Dixon, Repre-
sentative Nicholas LOngworth. Prof
James Hardy Ropes. of Harvard; Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy Beekman r
Winthrop, Senator Lodge. Prof. Theodore Q
Lyman, of Harvard: William H. Code
Commissioner Judson, Robert G. Valen- s
tine, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and ! il
Prof. Frank Clarke. >
Among those present were Messrs.
Green, Chaplin, McGetrick, Chaffee,
Kane, Davis, Collins, Ladd, Hall Cobb, Is
Foote, Jones, Kirby. Bayard Chatland. n
levin, Buck, Hill, Chase, Foote. Wilkes, d
Aiken, Shea, Anderson, Gittman, Da- q
vidge, MacVeagh, Hazard, Wilson, Hitz u
Hahn, Stone. Washburn,~ Mann, Lord,
Chapman, Foster, Richardson, Tucker y
man. ]. Cobb. Gale, Hooper, Spalding, .
Applegate, Chandler, Robbins, Dodge, \
Hall, Alden, Abbe. Elliott, Goode, Barr, r,
King, Con-, and ThisselI.
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