New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-27
EAGLE" HAS A BIG PARTY
Brooklyn Newspaper Celebrates
Its 10th Anniversary.
ISSUES A 96.PAGE NUMBER
Hester and McKelway Speak at
Reunion of Present and
Former Employees.

The Brooklyn Eagle" celebrated us
SEVENTEEN anniversary yesterday In the
afternoon the paper published ninety-siX-
page edition, including supplement, whlch
told Of its growth and Of Brooklyns de-
yelopment in the period since 1871. and In
the evening six hundred employees and a
couple OF hundred former employees, with
their wives and families. attended meet
ing at the Academy Of Music and listened
to speeches by Dr. ST. Clair McKelway, the
editor and Colonel William Hester, presi-
dent OF the corporation There we're vaude-
vile numbers and music also.
Isaac Van Anden, who began his business
career as printer. established the paper.
after, a discouraging experience with an
other publication. THE Advocate Brook
Ign was prevalingly Wing in sentiment IN
1871. There were two WING papers. but not
a Democratic one Mr.. Van Anden. who
had corfned himself to his job printing
after his experience with The Advocate
conceived the idea OF Democratic paper.
II was started simply to act as the party
organ through election, but 1t was so sue
cessful that Mr.. Van Anden continued the
publication after his political associates
had withdrawn. and by January, 1882, he
owned the paper free and clear.
Mr.. Van Anden died AT Poughkeepsie IN
1915. at the age OF sixty-two, leaving con-
siderable money acquired in the publica-
ton Of The EaCle" He had sold the pa
per five years before his death Since 1892
The Eagle" has had as its headquarters
large office building at Washington and
johnson streets. 70 which large addition
was erected in 1913.
The paper has had many men in its EN-
poy from time 10 time who later became
famous. Mayor Gaynor was once its law
reporter Walt Whitman i numbered
among DR.. NcKelway's predecessors. The
poet remained in the Office. however, only
year He had habit of going out on
the hills on fine DAYS 70 loaf and invite
his soul" letting the paper take care OK
itself.
Colonel Hester presided at last nights
meeting. He welcomed the guests. told
them that they could find all the facts they
might want about THE Eagle" in the
special supplement Of the afternoon and
gave way to Or. McKelway. who spoke in
part as follows:
The new words by which the old truths
arc now labelled are Psychology and
mean openmiEdedness TO the latest truth
and TO the hest estimate of that truth. The
one force which the Two words express has
it's influence on all minds and on all pur-
suits. on newspapers and on newspaper
workers IL has especial influence. The
Brooklyn OF 1871 and the Brooklyn of 1911
i'm one sense arc the same Brooklyn, but
in q far better sense the contemporary
Brooklyn is enlargement, refinement and
fulhlment Of the promise Of the Brooklyn
of seventy wears ago. And the Brooklyn
OF seventy years from now and The Eagle
workers Of seventy years from now Will
think of US as traditonally ard. let us hope.
rs reVerently a S We now think Of the best
OF our predecessors.
Let MS regard ourselves a. the lnheritors
or the past. the holders Of the present and
the stewards Of the future responsibility in
our work With no depression because Of
the past, with no peSSmism I'm the present,
We need have 10 apprehension for our
selves or fear for those who shall follow
us IN the future.
! do not care here to differentiate the
news side and the opinion side OF The
Ee gle" from one another. The news is the
basis Of comment. The comment should be
the statement OF the principles the news
illustrates and Of the duty to the world the
these contentious fields have infinitely
Videned i'm seventy years. Journalism has
cCrrespondingly expanded with those ever
Widening fields. The spirit of chronicle and
the spirit of comment have sympathetically
brcadened and should sympathetically
become better. As they become better
journalism IS better. journalists are better
and the community influenced by them
ard. in turn, itself influencing them, become
better.
TO my view. this betterment Of Journalism
and Of the community is constantly going
on. That the betterment shall go on i'm our
case and in that Of our community or CON
eutuency an overwhelming one, lot us re-
solve