Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
HARVARD MEN DINE
Washington Alumni Associa-
ton Members at Raleigh.
SPEAKERS OF PROMINENCE
Maj. Gen. Wood, Prof. Ropes, Repre-
sentative Longworth and
Others Speak.

Members OF the Harvard Alumni AS
ISOLATION OF Washington dined with
great gusto at the Raleigh Hotel last
night and after dining set about to
the usual business OF listening to
speeches. every one Of which was redo
lent with Harvard, and none Of which
was long and prosy.
Taklng 1t as regular Harvard din
ner. the one big message from alma
| mater was delivered by Prof. James
H. Ropes, dean of the Harvard Uni
versity extension. who told Of Har-
wards aim to be the country's pre-
eminent educational institution. Prof.
Ropes speech was serious.
Other speeches, full Of Harvard. but
not so serious, came from Representative
Nicholas Longworth. Senator Lodge, Gen.
Leonard Wood and several others, who
swore by Harvard with all the vehemence
of after dinner speakers.
These speeches were ushered in by the
felicitous remarks of Beekman Winthrop,
toastmaster: quartet Of singers. piano
and cheer leader. Every speaker got a
long Harvard cheer and nearly every
speaker had a special parody sung to
him. These parodies were on 1on8
list marked in black type. Not for pub
lication."
Harvard As Educational Center.
Can Harvard be a national institu-
tion?" Prof. Ropes asked. Some say
that In law and medicine perhaps 1t can.
but in the college 1t will be mainly local.
taking its boys from Massachusetts, and
the New England states. / believe that IL
wholly wrong. Unless we can secure a
national position for Harvard there is
danger ahead"
He said the idea was growing to make
Harvard compete against the state uni
versities. He also said that men who
wanted to get the broader life OF col
lege for men would In the future go to
Harvard and to colleges OF the Atlantic
coast.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Harvard.
II, spoke about the elective system at
Harvard, and praised the recent modi-
fications Of that system.
Il have met young graduates" he said,
who know g. little about great many
things, but not much about any one big
thing" He said he believed latitude in
electives most excellent thing. and
that 1t would result in turning out men
trained we'll along special lines, and
would train men to use their minds.
Harvard's List Of Great Men.
Frank w. Clarke Harvard. 81, of the
geodeic survey. glanced hurriedly about
the room before speaking and asked In
an awed whisper II any Yale mon were
on hand. When he found there was not
a New Haven man present he began
shooting off figures from Who's Who
in America" and another compilation OF
great names to prove that Harvard had
of endeavor.
Representative Nicholas Longworth
made q neat little reference to Cincin-
natl, the center OF art and culture and
. 10 oolS{ hpscf
to say that when he was at Harvard ne
had fiunked in Pol Econ. g." course
in which he studied much about the
tariff!
learned his doctoring at the Harvard medi-
cal school "And let me say right now that
it is sometimes embarra ssing Tor an
army medical officer to become a hne
officer. Anything you do that Is bit
radical" he added. lis criticised as the
work of one of those dashed DOCTORS
Those at Speakers Table.
At tho speakers table were ]. w. Hol-
combe, Representative lincoln Dixon.
REPRESENTATIVE Nicholas Longworth,
Prof. James Hardy Ropes, Beekman VIM
throp, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Prof.
Theodore Lyman. Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, William III. Code. Maj. William
v. Judson, Robert p. G. Valentine and
Prof. Frank Clarke.
Among the alumni present were Green,
Chaplin, McGetrick. Chanee, Kane, Da-
Wis, Collins, Ladd. Hall. Cobb. Foote'
Jones. Kirby, Bayard, chatana. Levin
Buck, Hill, Chase. Foote. Wilkes, Aiken.
Shea, Anderson. Gitterman. Davidge. Nc
Veagh. Totten. Hazard. wilson. Hltz'
Hahn, Stone. Washburn. Mann. LORD,
Chapman, Foster. Richardson. Tucker
man. Cobb, Gale. Harper. Spalding. Ap-
plesate, Chandler, Elliott, Goode. Barr,
Einr c.nff T.hiSRAll.