Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-20

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Greeted by the ringing Tiger" yells
| DR.. John G. Hibben, newly appoint
ed president of Princeton. was the
guest of honor last night at the ban
quet of the Princeton Alumni Asso-
citation in the hall of the Essex Coun-
ty Country Club, West Orange.
Chara cteristic college enthusiasm was
manifested by the diners. Song upon
song was sung in welcome to the ne"
president.
While the name of Governor WOOD
row Wilson, the former president OF
the college, was not once mentioned
the omission seemed to be by common
consent and apparently caused no EN-
barra ssment
Every mention of the name OF Ut.
Hibben was greeted with a fresh out
burst of enthusiasm 1t was the cue
for a yell or a college song, in WHICH
the members Joined with unstinted
energy. DR.. Thomas w. Harvey, presl-
lent of the alumni, in a few remarks
introduced the POSTMASTER of the eve
ming, Edward D.. Dufield, of 1l6 Scot
land road, South Orange. who was a
member OF the class of 's2. He intro
duced Job C. Hedges, who spoke fer
the New York alumni; William D. MOI
fat, of Hackensack, who represented
the Princeton men of New Jersey;
Parker D.. Handy, who spoke for the
board of trustees, and Professor How
ard McClenahan, speaking for the
faculty. Joseph NJ. Ewing, an under
graduate, spoke for the undergraduates.
Prominent Men Present.
Many prominent men were seated at
the tables, including Bishop Edwin ).
Lines, Chief Justice William Gum
mere, Chancellor Mahlon y. Pitney, M.
Taylor Payne, Wilson Farrand,. of the
Newark Academy; Senator Austen Col
gate, who is a Yale graduate; former
Governor John Franklin Fort and
other noted men from various colleges.
DR.. Hibben said in part:
"I do not expect to begin my admin
istration by any shock of radical
change. in fact I contemplate no
changes whatsoever, for the present
and for the immediate future, as re-
CARDS the officers of the university and
its general machinery of departmental
and committee work. Instead, at the
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election TO the office of President I an
nounced thai the organization of the
university would continue as at pres
ent, until the end of this academic
year. It would seem to me most I'M
wise TO stop the good ship in mid
voyage to examine the parts of her
machinery. particularly when she Is
making over twenty knots an hour.
Conserve Old Traditions.
LAS l interpret the thousand mes
sages which have come to me from
Princeton mel | am deeply impressed
with the fact that they expect me.
above and before everything else, to
conserve the old Princeton traditions.
This responsibility / gladly accept. and
to it | pledge my constant and loyal
effort. In this connection / wish 1t
very distinctly understood how | use
this word conserve use the phrase
conservation of Princeton traditions
and may it, please God, become tho
~watehword of our administration
say | use this word in its philosophical
sense. Conservatism in this sense sig
nifies progress without loss of essen
tial values. 1t does not mean standing
still, but 1T means going forward.
Is Poor Boys College.
Not long ago, on a public occasion,
DIR. Kriebel. the head master of
Perkiomen Seminary, of Pennsburg,
Pa, said in my hearing; The large
majority of our boys are compelled to
support themselves when they go to
college and most of them go to Prince
ton. because there, above all other
| r1oaou fhn may kn1. Oan .t1,1, 1,ta x,ax
along and at the same time maintain
his personal dignity and self-respect.
Today in the freshman class there are
115 men who are living ON less than
$500 for the year.
Lay Foundation Deep.
again, one of our first and ever
constant duties is to conserve the high
standards of our scholarship. 1t has
been always the glory of Princeton
that she has e~ndeavored to make her
men scholars and her scholars men.
II shall have something to say later
upon the kind of scholarship for which
Princeton stands, but in passing, l can
put 1t in a word. 1t is this: To lay the
foundation so deep and broad that II
win develop man in his full powers,
then let him be trained for the special
work that he Is 10 do in the world. But
here again. aside from the system of
education and the organization of our
methods and aims, there is the, heart
and core of the whole matter that must
not be overlooked. 1t is the spirit OF
knowledge. Where 1t prevails there Is
the light of learning. Where it is alb
sent, the light that is in us is darkness,
II would particularly emphasize the
eagerness to know the hunger and
thirst after truth, the curiosity to learn
the causes of things, and the determi-
nation not to be a stranger in the
world in which we live"
CLIJB'S .FRIDAy NIGHT.