Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-19
HBDEN TELLS OF
PRINCETON NEEDS
President of University Tells
Alumni INDECENT Students
Should Be Helped.
SAYS PERMANENT FUND
SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED
Money Paid by Many Does
Not Cover Cost of In
struction."

Dr. John Grier Hibben, president
OF Princeton University, made a. plea
for the deserving young man desiring
a college education, at the banquet
of the Princeton Alumni Federation
of New Jersey, held at the Washing
ton last night.
DIR. Hibben was presented by James
e. Bathgate, president of the feder-
alton.
Il propose to confine myself solely
to the practical side and talk on the
needs of our university" he said.
These needs do not arise from any
weakness: on the contrary they are
the consequences of a healthy growth
of our university.
THE trouble lies in that the prices
paid by the students do not cover
the cost of instruction he receives
and SO, in a measure, great part OF
us are charity students.
"Another trouble that We have to
face is the finding of employment for
those students who are not possessed
OF sufficient means. A great deal of
help will come from the bureau of
self help of your federation. But un-
fortunately, Princeton does not offer
the opportunities for work that uni
versities near big cities have.
"A friend of mine-by the way, no
Princetonian--has promised to finance
a farming scheme and maintain 1t
for three years and also help us with
advice as to the best way to make
the farm se1f-sustaining. Under pres
emf conditions we still have to turn
away young men with insufficient
means
Permanent Endowment Is Needed.
The speaker then touched on the
need of a permanent endowment
fund for the sustenanee of the teach
ing faculty and in order to be able
to-iioid valuable men that such uni
versities as Harvard and Yale are
after. Thanks to the generosity of
its alumni, the university at present
does not owe a cent" said DR.. Hib-
bard. ''but the future is still a greater
problem to battle with"
Not alone the increased student
body, however, was a cause of in
creased expense, but the pressure
frem outside in the form of demand
for. wider scope in the curriculum
ofsteachings was taxing the manage
u1Ent of the university heavily, the
sneaker asserted.
As illustration of what he meant he
remarked wittily: Just compare the
knnMledge possessed of physics by
Me- -JTzal McCarter, of the class Of
1SSz. with that of our present day
scientists of the land" DR.. Hibben
also complained that the library,
which should be an up-to-date con-
tre~of reference. is falling behind for
the lack of increased funds.
Pleads for n Common Centre.
IN concluding. he pleaded for one
common centre, a home where at all
times alumni and undergraduates
could meet and were the latters' va
rious official bodies had their offices.
"A home" as he said, for the COM
meree of all practical activities of
the university, as well as for the COM
merce of enduring friendship" The
speech of DIR. Hibben brought forth
a college yell that almost made the
walls of the hall tremble.
Besides DR.. Hibben, Mr. w. D. Mof-
fat gave a moving-picture lecture IL
Illustrating -Four Years of Life at
Princeton"
At the conclusion of the banquet it
WAS decided to hold an athletic meet
of the federation in January to take
pace in the Essex Troop Armory.
At the guest table, including the
Oldest class members. the following
were seated: Former Senator George
W. Ketcham, Newark, class SO; Ed
ward @. Keasbey. Morristown, of '69;
Francis Speir, Orange, chairman of
the Graduate Council of Princeton, of
II; DIR. John Grier Hibben, president
of the university. of 81; James E.
Bathgate, jr. president of the feder-
alton; Supreme Court Justice Francis
j. Swayze, of Harvard; the Rev.
David r. Frazer, pastor emeritus of
the First Presbyterian Church. The
latter opened the banquet with
prayer.
AS a souvenir each one of the diners
received a bronze copy of the medal
lion stamped in commemorating the
inauguration of President Hibben,
May IL last
Among the other diners the follow
ing were present: Uzal H. McCar-
ter, John r. Hardin, William P. Field,
Edward S. Rankin, Franklin Murphy,
sr.. Wilson Farrand, the Rev. John
Mcdowell. of Newark; Joseph A.
Dear, of Jersey City; Michael Dunn.
of Paterson.
Those on the committee of arrange
ments were: Harold H. Short. New
ark. chairman; Edward ID. Duffield
and Robert 1. Barr. of Orange;
Robert Yard, Montclair; ]. w. Queen,
Jersey City.