Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-06
GRADS
HEAR SPEECH OF
UNIVERSITY HEAD
President Hibben SpIendidly
Greeted by Hudson
County Alumni.

JERSEY CITY, March 6.-President
John. Grier Hibben, of Princeton Uni-
verslty, brought to men of Princeton
here last night a message that answered
In concrete from the question Of why
the community and the world in en-
eral has the right to demand and cx-
pect some form of social service from
ali college men and from Princeton
men in particular.
He found this message, he showed, In
the magnificent loyalty of Princeton
spirit which was manifested to him in
New York ten days ago at the epochal
gathering of Princeton's sons to do him
honor as their new executive, and
| which brought him here last night as
the guest of the Princeton Alumni AS
ISOLATION of hudson County.
DR.. Howard S. Forman, president OF
the association, who was POSTMASTER,
gave the keynote to the speech made
by the guest Of the evening when he
referred to the fact in introducing Presi-
dent Hibben, that the loyalty of Prince
ton men Is the university's best adj
vertisement.
President Hibben Speaks.
rs it possible after all that we can
love Princeton so deeply and SO
dearly that we at times allow our en-
thusiasm to run away with us?p
questioned President Hibben. Il have
been asking myself this since that
overwhelming manifestation of Prince
ton spirit and Princeton enthusiasm
that was poured out in New. York re-
Gently, and / believe / have found the
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such enthusiasm are a vital part Of
the strong mans everyday life.
when we get such expressions Of
emotion that have a master grip and
are not mere evanescent expressions,
we cannot discuss such sentiment
lightly. l consider 1t of incalculable
value to the young man and TO the
older man In business today to carry
such a sentiment about with him.
I'VE are living In a materialistic
age. and there must be something to
offset the rush Of those things that
carry us onward, and sometimes down
ward. In the reaching for success.
IT believe this love we carry for
Princeton ennobles the nature of every
man Of US. 1t enables US to make the
transition from loyalty to college to
loyalty to all things In life. 1t takes
Js away from that world of petty in
t~eresls. where a mans seiishness ia
given first consideration"
Shows Princeton Spirit.
President Hibben then proceeded 40
show that the spirit which is termed
princeton spirit Is indissolubly CON
nected with the development OF the
national spirit OF patriotism. It made
concrete an Intangible thing, he indi-
Gated, so that q man was made vibrant
with enthusiasm II he carried out the
idea OF hat spirit, for his community
for his State and for his country
THE college man is the mar of
privilege. IT is given to him to see
the light. If we are to solve tfese
problems that confront the world to-
day, it is to the men of privilege that
we must look. And the man Of priv
lege in these times Is not the mai Of
wealth, but the man Of education.
princeton has always stood and az
! ways will stand for vocational study.
but l reserve the meaning of that word
for the preparing of a man for a man
place in the world. Princeton expec's
everyone of her sons to give 4 hearty
and ready response to this duty"
what University stands For.
The speech of DR.. Spaeth conveyed
this same idea. He asserted that The
| recognition of what Princeton stand :
for explains the loyalty of her sonf
to her, and he said this was more
particularly true as regards the wa
In which Princeton Is building, q
for the present, but for the future.
Mr.. Farrand's brief address also had
as its theme Princeton loyalty This
spirit was helped as usual by the songs
and cheers that found voice in the old
as well as the younger alumni at the
dinner. "A rather unusual feature was
provided with the Scotch dialect songs
of Roswell Bud Rolston, of the lass
of 1910. of New York.