New-York tribune., 1912-01-09
HONOR ROBERT c. OGDEN
PhiIanthrOplst Is Guest of the
Sphinx Club at Dinner.
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT
Praised for His Work for the Up
lift of Negro and Education
in the South.


member of the firm Of John Wanamaker
during the organization of its business In
this city, and who has been one OF the most
ardent and successful workers for the up
lift Of the negro race and the educational
advancement of the South was honored
in an unusual manner last night by the
Sphinx Club at a dinner given at the Wal
dorf Three hundred men. representing
every phase OF the successful business
OF the metropolis Joined in paying tribute
to the man whose work has stamped itself
upon present day philanthropy and busi-
ness development Many letters were re-
ceived from all parts OF the country eX-
pressing the high regard in which DR..
ogden is held everywhere.
President Taft, in a letter said he had
more than an ordinary regret in not being
able to attend the dinner. The President
then wrote:
1t would have been a pleasure to have
Joined you in paying tribute to the work
OF Robert Curtis ogden, in whose honor
1 understand the dinner is given. Hls S3
success as a man of business. followed py
great personal interest which he mas
shown in phianthropic and educational
affairs, gives him a high rank as helpful
American citizen ~
efforts In behalf OF the humble and helpless
OF his fellow men deserve as muCh ul-
stinted praise as Robert ogden. l Know
what I am talking about, and ] am glah
to say this
George 3 Van Cleve. president of the
Sphinx Club, presided at the dinner, and
job h Hedges welded the gavel OF the
toastmaster. The tributes TO Or. ogden
were opened with an appreciatve address
delivered by the Rev Dr. Hollis B. Fris-
sell. who spoke on Robert G. Ogden,
Friend Of White and Black. Who Has
Brought from the North Peace and Good
VIII into the Southland"
DR.. Frissell reviewed the career Of DR..
| Ogden and gave an account Of the active
help extended by the guest OF honor toward
| the work Of the Hampton Institute and
the Educational Alliance.
| Dr Walter H. Page was then introduced
10 present to DR.. ogden the beautifully en-
crossed resolutions Of the Sphinx Cluo'
which made him ar honorary member oil
the club for life in appreciation OF his
| many achievements
ct can say about the guest OF honor
whom I will Introduce now" said Mr.
Hedges. when the turn came for Mr. Ogder
|
has not TO be peculiar in order 10 atuac'
the attention Of his fellow men
DR.. ogden expressed his thanks for the
honors received, and spoke briefly aoou
aavertIsin1 as the topic uppermost in tho
minds OF the members Of the Sphinx Cluo
He then turned TO social and political ques
tions. and said:
With ne a period Of industrial civil wa
seems 10 exist Politics are seeming WI.
discussions concerning big business, tn'
| "noney trust" whatever that may mean
prosecutions OF big corporations ISslslaa
live investigations, regulation OF ram LUaG a.
The air and some OF our friends would, II
their anxiety for reform, utterly rum am
destroy the goose that lays the goIuen sse
and would leave US with only the uIUne'
a,nn,v shell OF success and prosperity
! All this conducts US TO one leadIng lueS
ton that commands the attention OF a a.
| classes OF people, the much taIked Oh pel
haps commonplace. question rps pt tnT Tine bsI
passed when a single man aione III hlS u -
uce can settle what his worknen sudIi "
something 10 say about that. lie Us hot a.
| Wavs reasonable and just but he has
vl5ce in the question and must be heard.
Has labor any moral rlgnts II ia msrEe
price OF its service, which we assume MAJ
/ believe It has such a right-a mora
eouity in the net prohts-and ! do not be-
Iieye that the full application Of the Golden
Rule will have been made until that opli'
! CATION has been recognized and paid
How is this condition 10 De met SIMPLY
| nv the conscience OF the man. or the men
] IN control OF the results Put the whole
! sum In a trust fund. Let each participant
| have his bank book showing the amount 70
| his credit Create board OF trustees and
| LEI the money Of each participant be sub
| tect 10 draft at a certain age,
You will find that ownership, absolute,
and pure with DELAYED possession, VIII
nroye n Character building influence OF the
| most conservative sort. 70 own and care
! FOR money Is the one great lesson our Work
| Ing people need 10 learn
Other speakers were Artemas Ward,
Nanlev I. Gillian. Frederick ]. Gibson, w.
p. Hotchkin. II p. Harding and James
| O'F1aherty Seated at the guest table also
were Borough President McAneny, Or. Al
bert shaw Wilton Merle Smith. William j
schieffelin, George A. Wilson, Herbert l.
Bridgman. Willis n. Wood and ". J.
Matheson.
Among those present were Colonel Willis
I. ogden, Arthur e. James. r. S. Dellen-
baugh. Frederick Trevor HILL Jacob n
schir. Francis l.. Hine, Stephen Baker,
Isaac y. seligman, Collin Armstrong,
Serene s. Pratt, H. L. Stoddard, George
p. Sheffield, Preston P. Lynn, Robert
Nixon. B. ]. Greenhut, ]. l., Kesner, w. Il
Putnam, Adolph s. Ochs, Arthur Greaves,
Bernard F. Gimbel. Charles J. Brooks,
| Charles Schultz, Robert W. de Forest
James Yereance, Eugene Delano, George
]. BENJAMIN, II. A L. Hoguet, o. J. Guide.
Louis 9. Gimbel, Samuel Brill, John n.
Cruikshank Charles II. Green. Franklin
cirrnp and g IT Hollander