Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-28
URGES COOPERATION
ON PART or ALUMNI
DR.. thomas Fell Speaks at
University Dinner.
WAS GUEST OF HONOR.
Many Prominent Men Gather for
Feast at Hotel Rennert, Baltimore
Last Night.

suggestion by DR.. John c. Hem
meter, physician, lecturer and author
that the University of Maryland pur-
chase vacant land in the suburbs, with
the ultimate purpose of establishing
the school there, met with a hearty
response at the reception and dinner
given last night a, the Hotel Rem
nert, Baltimore, in homer of DR..
Thomas Fell, the newly elected pro-
vost of the institution.
DR.. Hemmeter suggested that the
land be utilized as an athletic cam.
pus for the present. The ownership
of such property, he explained, would
tend to arouse the interest and en-
thusiasm of the alumni and the pub
lie in the ancient school of learning.
James w. Bowers was the toast
master. Besides Dr. Hemmeter, the
speakers were Judge Walter |. Daw-
kins, Henry P. Hynson, Thomas Mac
kenzie and DR.. Fell.
Some of those present were Chief
Jud ye Henry D. Harlan, of the Su-
preme Bench; DR.. Nathan Winslew,
Attorney General Edgar Allan Poe.
Samuel Want, Dr. Time thy Heat
wole, members of the families Of
the various schools connected with
the university and number cf prom
ineht professional m IN, graduates of
tn , institution.
One OF the interesting features of
the dinner was the announcement
that DR.. Nathan Winslow had insured
himself in favor of the university.
The amount of money which the insti-
tuition will receive at his death was
not made public. All of the speakers
spoke optimistically of the future
of the university, which had recent
ly absorbed the Baltimore Medical
College.
Dr. Fell was given an ovation
when introduc ed by Mr.. Bowers. He
said that the alumni ought to have a
clear sense of their responsibilities
He urged the alumni to do their best
in arousing the intere st of the veal
thy in the schocl in order that money
and endowments could be secured.
DR.. Fell, among other things said:
81 am extremely gratified by this
expression of good feeling on the
part of the alumni of the University
of Maryland 1t gives me gre at en-
couragement in carrying out the
task which lies before me-
First We should endeavor to
make the best of the re sources we
have instead of lamenting the lack of
what is not available.
Second Each alumnus should
be inspired with sense OF response
bility for the welfare and progress of
the university.
"You alumni can bring to our aid
invaluable suggestions from your
vantage ground of experience. AS
there are none who have greater
pride in the university, so there are
none to whom the university should
be able to turn with greater sssur-
ance of help.
The alumni are those to whom
we look especially for support in the
community. The university must
have living friends. The gifts of
the past exhaust themselves. rhe
bounties of the present should run in
q perpetual stream. We must have
endowment for the medical school and
also for all the schools of the univer-
sity.
There is sometimes an idea prev
alent among university men that the
university ca5eer is simply a three
or four year contract, whereby, in
consideration of a certain sum of
money, the university is TO supply
him with certain amount of knowl-
edge and to present him a proper GER
tificate to notify the world that he
has had it, The transaction COM
pleted, the doctor or lawyer regards
the obligation on both sides at an
end. Now this is a fallaey." 4"