The Washington herald., 1914-01-18
dam song sung
WITHOUT REBUKE
But the Georgetown Alumni
Sings About Potomac,
Not the Filipinos.
BORAH SEES TEMPEST
Formation of Class Distinction Will
Cause Upheaval. Declares Sen
ator from Idaho.
BORAH SEES TEMPEST

ator from Idaho.
, And now, gentlemen. we shall sing
Dam, dam, dam the old Potomac
Thus ruled with fearless voice s. g.
Adams, toastmaster at the Founders
Day banquet of the Georgetown Univer-
sity Alumni in the New Willard last
night
A hush fell over the assemblage.
About 800 heads turned to the "maitre
d'honneurs;" then came storm OF pro-
test and demands for an explanation.
what do you mean?' Here's where
we get in bad" do you want to
raise another Carabao row.? were
some of the astonished inquiries. 1t
seemed for a moment as IL the merry
evening was TO md a sorry and en-
barrassing end But, undaunted by the
queries from the protestants, Toast
master Adams coolly continued:
THE Jokes on you. boys. The song I
propose to have you sing has been passed
by the national board of censorship.
And then he read the song
Little did "the boys hesitate to comply
with the toastmaster's ruling" after he
had read il, and as the mighty chorus OF
200 voices Joined in the Dam, Dam,
Dam" another chapter was being added
to the large book Of parodies on the
song which only recently stirred up
sensation in army and navy circles:
Sees Coming Storm.
The celebration of Founders Day by
the GEORGETOWN ''U'' alumni was one OF
the most successful affairs ever given by
that society.
The principal speech of the evening
was made by Senator w. L. Borah'
from Idaho. While the rest Of the ad-
dresses dealt with light subjects, such
as "reminiscences of college days. Jokes
and funny stories, Senator Borah took
occasion to dwell for a few minutes on
the theme of patriotism, with speclai
reference to the American Constitution
On the whole his speech was OF an
optimistic strain, the Senator referring
in particular to what he termed the abb
solute loyalty and high patriotism OF the
members of Congress, who he said nave
but the country's welfare at heart.
In speaking, however, of the ever-grow-
ing formation of classes in this country,
and the split between capital and labor,
Senator Borah voiced an emphatic warn
ing of what he said was inevitable unless
''the tide is stopped right now, a con-
flict between brothers and brothers. He
said. in part:
We have not outgrown the Constitu-
ton. We as a people, in a constitutional
way have failed to arrive. We will ar
rive and when specific and concrete ex-
ampies are presented, We will see how
they fit in with those grand old princi-
pies upon which our country was
founded. u
Plan Not to Blame.
Years of protest, conflict of brother
against brother. son against father, con-
stitute the background of one of the
most stupenduous dramas of modern
times. 1t seems to be one of the ironies
OF prosperity that it breeds classes. 1t
is against these prejudices that country
is called upon to wage eternal war. This
is not test for weak men.
THE representative form of govern
ment is the wisest system. The failures
lie not in the plan, but in our failure
TO live up to it,
Other speeches were made by Rev. Don
Ian, s. J.. president of Georgetown Uni
versity; Justice Ashley NJ Gould, George
E. Hamilton, and Aloysius Brosnan, who
paid a high tribute to Bishop Carroll. of
Maryland.
A loving cup was presented to Capt.
Costello. of the Georgetown football
team, Judge Gould making the speech
of presentation A great ovation fol-
lowed his mention of the recent victory
of the Georgetown team over Virginia
The speech-making was followed by
music and entertainment numbers. One
of the features was the showing of
stereopticon views of members of last
years football team. One Of the songs
which made a particularly big hit was
When It's Apple Blossom Time in
Alexandria
Among those who took part in the en-
tertainment We're George H O'Connor,
Leo p Harlow, Conrad Reid, ]. ]. Gal
vim, ''the angel-voiced' tenor" Harry
Hickey, DIR. J. Ryan Devereaux. III.
Cover, Y. Quigley, J. Foote, ]. Toomey,
T. Bryan Huyck, p. Lee Scantling, D
w. O'Donoghue, and others.
Present mt Banquet.
Present at the banquet were:
Roy d. Adams, S. S. Adams ]. C. Ad-
kins.
W. Baker, z. B. Behrend, w. NJ. Bar
ton, F. 1. Brown, B. Leo Byrnes, w. W.
Bride, James Barron, Ed. Barrett. Ed.
Brady, Geo. I. Berger, Shirley Bowles,
c. c. Bergen, H. A. l. Barker, Senator
Borah, Rev. A. p. Brosnan, Clifford K.
T. B. Bayne, ]. F. Nc. Bry-
ones.
]. d. Carmody, Jno. P. Caulfied, F. E.
1. J. Costigan. d. o. c.
Callaghan, Thos. X. Conrad, NJ. +. Conry,
Harry ]. Costello, Chas. Cox, Cusack, II.
CIeary. Rev. ]. B. Creeden, J. Perry
Campbell, L. H. Camf1eld, ]. F. Costello,
Geo. F. Curtis, Paul B. Cromelin, T Ray
mond Clark, d. Ed. Clarke Rev. John A.
Conway. Jas. Z. CoIlif,ower, F. A. Castell.
Bliss N. Davis, II. C. Duffy, C. W. Darr.
William II. Dennis, Leo ]. Dougherty, r.
d. Daniels, o. B. Drown, NJ. M. Doyle.
J. H. Digges, B. F. Davis, J. T. DAILY,
William II. Donovan, William H De
Lacy, Vernon NJ. Dorsey, R. Z. Donnelly,
J. p. Dunn, Dougherty, w. J. Donnelly,
W. L. burst, Joseph Dyer. jr., Rev. A
J. Duarte, Rev. A. ]. Donlon, Dr. Ryan
Deveraux, Ashton Devereux, Eugene
Darr, NJ. Dunsworth, Dick Downey, and
J. L DAILY.
Rev. Emmett, ]. S. Easby-Smith, |
Charles Earl, and Thomas Ewing.
John D. Foley, Hugh J. Fegan, Thomas
l. Fortune, NJ. NJ. F1annery, ]. A. Fury, |
Henry D. Fry, George A. Finch, DR..
John Foote, Dan Forbes, William Flan-
merry, and Ralph B. Fleharty.
H. r. Cover, J. F. Cannon, Dr. Will
lam r. Goodman, DIR. William c. Gwynn. |
J. W. Glennon, John Curry, Fred r.
Gibbs. c. NJ. Gearhart, Charles L Grif- |
fifth. Hon. Ashley M Gould, and Frank |
Gargan.
o. Horsey, j. C. Halls, F. ]. Hogan.
Leo p. Harlow, T. B. Huyck, William
]. Hughes, Charles NJ. Hammett, John |
c. Howard, William B. Horigan, George |
r. Hamilton, P. ]. Haltigan, George
p. Hoover. L T. Haney, II. K. Hickey, |
s. McC. Hawken. Wayne Hart, John |
Heiskell r. A. Heiskell Charles |