The Washington herald., 1915-02-10

the nations government.
| when Assistant Secretary Hamlin
| ceased to be Assistant Secretary his
place was filled by the present Assistant
| Secretary, Mr.. A. ]. Peters. We have
also Mr.. Warren. assistant in the De-
partraent of Justice. and last, but. not
| least. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Vrooman. All are Harvard men and well
may the nation and the government be
proud or them"
Representative Brown. of New York.
delivered a brief address. asking that
he be excused because OF the late hour
and because he believed all wanted to
hear DIR. Wiley.
! DR.. Wiley made an address that was
punctuated with laughter and applause
and then with long silences when nc
touched on various questions. He said:
You have been listening this evening
. to distinguished representatives OF the
! people ard now that have begun to speak
you are hearing the voice Of the people.
As has been said the same God that
made desert made me. I am a rabin
prohibitionist. But though 7 am n pro-
hibitiOnist. yet I am not a teetotalpr
am willing however. to give up my wines
II the labOring man must give up his
also. Though ! may drink so ii hurts
me little. he. In his hard work. his
everlasting work and perhaps his dis
content may drink so it hurts him
great deal.
Our friends up on Capitol Hill are
going to make the District dry. They are
going to do it almost unanimously
rejoice. But while ] drink and talk pro-
hibition let me remark that there is
great difference between the philosophy
of food and drink and the philosophers
food and drink. I look about and see
Harvard men doing all kinds Of work
for the government and the people.
Harvard men could fill all the offices
in our government. and even then there
would he enough left over to serve as
the people. l have heard with delight
the predictions Of our Assistant Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Vrooman. and I want
to point TO him as type Of the Harvard
man that is doing that great work down
in the Department of Agriculture.
The Secretary of Agriculture, the
Assistant Secretary. the Solicitor. Il
very noted economist in the depart
ment. the heads of many divisions and
bureaus are Harvard men and one oil
finest Harvard men you ever heard about
was chief chemist OF the Department OF
Agriculture not long ago. l believe that
Harvard is the greatest agricultural
school in the world
John Harvard was carried away
by tuberculosis. in early manhood, pe-
fore he had time to spend his fortune
and when he died he left his fortune
ard his name TO Harvard. Harvard
!OGay il doing a great work in tryins
to stamp "ut the very tuberculosis )
that gave the college origin.
Why is il that people from all over
the world, seeking knowledge. go to
Harvard? 1t is not because Harvard
has the greatest number of students |
There are larger seats OF learning. 1t !
is not because Harvard is the Oldest ]
school i'll the nation. for William and |
Mary's is older. Harvard is the great |
est place of learning in this nation be !
cause at Harvard every man has his |
regardless of his creed or color !
because of its universality. Ask the !
man which is the greatest /
American university and he will men /
tiOn Harvard first.
Riches Not Needed.
Il disagree somewhat with Prof. Chan
ning's b'lier that Harvard needs more
money. never want to see Harvard rich
Harvard always must feel the pinch Of /
poverty And possess the dash and vim
and go and ambition and energy of hun
ger. Harvard always must have the i'm
pulse that guides the poor man to seek
higher things. Let not I say. let not
he wealth OF Carnegie or a Rockefeller
'Ner poilute the pure sparkling bubbling
ountain OF Earning. Guard against
wealth. Prof Charming, you would
guard against Il plague at Harvard.
The moment that Harva rd's abdomen
becomes puffed with wealth Harvard will !
cease to be the great university it is to-
day. As Assistant Secretary Of Agricul-
ture NroOman said Harvard does teach
Is to separate the wheat from the Chaff,
but We give the Chaff to the laboring
man. 1t must he the duty OF Harvard
men to see that the toiler gets his full
share of the wheat. Harvard men must /
leach the mobility of labor and the no.
1ility of sharing the fruits Of labor with
all who labor.
Greater than the question OF what
'hips shall fly the American flag. great
II than the question OF what nation
hall rule Europe. and greater than
he question of what flag shall rule the
eas is the question today of giving
he laboring man his fair and just re-
ward"
The closing address was delivered
" former President SIocum, of the
Few York Harvard Club. who told of
presented the club with a large photo
ng of the steamship Kroonland
n July. After this address the COM
amy sang Fair Harvard" led by Pick
ring Dodge. whose grandfather wrote
he famous college song.
During the dinner Hawaiian songs
we're sung by Stephen Desha and j. |
(. Dcsha. Toastmaster Holcombe an
ounced that Clinton T. Brainard had
rees1ted the club with a large photo J
t the Harvard alumni in Washington
'hO Ilayed the Yale alumni a game
+ baseball at Chevy Chase Club last
ummer. The photo Handsomely
was passed among the diners
Myrcn W. Whitney sang Kerry
dances" as n solo and responded to
II encore Charles T. Tittman sang
Gypsy John" as a solo and ns an
moore gave Brown October Ale !
The officers of the Washington Har- {
ard Club are John w. Holcombe. presi- ,
ent; Samuel E. Winslow, first vice
Daniel w. Shea, second vice G
resident; George n. Henning, third vice S
resident; Walter r. Tuckerman, fourth /
ice president; Pickering Dodge. treas @
rer. and John w. Davidge. secretary. a
The chairman of the entertainment :,
was composed of Pickering
odge. chairman: Walter r. Tuckerman, o
. Russell Alden. Edward NJ. Evarts, b
nd John r. Desha. h
Among those present were Truman a
bbe. II. L. Adams. Charles F. Aiken, =
Russell Alden, Sidney BaIlou, ]. L.
arr, Virgil Barker, II. Bluestone. CIin-
IN T. Brainard. Lathrop Brown. Clement o
rumbaugh. William Chitty, +. n. Chat L
ID. c. II. Chapman, F. w. Clarke. 7. T G
ollidge. T. n. Carver, +. G. Caffey. Vic A
II Cobb, S. j. Capen, F. c. Cochren. Ed =
ard Charming, John Cummings. Fred =
ick A. DelanO. J. r. Desha J. f Day II