The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
HARVARD MEN NEEDED
Speaker Declares Country
Must Furnish industrial, F.
nancial and Scientific Aid.
RUSSIA TO NEED ASSISTANCE
Thiry-third Annual Banquet at
Rsuscheris Attended BY Many
Prominent Wsshinstonisna ,

All the great nations of the world
will look 10 the United State, for IN
dustrisl financial. and scientific aid
when the great war Of the nations 10
ended. and the men who viii be fore
most in extending the hand Of relief
viii be the men who have paased
through Harvard. said Thomas W. La
mont Of New York, president Of the
Associated Harvard Club, and mem
ber Of J. p. Morgan a Co. IN address
ing the Washington Harvard Club st
its thirty-third annual dinner at
Rsuscher's last night
when the great conflict end, We
shall see the nations reaching out
their hands 70 us for help said Mr.
Lamont Their need will be treat
Russis-grest. limitless Rus,is-~I-
ready is beckoning TO US. and whether
she resumes her vast trade with Ger
many after the war or not Russis
will need our aid. She will want our
manufactures, she will want our steel
engineers. and our Harvard men.
1T may be years before Russia re-
sunes trade with Germany and IN those
years Russia viii look TO the United
States for supplies OF slf<cinds. In pre-
pairing forSthe big tssk ahead. the Unit
ed States must W a rneasusSl follow m
ne ,ootsteps Of Gsest Britain and see
what Britain has done. We might look
to Argentina, for instance.
Harvard VIII Furnish Men.
There we will find British locono-
uves running on British rails on road
bed built with British capital That is
the kind Of work we must do. and Hsr-
ward is producing Just the kind OF men
needed to do such work Il is mans
work The war has given the United
States a great task, but with our Hsr-
ward men behind us. / feel safe in say
ing that the United States will perform
the task well"
Mr.. Lamont was the guest Of honor.
His speech produced a deep impression.
for among Harvard men the president of
the Associated harvard Clubs occupies
as exalted a position a. that OF the Chief
Executive. Mr.. -4amont's prediction Of
the business future OF the nation at
trscted particular attention because h.
is q member OF the firm Of J. p. Moran
& Company. which has handled the great
est financial deals OF the war. He said:
Presidents business is very honorsbI.
but il is not a sinecure by any mesns
NJ, than one OF US presidents are lead
ing hectic life Just nov. i, too, am
in a campaign for preparedness snd
too, am going about the land making
speeches for preparedness. but I want
preparedness, for for war. but for tn.
twentieth annual meeting Of the Harvard
Ch 8 at Pittsburgh. May 10 and 30 The
meeting will be the biggest and the best
ever
That causes me TO ask: DO you know
what the Harvard Clubs are? gusss
most OF you do, but for those VINO
don't / may say that these club, are
the outErowth Of the idea of a small
group OF men out In the Middle West.
who, a few years sso. decided that
Harvard was not getting her shsr. Of
the fine, intelligent. energetic, and
ambitious youths of the Middle west
These men believed that Harvard wss
not close enough 20 the country and
that she might get closer through the
agency of clubs like the Harvard
Clubs Of today.
Harvard Club. Nsmerops
The idea Of those men has zone
far, for today we have Harvard Clubs
all over the nation aiding our youths
and aiding Harvard. There are about
hfty-three Harvard Clubs paying the
way OF boys through Harvard. boys
who cannot pay for themselves.
The last meeting of these Harvard
Clubs was at San Francisco. and there
the stage setting was perfect for our
assemblsge. Frisco was gay and full
Of life and color, and bubble. and
spirit, and she .donned her prettiest
~xsrb to DO us honor.
The first night we were there We
attended Swedish dinner given IN
our honor by an old Harvard man.
who was In charge Of the Swedish
building That dinner consisted o.
more than 1000 varieties Of salt nsA
served in as many different ways and
II created an almost intolersble thirst.
a thirst. I may say. that was not
sssauged by some throughout the en-
tire dinner why. it was said that
even the Honorable Nick LonsvortA