Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-24
PRINCETON MEN FEAST
MIDST A GALE Of FUN
Baltimore's lone Best Bet Stars in
Role of After Dinner
Speaker.

The inexplicable question. why is
Walter Lord of that city last night at
the forty-ffth annual dinner of the
Princeton Alumni Association, held at
Rauscher's. Mr.. Lord was brought to
Washington one of the leading eX-
temporaneous speakers ever gradual ed
from old Nassau, and when he had
been introduced by the newly elected
president of tho association, Victor
Kaufman. he began Il most enter
tanning speech. which covered more
ground than Queen pido's bull hide
and proved to be a wholesale order of
BaltimoreS best wit.
Only. he did not answer the question
why is Baltimore? To hide their
sorrow. the alumni present would ever
and anon burst forth into one of those
songs which seem to be printed. not in
black and white. but in black and
orange, and during the singing of them
2 lifelike little tiger at the head of the
table kept nodding his head
Humorist Grows Serious.
At the very end of his speech Mr.
Lord. Baltimores best bet, suddenly
turned from his exalted description of
the sorrows of Carthage as north At
rica went dry, and had serious word
to say for preparedness. He had been
talking off and on about prohibition,
peace and preparedness, the three per-
nicious F's of present politics. but he
suddenly rammed home the sentiment
that the preparedness program being
dished up byb the military and naval
affairs committees of the House are
utterly inadequate
u q n Mt
tive Thomas 5. Crago of Pennsylvania
and Princeton 'S3-a1so a member of
the military affairs committee of the
House. He mad previously made lit
tie speech. in which he praised his alma
mater for the spirit of preparedness
shown there in the military work of
some of the undergraduates. At the
fiery outburstS from Mr.. Lord, Repre-
sentative Crago looked around, grinned
and then burst into applause with all
the rest
There are several regular events at
a Princeton alumni dinner which must
be recorded, else the world will not
believe the dinner a regular one.
For instance. Jimmie Norris sang that
sweetly sentimental song, whose scenes
are laid in a crowded street car. en-
titled "Oblige a Lady" He has been
doing it for years. and he will do it for
years to come. It's part of Princeton
dinner. Harry Davis talked about
President McCoSh. and between talks
ing almost the way Wallace Mclean
used to do it before he went to New
York to live.
Some Other Few Words Men.
Col. W. w. Harris, L. s. A. and Prince
ton IS, had a few words to say, and SO
did DIR. B. V. D. Post, Princeton '93 and
now connected with Roberts College, at
Constantinople. Houston Thompson
81, one time an end the team, and
now a part of the administration. by
virtue of being an assistant attorney
general, proposed toast to the
Greatest Princetonian, Woodrow Will
SON.
Previous to the dinner, the annual
business meeting resulted in the cleo
tion of the following officers:
President, Victor Kauffmann; vice
president, Oliver Metzerott: secretary,
Newton X. Fox: assistant secretary,
William J. Father. jr. The executive
committee elected is composed of the
officers and Montgomery B. Angel.
Lawrence A. Baker. William Barnum
Edmund Brady, George G. Cornwen,
Winthrop NJ. Daniels. Frank b. Fox.
Justice Mahlon Pitney. f. o. Wagon
horst and Max c. J. Wiehle.