The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

had to moisten his throat once, but
l do not know whether that was true.
prom gay, glorious, sunlit Frisco,
the scene of the Harvard Clubs meet
ing, now will shift to smoke-darkened.
smudgy, bustling, burning. business
like Pittsburgh, and there we expect
a great meeting. l am advised that
all sorts of preparations have been
made and I may say that your every
taste may be gratified there.
Those who never have attended one OF
the great Harvard Club meetings should
do so this year, and after you come home
you will feel like taking off your coat
and redOubling your efforts in behalf OF
old Harvard You men here in Wash
ington should go in body. It's only a
one-night ride. You should make up a
carload or two from this city, for there
Is nothing to detain any Harvard man
In Washington in the month of May
except of course, in the event that the
President may want to confer with him
about the Mexican situation
Mr.. Lamont has been called one of the
poor men" who went through Harvard,
enormously referred to sometimes as
the rich MANS college. He worked his
way through Harvard and was graduated
In go Mr.. Lamont Is the son of a poor
was no bar to him. Lamont covered
Harvard for the New York Tribune for
four years, reporting to the papers all
newes of Importance at the university
and writing the football and baseball
stories.
Lannon'S ambition was to be a liter
ary man and he was made president of
the board of editors of Harvard Grim
son." the university's daily paper. and
was one of the editors of the Harvard
Monthly, the biggest and best monthly
issued by any university.
After being graduated, Lamont began
to read copy on the New York Tri-
bune, and he remained at this editorial
work for four and a half years He final
ly became assistant city editor, but by
accident met some Wall Street men, who
told him he would not be a Kipling or
Robert Louis Stevenson, but might
one day become a flnancier. They rec
ognized big financial powers latent in
the Tribune's assistant city editor.
Lamont quit newspaper work and put
his natural business mind to the task of
carving out a fortune, and the measure
of his success may be estimated by the
I fact that he Is not only the youngest
memb Der of J. P. Morgan g. Co, but is
rated multimlllioniare. is a director in
half a dozen banks. and on the boards
OF the New York Central, the Northern
Pacific and other roads.
President Henning Speaks.
Mr.. Lamont concluded his speech be-
fore the Harvard Club amid an outburst
of applause. After his address George
n. Henning. president of the club. who
was presiding as POSTMASTER, delivered
a speech, In which he urged that all Har-
ward men in Washington attend the
meeting in Pittsburgh. President Hen
ming then introduced Representative
Clement rumbaugh, of Ohio, who said
TT Is always a pleasure to me TO meet
with Harvard men anywhere, because
the meeting of men-comrades and
friends;
Whose lives have been enriched
Whose hearts have been inspired
Whose purposes have been ennobled-
"at the one Common Shrine of inspiration
and biessing-Old Harvard-is both a
pledge and guarantee of friendly greet
ing and generous helpfulness.
II wish might be able at this time to
say that which would be worthy both
your time and attention, and also COM
mensurate with my appreciation of the