The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-12
The Centennial of
Colgate University

A LITTLE moro than a hundred
n gears ago thirteen men held a
prayer meeting in a farmhouse
on the outskirts of the village of Hamil-
ton in central New York. at which the
need for the establishment III a school
for the education OF Baptist ministers
was discussed. There was no institution
for higher education west of the Hudson
Plver at the time. Each of the thirteen
men offered a prayer and each con-
trtbuted dollar out OF these thirteen
prayers and s13 has grown a university
from which. according to Gen. Miles, the
first company of students volunteered TO
fight for the preservation OF the Union
in 1851, and from which contributed
nearly a thousand undergraduates and
alumni to the various forces which
fought against Germany. One-third OF
these men were commissioned officers.
twenty-five gave their lives and five
| We're decorated for extraordinary bra
very.
1t is Colgate University which has
this remarkable record of expansion from
| small beginnings. 1t celebrated the
hundredth anniversary of its founding
| on October 10 and II. Addresses were
| made by distinguished alumni. DIR. John
| H Finley delivered an Grafton and
| honorary degrees were conferred upon
Elihu Root, Premier Borden OF Canada
md Ambassador Jusserand. who repre-
sents France in Washington.
| Probably the most distinguished living
| man who ever attended the university Is
| Charles E. Hughes, former Governor of
| New York. former Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States and
Republican candidate for the Presidency
against President Wilson in 1916. Mr.
| Hughes spent three years at Colgate and
it was there that he became member
| Of the Delta Epsilon fraternity.
| Colgate graduates have served in the
| New York Legislature and in Congress-.
| Frederick W. Rowe of the class Of 1887
| now represents a Brooklyn district In
| Washington, where he is a member OF
| the Committee on Merchant Marine. Ed
ward +. Shallow of the class of 1888
| Is an associate superintendent OF schools
in New York city and was a candidate
| for superintendent when DR.. Maxwell
| retired. o. h. Davis. also of the class of
| 1883. has won fame as a war corre-
| spondent was secretary of the Pro-
gressive National Committee and is now
secretary of the Foreign Trade Council,
with headquarters in New York.
| Other distinguished alumni are Will
ian! Newton Clarke, D. D., who wrote
| a book on Christian theology which
revolutionized the theological thinking
of his generation and raised him to the
| rank of leadership In religious thought
Thomas L. Stillman, for years a mem-
Der Of the law firm OF Butler, Stillman
& Hubbard Of New York. the head Of
| which was William Allen Butler, who
wrote the poem, Nothing to Wear" and
the third member of which was Thomas
II. Hubbard. for years one of the prln-
| cipal bencfactors OF Bowdoin College.
| Mr. SGllman retired from the firm to
take charge Of the Mark Hopkins estate.
William I, Knapp, a Colgate graduate,
was for yeprs professor OF Spanish In
Yalo and wrote number OF popular
Spanish text books. Elmer II. LOOMS
OF the class of 1889 is professor Of
physics at Princeton. Colgate men have
won rank In the navy. Included among
them are Commander w. T. Eaton, who
had charge OF a monitor in the Spanish
American war, and Delvean Bloodgood,
who was medical director at the Brook
lyu navy yard for number OF years.
There are COO students in the college
this year, More than 1900 alumni sig
nfled their intention of being present
at the centennial celebration, The com
mittee OF arrangements has requlsitoned
quarters for tho visitors in the sur
rounding country. 1t mad a map In it's
headquarters which resembled a war
map. Every house which has room for