Evening star., 1924-02-28
UNIVERSITY CLUB
ASB|RTHDAY FETE
Chief Justice Taft and Sena.
tor Spencer Speakers at
goth Anniversary.

4 get-together dinner in celebra-
tion of the twentieth anniversary of
the organizing of the University Club
was given at the clubhouse. 18th and
] streets, last night.
Col. Fl. NJ Livingstone, chairman of
the committee in charge of arrange
ments, called the assembly to order.
introducing William Mather Lewis,
president of George Washington Uni
yersity, as toastmaster. The guests
included Chief Justice Taft, the first
president of the club: Senator Selden
Palmer Spencer of Missouri, Col. My
ron NJ. Parker, former presiden mt
and one of the founders OF the club:
DR. Robert +. Fitch, president OF
Hangchow University, China; s. NJ.
Kintner, head of the research labora-
tories of the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company; Maj.
Gen; Joseph l,ot F. uanrr T. DiCsman' Msn T. L.
The events of the evening were
broadcast through station WCAP.
President Daniel w. Shea made the
welcoming address, after Whlch Col.
Livingstone, Wallace Mclean, r. l..
Dougherty, Ralph Barnard and Mr..
Totten were introduced as the found
crs of the club. Wallace Mclean re-
sponded on behalf Of the founders
with a song. Chief Justice Taft com
nented on the great number of low
salaried government employes IN
Washington and said eve should be
ashamed of the government for al
lowing such a condition to exist
Chances for Clubs.
The District offers great opportuni-
ties for the fellow who is inclined
TO be "clubab,e." he said, because of
The small number of hours he has to
"A hn
broadcast, but that there were lots
Of others broadcasting no more than
heo had to offer. Mr. Taft said he is
n mernber of a cloister club wherein
speechmaking is taboo. and me embers
of that club with oratorical ability
have to suffer. The various clubs, he
said, have been subjected to hard
ttnes during the recent economic and
''spiritual changes.
Senator Spencer stressed the i'm
ro.tance of education, more especially
rh:et obtained in the colleges and uni
versities. The fundamental need to-
day, he declared, is for the training
al mhn in service. duty and responsi-
blity in the political life of the ma
tfc&n. The undergraduate should be
i'm pressed with the fact that he has
a Jarticular part to play in the affairs
OF tsur government. To the same ex-
tent that the college man exerts his
Influence In the governmental ma
the nation be assured, he said.
Educational methods and facilities
in China were discussed by DR.. Fitch,
who said that no more profound i'm
preston was made by any of the ORR
iental institutions than the fourteen
american universities in China. He
spoke uG the undermining of the
teaching methods and said that Egypt
was the .nnly country on earth to an
tedate China in education. Only those
~ybo oua lrfv are entitled to rule there
lie said, but every man has the right
TO qualify, In this land. where there
is not a single occidental name, Dr.
Fitch explained, there is no word
more familiar to the Chinaman than
the name OF the founder of this coun-
try. ~
1nent from its discovery on through
the periods tbf E-ray, wireless tele-
graph and telephone to the radio tele-
phone as known and used today, was
traced by Mr.. Kintner. He said that
radio is more than passing craze
and will cause a better understanding
of our language throughout the
world. Radio. as an annihilator of
distance, he said. will further the de-
IeIopment of Henry Ford'S sugges-
tion for a solution of the Box peace
plan-"Make them learn English"
George O'Connor and Matt Horn
furnished amusement aplenty with
a group of new songs. The George
Washington Double Quartet also gave
several numbers. About two hundred
members were seated.