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SCHOOL AND COLLEGE NEWS.
BANQUET OF YALE ALUMNI.
TALK BY PRESIDENT HADLEY.
The Schools and the Collc»e» —Need
of More Co-operation.
Emphasis of the need for improved rela
tions between the colleges and the prepara
tory schools for the sake of better emula
tion of the requirements and standards of
education which arc to be set by the col
leges, was the main theme of the speech
delivered before the members of the associa
tion of Yale alumni of Western Massachu
setts by President Arthur T. Hadley of the
university, who was the guest of honor at
the banquet held in the Hotel
Worthy in this ..city, last week Wednesday
evening. President Hadley’s talk presented
a thorough analysis of one of the «fluca
tional.problems of the day, which has arisen
from the difference, of opinion between the
colleges and many of the schools regarding
the sort of subjects which should be re
quired. and il was closely listened to by
the many ahimni who were present. The
ofhbr important speech of the evening v.as
given by Shenpaii L. Whipple. ’Bl, a promi
nent lawyer of Boston. wQo has been much
iotcrested in the progress of legislation on
matters affecting the industrial welfare of
ihe country. Mr Whipple spoke on some of
ilic aspects »f the amassing of great for
tun<u .which has been going on in the < mm
iry. and referred the opportunity of better
ing them:to the College men.
These iwo more serious speeches of Ihe
evening weie prefaced by one of the most
jovial college banquets that has been held
in the City this winter. About 60 of the
a’umuf of Springfield and rhe surrounding
rities -atherM for the dinner. The reunion
began at 7 p-gfock and from that time the
second fi<H>r of the hotel belonged to Yale.
The dinner w preceded by a business
meeting, at which the following Officers uere
chosen for the coining year: President.
George B. McCallum. '97. of Northampton.
rc-vlecM: vice-pn sidenis. Joseph A. Skin
ner, *>3 S . of Holyoke. Bishop T. F. Da
vies. TM. of this ciry. and W. K. Moudv.
*lll, of XorthfiMd: secretary. Hanis W.
Baker. S.. of This city, in place of Dud
ley I*. Lewis. 1903. resigned: treasurer. W.
A. Harris, Jr.. 1909 S.. of this city: grad
uate advisory board. Jonathan Barnes, *BS.
of this city: executive committee. Thomas
Dyer, '95. C. A. Bowles. >3 S.. C. F. Spell
man. *9O S.. H. A. Buzz? IL '97 L.. S. B.
Dpgolyor. 1938 S.. all of this city.
Campus atmosphere was furnished at
the dinner by many glees given in the
line fence manner by a quartet from the
college. After n final song the toastmaster
of the night. M . IL Moody. *9l. was intro
duced by President George B. McCallum.
'97. of Northampton. Before beginning the
formal program for the evening Mr Moody
delivered a greeting to the members from
Samuel J. Elder of Boston and also read
a letter of greeting from Dr David F.
Atwater, *39. of this city, who is the old
est living graduate of the university. Mr
Moody then introduced Charles W. Bos
worth of this city, whom he spoke of as
distinguished in literature as well as in
the law. because he "was a breeder of
fine horses.- which might be supposed to
refer to translations.'* Mr Bosworth gave
a short address of welcome to President
Hadley.
President Hadley’s Speech.
President Hadley was then introduced,
and was .greeted with a rising “long
cheer.*’ He began his speech by an allu
sion to the remarkable number of distin
guished names which that region had fur
nished to Yah l —Jonathan Edwards. Tim
othy Dwight, the Whitneys of Northamp
ton; and be expressed his gratification that
the number of Western Massachusetts
men now taking the Yale examinations
was so large.
In this connection he said: We welcome
this increase, not merely for the sake of
the boys that come to Yale or for the
work that we can prepare them to do aft
erward, but because it shows that we are
beginning to get into better connection
with the school systems of the parts of
the country immediately about us.
The history of the relations between the
colleges and the public schools has been
for the most part a story of mistakes and
misunderstandings. When high schools
first began to prepare boys for college the
theory was that the college could require
what it pleased—Latin, Greek and mathe
matics—and that the high schools must
meet its requirements in the same way
that privately endowed preparatory schools
did. But the high schools had to meet
other needs besides those of college prepa
ration and to teach other subjects besides
Katin, Greek and mathematics. There
arose a widespread demand, partly right
and partly wrong, that the colleges should
<ease to maintain arbitrary entrance re
quirements of their own. and should accept
whatever the high schools were prepared
to teach.
This extreme was just as bed as the
other. It was bad for the colleges and
for the high schools. In schools and col
leges alike it encouraged breadth of knowl
edge at the expense of thoroughness of
teaching. To-day I think we see the prom
ise that our schools and colleges will be
able to unite upon a plan of action which
will be helpful to both. Our colleges must
abandon and are abandoning the idea that
they can make their requirements arbi
trary. They must show that the subjects
they demand are the studies needed to
prepare freshmen for what is before them.
On the other hand, the schools must
abandon and are abandoning the theory
that because certain studies are taught in
the high schools those studies should nec
essarily be accepted as a basis for admis
sion to coliege. A high school course con
taining no mathematics, no Latin and very
little foreign language teaching of any
kind may meet the needs of the majority
of the pupils, or I should perhaps rather
say the wishes of the majority of the
voters, in certain cities; but to say. as
the committee of the national education
association did not very long ago. that
every college in the country ought to ad
mit boys as freshmen on the basis of such
a course, would be as bad for our schools
as for our colleges. If we can find what
the college really needs, as distinct from
what some people in times past have*
thought it needed, we shall go far toward
wiping our schools in providing the public
with what it really requires, instead of
•Kipping short at what the public thinks it
requires.
We have always been proud to say that
Xalc was a democratic place. The most
fundamental principle of democracy is
that every career should be open to abil
ity. If we hold to this principle we ought
to frame our admission requirements in
such a way that the man who has the
.ability to go on with the studies should
be encouraged to come. But it does not
mean that we should admit the candidate
merely because he has shown ability in
some other lines and in some other studies.
, -There is a perpetual tendency in educa
tion, ns everywhere else, to turn democ
racy into communism; to say that because
u man has ability us a barber he should
lie encouraged to become a physician, or
because he has ability as n lawyer be
should be given a chance to serve as major
goneral. Wherever this system has been
tried it hay been the end of all real de
mocracy, It is not true, either in life or
in education, that ability or knowledge in
one line in the equivalent of ability in an
other line. By closer interchange of opin
ion between the schools, the faculties of
rhe colleges and their graduates, wo can
hope to get that adaptation of different
kinds of means to different kinds of ends
which will make our educational system
as a whole an effective one.
In speaking at the close of bis speech
■ of recent affairs at the university Presi
■ dent Hadley mentioned the new athletic
I stadium to accommodate 66.009 people.
| the plans for which have been made and
| which is soon to be commenced, and of the
excellent Mason laboratory of mechanical
enginaerng which has just been com
pleted. Among the men who have been
brought to the university recently, lie
spoke with especial praise of Charles 1,.
| Brown, dean of the divinity school, and of
I Frederick 8. Jones, dean of the academic
I department, whom he characterized
I humorously as a Missourian and an
' Episcopalian, saying that these were two
; recommendations not usually united in
one man and which served to neutralize
I each other to excellent effect. In closing
I he emphasized the fact that it is the men
lin it who make atty institution. Yale
i democracy means the giving of opiwr
| trinity to the man of ability, be said.
[ and the thing that the officers at the bead
| of the university wish felt by fathers.
1 whether graduates of Yale or not. is that
the college will bring out of the boys that
are sent to it all the manhood that is in
them.
President Taft Comments on the Im
proved Moral Tone.
“Yale men are thoroughly imbued with
the idea of a second term." were the clos
ing words in a speech by Dean Frederick
Jones at Yale university at the annual
PUPILS OF CENTER SCHOOL AT LEE, 1855.
[J. C. Buckley, city clerk of Chicopee. Is the boy with the striped shirt on the right of
the teacher.]
dinner of the Yale aiumni association at
Washington the other night, which Presi- |
dent Taft attended. The president smiled as I
the hundred Yale men present cheered.
Dean Jones referred in bis speech to
the improvement in the moral atmosphere
of the college and the students were tak
ing the initiative in consulting with him
even in such things as prohibiting bill
iard playing in the clubs on Sunday. "To
sit here,” said the president laughingly,
“and hear Dean Jones tel! of the moral
tone at Yale and compare it to what it
was in my day is an indication that we
are progressive at Yale. To go to the
dean and ask if it is proper to play bill
iards ou Sunday certainly is changing
some." President Taft reiterated the
views he expressed Friday night before
the Harvard alumni that the educational
side of the college should be emphasized
as against athletics and the collateral pur
suits of college life. George X. McLana
han and Charles P. Howland of New York
were the other speakers.
Banquet of Brown Alumni in This
City.
“Though few. just as merry,” was the
sentiment at the annual meeting and din
ner of the Connecticut valley alumni of
Brown university at the Nayasset
club in this city Monday even
ing, and the banquet, attended by 15
of the graduates, was voted one of the most
successful that the association has held.
The dinner was a quiet one. but the re
union was thoroughly enjoyed. The speech
of Dean Alexander Merklejohn of Brown,
on the need of a unifying of the elements
of the new knowledge that lias been devel
oped for the man of to-day into a curricu
lum which should have the value of the old
compulsory classical course of producing
men with a definite viewpoint from which
they look at life, was one of the best on
educational problems that has been heard
at a Springfield dinner this year. The men
gathered about 6 o'clock and the dinner was
preceded by a business meeting, at which
the following officers were elected for the
coming year: President, Scott Adams of
Springfield; vice-president, Ralph W. Stod
dard of Springfield; secretary and treas
urer. Arthur S. Gaylord of Holyoke, re
elected.
MASSACHUSETTS “TECH."
Annual Report of President Maclaurin
Contain Interesting Facts.
The annual report of the president of
the Massachusetts institute of technology,
Including also reports of administrative
officers and heads of departments, have
been made public. Portions of the spe
cial report of Dr Maclaurin were presented
a short time ago, mentioning the large
sums, aggregating $2,750,000, that came
to the credit side during the year, the solu
tion of the site problem, the presentation
of the question of new buildings, the new
summer civil engineering camp, tlie con
gress of technology ami the prosperous
outlook of the institute. The report of
Prof A. L. Merrill, secretary of the fac
ulty. presents among other items the spe
cial attention which the institute gives to
the linguistic needs of its foreign students.
The plan is that such students—bred in a
foreign tongue—may receive special in
struction in English, and have this treated
or counted as would be French or German
iu ease of English-speaking students, pro
vided they can show a knowledge of their
own literature equivalent to that required
in English for the English-speaking stu
dents.
An interesting item in the dean's report
is with reference to the employment of
graduates. During the past year 127
graduates have filed applications with the
committee. Most of these men already
hail situations, but were willing to secure
better ones. During the same time 196
applications were received from employers,
I asking for the names of graduates. This
number is not complete, for many requests
are sent directly to the beads, of the de
partments. So far as the committee can
judge, there are very few of our grad
uates out of employment, and a very small
number of them care to engage in teaching.
The registration has been given before,
hut from provisional counts. The number
| for the first term of registered students
i was 1556, beside three not regis
tered. two nonresident fellows nnd five
nonresident cumliilates for advanced
degrees. It is the largest in the history
of the school, save the abnormal year
1902-3. In addition there were students
attending the summer school, who did not
return for the regular year. The total
number during the year would be more
than lOtrt. and this would again be in
creased by ihe few students euterei) in
the second term, but not tlie first.
Brattleboro Masi Given a Desree.
At the annua! contmemoration il.iy ex
ercioes of Johns Hopkins university in
Baltimore Thursday the degree of doctor
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1912.
of laws was bestowed upon Dr S. Weir
Mitchell, the novelist, of Philadelphia. Dr
Mitchell was the orator of the day, tak
ing George Washington for his subject.
Another recipient of the degree of LL. D.
was Horatio E. Smith of Brattleboro. Vt.
PLEASANT CHICOPEE REUNION.
city Clerk Buckley and Hi* School
mates— A Picture of n Lee School
57 A oars Old.
From tur Special Correspondent.
Chicopee. Saturday. February 24.
City Clerk Janies C. Buckley will to
morrow have the pleasant experience of
entertaining at dinner two of those who
wore his childhood schoolmates in the old
Center school at Lee. The two who will
he entertained al Mr Buckley's dinner are
Mrs Eliza (Foot) Lay of Lee and Edwin
IL Phinney of Agawam. These two, with
Mi- Buckley and a Dumber of others, are
shown in the accompanying cut of the
pupils of the old Center school of Lee,
taken in 1855. The teacher is Miss Har
riett Hunter, who lived many years in
Hnutington, and died a few years ago.
The picture is of far more than usual
interest to those who are represented in it.
and to their friends. Mr Buckley remeiiF
bered a few years ago that such a picture
had been taken, and at once took steps to
locate the original. He was successful in
this, and had a number of copies made of
it. which lie sent to such of his remaining
schoolmates as he could locate. He says
that the pictures were received with re
markable enthusiasm, and the letters of
acceptance received were overflowing with
thanks for the gift and the memories of
old times and endeared scenes and friends
which the pictures carried with them. Mr
Buckley has a large copy of the picture on
his dining-room wall, and counts it among
his most valued possessions.
The picture was taken at an event char
acteristic in the life of the schoolboy and
girl. Miss Hunter, the teacher, had prom
ised the children that if they were very
good they could have their picture taken.
In connection with this statement it should
be noted that Mr Buckle}- is not only in
the picture, but stands beside the teacher.
The day arrived at last, and with it fulfil
ment of the promise. It is related that
two other pupils in the school, although
they were the sons of a leading citizen and
had fair warning that only the good would
have their pictures taken, fell from the
paths of virtue during the several weeks’
probation on which all were placed prepar
atory to the picture. The original is a
daguerreotype, one of the sort for which
the group must stand still anywhere from
15 to 30 minutes while the slow-acting
plate received the impression, but the
children seem to have done remarkably
well in the matter of holding their posi
tions.
The dinner at the home of the city clerk
will doubtless be a very pleasaut affair,
with much reminiscence and remarking
on the many changes which the years have
brought about. Those of the group whose
names Mr Buckley can recall are George
Phinney and Eliza Foot, now Mrs Eliza
Lay, botli of whom will be present at the
dinner. Jennie Graves. Ella Graves. Ellen
Foor and James C. Buckley himself. Mr
Buckley is standing just to tlie'left of the
teacher, and beside him is Mrs- Lay as she
appeared when a schoolgirl in Lee. Mi'
Phinney of Agawam is the boy nearest the
right of the picture in the back row. Be
sides being of interest to the Chicopee
people who have known Mr Buckley for
many years as a business man and city
clerk the picture must be of considerable
interest in Lge where it was taken and
where there must be many who remember
those represented either as children or in
later life. It is a fine example of the
keepsake, which is worth keeping not only
for its purely personal interest but for
the light it casts on the dress and general
anpearance of the children of a generation
ago. Tlie unchanging characteristics of
childhood can be seen in every face, and
it would not be difficult to gather together
a group of present generation children
who would duplicate the picture of 57
years ago in everything but dress.
To Observe 100th Anniversary of
First School-Honse Flag;.
At a recent meeting of the Catamount
Hill association o& Colrain it was voted to
observe the 100th anniversary of the rais
ing of tlie first .school-house flag at Hill
side park in August, this place being hot
ter suited to accommodate a large crowd
than the appt where the old school-house
stood, and is much easier of access. A
monument was erected by the association
in 1903 to mark the spot, and those who
wish can make a pilgrimage there. At
the time the flag was raised in May. 1812.
there were 18 states in the Union', and it
is tlie purpose of the association to in
terest these states as well as patriotic and
historical societies nearer home. The fol
lowing is the list of states in order of
their admission: Delaware. Pennsylvania,
Now Jersey, Georgia. Connecticut, Massa-
■ 1 - 11.. in "I. S- ■ ri, < ":i rolitni Now
Hampshire. Virginia. New York. North
Carolina. Rhode Island. Vermont, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Ohio. Louisiana.
Inn Sickle al St Louis.
A paper on "Economy of time iu ele
mentary education" was read by Dr James
H. Van Sickle, superintendent of schools
in Springfield, Monday before the na
tional council of education in St Lotus,
Mo,, held in lonnection with the
National educational association conven
tion. The elementary school lais its share
to do in Ihe work of saving, if iiossible,
two years iu the edm-ntion of puuils be
tween the time that they enter school and
the time when they finish their college
■ curse, it was stated. Elimination of npn
essenfials in tlie studies provided for the
schools was urged. In these days when
schools liave grown so large and complex.
Dr Van Sickle pointed out. that the teach
ci can no loncer D- regarded as the school.
The principal to-dr.y is the sefloul. and on
mm falls the work of discovering what
progress the pupils are making, seeing to
it that pupils who aie more capable tbau
the.r louirmhs are men tapilly advanced
and cot retarded by the. slower pupils
around them.
President George M. Ward of Welts coi
lege at Auburn. N. Y., has written his
resigmrtiCn to the trustees of the college,
assigning ill-benlth us the cause. A stic
cessor will probably uot be mimed until
commeuceniwit iu June.
; THE DAY AT SMITH COLLEGE.
I Ui
GOV BALDWIN GIVES ADDRESS.
lonneelleut Executive*!. Tnlk on
Washington.
The nnnunl observance of Washington’s
1 irtluiny nt Smith college opened with
“exercises in eommOr.ioratiou of the ISOth
anniversary of the birth of Washington"
in John M. Greene hall in the morning at
10 o’clock. The audience, besides the
stiidents, comprised many townspeople,
who were attracted by the fame of the
distiuguislied orator of the day. Gov
Simeon E. Baldwin of Comiecticnt. The
students marched into the hall, dressed in
white bud wearing girdles anil other in
signia in gix'-?n, red. yellow and purple,
distinguishing the several classes, from
freshman to senior, in the order given,
according to the festal college custom on
ibis holiday. The organ processional, "Festal
march,” by Calkin, was played by AVilsou
T. Moeg, and the procession of students
was followed by the pro .cssion of t acuity
awl guests oa the platfoim. Mayor W
11. I’oiker. C. X. Clark, treasurer of the
college, ami A. L. Williston, trustee, were
among those seated on the platform. The
program opened with a elibrus, "All hail
to thee." by Wagner, sung by the col
lege choir. The invocation was offered by
President 1.. Clark Seelye. President
Seelye is president emeritus now. but the
cdWgc' is prone tn forget the “emeritus”
hi making up programs. Au ode for
Washington's birthday, written by O. V .
Holmes, with music from Beethoven s
"Ninth symphony," was sung by Miss
Williams mid the college choir.
President M. 1 . ’ Burtou, who presided
over .the exercises, introduced Gov Bald
win as a man of fp-dad culture, true learn
ing and high attainment, who had sue
eeeded his grandfather as judge of the
supreme court of errors of Connecticut,
anil his father as governor of that com
mouwealtli. and who is recognized nt home
and abroad as a distinguished authority
on the constitution of the Vuitcd States
and iuteriiaticnal law. The college. Presi
dent Burton said, was peculiarly honored
by his presence on this occasion.
Gov Baldwin's Address.
Gov Baldwin said in part: Great com
manders have often proved themselves
also great legislators. It was so with
Julius Caesar. In modern times it was
so with Washington. It was so witli
Napoleon. Washington's intiuence in the
reconstrui'tion of the I'nited States under
their present constitution was very great,
lie had long been convinced that they
could not hope for permanency under
that which immediately preceded it—the
articles of confederation. While at the
head of the Revolutionary army, he had
indicated that opinion on several occasions
and it was strengthened by the dis
turbances which drsgraced_ the w estern
part of Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787.
You will recollect that there was a serious
rebellion here at that period, led by a
revolutionary officer named Shays. It
was powerful enough to prevent or break
up the sessions of the court in several of
the counties, and, among others, one at
Northampton and another at Springfield.
Fisk gives a vivid picture of these scenes
in his "Critical Period of American His
tory." Col David Cobb, one of ■Washing
ton's former staff, who was a judge of
the court of common pleas for Bristol
county, wns also at this time appointed
a major-general of militia. He marched
to open his court with a force of 300
men, and declared to some one who wished
to know his purpose, “I will die as a gen
era! or sit as a judge." A much larger
mob had been gathered to resist his
progress, but melted away as his resolu
tion became known.
Washington wrote while these occur
rences wore taking place: “The want of
energy in the federal government: the pull
ing of one state and parts of states against
another; and the commotion among the
eastern people, have placed our national
character much below par. and have
brought our politics and credit to the brink
of a precipice." He at first had declined
his appointment as one of the Virginia
delegates to the convention of 1787.
Shays’s rebellion made him reconsider his
decision. He went to Philadelphia, was
made the president of the convention,
sided with those .who favored a stronger
government and lent his all-powerful sup
port to those who—with more polished pens
—advocated the ratification of the consti
tution, when proposed, by the various
states. And what now was this new
scheme for a strong republican govern
ment? How did it differ from the original
one? Why was it to succeed, when that
had failed?
The Sovereignty of the States.
Gov Baldwin then described the general
differences between the articles of confed
eration and the present constitution of
the I'nited States; the quality of sov
ereignty still preserved to each state; and
their essential equality. As to this he
observed: The states. large and small, old
and new, stand in relation to each other
on the same* footing of political equality.
As the supreme c ourt of the United States
has recently said, with strong emphasis:
“The constitutional equality of the states
is essential to the harmonious operation
of the scheme upon which the republic
was organized. When that equality dis
appears we may remain a free people, but
the union will not be the union of the
constitution.” The states, then, are sov
ereign and equal, as to each other. In
some points—in most—the sovereignty of
each excludes that of the United States.
The speaker developed at some length
the idea of the national government as a
federation of the people of the several
states, which might pot be broken, rather
than a confederation of the states as
states, from which each state might with
draw at pleasure. It was this principle
which prevented North Carolina from
withdrawing from the Union 80 years ago
over a tariff question, and ffiany southern
states from successfully doing so 50 years
ago. The federal government has certain
powers which the states do not have, and
acts and legislation of the states may not
conflict with the federal authority. Es
pecially are powers of negotiation with
foreign governments excluded from among
those of the states. Yet the states have
real sovereignty and treason against the
state is as possible as treason against the
United States. ,
A Source of Danger.
There is a source of danger, which,
however, is unescapnble under our system,
in possible conflict between the powers of
the states and the central government, as
seen in a case in which the New York
courts undertook to convict of murder a
citizen of Canada. Great Britain threat
ened war in case this should be done, and
there was no way under the constitution
by which the federal government could
prevent it, but the critical situation was
safely gone through by reason of the a<-
quittal of the prisoner, in which the fed
eral government, owing to the perception
of the danger of the situation by Daniel
| Webster, secretary of state, aided by fur
। aisliiug the strongest counsel for defense
that could be obtained. Recurrences of a
similar situation were provided against
by the enactment of a habeas corpus act.
by Congress. In the constitution general
terms were purfiosely used in the belief
that the development of national life would
provide the best interpretation of them.
For example, under the constitution ‘‘a re
publican form of government'’ is gugrnn
teed in each of the states, and the develop
mentof onr history lias placed upon the
term a const ruction which is well defined
and cannot lie doubted.
Washington's Mistaken Forecast.
Gov Baldwin <'l<wed thus: Washington
I onee said to Jefferson that he considered
i the constitution of the Unitisl States As
an experiment on the practicability of re
puWitan governhienf. and with what dose
of liberty titan conM be trusted for bis
I own gemd. In the first draft of his farc-
I ■well address to the American people he
stated his belief that the I nion < rented
by the constitution was far more likely to
lirove too feeble than too powerful. His
•forecast has proved a mistaken one, but
from causes that lie could not have antici
pated. The civil war disclosed a real and
Inherent strength that had been the steady
growth of 110 years. It left the nation far
higher above the states than when Wash
ington retired from the iircsidcucy. and
that it bus thus marched from feebleness
to power Is largely due to the influence of
his character and position. Happy the
country in whose founding a mnn great
enough to be a national hero stood promi
nently forward. The ideals of the Ameri
can Union radiate from the personality
of Washington.
The scholarly and vigorous address of
Gov Baldwin was heard with close at
tention and was accorded hearty applause.
At the close of the oration the choir and
audience sang "God of ottr fathers,” by
G. W. Warren. An original commomorn
tiou ode was then recited by the anti.or,
Miss Sophia Smith of the junior class.
There was a peculiar fitness in the fact
that the ode was by a namesake of the
founder of the college, who is said to be
distantly related to the same family. The
quality of the ode and its manner of de
livery were both excellent and the recita
tion was received witli ardent applause.
Tlie exercises closed with singing of "The
Star Spangled Banner" by the choir and
audien'e. The recessional. "Finale from
the Second Suite." by Boellman, was
played by Wilson T. Moog.
Students* Rally fa the Gymnasinm.
Immediately after the commemorative
exercises in John M. Greene hall were
over, students and guests flocked to the
nlttmnae gymnasium, where, the rally was
held. In each corner" of the; "vmnasium
were erected stands, on which the stu
dents sat and sang.
The basketball game was called promptly
nt 3p. ni. The score was 29 to 1 in favor
of 1911. Miss Kegsock refereed.
AMHERST MEN AT NEW YORK.
Rousing Alumni Dinner—President
Marrin There.
Special Dispatch to The Republican.
New Yohk. N. Y.. Wednesday. Feb. 21.
One man broke an arm trying to get to
the dinner of the Amherst association of
New York at the WaldOl'f-AstoHa to
night. which just goes to show what kind
of a dinner it was. His name was—well,
never mind his name. “Prexy” : George
Harris. 'U6, was there as the most honor
able guest of the guests of honor. Her
bert L. Bridgman, president of the asso
ciation, who was the toastmaster, was
but one of the classmates of “Prexy”
Harris who were present. Toastmaster
Bridgman and the prexy were, of course,
at the guests’ table, but there was one
'66 table which included Classmates Sam
uel W. Brown, J. M. Ziegler, A. A.
Spearo. H. H. Valentine and j. H. Board.
Rev Dr Parker, also u member of the
class, was to have been at this same
table also, but was compelled to send a
letter of regret.
Young “Kid" I’hil Turner, 1912, was the
youngest Amberster present, and Phil had
a seat right under the eye of Col A. D.
Crane, class of '54, who was the oldest
member—who was a member of the oldest,
—anyway, was president of Brooklyn Am
herst association. Others there were Ed
ward A. Bailey, coal baron: John Kemerer,
Grosvenor Backus, Todd Galloway of Co
lumbus, 0., Talcott Williams of Philadel
phia, Prof F. J. E. Woodbridg? of Colum
bia, Frederick B. Pratt of the Pratt insti
tute, Dr Reginald Hyde. George Woodruff
of Litchfield. Vice-President Ernest Whit
comb of the First national bank of Am
herst, Dr James Ewing, Harold B. Pratt,
Senator Alexander Brough, A. P. Alvord,
Harry A. Smith, better known as "Curley”
and coach of many football teams: Arthur
and Ralph Rounds, Howard Wood, John
B. Pratt. William F. Whiting of the Whit
ing paper company. Vice-President Charles
D. Norton of the First national bank, Starr
Murphy, Dr John B. Walker, Collin Arm
strong. Walter Low, Rev Caldin Stebbins,
Rev Dr Nehemiah Boynton of Brooklyn,
Rev Frank Carson, Rev Cornelius H. Pat
ton of . Boston, Prof Williston Walker of
Yale, Edward M. Bassett, Edward B, Child,
the artist. Lawyer Cornelius J. Sullivan.
Charles Dayton, Dwight Morrill and little
“Eddie" Leonard. “Eddie," who is an M.
D.. really was not present, but inasmuch as
it was he who broke his arm trying to get
here from Chicago, let’s give him a men
tion.
Jimmie Hamilton, of the well-known
class of 1906. not only wrote the “Lord
Jeffrey Amherst” song but presided at the
piano and banged it out to-night after
the diners had got the “Hail, alma mater”
hymn out of their systems. Rev Dr John
M. Thomae, president of Middlebury col
lege, also was to have spoken, but like the
Honorable Cobb. Dr Thomas was compelled
to send a telegram in which he said that
grip had got him and that he could not
be present to speak. Toastmaster Bridg
man first introduced “Prexy” Harris, who
is about to retire as head of the college.
“In the historic continuity of a college,”
said President Harris, ‘“Amherst has been
the home of a liberal, as distinguished
from a technical education. Amherst does
not revert to a purely classical course of
50 years ago. but is retaining a modicum
of the classics, of history, of literature,
economics, political sciences and modern
languages. Amherst's aim is not to make
scholars in a technical sense, but to pro
duce cultivated men who think for them
selves. and to build character."
Prof James H. Tufts spoke on “The
problem of the American college.” The
two great educational advances of to-day.
said Prbf Tufts, are the universities of
research, and the rise of the state uni
versities. He said that the colleges have
been temporarily overshadowed where
once they held the field. The colleges need
more rather than less of the modern uni
versify spirit. The present conception of
moral progress is that to construct our
ideals, to know exactly what it just and
right, is at once the most difficult and the
most pressing of duties.
Tonstmaster Bridgman also read a semi
fiuaaeial report of the last 13 years of
President Harris's administration, all of
which was a credit to President Harris
and Amherst, and the even classes sung
of Sabrina and Toastmaster Bridgman
called on Talcott Williams for some im
promptti remarks aud the odds tried to
drowii out tlie evens’ Sabrina song aud
there was the deuce, to pay generally.
NEW PORTRAIT FOR AMHERST.
One ot Rev Joshua Crosby, a Member
of the First Board of Trustees.
A portrait of Rev Joshua Crosby, one
of the founders of Amherst college, has ,
recently been presented to the college by
Mrs Rebecca Crosby Davis, his grand
daughter. Rev Joshua Crosby was a
member of the first board of trustees and
was a lender in tlie hard up-hill tight to
put the new institution ou its feet. He
was born June 12. 1761, and was ordained
in 1789. He became the first pastor of
the Congregational church at Enfield in
the same year, and held the position until
his death 49 years Inter. He Served ns
chaplam both in the Revolutionary war ■
and the war of 1812. He was on the ;
Iwa rd of trusties of Aiuherst academy, the i
group of^inen who first conceived the idea I
us founding a college nt Amherst. Later, I
when the project had been undertaken, he I
was one of the first trustees, and became |
vice-president of the IsHird. Ou the death i
of Zenlmuhih Swift Moor’d, Amherst’s |
first president, be served ns president of
the college for a time, mid it was largely
throitgh his wise and unremitting efforts .
that the infant institution came safely (
through one of the worst crises of its
career.
The portrait of Rev Joshmi Crosby will
be hung in the reading room of the college
library.
To Present a Portrait of Dr Richard
S. Storrs.
Announcement has been made (hat a
portrait in oil of the late Rev Dr Richard
S. Storrs of the class of 1839. will be pre
sented to the college by the Brooklyn alum
ni at the 1912 commencement. Dr Storrs
was for more than 59 years, until his death
12 years ago, pastor of the church of the
Pilgrims in Brooklyn, a position which is
now held by Rev Edwin F. Sanderson,
’9G. Tlie portrait was painted by Miss
Eleanor Banister of Brooklyn. N. Y., and
is a duplicate of that owned by the Brook
lyn institute of arts and scienc es, of which
Dr Storrs was for many years a trustee.
MOUNT HOLYOKE CELEBRATION.
Estimate of Washin&ton By Eminent
Canadian Jarist—Address By Jus
tice Riddell.
Washington’s birthday was observed at
Mount Holyoke college by a patriotic serv
ice at which Justice William Renwick,
Riddell of the king’s bench, Ontario. Can.,
gave a stirring speech on “George Wash
ington and after.’’ The eminent Canadian
jurist, whose address was heard with great
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MARY ASHBY CHEEK.
I President of the junior class at Mount Hol
yoke college.]
interest, has been a bencher of the law
society of upper Canada since 1892 and of
the queen's counsel since 1897. In 1906
he was appointed puisne justice of the
king's bench division of high court of jus
tice of Ontario. Not only is he important
in Canadian organizations, but is an hon
orary member of the New York bar as
sociation, the Mississippi bar association
and Missouri bar association. Promptly
at 9 o’clock the vesper choir, composed of
freshmen, sophomores and seniors, entered
the chapel,.using as a processional Kel
ler’s American hymn. They took their
usual seats on either side of the chapel.
The seniors in cap and gown had their ac
customed places in the center of the chapel
and members of tlie faculty, also in aca
demic attire, had reserved seats. Other
members of the college and friends occu
pied the remaining seats. The opening
prayer was offered by President Woolley,
after which the choir sang the "Venite”
by Dr John Robinson. The responsive
reading, Gloria by the choir and scripture
reading followed. "The Lord is my
light.” by Shackley, was the anthem sung
for the occasion.
At the close of the address
of Justice Riddell. President Woolley
said in announcing the national
hymn to be sung by the audience: From
time to time there has been agitation for a
new tune for “America.” which shall be
long only to the United States. There may
be such a tune sometime, but many of us
have a strong feeling in favor of the air
which is our common possession with
Great Britain. Many of us have been
thrilled, especially on the ocean when
British and Americans sang “God Save the
King" and “America” to the same tune.
After the singing of the hymn prayer was
offered by Rev Jesse Nichols of South
Hadley. The service closed with the re
cessional. "Battle Hymn of the Republic,"
by the choir.
The Junior Promenade.
The junior promenade held Thursday
night in the gymnasium was the final event
of the two-day’s festivities. From 5.30 un
til 11.30 the hall was the scene of pleas
ure and gayety not surpassed bv any oth
er social event of the year. The decora
tions, which were in charge of the Kings
bury company of New Haven, transformed
the place into one of beauty. Green, the
class color, and the daisy, the class flow
er, formed the scheme of adornment.
A Talk on China by Mrr Thnrston.
A talk on China was given by Mrs Law
rence Thurston Sunday evening at the
regular meeting of the Young Women’s
Christian association. Mrs Thurston was
a graduate of Mount Holyoke college in
1896. She taught for two years in the
Central Turkey college for girls at Ma
rash. and then in 19IHI went to China as
missionary and teacher.
SOCIALISTS AT HARVARD.
Club Proposes to Issue a Scries of
Tracts.
“The announcement by the Harvard so
cialist club of a series of tracts to be is
sued at intervals through the college year
may be taken as a sign of an intellectual
ferment of a sort that is good for any
university," says the Harvard Bulletin.
“The Bulletin has no views on socialism,
or perhaps we should say on any of the
socialisms, for the creeds scattered under
tbnt name are runny; but we believe it to
he a healthy phenomenon that there should
be a set of young men eager to study and
propound new doctrines concerning the
lieu Ith of the body politic. If their radi
calism Is superficial, it will soon enough
be choked by the care of this world: and
if it be sound it will be sobered by expe
rieneb of affairs and iu due time contribute
its share to the uncensine change which
makes progress in the life of a people.
Radicalism which is blended with intelli
gence and kindliness is one of the benefi
eeut forces in working out the destinies
of the nation; and a large body of young
uien which did not include a small and
militant group of radicals would be a chill
ing place for generous visions and ideals."
Harvard Club Banquet st Pittsfield.
The fourth annual banquet of the Berk
shire Harvard chib was held last
week Wednesday night at the coun
try club, 30 guests being present.
The principal speaker of the evening was
Rev Dr W. W. Fenn. ’B4. formerly pastor
of Unity church and now dean of Har
vard divinity school. Other speakers were
Walter Pritchard Eaton, i 960, of Stock-
Lridge, dramatist un:l critic, and Dr J. F.
A. Adams, ‘66. who spoke on “Harvard
during the rebellion."
President of Alnut Culletre Resigns.
August F. Brtiske. president of Alma
college nt Alma. Mich., for the last quarter
of a century, has tendered his resignation
to take effect in Jnne. It is understood
that he will not sever ull connection with
the institution, but may continue as an
instructor.
ALPHA BELTS’ CONVENTION.
MEET HERE AND IN AMHERST.
Annual Election of Officers—Seventy-
Fifth Anniversary of Amherst
Chapter Observed.
The closing sessions of the 80th annual
convention of the Alpha Delta I’Jjj fra
ternity were held Friday "morning nnd
afternoon at Amherst college, and includ
ed two business sessions, a reception to
the delegates and visitors by President
and Mrs Harris, and the celebration of
the 75th anniversary of the founding of
the Amherst chapter. The convention,
which lasted three days, was concluded
Friday evening by a banquet at the Hotel
Kimball, at which were beard speakers
prominent in academic and public life,
and a trip to tlie Court Square theater,
where James K. Hackett, a member of
the fraternity, gave a special perform
ance.
The delegates to the number of 200 ar
rived at Amherst at 9.30 Friday morn
ing by special train from Springfield, and
gathered soon afterward in College hall
for a business meeting. ’Announcement
was made on behalf of the Amherst chap
ter to mark its 75th anniversary of the
placing of a substantial fund in the hands
of the central body of the fraternity, to
promote and advance the purposes of the
organization. At 12.30 the delegates ad
journed to the chapter house, where a
buffet luncheon was served, and the visit
ors were given an opportunity to get ac
quainted with the Amherst men. includ
ing the undergradnnles and about 50
almnni, nho were present. Among the re
frcsliments was an iinmcuse cake, elab
orately decorated with 75 candles, in ob
servance of rhe 75th birthday of the chap
ter. The cake was presented by a mem
ber of the fraternity, Edwafd F. Sautter,
Amherst, 1902. and the bead of the larg
est catering firm iu Philadelphia.
The ceremonies in commemoration of the
75th anniversary of the founding of Alpha
Delta Phi at Amherst College were then
carried out. William Ives Washburn, ’76,
of New York, made the principal speech,
reviewing briefly the history of the chap
ter from its establishment in 1837 down
to the present time, and bringing to the
younger men present, a fuller understand
ing of the purposes and ideals of the men
who struggled to found tlie.society and to
build the chapter Ironso.
The final session of the convention took
place in College halt at 2.30 and the offi
cers of the fraternity for the coming year
were elected as follows: President. Harry-
Burns Hutchens of the class of 1870 at
Wesleyan, president of Michigan univer
sity; vice-president, H. W. Austin, Will
iams, 'BB, of Oak Park, Ill.; secretary.
Hunter S. Marston. Brown, 1908, of New
York city; recorder, Prof Joseph E. Ray
croft of the class of 1896 at Chicago uni
versity. and now at Princeton. At the
close of the session the convention picture
was taken on the steps of College hall.
The final event of the day at Amherst
was a reception tendered to the delegates
aud other visitors by President and Mrs
Harris at the president's hopse. The
junior and senior delegations of the Am
herst chapter acted as ushers and the af
fair was a delightful one in every respect.
The Annual Convention.
The banquet at the Kimball in the even
ing was the most important event con
nected with the convention and was at
tended by about 250 delegates and visit
ors. That number of places had been set
at the long tables, which completely filled
the spacious banquet hall of the Kimball,
and there was not a vacant seat when
the banquet opened at 7 o’clock. It was
a distinguished gathering, with three col
lege presidents on the toast list, while
the spirit of many other famous members,
who were unable to attend on account of
the distance at which they lived, added
to the dignity of the occasion. The ban
quet was serious and dignified in tone,
except when a casual reference to Roose
velt in the poem of the evening brought
forth cheers for the presidential member
of the fraternity.
The banquet was opened with songs and
cheers, until enthusiasm reached a high
pitch. The various delegations answered
each other with courtesies in the way of
college cheers. President Benjamin Ido
Wheeler of California University opened
the program of speaking as toastmaster,
and spoke briefly of his retirement from
the presidency of the fraternity, which,
lie said, he regretted was not a life office.
He expressed a tribute to the organization
and a compliment to Amherst, whose re
tiring head he introduced as the first
speaker. I'resident Harris opened his re
marks with an anecdote of the founding
of the California chapter in 1908. In dis
cussing the history and the famous men
of the fraternity he mentioned Prof Ed
ward P. Crowell. Amherst. ’53, and Dr
Edward Hitchcock. Amherst, '49, whoso
name brought forth the old familiar cry,
"Who is 'Old Doc’?"
Collin Armstrong. Amherst. ’77, read a
telegram from District Attorney Charles
S. Whitman of New York, Amherst, ’9O,
expressing deep rpgret at being unable to
attend the banquet and give an address
on "The civic responsibility of Alpha
Delta Phi.” Telegrams of congratulation
were read from Dr Timothy Dwight, for
mer president of Yale, and a loyal mem
ber of the fraternity; Hon Joseph H.
Choate, a graduate of the Harvard chap
ter and a former president of the soci
ety: Francis L. Stetson and Charles E.
Sprague, also former presidents. Presi
dent H. A. Garfield of Williams' college
sent fraternal regards, and similar cour
tesies were received from Prof Edwin A.
Grosvenor, president of Phi Beta Kappa,
and from the convention of Chi Psi at
Boston. In introducing Rev George Sayles
Bishop, Amherst, 'SB, President Wheeler
spoke first of the personal loyalty of Jo
seph H. Choate, which he stated as the
cause of his success in life. Dr Bishop's
address was an origiual poem entitled
“The Message of the Hour—Spes Magna
Affulsit." The poem is a protest against
the carelessness and loss of ideals of our
day, and a comparison of 20th century
life with the times when a more primi
tive civilization prevailed but when our
fathers had more idealism and stronger
principles than to-day- The kind of men
needed. Dr Bishop said, are men of faith,
devotedness and staying power.
Rush Rhees, Amherst, 'B3, president of
Rochester university, spoke on "The func
tion of the fraternity in contemporary col
lege life,” defending fraternities eloquently
against whatever criticism they receive.
The fraternities, he said, have a glorious
mission iu bringing their romantic spirit
aud sense of the culture of friendship
into the colleges of to-day. The frater
nities bring to the youth of to-day what
the times do not bring them, what the
world is too busy to pay attention to.
Ue assured his audience that fraternities
exist through all the years of college per
manenee, and in closing said: “The fra
teruities in contemporary college life are
the means by which our young manhood
can be made conscious of the divine gift
of spiritual vision, high ideals and lofty
mission." •
Prof Frederick J. E. Woodbridge, Am
herst, ’B9, bead of the pbilosopby depart
ment of Columbia imiveisi.ty. in,the final
address. gav e a powerful recital of ideals
of the fraternity in his discussion of “Sev
enty-tire years of Alpha Delta Phi in
Amherst."
The private performance of “Tlie Bish
op's Candlesticks" by James K. Hackett
at the Court Square theater w-as attended
by the convention in a body and proved
a delectable conclusion of the convention
program. Mr Hackett was repeatedly en
cored. and finally gave the members of
the audience his fraternal congratulations
and best wishes for the future.