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“YALE “ATU lee WEEK FIRST SCRANTON BANQUET, President Dwight the Guest of Honor at the Meeting. The first annual banquet of the Seranton Alumni Association was held in the Board of Trade Building of Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday evening, April 20. The room was decorated for the occasion, and a large Yale flag was placed behind the chair at the head of the table. The tables were arranged in the shape of a ‘“T.’. President Timothy Dwight,’49, sat at the head, — in the place of honor. On his~ right was Hon. Alfred Hand, ’57, and on his left, Major Everett Warren, ’81, the toastmaster. The list of assigned toasts was as folows: : MOmeming. LOA ss ose. Sk Yale Cheers | “Yale University’”’...President Dwight SORE IC eee cecasss WV. EC eeseaEe 49 .ounme Yale”. 7.03. BR. Neaie= “96 “Yale Medieval’’...... S. Woodward, 755 Tae Se DOTtS ©. sos k ses W. J. Torrey, ’99 “Our Friends, the Enemy”.:2i.¢.2. ....-Dr. J. S. McLeod, Princeton, ’69 The speech making began at 10 o’- clock and was started with a Yale cheer, given by a graphophone. Mr. Everett Warren, toastmaster, then made some introductory remarks as follows: “Brethren of the Alumni, Sons of Dear Old Mother Yale, Graduates, Un- der-Graduates and Over-Graduates (that last means the fellows. who ling- ered benath the Elms more than the statute period):—I salute you, and in behalf of the committee in charge I extend to you a most cordial greeting at this birth-night dinner of the Yale Alumni Association of Scranton, Pa. And to our guests, the representatives of rival colleges, welcome, thrice wel- come. You have never been in such good company before. If you find the air clearer, purer and more bracing than you are wont to enjoy, I want to say we don’t notice anything unusual. I have a good deal of sympathy for the eraduates of other colleges hereabouts. it would be difficult to gather togeth- er a corporal’s guard of any one insti- tution outside of ours in the city of Scranton. If any one dares to doubt that statement, shoot him on the spot. And the sons of Old Eli have grown so numerous in Northeastern sylvania we have been obliged to di- vide. Our friends of the mother coun- ty continue as the Yale Alumni Asso- © ciation of the Wyoming valley, and we inaugurate to-night that of the city of Scranton, Pa. THE GREATEST MAN OF THE DAY. “This is our night—we have hired this hall and paid for the dinner and we are going to enjoy ourselves ad libationam debasionum—add anything — else you want to order. And we pro- pose to talk about ourselves. This is the one occasion when it is permissible. In this originally New England town, now so cosmopolitan, whose past is a record of wonderful thrift and mar- velous achievement—out of a howling wilderness an Electric City blossoming forth in less than half a century—the genius of Yale men is everywhere manifest, and in both business and politics Yale is everywhere triumphant. With the indomitable spirit born of Yale and the weapons forged in her furnaces, her sons have advanced to first place in all the professions and in all the avenues of trade. Perhaps the greatest man in this day and genera- tion is he who is not allured from his profession by the flattering hopes. and aspirations of politics and who steadily pursues the even tenor of his way, a sterling citizen, a shining light in his profession, an honest man. ‘In the first President of this Society, the Hon. William H. Jessup, of Scran- ton and Montrose, you have just such a man, omnium assensu at the summit of our bar. It is a source of very great regret to us all that he is kept away . to-night by the sudden death of a member of his family, and I am sure he has our united sympathy in his sad affliction. Our roli of members includes the Hon. Alfred Hand, an ex-Justice of the Supreme Court of the Common- wealth; the learned President of the Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, the Hon. R. W. Archbald—fit to adorn any bench in the land; his learned son, whose name we have seen within a week as a ‘Junior Ex man of ’98’; Dr. Leet, the surgeon of two wars and one hospital—as able a physician as Penn- sylvania contains to-day; the Hon. Jo- seph A. Scranton, Lackawanna’s first representative in Congress—a man who has done great service for this city and its people in matters of legislation and public affairs; Colonel Boies, whose philanthropic efforts for his fellow-man have made his name a household word throughout the State; Major Belin, in Penn-~ the very front rank of business men one of the ‘makers of Scranton’—anq many other men of affairs. Phi Beta Kappa keys are as thick here as the leaves of Vallambrosia. There are rep- oo of every society Yale ever ad. “Horace Greeley, returning from qa New York State convention at which he failed to secure a nomination, said: ‘What is it all worth, anyway? How many men can name the last ten Govy-' ernors of New York?’ How many of us can name the high-stand men of our classes or remember our valedictorians now in the Congregational ministry? — But who can ever forget Bill Scran- ton, the bow oar of Wilbur Bacon’s famous crew of ’65; or Jim Archbald, the President of the Yale Baseball As- sociation in ’87, who made it possible for Stagg and Dann to win immortal] fame; or Laurie Bliss, whose giant football strides have enshrined him in the hearts of Yalensians the world over. I tell you, we are a star aggregation. “We have several speakers to-night, and but one sentiment. That senti- ment warms our hearts and stirs our blood beyond all other rallying cries, and it brings back the precious mem- ories, the glorious times of student days, the venerable age, the ever vig- orous youth, the noble fame of our Alma Mater. We are once more at home with teh elms, the Fence, the Campus and the girls. . “The crowning felicity of the hour is the presence here of the honored Pres- ident of the University. To him we bow as we used to do in college days. We pledge him our respect, our venera-- tion and our love. And now. with all the honors, I prorose the health of President Dwight.’’’ PRESIDENT DWIGHT’S GREETING. President Dwight’s greeting was, to say the least, enthusiastic. He respond- to the toast of ‘‘Yale University,’ and referred to the eminent men of the past who had carried on the work of the University, and gave a prediction that Yale would commence to work in the — new century under the most auspicious circumstances. The next toast on the program was’ “Old Yale,’’ by Judge Jessup; but in his absence Hon. Alfred Hand, ’57, was called upon. He responded in a speech full of reminiscences. Hon. Stanley Woodward, ’55, who was to respond to ~ the toast of ‘“Yale Medieval,” was also | unable to be present, and Dr PF. Gunster, ’71S., spoke in his place. The toast of “Our Friends, the En- emy,’’ was assigned to Rev. James Mc- Leod, D. D., of Princeton, but he could not attend and a letter from him was read. R..W.. Archbald, jr... 3a aos then called upon to speak on this toast and told some entertaining stories. In closing, H. W. Boies, 88, made a few remarks, and the banquet ended with a cheer for Yale. Previous to the dinner, ‘a business meeting was held, and the following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Col. H. M. Boies, *59; Vice-President, J. B. Dimmick, ’90; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Paul B. Belin, 795S.; Executive Committee, Scranton, ’65, and J. B. Neale, ’96. ~ The complete list of those present is as follows: President Timothy Dwight, "49: Hon. Alfred Hand, 757; Major Hv- erett Warren, ’81; Hon. R. W. Arch- bald, “71: 5 B. Dimmick,. “Sh Baa. Archbald, jr., ’°98; P. B. Belin, “9s4- 2. T. Bliss, ’°94S.; H. W. Boies, *88; J2-M. Boies, °95S.; I. S. Case, *96S.; Fredemek Connell, ’84; C. H. Dowd, -’97; Ware. Easton, ’95S.; Dr. P. F. Gunster, ’718.; A. G: Hunt,.’87: W. J. Hand, 'S¢: age: Huntington, ’95S.; C. S. Jennings, ’94; F. M. Lynch, ’97; H. L. Moses, 1900; J. B. Neale, 96; W. Scranton, *98; Coa: Sturges; 96S:; W..J. Torrey, ‘997 Coa. Welles, jr., 799; G. C. Weston, ’96; C. S. Woodruff, ’78; L. Hitchcock, ’98; A. B. Baldwin, ’98; L. G. Billings, 798; D. D. Burrell, 798: H: C..Curran. 98; Mie. Harvey, ’99: L. E. Stoddard, ’99; GaP. Sheldon, 1900, and C. H. Connor, ’99. <> <> a In the College Pulpit. The list of preachers in the College Chapel for the remainder of the College term is as follows: May 2—Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall,: eb of Brookiyn;, N.Y; May 9—Rev. S. E. Herrick, D.D., of Roston. May 16—Rev. A. J. F. Behrends, D.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y. May 23—Rev. W. R,. Richards, D.D., of Plainfield, N. J. May 30—Rev. A. J. 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