YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY
THE BROOKLYN DINNER.
News and History of the Successful
Long Island Association,
The Yale Alumni Association of
Long Island held their thirteenth an-
nual dinner at the Brooklyn Club on
Friday night, the 11th inst. |
The Yale alumni living in Brooklyn
had contented themselves with the
privilege of membership in the New
York City Association until 1886.
Their number had so increased by that
time that a local association was
formed. It was intended that the
Association should include all the
graduates living on Long Island, but
these are so scattered outside of Brook-
lyn that the Association has in fact
been confined to membership in that
Borough of the now Greater City.
The Association has been very suc-
cessful since its foundation in 1886, its
membership exceeding one hundred.
It is unique in this, that it is the only
college alumni association in Brook-
lyn, exemplifying by its existence and
strength the pre-eminence of the Yale
sentiment in this locality. It was in-
augurated under the presidency of Ben-
jamin D. Silliman, ’24, now oldest living
graduate of the College. Rev. Edward
Beecher, ‘22, who likewise held the
distinction, at the time of his death
being the oldest living graduate, was
also a frequent attendant and speaker
at the dinners. The other presidents
have been the Rev. Charles H. Hall,
"42, the late Rector of Trinity Church;
Mr. Frederic A. Ward, ’62, the leader
of the Brooklyn bar, and Mr. William
B. Davenport, ’67, the public adminis- -
trator. The latter, after a successful
administration of two terms, refused a
re-nomination in compliance with an
unwritten law of the Association re-
quiring rotation in office, and his suc-
cessor, chosen just before the dinner,
is the Hon. Joseph A. Burr, ’71, the
last Corporation Counsel of the City
of Brooklyn and the candidate of the
Republican party for Judge of the
Supreme Court at the last election.
The other officers, elected at the
same time, were: Vice-President, John
K. Creevey, *66; Secretary, Frank D.
Tuttle, 87; Treasurer, Wyllys Terry,
85, and the following members of the
Executive Committee: Howard Wal-
den, ’81; William A. Taylor, °84;
Francis J. Vernon, 786; Walter S.
Brewster, 89; Frank J. Price, ’92, and
John Hill Morgan, ’93.
About seventy of the alumni attended
the dinner. The older graduates were
represented by the Hon. John Oakey,
"490; Cyprian Sv Biaitare.. sa. ir.
Austen Mathewson, ’58; Thomas A.
Perkins, ’58; Dr. William H. B. Pratt,
’64; Everett H. Converse, 65; Edward
R. Betts, 66; George: C. Brainard, ’67;
Francis H. Wilson, ’67, Brooklyn’s
postmaster; Alexander Cameron, ’69,
and graduates of the succeeding classes,
including a number of the younger
alumni, filled the tables. Hon. Edward
B. Thomas, ’70, recently appointed U.
S. District Judge by the President, sat
at the table with the guests.
The speakers for Yale were Prof.
Bernadotte Perrin, 69, whose speech is
given elsewhere; Col. Norris Os-
born, ’80, and John K. Clark, ’99, a son
of Edward P. Clark, ’70, of the Evening
Post, who was also present at the
dinner. The other speakers were:
Judge Michael H. Hirschberg of the
Supreme Court; Hon. Joseph C. Hen-
drix, a Trustee of Cornell University,
and Francis Lawton, of Brown.
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Giee Club Plans,
The Easter trip of the University
Glee and Banjo Clubs will commence
on Thursday, April 7, the Clubs leav-
ing New York on that date and arriv-
ing at Old Point Comfort the next
morning. The first concert will be
given at the Hygeia Hotel on Satur-
day evening. The other concerts will
be at Washington, on Monday, the tith
of April, and at Scranton and Wilkes-
barre, Pa., on the two succeeding even-
ings.
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Dr. H. W. Dunning, the Instructor
in Semitic Languages, is arranging a
bicycle tour through Europe. The
party will leave on July 16th and will
return about the 15th of September.
The party will be joined by Professor
Bacon and Mr. Beach.
Great Gift to Columbia.
Columbia University received recent-
ly the largest gift in its history, prop-
erty valued at $1,100,000. This was the
gift of Joseph F. Loubat, sometimes
known as the Duc de Loubat (a title
conferred by the Pope), a native of
New York, though a resident. of Paris
for fifteen years past. The property
consists of real estate on Broadway and
Mercer st. The gift is subject to an
sce of $60,000 during M. Loubat’s
ife.
Portrait Copyrighted by Rockwood, 1897.
The Yale Gymnastic team will give
an exhibition on March 23d in the
gymnasium. This will be a sort of
preliminary exhibition to that which
the team will give jointly with Prince-
ton on March 26th.
On last Saturday the University
hockey team defeated Columbia at the
‘Clermont avenue rink, in Brooklyn.
The game was the third with Columbia
and decided the series. The score was:
Yale, 4; Columbia, 1.
Warner Library to be Completed this March.
The Special Introductory Price to be Immediately Advanced.
FTER more than two years of constant
labor, the Library of the World’s Best
Literature, under the editorial direc-
tion of Charles Dudley Warner, is nearly
finished. - Its completion will be a distinct
literary event. The special introductory
price under the arrangement made by Har-
per’s Weekly Club will positively be with-
drawn when the last volumes (which are
now on the press) are issued.
- Readers will do well to make note of this
fact, since by joining the Club now they will
obtain the work at nearly one-half the price
at which it will hereafter be sold. We have
no hesitation in advising our readers to take
advantage of this opportunity. We believe
the Warner Library is a work of such ex-
traordinary character that it will sooner or
later find its way into every home of culture
and refinement. The fact that such a marvel-
ous survey of the literature of the world,
with the exposition and criticism of the
foremost living men of letters, can be had
for a sum less than the cost of the simplest
collection of single volumes, makes this a
work which from the mere standpoint of
economy no lover of books can afford to
be without.
The Library is not only an immense sav-
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A postal card sent to the Harper’s Weekly
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full particulars regarding the favorable terms
upon which it is now being offered to Club
members. We believe there are few of our
readers who will not feel we have done
them a special service in calling their atten-
tion to this monumental work, and giving
timely notice of the withdrawal of the low
Club price.
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