Cornell Alumni News

CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS Vol. VII. No. 27 Ithaca, N. Y., April 12, 1905 Price 10 Cents Chicago Alumni Assemble. letics at all, for if Cornell goes into the tory question and are starting a move- field it must do so in such a way as to ment to build the halls themselves. If Annual Banquet in the Windy City Mark- compete on even terms with its rivals, the present alumni body fails to pro- ed by Interesting" Speeches and the great universities of the Kast. A vide the funds, there are assurances Much Enthusiasm. popular sport like football must be that the new graduates of the next few made to contribute to the other branch- years will shoulder the burden. The annual dinner of the Chicago es which are not self-supporting, such Judge Irvine's remarks were re- Alumni association, held at the Uni- as rowing and track. In order to do ceived with intense interest and much versity club on Saturday, April i, was this careful business management is enthusiasm. The next speaker was an event altogether worthy of its dis- necessary all along the line. Trustee Walter C. Kerr, '79, of Pitts- tinguished line of predecessors and of At Cornell, living as the students do burg, vice-president of the Westing- the loyal group of Cornellians who apart from one another, and pursuing house company. His topic was "Vari- dwell in the Windy City. The attend- various lines of work, there is noth- ous Forms of Education at Cornell." ance numbered about seventy-five, the ing but athletics to give them solidarity He dwelt upon the Cornell notion that enthusiasm waxed strong and the pro- and harmony of interest. It is not all branches of learning are of equal gram of toasts was interesting through- enough, however, for a few small dignity. This idea, now almost com- out. One of the particularly pleasing squads of students, training for the monplace, was a startling heresy forty features of the occasion was the sing- Varsity teams, to constitute the ath- years ago, and when Cornell forced ing. There was a good deal of this in- letic element in the University. It is it upon the educational world it terspersed through the program and imperative that the whole student body aroused the most bitter attacks from the whole body of alumni present en- should participate. The principal thing men of the old school. Mr. Kerr gave tered into the Cornell songs with a is to arouse interest in outdoor sports, figures showing that of the total at- heartiness that made them very impres- but this is not so difficult as it might tendance at Cornell about 1600 students sive indeed. seem, for there is no doubt that the are registered in applied science and The banciueters found at their plates desire already exists to a considerable about 1000 in the academic and profes- an eight page menu appropriately degree. This is shown by the fact that sional schools. This, he said, is just stamped on the cover, but on opening the students have been eagerly using about the proportion you would ex- it to see the toast list they found seven the quadrangle for several years for pect to find among educated men in absolutely blank pages. Then they be- scrub baseball games, and so great has the world of affairs. The modern pol- thought themselves of the day of the been the demand for a diamond that icy—the Cornell idea—of allowing month and smiled broadly at their own sometimes several teams were lined up young men to choose among the vari- discomfiture. I^ater in the evening awaiting their turn. Then too the ous fields of work, instead of forcing large yellow sheets of paper were dis- general interest in tobogganing is evi- them into academic or professional tributed to the guests, containing the dence of a marked inclination toward courses, marks a long step in the ad- program of speeches and on the reverse outdoor sport, even in the dead of win- vance of education. side the Cornell songs to be used dur- ter. Mr. Kerr treated a familiar topic ing the dinner. The University has not done its duty in so fresh and interesting a manner After the singing of "Alma Mater," in the matter by furnishing a suitable as to make his speech one of the most Toastmaster Maurice Connolly, '97, of place for such sports; but w ih the entertaining on the program. Edwin Dubuque, Iowa, introduced Judge completion of the playground next fall P. Young, '94, of Pittsburg, was next Frank Irvine, '80, professor of law at this will be partially remedied. The introduced and after a few words on the University and president of the next step will be the building of a new ,the new athletic field he made a brief Athletic council, to respond to the gymnasium and then the erection of speech in support of the candidacy of toast, "The Facts in the Case." Judge dormitories near the playground. The Thomas McNeil, 3d, '95, for alumni Irvine's speech dealt with the value of dormitories will accomplish the two- trustee. At the conclusion of Mr. athletics in universitiy life and with the fold purpose of developing University Young's speech the Chicago alumni need of dormitories at Cornell. spirit and of getting the students out- pledged themselves to support Mr. Mc- He said that the criticism of the bus- doors to spend their leisure in healthy Neil in the coming campaign. iness end of athletics, so frequently exercise. Judge Irvine told the Chi- United States Judge Royal A. Gun- heard nowadays, merely amounts to a cago men that the undergraduates nison, '96, now of Juneau, Alaska, criticism of any encouragement of ath- have become interested in the dormi- made a beautiful little speech on the 448 CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS. Alaskan country and people, speaking •'78—T. D. Merrill, Willard Bcahan. changing greetings across the years. in the most glowing terms of his new 79 -Charles N. Hincklcy, Walter C. The banquet hall was resplendent with field of work. He said it is the glory Kerr. red and white on both walls and tables. of Cornell University that its men push '80—Frank Irvine. The arrangement of the tables was par- out to the far ends of the earth, where- •'85—D. C. Jackson. ticularly happy, the older alumni being ever there is work to be done. On ar- '87—H. H. Scribner. grouped in the center at the long table, riving at Juneau, for instance, he found •'89—V. F. Mashek. while the younger grads. were distrib- three Cornell men,—a preacher, a law- '90—W. S. Monroe, C. E. Denchlcr. uted around the smaller boards in more yer and a mining expert. '91—E. E. Waful. remote parts of the room. Milton C. Miller, '97, of Keokuk, '93—-Spencer L,. Adams. While the coffee was being passed, Iowa, who had been expected to speak '94—Thomas Ahern. the first of the after dinner speeches on "Manoeuvers at Ithaca and Manila," '95—C. vS. Young. was made. As befitted such a co-edu- was unable to be present and the next '96—Howard S. Simpson, W. G. cational occasion, the speaker was a toast, "You Woudn't Know the Place" Putsch, R. A. Gunnison. woman, and her neat little speech of was responded to by William W. Bald- '97—Maurice Connolly, Robert J. four lines was perhaps the best appreci- win, '05. He spoke in behalf of the Thorne, Oscar M. Wolff. ated effort of the evening. She was Cornell undergraduates. Mr. Baldwin '98—Theodore Dimon, J. H. Aynue. l\ίrs. David White, and the burden of is head cheer leader at Percy Field, '99—M. Iy. Da r row. her remarks was an invitation to the and he took up the criticism of the Όo—S. T. DeLeMater, J. M. Gil- men to enjoy their customary smoke. present Cornell yell. He said that the christ, J. McAdam, E. G. Westlake. The toastmaster was John F. Hay ford, students have come to realize clearly '01—O. W. Roberts. '89, who diffused sunshine in .large the degeneracy of the slogan, and are '02—Ralph Ware, F. E. Hinckley, jr. beams throughout the evening, and gradually bringing it back to its old- '03—J. B. Chase, W. A. Frayer, Ira every speaker who responded to his time strength. It will require con- J. Owen. call caught a bit of the glow. siderable time to accomplish this result, '04—W. Robert Johnston, J. D. Ris- The first speaker on the program was however. tine, II. Burgwcger, F. T. Connor, Professor F. W. Clark, who talked In one respect the speaker said that Andrew Rutledge, Edward Munroe. about 'Old Cornell." He touched a the present-day yell is an improvement '05—S. A. Bingham, Albert H. Bar- humorous note when he compared him- on the old style. This is in the accent. ber, J. S. Knowlson, W. W. Baldwin, self to the statue of Aphrodite in New Mr. Baldwin led the old grads. in two jr. York, which has recently been the sub- or three yells, and then he showed how ject of so much controversy. As the it is given today. The grads. placed Washington Alumni Dine. professor is very dignified and rather the emphasis on the opening words, gray, his hearers had some difficulty in and there was a pronounced dimin- Women Join With Men at the Banquet imagining him as rising coyly from the uendo toward the end, whereas the un- Table and in the Toasts.

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