ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF ALFRED UNIVERSITY

ALFRED YEARrBOOK, I902-03 ALUMNI DAY, JUNE 24, .903

Class Reunions

Three or four classes had planned for reunions, which resulted in as many enjoyable meetings.

Representatives of the class of '88 arranged to have a reunion of their class of thirty members, in I908, the twentieth anniversary of their graduation.

Directors' Meeting

The Board of Directors of the Alumni Association held its annual meeting in the office of the President of the University at ten o'clock A. M. The usual routine of business was transacted, including an appropriation of Five Hundred Dollars to the General Fund of the Treasury of Alfred University, and One Hundred Dollars for the use of the Lecture Committee, both for the year of 1903--

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Meeting of the Alumni Association

The Alumni Association held its annual meeting in the Chapel Hall of the Academy. After the Invocation by the Rev. Stephen Burdick of Andover, N. Y .. a vocal solo was rendered by Judson Rosebush of Alfred.

CORLISS F. RANDOLPH, of Newark, N. J., the president of the association, presented the opening address. He sketched briefly, the history of the association, speaking of its growth in member- ship, the establishment and growth of the Kenyon-Allen Endo\v- ment Fund and of the influence exerted by the associatbn in be- half of the University Library and of the reorganized department of Physics and Chemistry.

He emphasized the power of the influence of the Alumni, and the dependency of their Alma JVfatcr upon them. He pointed out lines of work in which the association could profitably engage for the benefit of the University, and the strengthening of their own organization,

HARRY THURSTON PECK, Professor of the Latin Language

and Literature ill Columbia University, delivered an eloquent

address upon University Spirit. Without detracting in the least

from the loyalty college men owe their respective

Atm{~

Maters. hc

urged that separate and apart from the colleges which fostered

them, all college and university men have a community of interest,

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a community of spirit,--in short. a community of life Th is common

fe~lowship

carries with it a corresponding obligation of loyalty- 10Y,llty to each other. and loyalty to the larger and higher life they represent.

This life was exalted by the speaker, and the power of its subtle influence strongly emphasized .

. The speaker deprecated the tendency of American life which produces intense mechanical and business specialists without college training, which makes inventor;,. and not discoverers; and pointed out how the man of university training. is. in the last analysis, the superior of a man of any other type of training. however thorough and efficient he may be as a business or mecbanical expert.

Brief addresses were made by Daniel Lewis of New York City.

T. Guilford Smith of Buffalo and President Boothe C. Davis.

Phillip T. VanZile of Detroit. Michigan, indulged in many reminiscences of the eartier student life of Alfred.

During the afternoon. vocal solos were rendered by Mrs. R. C.

Taber of Tonawanda, N, Y., and Neil Annas of Alfred.

Alumni Banquet

The Alumni Banquet was held in the evening, in the dining ball of Ladies Hall. During the evening, toasts were responded to as follows:

ALFRED UNIVERSITV, PRESIDENT BOOTHE C. DAVIS. wbo. in his usual genial manner, welcomed the Alumni upon the occasion of another visit to their Alma Mater.

THE LAW, PHILIP T. VANZILE. Mr. VanZile exalted the law above all other professions, and spoke at some length

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a semi-ironical and semi-humorous vein.

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

DANIEI~

LEWIS. Before proceed- ing to his theme. Dr. Lewis paused long' enough to reply in behalf of his profession. to Judge VanZile's remarks upon the law, and then addressed himself to the task of securing sub- scriptions to the Kenyon-Allen Endowment Fund. Sub- scriptions were offered to the amount of one thousand dollars.

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LITERATURE. HARRV THURSTON PECK. the editor of the

Bookman, plead for the recognition of literature as a profession,

and maintained that until it was accorded such a recognition, the

status of current literature would always remain unsatisfactory.

ALFRED YEAR-BoOK I902-o3

THK CL.ERGY. THE REV. EDWIN S. HOFFMAN upheld the dignity of the clergy, and pointed out the magnificent opportunity en-

joyed by them for exerting

a

powerful mfluence for good in al the walks of life.

POLITICS. ISAAC

B.

BROWN plead for the recognition of politics and the politician as factors to be reckoned With, not only in state but in

THE REGENTS. T. GurLFORD SMITH of the Regents of the University

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the State of New York, spoke of the pleasant relations existing between Alfred and the State University.

He presented in outline a plan for a free circulating library adapted to rural life. The Association endorsed the plan, and recommended that the Regents proceed to

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it into operation.

THE FACULTY. ALPllEUS B. KENYON. After a humorous allusion to each member of the Faculty. Professor Kenyon set forth

in

forceful and eloquent words the high ideals entertained by the Faculty of the trust committed to their llands, and pledged anew the continuance of the same faithful and conscientiOUs endeavor which had always characterized their work.

THE CLASS OF '03. SUSIE C. SAUNDERS. );fiss Saunders spoke earnestly of student life in retrospect, and presented a courageous and hopeful prospect of life to those who with here self were just leaving their

Alma il:fater.

THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. THE

REV.

ARTHUR E. MAIN.

Dean Main spoke earnestly, though briefly, of the influence of Theological Seminaries upon the religious thought of the world, and of the efforts making at Alfred in that direction.

THE SHCOOL OF CERAMICS. CHARLES F. BINNS. Professor Binns drew attention to the work already accomplished

by

Alfred's school of Ceramics, and gave a glance at the future which lies before it.

After the response to the last toast HENRY M. MAXSON,

President elect of the Alumni ASSOCiation, was introduced and after

an acknowledgment of the honor conferred upon him by his

election, indulged for a short time in reminisGences of the days of

his student life at Alfred.

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To the KENYON-ALLEN ENDOWMeNT FeND received at the Banquet to which is added' those that have since conre to hand,

The ENDOW"lENT FUSD COMMITTEE will be pleased to receive can tributions and pledges from the Alumni and others interested in the move- ment to increase the fund to $20,000.

Susan M. Burdick, M., '83 D. Sherman Budick, B., '82 Charles C. Chipman, Acct. B., '86 Edwin C. Chipman, A. B., M. D., '87 Class of 1903

Will R. Clarke, (78'79)

\Villiam H. Crardall, ('62-'63) Orson C. Greene, (+7-48)

E. Ilamilton, H. Larkin, A.

Daniel LewiS, Ph. D.,

Alfred Alfred New York City Nmntic, R. 1.

New York City Alfred Colfax, "VasIL New York City Alfred

$JOO 700 lOO 100 JOO 100 100 100 100

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100 100 100 100 100 Total ... ..

The following is the form of those who prefer to pay in installments

of

which is signed by a year:

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It

is my desire that the "KENYOK-ALLRK ENDOWMENT FUXD" be increased \vherefore I request the Alumni Association of Alfred to endeavor to seCtlre contributions and with that end in view, and, in consideration of such efforts the Alumni Association, I subscribe to tbe" KENYOX- ALUN ENDOWMENT FUND" ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, and promISe to

pay

the same to the order of the

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF ALFRED UNIVERSITY on or before .. , ... 19 ' with the privilege of paying the pnncipal in sums of ten dollars or more.

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