Thayer are a good proportion of Hamilton men on the bench of the United States courts. Farwell, Merwin, Anthony, Newman, Morrow, Truax and scores more have won high honor in state judiciaries. At the bar, east and west, the sons of Hamilton have gained more than full share of honor. In pure scholarship, none are doing better work than L. S. Campbell, 56, Dr. I. J. Hall, '59, and J. A. Paine, '61. In the United States patent office, Streking, '55, is one of the three examiners in chief. At the head of the department of justice is W. H. H. Miller, '61. On the bench of the court of claims is Scofield of '41. In the senate, Payne of '31, and Hawley of '47; in the house, Sherman of '78. A Hamilton graduate needs not to be ashamed in Washington. Wherever great financiers are gathered and momentous issues are discussed John Jay Knox '49, ranks easily among the foremost. In nearly every field of business venture from ocean to ocean Hamilton men have approved the value of the Hamilton education. Some have doubly approved it, as Franklin Head '56, in Chicago successfully administering vast business interests, presiding over the Union League Club, and charming men and women of culture with his quaint "Insomnia of Shakspeare." Hamilton men manage two of the great New York dailies: C. S. Lord '71, "The Sun," H. D. Cunningham '66, "The Press," while Griswold helps to keep the world jolly through "Texas Siftings." Blair in Troy, J. H. Cunningham and Dunham in Utica, M. II. Northrup in Syracuse, and many another, through the press carry on the work whose beginning of discipline was at Hamilton. Hamilton has been always a practical college for practical men. Yet it needs not that one write of the classic quaintness of the poetry of Professor North, the graceful imaginings and musical verse of Gurdon Huntington, the sweet, strong lyrics of Professor Scollard. But names and deeds of note throng upon the thought of one familiar with the roll of Hamilton Alumni. It is no mere burst of loyal enthusiam; statistics will show that no American college has sent forth year by year, a larger proportion of successful men than Hamilton. Hamilton men can first of all use what they have. There is very little unavailable force with Hamilton graduates. They are able to bring themselves to whatever is to be done; to grasp and analyze things and subjects. They have learned to put forth what they know and what they have of thought and character and purpose. Resources are valuable as they can be used. For the high average success of Hamilton men, credit is largely due to the rhetorical work, begun by Dr. Mandeville, perfected by Dr. Upson and for forty years so thoroughly interwoven with college life that it is now part and parcel of the college spirit. Yet, withal, it must not be forgotten that the fuller the channel the mightier the power that sweeps through the flume and the greater the machinery it stirs to activity. It is wise to cultivate the power to express, to put forth; it is wise also to see to it, carefully and steadfastly, that there be true knowledge, true power, true purpose to be put forth. AROUND COLLEGE. -Joseph Rudd, Jr., formerly of '90, spent May 9-10 at Prof. Chester's home. -Mr. A. Lincoln McAdam. '88. of Buffalo, attended chapel on the Hill May 4. -Rodgers, '90, has received an appointment to the position of instructor in Robert College, Constantinople. -Popoff, '90, and Wood, '92, addressed the students of Colgate University, Saturday, May 2, on Foreign Missions. -On account of the unsuitable condition of the grounds, the spring field day was postponed from May 15 to May 17. -Burton, '90, went to Albany May 3, to secure the services of Gartland's Tenth Regiment Band for commencement week. —Rev. James Eells, 87, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Saratoga Springs, made short calls on College Hill, May 3. —April 20, in the college chapel, Rev. Mr. Chamberlain preached a very interesting and descriptive sermon on missionary work in Brazil. -Rain prevented the Colgate-Hamilton ball game on the 14th of May. The game will be played in June. A special train will probably be run. -Actual occurrence at first ball game between college and town nines: Mose -Time, Mr. Umpire! Umpire, (taking out his watch,)-Quarter past four. -Albert Evans, '89, who is attending Princeton Theological Seminary, has accepted a call to preach during the summer at Roswell, South Dakota, and has entered upon his duties there. -The Hamiltonian Board raffled off a very fine Kodak camera May 2. Sheppard, '91, was the lucky man, He is now prepared to give sittings at any time, day or night. Call early and avoid the rush. -The fifty-eighth annual convention of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity was held in Rochester, N. Y., May 6-7. Sharp and Burton, '90, Adams, '91, Willard and Owen, '92, represented the Hamilton chapter. -Prof. (to Senior in Political Economy,) Mr. M— what does the author say about Rent? Mr. M- He says that he won't say anything about it just at present. Class smiles and M- gets a blood (?) -May 9 the prize speaking contest of The Clinton Grammar School was held in the chapel of the Presbyterian Church. The Hamilton College Glee and Banjo Clubs furnished excellent music for the entertainment. - Moore, '90, manager of the Hamilton College Glee and Banjo Clubs, was the recipient of a handsome guitar, presented to him by the Glee and Banjo Clubs as a token of their appreciation of his excellent and painstaking management of these musical organizations. -Mr. Grant Stroh, a former member of the class of '89, a graduate of Lake Forest University, '88, and at present of Union Theological Seminary, visited in Clinton May 3-5. Mr. Stroh has accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church of Colkinsville, Michigan, and will enter upon his duties at once. -The Junior class of Houghton, assisted by Mrs. A. G. Benedict, gave a reception to the Seniors of the seminary, and friends, May 2. The entertainment of the guests was conducted on an elaborate scale and all the students who attended pronounce it one of the most delightful evenings ever spent at Hough ton. -The "Theta Delts" celebrated the complete occupancy of their home on the evening of the 10th by giving a banquet to their alumni and to the members of other charges. Thirty-two enjoyed the feast. Members were present from Yale, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Cornell and Boston Universities. Prof. J. D. Rogers, '89, presided; John D. Cary, '84, acted as toastmaster, and Duncan C. Lee, '91, made the address of welcome for the active charge. -The Faculty have announced the following appointments for the Clark Prize Exhibition to be held in the Stone Church, June 4: Gray-"The Touchstone of As You Like It and the Fool of King Lear;" Hughes-"Victor Hugo, Poet and Patriot;" Miller-"The Military Career of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan;" Root-"Victor Hugo, Poet and Patriot;" Smyth-"The New West and its Bearing on Our National Destiny;" Stevens-"Individualism and the State." -May 7 a splendid game of ball was played on the college diamond by the Clinton and the college nines. The following is the score by innings : College... I O O I O R. H. E. 0- 2 3 3 4 7 4 It was essentially a batteries' game-Geer striking out 16 men and French 14. The battery work of Geer and Miller was especially fine-Miller having but two passed balls. The umpire was considered "rocky" on some of his decisions. Had he been more accurate, some claim that the college nine would have won the game. The game shows that the college nine is a strong one. Its weak points are not in fielding, but in base running and batting. Several times the bases were full, and a clean hit would have saved the game. It is unfortunate that the nine has had so few practice games-for, so far as material is concerned, it is the strongest nine which has been put on the diamond within the last four years. If we can hit the ball the pennant will be ours. On May 10 these nines crossed bats again with the following result: College.. R. H. E. .O 0 O 3 3 0 O The game, though not so fine an exhibition of ball playing, was far more exciting than the previous one-eleven innings being necessary to decide which nine was the stronger. Geer and Miller did excellent battery work, as before. Benton had recovered his "pristine valor," while Welch put up his usual fine game. Northrop, on first, was like a basket to all balls which came his way. The promising feature of the nines playing was the way in which they "pounded the leather," making 13 hits, with two two-baggers. We have much confidence in the nines making a fine record this year, ALUMNI OF NORTHERN NEW YORK. The first reunion of the Northern New York Association of Hamilton Alumni was held at the Woodruff House, in Watertown, Tuesday evening, April 22, 1890. Among the graduates present were Rev. L. Merrill Miller, '40, Ogdensburg; Rev. R. G. KEYES, '48, D. A. DwIGHT, '50, Adams; Rev. W. N. CLEVELAND, '51, Chaumont; HANNIBAL SMITH, '66, Dr. W. T. LAIRD, '68, and S. F. BAGG, '69, Watertown; Rev. D. A. FERGUSON, '71, Hammond; Rev. Prof. A. S. HOYT, '72, Hamilton College; Rev. L. R. Webber, '72, Sackett's Harbor; Rev. E. B. FISHER, '73, Rossie; Rev. J. J. CowLES, '75, Adams; Hon. J. A. MCCONNELL, '77, Prof. G. M. JONES, '88, and E. R. WILCOX, '88, Watertown; E. J. WAGER '86, Philadelphia. Rev. Dr. S. A. Hayt and Rev. A. M. Dulles were present as invited guests. Rev. Dr. Miller was elected toastmaster, and responses were made by HANNIBAL SMITH, S. F. BAGG, Hon. J. A. MCCONNELL, Rev. Dr. HAYT, Rev. J. J. CowLES, Dr. W. T. LAIRD, E. J. WAGER, Rev. W. N. CLEVELAND, Prof. A. S. HoYT, D. A. DWIGHT, Rev. L. R. WEBBER, Rev. D. A. FERGUSON, Rev. A, M. DULLES and Rev. E. B. FISHER. Permanent officers were elected as proposed by the nominating committee, viz: President, HANNIBAL SMITH, '66; Vice President, Rev. RANDALL PEASE, '71, Waddington; Secretary and Treasurer, E. J. WAGER, '86, Philadelphia; Executive Committee, Dr. W. T. LAIRD, '68, and Rev. J. J. COWLES, '75, for one year; Rev. L. R. WEBBER, '72, and Prof. F. L. DEWEY, '82, for two years; J. Y. CHAPIN, '66, and E. R. WILCOX, '88, for three years. Rev. S. A. HAYT, Rev. A. M. DULLES, F. H. CAMP and J. C. KNOWLTON were chosen honorary members. Principal WILLIAM C. Kruse, '85, Ogdensburg, S. F. Bagg, '69, J. A. McCONNELL, '77, and E. J. Wager, '85, were appointed delegates to the annual meeting of Alumni at Commencement. INTER-COLLEGIATE NEWS. -Lehigh has never conferred any honorary degrees whatever. -The Johns Hopkins students have thrown aside their regulation caps and gowns. -The Dartmouth professors have each had their salaries raised two hundred dollars. -George Bancroft, the historian, is the only living member of the class of 1817, Harvard. -The average age of those who enter college is seventeen years. A century ago it was fourteen. -President Patton is mentioned as a probable speaker at the Northfield convention this summer. -One thousand dollars has already been raised towards building the new boat house at Cornell. -The class of '80 has decided to present Princeton with the gateway, to cost $3,000, as their decennial gift. -It is said that the day of prayer for colleges was established by the American Educational Society in 1823. -The Harvard Quinquennial Catalogue for 1890, heretofore published in Latin, will this year be issued in English. -Twenty Yale men are going west in June to act as home missionaries for three months, at a salary of $20 a month. -The example set by Cornell in establishing a School of Journalism will be followed by the University of Pennsylvania. -On account of disorderly conduct at Utica during its recent trip, the Cornell Glee Club has expelled four of its members. —In the England inter-university sports, Cambridge took six firsts and six seconds; Oxford took three firsts and three seconds. -The president of Tufts College places the damage done to the good name of the college, by untruthful reports of a student fracas, at $200,000. -Hon. Seth Low, immediately upon his inauguration as president of Columbia College, presented $1,000 to the Athletic Association of the college. -Three prizes of $300, $200 and $100 have been offered by the Cosmopolitan to the students who obtain the largest number of subscriptions for them. -A friend of Syracuse University has provided a fund for the purpose of fitting up an athletic ground for the students, with facilities for base ball, foot ball and track sports. -The Methodist Episcopal Church controls sixty-one colleges in this country, the Baptist and Roman Catholic each forty-seven, the Presbyterian forty and the Congregational twenty-six. -The annual foot ball match between teams representing England and Scotland was played at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, on April 5, and resulted in a draw. Each side scored one goal. -Cornell recently received the certificate of the award of the gold medal by the Paris Exposition for displays made of photographs and documents showing the organization and work of the university. -There is danger that Roberts College, the American School of Constantinople, will fall under the ban of the Grand Vizier. Too liberal a spirit for the health of Turkey's politics is the objectionable feature. -A new scholarship, to be known as the Scott Hurst scholarship, has been founded at Yale. It is the income of $5,000 and will be conferred on two students, one Senior and one Junior, for proficiency in general scholarship. -Professor Cooper of Lehigh University affirms that America did not derive its name from Amerigo Vespucci, as is pupularly believed, but from a region in Nicaraugua called Amerique, and that Vespucci's real name was Albericus. -Thomas Nast, the cartoonist, has presented to Princeton an elaborate cartoon, representing her victory over Yale in the Thanksgiving day game. The cartoon was placed on exhibition for the first time at the Junior Promenade. |