2)elta xapsilon HA Mil -TON SetttH Centennial Exercises HAMILTON CHAPTER OF DELTA UPSILON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1897 / Hamilton CoIIegfc, Clinton, N. Y« ^ b > CLINTON, N. Y. 1898 ©fficers of tbe 'Bn's 29816 "President, Rev. Milton Waldo, D. D. First Vice-Vresident, Ira W. Allen, LL. D. Vice-'Presi dents : Rev. Linus M. Miller, D. D.. Rev. Richard G. Keyes, Rev. Yates Hickey. George W. Newcomb, Esq.. Rev. Byron Bosvs'orth, Rev. William L. Page, James S. Baker. John N. Beach, Rev. Henry Loomis, Professor Francis M. Burdick, LL. D., Dr. Selden H. Talcott, Ph. D., Hon. Oliver E. Branch, Sup't George Griffith, Ph. D., Frederick W. Griffith. [Marshal, Melvin G. Dodge. .\2>^^-°''^°^^ 1899 Semi-centennial lEjercises IFDamilton dbapter ot Belta XHpsilon IB EDNESDAY, June 23, 1897, is a day that will long be remembered by those sons of Delta Upsilon who came back to Col- lege Hill to share in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Hamilton chap- ter. Invitations had been issued to all the members of the chapter ; and for v/eeks previous to the celebra- tion the local committee had been working that all visitors should be royally welcomed. The morning dawned bright and clear, and no cloud came to mar the brightness and glory of the day. The founders of the chapter met at the house of Rev. Edward P. Powell at 8 a. m., and escorted by the marshal, marched to the Chapter House. The following is a list of the members present during the day. Rev. Dr. Linus M. Miller, honorary, James F. Converse, '48, Rev. Richard G. Keyes, '48, Rev. Dr. Milton Waldo, '48, Rev. Yates Hickey, '49, Rev. Hiram E. Johnson, '49, Henry C. Kingsbury, '49, George W. Newcomb, '49, Ira W. Allen, LL. D., 'so, Rev. Byron Bosworth, '50, Joseph 4 5)elta lapsilon C. Ford, '51, Rev. William B. Dada, "S3, Rev. Edward P. Powell, '53, Rev. Professor. William H. Maynard, D. D., '54, Rev. William L. Page, '54, Rev. Dwight Scovel, '54, Milton Howe, '56, James S. Baker, '=^7, Rev. Joseph E. Tinker, "57, Dr. Peter W. Emens, '57, Rev. Chester W. Hawley, Amherst '^8, Rev. Isaac P. Powell, "60, James S. Greves, '61, John N. Beach, '62, Rev. Dr. Henry Ward, '62, Dr. Augustus B. South wick, '63, Kendrick S. Putnam, '64, Rev. Dr. Luther A. Ostrander, '65, Rev. Isaac O. Best, '67, Hon. Charles E. Rice, LL. D., '67. Rev. Dr. Henry Randall Waite, '68, Professor Francis M. Burdick, LL. D., '69, Professor Eliot R. Payson, Ph. D., '69, Fred- erick H. Gouge, '70, Henry C. Maine, '70, Principal John E. Massee, '73, Rev. James F. Brodie, '76, Superintendent George Griffith, Ph. D., '77, John T. Perkins, '77, Rev. Professor Jacob Streibert, Ph. D., '77, Colonel William M. Griffith, '80. Oliver A. Hess, '81, Rev. Charles L. Luther, '83, Edward M. Bassett, '84, Edmund J. Wager, '85, Frederick W. Griffith, '86, Professor Frank H. Robson, '87, Andrew H. Scott, '87, Rev. Frank B. Severance, '87, Rev. Carl W. Scovel, '88, Rev. Professor William H. Squires, '88, Professor Edgar C. Morris, '89, Librarian Melvin G. Dodge, '90, Principal Thomas E. Hayden, '91, Professor William P. Shepard, Ph. D., '92, Charles W. Disbrow, '93, Cornelius J. Gibson, '94, Arthur B. Mitchell, '95, George E. Stone, '95, Frank P. Knowlton, '96, Arthur D. Scovel, '96, Harry B. Ward, '96, Albert W. Boesche, 97, Charles E. Keck, '97, James B. Turnbull, '97, Charles G. Empie, '98, Thomas C. Gifford, '98, Robert B. Searle, '98, Byron E. Semi-centennial 5 Turnbull, '98, Henry White, 98, Isaac L. Best, '99, Fred A. Gates, '99, Fred R. Keck, '99, Charles L. Mosher, '99, Hugh K. Moulton, '99, Robert P. Ostrander, '99, Joseph E. Carmichael, '00, Charles R. Clark, 00, Edward J. Graham, '00, Kenneth G. Henry, '00, Friend M. M. Hull, '00, Edwin C. Hawley, '01, Ralph C. Hawley, '01, Augustus H. Shearer, Rutgers 'gg, Henry C. Emm, Syracuse 'g8. At the Chapter House, at 8 130, the Fraternity was called to order by Professor William H. Squires of the College. Albert W. Boesche, valedictorian of '97, delivered the address of welcome. He said : " Dear brothers of Delta Upsilon : Few be my words of welcome, for a hearty greeting does not need long words. Be assured that the active chapter of Delta Upsilon extends to you its hearty greeting. Be assured also that we appreciate the opportunity of meeting so many men who are our friends though we may never have met them before, and our broth- ers though we have never seen them. There can be nothing more impressing to us young men now in active work than to be offered the true hand of fel- lowship by those who can say that fifty years ago they looked down upon this beautiful Oriskany valley, being then young men as we are, and students as we are, and brothers in Delta Upsilon as we are. You are better able than we, gentlemen, to tell what those fifty years have meant, not only on this hillside or in this county, but in the world. But though they have been fifty years of change, one thing has not changed and that is the friendship and love of our fraternity. This Chapter House, standing as a fitting memorial of your kindness and generosity, shall ever stand open 6 Delta IHpsilon to you as it does to-day, whenever you come back to greet again your staunch old ahna mater and to renew your pledges to Delta U. We bid you hearty greeting. " Henry C. Kingsbury responded : "In behalf of the friends of this institution and of other graduates of Hamilton College, I return sincere thanks for the joy- ous greeting we have received this morning. I had supposed that my response was to be made for the founders of this fraternity, and that 1 was chosen as a sort of conneding link (not Darwinian). I trust to respond for them, owing to their age and inability to speak for themselves, their appreciation of this welcome by those who are still in the harness. But I find that I am expected on behalf of all the graduates of Hamilton College who are members of Delta Upsilon, to voice for them their thanks for this greeting. I am glad to see so many young men who appreciate the opportunities v/hich are offered to them by Hamilton College, and who have not been drawn away by institutions which partake in great degree of the character of a department store where anything can be obtained, and where people flock as sometimes ladies do when a sweeping redu6lion is made on an article from $5.00 to $4.99. The fear is that these institutions will wipe out the smaller colleges and schools, unless parents and teachers and friends unite their efforts to sustain and support their alma mater. It is a well-known fact that Hamilton College has sent from its walls many and many a man who has made his mark in the world ; many a man who has not only been a social, political, and religious success; but many a man who has been useful in the quiet of Semis=Ccntennlal 7 his own community, and made a name among his immediate fellow citizens. 1 trust that the day will be far distant when the number in attend- ance will be seriously diminished. I had hoped that at the end of nearly fifty years since my gradua- tion there would be a class that would exceed the class of '49, but the triennial catalogue has failed to disclose any more than were in that class. " Rev. Dr. Milton Waldo, the venerable first pres- ident of the fraternity, was then installed as president of the day. Ira W. Allen, LL. D., was installed as first vice-president. They were greeted with cheers. The Ode to Delia U. was then sung ; after which Rev. Richard G. Keyes read a paper on The Founders and the Fraternity, which he purported to have written fifty years ago. He said : 'Mn the spring term of 1847 the subje6l was agitated among the neutrals of forming an anti- secret society similar to the one in Williams College. But one meeting was held, and that at Mrs. Powell's. Word was passed around very cautiously to certain ones whom we wanted for the organization. After dark we stole quietly down to the place appointed. Sixteen were found to be present ; one more than most of us had anticipated. Robbins was the fellow. But we found upon inquiry of some of our number who knew him that he was true blue, and could be trusted. Before the vote to organize there was an animated discussion as to whether our meetings should be secret. It was decided in the negative. The constitution of the fraternity at Williams College was substantially adopted, and Adams, a nephew of old Dr. Adams of Syracuse, was seleded to 2:0 over to Williams, confer with the 8 2)elta TUpgilon fraternity there, and procure badges similar to theirs. Sixteen were sent on to Clinton with the names of the owners engraved upon them. Thursday, September i6, 1847, ten of our fellows 'swung out" and put on their badges. The remaining six did so shortly afterward. There were therefore sixteen charter members. Very nearly every one of us had been urged to join one or more of the secret societies : some of us had been asked to join three out of the four. Our members were the very best among the neutrals. It had come to be well understood who among the neutrals were trying to get into the secret societies. They were called ' Bootlicks. " Some of the neutrals had, a year or so before, made an effort to form a secret society. We invited not one of either class to join us. We wished no members to whom the other societies could point and say , ' Aha ! They tried to join us, and couldn't ! " We did not care to be a ' Botany bay ' society, but true fellows to the marrow bone. Very few new members were ele6led in the fall term of 1847. About the first of November of that term there was a disgraceful row. President North was thrown down. It was at the Sophomore ' Bonfire. ' How indignant the better class of fellows were, though. Not a single one of our fellows was engaged in it. I went out in disguise. Several laid hold of me ; concluded it was Ed. Orton, and so reported the next day. I thus found out many of those engaged in the ' Bonfire. ' Two gallons of liquor were brought on to the Hill that night. In November, 1847, Mr. Waldo was sent to a convention, at Troy, of delegates from the different Semi-centennial 9 colleges. They adopted a common constitution, but could not agree upon a common name and badge. " About half an hour was spent in pleasant social converse, and the younger members sang college songs. At 9 : 30 the men formed in procession, and marched to the residence of Professor Edward North. As the venerable professor appeared at the door he was given three hearty cheers. He said : "Will you not come in, boys.^" President Waldo said : "A fev/ of our boys came to say good morning. We wish to say that we love and respect you. A few of us coming back here after half a century find you the only living representative of the old faculty. We remember how much you did for us, how faithful and patient you were. It is a pleasure for us to know that you have sustained the department of Greek for half a century as it has been sustained in no other institution. It is solid and strong, and there is no prospect of its going down. We would feel it an honor to take your hand. May God bless you, dear professor, and keep you, and make your heart rejoice." Dr. North: "Your kind words go to a grateful heart. 1 remember you all. I remember your faces, and I remember your voices when I hear them. May I give you a conundrum this morning ^ " A Voice : " Give it in Greek. " Dr. North : "Why is the Delta Upsilon Fraternity like a woman ?" One of the boys : " Because she is lovely r' " Dr. North : "So far so good. " Another : " Because she can't keep a secret.^" lo Delta "Clpsilon Dr. North : "One reason more. " K. S. Putnam : "Because you seem to like both pretty well. " Dr. North : 'i will tell you v/hy. The Delta Upsilon Fraternity understates its age this morning. I will explain it to you. Fifty-seven years ago 1 attended a meeting of students in the Senior class-room where speeches were made by Henry Kendall, Henry A. Nelson, and possibly by L. Merrill Miller ; and in the speeches made at this meeting it was claimed that if there is any good in college fraternities, it ought to be more widely diffused. The good seed planted at that time was planted so deep that it took seven years to come up to the sunlight. Since then Delta U. has made wholesome, substantial progress in whatever promotes scholarship, character and achievement in life. It will go on doing its best for high scholarship, for solid character, and for grand achievement in life. You see this elm tree ? It was planted just fifty years ago and is a good emblem of the Delta U. Fraternity. May its shadow never grow less." Then came the handshaking process. It seemed like a procession of the years, each one announcing his class number as he shook the hand of the venerable professor. It did the visitors good to be remembered and called by name, and to receive again the old cordial greeting. It brought back the morning of life to many, and there was perhaps something of the dew of the morning in more than one pair of eyes. Each expressed some kindly wish. " You have lived to bless our children. May you live to bless our grandchildren, " said one. Next the procession proceeded to the College Campus. At the Library it was welcomed by Semi-centennial 1 1 Professor William R. Terrett of the faculty. He said : "I feel very highly the honor that has been conferred upon me in being invited by those v/ho have charge of the arrangements to assist in extending to the brethren of this society a very hearty welcome to the hospitalities of Hamilton College. 1 am not myself a member of this society, yet it has seemed to me that there was a slight bond of connection in the fact that I am a graduate of Williams College where your society had its origin in 1834. Is it not true that v/e may together look upon Williams College as our alma mater, saying that in a sense she is the mother of us all ? Occupying the position that I do in Hamilton College 1 feel it my duty to preserve a strict neutrality betv/een all of the societies. I feel like the guest at a hotel table who, when asked whether he would take white- fish or bluefish, replied that it made no difference as he was color-blind. So far as these various societies are concerned it is my duty to be impartial and color- blind. But there is no impropriety in recognizing that the history of this society and of the men you call brothers, is a very large and distinguished part of the history of Hamilton College. A society that has sent out scholars like Albert Barnes and Dr. May- NARD ; such illustrious preachers as Arthur T. PiERSON and B. Fay Mills whose eloquence has been heard on more than one continent ; such distin- guished lawyers as Francis M. Burdick and Oliver E. Branch ; teachers like Mattoon M. Curtis ; physicians like Dr. Talcott — I need not name them all — they have conferred honor on the college as well as on the society. Then there 12 I)elta IHpsilon are your society undergraduates. You honored the college in Mr. Boesche last evening. The valedic- torian and one of the salutatorians of '97 wear your pin and belong to your brotherhood. Nor should I fail to say that we are under great obligations for Professor Shepard and Professor Dodge, both young men who have already won their spurs. Professor Squires is also a young man. No member of the faculty is more beloved by the students, or exercises a larger influence for good on this hilltop. A man of open and progressive mind who learned more of psychology from his own baby in two years than from all his reading in ten years. Standing on the steps of this building and within sight of these workrooms, it is proper that I should say that among the officers of the college there is none more honored or trusted than the librarian. Professor Dodge. Some men work like a whirlwind and some like the sunshine. He belongs to the latter class. He is a very modest man, but whatever work is given him to do is done with the utmost faithful- ness. As a result almost all the work of the college is given him to do. A member of the faculty, libra- rian, and a most efficient treasurer of the athletic association, he has something to do with everything on College Hill. There are men who can be trusted absolutely. Professor Dodge is one of those men. Whosever place is deserted, his place will be filled. Whosever work is neglected, his work will be done. Once more let me extend to you a cordial welcome to all the festivities of this place and to all the hospitalities of the college. Washington was once visiting at the home of Roger Sherman, whose daughter, then a very SemissCentcnnlal 13 little girl, afterward became the mother of William M. EvARTs. Washington rose to go and the little girl opened the door for him. Washington said : ' You are worthy of a more honorable office than to let me out. ' She replied : ' Yes sir, to let you in. ' It is a distinguished honor that I am permitted to be one of those who let you in. " Rev. Yates Hickey responded. He said : " 1 am very glad to come here through the door by which we came. It is a wonderful honor to us back numbers, who don't feel old except when we look in- to a glass. Some of us are seventy years young. It is a pleasure to listen to such words as were spoken by Dr. North and yourself. It is a great honor, of which I am unworthy, to be called on to respond. There is a dew, an atmosphere, that is simply glorious. How beautiful! A benediction is descending on us. Dr. North said that this organization stood for scholarship, character, and accomplishment. If I were going to phrase it, I would not be so beautiful. He told us that we were founded seven years before we claimed we were. 1 would have said that we stood for broadness, solidity, and effectiveness, so far as my observation goes. I will not take time for a speech. That isn't in my line. I buttonhole people and know them all in five minutes. '1 have been fighting literature, not of the good kind, for thirty-five years. If I had been asked to speak at the Observatory, I should have said what I gathered from Professor Mitchell at Cincinnati some years ago. In looking through his telescope he saw boys stealing apples on a hillside seven miles away. He who made the eye and enabled it to see can see much farther than we. What is a plotter 14 2)elta IHpsilon worth as against a counterplotter ? You can counter- plot. If we will seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, He will add the other things to us. Be broad, thorough, solid, and effective, and always depend on Him." Next the visitors called at the Biological Laboratory where they were welcomed by Professor A. D. ?vloRRiLL, who said : "We have to thank Mr. Powell for the inception of this laboratory, its arrangement, and many suggestions for its progress. If it had not been for him, I am sure there would have been none at this time. If it had not been for the opportunity to start a biological laboratory, 1 should not have come. This is the first year of a separate department in biology. Chemistry was given to Professor Higbee. Next year we will be on the third floor of the new building. You will notice we have a very good light here and that from one side only. That is something we will say good-by to in the new building. This is a good room to work in and gives us the best light. " James F. Converse responded. He said : " I feel as a certain general did when sent out by President Lincoln to execute a commission. On his return the President said : ' Report, general. Tell us all you know. It won't take but one minute. ' I am in that condition. I differ from most of you in that I have been a farmer for fifty years and have wandered among the fields and among the herds of this and other States. It affords me pleasure to be present and join with you in this festival and its enjoyment. In behalf of the class of '48 I tender you our thanks. We shall remember it for the remainder of our years. We hope that when you are called to SemisCcntennf al 1 5 celebrate the centennial, we may still be with you, young as we are to-day. " At the Soper Gymnasium the visitors were wel- comed by Professor Oren Root. He said : " Brethren in Delta U. I use that term advisedly. I have been asked to welcome you at this gymnasium. 1 am trying to teach mathematics. It is perhaps appropriate that 1 should talk to you from the gym- nasium. My college recollections go back to 1846. With the wide-open eyes of a boy I saw the keys blazing like the shield of Achilles with the 'S. F.' and later with the 'A. S. C, ' and by and by Beard, Stebbins, and Erdman of the class of '56, and others of '55 wore badges of the Delta Sigma. 1 can recall the struggle for existence that always belongs to new institutions. The gestation and generation of events everywhere is in pain and travail. It belongs to our humanity. Truth, scope, results come in sorrow to man, and so they came to you. I can recollect that there was something for you to endure because you were striving for new things. i have warred and waited since those days, but it has kept my eyes open to the noticing of other things. It was a source of satisfaction that the class of '56 had no riotous disputes. We were not always of one thought, but always accepted the verdict of the majority. When we had been for twenty-five years out of college, there came one of those tender and delicate things that makes us believe in humanity. I received a letter from one of the class who was a home missionary in western Wisconsin. He had been able, industrious, had worked hard and gathered little. There was a tone of sadness in his letter. His oldest boy was ready for college but could not come. 1 6 2)clta 'dpsilon When the boys gathered under the elms at my place, I said : * Can we do a better thing than to see that his boy goes through Hamilton College?" They asked: 'What will it cost ?' I said that the college would give him his scholarship, and that it would cost him $150. a year for board. Pledges were made, but the amount was not sufficient. As we broke up, one of your Delta U. fellows came to me and said : ' You gather what you can, and whatever is lacking, I will stand back of. ' He did it, and it cost him twice as much as any one else. The boy"s father was not a Delta U., but it made not a particle of difference. I have found in forty years that there are brotherhoods much broader and deeper than those we denote by any badges and call by any name. Outside is the brotherhood of the college. There is also the brother- hood of learning. Another brotherhood is that under the flag. In the same way the brotherhood of Amer- ican living, and the crowning brotherhood of our American character, are to be formed by the work of just such old boys as you, and just such young boys as are our college trustees. Deeper than that is the brotherhood of our humanity. There will come a time when the Senate of the United States will not dare to reject an arbitration treaty between two of the greatest nations of the world. There is coming a time when the song of the poet of the ' Parliament of man, the Federation of the world ' will be a truth. For more than forty years I have known and loved those who wore the key and the badge. I have realized that you have a place to fill and have filled it ; that you have done a good work. Because of all these things I am glad to welcome you to the gymnasium. " SemisCentennfal 17 Joseph C. Ford responded. He said : "Professor Root: In behalf of the members of Delta Upsilon here present, I thank you for your cordial welcome. Many of us are here, after an absence of nearly half a century, and we feel that we are in our old home again. Excuse the seeming rudeness, when 1 say that we hardly needed your welcome. We did not need to be told that our ' fair mother,' after this long absence, would be glad to see the old boys again ; and that the latch-string alv/ays hangs outside for them. You, Sir, if you were here at all in our college days, must have been mewling in your nurse's arms. While it is gracious for you thus to receive us, we should have come anyway. We can see our mother's kindly smile and her outstretched arms. We reciprocate her greeting with all our hearts. She has grown older since we left her. Her hair is streaked with silver, but it is becoming. She grows more beautiful as she grows in years. As we look about these college grounds, we are impressed with the changes time has made. North College, the College Chapel, Middle and South College buildings indeed are still as they were when we were here. This hill on which the college is situated is still here. The valley of the Mohav/k and the blue hills beyond are still where they were when we occupied these dormitories; sat in these windows, and gazed on the scene, and dreamed as young men will. But all else how changed. There was then no beautiful Library building, no Observatory, no Hall of Languages, no Gymnasium. The old fence in front of the college buildings, with the row of stately poplars, under which it crept, are gone. The i8 Delta lapsllon grounds are greatly enlarged. These noble trees have grown since we were here. Much as we love the old home we realize that it is greatly improved, and made more beautiful. But where are our old professors, and our courtly president, Simeon North ? Most of them sleep in yonder cemetery. One alone, our loved Professor North, remains, the sole link connecting with the past. When we were here the old college curriculum prevailed as in all the colleges of the land. Math- ematics, the classics, logic, and moral philosophy formed the staple with rhetoric and elocution thrown in to round up, and give a touch of grace to the whole. Since then the great universities have grown up all about us with their rich endowments, and under the influence of the naturalistic spirit prevailing, are teaching anything but education. These institutions have overshadowed Hamilton, but we are glad to say, they have not deflected her from her old course. She still clings to the idea that education is more important than learning, and that charader is more important than either. She might well place on her front door the legend I once saw on the front of a schoolhouse in the West : 'Education teached here.' The boys that were here with us as a rule were not sons of rich parents. They for the most part had to work their way through college. They had little need of a gymnasium. They made their way by working during vacations, or taking a term or two out to teach, and so get means to farther prosecute their studies. These boys, you may be sure, appreci- ated the training Hamilton College gave her students, and as a rule she need not be ashamed to compare SemltfCentenntal 19 her produft with that of other colleges. But I must not talk longer. Be assured the members of this association — as I believe may be said of Hamilton graduates everywhere — cherish an affectionate memory for their alma mater, and will always be ready to defend her honor and fair fame. May she flourish in perpetual youth, and may this noble site she occupies be typical of her commanding influence throughout our country. " The members of the Fraternity then entered the College Chapel and attended the general meeting of the alumni. SEMI-CENTENNIAL ODE Arr. from ' Watch on the Rhine. Once more our pledges we renew ; Once more our pleasures we review ; Dear Delta U., Dear Delta U., To thee we ever will be true. We come to pay what here we owe Since half a hundred years ago ; Dear Delta U., Dear Delta U., To thee we ever will be true. You met us when we needed you ; You taught us to ourselves be true ; Dear Delta U., Dear Delta U., To thee we ever will be true. Chorm. Dear Delta, Delta, Delta U., Hurrah ! Hurrah ! for Delta U. We'll rise and sing for Delta U.; We'll work and live for Delta U. E. P. Powell. THE BANQUET ^P^^ HE banquet, prepared by a committee of ^B^k ladies of whom Mrs. C. W. Hawley was ^ I ■ chairman, was served in a large tent near ^^Jx the Chapter House at one o'clock in the afternoon. At the conclusion of the feast Rev. E. P. Powell of the committee of arrangements said: "The purpose of the committe of arrangements has been not to call out the undoubted eloquence of a few, or their wisdom and wit, but to give us a chance to hear the voices of just as many as possible and so get acquainted. There is not a speaker ofi the program whom we would not be glad to hear for half an hour; but every one will be expeded to rigidly respeft his brother's privilege and not trespass upon his time even with apples of gold in piftures of silver." The president of the day, Rev. Milton Waldo, presided as toastmaster. Rev. Hiram E. Johnson responded to the toast: 184^ to iSgj. 'We span the years with love.' He said : " What can a man say in four minutes on such a subje(5l } There are three things that endure — faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. That is a big theme, but one that fills our hearts with 22 Delta IHpsilon thanksgiving today. This society was founded on that principle, true manliness and benevolence and love. We felt in the college that something was lacking, something that would give greater success to the college. There were Christian young men coming to the college. Under the influence of other societies they did not hold out as Christians. Many were backsliders. We felt as if we must do something to save them and to give them ambition in scholarship. The society was formed with the idea of putting about them all the good influences without any of the detrimental ones. To this it has held to the present day. This society in its life has had a good influence on other societies. They are not as they were when we were in college. They are a better class with a higher standard of morality. It is through the influence of this fraternity that this is so. Let these principles abide. We will always cherish this day in memory. May the principle of love ever abide among you." Rev. Dr. Henry Ward responded to the toast : i8gy to i84y. 'God bless our founders.' He said : "Just a word in regard to that line on the program, •God bless our founders.' They don't need any blessing. Blest in the doing ; blest in the deed. I recall that President Hopkins of Williams College in his work on mioral science says, the guide of human condud should hardly be duty. As I recall it he said: ' It should neither be righteousness nor joy, happiness nor duty. It should be blessedness.' It is not hydrogen or oxygen alone, but H. O. that constitutes water. Blessedness constitutes the aim. What could be greater blessedness than to have founded such a fraternity t Why is there a general judgment SemtsCentennial 23 at the last day, and why is not judgment pronounced as we go ? The books can not be made up till the last day. St. Paul is accomplishing more in the nineteenth than he did in any preceding century. These founders may go on another fifty years and another hundred years, and yet the real blessed- ness that flows from what they do will not fmd fulness of record." Rev. Dr. Luther A. Ostrander responded to the toast : Delta Upsilon. ' Founded for honor and based on character.' He said : "All have been speaking on that all day. We heard much in the Chapel in the paper of the annalist of the good old days. The days are better now than they were then. College life is much better than it was fifty years ago, or when 1 was in college. I rejoice that it is so. Our boys ought to improve. The world is improving and very much is to be credited to the beneficent influence of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. It has sought to make a man well-rounded not only mentally, but physically and especially spiritually. This is honor of the highest kind based on truth. Many obtain honors who have not honor. The founder of Robert College had few honors, but great honor. He was among the uncrov/ned nobles. It has been for the members of Delta U. to merit honor whether they receive it or not ; to have righteousness, truth, and be manly men. I received a letter from Mr. Bates recently who wrote that he was preparing a statement in regard to those entitled to receive the Lord's supper. The statement read : * Those who give satisfactory evidence of being in a state of salvation.' The printer set it up: 'Those who give satisfactory evidence of being in a state of 24 2>elta IHpstlon starvation.' He knew better. Some of our mistakes come in that way and are easily correded. Some need not be corrected. I come from a region of Germans. Germans are not without honor here. Our valediftorian is a German. Some try to speak English and can not. Not long since one of them read : 'All liars shall be cast into the burning lake.' He read it : ' All lawyers . . . ' Some one called his attention to the mistakes but he said it was so slight that it did not need correcting. This society has been successful in developing the noble part of Christian manhood. We have a tree here that bears fruit every year, the fruit of noble Christian charader." The speaker read from a report made by the Hamil- ton Chapter to a convention held in Williamstown in 1857: " 'Scholarship two-tenths higher than any other society. Morality and religion are practiced among us. In our society resides the moral power of Hamilton College.' That is true today. Morality is not only believed in, but practiced. This is the fruit that the tree is bringing forth. God bless it." Frederick W. Griffith responded to the toast : Our Lodge — Our Home, He said : "I love this Delta U. Fraternity. I left yesterday morning my wife and two little boys in Wayne county. My mother is long since in heaven. Next to these comes my love for this fraternity. No man can be a member of this fraternity without being very much benefited. If there is a spark of humanity in him it will be a large flame before he graduates. I can not see any hard faces here or any on which are written lines of sin. My lodge for four years in Hamilton College was up four flights of stairs. To carry up a pail of water, Scmi*slentennlal 25 and in a dark night we had to grope our way. It was not policy for one of the Delta U.'s to be a drunkard, in those dark stairways. We had to carry coal up three flights of stairs, or pay the equivalent, and sweep our own rooms. Now when we come to the lodge rooms it seems almost like heaven. Yet I could not give up the rooms in old South College. I know that this college will graduate many youths who will be polished and greatly benefited by this fraternity." Rev. Carl W. Scovel responded to the toast : The Other Societies. ' May we be friends and brothers. ' He said : ** Those of you who were here last year will re- member the discussion of the plans for this half- century occasion. We now see these plans more than carried out. There have been others, but the great pilot of this celebration has been E. P. Powell ; and his faithful assistant to catch every suggestion and carry it out was Melvin Dodge. I would like to have Mr. Boesche and the other boys lead us in the German cheer." Mr. Boesche led in the cheer: **Die brueder E. P. Powell und Melvin Dodge ; Sie leben — Hochf Und noch ein mal — Hoch ! Und zum dritten mal — HOCH ! Hoch soll'n sie leben; Hoch soH'n sie leben; Drei mal Hoch ! " The company joined in the *hoch' each time. Mr. Scovel continuing, said: *M look back to the days when the society was founded. Delta U. has always stood for outspoken, frank manliness ; no furbelows at all. Our wives know all our secrets. We have started with a motto and it has been adhered to. What we stand for is true manly character, and this has been so assimilated that we have no need for 26 2)clta IHpsilon antagonism. We stand as brother v/ith brother toward the other fraternities. The secrets amount to almost nothing at all. We stand for the same purposes today. In the port of Stamboul, Turkey, the Turks operate a pile-driver which drives piles into the depths of the Golden Horn. Each is required to pull his special rope at the same time with all the others, and all let go at the same time. We stand as friends of the other fraternities working hand in hand for all that is good. Whenever there is anything good for the college, we work hand in hand with the others. Whenever it is necessary to drive a pile for sure foun- dation for truth, let each and every man pull his rope and all let go together." The company sang Vive la 'Delta U. with great heartiness. Ira W. Allen, LL.D., responded to the- toast : Laurentine Hamilton, Our First Valedictorian. * Six feet three, and every inch a man.' He said : ''Mr. President and Brethren in Delta U. : On this fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Delta U. in Hamilton College, and the fiftieth anniversary of my entrance into Hamilton, I deem myself fortunate to be invited to say a few words on so important an oc- casion and so suggestive a theme ; for it suggests two short but very important words, * Choice and Service,' which, according to Mark Hopkins, consti- tute the whole of life. Choice and Service are all that Jehovah demanded of the children of Israel, and all he demands of each one of us. It was a happy choice of Laurentine Hamilton when, twenty-one years of age, he withdrew from home cares and the demands of an unappreciative father, and decided to have a college education and SemlsCentennfal 27 to have it in Hamilton College. His preparation was rapid and thorough, and in the autumn of 1847 he en- tered the class of '50 at the time of my matriculation; and so we were members of the same class for three years, meeting each other daily, and the better I knew him the more I admired him. His college course was most praiseworthy. He was an accurate student, a hater of all shams, a high-minded Christian man. He carried off the highest class honor — the valedictory. Some of you, now present after the lapse of fifty years, remember him, tall, lank, bony, 'six feet three,' and hence commanding in person ; of earnest, vigor- ous mind and glowing soul ; ambitious to be some- body in the world, somebody in the service of his Master, a coworker with God. After his graduation he took the full three years' course in Auburn Theological Seminary, and after his ordination was pastor for two years of the Presbyte- rian church in Ovid, N. Y. He then removed to Cali- fornia, where for many years he was a great power for good — a star of the first magnitude, illuminating the whole Pacific slope. His power of * choice ' there- fore was most commendable, and his * service ' past human computation. Fifteen years ago he heard the words. Well done, good and faithful servant,' 'come up higher.' Some of you remember Alfred Martin Stowe, bright, cheerful, gracious, courtly, winning, always beaming with Christian hope and joy; always stimu- lating ahd helpful. He, too, ripe and full of years, has been called up higher. You remember the Clevelands and other early members and founders of Delta U. ; faithful Christian young men they were, of noble purposes and high 28 2)elta lUpBUon ideals! They too have graduated from earth and entered the higher life. What shall we say of the ' choice ' of these young men in entering Hamilton College, in becoming members of Delta U., in striving for a higher and nobler Christian life, as did Paul in apostolic tim.es ? Was it not most praise- worthy? May I not say 'thrice happy choice;' for by such choice, and the resulting service, three have been blessed — the college, the fraternity, and the world. Think of the influence of these noble souls and their brothers in Delta U. while here in college ; always on the side of good order, of strift obedience to college rules; always planning for something higher and nobler. Did you ever know a member of Delta U. to vote to break college laws, or do anything low, or mean, or wrong.? Never, 1 am sure, in those early days of the fraternity, and I hope never in more recent times. Think of the influence of these noble Christian men since their graduation ! What unselfish consecration of their lives to the best interests of humanity. May I not say then, thrice happy choice that led their feet, and our feet, to this sacred hill, crowned with this temple of Christian learning ? This is holy ground ; for has it not been consecrated for more than one hundred years by the earnest prayers of God's eledl ? Have not the fervent, effeftual prayers of the righteous gone up weekly, daily, hourly for Heaven's blessing on this seminary of Christian learning ? I repeat, this is holy ground ; none more holy, unless it be the holy city where Jesus lived and labored ; unless it be Calvary with its uplifted Cross ! For have not the feet of Kirkland, of Hamilton, of Stowe, and of hundreds of other SemisCentennial 29 devoted Christians trodden this hill ? God bless the dear old college on the hill! May its light grow brighter and brighter and these memories sweeter and sweeter as the years roll on. God bless Delta U. now and forever ! " Mr. Albert W. Boesche responded to the toast : Our Latest Valedictorian. ' Five feet ten, but grow- ing.' He said : " Brevity is the soul of wit. I thank you for the kindly call." Rev. Dr. Linus M. Miller responded to the toast : Hamilton College Presidents. *A Proud Roll.' He said : "I very highly appreciate the honor that was conferred upon my two classmates and myself in making us honorary members of this valuable fra- ternity. Kendall, Nelson, and myself were seated side by side in the class-room of '40. We were fortunate in being placed together among your num- ber as well as in other positions in public life. We early became members of the literary societies of the college. Many is the time we saw the boys, members of the two secret societies and the antisecret students, all ready for a fight. We stood aside and looked on. While our sympathies were with you we took no part in the collisions. I am glad to be with you today. The first real acquaintance I had with Dr. Azel Backus began early through his family in Rochester. He was president in 1812. Dr. Stryker is the ninth pres- ident. The eight who preceded him have all died. They all rejoiced in the work of the finished redemp- tion. Backus had a sainted wife. Mrs. Backus used to talk to me a good deal about her husband and the 30 Delta "Ulpsllon college. We had a large revival meeting in the First Presbyterian church in Rochester. The walls of the church were pressed out by the crowd and an immense scantling falling into the ceiling hung over their heads. Mrs. Backus was quite near one of the windows. She opened it and out of it they rushed. She said : 'How the sheep go.' Like her husband she saw the humor of everything. He died after a four years' presidency. Then came Dr. Davis who lived on the west side of College Hill many years after his presi- dency of sixteen years. Dr. Davis was invited to be president of Yale College at the same time he was invited to the head of this institution. Sereno Dwight followed him as president for eighteen months. Then began the great fight between the Utica people and the people on the Hill. That sent Dr. Dwight away. I came here under the new regime of Dr. Penny, the fourth president. He was not a vigorous man physically, but he was strong mentally and spiritually. Then was eleded Dr. Simeon North, and for two years I had the privilege of being at his house and at the same table with him. He was a true Christian gentleman as well as learned in all the arts and classics of college life. All our presidents have had many qualifications that commended them to their position. But every man was not adapted to rule boys. I remember Dr. Samuel Ware Fisher. He called me into his room one day. As he was walking back and forth he said : ' Miller, I can't rule boys. I don't understand them. That's my only trouble.' The trustees tried to help him but failed. He re- signed. After him in later years came Dr. Brown, a Semis=vlentennial 31 graduate of Brown University, who had previously been invited to Middlebury. He was a finely educated man, but he was not so fortunate in getting along with the boys. He resigned, and then came Dr. Darling, a Christian gentleman, who was very successful, and who would have had greater success if he had been permitted to live. Then came for a year and a half Dr. North, 'the Greek'; and last came the noble president you have today. May he abide with you long. Most of these presidents were graduates of Yale. Dr. Stryker, so well filling this position with all his heart and soul, is a graduate of Hamilton. We are the thirty-seventh college in these United States of nearly one hundred and fifty colleges. No col- lege of the thirty-six before it or any after it, can show a brighter record of Christian noblemen than these college presidents. " Rev. Frank B. Severance responded to the toast : Old Greek. ' May he live forever.' He said : '*! feel that 1 ought to be on this occasion a vale- didorian, and make a short speech and be relieved. The subje6t assigned me comes close home to me as it does to you all. What few words I may be able to say will not add anything, I am sure, to the pleasant memories that crowd upon the minds of those here gathered. * Old Greek ; may he live forever.' These lines come to me : ' We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not words ; in feelings, not in figures on a dial.' 'Old Greek' is alive because of that truth, and 'Old Greek' must live because these lines are true. I shall ever remember my first impressions concerning Dr. North. He looked just as he looks today in his outward appearance ; only I looked 32 Delta lapsllon today through eyes that have learned to love that venerable form. He came into Examination Hall. Having been unable to study for more than a year, I was not able to pass my entrance examina- tion in Homer. The good do6lor said : * You will read Homer at your leisure and report in a week or two.' Within a week 1 was called away from college. I was obliged to ask Dr. North to postpone the ex- amination, for I had had no time. He said : ' Well, when you do have time, come around.' The man from that time took a new place in my heart. Before, I had thought that if ' Old Greek ' should disappear from College Hill life would be far more pleasant. I had not exaftly hoped that he might die but I should have been delighted to have learned that he had been called to a belter position and that he had accepted. But after his life had touched mine all was changed. Tnere was a mysteriousness about the man. He laid hold of me. I look on him as on no other. He has been a father to me. He possesses those rare qualities which are necessary to make an educator. Some way Dr. North reached out to the boys. He fought a battle and won a vidory in each case, and you can not show me an alumnus of Hamilton who does not have a warm place in his heart for Dr. North. His soul is touched with an endowm.ent from on high that reveals to the individual student a sense of manhood. He has lived silently, touching here and there the individual life ; ready to do anything that would help the college, even to taking the presidency. He has the warmest place in our hearts and lives. 'He most lives who feels most, Who acts noblest, who thinks best.' Semisvlentennial 33 That is what is in that character that has touched us. He teaches in a thousand different schools today ; and long after his body is laid on the hillside, his life will touch other lives . 'Old Greek ; may he live forever.' Dr. North can never die because of his personality and his power to stamp himself on other souls. It is that characteristic that makes Dr. North sure of a long life, a life through all eternity." The company sang : Our Tiearly Beloved 'Delta U. Head Master Eliot R. Payson, Ph.D. responded to the toast : Thorough Scholarship. ' Every Delta U. should stand for it. ' He said : "Delta U. makes a mistake whenever it abandons the idea of scholarship. Morality is all very well, but without scholarship it is lame. Delta U. should be careful what members it takes in. They can not all be valedictorians, but never take a man who will be dropped from his class for lack of scholarship. If any chapter loses sight of that, it is not loyal. That scholarship for which Delta U. stands should not be of a narrow kind, but broad as well as thorough, which deals with social, economic, and political questions ; and which is ready to meet any heresy and anxious to smite it to the ground. We did that in New Jersey last fall. . How is such scholarship to be obtained .^ No machine for intelleftual development has been in- vented equal to a classical course. But it makes no difference how scholarship is obtained. For it Delta U. stands ; on it Delta U. stands ; and let us hope that the principle will never be cast aside by this chapter. I don't believe it ever will." Andrew H. Scott responded to the toast : 34 5)elta "Clpsilon College Ideas and Ideas about College. He said : "I am neither lawyer, minister, nor life-insurance agent, and feel the disadvantages of my position. I regret I can not say to my associates at this table what Daniel said. When he was cast into the den he looked around and said : 'There is some comfort in this anyhow. After the feast there will be no speeches. ' When I came to college, the college ideas were class rows, pulling up sidewalks, and having a good time. Whether you coincide with my opinion or not, 1 believe I have covered the subject." Principal Thomas E. Hayden spoke on College athletics. 'It should be a part of the curriculum.' He said : '*1 failed to be a valedidorian. The athletics and the valedictories were not controlled by the faculty. Coordination was awaiting discovery by the Com- mittee of Ten. Left to myself, I did not secure honors in either department. 1 do not wish to stand in opposition to the idea that Delta U. is the cause of all the good in the last fifty years; but if there is any difference in the college it is that the ex- uberance of youth, the outpouring of the physical man is given expression, as God intended it, in athletics. It is because of this that boys are less liable to run astray. If I were a man of family I would not hesitate to risk my boy's limbs at football. It is a less risk than it was fifty years ago, going through dark streets, into back rooms, and having a headache in the morning. The college boys now have a legitimate opportunity of getting rid of superfluous vitality. The proper balancing of the mental with physical training will solve the educa- tional problem of the future. " Semis^lentennial 35 Rev. James F. Brodie spoke on Hamilton College, Third to be Founded in the State. 'It holds its rank in quality if not in quantity. ' He said : "It is singular that a man should be brought from the coast of Massachusetts to speak of a New York college. It may be on the principle that the further off the man, the better his judgment will be. I am the only representative of Hamilton College in a county of Massachusetts that has nearly half a million of popula- tion. A good many times the question arises: 'Where is Hamilton College.^ ' 'What.? Hamilton College.? Don't you know where it is } it's just a few miles from Deansville.' That is always unanswerable. I am glad to bring the approval of ' the salt water ' to Hamilton College, and to set that seal on it. Down there Delta U. is considerably larger than Hamilton College. For the matter of college fellowships, I am dependent on that rather than on the other." Colonel William M. Griffith, Governor Black's sec- retary, responded to the toast : New York State. ' May its educational system be second to none.' He said : "When I was told that I was to cover New York State in four minutes, I thought I would have to make better time than the Empire State express. I wish I had the power as a condenser of Charles A. Dana. When I remembered that we have spent $23,000,000 in erecting the capitol, which is not yet completed ; when I recalled that we are spending $5,000,000 a year in taking care of the insane, none of whom are Delta U.'s; and when I recalled that the State is spending $27,000,000 a year for the edu- cation of its youth, I made up my mind to stretch out into forty minutes. You can do as you please with 36 Delta TUpsilon the tent ; take it or leave it. New York State has over seven millions population. It is first in wealth, population, commerce, intelli- gence, as is witnessed by the public officials it has. It contains the second largest city in the world, whose gates swing inward, bringing to our shores people from every clime, who are immediately assim- ilated, some by Tammany Hall, and some otherwise. It is already first in educational matters. Only a few people in Massachusetts know where Hamiilton College is. It is interesting to rem.ember that the first public school in the United States was in New York. Here was put in force the doctrine that the property of the State should educate all the people of the State. Here the first teachers' and scholars' fund was given to' the public. Beginning in 1795 there was ex- pended for five years, one hundred thousand dollars annually to educate the boys and girls, it being held that the children of the poor were entitled to the same priv- ileges as those of the rich. New York city contains the oldest school in the State, which was the first to establish State supervision. We have two boards — the Regents and the State Superintendent of Public In- struction. There may be diversity, but unity in its diversity. Only a few years hence these two depart- ments will be merged into one. New York has been the foremost of all the States in educational matters. While we have brought into our borders people from every clime, still we are the most intelligent of any in the United States. I want to call your atten- tion to the fact that we have a compulsory school law. While we have had 1,500,000 pupils in the public schools, only 200,000 between the ages of five and eighteen have been found without school advan- SemisvXeutennial 37 tages. This shows that the compulsory education law is working admirably. One suggestion for the teach- ers here : The time has come for truant schools in centers, where the children can go without being sent to reformatories to be handled as criminals. It is a crying disgrace that so many boys and girls should be sent to reformatories and handled by shame. Though all of us have been educated within the bounds of New York State, and some of you have passed beyond its borders, it is the Empire State in the broadest sense. It takes the lead not only in the fight for sound money, but it takes the lead in educa- tional matters, because within its borders is Hamilton College." John N. Beach responded to the toast : 'Hamilton College Benefactors. 'May they be many and wise.' He said: " The astute lawyer always recognizes the exaft point at which to rest his case and submit it to the court or jury. He knows just when an additional plea would prove detrimental to him. I once heard a Frenchman on shipboard say, that in making a gin cocktail, when you had put in the gin, the sugar, and the water, anything added after that was.apt to spoil it. I think this principle applies to us here this afternoon. We have won our case. We have estab- lished the fact — as we never fail to do on occasions of this kind — that Hamilton is the best college in exist- ence ; and today we have shown that the Delta U. Society is the best society, that the Hamilton Chapter outranks all others, and now is the opportune moment for us to rest our case and submit it to the judgment of an intelligent and impartial public. 38 2)elta TUpeilon I can not, however, forego the privilege of saying just a word along tbe line marked out for me, and this, Mr. President, within my allotted limit of time. Ham- ilton College, throughout her honorable career — from the day of the sainted Kirkland, until now — has been rich in her friendships, if not in material wealth. She has reason to feel proud of her noble army of friends and benefadors, ever loyal and true. Of these none are deserving of greater praise, none call forth more grateful rememberances, none a deeper reverence, than the faculty — the men who term after term, year after year, generation after generation, during all this time have been doing the practical work of the col- lege — which today makes her stand for all that is good, true, elevating, and inspiring. Do you think we fully appreciate the patient, unselfish devotion, the unswerving fidelity, which have characterized this noble body of men ? Eminently qualified by native endowments and by scholarly culture to have won for themselves the world's renown and the world's emoluments, their sole, consecrated ambition has been to do the work of this college faithfully and well, and this for a pecuniary consideration, at which the average clerk in our mercantile establishments would snap his fingers in disgust. Do we realize the self-sacrifice practiced by that prince of men who today occupies the presidential chair of Hamilton College.^ Just after his induction to his high office, I happened into a leading banking house in the city of New York one day. The presi- dent invited me into his private office and when we were alone he said to me : ' You know Dr. Stryker very well, 1 believe?' 1 replied in the affirmative. He asked : 'Are you interested in him ? ' I said : * Yes ; but, ' Semi-centennial 39 ( knowing at what he was aiming ) I added, ' I am interested in Hamilton College as well.' 'But,' said he, ' if you are really interested in Dr. Stryker as a personal friend I cannot see how you can decline to aid us in what we are trying to do. We want to secure him as the pastor of our church. We understand that he is receiving about five thousand dollars a year and a house; we will give him $15,000 a year and a house in the city of New York ; and why should he bury himself among the hills of Oneida County ?' 1 said to him : ' My dear Sir, 1 appreciate what all this means to a man having a growing family for whom to care. I am sure there is very much in New York life which would be most congenial to a man like Dr. Stryker. He would stand in the very foremost rank of metropol- itan preachers, but if you knew him as well as 1 do, you would realize that your influence and mine, coupled with all the money in your plethoric vaults, could not seduce him from his high purpose. He has ' burned his bridges behind him' and now turns a deaf ear to loud and persistent calls to enter other attractive fields of labor and he will continue * until his work is done' where he believes God has placed him.' Happily such devotion is beginning to be recog- nized and appreciated, as the Root Hall of Science and the Benedict Hall of Languages bear ample testimony. When before in the history of Hamilton have we been permitted to see two college buildings in process of eredion at one time ? Note if you please, the wisdom of these twain noble benefadors of the college, in having determined to execute their own plans and purposes, unwilling to run the risk of having them submitted to ' the law's delay ' and the college called upon to pass through other dark and 40 2>elta "UlpsUon troublous days before the realization of Fayerweather hopes. May the example of these loyal sons of Ham- ilton find many followers, until this dear college be fully equipped for her heaven-born mission and destiny." Henry C. Maine responded to the toast : T>elta Upsilon Editors. ' Men of dash and men of the period.' He said : " I have been an editor twenty-seven years. I have seen some men of dash, and they are not in business now. 1 know I am a man of the period. 1 was celebrated in Frank Leslie's the other day as having once engaged the present governor of New York at four dollars per week. That was about twenty years ago, but the publication was only a few days ago. 1 had some suggestions of this young man when I en- gaged him. He was just out of college — care- ful, accurate, and conscientious. Though 1 was giving him then all that we could pay, 1 am not sur- prised today that he is governor of New York. I want to say a word to the young men of Delta U. There is great opportunity for usefulness in the editorial profession. There is great room at the bot- tom and also at the top. There is not much of a fort- une in it. Every editor feels that he is lifting the world just a little, and when he stops feeling that way, he is useless. In my humble way I have tried to accomplish something as a newspaper man. While I may not have accomplished much, I feel today 1 am not dishonoring the college and the Delta U. Fraternity. Alexander Hamilton laid down the lines of this institution strongly. You have not paid too much attention to this great publicist. " Edv/ard M. Bassett responded to the toast: College Semi-centennial 41 Friendships. 'They are unique and potent for good.' He said : "It is not how many friends we have, but how true they are. The man is rare who has more than a score. Friends can not be had for the asking. They come by chance ; they happen to come. Happy is the man who has friends, and happier he who can live among them. There is no word so sad as the word, * friendless. ' As we grow older, we learn not to squander our friends. They can not be easily re- placed. We cherish them as pearls of great price. He is a foolish man who severs a friendship in mo- mentary anger. There are periods of friendship as there are apple seasons. There are other periods in life, but none like college youth. Friendships that have grown gelatinous in sophomore year, crystallized in junior year are firm forever after. At some colleges the 'coeds' distract. At others the students meet only when they recite. But here we have lived together, walked and talked, eaten and slept together. Our fra- ternity has proved a bond that has drawn our friend- ship closer. Help in drill and help in financial mat- ters have not been withheld. Better than wealth is the manly spirit of Christian independence which has always had a place in Delta U. Our friends are part of our lives, as our arms are part of our bodies. The mention of dear old college names rekindles the ardor of youth. Such friends can help to better living. We are helped by their success, encouraged by their trials, and softened by their sorrows. We weigh our college friendships by a different standard from others. Glorious peculiarity of the dear old college bond ; kindly influence to brighten and bless the years as we pass through them; sweet memories as we shall reach declining years!" 42 2)elta Tllpsilon Rev. Isaac Platt Powell responded to the toast :