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judgment that stirs the students and friends of the college. He stands square to the four winds, an educator of capacity. He moulded the Rochester Alum n i association from chaos into one whole. I am convinced he will secure the modern college he wants, the transition from the o ld to the new. W h en he comes on the trail he gets the game. General Apathy will go under every time he comes in contact with General Stewardson.” O v a t i o n for P r o f . V a i l When Prof. Charles Delamater Vail got to his feet he was given an ovation that must have filled him with gratitude. It showed a deep aP p reciation of having present the member of the faculty who has been connected with the college longest. Prof. V a i l ’s address was a history o f the New York alumni dinners from the time of the first dinner March 21, 1882, up to the present. When, in the course of his address, Prof. V a il paused, after an especially fine hit of English, to say “ Gentlemen, that is H om eric,” there was deafening applause. Other special hits were : “ I do not hesitate to avow my sympathy for dinners. When it comes to dinners, I am it.” “ How mysterious are the ways of evolution. Just think of me, m e, who taught you how to shoot, evolved into a dinner historian.” Henry A . Prince, ’82, m ade a short address in which he urged the alumni to stick by t h e President and Hobart. Letters of regret were read from Andrew D . White and Bishop George Worthington. O f f i c e RS v E lected The following officers and directors of the New York association were elected for the year 19 0 6 : President, James Armstrong, ’56 ; Vice-President, Mortimer C. Addoms, ’62 ; Secretary and Treasurer, George C. Beach, ’98 Directors, Frank E. Blackwell, ’67 ; B. W. Franklin, ’71 ; Gerrit Smith, ’ 7 6 ; S. DeLaneey Townsend, ’So ; H enry A, Prince, ’82 c The Hobart Herald