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at having the alumni with him again, and his hope that 

 in the future many opportunities would be afforded for 

 similar reunions. He referred briefly to the general work 

 of the University, stating that its efficiency had at no 

 time been impaired, but, on the contrary, had steadily 

 gone forward. Mr. R. Brent Keyser, President of the 

 Board of Trustees, spoke of the work of developing Home- 

 wood, now going on, and referred to the many things which 

 had already been done to bring about the future removal 

 thither. Dean Griffin expressed his pleasure at meeting 

 again so many of his former students. The reminiscences 

 and general remarks of Messrs. Arthur Steuart and 

 George Dobbin Penniman, who were called on from the 

 alunini by President Kemsen, were very interesting. Mr. 

 James McConky Trippe (A. B., 1896) read a poem, which 

 he had written for the occasion at the request of the re- 

 union committee. 



Many features of minor importance figured in the re- 

 union, but they will not be dwelt upon in detail here. 

 From the many enthusiastic letters written to the general 

 committee by the alumni throughout the country, and 

 from the encouragement received generally, the committee 

 looked forward with pleasure to the coming reunion and 

 hoped that it would prove the means of bringing together 

 many former students of the University, but they did not 

 dare hope for the outpouring of interest and enthusiasm 

 which resulted. No effort was made, either before the 

 reunion or during its progress, to focus the attention of 

 the alumni upon any special plan for the welfare of the 

 University, since the committee believed the wisest thing 

 would be to attempt nothing more than to afford to the 

 alumni opportunities for coming together and being 

 together. It is needless to say that there was, however, 

 on the part of the committee, always the hope and desire 

 that this reunion would strengthen, in the mind and heart 

 of every alumnus, the intention to do everything in his 



