New York University - Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Eliumrui Elssociation of the University, Officers. PRESIDENT, - FREDERIC BAKER, '52, VICE-PRESIDENT, - JAMES STGKES, '63, SECRETARY, - ALBERT W. FERRIS, '78, TREASURER, - A. B. DEFRECE, '67. REGISTRAR, HENRY M. BAIRD, '5o. Executive Committee. Besides the abov armed officers,- BfYER S. ISAACS, ,5Q, JOHN I. STEVENSON, '63. ISRAEL C. PIERSON, '65, CHAS. S. BENEDICT, '8o. JAMES BQYD, '82, ALEXANDER LVMAN, '84 13

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' jlfounbers of the iflniversity. HON. MORGAN LEWIS. HON. SAMUEL R. BETTS. HON. JAMES IFALLMAIJGIL. JAMES M. M A1 l'HEXVS,'YD.D. GEORGE GRISWOLD, SR. LTYNDERT VAN SCHAICK. STEPHEN VVHITNEY. MARTIN E. THOMPSON. JOHN DELAFIELD. JAMES LENOX. SAMUEL JVARD. LION. ALBERT G'ALLATlN. HON. TJLIORGAN LEWIS. HON. JAMES TALLMADGE. JAMES NIAT'I'l'1EWS, D.D. X7ALENTINE MOTT, M.D. EDWARD DELAPIELD, M.D. SAMUEL HANSON COX, D.D JAMES TVIILNOR, D.D. ARCHIBALD TWACLAY, D.D. SPENCER H. CONE, D.D, CYRUS BTASON, D.D. WILIAIABI W. VVOOLSEY. CHARLES STARR. JOHN S. CRAIG. GABRIEL P. IDISOSXVAY. lDU65iD6llf5 of U36 GOIIIICU. GARDINER SPRING, D.D. CHARLES BUTLER, LL.D. JOHN C. GREEN, LL,D. JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON. Gbancellors of the Zllniversitp. ISAAC FERRIS, D.D., LLD HON. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, LL.D. HOWARD CROSBY, DD., LL T3 GARDINER SPRING, D.D. fzza'z'1zz'e7'z'11zJ. JOHN HALL, D.D., LL.D HENRY TXTITCHICLL MACCRACKEN, DD., LL,D. 12

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THE OLD BUILDING PEAKS. QSM F1'0m'1'5jJz't're.j Marvellous indeed are the changes which I have viewed in my surroundings in If the six decades of my life, said the old gray structure of the University in confidence to the editor one day, as I have stood here on my vantage-ground overlooking the Ffgr i busy square, and the street which bears myname. In my youth, the farmer ploughed and the xvildebirds sang directly in front of me, where now lies the neatly-kept square, and Where now rises the arch of our Constitutions centennial, to guard the street of the world's greatest Wealth. I ' ij , fi ff l You ask what I have seen in these years? Indeed, one sees the most who only l I 'i stands and Waits. Past me have surged the tides of the city's progress. Suburban quiet has given place to the bustle of the fashionable residence quarter. This in turn has yielded to the throngs of the heart of a metropolis. And now at last I am left to the grim company of many-storied Warehouses, Whose height and stability declare that they will remain the permanent occupants of this part of Manhattan Island. lVhen I was but newly erected, many a tongue pronounced me the iinest and most imposing structure in the city. But that day has past, for now my Gothic arches and grotesque carvings yield only a sense of impropriety in the midst of the din of the tradesmen's quarter. I But at last I hear of green fields and a fair outlook that await my coming in that part of the great city which is now what VVashington Square was in my earliest years. Only now, I am told, no building can ever shut from my view the beauties of the sunset, and the heights of the famed Palisades of the Hudson, and the bright waters of the Western Rhine. i1Sincc the above went to press the Council of the University has decided that it would be impracticable to transfer the old building to University Heightsg so that this is positively the last interview. I4