The Alumni Banquet

Weduiesday's aluinimi banquet was & grea success far tlie first one. Nearly two diumdred alumni young and okl eat down to tlie baiiquet xable ia the (g-ymnasHuoi. Accoirding to onmouncemient, Hon. Thomas W. Palmei- was 'present and acted the role of toastmaster, in a model marnier. He öpened tlie banquet wifh the admiotoition "No to eat too íast, to mastícate tholi-O'Ughly arnd laugh and talk all yoia want to." Then the snimpituous dinaer se-rved by H angst erfor was disposed of. After the dtomer, the first one whom the masfaor called iipoin ïar a speecli was President Angelí, wlia talked atout "The Unirersity." He impressed upOiü the alumni tlie utter depemk'm e oí tflie .UlIli'1e■sitJ mpon theni. He thious'lit the aluinjii dinner vou!d lie ;i factor in briaging thé alumni into cloiser ooninection and lie waa glad it bad been inauguratcd and lic hopd it ■voiuld grow. President ". j. stnaa-t, oí tho litera.ry ahumuii astsoeiation,. was ilie uext man called up. He spofee of "The Akumlni." The oltlier speakers nrvc as ïoilows : Miss Cara Benson, of the Massachusett.s lar, ''The Lai.i -.." Edmuad Fish, "Tlie Old llu.vs." President C. K. Adams, -"Tli Belationi of t!he Alutoini to the Uuiversity." Dr. Edmu.nd Andrews, oí Chicago, "The Alujiiüi aivi the, Medical Alunan! in Particular." Prof B. M. Tho'inpsom, ''Tho Lawyers." Liberty E. Holden, "College Memories." Pro:f. Andrew TeaiBrook spoke iu conclusloitt. It Avas the intention to .nake the banquet as ünfoimal as possible and tliat intentioii was carrie-d out. Xhere was the g-reatest good fellowship. Torn Talmer cr&ated a great augh by Bitogiag a soto, "The -Soa of a Gaimboli'er."