Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-04
College News.
The Ffrat Annual Banquet of the Oh1o
 CIub-An Interesting Occasion.

The Ffrat Annual Banquet of the Onho
 CIub-An Interesting Occasion.
 This evening at e:45 o'clock in the presi- dent's lecture room Prof Dexter will deliver a lecture on the dResouIcss of the college library and it's use" Prof. Dexter has been for several years assistant librarian and his address will doubtless be both profitable and interesting.
 This morning the first twelve candidates for positions on the University crew Will be- gin boarding together at the Fremont House. The price paid is seven dollars. Three mem- bers of last years crew are at present training.
 Saturday evening Mir. Cooper gave very interesting address on the myths of the Odys- sey, illustrating his remarks by translations from that poem.
 All the seniors have handed in their statis- tic questions but there, and the vote for the bandsouest man in the class will be decided by these.
 Edmund Otis Hovey, 's4, has received an election to D. K. E..
 It is reported that number of students own game cocks, and that cock fights are carried on in the junior society halls. It is needless to say that the rumor has no foun- dation in fact.
 Waters the boat builder of Troy, N. Y., has orders for eight-oared shells from Yale, Harvard and Columbia
 One of the Glee club men who passed through the recent accident brought away the bell rope of the locomotive for "memor- abiI."
 The event of the season has come and gone. The first great annual banquet Of the Ohio club has been given, five members or the faculty have had good square meal. and President Psvey's benevolent smile has expanded two inches or more. Saturday eVen- ing at 9 o'clock about thirty-fve guests sat down to table at Barkentin's covered with hot-house flowers and other things, and from the time the oatmeal was brought on until the gingerbread had been mastieated the reveIry ran high. Tine members of the l faculty helped themselves generally and often to Roman punch and became exhilara- ted to such 8 degree that one of them could with difficulty conceal his affec- | ton for students in general and Ohio students | in particular. He made speech in which l be declared that his love for his pupils so | filled him that that displaced by this dinner must overflow. He recovered later. The arms of Ohio gave stateiiness to the occasion and portrait of sx-Attorney General Taft looked longingly down on the rapidly dimin
 ishing viands. Nothing stronger than milk was on the programme and those professors
 who wished for something warm were obliged | to purchase it for themselves. Nothing, however, occurred to mar the happiness ol | those present, except the fondness of several
 freshmen for Malaga grapes, which were un l til then an unknown luxury to them. A | theologue and law student were unable | to discover the utility of napkin
 but were speedily taught by moro enlight
 ened members. Many speeches were made which abounded in a wit and eloquence pecu | liar to Ohio, and letters were read from tht 1 one or two men from that State who have l gained a national reputation. When + 1 o'clock tolled in the Sabbath several of th'
 faculty halted between two opinions, whether
 to follow the dictates of their consciences bJ | seeking their homes or to delight themselves | with the few edibles that remained. Th' | latter course prevailed as usual, and it wal 1 half past 12 when MT. Pavey announced tht l feast at at end Most of the professors sue 1 ceeded in reaching their homes without as 1 sistance. To Messrs, Pavey and Mallon ar
 due great honor for the grand success whicl l the affair was pronounced to be.