The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-26
STUDENTS ON A LARK.
The Ohio Alpha Nu of Alpha Tau
Omega
Hold Their Seventh Annual Banquet at
the Barnett House, Tuesday Even
ing--A Row on the Lake.
az gToasts and Speeches.

Sweet strains of music tioated out on
the morning air when the express con
tanning the jubilant students of the
Mt. Union college drew out of the p,
F. w. & c. depot at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. They expected to leave Canton
and the scenes of their gay festivities
about 3 o'clock this morning, but the
accident to the freight on Wooster Hill
delayed the train six hours.
The occasion of their visit to this
city was the anniversary of the seventh
annual banquet of the Ohio Alpha M
of Alpha Tau Omega. Early in the
evening of their arrival the ladies, es-
corted by their gallant knights, took a
delightful pleasure trip out to the Lake,
and gracefully glided on the bosom of
the placid waters, or in other words
took a boat ride. While thus enjoying
themselves the time passed quickly,
and twas not long ere the sun began to
set behind the western hills, and the
brilliant yellow and flaming crimson of
the piled up clouds against the deep
green of the fertile fields and voice
less woods, together with the
scene of gaiety presented by themselves
left a picture on the minds of the
Mount Union students which they Will
often look back to in after years with
thrill of happiness. 1t was 9 o'clock in
the evening, when the party, number
ing fifty-fOur in all, repaired to the Bar
nett House to enjoy the pretty banquet
which had been prepared for them by
SIX lied artifts thoroughly educated in
the culinary art, and for three hours live
ly chattering and gay laughter held
full sway over the merry party. Appro-
pirate todsts and excellent speeches,
spiced with sallies of wit and clever re-
tOrts, kept the company in constant hui
NOR throughout the banquet. Messrs.
E. E. Roberts, j. w. Moore, j. A.
Lichty, G. L.. Bradshaw and w. S.
Earseman, entertained their friends by
interesting remarks, and their senti-
ments were heartily endorsed by the
society.
The members who were present were
Messrs. w. r. S. Culp and wife, of
S~teubenville; E. E. Roberts and wife,
Wellsville; J. p. Allen and wife, Wei
come; G. M. Lennon and wife, Johns
town, Pa; j. w. Moore and lady,
Salineville; F. B. DOublas, and lady,
Inverness; w. E. Lundy and wife, Per
ry; E. E. Patterson and lady, New Lis
bon; G. L. Bunnell and lady, Mt. Union;
j.. A. Lichty and lady, Myersdale, Pa;
b. l.. Paine and lady, Cleve-
land G. L. King and
lady, Berlin Center; G. L, Bradshaw
and lady, Nashville; R. W, Milley and
lady, North Benton; g. s.. Goss, ALI
ance; J. L. Simon, Canton; d. G. Hugh
es, Mt. Union; w. S. Earseman, Mt.
Union; Frank Crabs, Clinton Goss and
lady, aud j.. s. Russell, Mt. Union,
After the banquet, which wound up
in the wee sma' hours of morning, the
Ohio Alpha NJ of Alpha Tau Omega
retired to their rooms to prepare for
their homeward journey, and when they
arrive home and delve into the musty
books once again, may the recollections
of their visit to Canton divert their
minds occasionally from the stern du-
ties of the paths of lore in which their
footsteps daily tread.