The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
COLLEGE MEN BANQUET.
UNIVERSITY CLUB CELEBRATES
IT'S FIRST BIRTHDAY.

were laid for forty-iive and that number
sat down e. the tables. The invited guests
were Gen. H R. jackson, Judge Emory
SDeer, Hon. F. G. duBignon, Hon. W. W.
Gordon, Hon. Peter Reilly, Hon. William
W. Clifton. Col. J. b. Estin and members
of the press.
The large dining-room of the Pulaski was
beautifully decorated. and everything wore
an air of pleasantness. The tables we're
arranged in a square, with palms and ever
greens in the center.
The following was the menu:
Sauterne. Sherry.
Green Turtle rAmercaine.
Broiled Spanish Mackeral la Maitre d'Hotel
Cucumbers.
Filet of Beef. Pique. with Mushrooms.
Baked Mashed Potatoes.
Claret.
Roman Punch.
Lettuce. New Asparagus.
Champagne.
Roast Teal Duck with Crosses.
Fruit Cake. Jelly Roll.
French Macaroons.
Strawberries with Cream. Vanilla Ice Cream
Fruits and Coffee.
THE BANQUET.
Col. John Screven, president Of the club,
occupied seat at the head of the table, with
Hon. P. w. Meldrim at his right, and Col.
J. 81. Estill at his left. The following MEM
bers Of the club and their guests were pres
emit: Col. John Screven, Hon. p. w. Mel
drim, Rev. R. Q. Way, J. r. Young,
@. A Whitehead, Jr., G.. A. Mercer, Jr.,
D. L MacIntyre, A. R Lawton, Jr.; w,
Cassels, T. u. Cunningham, Jr.; Jno. D.
Carswell, H. McAlpin, R. Q. Cassels, Ma
cartan Kollock, DR.. c. c. Schley, W. 8.
Tison, W. L. Clay, Davis Freeman,
M. 7. Davis, DR.. NJ. L. Boyd,
z j, Thomas, Dempsey .Grihin,
Frank Weldon, C. H. Cox. G. Hartri dge,
T. F. Thomson, II. NJ. Conner, Jr., H. A.
Charlton, E A. Grower, Henry freeman,
w. s. Chisholm, Jr., Hon. William
Clifton, J. ]. hewitt, Ingerson Wasnburn,
r.. f. Screven, NJ Y. MacIntyre, B. A.
Denmark, and Hon. A. p Adams.
THE SPEECHES.
After the menu had been discussed the
speaking began A. r. Lawton, Jr., in the
absence of Gen. Lawton. responded to the
first toast, "The Board of Trustees" The
board Of trustees, he said, is the life of the
university. If the board fails, all
fails; but if it succeeds all succeeds. IL
Georgia would keep her sons enthused, Mr.
Lawton said, she must educate them upon
her soil. The trustees of the university
need the assistance Of the state, and they
must be backed by the alumni. Let the
Savannah University Club, he said, say,
''well done, we are with you"
"oUR ALMA MATER"
Hon. p w. Meldrim responded TO the
toast, "Our Alma Matern He remarked in
beginning that the address of the president
silenced any further reference to the uni
versity's past history. He had often won
1rrhxr rs.n, 4
alma mater. "When we consider he said.
shat the old students love their alma
mater under difficulties we can Justly
attribute this love. IL is due largely to the
fact that the first time we breathed the
the breath Of freedom it was there. There
we felt the joy of contests. We
beheld hearts SO high, friendship
that as we breathed the breath of a noun
tain we enjoyed the zest Of the very act Of
living. We love it. For the first time
there is manhood IN us, and hence in after
years we look back to the old hills with
feeling Of pride"
1.-THE TEACHER"
MIR. w. L. Clay was the next speaker.
He responded to ''The teacher He pict-
ured man born to rule the world. The
teacher has learned TO conquer the obstacles
which beset him and ignorance has given
way to knowledge. Speaking of the early
teacher, he showed the difference between
him and the teacher of to-day. The
teachers of successive ages have furnished
food for thought. They have stimulated
thought. The dark ages were unable to
crush or eradicate the teachers work. He
Kept on teaching man right and wrong,
The right to follow and the wrong to flee,
Greece has her teachers, France and England
theirs, America has hers. Georgia has hers
and among them L. Q. G. Lamar. This
reference was received with applause
Their Industrious lives stand ont living ex-
amples, teaching pure and lofty principles
he spoke OF a matchless wonder OF match
less age, who taught mankind how to suffer
and endure defeat, who came forth tried by
the fires which sried immortal souls, unsui-
lied, the grandest of mankind He asked
need be name the name, Robert E. Lee
chieftain. teacher, leader, hero of the war.
A tremendous applause greeted this ex-
preston. The band struck up "Dixien and
there was continued applause.
w oman" was responded to by Hon. A
I. Adams. He announced in the outset
that he would not treat the subject in the
sentimental way. He lacked the uualifica
lions for that. Man, he said, idoiizss and
worships woman. He would not stress a
sectional thought. Upon those sentiments
none Is more ennobling, more souudIv
cherished, than that which idolizes those
devotions which are deeply planted in every
soul.
''THE COLLEGE wIDow.n
The college widow, the young lady who
graces the vicinage of every college and
university, was responded to by Mr. GAIA
way Hartridge. He gave it as his opinion
that Sin the original scheme of creation the
fresh stripping of girl and the sturdy,
well braced, finely timbered college widow
were equally provided for by the same
providence which neatly shapes our be-
ginnings, however rough and unworkman-
like may be our odds and endsn He &C.
counted for her by stating that
''she prefers the seat of learning to
the lap of luxury, though abstruse
scholarship is not 30 dear to her as the con-
crete scholar" He added that she sympa-
thizes with the struggling scholar, and Oft
times struggles with him, and he abjured
the coming collegiates to lay their
homage of respect at the shrine
OF the divine creature, and en-
Joined them that if the altar and the
goddess roll together in the dust 1--WE should
with frank unanimity roll with them.n Mr..
Hartridge's response was in the well known
vein Of his lectures and his always happy
aIter-dlnner remarks Applause and
wit. ---' -" u
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