Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-19
"SIGSo AT A FEAST.
Members Of College Fraternity Around
the Banquet Board.
MEMBERS OF THE EPSILON ALUMNI CHAPTER OF
THE SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY AND THEIR QUESTS
'.srGs" IN ALL VACATIONS HAVE HEARING AT
THE FEsTAL BOARD.

| MEMBERS OF THE EPSILON ALUMNI CHAPTER OF
THE SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY AND THEIR QUESTS
"srGs" IN ALL VACATIONS HAVE HEARING AT
| THE FEsTAL BOARD.
/ The Greek alphabet turned itself loose
knocked itself topsy-turvy last night at the
Shoreham. Its component members were all
mixed up. but they managed to resolve them
selves before many hours of today had flown
and are now presumably in as good a condition
as ever. The occasion of all these actions was
the first annual reunion and dinner of the Ed
silon alumni chapter OF the Sigma Chi fra
ternity. But ii must not be thought for mo-
ment that this confusion Of the letters of the
Greek alphabet resulted from anything that
was served along with the menu. Apollinaris
and ice water, followed at the end by coffee,
were the only beverages and the topsy-turvy-
dom referred to was merely the intermingling
OF the representatives of the chapter letters
theta. kappa, epsilon. delta. pi and so on.
1t was jolly reunion and thoroughly en-
joyed by every Sig" present. also by one lone
outsider, the only man who did not have the
password or the grip and who stared in open
eyed wonder and awe when the men around
him spoke OF mutations and rites and other
matters that are popularity supposed to belong
peculiarly to the executive session. Covers
were laid for fifty. but there were a few
absent ones whose places, however were filled
before the evening was over by the coming
OF other ''Sigs" who happened to be in town
and hearing that there was to be q banquet
and knowing that all 'Sigs'' would be welcome,
dropped III on the table full of men who were
their brethren.
AROUND THE TABLE.
1t was about $50 when the way was led to
the board by Mr.. Reginald Fendall, the pres-
dent Of the chapter, and as such the chairman
Lotto lay
some menu card. on which was the seal of the
fraternity. and containing most tempting list
OF good things, and a name card for each man
tied with the blue and gold ribbons of the
order. 1t was somewhat later when the same
gentleman, after giving the orchestra chance,
raped for order and started the feast OF
reason
He bewailed the hard-heartedness Of the
executive committee in limiting each speaker
To hve minutes, since he had. at the expense of
great labor and much time. prepared an elab-
crate speech that was now quite useless. BY
electlng him chairman they had shut him off,
and he felt sorry for the tables. He intro
duced Judge Andrew b. Duvall as the first
speaker. who had the toast Epsilon chapter"
He said that he was in q quandary as to what
to compare Epsilon to-whether to Rosalind in
her bower, sleeping the sleep of the innocent,
1alr and beautiful, awaiting to be awakened by
the kiss OF the prince, or to Tara's harp, on the
walls, mute, ready to burst forth into melody
gave up the attempt to compare her to any
thing, for she was unique and she stands alone.
TO MIR. Andrew A. Lipscomp remained the task
OF completing the toast, and he did it in an ad-
mirable manner, keeping the table in a roar
throughout. He said that he had expected en-
"hystericar' account OF Epsilon from Mr.
Duyall to give him some needed pointers In
conclusion he toasted the chapter after the
fashion OF the Irishman-Epsilon, last in the
field and first to leave it.; or, if that doesn't
suit, the chapter, equal to none.
There were two Representatives in Congress
on the bill to respond to the toast-''Sigs in
Congress" but they failed to appear and SO
Mr. H. w. w. Curry was called upon for a re-
spouse, which he gave to the satisfaction of all.
Rev. s. 2. Dillon of Lincoln, Neb. spoke fer
vently Of the doings of ''Sigs in the pulpit"
and Mr.. Sebastian Brown of Baltimore talked
for while on the matter of ''Sigs at the bar"
which he characterized as a fine text
''sIGs" IN PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
"Sigs in medicine" ran the title of the toast
doled out to DIR. Geo. N. Acker. He said that
he had been surprised to receive an invitation
to throw physc to the dogs"-which was the
sentiment attached to the toast-at the dinner
there. but he would do the best he could After
giving long and honorable list of the names
of men who have achieved distinction in medi-
cine with the white cross badge of the frater-
nifty on their bosoms he was followed BY his
colleague. DR.. Reginald Munson, who spoke on
r.. Moves D.
posed to talk on ''Sigs in the press" but he
managed to twist his speech into some very in
terestlng "reminiscences of the days when Epsi-
lon was an active chapter, and he told of how
the horrors of the initiation were doled out to
the new Corners, until the hair of The STAR re-
porter, who was that outsider mentioned
above, fairly stood on end. He left the press
part OF the toast to Maj. Daniel n. Ransdell,
the marshal of the District who paid tribute
OF respect to the press, feeling, he said. that
L,l
press crosswise should have. He charac terized
the press as the balance wheel in every COM
munity, as the power that makes and unmakes
statesmen.
OTHER ''sIGs."
''Sigs in business was the next topic. which
was ably handled by Maj. s. II. Walker and Mr..
Howard Keyworth. Mr.. Thos. King, jr, made
very bright speech. invoking constant
laughter and applause, on the toast Of active
chapters-infants carry the white cross to the
front" He divided honors ON the theme with
MIR. g. III. German, whose address was both
humorous and touching in it's pathos Then
came MIR. NJ NJ. Miller OF Princeton, and Mr..
Ruter Springer on the toast Alumni chapters"
DIR. Farnham told i'll impromptu speech
about the way in which the alumni chapter had
been formed, and Judge David X. Watson the
attorney general Of Ohio, and Mr.. l.. Ii. Allen
of Norfolk spoke touchingly Of fraternity fell
lowships aud friendships. At o'clock the
ner of Epsilon" was at an end
sIGs WHO WERE THERE.
Those present were: DIR. G. N. Acker, W. ].
Acker, L. n. Charles, Geo. T. Coffin W. W.
Curry, A. b. Duvall. J. Walter Duvall Thos.
Ewing jr., W. c. Ewing C. T. C. Earle, r.
Fendall. r. Farnham G. ii. German, Daniel
Hay, Linden Kent. H. Q. Keyworth, A. A. Lips
comb, r. Munson, G. II. Miller. D. j. Markle
4. w. Noyes, d. NJ. Ransdell. W. H. Singleton,
X. w. Springer, E. l.. Tompkins, s. H. Walker,
BENZ. White, Sebastian Brown, W. II. Sattler.
X. ID. Clifton and DR.. Z. s. Conlyn of BaltI-
more; Maj. NJ. G. McLain of Indiana L. B. Al
len of Norfolk, NJ. NJ. Miller. Princeton; Rev. S.
p. Dillon, Febraska; A. h. Luecker of Norris
town, Pa. Fred. W. McReynolds Wabash
college, Indiana. and ]. L. Watkins, Frank
Strong and Snowden Ashford of Washington.
AT a business meeting earlier in the day the
following officers were elected: Reginald Fem
dali, president; DIR. Robert Farnham vice
president; Ruter W. Springer, secretary and
treasurer; W. II. Singleton, historian. and An
drew Il. Duvall, Samuel II. Walker, Thomas
Ewing and DIR. G. n. Acker, new members OF
the executive committee.