The morning call., 1894-12-22
MEMORY OF FoREFATHERS.
Appropriate Toasts and Ringing
Speeches.
BY PATRIOTIC FERvOR
Everything Was Done to Make the
Affair a Great
Success.

F0re1atnerS day" was ntly celebrated
by the Congregational Club at the Third
Congregational Church on Fifteenth street,
near Mission, last evening.
Speeches taking on a distinctive Puri-
tanical coloring and prefaced with a typi-
cal New England dinner made the occa-
sion fitting commemoration of the land
ing of the Pilgrims.
a business meeting was held in the fore
part OF the evening. at which the folio owing
officers were elected: President, Rev. C.
o. Brown. DID,; first vice president.
George w. Scott; second vce-president.
Rev. w. w. Scudder Jr.; secretary and
treasurer, Philip Combs; executive COM
mltte-J. II. Goodel, George L. Hatch,
Professor Charles IL. Ham.
The new members proposed were: J.
X. Harrison, Berkeley, Mrs. Caroline S.
Stephenson, Rev. +. S. Williams. Rev. Ii.
y. Hoyt. Rev. J. B. Orr. Rev. John Rea,
Professor Z. A Brooks, DR.. w. j. Wilcox,
Rev G. I. McCollum, }. w. Erwin. j. II.
warren: >. i. Bowers. {; j; Merritt. Pro-
lessor E. X. Brown ana +. E. Hinckley.
Rev. w. d. Williams, POSTMASTER of the
evening, was handed the following tele-
gram. which he read:
CHICAGO. Ill.
L. L. Uirt, Secyetary 725 Market street, SGa
ries make ali Congregationalists kin from Ply
mouth Rock to Golden Gate.
E. K. REDINGToN.
President Chicago congregational Club.
The principal address of the evening
was delivered by Rev. Fl. n. Hoyt. ID.
The Pilgrim Spirit of the Twentieth Gen.
tury' was the doctors topic.
He said p: Il rejoice that my subject is
so large that | may hide myself behind il.
l once attended a meeting and the theme
was. Are There Any Daniels To-day?'
l wonder how we can answer this Ques-
ton. Daniel was pilgrim. Are we
pilgrims in the biblical sense OF the word,
and will there be any need of this pilgrim
spirit in the twentieth century,
There are TO he better things in the
coming years. We already feel Inc throbs
of future prosperity. Yes; the better
better, and yet we should not forget that
tomorrow is the fruit of to-day. Yes, the
perpleNities and problems are already
growing on the life tree. When San
Francisco has 100000 people, New
York 100000 and Chicago 100000
hursts aud other social reformers.
VIII it require then less craftsmanship to
Ame ricanIZs the foreign element than it
does to-day? There will still be labor
problems, liquor problems and social prob
lens. Do not let us think that we will
have nothing to do in the twentieth GEN.
fury. There are to be great things done
then and would that Goa would let US
have some part In them.
'The settling Of ths twentieth century
pro blems is in your hands. God calls you
to your task"
Mrs. zenoma G. Crlttepden rec,ed
very patriotic selection entitled '"rhe
Revolutionary Rising"
Professor G. s. Nash said: what is
wanted in the next century is that the
men do their work as we'll as did the Puri-
tans.
Il believe the world is growing better.
One good sign is that it has lodged with
scholars of science. One by one they
must concede that the world is becoming
more religious. l believe that the TWEEN
tieth century is going to furnish more diff
cult problems to solve and it will need
moro courageous men to tackle them. The
twentieth century pilgrims must move on"
Other short ten-minute responses were
given by Professor A. b. Shaw of STAN
ford University, Professor E. E. Brown of
Berkeley and Lieutenant-Commande A.
V. Wadhams of the United States ship
mohican. The following committees had
charge of the banquet: Arrangements-
Mrs: Isabel A. Nolte (preslden0, Mrs. G.
Eastman chairman, Mrs. j. F. Meyers,
Mrs. c. Parker, Mrs. Isabel Crom well,
Mrs. c. b. Williams. Mrs. Cornwall, Mrs.
o. E. Moore. Mrs. William Alexander.
Mrs. Beane. Mrs. Farnham, Mrs. Batchel-
Ger. Mrs. Perley. Mrs. Whittle, Mrs. NJ. j.
Madison.
Young ladies' committee-Miss Ada
Nolte, Miss Lila Nolte, Miss Belle Note,
Miss Hannah Madison, Miss Lucy J.
Hyde. Miss Helty Eastman, Miss Edith
Booth, Miss Grace Hull. Miss Sadie Aver
ell, Miss Mabel Conrad. Miss Ethel Muir
phy, Miss Rosa Bell, Miss Sadie Allen,
Miss Grace Savage. Miss Matte Clark.
Miss Eleanor Averell. Miss Lou Mysel.
Miss Minnie Phillips, Miss Katherine
Williams, Miss Lily Mysel. Miss SUSIE
Silverthorn. Miss Mary Creigh. Miss
Belle Creigh, Miss Maybelle Hart, Miss
Salberg.
Reception committee Mrs. f. B. PullaD,
Mrs. WV. Chase. Mrs. c. M. Beane, Mrs.
John Wagner, Mrs. j. l.. Prior. Mrs. Ma.
tilda Perey. c. Ii. Ham, w. w. Chase,
Captain B. H. Madison and f. B. Pullan.
The Misses Nolte painted some very
dainty souvenirs for the occasion. One was
placed at each plate. Priscilla, John Alden.
Sequanto and Miles Standish were the sub
jects Of their beautiful sketches.