The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-30
THREE M. C. GUESTS
MEssRs. HENRY, WATSON AND FAIRS
AT PHI KAPPI PSI BANQUET.
New congressman Respond to Toasts
Other Prominent Speakers.

All that is significant OF the ~enigmatical
letters. phi Kappi Psi" dubbed forth in
wit. song and speech last night. At the
first annual dinner Of the organization at
the Denison Hotel over fifty members sat
around the board. They included the alum
nus and the active college member; the
gray-bearded man Of business and the
beardless youth. The occasion was more
ostentatious from the fact that three Re-
publican Congressmen-elect, Charles L.
Henry, James 4. Watson and George W.
Faris, members of II : fraternity, respond-
ed TO invitations to attend the dinner. John
i. Grifiths, with a fresh fund of humor.
presided as POSTMASTER. He said, by way
OF presenting himself to the society, that
he represented a city famous FOR a number
Of things. 1t is in the exact center OK the
earth. it has for a resident the next Presi-
dent Of the United States and its women
were the first to adopt the divided skirts.
Ex-Mayor Sullivan responded to the
toast. "Our Visitors" In a ten-minutes'
speech. The members of Phi Kappa Psi
were as welcome as flowers in May, he
said. He talked Of the college friendship
that was the strongest tie In the world I'M
less 1t was the love OF a wife for her hus-
band. True and faithful friendship among
college men was better than success in
business, after they had gone from the
shelter Of the old college walls.
Charles L. Henry discussed the toast,
'"The Badge which signifies many things
to the Phi Kappa Psi. He did not think
that as soon as the college walls were left
the badge should be discarded. wherever
you CO." he continued, IF the badge is
worn you are sure to find q brother. Who
IS there who does not remember in the
initiatory that grand description
OF what this badge means? What young
man has not taken this badge from the
lHpel of his coat and turned 1t over to his
sweetheart This badge to a Phi Kap
means everything, but, more than all else,
II represents those fraternal associations
begun in college. Let US wear this badge,
represents as much outside of college as
inside the walls of the beloved place.. Let
US stand by 1t SO that our fellows may
ers forever"
Edgar T.. Hendee, of Anderson, responded
to the toast The Ivy. and the Laurel"
They are the Symbols" he said, ''of the
Phi Kappa Psi, and the ivy is true to its
symbol entwining the sturdy oak not for
nourishment only, but to hide the scars and
ruin and decay of its old friend. Bacchus
worshiped the ivy on the principle that its
leaves would prevent the intoxication of
wine: How many of our friends here to-
night could have given the old man points
on that subject. The ivy was more highly
priced by Julius Caesar than all the honors
VI AK III OSndle. Line GmDlSmS OF the
ivy and the laurel are ours tonight. They
represent a real sentiment; a sentiment of
the highest kind. We have young men of
sentiment here tonight; men who will rule
the next Congress. II is these young men
or sentiment that have made life greater
and broader. 1t is a greater thing to be an
american citizen and q voter since we
have had James G. Blaine and Benjamin
aiarsison; a greater thing to be a man
Phi Kappa Psi. This night we want the
spirit of the society to receive a new hap
tism- Let US hold fast to the silent teach
ings OF our emblems, the Ivy and the laurel"
a delightful way by James f. Watson, who
began, his topic with the recital OF one of
that he was a Phi Kappa Psi. II hope
that some day the old laurel wreath will
fall upon the brow of my boy" he said,
as a college man, he was happy in the
friendship of the frat" to which he be-
ARE the sweetest ever known. They come
as quietly and as serenely as the zephyr,
but as all powerful as the storm. This
the man who wears above his heart the
glittering shield of the Phi Kappa Psi.
There are new conquests for the hand and
hearts of the brotherhood and all must
keep their eyes on the north star" Con-
Guiding, Mr.. Watson said: Let US each
splendid friendship and do something that
Is worthy Of a member Of the Phi Kappa
Psi. IT is not that we must endow a col
csc hui that We SDTedQ IlllllODS OIL
dollars with a lavish hand but by little
acts of charity that are simple and contain
the elements Of our great principles. / hope
that these meetings will continue and that
we will come here year after year and re-
peat the story of old Phi Kappa Psi
Mayor L. B. Buskirk. Of Bloomington,
Silent Member" in place of Judge James
l.. Jordan. who was unable to be present.
Mayor Buskirk lamented that he was q
rough. blunt fellow who could not make a
speech, but in a ten-minute talk belied the
words; He said that while he was in col
society. He attributed much of his success
in life to the principles taught him I'm the
next to his mother it had done more for
him than any other influence. He advo-
Gated the organization Of a State society
annapolis once a year.
Congressman-elect George w. Faris, of
Of osf the a old eoll ta!ee fra II a rem Whisa he way rs.
membered with tenderest feeling. He con-
tended that the college fraternity has given
graced the world. There is no period to
which the rational man looks back to with
such fond sentiment as the days Of his
SO long as there are minds to awaken and
develop for .conquests in the realms OF
of love, so long as there are souls to save,
just so long would the sentiment Of the Phi
Kappa Psi abide and endure. In coaclud-
cident In the history of old Asbury Col
lege that insured his popularity as a story
teller.
Frank M. Dice, OF Charlottesville, spoke
briefly Of the old college men. He had be-
gun to feel like a back number, he said,
because when the distinguished gentlemen
who had preceded him were taking their
first frat limitations he was out of college
and fighting the battle OF life.
He was glad that the newly-elected Con-
gresham had been true to the old rituals:
he felt sure that they had. He believed in
craftsmanship, because the word means 10y
atty.
r. S. Tennent, OF Terre Haute, followed
Mr.. Dice in a similar line of thought. AL
though he felt that life was too busy in
| this day to look much to the past, he could
not but revert occasionally to the dear old
college and fraternal days.
w. l.. Taylor, of this city, regretted that
in many colleges the old customs of con-
Quoting the chapter meetings had been
abandoned for the lght pastimes OF fanci-
full youth. Bloomington University had
sent out a great many Phi Kaps," and
not one Of them had disgraced the order.
The speaker thought the same could be
said OF each Indiana chapter. He believed
that in ten years from now the Phi Kappa
Psi would dictate the policy of every DO
| litical organization, including the Repub-
| lican party.
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