Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-13
THE BANQUET
In Verify a Feast of Reason and Flow of |
 of Soul-The Toasts.

or SOu1-Ine IOaStS. The crowning event of Howard col leges session of 1S94-5 was the alumni banquet, given last night at the Florence hotel. There were assembled at this re- union of the graduates of that honored institution members of the Alumni asso- citation from all over the United States and numbers of invited guests from diff ferent points of the compass. It was a most pleasant occasion, for it gave the college boys of days gone by a chance to mingle with old associates. The banquet passed off most pleasantly, and it is but just to say that it was an enjoyable oc- casion. The banquet service was excel lent and Major Wheeler and MT. Jem- ison were complmented highly upon the elegance in which it was served. About 125 alumni and invited guests were in at- tendance
 At 10 o'clock the members of the alum nj association and the invited guests filed into the spacious dining hall of the Florence and after prayer by Rev. MT. French of Talladega fell to work upon the feast spread before them.
 After some time had been pleasantly spent upon the feast Postmaster w A. Hobson addressed those in attendance, and stated that Howard college had a history and that there was >one man present who knew personally the history from the beginning to the present
 Dr. Thomas J.. Din was called upon
 
 college and how she had overcome many Instructions and unfortunate occur rences. Twice reduced to ashes she had risen like the Phenix of old He told how the college had been moved from Marion and planted in our midst. He re- lated how. when the tocsin of war was sounded that the professors answered that call
 He then spoke of the Christian infiu- ence which the college has had upon the world He next dwelt upon the students in general who had gone out from the walls of Howard and how they stood in the world. He was able to say, however. that the alumni of Howard has escaped the penitentiary. He then enumerated number of the graduates who are now oc- cupying some of the highest positions in the country. He complimented the alumni upon not disdaining to do any kind of honorable work.
 Hon. w. c. Ward.
 Hon. W. c. Ward was called upon to speak upon the professario of Howard college He said that time was when only a few graduates of the college were teachers. Now they are filing the country from ocean to ocean. He stated that 1t would not be amiss to say that the college stands first which sends out the greatest number of great teachers. He said that every graduate could not teach but that Howard stood equal in
 
 | in the south He closed his speech by saying that the greatest men were teach CTS, who were the foremost people of the United States. After cracking a few | jokes he took his seat.
 ?. G. Caffee. Mr. r. G. Coffee of Montgomery re- sponded to toast, "The Bar" He made a short talk upon what the members of the bar were doing. and wound up by reading selection from Mark Twain Joseph F. Johnston.
 Capt Joseph F. Johnston responded to the toast Birmingham As An Educa- tional Center" He was pleased to speak upon anything that tends to the up- building of Birmingham. He said that 1t was great pleasure to know what positions the graduates of Howard col llege occupied. He was empha tic in saying that it was a duty for the people of Birmingham Ito support the colleges of the city. for the building up of the colleges is the building up of Birmingham. He wanted tq1see Birmingham a great college cen