The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-04
ALUMNT BANQU ETS.
Enjoyable Winding Up Of thc Com-
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4 feast of good :hings. both in the cdiblo
Line and in Wit and reason, was the order
yesterday afternoon at the annual banqu t OF
; the university alumni The banquet began at
O'Clock, and was he'd in the south wing of
the armory. The number sitting down was
over 225, beng composed Of nearly all the
graduating class and representa- ives of all
classes from the first to the present few
| invited guests and members of the faculty
were also present
During the fist part Of the banque: DAMS
orchestra rendered programme of inspiriting
music. Il was 2:30 Fred SNYDER as
postmaster, set the ny. He said thai
row the university h he'd the twenty
fifth mile stone in lis j. 'ey. What short
journey it had been. and yet what wonderful
tn ngs had been accomp isGned. Much of the
credit was due 10 the Moses wfo, during that
Ell ire twenty-five years, had beel leading the
university out of the wilderness, namaiy John
S. Pillsbury.
The first speaker was a member Of the sec
ord c.ass. tina. of "a George 2. Kicker. whose
tonic was "Our Early Home He sGid shat
he had been n the first class 10 enter the in
sttution, and he thanked God :ha' TO- once in
h s lie he had gotten in en- the ground floor.
IA describing the condition OF affairs at that
time. he said that end Of the US was
used fora COW, pas ufe. ard that hat one end
had since become 0ue Of the regular depart
mentS OF the university fact. the COW pas
ture was the beginning o? the dlity echoo
The broad expanse of sand al the ether end of
the campus was essential. every enc con-
= those
needed an extra allowance Of that article
The toast. The Ladies Paror" was most
happily handled by Miss Inc Firkins 49, She
struck a popular cord and kept the assem-.
blage ripping with lauyhter. She said that
/ the ladies' Iarlor marked the one great diff
! ference between he University of Minnesota
and other great institutions of learning that T.
was co-educational The broadnindedncss and
liberal ideas Of the founders had prompted
! them to admit and throw open the doors to
] men well as women. It was a compliment
! 10 the men that it should be thus and they
! had taken full advantage of the fact The
/ ladies parlor was a sacred spot to the men, in
| it the tmid freshman first met his classmates:
! in 1t condolences were exchanged; it was a
resting place for the tired body, and In 1t
also the fair coed hid when skipping lessons
! Aiber II. Hall, who halls from no class.
/ being one OF 1.-The unblest," but who was for
merly student in the institution, was next
! He did not know whether he was blest or I'M
! b.es:. Was it those who took four or FIVE and
sometimes six years to get through, or those
who recognized the demard Of the world for
! their serv ces before commencement day ana
/ followed their inspiration? Mr.. Halls address ;
/ was the hit Of the day. lie spoke % man.
! things, and said that he hoped that the
alumni would take some means IN ioin In
/ afiilia ion those who were unblest Trey were
j ANXIOUS he knew. tn hen The anna mater.
and would re crcd,' Il H. IIe .-,ar 49, ol
the names &c Patri>k E'tzpe trick Jude Wo-h
/ burn, OF Aus'ir Judges .s9m's SRI 80 r--4,
son. Of the local bench; John l. nd r Rob-
er 8, Hall aud Vanderhorck, of Minneapolis