The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-15
THE ALUMNI BANQUET
The windup of the Reunion Very Happy
Event

event.
The fourth biennial meeting of the
Kenosha High School Alumni associa-
ton closed Saturday evening with a
BANQUET, which was undoubtedly the
happiest of the events of the day 1t
was scheduled TO begin at o'clock
but it was sometime after that before
the gathering got down to business on
hand The program was carried out
to the letter George W. Warvelle, of
Chicago, was general manager and
toast master, and after the crowd had
got into the hall where it could view
the many floral decorations, which had
beea artistically arranged all about,
he called the gathering to order and
the song Come Cheerful Compan-
ions" was sung to the accompaniment
of Mrs. E. 81. Hollister. The song was
sung with the happiest abandon of
childhood. Everybody then fell to
and digestively discussed the following
menu:
Cold ham Veal loaf
Saratoga chips
White bread Brown bread
Rolls
Pickles Olives
Ice cream Assorted cakes
Tea Coffee
AS soon as the proper time arrived
Mr.. Warvelle arose and in particu-
larry happy way told the banqueters
that he wanted everybody to obey
orders implicitly. His first order was
to each speaker to be brief, happy and
witty in everything he had to say.
Let Us Sing Merrily," was the
next song. but while it was sung mer-
rily it failed to set the pace for j. VI.
Quarles' response to the toast The
Old Timers" He spoke very feelingly
of many of the old school boys who had
passed to the great beyond. Some
who had marched to the front with the
bravest of Kenosha's boys and had
laid down their lives for the holy cause
of their country, were especially and
appropriately referred to.
The next song was g Help 1t On, /"
which was rendered by the whole
audience.
In proposing the toast The High
School in the Middle Ages" Mr.. War
velle said he wanted to change the
title. The words " = iddle ages" be
thought suggested the time when men
made blacksmiths their tailOrs. He
did not approve of it and wanted W.
w. Strong to respond to the toast,
"The High School in the Golden Age"
Mr.. Strong said that he was in a
position to pass judicially upon the
high school of those times, since it was
generally understood that out siders
were always better prepared to pass
Judgment on things than were those
actually OH the inside, He carried the
inference that he had run away from
school so much that he was obliged to
talk as an outsider.
The song Twilight is Falling" was
then sung, when impromptu speeches
were the order. Under this order
there was general call for James
Hannah, president OF the Kenosha club
of Chicago. He responded very brief
ly, as did Arthur Wheeler, also Of
Chicago. Mr.. Wheeler said that he
represented three generations in the
Kenosha public schools. The first was
in being a grandson of Father Deming,
one of the founders of the free school
system here, the second was in being
the son of Kate Wheeler, the bright
scholar and teacher here, and the
third was himself.
Mrs. F. A. B. Dunning, of Chicago,
read an original poem on the reunion,
which was well received.
The Chicago people withdrew in
time to catch the Sill train back home.
After their withdrawal the remainder
of the evening was spent in the read
ing of letters from members who were
unable to be present.
At the business meeting the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Charles P. Parish; vice president, E.
C. Theirs; secretary, Mrs. Mary George
Robinson; treasurer, G. w. Allen.
The executive committee was made
up of four from Kenosha and four from
Chicago, as follows:
James E. Petit, VIM. English, A. D.
Wheeler, Mrs. VIM. Nelson, Mrs.
Samuel Reynolds, G. A. Yule, Norman
Baker and Mrs. R. E. Mailer.
i A committee on constitution and by
laws was elected. These are articles
which the association has so far been
without.
| Committee on constitution and by
laws: Charles Parish, Mrs. Celia
Bailey, Arthur D. Wheeler, Mrs. VIM.
Robinson, Matte French, j. A. Jack
son, Peter Conrad Shearer.
The treasurer's report instead OF