Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-05-12
High School Alumni Banquet.

The banquet given by the High
School Alumni, last Friday evening,
in the City Hall, was one of the inter
esting features of the Commencement
season. The officers OF the Alumni, of
which Mr.. Don Larrabee is President,
deserve credit for the success of the
affair.
Members of the different classes be-
gan to arrive at 900 p. M, and at 1000
O'Clock when the president sounded
the alarm that the tables were now
ready and few hungry members were
wanted to dispatch the victuals, more
than 20 people were gathered i'll the
spacious parlors of the Mountaineer
Hose Company. The members headed
by Geo. Walker marched to the ban
quoting hall to the delightful strains of
the Mandolin Club. After an hour of
feasting and dmerriment the toast master
Prof Ii. f. Stouffer announced toasts
as the next part of the programme.
Mrs. j. P. McNarney responded to
the toast, "The First neatly describ-
ing the work of the first class. Miss
Bonham, $50, on "Pupil VS. Teacher"
pleasantly compared the recollections
of school girl and a school
teacher. Miss Hogan, '91, on the
pheasant RecoIlections of the Boys
in Our Glass;" had such pleasant
memories of school days that all the
boys of her class, who were present at
the banquet, must have enjoyed it
greatly. Mr.. Geo. Taggart on "Rem-
iniscences of School Days" regretted
that he had nothing unusual to describe
as he was always the best boy in
school. Mr. E. j. Rogers, '94, toasted
on ''Our New Surroundings" compar-
ing the new building and it's conven-
fences to the old building and discuss
ing school progress in general. Mr..
Orlo Jordan, '95, in his toast ''The Old
Maids Glass;" regretted the fact that
the members of the class are so slow in
matrimonial ventures. There is no
hope for the girls for another decade,
as 1900 is not leap year. Mr.. Jordan
has promised to help them out of the
predicament and thus remove the stig-
ma that rests on the class. The toast,
''The Greatest Of them ALL" by Miss
Cieary, meant a class not largest in
numbers but in intellect The charac-
teristics of the class, as Miss Cleary
put it, are number six hats and number
twelve shoes. Mr.. Henry Farr gave
truthful address on "My Studious
Habits as School Boy" Latin was
his favorite study and chewing gum
his favorite pastime. ''Emporium's
Early Schools" by Mr.. J. F. Parsons,
the Oldest director on the Board in
point of service, but the youngest in
years and public spirit, was a great
effort He was glad that lady teachers
get married, if it were not so he might
be single yet; but he regretted the fact
that the men in the profession were
not so public spirited, for they all be.
come politicians.
Mr.. Logan, on the toast, "When l
was Boy" gave graphic descrip-
ton of his school days, and as sample
of his work as a school boy read
composition that he wrote fifty or
more years ago, on that sublime sub
ject, ''The Pig" If only the pupils of
the year 1898 could appreciate their
privileges they would make more use
of them.
The piano DUETS by the Misses
Taggart and Misses Dawson and
Kaye, the vocal solo by Mr. Walker,
the violin solo by Miss Walker, the
piano solo by Miss Taggart and the
selection by the Mandolin Club added
greatly to the evenings entertainment.
1t is worthy of comment that the per-
formers were all Alumni. Allreturned
to their homes and voted that this their
first Alumni Banquet was a great sue
cess and that another will be
looked forward to with great pleasure
and anticipation.
Banquet was served by the ladies of
the Rebekah Lodge and was all that
an epicure could wish for. The
beautiful table decorations of flowers,
in red and white, the Alumni colors,
were also very tastetully arranged
by them.