The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
Banquet and Ball at ChriStenSen'S
Last Evening.
WAS A LARGE GATHERING
OLD TIME STUDENTS TURNED
OUT IN FORCE.
A Number of Toasts-The Address
OF the Evening Was Made By
Hon. Heber J. Grant-A Brilliant
Affair-Festivities Kept Up Until
Late Hour.

By far the most interesting reunion ever
held by the alumni of the University OF
Utah was the banquet given by that as
ISOLATION last evening at Christensen
hall Covers were laid for $50 persons.
and the tables were almost completely
filed The hall was very beautifully dec
GRATED and draped with profusion OF
American flags of all sizes and materials
They were festoOned, fioated, twisted and
! tied in every available space in the dress
| ing rooms in the hall and upon the stage
| They made a glorious decoration Inc
! long tables were arranged upon the stage
leaving the main floor for dancing. Inc
guests began to arrive little before >
| o clock and an hour later were SeaIeu
at the tables. In the meantime the CHRIST
| ensen orchestra discoursed sweet music,
and while some put in the time dancing,
EotherS enjoyed the handShaklng ana re-
newing OF old acquaintanceship when IN
many cases had for years lain dormant
or existed only as a memory OIL lang
| syne'' When the guests were seated at
! the banQueting tables Mrs: K. T. Little,
who is president of the Alumni asoscla-
! ton, arose, and calling the assembly 10
order, thanked them for their presence
and babe them enjoy the many luXu1leS
/ there spread before them. Inc orchestra
| played America, there was an enthuS-
! iastic round of applause, and the party
fell to with a will. When the president
er George NJ. Cannon, which she did in
complimentary ana well chosen words.
The programme was then proceeded with
according to the order in which the var
ious members We're set down. Elegant
special engraved programmes were found
under each plate, the design on cover be-
ing a representation of an American flag
and Cuban flag intertwined. In the CEN
ter appeared the bee hive, and below an
open book, across which were seen
sword and a pen. crossed SurmountlnS
all this a SIrDbllrSt in which the IN
itials L. of u. appeared in letters of scar
let. The covers and leaves were daintlly
which made very pretty souvenir of the
occasion, and these were in nearly every
instance preserved by the members.
The ladies were beautifully gowned and
I made a pretty kaleidoscope picture. The
list of guests embraced many of the most
intelligent ladies and gentlemen, young
and middle aged, of the state. The re-
sponses to the toasts were all extremely
interesting, that of Hon. II. J. Grant be-
ing especially so.
The programme in it's entirety was as
follows:
Music, America" Observation-Disclosures.
:. ............ Christensen's orchestra.
Address Pres. Mrs. r. E. Little
1ntermezzo from "Cavalliera Rusti-
cana .-...-.-..-.-.-.........M ascagni
Orchestra.
Introduction of the Toast Master, Mr..
George NJ. Cannon. Observation-Disclosures.
The President, Mrs. R. E. Little.
Overture, ''Orpheus'' Offenbach
Orchestra.
''Our Alma Mater Observation-Disclosures.
I know no disease of the soul but igno-
rance-Ben. Jonson.
President. ]. T. Kingsbury.
Valse, Lost Happiness" .............G illett
Orchestra.
1.-The Nobility of Life. ................
The best is vet to be
The last of life. for which the first was
made.-Robert Browning.
Mrs. Keetie H. Kimbal.
Song for Cornet, Concert in the Forest
.......-.,. go ...... :........ Eilenberg.
Orchestra.
1.-THE University of Yesterday" ......
Praising what is lost,
Makes the remembrance dear.
Heber ]. Grant.
Overture, Poet and Recessant" 49,.
The University ;:::it Of Today; orchestra
All. Love. but a day
And the world has changed.
Robert Browning. !
Miss Mary E. Connolly.
Dance, Polish National ............
:. ........-................S charwenka |
Orchestra.
1.-The Branch Normal ........
Although the print be small. the whole |
And copy of the Acknowledgements.
Mr.. Milton Bennion.
.1 TlzzlGati Orchestra
When my ship comes in.
Miss Valeria Brinton.
March, Stars and Stripes Forever
Orchestra
Our dance of custom let us not forget
At the close of this dancing was re- /
sumed and it was well into the morning
before the last guest had departed.
The event was in honor of the 18th ami
versary of the organization of the asso-
citation, the previous ones having been
given in the buildings of the UNIVERSITY
The association has grown to such magni-
tude that these rooms will not accommo-
date the throng of graduates who desire
to attend, hence It was given in the larger
and substantial. as will be seen by the
following menu:
Now good digestion wait on appetite
And health on bothi-Macbeth
Claret Frappe.
Yet have 1 something in me dangerous
Hamlet.
Salade tomat. Lettuce
L warrant there's vinegar and pepper
in't.-Twelfth Night.
Poulet Jelee. Pate de Veau.
Westphalia ham,
Heaven sends US good meat-Garrick
Salade Pomme de Terre.
Let onio atoms Turk within the bowl.
And half suspected animate the whole
sydney Smith.
Cheese Straws. Bread and Butter
Bachelors fare: bread and cheese
Pickles. olives.
/ have gained my experience-As
You Like 1t.
Ice Cream. Strawberries. Assorted Cakes.
The daintiest last to make the end
most sweet.-Rich. III.
Cheese. Cherries
Digestive cheese and fruit there sure
will be.-Ben Jonson.
Coffee.
] have not slept one wink.-Cymbeline
The present officers of the association
Ire as follows:
Rebecca E. Little president: Samuel
Ooxey, vice president; Ray Van Colt, sec
etary and treasurer; Emma Young, as
stant secretary and treasurer.
J. T. Kingsbury, William Wallace, Edna
Wells Sloan. Edna Hyde. L. E. Young,
lstella Dunford r. l.. McGhie.
The state board of equalization received
protest yesterday from the Rio Grande
Western, demonstrating against the high
-alue placed upon their main and branch
ines compared with other classes of prop
rty. The board is petitioned to recon
ider and make substantial reductions in
is assessment so to place the burden
f their taxation upon plane with other
aXpayers. Attention is called to the fact
hat the taxation this year is S136934 COM
jared to $101 .434 last year, when a care
III examination of their property was
made. The company can't see why there
hould be an increase of 80 per cent in |
alue. A representative of the Wagner
PALACE Car company will appear before |