The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
FUTILE EFFORTS,
High School Seniors Hold Banquet in
Spite of Opposition.

The annual banquet of the class of
99, Worcester high school. was held at
the Bay State House, in this city, last
night. The banquet was a grand sue
cess, and although the fact that it was
to be held was we'll known at the two
schools for the past two days, it did
not create the excitement that it would
have in past years.
The seniors had expected trouble, and
to assure the safety Of the POSTMASTER
and the speakers of the evening. had
hacks at the school entrance at the
close of school and many of the stu
dents who were to figure in the sneak
ing We're driven to the hotel. where
they passed the afternoon.
But one attempt to carry away anv
OF the seniors was made and that
tailed. After school had closed and H p
Jourdan, H. L. Drury and S, D. Ma
son We're on their way home, a team
driven by some of the under-class
men attempted to carry away the men,
tempt
The seniors began to gather in the
MOTEL corridors about o'clock and
spent an hour in congratulating them
serves that success had marked their
first banquet.
AT O'Clock a line was formed and a
start made for the banquet hall. and
the next two hours was given up to
the very elaborate menu which had
been prepared by Landlord Douglass,
After full justice had been done to the
menu, William d. Lancaster intro
duced Sydney R. Mason as the toast
master.
The toasts were responded to as fol4
lows: Glass of '99, THE class of '99.
last In the century, first in all else"
ii. l.. Drury, of the Classical high
and J. L. Perry of the English high.
Faculty, What a confederacy of folly
IS this?" H. P Jourdan of the classical
nlgh and j. j. Heating of the English
high. Societies, Society is wholesome
for character" Arthur Pellet of the
English hikh; Athletics, Return with
H. Moran of the English
high, Fair sex. if ladies De but you..,S
and fair, they have the power
to konw it," Chester S. Allen Of
the classical high and c. B. S. Jack
son of the English high, Grew, Twas
done with eight oars, also a coxswain"
T. r. johnson of the classical high;
Our past, though lost to sight but
memory dear" r. c. Amidon of the
prophets of the future is the past c.
e. DAILY of the classical high and A. F.
Whitman of the English high.
The committee of arrangements were
William D. Lancaster, chairman, Chest
er S. Allen, Cornelius E. DAILY, Arthur
c. Gage, Thomas S. Johnson, John j.
Heating, Herbert F. Morse, Nicholas r.
Schofield, Alfred F. Whitman and Biz
ney L. Herrick
William D. Lancaster Sydney r. Ma
son, Herbert L. Drury, Harry P. Jour
dan, Chester S. Allen, Thos. r. John
son, Ralph C. Amidon, Cornelius E.
DAILY Milton C. Snyder, Ernest M.
Whitcomb, Macdonald Barton, Thomas
w. Geary, Louis j. Pratt, Arthur G.
Brown, j. Frank Cooper, Ralph S.
Fornstedt, Frank j. Dolan, Isaac God
dard. Cushman Parker, Edw. l.. Stone,
Ralph E. Truesdell, Joseph Collins,
John T. Madden, Thos. A. Fitzgerald,
Geo. F. Teehan, Frank X. Quinn.
John Hennessey, Robert w. Dixon,
George f. Skinner, j. Fred Sawin, Ray
mond A. Fuller, d. Jerome Rowland,
Harold V. Braun, Fred B. Spellman,
James F.. Hurley, Cornelius Maher, Jr.,
Edward L. Stone, Everett H Wilson,
John D. McCallum, Cushman Parker,
Garry T. McGourty Henry G. Leach,
James l.. Stone, Donald M. Croker,
Edwin Coyne, Fred C. Maroon, Barton
Grant, Turner Willard, Albert Fowler,
Arthur G.. Gage, Herbert f. Morse,
Chester It. Reed, Samuel T. Hobbs,
Donald b. Logan, Edward c. Rochelle.