El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-13
WHEN GREEK
MEETS GREEK
First Annual Banquet Of the
Pan Hellenic Society.
"STRIKING SPEECHES"

"STRIKING SPEECHES.
Greek Letter Fraternity Men As
semble In Ell paso, Preparatory
To Forming a Permanent Or
gdniZatlon.
It was two o'clock this morning
when the assembly finally began to
dispense. Some of the fellows have
already reached home.
The occasion was the fret annual
banquet of the Pan Hellenic Society.
Eugene Neff and Peyton Edwards
have been working on the scheme for
some time, and the abounding success
of the banquet last night at Harvey's
attests to their energy and ability.
It was Intended to get together all
the members of Greek letter frater-
mites in the city, for general good
time and for the formation of q per-
manent club. whose principal purposes
should be TO keep track of the Greeks
as they come and go aud to have an
annual banquet to renew old acquain-
A wonderful spirit of fraternity
pervaded the atm osphere last nigh,
and not single one of the men wh'
participated in the memora BILE event
failed to express his hearty gratitude
to those who, through their activity,
had made such a delightful meetint
possible. A score of different colleges
were represented in the gathering ano
nearly as many different Gresk lette,.
frate-nities.
Following is list of those present.
toqeth err with the colleges they repre-
sented:
Pey.on F. Edwards, University of
Virginia; George P. Hyde, University
If Michigan; Willis Townsend, Untver-
sity of Michigan; L. w. Ward, Gin
on College; F. E. Hunter, University
of Indiana; A. G. Foster, University of
Indiana; W. r. Watson, University of
he South: A. E. Fowle, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; Eugene Neff,
Kenyon; William Allen Smith, Co
lumbia; Lewis Maury Kemp, Univer-
sity OF Texas; Owen P. White, Univer-
sity of Texas: Johr L. Dyer, Jr.,
Hampden Sidney; DR.. Chas F. Norton,
University of Kentucky; Ltewellyn 81.
Davis, University of Michigan; Earnest
Msrcher. University of Wisc0u sin;
Rev. Oscar ]. Cohen, Columbia; E. n.
Irwin, jefferson College; M. 81. Webb,
Washington and Lee University: j.
Shelton Horsley, University of Vir-
ginia; W. D. Howe, University Of In
dians and Boston University Law
School; II. r. Chase, Trinity.
The following fraternities were re-
Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi, Chi Phi,
Delta Kappa Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi,
Kappa Alpha, Phi Alpha Sigma,
Alpha Delta Phi, Psi Epsilon, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Delta Epsilon, Alpha
Tau Omega, Sigma Delta Psi, Phi
Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Thets, Chi Psi
The menu was elaborate aud
do
were exceedingly artistic. The
verse at the beginning,
When Greek meets Greek
Then comes the tug of war;
was variouslv paraphrased into,
When Greek meetsIGree
They send the jug for more;
When Bull meets Boer,
Then comes the tug of war.
After the physical man had been
sufficiently supplied, the ''tiow of soul"
began, and flowed and flowed, until
near daylight. Judge Peyton F. Ed
wards-''Grandp a'' Edwards, as they
called him-as toast master, proved to
be q bowling success. Judge Edwards
apologized for being so old. He said
some of his friends insisted that be
fused to admit that he would
ever grow old. 81 have remained
young and 1 have borne my age re-
markably we'll, as you all must admit,
but the reason is that so many of my
best friends are among the young men.
like to be with you boys tonight be-
cause it helps me to grow still younger.
had very little college education and
really the only distinction l claim as
scholar is that 1 went to- school in the
same school house with Tom Ochil-
tree
A. @. Foster spoke of "Our aims and
purposes Said Mr.. Foster in part:
IAN item has been going the rounds of
the press to the effect tina. ninety per
cent of those men who are really max
ing q definite impress on the worlds
history are college men. Whether
this is true or not it is certain that col
and as the years go by those men who
go to college are more aud more will
ing to assume the responsible
lity that goes with education.
1.-The college period is the time to
grow untrammeled. When men start
upon their active strenuous work in
the world they have little time to en-
own capabilities and their own balance.
In college one meets a select
and favored group of spirits. These
are men of more than average ability.
There is the stimulation, the spur to
ambition, and the clash of wit that
makes for higher intellectually and a
frmer grasp of life. In the fraternity
oil these are increased, perhaps two
fold The closer association
brings out everything that is in a man.
believe in the college fraternity
thoroughly. The college man must not
forget his opportunities for aiding the
cause of higher education, better
schools, good government, and good