The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-03
FEAST AND RECEPTION
Paramount Graduating Glass
Royalty Entertained.
ALUMNI BANQUET AT CAREY
Ioasts Made by Students,
Faculty and Others.

The first alumni banquet OF Fairmount
college took place in the palatial dining
hall of the Carey hotel on Friday after
noon
It was a merry and satisfying occasion.
An assemblage OF beauty. wit and good
sense that made onep roud OF our beau
tful city and our rising colleges. The
president Of the Alumni association, Mr..
Ernest Cramer, was unable 10 be present
but 10 his earnest and untiring efforts are
due largely this most successful occas-
ion.
The alumni faculty. trustees and friends
OF Paramount feel extremely thankful 10
Mr.. Eaton OF the Carey hotel. for the
magnificent menu he provided and the
efficient and attractive service. The
menu was as follows:
Consomms Royal
Ffllet OF Lake Trout, au win blanc.
Croquettes st. Andre
Cucumbers. Radisnes.
Frog Saddles, a Ia Creole.
New Beans.
Roast Chicken, stuffed, Derni Glaze.
New Potatoes in Cream.
Timbales of Fruit, in Cases.
Spring Lamb. Fresh Mint
New Peas.
Salad de Saison.
Strawberry Ice Cream in Bricks.
Fruit. Cake.
Coffee. Cheese.
The writer is acquainted with alumni
banquets in Oberlin and Harvard and at
other eastern college and can most sin
cerely say that in quality, quantity and
service this menu surpassed those served
in those places at twice the cost
At 4:30 after the physical man had been
satisfied TO satisfactiopToastm Flem-
ing Of the class OF 1893, arose and opened
the intellectual feast. In well chosen
words, he greeted the class OF 1860. He
said it is the custom OF all colleges 90
assemble during commencement TO feast
and make merry and renew old friendships
and live over the happy days Of college
life and welcome the outgoing class into
the jolly ranks Of the alumni. We take
great pleasure, he said, greeting at the
first annual banquet, the class of 1900
The class of 1899 considers II an honor 20
welcome the class of 1900. We have
watched over you and have been grateed
by your splendid graduating exercises
We remember our college fellowship with
you with pleasure. You are now fitted
for an active life OF service We can
predict with every assurance your sue
cess on lies field. and We know you viii
do honor TO Paramount and to yourselves.
Upon your class depends the success OF
the Alumni association. We must lay
firm foundations and make this a perfect
working fraternity. We know the future
viii see this large and vigorous organi-
zatIon. May Joy and peace be yours to-
day and forever. Again. 1 bid you wei
come into the Alumni association.
Mary Nickerson. president Of class OF
1850 in her pleasing manner. respcs ded
on the part Of the class OF 1900. With sad
hearts we bid farewell 10 our beloved
college, and hence we are thankful 20 be
in fellows ship and connection through this
association with dear old F'airmount. We
hope TO be ever faithful to our Alma
Mater.
Dr. Morrison responded in his courteous
and graceful way to the toast, Our Al /
umni" He first expressed his satistac-
ton for the elegant banquet provided by
the Carey hotel "Our Alumni" he said. /
are mostly alumnal. but we call them I
alumni and we expect they viii in the T.
future come a good deal nearer 20 the /
masculine gender Of that word than they /
are today. Again, the alumni now are 4
free and the college young in year. and /
9 Nv AZ rif
its graduates But Yale and Harvard and 4
Dartmouth, who now graduate classes of !
hundreds once we're smaller than We are. I
They we're all once feeble and struggling. /
Yale in its first twenty-three successive
classes had an average Of but SIX grad I
yates Paramount has ten in the Gloss
Of 1900. and intends 10 move forward"
Daisy Zeininger gracefully responded 20 I
the toast. "Our College" Five years ago 4
Paramount was in her infancy. We have i
siu three OF orr early instructors. Each /
year the number has increased until now
We have an unequalled faculty, most re- 4
markable IN hypnotic power 70 get work
out Of students But Paramount Is not I
work She has the distinctive college
social life and growing athletes. We
seniors take our parting pleasures sadly.
and as years 90 by we expect more and
more 10 realize the chances and advant- I
ages Of our happy days upon the HIII.
Dean Isley. n his usual witty ard
manner. responded 70 tia
toast a Retrospect" He said he could
-ot retrospect four years IN two minutes.
Dr. Morrison said we should call this
class aiuusnal. Dot yet this morning re
f-s- -
Fhe college had been called Old. and Jet