Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-26
ALUMNI GIVES A BANQUET
Business High School Graduates OF Social
Function.
Address by Senator Channcey NJ.
Depew of New YOrk-The
Guests Present.

The initial banquet Of the Alumni As
sociation of the Business High School wa
held last night at the Cairo. 1t proved to
be most enjoyable affair. over a hundred
members of the associa ton being present.
A general reception was held in the parlors
of the hotel prior to the banquet, where
the members met in reunion.
The banquet was held in the main dining
room on the top floor. In lieu of a contin-
uous table of special design a number OF
small tables were utilized, grouped in such
manner to face the main table at the
head of the room. where the speakers anu
distinguished guests sat.
The banquet was under the direction OF
the following committee: Hermon c. Met
calf. chairman; Miss Carofe c. Roblnette
and w-n- b. kerkam. Owing to another en-
gagemenI. when wouiu rruu-re min L.
leave early, Senator Depew was the hrs
speaker He was especially happy IN h :;
speech He Complimented the associate
in having banquet at which the iad.e.
participated Every dinner should be grace,i
by the fair sex.
Taking up the serious part of his theme,
The Making of a Business Man. he sad
the cheapest thing in the world is advice.
and the dearest is exper ence. He had IIrs !,
confidence in the men who gave advice, on
account OF the bad example they Ia
per1ence Is expensive, especially to young
men, because they invest their money III
some business they know nothing Of ana
the experienced partner usually gets the
money People had false notion of sue
cess In every school. seminary and col
lege the ideal of success was the making o.
money 1t is low idea, and fails to Civ,
happiness.
The socia1is-fc teaching, he said. is that
success Is impossible, but he wanted 10
say the opportunities are just as good as
they have ever been. if not better. The
last half century had brought many bless
ings.
Tells story.
Senator Depew told interesting story
of three young men who left Yale after
graduating many years ago to take up
the battle of life. They We're going
To their homes in Michigan. Kansas and
New York to practice law, agreeing if they
Were successful TO meet at the college ten
years later Ii was not until last Monday
night the three met, and when they did L
was al his home in this city. They were jus
tees Brewer and Brown aud himself. They
had all started out with the deter minatio
to do something and they had succeeded.
Whenever young man has made money
enough to sustain him he is already sue
cess: when he has made enough to support
a wife he is Il more decided success, and
when he has accumulated enough to buy
little home and 1t he has tta.ned
all the purposes of life. All the rest is
mere accumulation.
Every one in life finds cOntentment. bu,
never satisfaction. They are never salts
fled. but always working to better their
condition For twenty years he had been
at the head of one of the greatest corpora
tions in the world, and had large experience
in watching men make their career. He
told how one in thousand brakemen would
work up to be superin tendent of the road,
how similar advancments would be made
in other departments. These men were
workers Give man health, education and
a foothold and the rest is his.
There were three things which preven.-
ed success-inattention. distraction and dis
siIration. He gave examples which pre-
vented man advancing. Concerning dissl-
patton he said:
No young man can drink and succeed.
That is just certain as the rising and
setting of the sum
He recalled how drink made paupers of
men. and referred to the custom of treal
ing peculiar to this country-a custom which
had dies; rpyed the careers of millions OF
young men. He urged his hearers to be-
come interested in some church, and closed
his remarks by cautioning his hearers who
were about 10 embark in life to select each
his business. then stick. dig and save, and
success would surely come.
The senator received ovation at the
Conclusion of his remarks
President Hermon C. Metcalf of the class
o. 81 delivered the introductory address.
The Ideal school.
Prof. Allan Davis. principal of the Bust
ness High School. took for his subject, The
Ideal School" and traced the history of the
ming only few years ago to the school of
CO. graduates of today.
There was considerable disappointment
over ths absence of Gen. George H. Har-
rieS. During the evening a telephone mes
sage was received from the general, stat
ing his unexpected call to New York on I'M
portdnt bus ness II was while on his way
to the banquet he was overtaken and hand
ed a telegram which was Imperative. Gen.
H@rries was to have spoken to the toast
THE Relation of the Business School to
thu Community"
Letters of regret at their inability to be
present Were read from ex-POstmaster Cen
eraI Wanamaker and Charles I. Yerkes.
Those Present.
Among those present were Irwin Sondhei-
mer, Miss Gertrude Heilbrun, Mr.. Thos
Grant, Miss Josephine Z. Hiatt, Miss Beg
sic Henderson. Miss Charlotte Schultz. Will
liam B. Kerkam. ]. B. Lackey, Robt f.
Crowley II. w. Nichols, \. c. Houghton,
W s Blanchard, D. White Miss Maude
Watkins. F. s Hazard, F. Harold Deland,
Miss leila Elliott, w A Simonds. Mrs q.
w Gordon, Miss NJ ]. Gibson, Miss E. A.
Clark, Miss E T. kaufman. Miss Madge l..
Guard, Miss Florence /. Hulse. Miss II. NJ
Watson, r. l. Stone, A. C. Kellogg J. Ed
WIN Lawton, r. Golden Donaldson Mrs r.
G. Donaldson. F. a Collins Ross l.. Fryer
Sherman NJ. Craiger Miss Marie CIendan-
Eel Miss Pearl E, FisheI. Miss Bertha "
Gardiner, Edwin P. Rea, Miss Duanna T.
9llltHsll, l. IL CHIt, Geo X Hands. Miss
Helen L. Abner. Miss Carolie c. Robinette
l. NJ. Thayer, Chris Gockeler. Mrs &C ocke-
Ter, Paul d. Cook, Miss Juliet NJ. Dexter
Mrs. c. A Jones, ]. II. Wagner. Miss May
j. Mcguire, Tom StetsOn, H. NJ. Pruden.
Miss A. F. Tuthill w II. Beckett Paul Z.
Sleman, Miss NJ Louise Sleman. c. C. Lam
born. Miss Harriet Sleman Miss Madge
Stailey. Mss Alice L. Crane. James Z.
West, Miss NJ. L. Burns. Miss A. NJ Ora
ham,. Miss F. NJ. Merillat. Miss Florence
Merillat. Miss F. E. Throckmorton, F. W.
Brandenburg. Allan Davis, Dean Swift,
Miss OGorman. Miss Grace Hurlbut. w.
X Hougbton. John Holman. Miss Anna S.
Hazelton, Miss Genevieve Matthews, Miss
Ella NJ Wagner. A Harveycutter. Miss
Lucy Loeffier Miss D. F. Frfdley H. C.
Metcalf. Mrs. H. c. Metcalf, r. H. Young
Miss Clara F. Young. Ford Young. NJ IS
Harriet Young. Miss Nettie A. Payne Miss
Laura Jacques. Miss Olive NJ Simpson J.
r. Hodgson. ". II. Clark ". G. Thomas
Teller Archibald Miss Anna B. King. Miss
Mamie T. King. D. E. Stephan, Avon NJ
MENUS. T T. Lemon
Compulsory support of Children.
The District Commissioners have, in a