The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-22
CLASSMATES MEET AGAIN
COLLEGE HOLD ANNUAL
BANQUET
GOV. VAN SAINT PREsIDEs
Three Hundred Former Students of
the Institution Discuss EIab-
crate Menu Seasoned with
Attic Salt.

The annual banquet of the Alumni as
ISOLATION of the state agricultural school
is over and all that remains is the gradll-
alton exercises which will take place to-
day.
Three hundred young men and women
were present in the dining hall last night.
AT the end of the long center table sat
Gov. and Mrs. s. r. Var SAINT the
former presiding POSTMASTER after
the banquet was over. Near the gov
ernor sat Principal Tucker, of the school,
and not far away was Lieut. Gov Smith
The menu consisted of a number OF
courses and as the programme OF toasts
was long it was late iE the evening when
the students, the alumni and the visitors
left the hail.
Gov. Van SAINT was in happy vein and
seemed to be thoroughly at home among
the young farmers, as he called them
In part, he said:
II am delighted to be here this evening
and see all these young faces before me.
1t is a pleasure that l do not often have
ard 1 am going to make the most of it
by trying to make you enjoy yourselves
and by having good time myself. I
have been told that you now have $50
alumni from this school, and that al
most every young man has gone back to
the farm from which he came. That is
the proper spirit and like to see it. 1t
is q good thing to know that there are
rev lawyers among you, and few doc
tors. Not that L have anything to say
against these people, but you young peo-
pie are to be farmers, and you ought TO
be glad of the fact. l do not want to
make extended remarks. I am Sonae-
thing like the tramp who came to the
mousse Of woman and asked for permits
sion to saw wood for a meal. She an
swered that no wood was used in her
house. He then wanted to carry in coal,
but she did not use coal, only gas. Then
he wanted to turn on the gas. That is
| T will iT1fr as
the first speaker E. w. Major"
Mr.. Major is an alunnus Of the school
and for that reason he knew something
about Making Choice He spoke in
a jocular vein saying that as gen
eral rule people had no choice. ''But,"
he added, 1T is sometimes necessary to
do little thinking before doing things.
There is one time in every mans life
when he must make a choice one way or
the other and with much elaboration for
it will measure out his pathway the rest
of his life. I am referring to the time
when man chooses His calling. That
must be done with great care"
The speaker advised the development
of the natural tendencies that would
sooner or later come in evidence. and
said every man having once mace up
his mind should stick to it.
Lieut.. Gov. Smith said that If there
was any institution in the state that the
members of the legislature looked upon
with kindly feelings it was the school of
agriculture He knew no lobbying would
ever have to be done for the school, for
it would take care of itself. The work of
the institution would prosper and legis-
lators would aid the work unasked,
knowing that all the state would ap-
prove.
Others on the programme were: J. A.
Hummel, who spoke on Our Influence
in Politics." Looking Out for the IN
important Villa Wilcox; 1.-The Naughty
Ones,'' ]. H. Wolner; "Quick Returns"
A J. Glover; 'tThe Survival Of the Fit
test Prof. w. M. Hays.