The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-01
.SCOTCHMEN'S DAY
ST. ANDREWS sOCIETY's I51sT AN
NIVERSARY.
HOT SCOTCH AND HAGGIS.
WILL BE SERVED AT THE SoCIE-
TVS ANNUAL DINNER.

TonetS In memory OF ST. Andrew
and ON Scottish Themes Will Be
Responded to by Prominent
Speakers-DOnaId Cameron Will
pipe the Airs of Bonnie Scotland.
Photograph of President and Nine
Ex-Presidents of the Andrews
society Taken.
At the one hundred and fifty-flrst an
niversary meeting of the St. Andrews
Society yesterday were four members
whose total years of membership are
more than three times the allotted age
of man. Maj. John Cunningham, the
society's Oldest member, who joined in
1S37-64 years ago, Col. William Rogers,
who has been a member so years, Capt.
J. W. McAlpin, who joined 46 years
ago, and Mr.. John Nicholson, who
Joined in 1856, all of them with hair
silvered by the hand of time, but
whose erect frames betoken their
sturdy Scotch ancestry, were an inter
esting group. Around the tables were
half a dozen others, who have been
members of st. Andrews a. third of a
century and more. By the side of these
were a. score of young men representing
the Scotch blood of to-day.
ST. Andrews one hundred and fifty
first anniversary gathering was a no
table one, as all of it's anniversary
gatherings are. A toast to the Pfous-
and Immortal Memory of St. Andrew
was drunk and later. as Maj. Cunning
ham, the societys oldest member and
ex-president entered the room his
health was proposed and drunk with
hearty grasp of the hand.
Fifty members met in the Hussars
Club at noon to celebrate st. Andrews
Day in a social way as has been the
custom of the Society for century and
a half. Judge Henry McAlpin presided
at the business meeting at which the re-
Gently elected officers were announced,
new members were elected, and greet
ings were sent to the Scottish societies
of New York. Philadelphia, Montreal,
Chicago and Charleston. The new
members elected are Mr.. Joseph Hull,
Mr.. E. T. Conner, Mr.. c. G. Anderson,
Jr., Mr.. w. w. Sheppard. Mr.. Charles
F. Graham, Mr.. w. P. Baldwin, Mr.. Will
liam baltimore, Mr.. A. B. Hull, Dr.. H
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F. Armstrong, Mr.. George w. Allen,
Mr.. w. j. Lindsay and Mr.. r. NJ. Hull
The society's officers are:
President-Henry McAlpin.
First Vice President-W. F. Train.
Second Vice President-Julian Schley.
Secretary and Treasurer-Thomas G.
Reid.
Corresponding Secretary-George A.
Gregory.
Librarian-H. F. Train.
Almoner-Thomas Ballantyne.
Stewards Joseph Marshall, L. G.
Armstrong and H. G. Strachan.
Before the meeting the president and
ex-presidents of the society had a
group photograph taken at Hoffman's.
In the group were Maj. John Cunning
ham. Col. VIM. Rogers Mr.. H. F. Train,
MIR. Thomas Ballantyne, Mr.. P M.
Dougan. Mr.. j. M. Lang, Mr.. T. F.
Thomson, Mr.. John r. Young, Mr.. 7.
H. Mcmillan and Judge Henry Meal
pin Mr. Malcolm MacLean is the only
living eX-president who was not pres
emit
Tomorrow night the society will give
it's annual dinner at the De Soto. Don
aid Cameron, the famed piper, lett
New York yesterday, and will be pres
ent and pipe Scottish airs during the
dinner. Covers will be laid for 125, and
the event, marking as it does, the first
milestone after a. century and a half OF
history will be a notable one. The uSu-
al toasts will be responded to by prom
inent speakers. Rev. w. P. McCorkle
will respond to the pious and immortal
memory of ST. Andrew. Hon.
Pope Barrow will respond to
The President of the United States"
Mr.. P A. Stovall to The Land
Cakes and Bobby Burns" A. A. Law
renee. Esq, to "Our Sister Societies"
Mr.. Percy Sugden of the Victoria So
ciety to Savannah, the Home of Our
Adoption" and Rev. John D. Jordan
to "Ah, the Bonnie Lasses.
Between the speeches Mr.. E. Is.
Demmond will sing the national an
them, 1.-The King" and Mr.. George w:
Beckett will sing 'The Star Spangled
Banner" Other songs will be sung by
Mr.. John S. Banks, Mr.. Themes Bal
lantvne and Mr.. ]. NJ. Black. Capt.
]. w McAlpin, the third Oldest nv
ing member of the society," viii sing
Annie Laurie" The orchestral pro-
gramme will be as follows:
March, THE Bonnie Brier Bush
CDouglas).
overture. knights Errant" civilian
Waltz. "san Toy Sidney jones'.
Selection, Bonnie Scotland (Cat-
mn. =. <,,,
Two-step, 1.-The HURRICANE NAHeo
Metz.
Medley overture. "Minstrelesque
Minglings" (Voelker).
Waltz Italian Night" Theodore M.
Tobian.
Intermezzo Oriental Salome" Go
raine).
Overture, "Apollo" (Theodore M. To
bian).
Galop, keep Off the Track" (Rollln-
SOM.
The dinner itself will be characters,
tic of Scottish anniversary and will
include the usual course of Haggis fol-
lowed with Hot Scotch. All of yester-
day the Scottish flag hung over the
street between the De Soto and the
Hussars Club in honor of St Andrews
day.
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