The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-22

The tenth annual Washington's birth
day eve banquet of the University club
was pulled off in the club rooms last
night and 1t was fully up to the top
standard of its predecessors. Around
the tables, which were arranged in the
form Of a u" In the big reception
room, were gathered something like
125 as good fellows as ever stuck feet
Inces p welI-laid board.
Men who haven't seen their alma
mater for SO long that the recollection
seems as a sunset viewed through a
veil of fog, rubbed elbows with lads in
whose ears the 'rah rah' on the cam
pus is still ringing But they were all
boys together last night. When man
down toward the center of the u
struck up Here's to dear old Prince
ton. drink her down." a youngster on
one OI The legs OF the letter took it up.
Others joined in the chorus, the grad
uate of rs singingas Justify as the man
who had the honor TO belong 10 the
class of naughty naught
The spirit OF good fellowship was in
! the air, in the flowers, in the music, in
the wine. 1t would not be kept down,
| and nobody wanted to keep 1t down.
| Due tribute was paid to Washington,
nearly every one of the speakers haV-
ing something to say of the man VINO
was first in war, first in peace and
| first in the hearts of his cOuntTymen.
/ From a nearby room an orchestra dis
| coursed college airs throughout the
! evening.
| Red carnations formed the floral dec
/ grafton a bloom was laid at the plate
/ of each guest, and bouquets OF them
| adorned the tables at intervals. The
/ banquet was the first ever served IN
/ the club rooms. but the menu was none
/ the less elaborate for that On the
! contrary, it contained everything the
season afforded, and the participants
/ did full justice to it.
| The spread was opened by a blessing
! by Rev. w. NJ. Paden, Princeton, 50,
| and at the conclusion Of the eating fea-
| ture, Adrian c. Ellis, jr., who acted as
/ POSTMASTER, raped for order. Mr.. Ell
/ lis spoke of the great pleasure it gave
| him 20 welcome the members and
! guests of the club. He was particularly
| pleased that the entertainment COM
! miCtee had overcome the difficulties at
| tendant on giving the affair in the club
| rooms. 1T was my pleasure, Mr.. Ellis
| continued, to promise at our laSt an
nual banquet that the next one should
| be given here, and / am happy to see
| that prophecy fulfilled. l thank the
| social committee for making II possible
| for US to keep away from the barbar-
| ians and hOtelkeeper5. 1 call your at
| tention to the fact that this Is the first
! banquet of the new century, and al
/ LnlS time / desire 70 EA III Coo Tic AAct'N
| that before ii is many years older we
| will have a club house of our own"
AS he concluded his remarks Mr.. Ell
/ lis asked the members to stand and III
silence drink q toast to the memory OF
| Washington The toast was drums
! with solemnity and order, and then
| Major Harry c. Hill was introduced &c
| respond to the toast, The University
/ Club" Major Hill was in a happy vein
He started out by saying that he hao
carefully prepared his speech in order
that he might say everything he want
ed to say, and still stop at the proper
time.
Continuing. he went into the history
of the club, giving it IN some detail
| from the time of its formation in De
| cember, 1883, TO the present. OF the
| twenty-nine charter members, Major
Hill said that only three still remained
on the club roster. Some had died, 9th
! ers had moved away, and the balance
hadn't kept up their dues The clui
started with two small rooms in thu
Raybould block, but its membership
had increased and its finances flourish
ed until today it was comfortably sit
uated.
w. Mont Ferry followed Major Hill
Mr.. Ferry responded to the toast
| ''Vanted-Girls For General House
work. Must Furnish References an'
| Their Own Pianos" Every one of IL
has had in life some great ambition,
| said Mr.. Ferry, and some Of US stu
retain it. In our childhood days VI
! aspired to be milkmen. mOtOrmen, an'
| some of us even aimed so high as po
Iicemen.
Later we wished to be judges o