The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-01-10
Ten Pages.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
NEW MILFORD.
A NOTABLE EVENT.
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A NOTABLE EVENT.
The event of the winter in literary
circles was the mid-Winter banquet on
Friday night of the Litchtield County
University club. BY invitation of the
Washington, Kent and New Milford
chapters, the meeting was held in New
Milford, the drill room at the lngleside
school building being the place chosen
for the banquet. The room was beau
tifully decorated with college banners
and streamerS, which made the college
men feel quite at home. They were
generously loaned for the occasion by
Hon Carl Stoeckel, and sent from his
home for the special occasion.
While the banquet was in progress,
fine music was furnished by the Hun
garian band of New York City. The
speeches we're interspersed by the sing
ing of college songs and cheers led by
Rev r. E. Carter. During the evening
flash light photograph was taken of
the banquet room.
The speakers table was placed on
the stage and was handsomely decora-
ted with smilax and carnations. Mrs
Stocked very generously provided bou-
toniers of carnations for all the guests.
The local arrangements were in the
hands of that able and successful man
of affairs, William q. Green, and tC
his good work was largely due the sys
tematic and delightful manner ir
which the affair passed off. In the
matter of securing the speakers AR
chitect Rossiter of New York did able
service. Rev Robert E. Carter, pastol
of the Congregational church in Wash
ington, did the honors as POSTMASTER
and proved a capital one. introducing
the speakers with bright and witt.
stories, which kept the crowd goot
natured.
On behalf of the three chapters Re
F. A. johnson was introduced to max
the address of welcome and a capita
speech he made. In the course of hi
remarks he referred pleasantly to tn
fact OF number of ladies being preSen
in the galleries, and also welcomes
them.
The next speaker was Hon Donal
T. Warner of Salisbury, the abb
states attorney for Litchteld county
and as might be expected, he made
good speech. In the course of his re
marks he referred casually to the cor
stitutional convention.
Gov Mclean, who is coming to be re
garded as Connecticut's most eloquen
after-dinner speaker, spoke excellently
and his was really the speech of tn
evening. His address was gem in it
way, eloquently delivered and as
matter Of course, it was a delight t
listen to him. He referred to the fac
that when he was at the banquet {
the New England society in New Yor
recently, and saw the evidences {
wealth, he thought the world We
moving on too fast in certain dire
tiOns, but when he came to hear til
r addresses, which told what certai
men of wealth were doing for human
ity, he concluded it was not going q
too fast. He closed with an eloquer
peroration on Connecticut, its me
and it's progress. 1t was magnificer
speech, without being personal or pa
tiSan.
Prof Hurlburt, of the EnglishJde
partment at Harvard, spoke of tt
great debt college men owed to the
college. He gave an interesting a
&C unit of how Harvard was helpir
men to get through by means OF the
self-help bureau. Harvard has bee
called rich mans college, but if tn
was SO the speaker said he hoped /
might never see poor mans cUlleg
The best way to aid college men
through these self-help bureaus.
Clarence Deming of New Have
made ratttling good speech. He r
ferred to some of the remarks mac
by the previous speakers. His min
seemed to be mine of statistics H
thought that in the modern college
= the classes were getting too large ar
the men did not have that person.
touch with each other that they Use
to have. He thought this lack migf
!, threaten the democratic spirit in tt
colleges. But he was glad to find tn;
the democratic spirit in the colleg
was running high, and that poor me-
=, was just as highly thought of as tt
e millionaire.s son. He closed with a
n1nnnnnf nj h,1t n -
ferring to him as the high type of tt
fearless man that is needed by Co
necticut at it's helm of state.
Mr. Hendricks of New York, pres
dent Of IA trust company in the metro
& oils. who is noted as Chauncey D
" pew, kept his audience in a roar
IS laughter by his apt stories and sha1
hits. In a quiet way he made fun
" the solemn. serious tone of the NEE
ing and said the club ought to me
twice year to discuss the constit
tiOnal convention.
J Hon r. J. Hill, the last speake
always an entertaining speaker, sa
he had a letter to deliver to them b.
it was SO late he would be obliged
postpone it. He told of his experien
in Siberian town where he had
letter to deliver to the only man wi
could speak English in the town. T
got into cab and after driving abol
and waving the letter in the face
the policemen, finally started off aga
j.. in another direction to find his ma
The cab driver stopped in front of