The Newtown bee., 1902-01-10
Ten Pages.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
NEW MILFORD.
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NEW MILFORD.
A NOTABLE EVENT.
The event of the winter in literary
circles was the mid-winter banquet on
Friday night of the Litchfeld 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 Ingleside
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 were interspersed by the sing
ing of college songs and cheers led by
Rev r. E. Carter. During the evening
a 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-
toners of carnations for all the guests.
The local arrangements were in the
hands of that able and successful man
of affairs, William e. Green, and to
his good work was largely due the sys-
tematic and delightful manner in
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, pastor
of the Congregational church in Wash
ington, did the honors as POSTMASTER,
and proved capital one. introducing
the speakers with bright and witty
stories, which kept the crowd good
natured.
On behalf of the three chapters Re v
F. A. johnson was introduced to make
the address of welcome and a capital
speech he made. In the course of his
remarks he referred pleasantly to the
fact of a number of ladies being present
in the galleries, and also welcomed
them.
The next speaker was Hon Donald
T. Warner of Salisbury, the able
states attorney for Litchield county
and as might be expected, he made a
good speech. In the course of his re.
marks he referred casually to the con.
stitutional convention.
Gov Mclean, who is coming to be re-
garded as Connecticut's most eloquent
after-dinner speaker, spoke excellently
and his was really the speech of the
evening. His address was gem in its
way, eloquently delivered and as a
matter of course, it was delight tt
| listen to him. He referred to the fact
| that when he was at the banquet OF
the New England society in New York
recently, and saw the evidences OF
wealth, he thought the world was
moving on too fast in certain direc
lions, but when he came to hear the
| addresses, which told what certain
men of wealth were doing for human
ity, he concluded it was not going or
too fast. He closed with an eloquent
peroration on Connecticut, it's mer
and its progress. 1t was magnificent
speech, without being personal or par
tisan.
Prof Hurlburt, Of the EnglishOde-
partment at Harvard, spc Ike of the
great debt college men owed to theil
college. He gave an interesting &C
count of how Harvard was helping
men to get through by means OF their
self-help bureau. Harvard has been
called rich mans college, but if this
was so the speaker said he hoped he
might never see poor mans college.
The best way to aid college men is
through these self-help bureaus.
Clarence Deming of New Haven
made ratttling good speech. He re-
ferred to some of the remarks made
by the previous speakers. His mind
seemed to be a mine of statistics. He
thought that in the modern colleges
the classes were getting too large and
the men did not have that personal
touch with each other that they used
to have. He thought this lack might
threaten the democratic spirit in the
colleges. But he was glad to find that
the democratic spirit in the colleges
was running high, and that poor man
Was just as highly thought of as the
millionaire'S son. He closed with an
eloquent tribute to Gov Mclean, re-
ferring to him as the high type of the
fearless man that is needed by Con-
necticut at its helm of state.
Mr. Hendricks of New York, presi-
dent Of a trust company in the metrop-
oils. who is noted as a Chauncey De-
pew, kept his audience in a roar of
laughter by his apt stories and sharp
hits. In quiet way he made fun of
the solemn, serious tone of the meet
ing and said the club ought to meet
twice a year to discuss the constitu-
tional convention.
Hon E. J. Hill, the last speaker,
always an entertaining speaker, said
he had letter to deliver to them but
it was SO late he would be obliged to
postpone it. He told of his experience
in a Siberian town where he had
letter to deliver to the only man who
could speak English in the town. He
got into cab and after driving about
and waving the letter in the face of
the policemen, finally started off again
in another direction to find his man.