The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

dorsements were nut on at Fort Leav-
enworth Again Omaha added an in
dorsement and the string Of red tape
ended as the document travelled on to
Washington with the Endorsement by
taktfa rterTnaster General LudingtOn. In
the fullness of time Dan Lewis name
VIII be embalmed to future generations
as House Docs
The seventeenth annual report of the
bureau of animal industry is lust is
sued. II contains Is important papers.
comprising SAP pages. It IS highly EN-
bellished with IS half-tones and c0lOred
plates, besides a large number of text
figures. Thirty thousand copies are
published for distribution by senators.
representatives and the department of
agriculture This is the fourth volume
in this series that is edited by Geo. F.
Thompson, of Manhattan.
The first annual dinner of the alumni.
former students and former members of
the faculty of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college was held last week at
F'rsund's when about half hundred
former residents of Kansas now residing
in the District We're present. For several
years past the kansans in this city have
been considering the adviSa bility of or
bring this about until some three weeks
,agc. when the former students and
n embers of the faculty Of the State
Agricultural college were invited to
meet at banquet and discuss the for
nation of the club. Mr. W. r. SpillD7an.s
acted as POSTMASTER. and called on Mr..
E +. Hanna assistant to the judge ad
VOcate general of the navy. well known
in connection with the Schley court pro-
ceedings. Mr. Hanna was student at
the Kansas institution in 1872. He spoke
of the conditions in the Kansas college
a the time Of his residence there. Other
t0asts We're responded to as follows.
Our Alma Mater as She Was" c. r
Doane; Our Alma Mater as She Is,
Mrs. Gertrude Ravens Norton: Our
A Ina Mater as She VIII Be- George f.
cock: President Fairchild" J. B. s
Merton; kansas" l. ". Call; THE
Ladies' William L. Hall: 1.-THE Gentle
men," Miss Anna Hall; Are College
Days Over2'' c. P. Hartley; t'Possibili-
ties CT the Washington Alumni AssOcia-
ton of the Kansas Agricultural Col
lege." Mark A. Carleton. Those who sat
down to the table We're Mr.. and Mrs.
| VIM r. Spillman. Mr. and Mrs. NJ A
Carleton. Lewis w. Call, Prof. and Mrs
J. B. s. Merton. Jesse Norton, Prof. and
Mrs. c. F Doane. Mr.. and Mrs. W I.
Hall, Mrs d. H Otis. Miss Anna Hall.
/ Mr and Mrs. George T. Thompson, Miss
1 Nellie Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. It. g
/ Balderston. ". O. Lyon. Miss Gertrude
( Gonzenbach Prof H. E. Van Deman,
+ p Hartley r. c. ButterfieId. D. b.
/ Mrs. A. S. Hitchcock. E. P. Hanna VIM
4 G. Lee Daniel Pfeiffer and Chas s.
/ Davis. A number of entertaining let
/ tiers We're read from absent alumni and
j former members Of the college faculty.
Another of TIE Twentieth Kansas is
cared for Ralph q. Mcdowell has been
nominated as a second lieutenant upon
4 the request of Congressman Calderhead.
! Since tire muster out of the Twentieth
4 young Mcdowell has been serving as a
private in the regulars. He is a son Of
i General j. L. Mcdowell once adjutant
general of Kansas. and fer many years
/ a prominent resident Of Manhattan The
! Colorado.