Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
VAUGHN bible CLASS
Twelfth A Annual Banquet Of
Club Last Evening.
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OCCASION 'A OF INTEREST
COMMISSIONERS n. L. WEST RE-
sPoNDs TO A TOAST.
Dr.. Needham, DR.. Gates and Mr. F. W.
Vaughn, the Founder, Among
the Speakers.

the Speakers.
About two hundred men, members Of the
Vaughn Glass Club of Calvary Baptist
Church. and their invited guests, partici-
pated in the twelfth annual banquet OF
that organization at Calvary Church last
evening.
| The affair was regarded one Of the
most successful social events in the history
OF the club. and the proceedings OF the
evening were characterized by spirit OF
| fraternity and Christian fellowship. with
| frequent evidences Of enthusiasm in the re-
! ligious work for which the class stands
primarily.
The toasmaster Of the evening was Mr.
| G. G. Seibold, president Of the club. Prom
! inent among the speakers were Commits
sioner Henry L. West, DR.. Merrill E. Gates
DR.. Charles w. Needham, president OF CO.
lumbar University; Rev. DR.. 8. H. Greene,
pastor Of Cavalry Church: Mr.: F. w.
James H. Price and Mr. John H. Thomas.
The decorations of the Sunday school
| room. In which the banquet was spread,
consisted OF flags, palms and cut MOVERS.
| The tables were set In the form of a grid
iron. Immediately behind the invited
| guests. on raised platform. stood large
class design in co!ors, banked on either
| side by palms and plants. Draped taste
fully upon the wall as background for
| this display was a large American flag.
An Informal Reception.
An informal reception was held in the
auditorium Of the Sunday school house
previous to the dinner, when the guests
were entertained with short program.
which consisted of pantomime by F. T.
| Chapman. baritone solo, by H. w. Tuttle,
and German dialect Rotations, by George
! Speidel.
| At the close of this program the guests
repaired to the room below. When the din
| ner was disposed of Mr. Sefbold made
short address of welcome, after which Mr..
Price. the class historian. read num-
| then told of the organization and growth
| of the class and club, and predicted results
for the future. Since the organization,
| fourteen years ago. he said $500 men have
| been enrolled on the books Of the class
| The present membership Is 80.
| DR.. Needhamy7thie next speaker. respond.
ed to the toast, Look Ahead and Figure
Figuring, he said, was his principal occu-
patton from early morning until late at
night and heS felt, competent to talk on the
| subject. S''l
"A great many people pray" said DR..
Needham, without any expectation OF get
ting what they ask for, and they shoul9
not We are inclined to discard work and
lay 1t all to faith! but little is obtained by
e.
| to certaino extent to answer his own
| prayer We must be not only systematic,
| but symmetrical las well, and We must De
| willing to work to accomplish our wishes:
He declared that he was believer in
creeds but did not think 1t wise to estl-
mate any one feature of the creed above
| others to their detriment.
Tribute to John Hay.
patriotism, In Peace was the sentiment
assigned to 'Drsaates. t.'
..The new century and the new year
call us to action upon world stage which
was never before so fully set" he said.
'In these last years all the world Is IN
action for the first time. Never before
since the world began has the whole race
Of man been so consciously involved in the
life Of the world. Heretofore great spaces
on the world stage have been vacant, I'M
lighted, voiceless. But now the whole
world is acting and reacting through an
its parts as one correlated system OF soclai
and political forces
s'The last FIVE years have seen wondrous
changes in that world theater to which the
stroke Of the bell summons you. young
men as the curtain rises upon a life drama
full of action. No generation OF the young
men who have preceded you have had SO
wlde SO inspiring a stage Tor lie. NO
continent is unknown. Hardly corner OF
the earth is UNEMPLOYED. China and Japan
have entered the family of nations. They
have tried their prowess upon each other.
China has sought in vain to defy the civil
lied world and AS China awakens she turns
toward Russia that huge despotism which
with its millions of blindly obedient SOL
diers threatens to dominate Europe and
Asia.
car have stretched eastward and south
ward to our Pacific, too close to our Philip
pines-like huge cutie fish tentacles, feel
ing after a grip upon Corea in her hermit
shell and threatening Japan-modern civili-
do ifCa1 ia IN wi fna
two mightiest masses Of humanity ever
agglomerated under the rule Of two
monarchs-the Chinese and the Russian,
each entering actively upon their role
among the nations of the world
THE question you young men must face
is the question on which hangs the saliva
ton of the race-the future Of mankind
shall the race be ruled by ideas or by brute
."The modern national state is more and
more alive to considerations of right and
wrong International law Is the recogni-
| ton of morality by statesmen and diplo-
matists In it's development, our beloved
country Is leading the world in way
which makes us all Justly proud. And
| never has the United states led more no.
| bly, for the advancement Of international
| ethics than under that Christian states
| man who now conducts the Department Of
| State with an unfailing courtesy and an
absolute regard for Righteousness which
| make him the leading statesman and diplo-
matist of the world today. John Hay"
Mr.. Vaughn Speaks.
| Rev. Dr. Greene spoke briefly on ''Aspi-
| rations and Ideals and Mr.. Vaughn re-
| counted incidents in the growth Of the club
! and class. calling attention to the statement
| that the initials sHv. c. c." represent not
| only Vaughn Class Club" but svirtue,
| Charity andL Courage" 1t was after mid
night before the guests departed.
In additional toithe speakers the invited
guests at the banquet were w. s. Shallen-
berger, Gen , F. II Whitaker, Judge L: E.
| DR.. Frank SRartWoa Robert McCurdy, P.
b. Otterbackt fMayxflle> w. Twitehell, A. s.
| Taylor. ]. E. gJsnks, L. D. Latimer. John
| G. Rooms, Joseph J.. Strouse. Arthur Slater,
| A. F. Campbell, A. L. Swartwout, James
| McCurdy, Dr.. H, H. Seltzer. W. " Per-
| kinson. j. John r.. Houghton, DR.. E. P.
| Copeland F. Il. Carpenter and LYMAN L.
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