The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-02
CONGRESS OF THE s. A. R.
CLOSES WITH BRILLIANT BAN
 QUIET AT MUSIC HALL.

WarfieId, President HadIey of Yale,
 Hon. John Goode, General Curtis
 Guild, Lieutenant Governor of Massa- chusetts, Rev. Watson l.. Phillips and
 Professor H. W. Rogers.
 2 One of the most brilliant banquets which has ever been held in this state 2 was given by the Sons of the American Revolution at Music hall last evening. Never has a banquet hall been more, magniffcently decorated in this state. Streamers of blue and gold were draped from the ceiling to the side walls and fusion from roof, gallery and side walls. The banners of all the states were hung at intervals from. the gall Jery. .$.~e:
 A New York decorator had charge of the decorations, while Champion of this city furnished the floral effects, which were very handsome and were seen in great profusion.
 On a raised platform, on the right hand central part of the floor, was the guests and speakers table. The whole body of the floor was occupied by tables and the space about all of them was completely occupied. The galleries were also completely filled with the wives and lady friends of the members Wells orchestra was stationed on the stage and furnished a splendid musical programme rendering all the national airs, which were sung by all present. Proprietor Moseley of the New Haven house furnished the banquet which, if possible, exceeded his always excellent standard. The guests numbered about 300, including a large number of New Ravens prominent citizens, besides the members of the order and many ladies' After the banquet speeches were in or der. .~.yt~-g1 4 ..l
 Jonathan Trumbull, ex-president of the Connecticut society, made few in- troductory remarks in reference to the history of Connecticut. He then intro duced in few we'll chosen words the toastmaster of the evening. Colonel N C.. Osborn. Colonel Osborn made a few witty remarks, after which he intro- duced the first speaker of the evening, the Hon. Edwin Warfield, former presi- dent general of the national society, from Maryland. General Warfield spoke in part as follows on The Sons of the American Revolution: ..-....
 Ladies and gentlemen: It is great honor to be native of state like Old Maryland You have paid my state a great honor and I thank you for 1t from the bottom of my heart and for this most hospitable reception. This is a. magnificent banquet, one of the most magnificent ones I have ever had the pleasure of appearing before. This is greatly so because it is attended by so many beautiful women from this state and neighboring ones. Your state has done a great deal for our order, giving us over LOGO members. We have here with us tonight the man who pre- sides over one of the greatest institu- tions of learning in the world and an institution which has greatly assisted in making our eountry's history. think that Yale ought to have the history of our organization in it's library and when the student reads it he will see what our ancestors have done in mak- ing the nations history. I do not know as I can be called an alumnus of Yale, but all the early education I had was acquired in an old log hut which was presided over and taught by a Yale graduate. One thing I have noticed and greatly admired in your beautiful city and that is the manly character of the young men. I am of an inquisitive turn os mind and have made it a point to observe them while in this city Those who I have been brought in con- tact with have impressed me as being the highest type of manhood. think of those boys at Yale as an old negro once said to me: I'm rize right I want to say in closing that have been greatly benefited by being president of your organization. It has made a bet ter man and citizen Of me and I love that glorious American flag more than lever did before. I thank you, gentle men, The speaker was loudly ap- plauded.
 Past President Logan of New York then took the floor and in a splendid speech presented Past President War field with a magnificent large framed picture of the officers of the organiza- tion for last year
 The next speaker of the evening was President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale, who received an ovation of applause. He spoke on '"rhe Yale Spirit of '76 and 19o3.' He extended his most hearty thanks for the welcome given him and said: T believe that the Yale spirit of '76 and the spirit which you represent is the same one of loyalty and patriot ism. ' Every good university tries to make every student who enters it feel that he is a part of a universal spirit of action and physical and mental in- spiration of that spirit. There is an- other thing which Yale has in common with the Sons of the American Revolu- ton and that is patriotism. The Sons of the American Revolution represent the interests and powers of our coun- try's most influential citizens. We are glad to have you here and we are glad that you have honored one of our citi- zens by electing him your president and we pledge ourselves to become better citizens by the influences which you have left with us.'
 The next speaker was Hon. John Goode of Washington, who spoke on Virginia and the Revolution" giving a very interesting historical address