The news & observer., 1905-10-14
ALUMNI BANQUET
University Men Meet
and Celebrate Founding
of Institution.

The Wake County Alumni Associa-
ton of the University last evening
enjoyed an excellently prepared ban
quet at Giersch's cafe, at which there
were present above fifty alumni who
spent several enjoyable and enthusias-
tic hours. A number of toasts were
wittily responded to and a move
ment was practically assured of sue
cess by which the Wake county asso-
citation will annually endoW a scholar
ship at the University.
Yesterday was university Day"
which commentaries the founding OF
the institution one hundred and ten
years ago. 1t is a fitting date for the
holding of the annual banquets of the
association, this being the second in
recent years both that of last night
and the year previous being of such
successful character as to insure the
permanence of the custom
While the toasts responded to were
in the main carried out in lighter vein,
there was in the talks much matter
of serious import to friends of the
University and there was an informal
discussion among members of the as
sociation as to the wisdom of remOv-
ing some of the higher classes of the
law school to Raleigh. The commit
tee which has that matter in charge
will, it was stated by Mr.. F. H. Bus
bee, visit Chapel Hill on the 3rd or
4th of November to get the views of
the faculty and students and be ready
to report to the trustees on the
seventh of that month";
Those who responded to toaSts at
more or less length were Dr. Hubert
w papo ESQ William r
Andrews, Herbert Jackson, County
superintendent Judd, eX-Centre Rush
Bully" Jones, Walter Grimes, J. Bry-
an Grimes, Josephus Daniels, I. j.
Mclean, Col. T. S. Kenan, Martin
Fleming, Claude benson, w. j. Peele.
Mr. c. NJ. Busbee, in the absence
through sickness of President Thorn
as Johns presided as toast master with
wit and tact, having been called to
the position by Colonel Kenan, who
first took the head of the table.
At the conclusion of the toasts, DR..
Jas. Mckee was nominated for presi-
dent and elected by a rising vote and
Mr.. Peele was unanimously elected
secretary.
In taking the chair DR.. Mckee ex-
pressed his gratitude and surprises at
the honor, saying that he was not a
graduate of the University having
left it to enter in the Confederate
army. Afterwards at Bellevue Col
lege some one had asked him where
he graduated and he had replied that
he matriculated at University of North
Carolina and graduated in the Con-
federate army.
Several committees which had not
completed their work were continued.
Those in attendance were:
G. O. hbernathy S. j. Adams, Muir
ray Allen. A. B. Andrews, Jr., Gra-
ham Andrews, John II. Andrews, w.
j. Andrews, S. A. Ashe, Jr., w. H..
Bagley K. p. Battle, Jr., j p. Brantly
Jr., G. NJ. Busbee, Perrin Busbee, (.
H. Busbee, p. II. Busbee, Chief JUS
tice Clark, Josephus Daniels, c. b.
benson, e. B. Farebee, J. NJ. Fleming,
j. Martin Fleming, Judge A. w. Gra-
ham, of Oxford; r. l.. Gray, M. r.
Glenn, J. Bryan Grimes, Walter II.
Grimes, G. L. Harris, William Harris
Howard Haywood, p. e. Hines, II. W.
Jackson. G. Il. Johnson, Jr., G. j..
Jones, Y. V. Judd, 7. S. Kenan, M.
Ashby Lambert, e. p. Maynard, Jas.
Mckee, Geo. b. McNider, Van b.
Moore. w. II. Pace. S. l.. Patterson,
w. j. Peelc, John A. Robertson, II. +.
Smith W. W. Vass, p ID. Walker, j.
w. Wilcox, Lieutenant Hollis Win
Ston, l.. S. \.