St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-11-22
TO REV. DR.. EATON.

| BeIoiPs Business Men Give Him 81
Banquet.-Last Vespers ut the College
CbapeI.--ValunbIe Gifts from Loving
Friends.
AS Rev. DR.. Edward D. Eaton is COM
ing to take up the pastorate OF the North
readers will be especially interested in
some of the events that occurred last
week in Belot. On the evening of Nov.
13 over 100 of the business and PROBES
sional men OF the Six O'clock club of that
city gave him farewell banquet. After
an excellent eight course supper had been
served Mayor c. A. Gault presided at
the postprandial exercises, saying that
the company had gathered to pay its re-
spects to one its members all loved. His
life had been living sermon in the city.
There were three names, prominent in
the history of Wisconsin, that would al
ways be associated inseparably-Beloit,
Beloit college and President E. D. Eaton.
In this sentence the mayor really struck
the keynote of the evening, which as it
developed later became evident. He
touched upon the dominant fact elabo-
rated by later speakers-the fact that
the college and the town really stood for
the same citizenship.
Rev. J. M. Ward spoke of DR.. Eaton's
part as citizen in Beloit, Rev. George R.
r u L. I'D
friend, Alderman D. H. Pollock respond
ed to the toast, " Beloit and the College,"
and Senator John M. Whitehead brought
the greetings from the state of Wisconsin.
In giving his response President Eaton
took occasion to express his appreciation
for the kindness shown him in arranging
the banquet in his honor. He felt graft
fed that his old friend, Father Ward,
had been able to arrange his engage
ments so as to be present-this man who
walks softly with the big stick" as the
president said, under whose shadow we
all feel SAFE" All the other speakers and
the music, as we'll, he said would be
worth much to him all his life.
He thought of himself as a citizen OF
Beloit. Wisconsin had been his birth
place and Beloit had been his college
home. 1t was with great Joy that he
had come back to his native state and
his college home to take up his work.
The call was like that to a son from the
old homestead. Or. Eaton then recalled
two crises in the life OF the college, one in
1889 and another about ten years ago,
when the citizens Of Beloit had come for
ward kindly and generously and had
helped keep the college going until the
hard times had been tided over.
DR.. Eaton said he had aimed in his
work here to be a candid man, and he
found candor met with candor, whether
on the part of student, professor or bust
ness man.
He was not satisfied with his work.
Rest was never attained. There was
always something beyond to hope for.
He was glad to be able to leave the col
lege in such good shape, with such in
creased numbers, paying it's own way
and with so good an outlook.
He regretted leaving the city, the club,
the business men. He wanted to ex-
press the feeling of cordiality he had for
the business man. He was convinced
that the Six O'clock club might be of
great benefit to the city. Ten men
banded together were great power, but
100 could do almost anything. He
hoped they would stand together for the
largest meaning OF the Beloit spirit and
for loyalty to the laws of the land that
would make Beloit place of beauty and
of good reputation throughout the state
and nation.
Here part our ways asunder," said
the president in closing, land God be
with you ALL"