The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-06-03

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College was invited to an informal
meeting Of business men Of Lexing-
ton at the Elks Home, Tuesday after
noon to afford an opportunity for the
people to express to the board the
sentiments in which they hold the
college and the pleasure and pride
with which they have received the
announcement Of the proposed
forward movement. About fifty
business men we're present and many
Of them made brief speeches In which
they left no room for doubt that the
people Of Lexington are fully alive to
the opportunity they have Of prepar-
ing such an environment as will
encourage Methodists Of means to
endow and to build up in u midst
one OF the great schools for women in
America. The meeting was an
enthusiastic one upon the part Of the
citizens and the sentiments expressed
were received with marked apprecia-
tion by the board. Or. Palmore
announced that the improvement now
in contemplation was a building
which would be erected at once at a
cost Of at least s25, 900. Mr.. Garrett,
Financial Agent of the college,
announced that the purposes of the
de nomination are as large as its con-
ception of women's education, and
that it was the determination Of the
church to meet the highest demands
OF the people whom the college is
expected to serve.
ALUNINAE BANQUET,
Of a very peculiar interest is the
meeting of the Alumnae Of an institu-
tlon,-an event around which, in a
very special manner, centers the
thoughts of so many friends and old
students who recognize this reunion as
the browning event of Commencement
week.
For thirty.ive years Central has
been sending out trained young women
as a testimonial to her efficient work
for the church. These graduates have
! in a large measure made the history OF
the school, and by lives Of womanly
} devotion, or heroic effort in almost
every sphere of life, have been an honor
to Central, and have nobly exempllfed
the lessons Of self-reliance and definite
purpose which she taught,
TITS rot strange that the daughters
I of Central regard "Alumnae Day. as &
I happy occasion, bringing together, as
q it does, friends of the long ago, reuni
ting by common interests those whom
the years had led into different paths
linking mature life to the youth read.
n to try the unknown.
Twas with such feelings that th
graduates, with a few invited friends
Is met on Tuesday evening tor the bien
lie NAL banquet, prepared by the loca
ID alumnae. An informal reception wa
g held In the college p%arlors, wher
d greetings we're said, old friendship
ID renewed, new friends found, and eyer
IN one present made to feel at home.
IS The guests we're than invited into th
a. dining hall, where the banquet wa
held.
IS Here, too, nothing was incomplete
Fresh flowers, a%rtirtically arrange
as about the beautiful banquet board,
tempting menu, carefully prepared
b, and daintily served, spoke IN a very pre-
IS. teal way of the loving service Of Gel
ly trails daughters.
". But the toasts are always the hapI
cit feature Of such an entertainment.
he President Smith. as toast maste
,s- added very much to the enjoyment
the hour by his clever introduction
IL and apt illusions to incidents connect
de ed with bygone college days.
Try Miss Fox, who for five years h
'or served the ASSOCIATION, presented Nj
ng Martha Crenshaw, the newly elect,
tul president, to DIR. Smith, whom
le- introduced 20 those gathered about i
in banquet board.
IN Her address OF welcome to the mel
Ige bers and their friends was respond
les to by Mrs. Lille Lash Dilleubec
ty, whose love for Central and concern I
ed her welfare has grown no less duriI
OF the years. The ''class of '05,"
.ng Miss Mary Westgate; "Central as S
ted Was and Is" by Miss Lou Eta Bros
les NJ; "The Present Moment, " by M
Ethyl Wilson, were very ~appropriar