Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-02-11
MARYLAND CLUB BANQUET.
ANNUAL GATHERING AT
THE u. OF v.
One Of The Social Events of The
University Is Largely At
tended By Mary
land Men.
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Charlottesville, Va, Feb. 10 The
annual banquet of the Maryland Club
of the University of Virginia was held
at the Colonial Hotel tonight. This
, banquet constitutes each year one of
the social events at the University
and was largely attended by the Mary
land men.
Before the banquet a business ses-
sion was held in the hotel parlors, at
which the officers elected for the year
we're: j. Alfred Ritter, Jr., of Fred.
erick. Md, president: Henry A. Or.
borne, of Havre de Grace, vice. presi
dent; II. Il. Garter, of Baltimore, sec.
retary; Colin M. Mackall, of Balti-
more, treasurer.
The dining rooms of the hotel we're
elaborately decorated with the orange
and black and the orange and blue
Maryland and the University colors
The dinner itself, as served by Caterer
Veal was one to make glad the hearts
of any Marylander. being served in
true Maryland style, and the banquet
ers showed their appreciation of such
dinner. The menu cards were de-
signed in the Maryland colors, and
made exceedingly attractive souvenirs
of the occasion.
After the dinner the toastmaster.
Mr.. w. Outerbridge Spates.a graduate
of st. Johns College, in few happy
words, introduced the speakers, who
responded to the toasts as follows
1.-THE Maryland Club" Mr.. Alfred
Ritter. Jr "Our Alumni, I" Mr.. j.
o. Seth, of the law department, 1908 ;
"The Ladies' Mr. Gordon Bos-
we'll; "Our Alma Mater" Joseph K.
Rowe; Maryland, My Maryland, 4"
Mr.. McO. James. Between the speeches
and after them 1.-THE Good Old Song'
of Virginia and Maryland. My
Maryland" were sung, and numbers
of familiar college songs followed.
Among those present were Gordon
Boswell, III. r. Carter. r. A. De-
Figarriere, J. w. Downey, Jr., j. p.
Feiser, j. G.. Grinnalds, W. f. Haw-
kins. Thomas Hughes, Jr., William
McC. James, Q. NJ. Mackall, J. q.
Packard, H. A. Osborne, Jr., j. a.
Ritter, Jr. j. E. Rowe, w. o. Spates,
j. r. Spates and w. +. Steed.
All previous records of attendance
at the University have been broken
this session, and the Old Club has
kept pace with this growth, having a
larger membership than ever before in
its history. This active association
is in close touch with the Maryland
Alumni Association, of which DR.. Will
son, of Baltimore, is president. The
Maryland Club has this year among
its membership some of the most
prominent and we'll known men at the
University, among whom are w. Out
erbridge Spates, who is president of
the Law Department, and prominent
star on the gridiron; William McCully
James, at present edltor-in chief of
the University Magazine, one of the
foremost literary publications by uni
versity students.
Mr. James article 1.-The Syndicate
of Crime, recently running in the
Magazine, has caused widespread at
tention and ELECTED commendation
from many sources. Mr.. Joseph +.
Rowe, captain of last years baseball
team at Gettysburg College, Pa, and
one of the most prominent candidates
for Virginia's baseball team, is a
member of VIrginia's debating team /;
Mr.. ]. p. Feiser, captain of last year S
baseball team of Roanoke College,
also very prominent candidate for
Virginia's team this year; Mr.. j. W.
Downey, Jr., who has furnished some
very excellent free hand drawings for
the college annual; Mr.. Alfred Ritter,
Jr., of the law department, who is
prominent in the literary work at the
university. having been last year elect
ed president of the jefferson Literary
Society, and was recently chosen ora
tor to present DR.. Edwin A. Alder
man, president of the University at
his initiation into the Jefferson Liter
arv Society