Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-14
CELTIC CLUB
HAS BANQUET
RECALL "AULD LANG SYNE"
WITH ToAsTs
Twelve New Members Are Added to
the Organization After Feast
ing and Good Time
at Levy's

There's some hae meat that Gamma eat,
And some nae eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
So let the Lord be thankit"
The foregoing is the blessing emble.
matte of a Scotch dinner, which graced
the menu last night at the banquet
given by the Celtic club at Levy's in
honor of st. Andrews day. unique
feature of the march to the banquet
! hall was the bagpipe music which
headed the procession in Highland
style
Malcolm Macleod, president of the
| CLUB, acted as toastmaster. A rising
toast was given President Roosevelt
After few remarks Mr.. Macleod called
upon Gregor Mcdonald, who gave
bagpipe selection, Cock o. the North"
Following this Professor j. M. Dixon,
the only graduate of st. Andrews col
lege in the club and supposedly in the
United States, made an address. He
said in part:
ST. Andrew and Scotland
"Why do we celebrate st. Andrews?
What had the fisherman apostle to do
with early Scotland? The story is told
when we explain the rise of st. An
drew's, once the ecclesiastical metropo-
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home of st. Rule, or Raigil, an Irish
man and friend of ST. Columbia. He
lived and praye8 IN a cave overlooking
the bay at an 1.nclent chapel with a
tower commemoyating him. st. Andrew
was crucified at Pgtfas, in Achaia, and
his bones were taken to Constantine
pie. About the year 760 A. D. a monk
seems to have brought his remains to
the shores ofsfjFeRt Britain, and they
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Rules monastery. hence st. Andrews
new name"
Professor T. j. Irwin gave instru-
mental SELECTIONS, Scottish airs being
the theme, which was followed by a
Scottish song by Professor r. J..
Pritchard. Edwin Mitchell responded
to the toast, "The Scottish Race"
DR.. w. r. Macarthur read an amusing
Scottish reading entitled "a Voting Ex-
perience" which was followed by q
Scottish song by John Teller. Judge
H. II. Rose made an address on "Scot-
land and America"
"Scotchmen in Other Lands was the
toast given by DR.. L. Davidson, which
was followed by a very amusing Scot
tish song by Professor Dixon. Judge
Rose sang a comic song, Went to See
My Sweetheart, as I Had Nothing Else
to Do" William G. Learmont made a
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concluding by a reading.
New Members Received
During the evening twelve new MEM
bers were received into the club, max
ing the membership 120.
The next meeting will be held the
second Thursday of January and will
be american Night" at which time
officers will be elected. The member
ship is composed of Scotch. Irish
Welsh, Manx, Cornish and French Bre-
ton. The officers are selected from the
Scotch, Irish and Welsh members, each
nationality having two officers.
The evening was closed with the sing
ing of "Auld Lang Syne,' sung with
clasped hands. Following were those
present. James Main Dixon, III. w.
Keller, Malcolm Macleod, Judge II. HI.
Rose, Dr. Tom Davidson, H. G. Keat-
ing, William Phillips, Spencer W. Hud-
son, DR.. w. T. Macarthur, G. M. Cor
don, H. f. Hossach, l.. Brannick, Gre
gor Mcdonald, William G. Learmont,
w. D. Cowley, John Telfer DR.. Thomas
Powell, Edmund Mitchell, Willis
George Emerson, w. j. Mcdonald, A.
o. Darcy, Thomas j. Irwin, w. p. Will
liams, David T. Jones, Thomas M.
! Smith, A E. Lynch, DR.. J. O'Kane, p.
p. O'Brien, Joseph Scott, A. p. Burns,
p. H. Magan, A. Grires, James Smith.
John Ramage, John Mccall. James H.
Woods, Alexander N. Bowers, William
Nicol, James Clark, John j. Bodkin
and William B. Craig.