The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-23
IT'S WAY WE'VE GOT
At THE VARSITY
SiSte Alumne 1906 Held Annual
Banquet at University Club
Wednesday Night.
OCCASION WAS A
MEMORABLE ONE
Song, Sentiment, Jest and Pun
Contributed to Evenings
Amusement.

'Siste Alunne 1905" I guess. you bet. they
| good fellows.
But this ls more appropriately descrip-
tive:
"A contcntod mind
Is blessing kind.
And joYial heart
Is a purse we'll lined,
SO what care /,
Let the world so by,
les better fnr
To laugh than cry
Repeat ad lib and you have a fun and
yet concise description OF the fifteenth
annual banquet OF the University club of
Salt Lake City. held In the mission ban
quet hall of that hostelry on "Wednesday
night For the verse the writer is indebt
cd TO the versatile llbrettist OF that de-
lightful comic opera. La Poupee". for
the quotatlve inspiration thanks Is hereby
returned TO the genial hospitality OF the
varsity boys. It's way we've got at
the varsity
A Memorable Occasion.
For Jest. pun and poetry 1t was an occa-
sion long TO be remembered. 1t was In
deed n feast of raison d'etrc, femme
Couverte. al fresco uoof garden), apologize,
etc. And the eve OF the natal day OF the
Father OF his country" was fitting oc-
casion for such reunion. And the ami
yersary OF the birth OF the immortal
George WAS ushercd In with an enthusI-
asm and eclat duly betitting the august
occasion. for IT was early morn before the
genial spirits assembled could raise them
selves TO the pitch of singing Aud Lang
Syne."
Menu and Melody.
The menu was sumptuous, and melody
was interSpersed with Its discussion
HellaluJah was made to rhyme with
Pennsylvania in song, not altogether com
pllmentary TO the keystone State. but
what care l. And there were other
songs, all appropriate and all happily rem
dered Among them were Glorious Beer"
uhere was no beer; The Yankee Doodle
Boy" II Don't Want Any Wurzburger"
My Hockey Man" dedicated TO Davy
Taylor and other soul-stIrrins selections,
Serious Part Is Over.
The serious part OF the banquet dis
posed OF. the toast list was reached
Apologize by the Toastmast wns first
OF the list. Jay 7. Harris was toastmas-
ter.
1t must havo been fearful pang that wr,Ing
4 groan from him.
Byron Is responsible for that, not the
toastmnstcr. But the POSTMASTER did say
that when he looked upon the fulness OF
genius OF those present he was forced TO
The conclusion that fools make feasts and
wise men eat them This cpigram sue
cecded In securing for the toastmaster u
number Of bouquets, floral and otherwise
The University Club
oh have bocn dllatory and dumb:
should have made my way straight to you
I should havo blabb'd nothing but you;
1 should have chanted nothing but you
1t was up to Clarence f. Allen to re-
spond TO the toast The University
Club He said the University club means
progress. tNo one disagreed) The Uni
versity club has a raison d'etrc, and il
has lived up to that reason In the past
and Will do so In the future The iTni-
Versity club has strength through It's
membership. and all its members are ac-
tively engaged In the various pursuits in
which men are engaged In this Western
country. The members OF the club are
deeply patriotic. and this was shown dur
Ing the embroglio with Spain And they
had assisted In making this bowling
CutlerO And the time allotted to Mr..
Allen had expired, so he resumed his seat
amid terrific cheering
Is Marriage a Failure
George H Smith replied to the toast.
Why Is Marriage a Failure7' In the ab-
senoe Of Ernest estns NJ T9wler; Tpy who vas un-
followed the title OF Mr Smiths toast
Ny motion was the club had been
(Bofore ] drew this nt)
An obstacle that came between
Her and ourselvos and IT.
Mr. Smith made an eloquent reply. He
was brief but pointed. and his pcroration
was "nrely' impressive
With Them in Spirit.
In the unavoidable absence Of Adrian
Z Ellis. Jr.. who wired from Denver that
he was with them In spirit A l. Hon
paugb briefly responded TO the toast
George Washington: His Birthday"
The Roof Garden.
These arc ancient ethine reveIs
or faith long since forsakcn;
Now the satyrE changed 10 devils
Brighten mortnls- beer O crtnken
When Lonsfellow penncd the above he
knew nothing about roof gardens Neither
did the people OF Salt Lake nor do many
of them yet, But the Rev. Frank Tay
Eddy made a pretty response to the toasf
THE Roof Garden He said the roof
garden was n place for meditation. but
not last night. so he decided that IT wouId
be better to let the banGueters 20 into
their own gardens and mediate In silence
and alone.
This exhausted the printed toast list
hut number of equally happy and bril-
liant impromptu speeches followed and a
memorial BILE occasion closed with the sing
H.. T1~r