The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-08
ALUMNI BANQUET OF w. m. COL
lEGE.
Midwinter Event At Hotel seIveder

Midwinter Event At Hotel 1eIvedere
The fourth annual midwinter banquet of thu
| Western Maryland College Alumni Assocla
! ton was held at the Hotel Belevdere on las
Friday evening, and from every point of view
was a most enjoyable affair, number OF Ia
dies, graduates of the college and members o.
| the association, lending much to the pleasure
| of the evening.
| The usual monotony that generally accom-
panies dinner was shattered and the banquet
hall resounded with college songs and the
"yelr' of the college. The menu was:
| Blue Points.
Consomme Royal.
Celery. Olives. Sailed Nuts.
Flet of Sole, au Vim Blanc.
Potatoes Julienne.
Hothouse Cucumbers.
Breast of Chicken. Lucullus.
Asparagus Tips.
Tenderloin of Beef with Mushrooms.
Peas la Anglaise.
Lalla Rookh Sherbet.
Breast of Mallard Duck. Hominy.
Lettuce and Tomatoes.
Mikado Forms Ice Cream.
Fancy Cake.
Cream Cheese. Coffee. Crackers.
Governor Warfeld and Mayor Timanus
were invited and were on the list of speakers.
but were unable to attend.
VICE. PRESIDENT MCDANIEL
In the absence of President Lewis, who IS
away on a years leave OF absence. Mr..
Meekins, the POSTMASTER, called on Prof. W.
r. Mcdaniel, the vice president, to respond
TO the toast 1.-THE College He said, IN part:
LAS look around me | find this company,
H. IL, Lob m
your early Latin, is divided into three parts:
First. those, few in number, who antedate
my college days; second, those who were my
college mates, and, third, those, by far the
greater majority of the company, to whom
can point with as much pride as the Roman
matron of old, who spoke so proudly OF her
sons as her jewels, and say these were my
students.
Referring to President Lewis, he said: ''Af
ter term of 20 years continuous service.
ending last June, President Lewis was granted
years leave of absence by the trustees tor
rest and recuperation. How well earned 1t
Was you all know, but none knew II so well
as those of us who have stood beside him and
seen him give his days, and even nights. TO
unremitting toll and service. He never was
that type of college president who has been
described as the sanity scholar dividing his
thought between the glories of Athens in the
time of Perces and the glories of the New
Jerusalem, whose golden streets he hoped
soon to traverse, but of that other type-a
rare combination of the scholar. the all
around man of affairs. the successful haancler,
the able executive and the strong and force
full teacher and preacher"
He paid glowing tribute to the corps 'es-
prit of the present student body, and chal,
lenged any college in this or any other state
to show a more manly, more loyal or more
enthusiastic set of students. emphasizing the
Importance of good personnel, and quoting
Gordon Graham's we'll known words: There
are two parts to college education-the part
you get in the classroom from the professors
and the part you get outside from the boys.
The last is the important part for the hrst can
only make scholar. while the last can make
a man."
Most of the speechmaking, however, was
entirely informal, the speakers choosing their
own toasts Among others who made few
remarks were DR.. NJ. Bates Stephens, secretary
of the State Board of Education; DR.. George
w. Ward, principal of the State Normal
School; Mr.. B. Frank Grouse, state insurance
commissioner, and Mr.. W. G. Baker, presi-
dent of the Alumni Association: The toast
master of the evening was Mr.. Lynn r.
Meekins. The comittee that had charge OF
the arrangements was comprised OF Mr..
Meekins and Messrs. l.. Irving Pollitt. W. G.
Baker, Jr, VIM. b. Forsythe and j. B. Mills
Those present were DR.. and Mrs. E. B.
Fenby, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Norment DR.. and
Mrs. g. w. Ward, Thomas A. Murray and
wife; w. R. Mcdaniel and wife, B. Frank
Grouse and wife, Mrs. Frank z. Miller, Miss
Madeline Gilbert, C. O. Clemson. of West
minister; Mrs. Mabel E. Riggin, Laurel, DEL;
Misses Caroline Fenby, Katharine F. Thomas,
Buckeystown, Md; Messrs. Holmes Lewis,
C. NJ. Elderdice, Charles W. Kennard, j. R.
Plnmmer, w. M. Lease, Roland Watts, l.. A.
Shipley. j. M. Gambrill, W. Roswell Jones,
r. B. Devibiss, R. C. Devilbiss, Charles E.
Norris, j. Bib Mills; Drs. W. F. Elgin,
Glenolden, Pa. J. Fl. Stauffer; Rev. and Mrs.
&c Klein, Rev. and Mrs. F. T. Benson, Rev.
and Mrs.J. W. Kirk, Mr.. L. R. Meekins and
wife, W. II. Forsythe and wife, H E. Gilbert
and wife, j. W. Smith and wife, Charles R.
Miller and wife, l.. Irving Pollitt and wife.
Mrs. Herbert Veasey, F. A. Gage, Annapo-
lis, Nd. Misses A. B. Jones, Marie Mills;
Clara Lewis, Ethel Miller, Bessie Gambrill.
Messrs. w. G. Baker. Jr., J. Roscoe Elliott,
T. E. Coulbourne. Holmes D. Baker, Freder
lex, Md; Melvin Harkins, Philadelphia, Pa;
j. W. Williams, Washington, D. c.; j. R.
Elliott, ST., Laurel, Del; Henry Gilligan;
Drs. W. NJ. Garrison, F. W. Griffith, M. Bates
Stephens, Annapolis, Md.