The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-01
LAW SCHOOL BANQUET.
Embryo Attorneys Have a Pleasant
Evening.

The fourth annual banquet of the
| Washburn law school took place last
night in the rooms of the law school
| on West Eighth street. The rooms OF
| the school were taStefulIy decorated for
the occasion with blue and white bunt-
| ing, the colors of Washburn. A large
number of alumni of the school attend
ed and the banquet was pronounced
one of the best ever given to the law
school. At the banquet last night plans
were made and a constitution adopted
for the formation of a Washburn Law
School Alumni association.
w. A. Cup, who was to have acted
in the capacity of POSTMASTER last
night was detained on account of ILL
ness and Dean Ernest B. Conant was
drafted into service for this position.
The following toasts were responded
to:
''Absque Hoc''-Ralph William Ward.
Across the Bar"-Hugh Mcfarland.
Esq.
Lee Harvey, Esq.
'Incorporeal Hereditaments - John
WeIker HuntSbeTger.
ITO the Graduating Class'-Captain
J. G. Waters
At the conclusion of the toasts sew
eral OF those who attended the banquet
were called upon for extemporaneous
tOaStS which were very eloquent and IN
spring despite the fact that they were
without subjects. Among those who
were called upon were: Norman Plass,
o. B. Towne, D. L. McEachron, ]. G..
Slonecker, H. G. LaIimer, w. A john
ston, and H. F. Mason
Those who attended the banquet
were: Messrs. E. B. Conant. Norman
Plass, D. L. McEachron. E. R. Simon,
o. B. Towne. George a. Kline. H. B.
Davis, J: A. simmons. H E; Everett
clark, G. H. Greenwood. c. H. Bissett,
J. c. Coleman. E. L. O'Neil. r. E.
Street, H. r. Daugh. W. A. Johnston,
H. F. Mason. J. ]. Litton. H. G. Lari-
mer, c. n. Mccain. Edward Osborn,
j. G. Slonecker, w. H. Vernon, L. ].
Graham. W. w. Stahl, Hugh McFar-
land, J. G. Waters, w. L. Harvey, j.
w Huntsberger, Ralph w. Ward. The
music was furnished by the Y. M. c.
A. orchestra.
The next event of commencement
week is the annual senior play to be
given in MacVicar chapel this even
ing This play is a variation from the
usual solemn style given heretofore
and is a sort of burlesoue mixture
of faculty meeting, student life and
hilarity in general.
Alumni Dinner.
On Tuesday afternoon at $50 the
annual dinner of the Washblurn col
1ege alumni association will be served
by Mrs. Holyoke in the main floor
corridor of the Washburn college
chapel Hugh Mcfarland will be
POSTMASTER, and the programme fol-
lowing the dinner will be as follows:
Responses by the college and law
graduates.
4'Washburn in Mexico" by Elma
Irelan, '03.
'fWashburn in the Orient" by Thos.
Gray, 90.
'sWashburn in the World" by Frank
Cell, Kansas City, 90.
After this programme, the alumni
association will adjourn to the Wash
burn chapel, where programme
open to the public will be given by the
classes holding their triennial re-
unions this year. The custom is for
each class to hold a reunion once
every three years. The classes to hold
reunions this year, and the names of
those who will represent them on the
pro gramme. are as follows:
1904-Edna Morrow. Topeka.
1901-Edwfn O'Neill; Topeka
1s9S-w. L. Cunningham, Arkan-
sas City.
1s95-W s Belden, vicksburg,
Miss.
1897. L. Poston. Horton.
1SSs-Robert Stone. Topeka.
1Ss6-Mrs. Arthur McCabe, Topeka. |
1ss3-Mrs. Helen s. Redding, Sa-
betha.