Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-16
ENGINEERS SOCIETY
At ANNUAL BANQUET
Assembly At Seaside
Saturday Evening
Event
INCREASING NUMBERS and
PROSPERITY Is The RECORD
MR. GAINES PREslDEs AS TOAST.
MAsTER-MUslcAL NUMBERS
PLEASE RESPONSES
TO ToASTS.

The Engineering Society of Hawaii
held its annual banquet at the Seaside
Hotel on Saturday evening, and the
event was in keeping with the success.
iul assemblies for which the society
has become well known.
The banquet board was spread in
the large lanai, which had been elab.
orately decorated under the direction
Of Captain Combe of the Restorer
Flags partitioned the lanai from the
inner dining room, a British and Anl-
erican flag were draDed from the cen.
trail pillar and signal flags were sus-
pended from the ceiling. Varied colors
of the flags and the green of the palm
fronds and vines were enhanced by
the colored electrics. II was very
pretty setting for the sixty or seventy
five members and guests who Joined
IN the dinner.
c. q. Ballentyne occupied the head
of the table and on his right was j.
II. Gaines, who acted most acceptably
IN the position of POSTMASTER. The
program opened when Toastmaster
Gaines called on Captain Orwell TO re-
Gpond to the toast, "The President. 81
rhe Captain was taken somewhat I'M
awares and remarked that as the
President Is his COMMUNICATIVE
he was liable to court-martial II he
either praised or censured him. In
he engineering line. President RoOsc-
welt had probably done more than any
If his predecessors. There Is Panama
10 his credit and the great irrigation
works of the West which will turn the
desert waste into fertile fields. Cap
tain Orwell closed by expressing the
hope that the next President would be
us good as Roosevelt.
Mr.. Ballentyne, vice president OF the
society, read a letter from Presiding
Officer Gartley and gave u review OF
the progress Of the society, which now
nas membership OF over two hun
ired. He spoke In most compliment
tary terms of the work done by Il. c.
Brown. who when called upon dis
claimed exceptional right to special
honors. He took a deep interest in
the society and thought every member
should do the same.
James A. Wilder was called upon
tor stunt and decided that 1t should
he n song. After the song the crowd
called for more. And that was story.
Following him Mr.. Buchly rendered
violin solo which brought down the
house and also call for more He
was accompanied by Harry Macfar-
lane. Professor Kahl's piano solo was
an instrumental feature greatly en-
ioyed.
w. r. Harrington was called on for
u toast and dwelt principally on the
interest he thought the Engineering
society should take in the Hawaii col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
Thus far the agriculturalists had been
the first to take the college in hand.
The record of these institutions on
the mainland, however, was init
mately associated with the successful
engineers of the countrys He believed
the engineering society should give
the institution all the support possible.
Daniel Logan spoke for the press,
and the pleasure It's members always
had at the annual gatherings of the
society.
The final toast was "The Ladies',
to which l.. L. Pinkham made Il very
happy response. Following this were
some stories by Mr.. Gaines and Mr..
Wilder, and hunted song by Mr..
Brown.
The details of the arrangements
were looked after by Secretary Il. G..
keene. The members present were:
VIM. Weinrich Jr., Marston Camp
bell, N. ]. Polmere, l.. +. Pinkham, G.
F. Bush, ]. +. Kimball, h. J. Pratt,
Geo. p. Denison, w. l.. Welsh, Il. A.
Gustav Nicolai, L. Kopke,
A. Il. Ewart, Robert II. Cation, w. G.
Roe, ]. NJ. Steel, J. d. Gaines, L. II.
G. II. Gere, II. J. Aud. A.
Pratt, J. l.. Young, Fred T. Williams,
Jas. T. Berry, Geo. II. Ewart, f. Mum
70, A. Alexander, 4. Murray, C. G.
Ballentyne, J. II. Collins, VIM. G.
White, c. V. Il. Dove, Captain Combe,
b. Won Damn, A. G. Halves Jr., Lester
Petrie, w. Il. Rowell, John A. Hughes,
J. T. McCrosson, II. p. Roth, Edward
z. Brown, |. c. Carter, X. Menaugh
Harold Lord, A. A. Wilson, John Full