Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-26
Anna College
Interesting items taken from the
newsy Albanian.

of the year, the banquet, was held
Monday evening at the Wright
House. There were twenty-five
couples present, taxing the capac-
ity of the dining room to the
limit. The committee are to be
congratulated upon the excellent
arrangement of the tables, the
tasty decorations, the nifty pro-
grams and above all, perhaps, the
delicious menu which they secured.
The dining room was thrown
open at eight-thirty and the long
line of couples marched into their
places and without much ado made
everything from the Consume
Royal to the "Zeta Sigma Punch"
look "out of sight" Congeniality
seemed to be the order of events
and the proverbial appetite of the
college student was apparent.
Digestion was aided by hearty
peels of laughter, the result of a
good stock of stories which every
one seemed to have up their sleeve
for the occasion.
When the common process of
eating was laboriously gotten over
with the chairs were drawn back
and the real enjoyment of the
evening began for every one
who wasn't on the program.
Mr.. Craig, acting as POSTMASTER,
wittily introduced the various
speakers.
In introducing the first speaker
of the evening, Mr.. Campbell,
whose toast was "Air Castles" he
remarked that, he thought the sub
ject was almost absurd, until he
learned who was TO treat it and
then, it was reduced to simplicity
Mr.. Campbell, true to the general
: ness" of his topic, touched upon
everything from love to the con-
quering of nations, building his
air castles mostly upon hot air. -
Mr.. keopfgen, responding to "The
Dinner" assured us that, in all
sincerity, "ths was the thing that
lay nearest his heart" A rare col
lection of breezy stories happily !
woven together made up the bulk !
OF his oratory. Then came, in its
usual order, "The Other Half ABLY |
responded to by Mr.. Durham who |
treated US to- ten minutes of wit
and humor. He professed youth I
and inexperlence in his knowledge
of womankind, but when he had
finished he had conradicted him
self by showing a proficient know
ledge of the subject. In introduc-
ingthe next toast Mr.. Craig pre-
dicted that it would be the best
one of the evening, and he proved
to be a prophet of truth. Miss
Fraker in poetry gave "a Tribute
to Zeta Sigma" that Zeta Sigma
was proud to accept. 1t abounded
with wit and humor and, without
defending from its poetical eleva-
walton, took a sly nudge at many.
In concluding she proposed the
toast, "Our Brothers, Zeta Sigma"
which the "Ssters All" drank with
spirit (leaving. off the s.. Then
CAME the looked for Freshman toast
"Looking Forward" responded to
by Mr.. Can. The very nature OF
the subject "caled" for enthusiasm.
Mr.. Call possessed it. His response,
though brief, was to the point and |
possessed that vigor and life that
should characterize those Cooking |
forward to obtaining the best Zeta
Sigma has TO give and in turn |
giving their best efforts to her. The
real inspiration of the evening
radiated from Prof. Mitchell's toast !
"Zeta Signals Mission" Merely
mentioning a few of the important
things of the present, he passed on
to the larger, the true mission
which Zeta Sigma holds for its
members, in later life. "Higher as
pirations," because of earnest effort
now; ''noble purposes" because
of better ones now; true man
hood" because of endehvorS along |
that line now, were few, among
the many, upon which he dwelt.
Then, in the closing words of the
president, Mr.. Craig, 'pledging |
long life and happiness to all