Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-11-04
ALUMNI BANQUET.

Ave. Presbyterian church. There
were sixty of Alma's Alumni teach
erS and friends who met on this
festive occasion to renew old &C
quaintances, sing old college songs,
and yell to their hearts content.
And yell they did, and sing and eat
and talk until all were forced to
leave for the business of fine Teach
er's Association.
Many of Alma's professors had
journeyed to Saginaw for the con-
vention, teachers had gathered in
from all parts of the state and every
one who had ever been so fortunate
as to attend Alma college was eager
for this event. When six o'clock,
the time for the banquet, arrived,
they were all there. And such a
feed" The ladies of the Warren
Avenue church had spared no pains
and gave us the best that could be
found. After an hour spent in this
part of the program, Henry Peter
Bush, '0l, showed back his, chair
and told the rest to be comfortable,
for he was about to introduce novel.
ties in the way of wit and humor,
such as had never before appeared
before an American audience, and
he was right.
H. S. Babcock, of Harbor Springs,
who registered the day college,
opened the first year of her ex-
istence was called upon first to tell
of "Old Times at Alma" He told
US of many things done in the early
days, that might be put into prac.
tice. at the present time, with
pleasure, at least to the participants,
bob" was there all right with the
humorous "reminiscences.
Miss Elizabeth Hunt '0o, of Caro-,
then gave her memories of Coed
Days. :" 1t was interesting in the
extreme to hear her stories of do
ings in and about Wright Hall dur
ing her four years at the college.
George Sutton, '0S then sang
"The Chase" as only he can, and
replied to loud encore with an
other Selection.~
| President Bruske, without whom
no Alma gathering is complete, re-
Sponded to toast in an inspiring
address on the relation of the col
lege and the Alumni. The veneer
liable presidents face was wreathed
in smiles constantly as he gaZed
about upon the group, every one OF
whom he had known during college
days and who had learned to love
him because of that acquaintance
He spoke feelingly of his pride in
every old student of Alma and OF
the great, dependence the college
must place upon her Alumni for
her future success. Then we sang.
DO you remember how you felt in
the old days when we used to
sing, "Alma! Alma! Rushing down
the field" and those others of a
like strain that made every drop of
your blood tingle? We'll that is the
way we felt Friday nightwhen Prof.
j. +. Ewing sat at the piano and
Griffin and Helmer and others stood
up and led off in the old war songs.
Prof. J. Z. Mitchell made the
closing speech of the evening and
called the attention of the Alumni
to some of the projects the college
has in view for the near future,
and the accomplishment of>which
will depend largely upon the Alum
nj about the state.
George Sutton favored the as
sembly with another solo and then
Maynard Cook, at the request of
the POSTMASTER mounted chair
and led in some of the good old
yelIs. 1t was fitting close to an
enthusiastic program.
NOTES OF THE BANQUET.
There were people present from
fifty Michigan localities.
There was a continuous line of
old students present from the dav
college opened to the present time.