Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-25
Alma College
Interesting items taken from the
newsy Albanian.
WASHINGTON BANQUET.


gwen at the Wright House Mon
day evening. Held in honor OF the
father of our country, everything
was exceptionally appropo to the
occasion. What made it especial
| ly delightful was the return
ing of so many old Zeta
Sigma men, graduates of the col
lege, who are making good out in
the busy world and who dropped
their responsibilities for a time, to
return and make merry with the
present members of the society.
Rev. Louis Brooke, 90, of Howell,
Rev. Samuel Todd, Field Sec
rotary of the College, Joseph T.
Northon, 90, of Farwell, George
Sutton, '0S, Fred Soule, Steven
Hill, and others gathered about
the festive board, with the present
generation, and proceeded to frater-
nalize in the most brotherly man.
mer. 1t surely was an inspiration
to the present members to meet so
many of the old men, who have
borne their share of the response
bilities of Zeta Sigma, and who
have reaped their full share of
benefit, from what She bestowes
upon US all.
The programs were a work of art
and the menu tasted as good as it
looked in fancy print on fancy
pepper. Stories and no end of
them good ones for preachers
at that = helped to lubricate
business, which was chiefly
making the elaborate menu look
like zero. When the time for the
allow of wit and wisdom" had ar
rived, every one could truthfully
remark with the Dutchman, "Poys
-patting his 'omni bowpoint-
"Poys" ish so full"
When the POSTMASTER Rev.
Louis S. Brooke showed back his
chair and braced himself, so that
he could the better withstand the
reooil of his effusions, the real pur-
pose of the evening made itself
known. Never in the history of
stage banquets given by Zeta
Sigma has there been such an
array of toasts. 1t goes without
saying and if any one ever doubted
the fact, that it takes old men to
make a successful banquet, Mon
day evenings showing would GER
tainly remove the doubt.
Mr. Brooke himself was the in
spiration of the occasion and his
remarks completely convulsed with
laughter or sobered to seriousness
the members present. Certainly as
long as he is available Zeta Sigma
will have none other for her toast
master at the annual February
twenty-second banquet. 1t was
regretted that the Rev. Sherman
S. Divine Of Detroit, could not be
present, to respond to the first
toast of the evening. Letters from
Soule, Bradfeld, Winton, Gaunt,
Porter and Cooper were read at
this juncture. Each one was
heralded with applause and the
general wish was expressed that
they might be present in person
also. Stephen B. Hill opened the
flow of wit in "A Few Sounds
From An Old Flute" or better, as
he expressed it, few tootings
from my old horn. Steve was his
old self and discoursed in his origi |
nal way, so familiar to those who
knew him about the campus. May
nard Cook in "Honest George and
Modern Prevaricators," combined
the serious with the humorous in a
delightful way and brought
home some sober truths, from
the life of the great Washing
ton, besides taking dig or two at
some of the fellows present. "The
Repasts of the The Past" res
pended to by Frank r. Hurst, '04,
scored hit and at once revealed
to those who were his new friends,
his ability to entertain and demon
strated to those who knew him of
old, that he had lost none of his
old time skill, in that direction
Stories-ye Gods! what stories
that man did tell and the way he
told them, showed that il was an
art with him. Nor did he forget