The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-11-13

| feeted a complete transformation of the
| banquet hall, the assembly room and
| the seniors recreation room, which were
| tastefully draped in gold and blue-the
alumnae colors-with bouquets of chrys-
| anthemums-the alumnae flower-with
"Old 0Iory" much in evidence. Covers
were laid for forty-five, with pretty
place cards, conveying the Thanksgiv-
ing idea. At p. m. the banquet was
| announced, and the following menu
| served:
Grape fruit cocktail.
Bouillon
Toasted crackers
Turkey.
Potato croquettes. Tinbles peas.
Punch.
Hot rolls.
Sailed almonds. Olives.
Celery.
Asparagus. Salad.
Cheese straws.
Bavarian cream.
Cake. Coffee.
Before the last course was served Mrs.
JefferS, POSTMASTER of the occasion,
arose and proposed the toast, Our
Guests" Mrs. Ferguson -Dunyon, in re-
sponse, spoke substantially as follows:
Last night at o'clock when our
most worthy chairman Of the refresh
ment committee requested me to re-
spond to this toast, I did not know
whether to feel compIimented or not;
for it showed one of two things-either
that she had great confidence in my
ability, which is to be accounted for
by the fact that she, being one of the
younger alumnae, does not know me
very well; or else that my reputation
has been so carefully handed down that
she concluded 1 could do as we'll on
short as long notice. Be that is it may,
l choose to take it as a compliment, and
shall show my appreciation of it by
not afflicting you with many words
Now to Our Guests the graduates
of 1910i With loving hearts we bid
you welcome to our midst, and esteem
it not only pleasure but an honor to
have you with us. Summers not few
have passed Ger some of us since We
stood where you stand today-the goal
of your School-day ambition almost
reached; and, my dear young friends,
when you do reach it and step out into
the world you will meet many per-
pleXities perhaps trials, but of this be
assured-that the remembrance of your
school days will ever bring a smile to
your lips and a happy throb to the
heart. In these days you form sweet
Friendships, and as time goes on will
find them, as some of us here have
found them, the truest and best of your
lives. But also remember that we must
be just as careful to keep our friends
as to make them; and this is the chief
object of our association.
I'm the near future you will feel just
as we old girls do-that it is great
privilege to be able to come together in
this happy reunion, for
He who has a thousand friends
Has never one to spare.
1T is good to have you with us Some,
not including myself, of course. are
reaching that stage in life when a nice
cushioned chair in a quiet corner looks
very inviting, and so we need your
fresh young spirits infused among us
to keep up young, to make us forget
the years that have rolled away and
take us back to the day when we were
sweet girl graduates appearing upon
that stage in the rear end of the study
hall, suffering with palpitation of the
heart and palsy of the knees. You will
understand, my young friends, that
refer to the girls of ancient days, for,
of course, we know that no such germ
or nicrobe attacks the young ladies
of today.
OO, OIlC0 again, we welcome you dS
our guests, and a thrice hearty welcome
one year hence, when we take you by
the hand as full -fledged members of the
Alumnae Association of st. Mary's
Academy, Salt Lake City"
Miss. Nora Gleason and Sister NJ Dor
othea (Bruneau) were called upon, and,
though their responses were necessarily
mpromptu, they were marked by wit
and the assurance of the pleasure ex-
perienced in being once more on the
dear old home ground. Responses to
the toasts, 1.-THE Old Girls and "Our
Alma Mater" were made by Miss Ade-
laide Sun and Miss Margaret McDon-
ough, both of the class of 1910.
After the banquet the members re-
paired to the assembly hall of the acad-
emy. where they were entertained
by the class of 1910 with clever orig
inal playlet. entitled "The Missing |
Member
The program was announced by Miss |
Minnie Reno, who gave the prologue |
The cast of characters were as fol- |
lows: Miss Margaret McDonough and |
Miss Bertha Michaelis, sisters of the |
Holy Cross: Miss Angeline Heckart. |
professor of English and superintendent |
of education; Miss Mena Reno, mil |
lionaire miner; Miss Marie Hughes. the |
newly welded bride of a marquis of |
France; Miss Adelaide Sum-. the senator |
from Wyoming; Miss Florence Sullivan |
preceptor of physical culture and hy-
giene; Miss Nellie Smith, leading ply |
sician; Miss Rhea Whatley, a famous |
artist Miss Winnie McDonough, a /
noted litterateure; Miss Mary Sullivan. |
an astronomer; Miss Lille Brayles. the |
inventor of an airship. and Miss Lydia |
White, a famous composer of music. |
Their respective roles were interpreted /
with perfect ease, grace and natural
ness. Though the chief object of the
performance was reached in the pleas
urable entertainment of the "lder
Of Alma Mater. the object
lesson it was destined to convey is
amply expressed in the words of Mil
ton: 'The end of learning is to know
God. and out of that knowledge to love
Him, and to initiate Him, as we may, /
the nearest, by possessing our souls of |
true virtue
The musical numbers of the program,
as usual were deservedly well received.
The opening eouplet of choruses,
Yachting Glee" by w (,u1hertson and