Arizona republican., 1909-06-13
THE FORMER GRADUATES .Of the Normal Gathered To. getheP Again RECEPTION AND BANQUET New Members Added to the
 Association and the Even-
 ing Pleasantly Spent---The
 Annual Election of the Of-
 ficers.
RECEPTION AND BANQUET

Commencement for the summer of 1909 is over and for a couple of months now, Tempe will miss the faces of the normal students. The incidents of the week came to a fit ting close Friday evening with the annual alumni banquet and recep- tion Nearly a hundred former grad uates of the institution gathered to- gether that evening to talk over past school days and to make the ac- quaintance of the members of the new class Of graduates. The recep- ton was held in the girls hall, where for a couple of hours pre- ceeding the banquet, the members of the alumni spent the time pleasant iy in a social way. During the re- ception music was furnished by an orchestra from Mesa and later in the evening the same orchestra sup piled the necessary music for the dance.
 u was lltIl lilt lIOhA bL AtAA " hNh the banquet was announced. This was served in the dining hall and the members of the association, the members of the class of 1909 and the gucs;c cf the evening were seat ed at one large table arranged in the form of letter S, signifying Seniors" in honor of the new class.
 The banquet was prepared under the direction of MT. and Mrs. Will Hams and the following menu was served:
 Grape Sherbet Waters
 Chicken Salad
 Bread and Butter
 Fruit Punch
 Olives and Pickles Salted Peanuts
 Cream Candy
 Ice Cream and Cake
 Coffee and Cream Nabiscos
 Toward the close of the banquet, Alma Jones. the retiring president of the association, acting as toast master. welcomed the new members into the membership of the Normal Alumni and called upon President A. J. Matthews to toast the assOcia- tion.
 President Matthews spoke at some length. taking occasion to speak of the growth the normal has made within his remembrance. When he came to Tempe nine years ago the membership of the normal totalled less than a hundred and the faculty consisted of five members. That winter pr. Blome was added to the faculty and it has since grown to more than q score while the mem : bership of the institution is greater than four hundred. He predicted a still greater growth in the years to come.
 To Prof Aver. the next speaker, was assigned. The Normal Boys, whi.e H. O. Robertson responded to the toast "The Normal Girls" Miss Marcia Carter, on behalf of the class of 1909, spoke briefly, thus conclud- ing the banquet.
 The tables were promptly removed and until the wee small hours of next morning, dancing was indulged in.
 Friday morning at ten o'clock the annual meeting Ol lfitr dSSOCldbiOii was held and the officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: president, H. O. Robertson; vice president, Miss Josie Frankenberg; secretary, Halbert Miller; treasurer, Mrs. A. NJ Harmer. The executive committee consists of Mrs. Ida O'Connor, Mrs w NJ Goodwin and J. R. Birchett.
 In view of the fact that the mem bership of the association has at tained such proportions, the practice of each member being permitted to invite a friend to attend the banquet has been abolished; henceforth only the wives and husbands of the mem bers, who are regarded as associate members, will be allowed to attend together with the members of the faculty. It was also decided to hold the next annual meeting of the asso- citation next November during tn annual Territorial Teachers meeting.