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hood, who by his happiness and humor
illuminated the world and made men and
women bear the burdens Of life with
bravery and fortitude."
John Randolph Tucker. of Richmond,
spoke interestingly on The Sig of Old
Dominion" while The Sig IN college"
was handled by Earnest r. Eaton. of this
city. Judge Hamilton Douglass, Of At
lanta, Ga, gave pleasing "reminiscences
Of the fraternity and its work in South
ern colleges.
George AIDE began his address with a
thanks to the members of the fraternity
who stood by him when, some years ago,
he tried out The College Widow in
Washington and saved the day when the
future of the play was fearful. Mr. AIDES
remarks were IN a humorous vain and
furnished merriment.
He said
The after-dinner speech bears the
same relation 10 a dinner that the edi-
torial does to the daily paper. The con
sumner has to take one te get the other.
OF course, there is this difference. The
reader of the daily paper may take the
editorial or leave it alone, while the man
VINO attends the public dinner is stung,
unless he happens to sit near the door
"A few years ago two great American
newspapers suspected that the reading
public did not hunger for heavy editorials.
so they began cutting down on their edi-
torials. and the more they cut down on
these editorials the more they jumped on
circulation and advertising.
The world is waiting for the man who
who will have the courage 10 print a
newspaper without even the suggestion
of an editorial page. and likewise it is
waiting for some Nepoleonic pioneer to
/ rise up an organize a dinner at which
the first man who arises in his place and
starts TO clear his throat Will have $1,000
volts Of electricity shot into his person
and be carried out on shutter
Came from Florida.
7 came from Florida to attend this
dinner. I would come from Australia to
attend a dinner which was not followed
| by a toast programme. If you boys will
/ advertise next year a dinner at which TO
oratory will be tolerated. you will have
.
/ crowds.
The after-dlnner speech is a good
thing when it emanates from an after
dinner speaker. but there are only about
twelve after-dinner speakers in America
| Gus Thomas. Pat Murphy. and Simeon
/ Ford are three OF these
-Four more are associated with me on
the programme this evening, and my
! predecessor in Office, Charles Alling, is
/ the other FIVE. You have in this city a
| large and worthy person who has found
| il embarrassing to try to follow in the
1 footsteps OF an Arabian acrobat, who
moved from one place to another by jump
/ ing over hurdles and turning flp-fops
Yet his job was easy, compared with
mine.
The man who is on TO himself is Just
as useful a citizen as the man who Is
/ truly gifted.
/ My first impulse, when l receive an en-
/ grayed invitation to attend a formal
gorge. is 10 side-step. I love nourishIng
! food, and I delight in the society Of my
/ fellow-man, but I am always haunted by
| the fear that if I attend the dinner and
draw my celebrated ingrowing voice on
the assemblage and separate myself from
! a few incoherent remarks, the brothers
will make the same comment that was
made by an undergraduate brother out
in Kansas City a few weeks ago.
Scored His Speech.
"He came all the way from Colorado
/ to get a lock at the new comicai con
sul-he had read in the papers about
/ Peter and Consul-and after listening to
the brief and rather gloomy observations
which 1 had to offer at that time, he
| turned 10 another squad member of our
noble brotherhood and said:
50 I wonder who that guy got to write
! the plays for him.
7 am from the state OF Beveridge and
VOORHEES,, and / have no valid excuse
for not sailing up to the roof of the
vaulted dome. plucking the stars of
heaven with both hands and sprinkling
( them in golden benediction on this chosen
/ brotherhood I know exactly what to do.
but cannot do it.
II am sorry TO disappoint you. but I
am not going to make a speech at all. I
am simply bringing you the assurance
/ from all the Sigs know. know that we
keJoice in our membership in this unique
/ organization, that we hold the spirit OF
youth to be the most valuable asset that
the older boys may possess. and that we
are glad we wandered into the right
camp. I thank you"
Representative James F. Burke. OF
Pennsylvania. was unable to be present
because Of business that detained him
at Pittsburg
During the evening the Sigma Chi Glee
Club Of the George Washington Uni
versity sang topical parodies on popular
songs. The festivities closed at midnight
with the singing Of GLORIOUS Sigma Chi
and a final toast TO the prosperity OF the
/ fraternity.
The committee in charge Of the banquet
were: Morris F. Frey. chairman; DR..
John D. Thomas. S. S. Hempstone. CIar-
ence A. Hensey. S. W. Fitzgerald and
Risley G. Hunt
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