Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-11-17
The Menu Served Was q Delight 10
All Present
LESLIE kEFGEN T0A1 TMASTER
lie Called Upon Miss Duff and Chapel, Cook,
MlSenar, Marks and Coach

The twenty-first annual banquet of
the Zeta Sigma literary society of
Alma college was held at the Wright
house last Friday evening. The affair
was one of the most successful that
the society has ever attempted. The
menu served by Mine Host Barron
was most excellent in every detail,
both in cuisine and service, and the
feast of reason and flow OF SOUP
which followed was enjoyable to the
extreme.
At about o'clock thirty-cight
couples entered the Wright house
dining room. Immediately upon en-
tering the guests were surprised and
delighted by the charming decora-
tons. The chandeliers and tables
were festooned with color, the Zeta
Sigma and Alma college banners and
pennants, giving a warmth and cheeri-
ness 10 the room and adding bright
ness and gaiety TO the scene.
Seating themselves at the signal of
Toastmaster Kefgen, the banquetters
discovered at their places the dantiest
and fastest OF menus. \ leather COW
cred folder inclosed several pages on
which were printed the menu, the
toasts, the guests and the Zeta Sigma
song. The place cards were charm
ing When the guests had all been
seated around the + shaped banquet
board, host of walters were ready to
serve the eager young people From
h.a h,et h
punch the menu was unexcelled and
tickled the palates of the diners with
its deliciousness. 1t is said that Host
Barron never had set before the So
ciety better repast.
When the inner man had been ap-
peased, Toastmaster Kefgen opened
the ceremonies of the evening. He
made a hit as POSTMASTER, his clever
method of introducing each speaker,
and his wealth of personal knowledge
OF the speakers, standing him in good
stead. His first victim was Theron
Chapel. who responded to the toast,
"Zeta Sigma" Now this Chapel is a
quiet chap, but the way he opened up
upon this occasion was a revelation of
his ability as an after-dinner speaker
to all his friends present. Along the
line of athletics he boasted that Zeta
Sigma had thirteen of the fifteen men
who defeated Olivet this fall four out
of five on the basketball squad, and
nine out of eleven of the baseball men.
The Zeta Sigma have won two out
of three inter-socety debates and the
same proportion of oratorical con-
tests. Robert Cook toasted Our
Guests Mr.. Cooks speech was brief
and to the point Bob" claimed
rightly that without the girls nothing
worth while socially could be carried
out Miss Leila Duff of St Louis
lauded Our Hosts" Miss Duff, as a
former Alpha Theta girl, compliments
ed the young men upon the good
times that they had shown the Alpha
Theta girls in times gone by Oral
Misevac treated the subject Fellow
ship He first defined the word as
Webster would do it and then pro-
ceeded to show how Zeta Sigma stood
for all that was best in good fellow
ship. He thought that there was
nothing like athletics To promote this.
Dewitt Marks. representing the fresh
man class. responded to the toast,
Looking Forward" Mr.. Marks did
credit to himself and his class. The
last toast was given by Coach Dennis
II. Grady. who talked on the subject,
"Alma Victorious" Mr. Grady COM
pimented the students on their atti-
tude toward athletics in Alma.
The Ieta Sigma song was sung to
the tune of old Lang Syne," the last
toast was drank and the twenty-hrst
annual Zeta Sigma banquet was at an
end
Out OF town guests included Mrs.
+. a. Marks, Miss F. Louise Call,
Harry Lyon and Roy Campbell.