Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-06-29
/. 5. ALUMNI BANQUET
The Last Official Event Of The School
Year Friday Night
c. c. OELAVAN, T0ASTMAS7 Err
Excellent Banquet Served by Host Parr-The
Alumni Respond to TOaStS

The last official event of the school
year came to a close In the dawning
of Saturday morning when the annual
banquet Of the Alumni Association
of Alma High school was brought to
a close by Toastmaster Delavan. The
banquet was unprecedented in the
number present, the excellence of the
menu and the wit, humor and clever
ness of the toasts. Especial credit
for the success Of the affair must be
given to Toastmaster Delavan and
Paul Crandall, members OF the class
of 1910, who constituted the commit
tee on arrangements. These young
men have worked hard for several
weeks TO perfect plans for the enter
tainment of the guests and it was due
them that the occasion should be as
auspiciouS as II was.
At eight-thirty the guests assembled
in the reception rooms OF the Wright
house and marched into the dining
hall. The tables had been arranged
in the shape OF an E with the toast
master stationed at the intersection
at the center Rev c. /. Wood gave
the invocation. Nov good digestion
wait on appetite and health on both,
suggested the program, and that there
should be appetite was no wonder for
the spread prepared by the Wright
house chefs was delicious The menu
was as follows:
Tomato Bouillon, Queen Olives
Round Radishes, Baked Trout, Tartar
Sauce; Creamed Chicken in Timbals,
Long Branch Potatoes, Escalloped
Corn, Saratoga Chips, Celery and Nut
Salad, Strawberry Ice Cream, AS.
sorted Cake, Layer Raisins, Sailed
Nuts, Coffee.
The toasts were as follows:
Welcome ..............To Toastmaster
Friendship above all doth bring
the heart,
And faith in friendship is the mob
lest part. Earl Query.
The Alumni Association Alger Wood
From labor there shall come forth
rest. ."-Longfellow.
What the School Board expects of
Graduate. te.........D. L. Johnson
Thou teaches ambition the sure
way to climb
Is to plod up the ladder one round
at a time. e."-Burdett.
A Teachers Viewpoint
Jessie E. Potter
But thou gavest a thy tears so
free
As a thy gowd. Riley
The Class OF 1911.... DR.. J. n. Day
"The mill only grind for you while
you supply the grist. t."-Burdett.
"reminiscences ...... James G. Gargett
"Quamquam absentes adsunt; NOR
tut vibunt'l-Cicero.
The Future, Floyd T. Smith
self reverence, self knowledge,
self control
These alone lead life to sovereign
power. shakespeare
Mr.. Delavan extended a welcome
to the class OF 1911 to the Alumni
association and to the pleasures as
we'll as the hard work OF life after
graduation. He lauded the idea Of
an annual banquet as adding materi-
allyto the pleasure of the year Al
ger Wood, in behalf OF the graduating
class, promised faithfulness and al
legiance to the alumni association
and expressed himself as feeling that
the class would be of aid not only
because OF its large number but be-
cause Of the work which the members
would do for the promotion of the as
sociation. Mr.. D. L. Johnson ex-
pected the graduates to take advan
tage of every opportunity for the
development of their lives and urged
very strongly the advisability of TAX
ing college course Miss Potter
gave summary af the experiences
she had had with the five classes that
have been graduated since she has
been teaching in the High school,
and many amusing instances which
had been brought TO her notice. DIR.
Day, in one of the finest speeches of
the evening, toasted the class of 1911
His toast showed much careful
thought and preparation James G..
Gargett told about the class he was
graduated with many years ago and
"reminiscences of his school days.
Floyd Smith, who has jtst completed
his freshman year at Alma college,
prophesied prosperous future for the
Alumni association.
The members of the graduating
class who were in attendance we're:
Marcella Adams, Paul II. Austin,
J. Ethyl Bower, Dallas d. Brock,
Clyde ]. Greaser, Rua +. Day, Mar
iorie Deiavan Gretchen Ever ester