Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-02-23
FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET
The Juniors OF the High School Held
Their First Washington Banquet
GIVEN At KRESS HO NJ {
A Large Number Of TOaStS are Responded to
by Members Of the Class and Faculty

The junior boys of the high school
gave their first annual Washington
banquet to the junior girls and fac
ulty Friday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.. Kress on West
Superior street. The banquet was
originally planned to take place the
evening of the anniversary OF Wash
ington's birthday, but the fact that
Judge Ben Lindsey appears on the
lecture course at that time prevented
it,
At S o'clock about forty of the
Juniors and the members of the fac
ulty assembled at the Kress home.
The reception room had been deco
rated with streamers and red, white
and blue, banners and pennants we're
also used freely, the whole giving a
most pleasing effect. At $50 the
guests repaired to the dining room
where they found two large tables
prepared for them. The dining room
was decorated very prettily with
streamers of green and white, the
class colors, carnations and the ma
tional colors. At one side of the din
ing room was placed the picture OF
Washington set off by a frame of red,
white and blue with flags draped about
IT, The program announced that
there would be "Solids, Liquids and
Solutions" but these chemical terms
cannot do justice to the deliciousness
Of the banquet feast. From oyster
stew a la cream to the junior punch.
everything was par excellence and
delightfully."- served. Mrs ]. /. Spin
ney and Mrs. ]. G. Kress had charge
Of the menu and they surely showed
that they knew how to manage such
affairs. Four freshmen and two soph-
omore girls served They were
Marie and Helen Doane, Marian
Hood, Gala Follett, Helen Willard
and Edna Campbell These young
ladies saw that the banquet went off
without a hitch.
Following out the scientific nomen-
clature, the program announced after
the Solids, Liquids and Solutions"
that there would be Gases and Va
pors." There was a long program Of
toasts. Carl Titus. aS POSTMASTER,
first called upon Homer Dunham,
who responded TO the toast, "The
Value of an Accident Insurance Pol
ICY He showed very conclusively,
TO the amusement OF his hearers, that
if he had taken out a policy in his
early youth he would now have been
a rich man in view of the many acci-
dents he had had Milton spoke on
his Ambition" He took the ban
queters on a trip through space, show
ing them various planets and at the
same time pointing out his various
ambitions. Mabel Wynne displayed
her "Ungovcrnable Temper" TO the
view Of those present in a clever
toast Edward Bahlke told OF the his
tory of the junior class, of which he
and John Gaffney were the charter
members, rising from the kindergar-
ten Mildred Kress told Of her little
"Red Hood" concealing until the last
that she meant simply a little red
toque which she had liked TO wear
Hugh BARLEY told "Why / Re
formed and Theodore Gales spoke
on Excelsior" Berniece Brainard
toasted the faculty while Roy Keefer
told Of the advantages of a German
Education" Harty Stitt, talking OF
the Needs OF the Hour said that
she thought that the junior class was
so immeasurably perfect that it had
no needs for an hour or longer tine.
Principal Ward, Miss Olive Smith,
Miss Margaret Morrison, Mr. Fred
Currier. and Miss Jessie Potter all
spoke on various subjects. Grace De
Bois. who was 10 have responded 10
the toast, "My Favorite Church." was
called away Friday by the serious i'll
ness of her sister
The banquet was decided success
from every point OF view. 1t is ex-
pected that this will set precedent
and that each succeeding junior class
will have an affair of this sort. Those
having charge OF the banquet were
Paul Kress. president of the class;
Calvin Rice, Carl Titus, Mark Spin
ney and John Ludwick.
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