Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-04-06
.S[N|ORCLASSBANQUET
About Sixty Members OF the Class
and Friends
|. MONT|GEL IS TOAST MASTER
Landlord ". H. Parr Provided an Excellent
Menu for the Banquet

The senior class of the high school
gave their annual social function in
honor of the juniors in the way Of a
banquet at the Wright House Satur-
day evening. Hitherto the seniors
have given a reception for the juniors.
but the class of 1911 decided that
they would spring a novelty.
AT nine o'clock sixty banqueters
marched into the dining hall of the
Wright House. The room had been
very prettily decorated with scores Of
college and high school banners and
pennants. The tables were beautihed
with cut flowers. smilax and Wander
ing Jew. The banquet, gotten up by
w. H. Parr, who recently took pos
session of the Wright House, was
most excellently prepared and served,
and was credit TO the new manage
ment of the hotel The menu was as
follows:
Tomato Bouillon
Olives. Sliced Tomatoes.
Creamed Chicken.
Crushed Potatoes.
French Peas en- Casserole
Fruit Salad. Sailed Waters.
Strawberry Ice Cream
Assorted Cake.
Sailed Nuts. Bon-Bons.
Coffee.
Senior Punch
After the feast had been enjoyed,
Lawrence Montigel the president Of
the class, took charge of proceedings
in the capacity of POSTMASTER. He
as the first speaker Miss
Marjorie Delavan, who welcomed the
guests. She told of the origin of the
custom of paying honor to the juniors
and how this banquet was but a con-
of that custom Fred Cur
rier, teacher Of mathematics in the
high school, was 70 have responded to
the toast, april Fool" but he april
fooled" the banqueters by not ap-
pearing. Letta NJ Soper. responding
to the toast, "The Future" told the
story of visit to the imaginary circus
of Oswald and Cooper, and there she
saw the future OF every guest. "The
Junior Class by A. Bristow Hood,
was a clever series of compliments
and slams for the junior class, col
lectively and individually. Mr.. Hood
thought the senior class had great
in the fact that the seniors
were so directly under the control of
Prof. Ellsworth, and finished with an
enumeration of the talents of the
=. 0iors. Miss Queen Strong, who
to have given toast on "The
College Boys" was unable to be pres
ent. Carl Titus toasted the faculty,
and Mildred Kress reviewed the his
tory of the class in "By-gone Days"
Hugh BARLEY, in "Now, 1t Stands to
Reason" pleaded for more friendly
feeling between the two upper classes
in the high school and for the aboli-
tion of class scraps John Ludwick
speaking last for the juniors, wished
the seniors every success and pro-
posed a toast for the senior class.
The banquet was success in every
way and a credit to the class, and the
hotel management. 1t was one OF the
most pleasant social affairs OF the
Alma high school.
The members of the class banquet
ing were Lawrence Montigel, Letta
Soper, Alger II Wood, Laurel Wood,
Ethel Bowers, Mabel Wyant, Arnold
Robinson, Beulah Parr, Clyde Creaser,
Marcella Adams, Lester Fishbeck,
Marjorie Delavan. Dallas Brock, Rua
+. Day, Bristow Hood, Sadie Gerard,
Floyd Oswald, Lola McCarty, Paul
Austin, Ella Miller, Harry Jackson,
Gretchen Eyer, Thomas Cooper Bes-
sic Schwartz, Roy Gulick and Ernes-
tine Palmer