The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-25
Banquet TO SENIORS
WAS BRILLIANT
AFFAIR
Juniors Proved Splendid
Hosts at Annual Event
Held Last Evening.

The annual junior senior banquet,
held in the large dining hall of the
Commons building at the university
last evening. proved to be one Of the
largest and most successful affairs of
the kind eve held at the institution.
The toasts were Witty. clever and APP
propriate and the menu was of the
highest order.
Abundance of red roses. carnations
and ferns were scattered %profusely
and t%astefully about the big banquet
room in which the guests We're seated
at twenty-siX tables.
Philip Bangs presided as toast
master in a very acceptable manner.
1t may be a far cry from running a
carnival a la Thompson of Luna park
to that of running a banquet a Ia
Chauncey Depew. but Mr.. Bangs did
not seem to mind the ar cry but
showed his versatility by presiding in
true POSTMASTER style. Miss Jessie
Bulge welcomed the seniors to the
banquet rendered them by the juniors
in a few well chosen words. Some
amusing stories We're told which evil
IDENTIFY seemed to hit the right spot.
George Shafer responded for the
seniors. Mr.. Shafer was at his best.
He drew some very clever and witty
comparisons between the two classes
that ELECTED much laughter. The big
! duties ahead Of the seniors when they
kbave graduated is to stick by the
Meals of the university, no matter
inNp what circumstances one may he
thrOwn. The ideals one acquires at
the university must he regarded as
one of the biggest assets possessed by
the graduate.
Miss GLADYS Harvey. responding to
the toast. "Reveries," CAV a very
of what she took the word to mean.
Some original poetry. catchy and ap-
plicable, was interspersed.
The Misfts.
George Elmer spoke on the Mis-
haps." The speaker sustained his
reputation as a producer of dry
humor. He; commented in a very sad
manner upon the misfits Of college
life. Anyone could see. for instance,
that many Of the engineers ought to
give song recitals in Sayre hall while
many of the Sayreites ought to be
%shovelins sand. Mr.. Elmer has a
keen perception of the quantity funny.
Miss Blondie Holt spoke on "The
Faculty." She handled Il Serious
subject with great tact. clearness and
humor. The faculty are in an unfor-
tunate position-they must AXE the
students as they come: the students.
on the other hand. can pick their In
structors. The faculty may have been
the awe and bane of the freshmen and
sophomores, but it is held in pride
and reverence by the juniors and
enior
Prof. Koch, as usual. sustained his
reputation as an after dinner speaker.
The speaker evidently had come from
reading Walt Whitman for his
thought seemed to permeate his re-
marks. Life Is nothing more MOI less
than what n makes it. Life is in
must be coincident with activity. 1t
is not an illusion. One can succeed
only when m believes thoroughly in
oneself. 1t may be we'll at times to
loaf and unite your soul"-it gives
n a clearer conception of the real
problems of life. The dreamer is the
man who %connives. The big men are
the drean1ers and the workers.
President Pleased.
President McVey addressed a few
brief remarks to the banauetters.
That the spectacle presented by the
large assemblage was more than
splendid was the opinion Of the
speaker. One could not help but feel
a great deal of pride in the students
of the university. The carnival man
agement had demonstrated what they
could do under pressure of time. 1t
had not been a mere Letting off Of
steam." but had demonstrated the
working ability and the college spirit
of everybody participating.
William Bacon closed the evenings
program Of toasts by saying farewell
to the seniors who are soon to leave
the institution. The seniors real re.
sponsibilities are about to commence.
They must show their real worth,
prove it when they get out and on the
firing line" The banquet was closed
by the singing of Alma Mater.
Tom Quigley Injured.