Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-05-17
assurance that they had thoroughly en-
joyed themselves and reminding Mrs.
Tidrow that It must be farewell only
for brief time.

$1,000
for brief time.
Local Alumni Give Banquet
Second only In importance to the
strike, meningitis scare, and the ac-
tive construction of the Main Building
and Mess Hall was the banquet Of the
Alumni OF Bryan and College at the
Hotel Bryan last Tuesday. evening.
This was the first affair OF the kind,
with the exception Of that OF the
Alumni Association. which has been
held in this neighborhood for q num-
Der of years. The gathering was q
Representative one-for the guests
present ranged from the gray-haired
and dignified Mr.. Wipprecht Of long
ago to the youthful and dimnutive
Prof. Bruce Mansfield OF the IL class.
For the past several weeks Messrs.
McAdams and Mansfield had been
staging the affair, and when promptly
at $3.50 the crowd was allowed to file
into the banquet hall, many were the
congratulations showered upon them
for the successful elimination OF their
efforts.
Presiding over all was that king OF
public speakers, Prof. r. ]. Potts.
Long practice on the road before the
farmers OF this great and mighty do
main had put him In the proper mettle,
and Tuesday night he was at his best.
One of the products Of his fertile inn
agination was little stunt in the
shape OF each gentleman's presenting
bouquet to his fair partner, and the
latter's responding. Miss Nell Cole
won the ladies' prize for the best re-
tort and was donated a Lilliputian
model of the latest Paris creation In
moving vans cover. Fritz Hensell,
| for his "Roses are red" and 20 'orth
and so on sweetness declaration, was
awarded three Virginia cheroots in
an Ell Presidente box. Throughout the
dining the POSTMASTER called on the
speakers for their impromptu pot
pourris. Mr.. Evans responded with
a toast ITO the A. and M. College;
Mr.. Wipprecht, The College from the
Outside; Mr.. Fountain, Sketches of
A. and NJ; Mr.. Windrow, The Why
land Wherefore OF This Banquet" and
Mr.. .Skeeler, The Gravitational,
Ethereal and meteorological Theories
of Love-"
Miss Anita Park graciously contrib
uted to the evenings entertainment by
lgiving several Of her representations,
while Mr.. Case of College delighted
1.-THE assemblage with his singing and
former while on the stage" stunts.
Charlie, of Blind Tom fame, presided
at the piano and put forth his best
efforts toward creating military and
war-like music. Closing the program
was the well appreciated toast of Col.
Miner, "The A. and NJ. Alumni"
With the consumption of the cafe
noir, in demitasse and polly wouwig-
wag, the banquet came to a close. and
another memorable occasion was but
a matter of history.
Most of the alumni at the college
and in Bryan we're present, while the
ladies in attendance were Mesdames
~. Webb Howell. w. Wipprecht, and
Misses Alma and Nell Cole, Madeline
Hanway, Proctor, Mawhinney, Blanche
Buchanan, Anita Park, Cora Garth,
Frances Gillespie, and Mary Ross Par
ker of Bryan, and Mesdames C. NJ.
Evans. S. J. Fountain, LaRoche, A. ].
Neff, A. T. Potts, ]. B. Rather, Miss
Miner and Col. and Mrs. R. T. Miner
from college.-The Battalion.