The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-04
PENIS "HOME COMING
Among the "Booster" Happening
Was the Thanksgiving Banquet.


that have been coming off at Penn
College during the week was the
Home Coming" banquet held at the
Friends new meeting house Thanks
giving evening at 6 p. m. One hun
dred and twenty-five persons were in
attendance. Quite large percent of
these were Penn graduates, there be.
ing forty six members of the alumni
present. Many o. the student body
attended and most of the faculty
members who were in town. A num-
Der of former students were also in
attendance. H
A splendid three course banquet
was served by the ladies of the
Friends Meeting Building Association
The menu was as follows:
Tomato Bullion Crackers
Baked Chicken
Mashed Potatoes Oyster Dressing
Fruit Salad Chicken Gravy
Sweet Pickles Cranberry Sauce
Bread and Butter
Coffee
Ice, Cream Cake
Following the banquet the follow,
ing toast program was given, with
Roscoe Coffin, '05, acting as toast.
master;
Home to Dear Old Penn" Presi
dent D. M. Edwards 90. 49,.
"Penn's Spirit of the Past" Chas.
Coffin '06.
fPenn's Spirit of the Present" Har.
old McClelland Is
INT
The toasts were the equal of any
toasts ever given in the honor of
Penn and certainly did not 60 be,
yond the real sentiment and devotion
of the persons who attended. 1t was
time of real getting together" in
/ the line of College Spirit and was a
very fitting climax and browning
event of the whole Home Coming
occasion. That there has been big
increase in the amount and quality
of the College Spirit that has been
made manifest recently has been at
tested to by ALL and no doubt a great
deal Of this has been generated and
released under the stimulus of the
Home Coming event
Roscoe Coffin made an ideal toast
master and kept the interest of all
with his overlooking good humor and
enthusiasm.
DR.. Edwards spoke of the College
as the home of Penn students and tle
feeling they have for the school. He
expressed something of his hopes for
the future and among other good
things made the very welcome an
nouncement of an addition of $25, 900
to the endowment fund of the College.
DR.. John G. Ryan OF who was to
have acted as POSTMASTER, but who
was prevented from coming on time
to the banquet, gave a short enthus-
iastic talk,
AT the close OF the toast program
Prof. Rosa E. Lewis 80, moved the
making of the Home Coming per-
manent affair and it was voted unan-
imously by those present.
A permanent organization in the
form of a College Letter Club COM
posed of the persons who have won
a college letter in athletics, oratory
or debate, was one OF the important
things accomplished at the Home
Coming. The matter has been under
Amusement by the Alumni Associa-
ton for more than a year, but sutfi-
Gent momentum had not been gain
ed to launch the matter until the
Home Coming was assured. DR.. A.
C. Spurgin, OF, was appointed head
of the organization and the following
committees appointed: Booster COM
mittee, Gren o. Pierrell,, 10, chair.
man; Constitution committee, Their
on Harris, 10, chairman; Historical
committee, Jesse Howell, IL, chair
man; and a Membership committee
Grover C. Hawk, '09, chairman.
The purpose of the whole organiza-
ton is to generate and keep up the
lines of college activity and especial
ly in the lines of athletics, oratory
and debate To look after men in
athletics and the awarding of letters
in the future. Any person who has
won a letter in any one or more of
the three lines mentioned while he
or she is a member Of the college de-
partment is eligible to membership in
the club. In the opinion of those
present at the banquet this is one of
the most important organizations
that has ever been formed at Penn
college.
Many persons came from a dis
lance to attend the Homecoming
and they unanimously voted it to be
the best thing they had attended in
the interests of the school. That
they will return for the event next
year is settled fact, and that the
Home Coming will be one of the big
gest events OF the school year.
Members of the Alumni who were
present we're: Frank Nash, '93, Jesse
Howell, IL, Snyder Ruby, ~, How
ard Hockett, '05, Stephen Hadley, "a,
Jeanette Hadley, 10, Maud Hanson,
10, Elsie Williams, II, Roy Williams,
10, Gren Pierrell. '12, Ethel Smith
Dexter, '04, John Ryan, '07, Mrs. John
Ryan, '07, Roy Rich, '06, Bernice
Shoemake. 10, Grace Votaw, ~, Ed
ma Picken, 10, Mary Moore, 'O2, Miss
Phelps, 'S5, s. NJ. Clark, 'S3, Floyd
Earring, ~. Abby Clayton, IL, Chal-
mers Johnson, 10, A. C. spurgin, '07,
Theron Harris, 13, Chas. Maxwell,
IL, Walton Conoyer, IL, H. Ross
Wood, 'O6, Waldo Hadley, 10, Cora
Mattison, '0S, Ada Conover, II, Casa
Conover, '0S. Carl Lewis, '02, George
Lewis, '04, Grover Hawk, 'O9, R. H.
Williams, 'O2, Mrs, R. H. Williams,
'03, Nell without, II, Charlotte Ros-
enberger. 10, Jessie Coleman, '09,
links Ruby, 'l3, |. w. Cook, 'SS, Mrs.
|. W. Cook, .'93, Rosa Lewis, '82,