Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-05-05
UPPER CLASSMEN
SOCIAL Event
Junior.Senior Banquet in Wilson
Hall at $50 O'Clock
Huge Success.
CONGREGATIONAL LADIES SERVE
Table Decorations Beautiful Re
greet Felt for School Days
Over.

The banquet given at Wilson
Hall Friday night established thu
high water mark of interclass socia
functions for the year. Every veal
the Junior class bid their upper
class men God-speed, with a fare
we'll banquet. The event of Friday
evening was an unusually success.
full occasion, both in point of enjoy
ment and in the excellent banquet
which was served.
At $50 the hall, beautifully dec
Grated with the purple and gold of
our high school, presented a scene
of beauty-the young ladies clad in
dainty costumes, the stalwart,
broad shouldered young men, all
with happy faces and joyous greet
ings, made a picture most fascinat-
ing to gaze upon.
The Congregational ladies aid So
ciety served the banquet in the gal
lery. The tables were set in a right
angle, and covers were laid for sew
enty-ive, an American beauty rose,
with ferns, was at each place, while
large bouquets of white fox glove
ornamented the tables. The tables
were truly feast for the eye-but
the four-course banquet was certain
ly feast Of the most delicious kind
that ever appeased the palate of
hungry high school students. In
fact it was so thoroughly delectable
that even one absent minded men,
Der of the faculty, who forgot and
ate supper before coming, enjoyed
the repast as we'll as the others.
Between courses, there were sew
eral musical numbers, a vocal solo
by Ruby Whitman, an instrumental
solo by Mildred Hoot and vocal So
10 by Airline Kearns, all of which
were especially we'll rendered and
delighted the audience.
At the close of the banquet, was
another feast-this the "feast of
reason" at which Frank Whittacre
presided with all the ease and dig
nifty of a polished after dinner
speaker; the speakers were intro
duced with bits of graceful compli-
ment appropos to the occasion. The
first number was a song by the Jun
ior girls chorus-which was made
to fit the occasion-and produced al
laugh at the expense of the seniors,
who enjoyed it heartily.
Miss Claire Richardson gave the
toast Of welcome "Our Guests" Sell
dom, indeed, is class rivalry so COM
pletely obliterated and so sweet al
spirit displayed toward the superior
upper class men" as was manifest
ed in this speech. The class of 1915
felt it an honor, not duty, to en-
terrain their comrades of 1914. Pre-
cedent had no place in this event; it'll
was the pleasure and highest desire
of the juniors to pay their respects
in this manner, to a class that had
set such splendid example, and
whose passing from the ranks
would leave a vacancy indeed.
IN reply. Howard 9asiesnD thank
co the Juniors Cor their compliments.
and most gratefully acknowledged
the deep sense of appreciation
which the class of 1914 felt for the
high honors which the juniors paid
them.
Frances Donovan, in 1.-THE Powers
That Be- gave clever little proph-
ecy as to the future of the faculty.
She declared that the awful prospect
of giving a toast had so upset her
nervous system that, after lying
awake for two nights, she at last
fell asleep and dreamed a strange
dream. She then recounted the
vision, which was marvelously unus-
ual and humorous. Needless to say
that none enjoyed the keen humor
of this toast more than did the fac
ulty themselves.
Miss Clarine Mueller next gave al
solo, which, in it's lifting sweetness,
went to every heart.
Miss Mildred Boysen responded to
the subject "Roses and Eggs"
which the POSTMASTER declared was
beyond his power of conjecture, as
to its probable significance, mas
much as the Ladies Home Journal
had not formed part of his curricul-
um-but Miss Boysen proceeded to
read to the music of "Old Oaken |
Bucket" some lines which included
every senior, and brought out a
number Of jokes. characteristic. Of
long standing, with a chorus highly