The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-31
Jolly CREEK CROWD
They Banquet and Talk Over School
and Fraternity Days.
"For it's always fair weather


Twas right jolly crowd of Greeks
that gathered last evening at the
Downing hotel banqueted, talked oy.
er their school and fraternity days,
sang songs, laughed at the impromptu
performances of tina freshmen, trans
acted business, listened to an enjoy
able program OF toastS and did in
Vulnerable other things, Slime Of them
had grey hairs and remembered their
undergraduate days as long past;
lsOme of them were not yet out of
their teens, but they were all young.
They came from a score or more of
schools and they represented as many
different fraternities, but they were
Jail brothers, d ~
The occasion was the third annual
banquet of Mahaska Co. Pan.Mellen-
ic Association, About thirty-five of
the participants were members of
Greek letter fraternities who live in
or near Oskaloosa, and some of them
We're Greeks from Ottumwa and 9th
er cities, who were guests of the
association. - d..
The dinner was served at seven o.
clock and comprised menu Of dish
es that could but satisfy the hungri-
est of the hungry. Interspersed with
/ the courses, and oftimes overlapping
were the "reminiscences, songs and
| initiation ceremonies of the four
FRESHMEN. The quartette of "freshies"
consisted of Arthur S. White, Wiscon-
lsin University; Ross Brown, Illinois
Wesleyan; Russell Howard, Dart
mouth; and Leonard Snyder, Ames.
Immediately following the dinner, and
preceding the toast program, the
l"Newsboys' Quartette' entertained
with selection of new and old songs
and ample proof that their efforts
were appreciated was the number of
encores they We're forced to respond
Ito. y ..'-'
James A. Dewitt, retiring president
of the association, presided through
out the evening and acted as toast
master for the program Of talks. His
Happy fashion of talking, his newt
able humor, and his pertinent re-
marks of 0 serious vein, comprised
lone of the big treats of the evening.
/ The first speaker was Floyd z. Thorn
as, who talked upon, "Intersectional
his subject in splendid fashion and
stamped himself an after dinner
speaker of more than ORDINARILY abil-
Iity. He was followed by Ralph Vernon
!of Ottumwa who presented the sub
ject, "Ottumwa Fraternalism," in an
interesting fashion. He regretted that
more of the, Ottumwa Greeks could
not be present but assured the hosts
that those who were in attendance
were amply appreciative of the oc-
casion. DR.. A. C.. Spurgin talked up
on The Fraternity and the Man" and
Arthur s. White discussed The Fra
ternity, and the Freshman" All of
talks we're brief but they were filed
with some choice bits of logic, as well
as some enjoyable humor. .....
The officers elected for the ensuing
iyear we're:
President-C. M. Porter.
Secretary-Floyd E. Thomas.
The president will appoint a com.
mittee to arrange for the annual BAN
quet next year.
The retiring officers of the assOcia-
ton were:
observation-disclosures A. Dewitt.
ecretary-Maxwell OBrien.
Observation-Disclosures Howard.
Committee on arrangements-Dr. J.
E. Fleener, Ewing Lofland, Blanchard
Preston.
Those present we're:
Fred H. Bates, r. w. Baily, f. F.
Bridges, Ross Brown, ]. A. Dewitt, DR.
NJ. C. Frazier, c. s. Howard, Russell
Howard, Harter B. Hull, Eugene E.
Little, c. Il. Lofland, Jr,, H. b. Nc
Coy, DIR. E. D. MCLEAN, Homer Mat
tison, Howard Willard, !. d. Mix, S.
M. Morris, Maxwell A. O'Brien. q. NJ.
Porter, John w. Porter, B. w. Pres
ton, Jr., Harry l.. Roberts, Cecil
Smith, Leonard L, Snyder, DIR. A. C.
Spurgin, Floyd E. Thomas, Russell
Weir, Arthur S. White, DR.. e. B. Will
cox, Dr. e. M. Williams, r. j. Wood
ard, Floyd A. Earring, all of Oskaloosa
Fred Beck of Fremont, Craig Cassidy,
of Milton, Ralph Vernon and Henry
lWormhoudt of OttumWa,