Evening star., 1914-06-05
SPEAKER CLARK GUEST
AT GONzAGA BANQUET
Alumni Association Celebrates 93d
Anniversary of Founding
of College.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona and
President E. De L. Mcdonnell
Also Are Speakers.

Speaker Champ Clark was the guest of
honor at the banquet Of the Gonzaga
College Alumni Association last night,
the affair being a celebration Of the
ninety-third anniversary of the founding
of Gonzaga College. The speakers at the
banquet, in addition to Speaker Clark,
were Senator Ashurst Of Arizona, Rev.
E De l.. Mcdonnell. S. j.. president of
Gonzaga College; Rosa F. Downing,
president of the Alumni Association, and
Leo A. Rover, chairman of the banquet
association.
In his address Speaker Clark related
various episodes in his own career. say
ing that he was school teacher when
he was fourteen years old and that he
was college president at twenty-three
L know something about education III
this country Speaker Clark said. I'VE
have wonderful system, but the trou-
BILE with our knowledge is that it is too
thinly spread. That is the weakness Of
the big colleges and universities In a
smaller institution like Gonzaga the stu
dent comes in personal contact with the
instructor, greatly to the students
benefit"
In a brief address Rev. Mr.. Mcdonnell
expressed his appreciation of what had
Gonzaga, and voiced some ideas regard
ing the necessity for an appreciation on
the part of the student of what the COL
lege is endeavoring to do. The need of
trained minds and the highest type of
citizenship was emphasized by Rev. Nc
Donnell in order to combat the inroads
OF socialistic and anarchistic teachings
of political demagogues
Musical numbers were given by George
OConnor. Glenn w. Ashley, Frank Doh
erty and others.
Guests at the BANQUET.
The guests at the banquet included Mgr.
Bonzano, apostolic delegate: Mgr. James
Mackin, Revs. Alphonsus ]. Donlan, S.
j.. rector. Georgetown University; David
]. Roche s. j.. vice president George
town University; Aloysius P. Brosnan,
S. j., professor of ethics, Georgetown
University; ]. R. Meagher, provincial of
the Dominicans; George ]. Conlan. pastor
st. Dominic's; NJ. A. Waldron, superior.
Dominican House of Studies; Rev.
Thomas Becker, recently returned from
the Philippines; ]. c. GeaIe. s. j.. min
lister of Gonzaga; Augustus ]. Duarte,
S. j., prefect of studies. Gonzaga: Rev.
Eugene Hannah. Nelson O'Shaunnessy.
charge de affaires of United States to
Mexico; Louis P Shoemaker, Cornelius
Ford, public printer; Joseph O'Lone. Am
brose Shaffer. DR.. Eliot Johnson. Frank
Oliver. Clarence F. Donoghue. DR.. Darcy
Magee, w. H. Moses. Charles Ferry, DR.
James Kilroy. DR.. John Madigan. Joseph
Genau, DIR. James G. Haskell, Ignatius
Mudd, William Shea, N. H. Shea
Edward P. Schwartz. Glenn Ashley.
Matthew Halloran, George o'Connor,
Frank Doherty. John Langdale'
Aloysius Bauer, o. ]. ODonoghue.
Bernard NJ Bridget. John DOYLE Car
mody, Edward Becker, John F. Costello
Thomas F. Crook, Daniel O'Connell Cal
lahan. Richard v. Barry. Thomas r.
CalIan. Richard Collins. William L.
Chamberlain, James E. Collif1ower, John
A. Dore, Frank B. Devereux, Charles j.
Getreu, Bennett S. Jones, James Hayes.
Leo l. Kavanagh, ]. Joseph Kennedy,
Dr.. P. S. Madigan, J. F. Mulaly. J. P.
Madigan, William H. McGrann. Francis
[. 'Neubeck, William P. Normoyle, Vim
cent Peck, Walter I. Plant. John P.
Colpoys, John Costello. William L.
Soleau, Francis D. Roach. F. G. Walsh.
Henry I. Quinn, Harry A. Hegerty. Ed
ward Voight. Joseph Richardson,
B. Colpoys, Charles Downing. Martin
S. Conley, C. Hugh Duffy, E. Callan
Duffy and Frank Kavanagh.