Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-05-05
FATHER AND SON BANQUET
Closing Banquet Of lne Season Held at
the Y For the Father and Son-A
Great Success Three Hun
dred in Attendance.

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Great Success-About Three Hun
dred in Attendance.
Last Friday evening the closing
banquet of the season of the High
School Boys club was held in the Y
gymnasium in the form of a father
and son gathering The age of the
young men was rot hxed and yours
men from Junior B members of the
\ to Seniors were there and the same
was true of the men; no age limit
was fixed and there were men from
twenty to years that We don't care
to mention. The Gym. into which
the great number of men and boys,
dads and sons, thronged near the
seventh hour, was very prettily
decorated with pennants which have
been won by the various high school
atheletic clubs during the past two
years and with American flags which
were hung so that everyone was able
to see the grand old rag" On the
eastern side of the large room on the
railing of the balcony was hung a
piece of canvas on which was painted
some of the things that have been ac-
complished by the boys department
during the year just over. A most
delicious repast was now served by
the ladies auxiliary and following
this came the addresses of the even
ing. Pres. s. b. Tobey of the Y
acted as toastmaster and gave a short
talk before introducing Mr.. Jones in,
which he spoke of the wonderful
work that had been accomplished by
the boys department. during the past
year and in connection with this he
read the following as d few of the
things that stand out predominately 4
There are 80 boy members of the
association.
The attendance at gym classes has
been 26O.
Thirty-fve boys were on commit
tees
The average attendance in Junior
B and intermediate bible classes was
IA and the total attendance for the
classes which ended last week, was
IT'S.
34 young men took the bible exams
given at that time.
rhora xuara alauop tovc flo
state camp.
Over fifty dollars is in the f. o. B. |
fund.
One hundred and thirty have been
taught to swim in the past year.
These facts Stand out as being un-
precedented heretofore in this city and
great credit belongs to those who
aided in accomplishing this feat. |
Mr.. Tobey now introduced G. d. |
Jones who gave most interesting
address on "The Kind of a Son /
Used to Be-" He described the en-
yironment in which he was brought
up and the things that were required
u every boy living in thai, part of
tie country at that time. There
were not the things that the boys
have nowadays and Mr.. Jones mem
toned some of the games that he
used to play when boy He said
that there was ball but not baseball,
that there was duck on the rock and
plain sliding down hill but not coast
ing and number of other games in
which there was great fun of which
the boys of the present day know
but little about. Then there came a
description of dress and Mr.. Jones
said that in winter the boys living in
the New England states wore large
boots, nothing like those that they
have nowadays but much more sight
ly, and then in the summer time there
quired that all boys go barefoot and
Mr.. Jones reminded many of the
stone blisters that would result from
going barefooted. Mr.. Jones address
was received very enthusiastically.
Howard Wilterding was the second
speaker of the evening giving an
original poem on the subject "The
Kind of Dad l Would Be-"
M. B. Rosenberg followed with a
short talk on "The Kind of a Son
Would Like Mr.. Rosenberg gave
some very good advice to the fathers
as well as the sons. He said that all
fathers should cultivate such an atti-
tude toward their sons, that the son
would always go to his father in time
of trouble and then he told the young
men present to always &c to their
father when they had done anything
wrong or when they did not know
which path to take. This is mighty
fine advice and were it followed there
would be great deal less trouble in
the world The Y. M. 9. A. quar-
tette now rendered several beautiful