Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-13
COLUMBUS day
BANQUET HELD BY
BOISE KNIGHTS
Address of the Evening
Given by William Healy-
Message From Members
of Order on Border.

The amt al Columbus day banquet
given by the Knights of Columbus was
held at st. Johns hall last night. and
nearly $50 gathered at the banquet
board. The hall was entirely decorated
in the national colors, and during the
evening Daggets orchestra dispensed
patriotic airs in keeping with the day.
Tiny American flags were plate favors.
j. ]. McCue, grand knight of Boise
council presided as POSTMASTER, and
one of the incidents of the evening was
n telegram from Boise councils con-
tngent on the border with the Second
Idaho regiment asking to he remember
ed to all. The address of the evening
was delivered by William Healy The
Catholic Woman's League served the
banquet in elaborate style, and later
dancing cards and dancing were en-
joyed until the late hours. The ban
quet is a yearly affair with the local
council, and all present felt that this
years exceeded any preceding one.
The committee that arranged details
consisting of II. V. Donovan, Jess B.
Hawley, Harry Allen. c. f. Reddoch
and Dr. Heine felt that their efforts
were amply repaid. The speech of Mr.
Healy in full was as follows;
MIR. POSTMASTER, Reverend Fathers.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This has been a most enjoyable din
ner and has been very well served.
can prove that because, notwithstand-
ing the fact that l fully expected to
have to make a speech, | enjoyed the
dinner, and l am sure | would not have
enjoyed it unless it had been an unusu-
ally good one.
II think that on Columbus day, once
in Il while at least. the speaker ought
to talk about Christopher Columbus.
You know we have Jackson day cele-
brations and celebrations in honor of
other great men, and it is only once
in every two or three years that we
find speaker even remotely referring
to the man in whose honor the celebra-
ton is had. So | thought | might talk
to you for a few mcnts tonight about
the character and the greatness of
Christopher Columbus
ONE FACT is CERTAIN.
81 suppose the az erage American is
not very well grounded in the history of
his country. Most of us feel tolerably
sure of a few facts, but there is one
fact that we are all absolutely certain
about. Even the best of us, who pride
ourselves upon our knowledge OF Amer
lean history, now and then feel that
there is some fact of great importance
in that history that has completely es-
capped our notice For instance,
clergyman was talking to a small boy;
and this clergyman though, that he had
a pretty good knowledge of American
history. And he said, MY boy, can you
tell me who was the first presiden- of
the United States" and the boy said,
George Washington" OF course, but
say, Mister, I'll bet you can't tell me
who had the highest batting average
in the American. league last year" And
of course, the reverend gentleman was
stumped. But, as | said, TO start with,
there is one fact in American history
that every man, woman or child, would
be able to state without evasion or
equivocaticn or quibbling and that is
that christopher Columbus discovered
America in 1492. We all have that fact
and that event ground into our minds
at SO early an age that we have never
beei. able to forget it. And it is the
very fact that this event and this name
arc so familiar TO us and have been
such commonplace with us that it is
onl now and then that we remember
what a tremendous event the discovery
of America really was ana what gil
gantic figure is the figure of Christie
phor Columbus in the history of the
world
NOWADAYS. of course. we are so ia
mliar with the form and features of
the world in which we live: for in
stance, recently we penetrated the Ant
arctic and took moving pictures of the
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