The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-04-20
PORTLAND QuAE1ET1E FINE

Thursday niqht was the annual
ladies' night with the University club
and it proved a very brilliant social
event indeed The banquet was held
at the Strathmore tel and splen
did menu was we'll served. One hun
dred and twenty were present. Col
lege songs and yells made the air
resound throughout the evening. The
the great and deliehtful surprise Nof
tie evening in the musical portion
of the programme.
Dr. Livincst Far and, presi'ent of
Col ra o Uni sity, gave ned
comprehensive and decidedly educa-
tional talk on 1.-THE American Indi- l."
His was the main ad ,ress of the even
irg and he held his auditors deeply
interested for over an hour.
The Portland quartette. compose l
of Messrs. Banks. Bickle, Wood snl
Eddy is fast gaining the reput ton
of being the best organization of its
kind in this section of the state. Musi-
cal lovers and the several accompl ST.
ed musicians present were practically
taken of t.ieir feet" with tie excel
lent quality of their singing. Each
member possesses an unusually fine
voice and they sing remarkably we'll
first appearance in Canon City at the
Father and bInquet at { e Y. NJ.
A. a short time ago and made such
a distnct "his" thst the University
club considered itself fortunate in
getting them for the banquet last
nj hit. Mrs. Panks and Mrs. Bickle
we're the laly members of the Port
land party.
rr. Fa rand handled his important
historical subject in scientific way
with remarkable art injected suf-
icient human interest to eliminate any
dryness that is usu lily inherent in any
scientific discussion.
The speak RS Information has not
only been cleaned from years of
book study but also by actual life study
amorg various tribes throughout the
length and breadth OF the North Amer
ican continent Properly speaking.
according TO DIR. Fa rand, it is not
The American Indian" but rather
the American Indians" because of
the vastly differentis I'd stocks. mode
of living, habits and traits of the
mqny, varied tribes.
Briefly the speaker took up the art
and economics Of the different In
IA. He said that the crude AMI
s~eminfly haphazard carvings of the
Alaskan and North Pacific coast In
dams was not such in reality but
rather possesse well defined mean
ing and a symmetrical arrangement of
wonderful detail.
The blanket system of buying among
the northern Indians. as tod ~ the
speaker held especial interest for the
guests.
DR.. Farrapd is an acknowledged au-
thority on the American lndien. Deep
student though he is, he has also re-
markable gift of imparting his knowl-
edge in a pleasing. acceptable way.
with an originality and aptness of
phrase that is indeed enjoyable.
An original song was sung in honor
of DIR. Farrand AMI the co.lege yells
were lead by yeilma ter Lauterbach
who has lost none of the spirit of
the former deys when be was a star
OF the first ms gnitude as College
fan. The newest members of the
club. Judge J. L. Cooper. Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Ed. stinemeyer and
County Surveyor James Bunten we're
also the subjects of number of vers-
es in another original song.
The Strathmore dining rom was
prettily decorated with the Ameri-
can flag and forty or more Colorado
University penn nts.