Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-16
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MUCH ENTHUSIASM
AT BIG BANQUET
To Launch University Club
With Members From Many
Institutions of Learning

From the time the Sara Lemer
/ orchestra of college men started
things humming at the University
Banquet held in the banquet hall of
the Harrisburg Club to the late hour
when all present subscribed them
selves to Join and support the proposed
University Club when launched
there was not a quiet moment. "Old
men with black hair and young men
with white locks like my own" as
President Sparks of State College said
in the course of his remarks
| lraternized together with the spirit OF
/ youth which only such a convivial
gathering as last nights banquet could
inspire.
/ over one hundred graduates from
| many universities and colleges at
tended the banquet, while many more
whom previous engagements prevent
/ ed from attending, sent their regrets
The tables were arranged in the shape
OF large E, with the speakers seated
| along the backbone of the Il and
printed cards with the names of the
| colleges represented marking the
! places of the different groups of col
leges. The friendly spirit of rivalry
and emulation in the matter of sing
ing and cheering lent the impression
/ of well ell-organized bunch of Fresh
men tearing their lungs out for the
!
/ professors and serious minded lawyers
were seen this morning to surrepti-
| uouSly sneak into drugStoreS for the
purchase of throat tablets.
! Rival Colleges Cheer One Another
The University of PENNSYLVANIA and
! Cornell made the welkin ring with
their hostile cries, Yale and Princeton
/ sang and cheered together, and La
! fayette and Lehigh outdid one another
in cheering the lone member of the
University of West Virginia whose
popularity grew as the evening pro-
/ Sressed The University of Munich,
and University of Technology of Eng
land were represented. Southland Hay,
a Yale graduate and member of the
/ University Club of Pittsburgh, said
after the banquet that it was the best
University banquet it had ever been
his good fortune TO attend.
The Speeches
William II. Earnest was toastmaster
and an uncommonly good one at that.
| Ills dry wit and easy manner belied
his modesty at the first meeting sew
eral weeks ago when the club project
received its first material impetus His
successive introduction of Dean
Arthur Quinn of the University of
/ Pennsylvania, President Sparks of
State College. Headmaster Arthur T.
Brown of the Harrisburg Academy
and DR.. j. George Beeht superinten-
dent of the State Board OF Education.
were very apt. Each speaker as he
rose to address the gathering was
roundly applauded and given a cheer
by one or another of the college
groups and the rapid-fire, rousing talk
of President Sparks, the quiet but
forceful address of IIeadmaster Brown
and the encouraging and enthusiastic
speech of Dean Quinn, and lastly the
wonderful conquering of words and
masterful command of the Kings
English" displayed by DR.. Becht all
combined together to make up a list
of speakers that gave weight and i'm
portance to the meeting and afforded
much quiet amusement and many
hearty chuckles at the frequent jokes,
chestnuts and otherwise, that were
tnterspersed in the remarks. DIR. Becht,
IN starting his speech announced that
che was somewhat embarrassed"-h
was not allowed to continue, for his
Lafayette conferees Immediately
started up the familiar strain, Hes
liar, he's a liar, he's a liar just now,
etc to the keen JOY of the others.
And so it went throughout the eve
ming.
Long List of Guests
Special mention must be made of
the splendid cooperation of the
orchestra, which included a piano and
banjo; there was nothing started,
no matter how tuncless or discordant
that they did not follow and pick up
on their instruments, adding ef-
/ fectually to the gayety of the oc-
casion.
Mark T. Minor temporary secre-
tary of the tentative organization,
outlined the purpose and hopes of the
many supporters of the club project.
. The following guests were present.
Howard NJ. Bingaman, Arthur Il.
Brown, Is. S. Behney, J. George Becht,
w. Y. Blaming, j. Harris Bell, Will
liam Barber, George w. Bauder,
Ralph Baker, Mr.. Buckley, c. c. Cock
lin, G. II. Cummings, John c. Croll,
Z. q. Cox, H. j. Delcher, Carl w.
Davis, IL. G. Dibble, Henry r. Douglas,
/. II. Dennis, Raymond Ellis, William
II. Earnest, l.. r. Emerson, Elmer
It Erb; j. Harold Fox, Rooert T. Fox,
Farley Gannett, Henderson Gilbert,
Percy l.. Grubb, Fred a. Godcharles,
John l.. Good, Frank l.. Hessenberger,
William Hahn. f. r. Kelsey, John c.
Herman, j. j. Harris, w. S. Heister,
r. r. Hean, Benjamin Hale, John P.
Heimer Joseph G. Hatz, John A. L.
Hall, Frank NJ. Hunter Southard Hay,
l.. Roy Johnson, John c. Johnson, L.
IL. James a. E. Krause, III. NJ. Kirk
patrick. George b. Kunkel, NJ. |. Kast |
G. B. Koch, George w. Kehr, Thomas
NJ. Kelker, H. b. King. f. V. Larllin,
kaltwasser, Joseph Montgomery, |
Mark 7: Minor, r. r. Markley, e. B. |
Mitchell Donald Mccormick. Eugene
Miller, j. Arthur Mark, j. II. Morton, |.
f. p. Macmillan, III. r. Omwake, B. /
Frank Mead, b. NJ. Mead. j. e. NeaIe. I
r. Nj. Pennock, i. p. Perry, T. l..
Philip, L. w. Parker, L. r. Palmer.
w. Il. Page, Mr.. Patterson, p. r.
Rice, Richard Robinson, d. I. Ruther
ford, George S. Reinhold, j. NJ. j. .
ltaunick, Earl B. Rem, II. Rejtinger
$. S. Riddle, Al. Spooner. Carl Strait .
Karl Schoffle, Il. B. Smith. E. J.
Stackpole, Jr., w. p. Starkey, John
I. Shirley, Paul G. Smith, Frank p.
Snodgrass, d. S. Seitz, II. A. Surface.
Il. c. Smith, S. u. Shope, j. II. Shopp.
ID. T.. Tracy, Mercer Il. Tate, c. p.
William, j. II. Whitmoyer, r. Whit
.ney, A. A. Vert, John Fox Weiss, Il.