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 10 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,
fraternized 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 r., with the speakers seated .
along the backbone of the l. and .
printed cards with the names OF the 1
/ colleges represented marking the
/ places of the different groups of col .
leges. The friendly spirit of rivalry
and emulation in the matter of sing I
ing and cheering lent the impression
of organized bunch of Fresh I
men tearing their lungs out for the I
college of their adoption, and staid
4 professors and serious minded lawyers
We're 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 I
sang and cheered together, and La ,
I fayette and Lehigh outdid one another /
in cheering the lone member of the .
/ University of West Virginia whose .
popularity grew as the evening pro- |
crossed. The University of Munich, /
and University of Technology of Eng |.
land were represented. Southard Hay, /
a Yale graduate and member of the |
. University Club of Pittsburgh, said .
after the banquet that il was the best
University banquet it had ever been /
his good fortune TO attend.
The Speeches
Nllllam II. Earnest was POSTMASTER ,
and an Uncommonly good one at that !
His 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, Ileadmaster Arthur T.. (
Brown Of the Harrisburg Academy .
ana DR.. j. George Becht. superinten- .
dent of the State Board OF Education .
rose TO address the gathering was
roundly applauded and given a cheer
by one or another Of the college J
groups and the rapid-lrc. rousng talk 7
of President Sparks the quiet but
fOrCcful address of leadmaster Brown .
and the encouraging and enthusiastic
speech of Dean Quinn, and lastly the
wonderful conquering of words and .
mastertul command of the Kings
English, displayed by Dr. Bccht all
combined together 10 make up list
OF speakers that gave weight and inn +
portance TO the meeting and afforded
much quiet amusement and many
hearty chuckles at the frequent jokes, ,
chcstnuts and otherwise, that were
interspersed in the remarks. DIR. Becht /.
in starting his speech announced that Z
'he was somewhat cmbarra ssed" he /
was not allowed TO continue, for his
I Lafayette conferees Immediately
started up the familiar strain, Hes
a 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 |
a 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 r. 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 T.. /.
Brown, b. s. Behney, J. George Becht. .
W. Y. Blaming, J. Harris Bell, Will /
liam Barber, George w. Bauder, +.
Ralph Baker Mr.. Buckley, G. c. Cock |
lin, G. II. Cummings, John c. Croll /
L. G.. Cox, H. J. Delcher, Carl W. |
Davis, II. G. Dibble, Henry r. Douglas, |
l.. II: Dennis, RAYMOND Ellis, William |.
T.. Earnest, l.. p. Emerson, Elmer
Erb, j. Harold Fox, Robert r. Fox, (
Farley Gannett, Henderson Gilbert I
Percy l.. Grubb, Fred A. Godcharles /,
John l.. Good Frank l.. Hessenberger |,
William Hain. +. r. Kelsey, John c. I
Herman, j. j. Harris, w. S. Ieister, |.
ieimer Joseph G. Hatz, John A. L. .
Hall, Frank NJ. Hunter Southard Hay, |
l.. Roy Johnson, John c. johnson, f. /
ii. James, y. E. Krause, H. NJ. Kirk /
patrick. George b. Kunkel, NJ. l. Kast Z
G. i. Koch, George w. Kehr, Thomas
NJ Kelker, II. Il. King f. V. Larllin,
W. 7. Loomis, Fred Langheim, Karl .
kaltwasser, Joseph Montgomery, ,
Mark T. AIilnor, Il. II. Markley. E. b. !
Mitchell. Donald Mccormick, Eugene
Alller j. arthur Mark, j. IL. Morton, /
+. p. Macmillan, III. r. Omwake. Il.
Frank Mead, b. NJ. Mead, ]. T. Neale
4. NJ. Pennock. i. i. Perry. 7. L.
Philip, L. w. Parker, L. r. Palmer
w. l.. Page, Mr.. Patterson, r. T.
Rice, Richard Robinson, ID. I. Ruther-
ford, George S. Reinhold, J. NJ. j.
Itaunick. Earl 3. Rem, II. Rejtinger.
:. $. Riddle Al. Spooner. Carl Strait.
Karl Schoffe, +. B. Smith. Il. J.
StacIpole Jr. w. p. Starkey, John
7. Shirley, Paul 6. Smith, Frank p.
Snodgrass. ID. S. Seitz, II. A. Surface,
+. c. Smith, $. u. Shope, J. II. Shopp.
ID. +. Tracy, Mercer E. Tate, c. p.
William, J. II. Whitmoyer, Il. Whit
ney, A. A. Vert, John Fox Weiss. Il. ,