The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-08-12
PATRIOTISM IS
KEYNOTE. Of
FRAT. BANQUET
Civilians Entertain Frater-
nifty Brothers of Navy.
Seventy-Eight Present.
ELOQUENT TALKS
MADE BY MANY
First of Series of Entertain
ments to Service Men
is Huge Success.

Seventy-eight Greek Letter Frabarn.
ltv men, representing nearly every
state and many colleges IN theunion.
gathered at the San Carlos hotel last
night at a dinner, given by the Pen
sacola members to their brothers sta
toned here in the army and navy.
The occasion was one Of the most
unique ever witnessed in the citv.
and one long to be remembered bv
those who took part. Hon. w. A.
Blount acted as toastmaster. and in
troduced during the evening II. A.
Pumpilly, J. E. .. Yonge, Paymaster
Robbins, Scott Loftin, William Fish
er, W A. Blount, Jr., and Rev. J. H.
Brown.
To those of the service. the PEN
sacollans expressed a cordial wei
come, while the responses showed
deep appreciation. A theme. con-
stantly stressed was the sacrifice of
the men enlisting, of position, of
business to respond to the call of
country In this was found the true
meaning of fraternity, and in the
present cast, a fraternity of nations
banded together, fighting for COM
mon ideal; to make the world safe for
Democracy.
After dinner, Mr.. Blount, in intro
duclng the speakers of the evening.
outlined the essentials of fraternaI
ism, and the pride of each man in
his own particular society. This he
said is loyalty, and it is not to be
wondered, that when country calls,
those who have found their express
SION of loyalty in fraternalism, have
joined the broader fraternity, the
military service of the United States.
Mr. Blount then introduced Mr.. Pun
pilly.
Mr.. Pumpilly expressed the appre-
| citation of the men of the service for
| the entertainment, and thanked the
local fraternity men for their hos
| pitalty.
J. E. n. Yonge was then intro
| duCed, and expressed a desire which
found ready response, that other sim
! liar entertainments be given, to knit
closer friendship between Pensa-
cola and the service men stationed
here.
After Mr.. Yonge, Paymaster Rob-
bins was called upon, and responded
gracefully with an anecdote on fra
leFuIIy lie IN past years
Following the naval officer, Scott
| NJ. LOftin was introduced and told
/ of his pleasure in meeting fraternity
| brothers in the service, and fratern-
! ity men in general, for being a fra
! ternity man, he said, established a
| kind of sinship to other fraternity
men, even though they ne Of differ
ent society. Briefly, he touched on
the service of the men to their
country, and closed with an apostro-
phe to "Old Glory" which brought
forth tremendous applause
William Fisher was introduced aft
er Mr.. Loftin, and he too empha-
sized the bigger and broader fra
! ternal spirit as characterized by the
| dinner, where strangers, united by
| the bond of brotherhood had met to-
gether in good fellowship,
Fraternalism, in the light of the
war, was the theme of ". A. Blount,
Jr., who was next introduced, and the
speaker stressed the ideals of fra
| ternities. as typiied in the great CON
! fiict The ideals inspired by fra
! ternities, finding expression in SER
vice and loyalty, ana the great fra
! ternities Of nations, when banded to-
| gether in common cause, fight TO
preserve the rights of small nations,
to crush autocracy, and to make the
world safe for democracy.
Rev. J. H. Blown was the last
called by the POSTMASTER, and voice!
his pleasure in meeting the first large
number of fraternity men since hc
! left college. Of their duty to the
country, Mr.. Brown said the men
knew better than he could tell them,
and as how be- TO fight Germany
it was not his province TO instruct
them. But of this, he said he was
certain, that when they fought, they
would do their duty to the utmost,
and what he wished was that they
finish the job, and all return home.
During the dinner musical selec-
tons were greatly enjoyed, through
the courtesy of Mrs. Sara Trick
Weimer, Miss Lillian Jacoby, Miss
Edith Tucker, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodwork. Vocal selections by the
last three we're greeted with ire
mendous applause, and repeated en-
cores were given.
The affair last night was the first,
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