Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-02-22
ANNUAL LINCOLN BANQUET
Of PHI PHI ALPHA
Gathering Marks One of the
Pleasant Events of the
College Year.

tron, the immortal Lincoln. II was
rot social evening for which the
guests must forfeit one of the twelve
coveted social cuts" although we
could gladly have given half of our
privileges to enjoy such banquet,
but il was decidedly social evening
from the standpoint of exquisite en-
tortaining.
Eight o'clock was the time Feb
ruary Is. the day; Wright House, the
place, and shortly after the clock
struck that hour the reception room
was filled with more than a murmur-
ing of bees. A lovely social half
hour was spent chatting and shaking
hands, and beauty and JOY filled the
end Of that glad day
We then went TO the dining room
from whence issued full notes from
the piano and the sweet strains of
violin.
DR.. Notestein, in simple but i'm
pressive words, returned thanks and
then the feast began around the ban
quet table which was bright with
flowers and lighted with the soft glow
OF the table lamps. All above but
hanging low were streamers of red
and black Even the chandeliers were
covered over in red and in that half
dimmed subdued light one felt that he
had been carried away 10 an oriental
booth. At either end was an effec-
tive electric Phi Phi Alpha sign in
black and red, and a Phi sign in
black and yellow.
Nothing is so contagious as en-
thusiasm and although sumptuou
feast followed. the bright faces
and strains of laughter showed that
each one was enjoying the evening as
well as the eats"
After we had dined and the Phi Phi
Alpha punch had been served. The
POSTMASTER Mr. Carl Titus, the man
who always knows howe" WELDON
ed the guests and ably introduced the
speakers with personal bits of history
for which they retaliated by heap
Goals of fire" or telling moth.
about him or by giving a part of h.s
biography, which was rather com
plete before the evening adjourned.
Lewis j Sarvis, 10, responded to
the toast As We Know them" and ne
graciously called the ladies 1.-The fair
est work of the Great Author" say
ing the edition was large and no man
should be without copy
Then Miss Rowena Rose, 49, re-
sponded with the message of apprecia-
ton from the "Philos" for the affilia-
ton between Philomathean and Phi
Phi Alpha. This she defined as ''mu-
tual helpfulness.' saying, sit is this
one communication, greatest useful
ness and sincerest truth that so close
ly bind these two societies.
Mr. Samuel N. Oliver brought
greetings from not only Phi Alpha
Pi but also from Oivet college. In
his toast on Friendship" he showed
us how the same kind of friendship
which exists between individuals ex-
lists in utilization between Phi Alpha
p and Phi Phi Alpha.
BY way of variety, Mr. Clarence
Halteman sang THE Two Grenadeers"
and "A Perfect Day." for we were
not TO be satisfied with but one Sc
lection.
"The Threshold of the Future" by
j. Melvin Anderson, 30, ex-
pressed the hopes and desires of the |
Freshmen for Phi Phi Alpha. but was
not without its "reminiscences of the
past.
In short but direct toast, Mr.. !
Howard Burtch showed how we may
link our fellowship with education"
fol so long as men shall be on earth /
there will be tasks for them to do"
In addition to his ability OF dis !
ability TO keep the society room
clean, Mr.. Homer Grimes demonstrat-
ed his aptitude in other vocations by |,
playing two piano selections and |
reading one humorous piece. Oh. a !
janitor is funny man!
Then next, in Or. Randels' usual and |
way we listened to tribute /
to Lincoln. He said that Lincoln was /
q man with whom God could talk and I
then with whom God could work. The I
main idea of his toast was that Lin I
coin sought to prevent. through fight I
ing for union, the establishing of a /
Europe Of today in our fair United /
States, and thus, through a united |
land and people, posterity has been
spared. perhaps countless wars.
Fond memory brings the light Of
other days around me-" and in his |
toast, Realities, Mr.. Paul. Austin, II,
the past in terms Of the 1
present.
And so with the singing of the col
Iege song, ended one of Phi Phi Al .
pha's most successful banquets. Only I
the programs, place cards and a few
faded flowers remain. but we will long
the banquet of II through
which Phi Phi Alpha so nobly pic
tured the high ideals for which she .
stands.