The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

a fitting climax to the Kappa
 A Delta convention, which has
 been the event of the past week
 Birmingham, the banquet Friday even
 which took place in the ballroom of
 D Tutwiler was heralded.
 Assembled about the festal board was
 group of representative college women, gorous. vital. abreast of the times, our kure splendid citizens.
 The handsome decorations added beauty
 the occasion. Music, song. pretty omen, all made the event one long
 be Remembered by those who were lesent, which, besides the national coun-
 and delegates included a dozen prom ent Birmingham women.
 At s:30 o'clock the guests assembled on ke mezzanine floor and few minutes tier sat down to a delicious repast Miss Elizabeth Corbett, the editor or hs Angeles, and one of the brightest
 d most attractive young women at the
 lvention, was the toastmaster Tor the
 .asion and she presided with rare tact Id diplomacy, happily touching on sun- jcts near and dear to the hearts of all |appa Deltas.
 Aa The hundred and twenty-five guests Eood at table, Miss Corbett, raising the Andsorne silver loving cup of the Kappa feltas, said:
 i..Before we find our places. let us form ur mystic circle of friendship. The gol- en links of sisterhood are tonight made aore beautiful with the precious gems friendship. A perfect circle, you say? ,5o, for to be really perfect the circle rust be one, so let us join arms. Now IS ae circle indeed perfect.
 ..In the sixteenth century traveller Iarne from afar to the shores of a land # flow CTS in quest of a fountain Of per l.tual youth. He sought in vain. Four injuries later a traveller from this land t flowers stumbled upon this mountain. Tut this twentieth century traveller has bund 1t in every part of this land of urs. You ask, who, where, how? You Gsh to drink? Then follow my lead. For lam the twentieth century traveller. knd this secret of youth hidden away human hearts If Ponce de Leon had lily wanted to find the. fountain or buth he would have done even as you Id I-joined Kappa Delta and attended conventions.
 .And so tonight as you drink from this lp of love and friendship. drink deep' r 1t is the very elixir of life. As you ss the cup along loose not your arms + to do so will break the mystic spell he first quaff then is for all Kappa Dei- Ks everywhere. May they some day link with each of us from the louh- lin of perpetual youth
 storms of applause greeted Miss Cor htt's magical words and the entire as Lmblage burst forth into song. one or hose rolicking, typical college songs that herybody loves so much to sing.
 kWhile the cup was passed around the E.cle of love and friendship Miss Cor Att read a letter from the former presi- Nent of the Kappa Delta fraternity, Miss AqN Coltrane Of Concord, N. C., who was RaVoidabiy prevented from attending the l5nvention. The storm of applause which Elected the mention of Miss Coltrane's s #eme showed the loving regard and high Eseem in which she is held and every eye Nd every ear was centered upon the #saker, as Miss Corbett delivered Miss #ltrane's message, which said in part: BIAS 1t is one of the greatest joys of #e when kindred soul is for the first # me TeCOSnlZ6Q dIu ClstlIlcu, SO4 II. tS 4 ie of the bitterest moment of life when e first rupture is made of the ties which N nd our lives together. Before it comes. is hard to believe that 1t is possible N Then it does come, it is harder still to lderstand the meaning, the miracle of 8ly Kappa Delta friendship seemed too Ssir to carry in its bosom the menace of #s loss.
 #f'I know, of course, that such things $e d been and must be. But I never quite lalized what it could be until I became M e victim.
 "a Tonight you are gathered at our ban '&let table. The first convention banquet Mhave ever missed Yet in truth I am tn you tonight. There remains place 4 my heart which is tender to every |Epuch of you, and it has been often ssd familiar faces seem to send me their Answering smiles of love. There are |Aiany new faces among you, but you Nbuch me also because you are all my & rls. Even our National council for I lad Kappa Delta even before they. am sIding each and every one of you in deepest recesses of my heart and &ny when you are, saddened when
 I1E by your sorrows and gladdened
 r joys, and Pm Imagining this
 ion is the best one yet
 he was touched by the beautiful
 HI Xrom the former beloved Kappa s ~ fesi6ent and many expressions of I've and affection were heard on every lie about Miss Coltrane.
 There were only two speakers on the