The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-02-20
FATHER AND
s.
son BAN sJET

One of the best banquet = ,er held
in the city was that held = i night,
given in the parlors of tF = rst Con-
gregational church Sc, by the
Guild ladies and enjoye s couple
of the city. 1t was re a Y. M. C.
A. affair but the mi 8 keynote was
the father and son io> The guests
were treated to very fine supper by
the ladies which fell in for big
share of appreciation by the hungry
ones sitting around the banquet ta-
bles. Following this delectable "feed"
a few speeches were made. Prof. r.
L. Brown was toast master of the
evening and he is an exceptionally
good one, each speaker being intro
duced in we'll worded, right to the
point sentnces, each Introduction con-
tanning thoughts pertaining to the
subject to be talked about. The first
speaker was C. G. Chaffee, who spoke
on "The Relation of the boy to the
Business World" and made clear
cut talk on how the boy should strive
to attain efficiency and honesty as well
as character in the business world. 1t
was a practical, sensible plea to the
boy to grow up manly, efficiently and
honestly forming nothing but the best
habits and advancing to the top Of the
ladder in the business world. Clar-
ence Lyons was the next speaker and
made a splendid talk on the latitude
of the boy toward the father" It was
a real talk from a boys standpoint
and was really plea for the father
to meet the changed conditions OF life
wherein the boy and the father were
becoming more like chums than
strangers as it has been in the past.
It used to be said "spare the rod and
spoil the child" said Clarence, now
it is desire on the part Of both
father and son to get together as
chums and companions. 1t was very
GOOD. Rev. j. S. Wilds was called on
to talk on ssthe relation of the boy to
the church." AS usual Mr. Wilds
made a splendid talk advocating that
if more fathers were in church more
sons would be found in the sanctuary
He thought the church was the one
great stepping. stone to- not only
greater things in the christian life but
in the business life as well as man
who was brought up in christian
atmosphere was bound to develop that
finer character that goes to making
the real man. President &. r. Allen
Of the State Normal school FOLLOWED
with a concrete talk on the value OF
an education and recited where the
great majority Of men in the country
holding the best positions were those
who had a college or university edu
cation. He pleaded to the boy to gel
a good education as it was OF unes
Unable value for his life's future
Mr.. Allen made very fine talk along
these lines. President Kane, OF tht
University of North Dakota followed
and gave very good talk on educa
tion and the traits Of the boy as in
herited from the father. It was rea
exposition of character building
handed down from father to son
proving that the life of the father a
seen through the boy was bound t.
have an impression on the boy. Elk
Gov, L. B. Hanna concluded the eve
ning's program by/a very interesting
little talk on the work of the Y. M
G. A. ':over there" in which he sait
that organization with the Red Cross
KNIGHTS Of Columbus, Hebrew Societ!
and Salvation Army were doing
great work. Prof. Brown closed tn
meeting with few well rounded re
marks on the value of the banque
and hoped that we were to have man!
more of them, not only once a year
he said, but the fathers and son son
should have a get-to-gether meetin,
every week, every day in the year
It was certainly a great gathering
full of good time, good thought an
fine ideals. Let US have them often
can't get too many.