The Starkville news., 1920-12-03
ANNUAL ''Y
CABINET
BANQUET

The officers and cabinet of the
Y. M. C. A. held their third annual
banquet at the Parker Cafe on the
might of the % inst, at which COW
ers were laid for thirty people. This
is social event instituted the first
year of Sec'y Rogers work with the
Association, and will in all probabil-
ity be continued as an annual event.
One of the purposes in having BAN
quet is to bring together all of the
student officers of the Association,
the members of the cabinet and the
Board of Directors in an evening of
informal association and good fell
lowship to take stock and discuss to-
gether questions of vital interest to
the organization.
After all present had demonstrat-
ed their unqualified belief in "inter-
nal improvements" by the method
usually adopted when hungry men
sit down to a table of delicious and
appetizing viands such as cream of
oyster soup, roast turkey, creamed
potatoes, celery, olives, dressing,
shrimp salad, ambrosia, devil cake,
coffee, etc, the General Secretary in
a few yell chosen words presented
Mr.. Chas. H. Brandon as the Toast
master Of the evening. Mr.. Brandon,
with the grace and ease of an ex-
perienced after-dinner speaker, in
-troduced DR.. D. C. Hull, President
of the College, who spoke briefly on
"Y" Aims" AS is always the case,
DR.. Hull's address was eminently
appropriate and contained much Of
food for thought. He spoke of the
emblem of the Y. M. G. A., the red
triangle wit hthe words, spirit, mind
and body inscribed in three sides of
the triangle, showing that the pro-
gram and purposes of the Y. M. c.
A. is to bring about harmonious
and well-balanced development of
the threefold nature of man, the
spiritual or moral, the mental and
the physical, that no young man
who would develop into we'll
rounded character can afford to neg
lect either the spiritual, mental or
physical side of his nature. He paid
tribute to the splendid work which
this great organization is accom-
plishing not only in this country but
thruout the world. He commended
our Association for the work which
it is doing and expressed the hope
that greater things might yet be ac-
complished.
Mr.. H. S. Johnson was next in
troduced as the most generally low
ed and admired man of the student
body, one whose lofty ideals and mo-
BILE ambition coincide with his daily
life, the Woodrow Wilson of the stu
dent body. He spoke on "The Out
look" He called to mind some of
the outstanding achievements of the
last two years and referred to some
of the accomplishments of the Asso-
citation during the present year, call
ing particular attention to the splen-
did Missionary enterprise which we
have undertaken, pointing out the
fact that other colleges in the South
are looking to us as leader. He
declared that we could not afford to
fail to raise the $4,000 which we
have said we would raise in order
that the Miss. A. & M. may keep her
representative and-son, o. R. Magill
in China.
Prof. J. G. Herbert, Chairman of
the Board of Directors, was next
presented by the Toastmaster. His
subject was "Reminiscence." He de-
lighted all present with most inter-
esting recital of conditions at the
college thirty years ago, about the
time he entered here as student.
He also recounted the growth of the
Association both in equipment and
work accomplished 1t is only thru
the untiring efforts of such men as
Prof. Herbert and number of 9th
ers that we have the best college 'Y'
in the South.
J. X. Miner was introduced as
the man with many friends, the man
who scatters sunshine and good
cheer wherever he goes. He lived
up to his introduction in most
ereditable manner, keeping the en-
tire company in an uproar of laugh
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