Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-06-04
Feast of Eats and
Flow of EIoquence

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You may talk of vacations by motor,
To city. or mountain, or shore,
But with baseball at home
Wen not need 10 roam,
So lets get to work and give more
Mr.. Collins was Loyalty supported by
Miss Lucy Newell Stage an ardent
fan" with the following:
Here's to the Snow Hill baseball fan,
May he support our club the best he
can:
We're out TO win.
And the shout and din
viii proclaim our team the best in the
land.
The limericks scored some very
timely hits. and brought out the fact
that many of the Snow Hill High
School graduates are poets as well as
wits.
In the second part of the program,
Nj. John w Station out Cobbed Irwin
;. Cobb in his remarks on you Know
How Women Are" and his humorous
sallies and rapier-like thrusts of wit
delighted the audience. at least, the
masculine part; while the women were
lost in wonder and Amusement that a
man should know them % intimately
and 50 we'll Mr.. station. however. left
them assured of the fact that with
all their faults. (if any they have) he
loves them still" When Mr.. Station
sat down. Miss Mary A. Townsend
arose. and in the grand manner of
Mary Roberts Rinchart, slapped back
Cfiguratilely speaking) with Isn't
That Just Like Man" Miss Town
send said that men take themselv
more seriously than women do, hat
they hate ridicule. and that it is Just
like man" to dislike a Joke on him
self She said It was 'ju I like man"
to burn his fingers. and then turn
around and do the same thing again.
She illustrated this by saying that
once man gets stung in a matri-
monial venture. and eet> free, he
Immediately begins 10 itch for a
second singing. She Sa that a mon
key knows better than this, therefore.
she deduced with true Darwinian de-
duction. that monkey is superior to
a man. Internationally. we wish to
remark that this is partly true. since
women often do make monkeys of
menl She drew another comparison,
though, that made amends. and also
made the men sit up and take notice,
when IN her final analysis, she ac-
knowledged that men are still the
sturdy oaks 10 which the tender vines
cling, or long TO cling Blessed assur-
ance Speed the day when every
sturdy oak has it, clinging vine
Amen
TO Professor Thomas Humphreys
Spence. Nice-President Of the Univer-
sity Of MARYLAND was assigned the
honor Of replying to the toast. AUD
Lang Sync." The selection of Prof.
Spence for this role was particularly
happy and appropriate for being
native of Snow Hill aAd a former
principal OF the Snow Hill High
School he knows the men and women
Of Yesterday. while his affection for
his old friends and his interest in his
home town have kept him informed of
the boys and girls of today. He was
listened to with attentive interest. and
all took pleasure in hearing his de-
lightful "reminiscences of the days of
Aud Lang Syne."
While the banquet was in progress,
q telegram was received from Mr..
John l. Coulbourn. Of Philadelphia,
and read Ia thu assenbiago. Mr. Coul-
boGrn i a graduate Of Snow Hill High
School, and was formerly principal.
He expressed regret at not being able
to b, present. and extended greetings
ana best wishes 10 his old associate
teachers. schoolmates, and scholars.
He expressed the hope that the ban
quot would become an annual affair,
and that the alumni association would
become permanent organization. be-
coming stronger every succeeding
years. His sentiments were heartily
endorsed. and he was given a round of
applause.
Among those present from a dis
Spence. College Park: Mrs. Malcolm
Price. Washington; Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas r. Wharton, Miss Lillian
Waters, stockton; Mrs. William r.
Bishop, Mrs Samuel X Dennis. Mrs.
Barnes Compton Graham. Baltimore;
Mr. and Mrs Harry Howard, Miss
Mary a. Townsend. Miss Eva $.
Townsend, Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs.
SfraxaR. Coyd,. DocornoEa. Mr. Cor-