The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-26
FEAST AND TALKS
MADE FINE EVENT
Fathers and Sons Banquet
In North Mankato
MUSIC ONPROGRAM
Interesting and Intellectual Ad-
dresses Filled Out Most
Splendid Evening [

IL was a Father and Son event last
night in North Mankato. Long be
fore time for the guests TO arrive,
a dozen or so boys came early.
There were fat boys, lean boys, red
headed boys, frecRled- raced boys
and BOYS who when they laughed
showed dimples and two big butter
mean teeth in front. There were the
bows who have no fathers and Pro
lessor ]. b. Thompson who Is Big
Brother to all the boys, mad them
there to loan.
And they were all borrowed long
before time for the banquet. prompt
Iy at seven o'clock. the musicians
took their places, with Obert Pluto
AT the piano. Frank Endicott, the
violin and C.. X LGsG, the cornet.
!. Then AL fathers and sons marched
in to the two large banquet rooms
of the North Mankato school. Inc
tables were lovely with their bloom
ing primroses and cyclamen. Eacn
father sat beside his chick. Inc
overworked word delicious ana
.ssumptious' could not be used in
comparison with this banquet. me
women of the Parent Teachers as
sociafion, cooked the dinner and
they knew Just what it took TO NIL
the inner man. The teachers or the
school waited tables and were most
generous with their belpings. The
self served meat market sent their
hest meat cutter down to do his bit
in cutting the meats. Not only did
fathers bring one son but some
brought four and five. The youngest
son there was Harvid Fenger, aged
four wears. and the Oldest one Ar
mold Lunde, aged twenty five, who
tips the scales at, Two hundred, was
there with his papa r. c. Wilson
acted as POSTMASTER. The SONS, leu
~ Mr. Wilson, gave a toast 10 then
fathers. Then Holley Brandrup lea
the community singing, with Mrs
Kearney at the piano. They sang
a little of everything and sang 1t
we'll. considering it followed the
banquet. But the hit of the evening
was the song to the tune Of Smiles"
There are feeds that maSes US hap
nv. there are feeds that make me
veil. there are feed that bring the
glistening tear drops, but. the feed
that makes my stomach swell. But
the feed | always like to play TO,
and the feed that always makes me
glad, Is the feed they serve in North
Mankato, At the banquet l had with
wynn Kearney responded to a
toast ITO My Father" There are
six letters in the word Father said
Wynn. The first letter spells
friendship, dad is always my friend
the second letter Z is A and that
stands for advice, dad always gives
me advice; the third is T, and that
is for thoughts, Father is always
claiming and thinking of me. The
fifth is E, and that is for example
| look I'D to him and | know that II
/ do as he does / will come out al
right. The sixth is r, and that is
for respect. l respect dad De
cause | have faith in him. Let
US all spell Father together" Holley
Brandrup picked up his baton and
started another song in which the
fathers sang and then the sons, end
ing with a final chorus together
A violin solo Twilight Idyl,'
played by Frank Endieott and Hol-
ley Brandrup sang group OF songs
which was much enjoyed.
THE Boy and the Church" was
responded to by ]. c. Heath. "A
boy properly reared has naturally
much respect for the church and a
sence of obligation to it," said Mr.
Heath, "but these are not strong
enough to hold him unless the
church offers him something he
really wants. 49, The church should
aim to make her self a social in
stitution for the sake of the young
people, She should have social par
lors with the right kind OF litera
ture upon it and opened evenings
through the week. The churches are
not alive to their obligations to
minister socially to the young peo-
Die of both sexes, especially boys
Many church could double its ef-
fectiveness as boy saver II II
would put in a gymnasium and por'
perIy manage it. A lot of Cody
dads will think gymnasium is al
right but the church is not the place
for 1t. The same dads will think II
proper to provide kitchens and
dining rooms but refuses the boys
something more Urgently needed
The Boy and the Town" was
responded to by d. o. Tenny. He
gave a splendid talk both to fat.
hers and sons and advised the
fathers to get closer and nearer Il
their boys and not to say or dc
; anything they would not want theil
sons to know. He then related some
OF his earlier boyhood experiences
and closed by suggesting that sucf
gatherings as these be held oftenel
feeling it would be a great benefi
to both. .
Professor j. B. Thompson respond
School" when the boy first come:
ed to the toast, "The Boy and thu
to school," said Mr.. Thompson, che
comes with a crowd sits with :
crowd -'-.Sies with crowd, recite'
with I'd and often sleeps with ;
crowd So it can be- seen that he il
much OF a crowd individual. hav'
often thought that il a boy coult
pick himself ND and be Transported
TO some Robinson Crusoe island Il