Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-13
MOTHERS AND SONS BANQUET
; TOGETHER AND ENJOY PROGRAM
OF INSPIRAT|ONAL TALKS

| the love and reverence our boys
shower upon us.
LAS long as we live up to these
ideals the safety of American homes
is assured and the truth of the old
adage is confirmed. That the hand
that rocks the cradle rules the
world"
Robert leadbetter
Mother and l." was the response
! which Robert Leadbetter suited to
well chosen words. Mother and J.
There never was finer start, so I
have a pretty good start for my toast.
l might say that Mrs. Niles' toast
was like a mirror and | might say
,, it all back and make a goode speech.
i AS for the first part, Mother and I.
l will stick. to it as closely and as
long as l can. For the second part.
l will not have much to say for il;
1t will speak for itself. The first
word we learn to say is Mama and
we say it and say it. AS we grow
older we say Ma and it is out of
| no disrespect to her that we shorten
| the name. 1t is not a cheap nick
| name. We want our mothers. 10
J grow up with US. Sometimes they
want to baby us. Their love never
weakens. We want TO share our
! pleasures with our mothers"
| In closing Robert Leadbetter quot
/ ed from Edgar A. Guests mother
poem which ends. That is every
! mothers way"
| Howard Stiles
The toast, Mother and l." was
| given by Howard Stiles. 1t was we'll
! considered and thoughtfully given
! toast and was replete with goodly
| thoughts.
| DO YOU realize that your mother
| Is your nearest and your dearest
| friend. Think how proud she is
| when You win honors in high school.
| when she sees you engaged in COL
| iege activities, and think of the keen
interest she shows in aiding YOU in
| the choosing of your life career af-
ter you have left school.
! Here's to mother. like the sun In
the heavens, she outshines all 9TH
ers."
Mrs. Henry r. Gilmore
| The response which Mrs. Henry T.
Gilmore gave to the toast, Mother
! and l." can best be described in the
lullness of its excellence by quoting;
1T is indeed pleasure and honor
TO speak for the mothers in replying
TO this toast at the second annual
banquet of mothers and sons. Some
pooy has said that God could not be
everywhere at once and so he made
mothers. Isn't that a beautiful idea ?
! Surely nothing on earth comes so
rear eXemplifying the love of God as
the love of a mother; for it is filled
with sacrifice: is interchangeable and
| loVes the children all alike.
| A teacher in public school ask
ca boy how many pieces mother
would cut from q pie if there were
SIX seated at the table with her. The
boy replied six. This upset the
teachers arithmetic and she wanted
| 10 Know his reason. He said, .You
uoil KNOW my mother. She would
say, don't care for any pie today"
An6reW Carnegie said he was glad
| ne mad been a poor boy because he
thus had his mother with him ali the
time. So mothers love to her son and
the sons love and devotion to his
mother IS one of the greatest lows
of life 'os
MI, President, Mr.. Smith, officers
or the Y. M. c. A: Is it not MIA in
that the honorinG of mothers in this
way is helping to build up the Y
A. Z. A? Will not the bows who
nave been instrumental in bringing
lnelr mothers have a greater inter-
est IN the y. M. c. A. because mother
mas been honored here? Will not
.he mothers, themselves. be all the
more ANXIOUS for their sons to go
TO Y. NJ. c. A. that holds I'm such
loealS before their boys?"
Silly Miller and Prizes
| William Miller was NEXT tntro
ouced onto the scene of action an;
taIter mounting a table. sang a num
per or songs which brought down the
mouse and also brought forth de-
mands for more.
William, otherwise Billy. of course
IS most diminutive chap, but wha,
ne lacks in size he makes up in as.
surance and poise. After a humble,
OF solo parts, he prevailed upon tbe
boys IN the crowd to join in on the
songs, which have been learned and
VIII be learned again by new bows
AT the \. M. c. A. camp.
| Then came the awarding of tbe
emDlems for the various groups AND
the Individual prizes. Milton @
Dean, chairman of the PHYSICAL De.
partment committee, awarded the
prizes as follows:
Mldgets: Stuart Taylor, emblem
for his team and also individua
award. Herbert Chapman. William
otis, Frederick Stacy. Graham Ell
win, Donald Perry, Joe Nelson.
juniors: Lawrence Titus. emblem
for his team and personal award
Marcellus GRAHAM, Percy Jackson
Harold Chapman, Francis McDon.
aid, John Paul, David Drapkin, Rob.
ert Leadbetter, Donald Clark.
Intermediates: Cushing True. wor
highest award with a score of 1888 .
but as he won the gold medal last
year and a boy cannot win it twice
he received his certificate; John Lis.
ter. 1850 second highest score, wor
the gold medal and his certificate!
Ernest Cookson. 1886, certificate
Enrol Ridgewell. 1902, shoulder
medal; Harlow Bradford, 1923.
Athletic tests with awards Of
bronze buttons for marks over 400
Harlow Bradford. 40: John Lester
1853: Robert Scenergie. 451: Cushing
True. $50: Ernest Cookson, 44S
Robert Holmes, 400; Kenneth Elvin
40; Lawrence Titus. 41S; Cecil
Haskell. 402; Ellinwood Lapham
The boy who received a new bic
league baseball for selling most tick