The Herald And News

THE NEWBERRY COLLEGE CLUB IN CAPITAL CITY

FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET A DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR.

Delightful Repast in Jefferson Hotel—Congressman Lever and Others Made Addresses.

Special to The Herald and News.

Columbia, July 3.—The first annual banquet of The Greater Columbia Newberry College Club, which was held in the Jefferson hotel on Tuesday night, was an elegant spread. Plates were laid for about one hundred, and the alumni, former students and invited guests very thoroughly enjoyed the occasion.

The alumni and former students of the college in Columbia number some eighty or ninety, and most of them were present.

Congressman A. Frank Lever, an alumnus of the college, and President Harms and Former President Cromer, both alumni, were the principal speakers of the evening. There were several other speakers, and the post-prandial talks were appropriate and liberally applauded, at times invoking intense enthusiasm.

The principal object of the association which has been formed is to advance the interests of Newberry college and to help poor boys to secure an education there.

President H. A. McCullough, of the association, was ill, and was therefore unable to attend and preside. His place as toastmaster was taken by Vice-president W. H. Hiller.

The speakers were the Rev. C. A. Freed, F. Wm. Cappelmann, Dr. W. H. Greever, Mr. R. H. Welch, Dr. Clarence L. Kibler, President J. Henry Harms, Dr. George B. Cromer, and Congressman Lever.

A slight tinge of politics was incidentally and scarcely noticeably injected into the affair towards the close, but it had best be forgotten, in the interests of the organization and of the college.

A refreshing note in the speeches was the reference by Dr. Cromer to the professors of the old days.

President Harms stressed the point that the college is a community of interests, and expressed his extreme gratification in this organization.

There was a goodly number of ladies present, some of them alumnae and former students.

The delightful menu was as follows:

Consomme en Cup

Olives Gherkins

Fried Filet of Sea Trout, Espagnole

Julienne Potatoes

Sirloin of Beef, Braised, Risolle Potatoes.

Green Peas

Sherry Punch a la Jefferson

Roast Philadelphia Capon, Giblet Sauce

Carolina Steamed Rice

Mixed Salad

Ice Cream and Cake

Cheese and Crackers

Demi Tasse

This organization can accomplish a great deal for Newberry college and for the cause of Christian education if it is conducted along the right lines, as no doubt it will be.

Its object should be what it claims to be—and nothing else.

If it keeps in the middle of the road and works for the college, it will be an organization of which the institution may well be proud.