The Junior Banquet held in the Park Hotel at Williamsport, on
Friday evening - , November 13th, the eve of the game with Dickin
son, was an unqualified success. For first class hotel arrange
ments, toasts and general good time, this banquet of the Junior
year was the most successful of the three which the class of 1905
has had the good fortune to hold. The Seniors held their banquet
across the hall in an adjoining room, and the utmost good fellow
ship and feeling prevailed.
After storing away all the good things which the host had pro
vided for the hungry seventy-seven, toastmaster, William B.
Hoke, opened the after-dinner speeches with a few well chosen
remarks, referring to our good fortune in the past, present and
future. He introduced Benjamin U. Hamilton as the speaker in
the first toast of “Laps.” Mr. Hamilton compared the career of
the class of 1905 to that of a race horse, and each of the four years
of our college course as one of the “laps.” Fie referred in glow
ing terms to the past history of 1905, and predicted great things
for the future. Mr. Hollinger was the next speaker on the toast
“Robins.” According to Mr. Hollinger the “robins” are the little
birds who send the “blue letters,” etc., for which the boys chase
down to the post office every morning. He told several apt stories
of the various kinds of “robins” which influence a college man’s
life.
The next speaker was Mr. Reuben H. Aungst on the toast, “Our
Alma Mater, Its Past, Present and Future.” He traced the 'his
tory of the college from its beginning to the present day, and
showed the influence the class of 1905 has had in making its pres
ent history. Fie painted the future in glowing terms, and if we are
to believe his words, there is a large and glorious niche awaiting
each member in the Hall of Fame of the future.
The concluding toast, “The Men We’ve Lost,” was delivered by
Mr. Ira C. Minick. Fie enumerated a few of our “emigrants,”
who had done the class great service, among them Smith, Russell,
Stout, Bennett, and delivered a glowing tribute to their memory.