The Gavelyte, July 1915

14 THE GAVELY1E 1 l\IE.MOR i\BLI~ EVE. T ~ a recol'd. of fact, the Annu:il Banqn0t of CNlarvillc Col leg lumn; so~1al1011 _was hC:ld _June :3, G o'clock p. m. at :irnc~ 1 e Hall, etlarville, Oht_o. Th_1s Is a facl of casual interP.st to cverv alumnus, but of 1~art1~ular _mte~·pst only to those w! o , £>1e in atten– dan,ce.. pon thell" nunds It will probably be inclelibly stamped. Tn ones hfe there are many days that leave but little impression up 0 1. the memory. We do not 1·ecall them. ThC'y are good avc-rn.n·e da\s that succ eel each othe1: quietly and o~ wh_ich an e_ven halanec is kept Then comes a day, wluch, by a combrnation of nrcnmslances brinus an event int? our lives which gives it an unforgetable place in tl~0 long procession. Banquets the1·e hc1ve been, banque~s therP s11all be -~ long succession of them, let ~1s hope-all g-ood an~! all thoroughly cnJoyed, but the banquet of 1810 was more than enJovable. It wa~, historic. This is no silly boast. This is a fact the causes of wi1ich ,Ye wish to impress upon those friends o.f Cecln::.-,'ill,:, r.oJle·•e who wen' not privileged to be pre~ent. To ?<"'~·in with prnctical details:, it m.-:i.y be said that the banqueting committee snccecrled in arrane;in~ a ban– quet that was attractive, suffi ciently su mptuous and w~1oll;v sat.isf,'c– tory and which was virtually self-supportin.rr. This committee is tv be congratulated. The Alumni Association has ~oticn clown to s 'J'– ious business and the dav is past when, with. imp~mitv, the tn~ns– ury can be drained for convivial purposes. Tl 1 cre ,,-e-::e about 70 in attendance, including the incomi1w class, Faculty, ,vives and frier us of member's of the Association; so that the attendance of actual mem·· hers was not all that could be desired and hoped for in the future. On the program of toas:s Rev. Homer Mr::Millan D. D.. Secre~ary :)f the Executive Home Missions Corrin1itt0p 0f the Pre"bvc,=,rinn C'·,urn U. S., acted as Toastmaster. Inimitable here as elsewhere and al– ways, he made an interesting· proitram <;;parkle with interesc. Dr. McMillan welcomed the Glass of Hi15. wh0se P''"~·c1'.)P'. 1l'. C'' .. 1'.)T011 Ross, responded in a brief speech that reflected the irrepressible in– terest of the alumnus of today in the welfare of Cedarville. No one who heard this speech can have the lea.st doubt but that "Cam" w-ill be a "Booster" for Cedarville colle$,re. "M ay his tribe increase." The following persons made up the lif,t of speRkers on the evenin?;·'s pro– gram : Rev. R. W. Ustick, Class of 1911, Uniten Presbvterian pasto.. at Sidney, Ohio; Miss Mary Belle Ervin, 02. National Secretary of -The Loyal Temperance Legion; Rev. John Wilson, 0~, pastor of the First Presbvtnian Church, Urbana. Ill.: Dr. David McKinnev, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Cincinnati and n=-' i 1 ·inn· P-·ps:~d:!n'· of the College, and Prof. W. R. ,1cchesney, incorr.in''" P,:e~idr->nt of Cedarville Colle 0 ·e. Mr. Ustick spoke on the subject: "Does It Pay?" This was a brilliant and inspirinP- ten minute rRlk on the high rat– ing of Cedarville college as an investment and a rin'!'in,,. pe1·sonal testimony to the value of that which Cedarville accomplishes in the life of the conscienti011s sti1dent. "If We Were All Here" was the subject w-ith which Miss Ervin dealt. We have come to believe that those who hold important po– sitions have won them on their merits. (Earlie 1 • we did not believe this)., Miss Ervin strengthens in us that c~:mviction. She is gui_ding a big movement becausP she has thoug-ht big- thoua:hts. Her address on this occasion was characteristic. 8 1 1e ma<le us feel that Cedar– ville College Alunmi Association, the <'hild of a ,,,orthy institution, is growing into a strong· organization, capable of a great, command- Continued on Page Hi.