The Gavelyte, July 1915

J4 · THE· CAVEL YT£ A M.E~IOR-~BLH EVENT. , As. n rcco_rd . of fact, tl_ie Annual Banqt1et of Cedarvill e Colleg (- Alumru- Asso_c1ahon _yrns h_f:ld :June 3, 6 o 'clock µ. m. at C:,.m eg te Hall, Ccda rv1lle, Ohio. Thi s 1s a fact of casual inter es t to every alumnu i1, but · of partfcular int !'ltest only to t hose· w1 •o were in attf)n- <lan,ce.. Upon their -minds it will pr obab):v be incyelibly stamped. In onP. s life there fl·c many days that leave but little im11ression ,upo:w. the memory. . ,ii; e do not recall them. 'l'hey are good avera,;rc days that succeed each othez: quietly llnd 011: wh_ich an e:7en balance ·i~ kept Then comes a day, which, by a combinatwn of circumstances brin" S a1!- ~yent .- ,i~t-~. our liv~s w~ich gives it an unfor gctable place in the long pr ocession.. Banqueti; t hel'e have been, banquet$ ther e sha11 be -l;- long succession of .them, let :us hope- all good a nd a ll t horoughly e~Joy~d, but. _th:- ·banq~1et of lfll-'i Wl:I.S :norc tha n en joyable. Jt waf.s, h1stone. .Th is 111 .no s illy boa.<it. This 1s a f act t.he caUSl'S of which we wish to impress upon those friends of Ccdm- vi ll" col1c"11 who wer e not pri viJeged to he present. .To be~~in with nrnctical details, it rn~•i• be said t hat the banquet ing .commit tee sncceeiled ·in an-an~·inr: a ban- quet t hat was attracti ve, suffid ent l))' sumpt uous and wholly gat isfr 11- t or y and whic:h was virti,ally self-supportin:.,. 'l'his committee is t .., be congrat ulated. The A)umni Associat ion has go•.~cn down to s0J:- ious business· and t he da :v is past. ivhen , with _impnnitv, the ti·c11.s- ury can be drained for convivia l pur pose~. T.hcrr. wore aliout 70 in a ttendance·, ·focluding t he in<.-omin~ class, -Facu lty, wives and fricr u.s: of member s of the.A.ssociat ion; .~o thnt the attendance of actua l mem- bers was not a ll t.hat could be desired and hope(! for in the f:ut ur~. On the .progr a.m of t oa 13ts Rev. Homer McMillan D. D. , Sr.cret:n-y ot t he. Executive Home Missions C:ommittr,c (rf fae P t·e~bvrpi-ian C 1 · •1rrh U. S., acted as Toastm aster. Inimitable here as eli;eWhere and al- ways, he made an int er est.in' { pl•ogram .~pa.i'kle with intcr es'.. Dr. McMillan ,welccmcd t he Clai,s of _1015. whoi;c pn:!l:d ~;; :· . Mr. (' " "1Cr'l11 Ross, responded in a brief speech that r eflPcteci t he ii-repressihle i n- terest of the alumnus of today in th e wel fare of CcdarviJle . No one who heard this speech can h_ave t he lea.st doubt · but that "Cam" will be a "Booster" for Cedarville colle.1re. "~ [a-y his trihe increa se." The f cillowing .per sons made up t he lfrt of ~a.kers on t he ev('ning's pro- g'ram·: Rev. R. W. ·Ustick , Class of l911, Unite<1 I're~hvtcrian pasto~ at Sidney, Ohio; -l\fiss oiary Belle F..rvin, 02. Nationa l Secretary of The Loyal TE!mperancc Legion; Rev.• 1ohn Wilson , 0~, pastor of tr.e First Pi:e!!bvtt'r ian Chur ch, Urbana . J11. : Dr. David AlcKinnev, pastor of the F ir st Presbyteri an church. · Cincinnati and r Pli ~·i n,,. pa. ,.-;ide ~• of the College, and Pro.f. W. R. 1'.\:TcChcsncy, i nron:iw• l'Ye,,i( ]P.nt 01' Cedarville -Collc··e. Mr. Gstic k sp oke on the su bjcrt : "Docs It Par '?" This was a br illiant and inBp ir.in! ! t en minut e t,f\lk on t he hisl:h rat -. ing- of Cedarville college -as ·an investment and a rin <riw• pe1·s011al t estimony t o the value of that which Ceda1·vil1 e accon1plis~es in_the life· of t he conscientious student. ·· · " If We ,x.i·ere All Here" ·wai:; the subject wit h which Miss Ji) rvin dea lt. We ·have come to belicv.e that those who hold irnpol·tant po- si tions h ave won t hem on thefr_merit.e:. ·. (Ear lJe•: we rl id !1._llt be_li~v& t his). Miss Ervin strengthen!" m us that convrnt10n . She 1s guidm ~ n bill: inovement bec•.a.use sl,c has thought b ig t hou~hts. Her addi-es~ on this occasion was charact eri f't it. · ~'' f! made u~ feel that Ceda1·- ville College Alumni ·Associat ion, the child of a worthy ins ~it ution , is growing into a st ron~ Qrgimiza tion, capable of a gr"'at , c.ornma nd- Contlnued on Page rn;