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Show PROFESSOR SHEPHERD IS ENTERTAINED AT BANQUET The directors of the Salt Lake Symphony Sym-phony orchestra gavo a. banquet Tuesday night at the Alta club to Mr. Arthur Shepherd, who has been the conductor of the orchestra, but who tendered his resignation res-ignation some time since, In order that ho might go to Boston, where a tempting tempt-ing offer had been made him and which he accepted. Those prenont at tho banquet were Jo-soph Jo-soph Gcohegan, Horace G. Whitney, John D. Spencer and Georgo D. Pypcr, and Professor Skolton. who represented tho orchestra. Rev. u: iojhen, who is president presi-dent of the orchestra, was absent and George D, Pyper, vice-president, presided. pre-sided. The toasts all pertained to music and each of tho speakers paid high tribute trib-ute lo Professor Shepherd, both as a citizen citi-zen and as a musician. Professor Shepherd iu responding did so In a feeling manner. He expressed regret at lenvlng Salt Lake City, with whose musical circles he has so long been identified. He said lie left Sail. Lake not because the city was too little, but that iu tho east he would be given greater opportunity op-portunity to devote bis attention to his life work, that, of composition. Composers, Com-posers, he declared, must of necosslty bo more or less droamor3, and here he "was so tied down with the cares and burdens of life that in the oast ho would be largejy free from and It was this that had Induced him to leave Zlon. lie was profuse pro-fuse In his praise of tho members of tho Symphony orchestra, and also of tho man-nor man-nor la which he hail been treated by tho directors of tho orchestra. His work In the future will bo with the Wn-Wan Publishing company. Boston. He will leavo on the 20th lnst. for his now hninf . |