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Show BANQUET GIVEN AT UNIVERSITY CLUB Washington Is Honored In Good 'Pro-- 'Pro-- gTamme; Mirth Keign3 at Annual An-nual Function. "Out of the ashes of the Revolutionary Revolution-ary war !-prun the spirit cf liberty.'' said federal District Attorney W. V. Ray in response to a toast on ''tieorge Washington ' ' at the twenty-sixth annual an-nual banquet of the University club last night. Mr. Ray proceeded to tell with 2'0W-inir 2'0W-inir eloquence of .the qualities which underlay Washington's greatness. K. B. Critchlowj toastmaster, then called upon Br. "V. D. Donoher to resjxmd to ''Aujrust F'irst,f' w-hich he. did in his own humorous manner. Tn place of Professor. .1. Duncan Spaeth of Princeton, Prince-ton, who was detained on account of the blockaded trains. Gilbert White, I brother of Ivlward Stuart White, the I author, and cousin of Mayor W. Mont I Ferry, preached a sermon on ''J'atty l ake. Patty take. Baker's Man." and convulsed his hearers. Fred ( '. Smith, president of the club, wanted to deliver an address, but those present preferred that he sing. Accordingly he sang and scored big. '. ('. Richmond, president of the Commercial Com-mercial club, said that Salt Lake was on the threshold of the greatest prosperity pros-perity ever known. He presaged that in five vears I'tah would have a nenud Pittsburg and would be one of the ereatest steel and iron-producing states in the union. Dr. Kirtley related experiences ex-periences on the border. Sydney K. Inch of the Utah Power & Light, company com-pany told how B"ar lake had been utilized to make electricity for Utah. Mavor Ferrv urged the members to take an active interest in all national a ffairs. . "First in pence, first in war, first in the hearts of his countrymen." "Who was the first man to speak these words?" asked Toastmaster Critchlow. N'obodv could answer. Mr. Critchlow then informed the college men that H.-nrv Lee was the man, and that he spoke these immortal words in a funeral oration over the bodv of Ceorgo Washington Wash-ington in the capitol at Washington. F.vr-rvhorlv voted the . banquet the biggest and'best and most enjoyable in the history of the club. |