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Show MMjMMi.MiM SM Alumni Dinner and Dance m Excellent Catering- ; Good Toasts : 'H The exercises of commencement 1 week came to an end Tuesday evening "1 with the alumni dinner und dance. lsl Nearly two hundred graduates and H friends of'thc college were served with ,H an excellent cold lunch In the library lH at 7 o'clock. Mr. Georgo Hansen was t!l the caterer and carried out perfectly ' tho Instructions or tho committee. At ''iH Intervals the Thatcher orchestra, sta- t-H tloncd behind the scenes, played such il alluring waltzes and two-steps that 'iiH all felt tho dancing Impulse rampant !H In their bodies. Strauss himself could 'H not have done better. M Tho best thing of thc.cvcnlng.was (tH the toasts. Prof. E. G. Peterson of 11 the class of 1004 was toastroastcr and ' seldom havo the alumni had a better jl representative. His strong, sympa- sl thetlc volco reached to every corner of tho largo room and carried remarks H that were well worthy of being con tH veyed because of their appropriateness .'H and delicate humor. Tho first speaker , H was Governor Cutler who handled the ''-'1 subject of Utah in his usual masterly H manner. Supt. Nelson then told an ' amusing Scandinavian story as a prof- ll'l ace to hs serious remarks on the new ? education which he thought to be most conducive to American equality - ill by giving each an equal chanco to de- velop himself. President Stohl of the !H board followed with some thoughtful M and well expressed ideas on the future " M greatness of the college and Mr. C. N. aM Jensen of the graduating class flashed some Interesting sidelights on the :'M members of the faculty. Dr. Ball gave ' M a description ot the graduating class '''. which scintillated with puns. Mr. W. G. Farrell of Salt Lake spoke with a , H true Irish wit of the alumni as one ' P who knew them intimately and ad !ll mired them hugely. The closing tout fl was by ex-President Sanborn. He ex- ' horted the alumni to Imitate the ex- i'f'l ample of Dartmouth men, to form rM clubs everywhere and stand together ','B for the Interests of tho college. He H expressed grief that one limb of the .S college body had been lopped off, the iM engineering department, and said that t liS when' he marked out the course of kifl study the board had been very careful jljH to avoid any duplication of courses In jH the state and at that time there was H no engineering or commerce taught at ViS tho university. As the Industrial col :J lego H the logical place for enlneerlng JH work lie told tho alumni that it Is -U their duty to see that tho missing ' .H limb is restored and thus the Indus '(jfl trial college become again a corporato i'S whole. fl It Is seldom that ono hears so many tfl good toasts. There was no talking to & fill up time. All had something to jw say and said It well. About 0 dancing ? started In tho gymnasium and was fl continued until midnight. On account Sfl of tho presences of President Sanborn ' 9 a largo number of tho early alumni fl wero back and with tho younger 9 alumni they made the evening one 9 largo family party of A. C. descend cnts. h |