THE ANNUAL BANQUET. 



The Club never had quite such a 

 banquet as the annual affair of this 

 year, held at the Union the evening 

 of March the 23rd, and given in honor 

 of Professor Roth. The banquet was 

 in the nature of a farewell tribute to 

 him, the developments that induced 

 him to remain here at Michigan not 

 yet having taken place. Naturally, 

 the affair was hardly one of a joyful 

 nature. Rather was it one pregnant 

 with deep emotions regret over the 

 loss of a friend and teacher, mingled 

 with the deepest respect and love for 

 the man who has come to be affec- 

 tionately known by all his students 

 as "Daddy" Roth. 



The banquet was largely attended, 

 and the committee in charge of the 

 arrangements had seen to it that the 

 wants of the inner man were well 

 looked after. 



Woodbridge Metcalf was toastmas- 

 ter. In his introductory remarks he 

 spoke briefly of the nature of the 

 occasion, illustrating his point with a 

 story concerning a big storm on the 

 ocean. The captain of one of the 

 steamships had ordered the mate to 

 send up some sky rockets as distress 

 signals, and the second officer was 

 just about to carry out instructions 

 when a passenger interrupted him, re- 

 marking that he was as patriotic as 

 any, but that he thought the occasion 

 seemed too serious for a celebration. 



Dr. F. C. Newcombe of the botany 

 department was the first speaker, re- 

 sponding to the toast "Prospective 

 and Retrospective." "This occasion," 

 said the doctor, "to me is accompanied 

 with feelings anything but light and 

 jovial, for I am here to say farewell 

 to him who has been a guide and a 

 friend for so long. I have known 

 Prof. Roth for 25 years. My first 

 acquaintance with him dates back to 

 the time when he was taking care of 

 things at the Museum. One day he 

 was giving a talk on trees and tree 

 growth. At that time he wasn't the 

 master of the English language that 

 he is now. Now, you know, he has 

 even run ahead of the language. He 

 began his remarks that day by say- 

 Ing: The question is, this tree, will 



he grow high or will he grow 

 short?' " 



Professor Newcombe then gave a 

 brief account of Professor Roth's 

 early activities, and concluded his re- 

 marks as follows: "We can't hope 

 to replace him, but we can hope that 

 new men will build wisely on the 

 'foundation he has laid here. In 

 closing, Professor Roth, we wish you, 

 in your new field, God speed. May 

 you continue for many years in your 

 full vigor. There is no doubt at all 

 that when the history of forestry in 

 this country is written, Prof. Roth's 

 name will stand in the fore among 

 those whom the nation delights to 

 honor." 



Fay Clark spoke for the post-gradu- 

 ates. He dwelt on the extent to 

 which Prof. Roth had endeared him- 

 self to all his students, by his kind 

 attention to individual needs, by his 

 sage advice, given freely and equally 

 to freshman and P. G. '"It is no 

 wonder," said Fay, "that the boys 

 have come to call him 'Daddy.' He 

 may rest assured that every forester 

 of this old school will wish him the 

 best of success and luck in any ven- 

 ture he may undertake." 



In introducing Prof. C. T. Johnston 

 as the next speaker, whose subject 

 was "Leisure Hours," the toastmaster 

 stated that Prof. Johnston had great- 

 ly lessened these same leisure hours for 

 the foresters much to their benefit, 

 on Leisure Hours by commenting on 

 Prof. Roth's departure. "Personally," 

 he said, "I regret it as much as you 

 do. But there are other considera- 

 tions to be weighed. There is the 

 growth of forestry, the up-building of 

 the profession and Prof. Roth's own 

 advancement to be thought of. The 

 move may be destined to be for the 

 betterment of forestry, and it may not 

 be so disastrous to the school here. I 

 sincerely hope and trust that the 

 school will go forward, as I know 

 Prof. Roth wishes it to." 



In speaking of Leisure Hours Prof. 

 Johnston dwelt upon the delights of 

 spending them in the big 'out-doors. 

 "When you need a rest, get close to 



