ALUMNI LUNCHEON 



Thursday Noon 



One of the most pleasant events of the week, as far as the 

 alumni were concerned, was the luncheon served in the big tent 

 on Thursday at noon to about 1,200 of the alumni and old stu- 

 dents. Nothing elaborate in a menu was attempted, and yet an 

 abundance of things good to eat was served. It was not eat- 

 ables themselves, however, that made the luncheon such a 

 decided success. The fact that 1,200 former college students 

 and chums were eating together, grouped in classes, talking, 

 joking, singing, and in these various ways living over again the 

 good old college days in one great family picnic, was what made 

 this feature of the program such an overwhelming success. 



On entering the tent alumni were informed: "Classes are 

 numbered," and members of each class found a placard con- 

 spicuously planted as a rallying-center for them. In this way 

 with ease and without the slightest confusion the old students 

 were placed in an atmosphere entirely congenial and among 

 old classmates, some of whom had not been seen since the 

 college days. Many long-time mysteries were cleared up, and 

 the missing links in many college romances were forged into the 

 chain. The folly of serving beer in a dormitory was one of the 

 topics of discussion in the 1883 camp, and 1884 was still chuck- 

 ling over the way they put 1883 in the hole on the faculty in- 

 vestigation over Knapper's buggy. Tallman's pear-swiping 

 expedition was brought to Hght by 1895, ^^'^ "How a Lamb 

 Was Led to (the) Drink" was under discussion in the camp of 

 1898. What became of the college bell will be revealed in 1957, 

 along with other mysteries that develop and become the life- 

 history of the institution, and are of necessity milestones in the 

 lives of the student population. 



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