Stetson Meekly Collegiate
Students' Publication of Stetson University.
VOL. XXII
DeLAND, FLA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1910.
No. 16
Nu Sigma Club Give
Banquet at College Arms
An Enjoyable Affair
in Honor of Sigma
Nu Inspector
Possibly the most elegant and enjoyable affair given in the annals of
the school by a student organization
. was the stag banquet given by the
Nu Sigma Club last Saturday night
in the palatial dining halls of the College Arms hotel. The banquet was
tendered by the cluib to Mr. Sewell,
of Atlanta, inspector for the third division of the national Sigma Nu fraternity. The other guests of the club
were Prof. Carson, Dr. Fariss. Dr.
Hulley and John B. Stetson.
Arranged in the center of the large
room and decorated profusely with
American beauty roses, the tables presented a beautiful appearance The
management of this popular tourist
hotel were particularly courteous,
and took special pains in the arrangements.
Covers had been laid for 25, the
club being composed of 21 members.
The menu was splendid and was
composed of nine courses.
One of the most enjoyable features
of the banquet was its informality.
The speekers of the evening were
not aware of the toastmaster's intention to call on them, but nevertheless they have never been seen to so
great an advantage as last Saturday
night.
Mr. ,Sewell was the first speaker
and made an inspiring talk. He took
this occasion to thank the club and
the faculty of the university for the
many courtesies shown him, paying
a glowing tribute to the equipment
and administration of the school, and
warmly complimenting the personnel
of the club.
Prof. Carson was next called on
and proved- himself to be as efficient
and pleasing as an after dinner speaker as Chauncey M. Depew. It is very
seldom that Mr. Carson goes abroad
at night, and more seldom that he
speaks, but he makes up in quality
what he loses in quantity. Those who
listened to Mr. Carson last Saturday
night count themselves fortunate indeed.
Dr. Fariss followed Prof. Carson,
both of whom are held in the highest
esteem and regard, not only by the
members of the fraternity but by the
entire student body. Dr. Fariss is
always earliest and he made his hearers feel that a great and good soul
thoroughly aroused by the occasion
was striving for expression in the
language of -men.
Dr. Fariss was followed by Mr.
Stetson. Although Mr. Stetson began by saying that he was not an
orator, he immediately proceeded to
prove himself otherwise by making
one of the best speeches heard for a
long time in a banqueting hall in Stetson. He related some of his college
experiences in fraternity matters in
a clear cut and charming manner, and
Dr. Hulley who followed him paid
him a high compliment. Mr. Stetson
has not been long out of college, and
fully sympathizes with the efforts of
the club to bring in a national fraternity in Stetson. Mr Ste*-on nu de
every member of the fraternity his
warm friend and admirer by his
speech (Saturday night.
"No banquet is ever a complete success without a speech from Dr. Hulley," said the toastmaster and whatever was lacking to make the banquet a perfect success was supplied
in the closing speech of Dr. Hulley.
I [e told of his confidence in the members of the club and unqualifiedly endorsed them as worthy of membership
'in a fraternity so great as the Sigma
Nu. He closed his speech and the
evening with a recitation from Riley,
recited only as Dr. Hulley can recite it.
Mr. Sewell remained the guest of
the club for several days and while
here created a most favorable im
pression and left with every member
his personal friend. He was pleasantly surprised at the equipment and
student body of tb' school. Mr. Se-
well will always be a welcome visitor
to Stetson.
Miss Maisie Emery Married
When Miss Emery broke the news
around Chaudoin Hall, Sunday, that
she was to be married to Mr. Blake,
on the 22d, it was a very, very gloom-
iferous place. Sad, disheartened and
depressed, melancholy mounted his
throne; Chaudoin was about as cheerful as a morgue all day.
• Miss Mazie Emery was married to
Mr. Richard Bruce Blake, assistant
district attorney of (Spokane, Wash.,
at 5:30, Tuesday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Van
Winder (Shields, in St. John's Episcopal church, Jacksonville, Fla. The
wedding was a comparatively quiet
affair, only her most intimate friends
being present. The bride wore a
very beautiful imported white broad
cloth gown and a Paris hat of roses;
she carried her favorite violets and
lilies of the valley. After the wedding dinner, at the palatial residence
of Hon. W. A. Bours the happy _
couple left for their future home in
Spokane, breaking the journey at
Atlanta, Cincinnati and San Francisco.
Miss Emery and Mr. Blake are
both old Stetson students, so it is not
strange that this wedding is of more
than passing interest to Stetsonites.
The romance which culminated so
happily Tuesday had its beginning
when he was just a slender undergraduate and she a pretty academy
girl. Mr. Blake left to take his degree at the university of Michigan
and Miss Emery stayc d at Stetson as the president's invaluable private secretary.
The hurt is too fresh, the wound
is too raw, for us to tell yet what
Maisie's going means to us. Another
will take her place as our president's
private secretary but no other can ft}}
her place in the hearts of StCtSOll
students. You fell in love with
Maisie's warm, southern beauty ere
you had been twenty-four hours reg-
