Stetson Weekly Collegiate

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-