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"CbeJunior Banquet. ,.,.,. imlEAR to-the heart of every Senior is the annual banquet given by the ~ Juniors. T.he bright, warm days of early May, welcome harbingers of the glorious summer season, bring wi'th them as they approach the time of this festive occasion, which, with its mirth and gayety and the stirring eloquence of the post-prandial speeches, is a pleasing fore- taste of the joys that arc in store for the members of the graduating class during commencement week. It was a brilliant and animated assemblage which gathered in the spacious drawing-rooms of the Hotel Westminster all the evening of the ninth of 1Vlay, Nineteen Hundred and Two. The girls 0[1903, who,so little need any of the embellishments of art to augment their natural beauty, were without exception charmingly and tastefully attired, many of their costumes being strikingly beautiful. The Junior boys' dressed mostly in black, all wore white vests. The Seniors, boys and girls alike, in the scbo- Iastic cap and gown, added stateliness and dignity to the scene. The Juniors proceeded first to the hotel, and the Seniors following later were graciously receivedand cordially welcomed by the ladies of the recep- tion committee. After a few minutes spent in conversation, Miss Senseney rendered a piano solo, a difficult classical selection, which was given with an ease of execution and an artistic technique that was highly appreciated by her audience. Misses Cochran, Duncan, Ennis and Tredway followed with a vocal quartette, a sweet and tender melody that: seemed to melt the soul of the listener with its gentle, soothing harmony. It was with an effort that many of us aroused ourselves from the spell cast over us by the witchery of the music to obey the summons of the banquet. The Banquet! How shall I describe it! Turn to your Odyssey, to the account given by the ancient Grecian bard of the feast given to the son of Odysseus by Menelaus, "foster son of Zeus." Gaze upon the splendors of the festal board, adorned with golden spoils from Ilium, and presided over by the lady Helen, "like in form to Diana of the golden distaff." Listen to the majestic eloquence of the son of Atreus as he portrays in "winged words" the fortunes of the Greeks returning from the siege of wind-swept Troy. Then. perhaps, you may be able to form some dim conception of the glories of the Junior Banquet of the year Nineteen Hundred and Two . Nectar and ambrosia are denied to LtS of the prosaic Twentieth Cen- tury, but the menu prepared for us by the culinary department of the West- 152