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Deprome quadrimum Sabina
O Thaliarche, merum dicta."
THE Class Supper of the Sophomores took place at the Parker House on Friday, the 21st ult. All the arrangements of the committee seemed perfect. The banquet was spread in the room of mirrors, and nothing could be more brilliant or suggestive of good cheer than the scene presented as the company took their seats. The committee had provided for what they considered an extraordinary number of plates; but fifteen or twenty more names having been handed in at the last moment, it became unfortunately necessary to provide for them in an adjoining room. These, however, later in the evening, were also accommodated in the larger room, and nothing remained to mar the complete enjoyment of the occasion.
After the company had honestly disposed of an excellent bill of fare, ordered according to the best principles of gastronomy, and diluted by the fragrant vintages of Mr. Parker's cellars, the President of the evening, Mr. F. R. Appleton, succeeded in reducing it to a reasonable state of order, and in a few well-chosen words introduced the literary performances of the occasion. The remarks of the orator, Mr. T. F. Taylor, were beyond praise in their admirable fitness and truth of sentiment, and the warmth of appreciation which greeted them was more than deserved. The Vice-President, Mr. A. S. Thayer, then introduced the Poet, Mr. L. W. Clark, whose poem, conceived and executed in the pleasantest manner possible, put the assembly into such good-humor that they attempted with great success the singing of one of the odes to the tune of "Fair Harvard." Toasts were then proposed and drunk with all the honors, to the various college and class interests, to which the responses were, without exception, in the happiest strain. In fact, it was observed that the remarks of the speakers became eloquent and imaginative in the direct ratio of the flight of time. Songs were interspersed and sung with a precision and effectiveness presenting a marked contrast to the earlier efforts of the year. The conviviality was kept up to a late hour, and with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" ended one of the never-to-be-forgotten events of our college course. It is with pleasure that we record the fact that the company dispersed quietly and in good order, without any of those riotous proceedings which commonly mar the "finale" of such occasions.
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