Excerpt from Welcome to Goldwin Smith, Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, England
Letters of regret were received from others of the invited guests, most of which are given.
The guests assembled in the library, and at half-past ten took their seats at the breakfast table, which was set in the form of a double T, in the richly-decorated suite of rooms on the western side of the Club House. Mr. Charles Butler, who presided on the occasion, was seated at the centre of the table in the middle room, with Professor Goldwin Smith, of England, M. Auguste Laugel, of France, and Professor Vincenzo Botta, of Italy, on his right, and Major-General Butler, Rev. Dr. Ferris, of the University, on his left, with Mr. Jonathan Sturges, the President of the Club, immediately opposite. The Vice-Presidents who presided at the table were Wm. M. Evarts, Esq., and George Griswold, Esq. The table was appropriately ornamented with flowers in great profusion, and gracefully displayed. A wreath of laurel lay near the place of Professor Goldwin Smith, and the word "Welcome" greeted him in flowers of white, red and blue, while the names of "Cobden" and "Bright" were conspicuous in the floral ornaments before the Vice-Presidents. Two gun-boats and a cutter, with the name of our young hero, "Cushing," who so daringly destroyed the Albermale, represented the "Navy"; an army shield in flowers, the "Army a wheel-barrow of flowers, "Agriculture"; and other similar displays, with a choice selection of American fruits, in which unusually fine clusters of grapes were conspicuous, added to the beauty of the table. The blessing was asked by the Rev. Dr. Ferris, Chancellor of the University. The breakfast was well served by M. Iaucb, the restaurateur of the Club.
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