A 1937 Graduation Dinner
The Prince Edward Hotel at 100
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 09/06/2012 (3940 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
For many years, college graduation in Brandon meant a banquet dinner at the Prince Edward Hotel.
It was one of the few venues in the city large enough for such a gathering, and it was certainly the only location classy enough.
In 1937, Brandon College arts graduates preparing to enter their post-collegiate lives spent a celebratory evening in the Prince Edward’s dining room, feasting on roast larded beef tenderloin, chateau potatoes and giant peas au buerre.
There was a full menu of speeches and entertainment as well — each accompanied by a bon mot quotation.
Samuel Johnson was selected to accompany a toast to the graduating ladies:
“I like their beauty, I like their delicacy,
I like their vivacity, and I like their silence.”
The S.J. McKee Archives preserves a few remaining copies of the program from that evening. Some were signed by friends and fellow graduates, like yearbooks are today.
Not recorded is what the ladies chose for a juicy retort.
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