Excerpt from Alpha Tau Omega Palm, Vol. 27: March 1907And bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men A thousand hearts beat happily and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell.The society editor of the leading Birmingham newspaper pronounced it the greatest and most brilliant event ever given in this city. And she ought to know!This great and joyous event was held Wednesday evening at the Country Club situated in the suburban section of the city several miles from the center of the city, and by ten o'clock the rooms of its magnificent club house were literally filled to over-crowding. The walls were cover with smilax, ever-greens and cut ¿owers, and festooned with moss from South Louisiana. Hundreds of college and fraternity pennants were strung from place to place - all of them works of art and many of them several feet long and of exquisite texture. Four hundred Alpha Taus and over three hundred of the pride of Southern womanhood congregated within the doors. Besides these there were present also a representative of each Greek letter college fraternity having alumni or active mem bers in Birmingham. This is an innovation and the cordial Spirit evoked by this manifestation of inter-fraternity good will argues well for its continuance. These gentlemen entered into the spirit of the occasion as truly as the most ardent Alpha Tau and when the boys proceeded to give the Rah! Rah! Rah! They joined in with the same vigor as though they, too, were wearers of the Maltese Cross.The wives of the Birmingham brethren were the hosts of the evening and met the guests as they arrived at the club. The young ladies were presented with beautiful A. T. O's stick pins and a strip of blue ribbon on which were written the name of the wearer in gold letters. And in order to further facilitate introductions, the visiting members had their names, their chapters and the names of their colleges written on their shirt fronts. Every' person wore a white tea rose, the Fraternity's favorite ¿ower.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.