Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-28
Commencement Week in Madison,

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were at the latter and will try and
tell what of general interest we saw.
We arrived on Monday evening and
fortunately for us it rained that
morning and so Glass Exercises were
postponed until Tuesday afternoon.
They were held in the University
Gymnasium al 2:30 p. m. The ex>
ercises were opened with the Presi-
dents Address Then the class OF
II presented to the class OF '78
spade. We understand this has been
the custom for number of years.
We were then given the class history
for the four years Of their course,
will. the history of any individual
any one might call for. Tho class
prophet then read the future of every
member of the class. III is to be
represented in almost every vocation
of life; from the organ grinder to the
legislator, but no one is TO be PRESS
don't. Then came the fun OF the day,
the Presentation of Mementoes.
Each member of the class was pre-
sented with something ridiculous.
Some of them hit hard but they
were generally taken good natured-
y. only one or two getting huffy,
The class then gave US something
solid in the Valedictory and closed
their exercises with the singing of
the class song.
During the day we had the pleas
ure of meeting NJ essrs Edward Low
ry and Frank Moore, of Lancaster,
both of the graduating class. Miss
Jessis Meyer, of IL ncaster, now Of
the Junior class. Grant County is
represented in the University by
other students as follows: A. N.
Hitchcock, Fenni more % L. Goiger,
Cassville; Misses Mills, Hazel
Green; N. D. Dewey, Cassville.
We also met Miss Juliet Meyer,
teacher of the Intermediate Depart
ment of the Madison High School
The Alumni exercises were held
on Tuesday evening, in the Assem-
bly, Chamber. The address was de-
livered by Mr.. High, Of Chicago, of
the class Of ga, and tho poem was
read by Mr.. Frankenberger, OF the
class OF SO.
The Commencement exercises
opened at 9 a. "a. June 90 The grad
uating class numbered 80 but only II
took part in the exercises. TO ap-
pear on Commencement Day your
average standing must not be less
than 90 per cent, and now it is raised
to 81 The exercises wero held 10
the Assembly Chamber, which was
decorated with house plants. Plants
were placed on the Speakers dosk
the Chief Clerks, and outsid Of the
railing of the gallery behind the
Speaker.
President Bascom opened the ex-
orcises, followed by prayer. Tho
first Grafton was by Herbert Wood,
Government by Discussion. We will
not attempt to give any extracts as
it would require too much space, we
will simply give the subjects and
who by. Next an Grafton by Miss
Matilda Reul, entitled Confidence /;
Grafton by Nellie Tate, The Tenden-
cy of Modern Progress honor ora
ton by Fred Hendrix, Political Crit
icism; essay by Hattie Hover, Madam
DO Stael; Grafton by VIM. Todd, Re-
lation between Culture and Models
of Excellence Grafton by Alexander
Craven, Political Problems honor
Grafton by Alice Stickney, The Min
is.ry of Beauty honor essay by
Mary Hill, Honest Doubts; grafton
by Howard Morris, A United Ma
ton, and if the comforting of the
Lewis Prize rested with the audi
ence we think it would have been
evenly divided between Mr.. Morris
and Mr.. Dudley. Grafton, the best
of the ladies, The characteristics of
Genius, Florence Mitchell; Grafton,
The House of York Samuel Williams;
honor grafton, Social Bearings OF
Engineering Work, James Paine !;
honor essay, An Apology for Women,
Carrie Carpenter GRAFTON, Inertia,
Arson Prescott; grafton, Character,
Samuel Treusdale honor grafton,
Opposition to Thought, Charles
Dudley this was the successful speak
er and the judges to award the Lewis
prize gave il to Mr.. Dudley.
The President then: conferred the
the degrees giving the different
classes their diplomas There was
not failure or even hesitation by
anyone and everything passed off
like clock-work.
At the class exercises the proceed
ing afternoon it was announced that
the new University building, Science
Hall. just completed, would be open
on Wednesday afternoon from to
for inspection. A short time after
three we entered the building and
commenced our explorations. We
were over the building from ground
to roof, and the only thing Of inter-
est except bare walls was the Art
Gallery. There wero several large
pain ings, among them were paint,
ings of the four lakes near Madison,
painted by Farrman. They are
about 3 by feet and each is framed
In heavy gut frame and then all
hung IN one large frame. There
were also other paintings OF Sd and
4th lakes by Maram. These with
the others were sent TO the Centen-
NAL. There were paintings by
Steward of the fret house built in
Madison and of Old Abe And there
were a great many small pictures on
the wall and tables. When Science
Hall is furnished and in use, with
their other advantages, if Wiscon,
sins s0ns and daughters arc not ed
ucated it is not the { nit of the tax.
| payers.
Wednesday evening there was a
| reception to the Governor, and the
Regents aud Faculty f the Univer.
sity. in the new building. This was
the last of all the exercises, but it
raiued So hard We cenld not attend
although there were great maLy
fhapa III n