The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-08
UNIVERSITY EXERCISES.

The closing exercises OF the Oh'Vef'
,;tv At The Hall yesterday afternoon
were of pleasan. and interesting char
sc,sr The room was beautifully deco
rated with evsrgreens, aud crowded to
II. fullest capacity with an sppreciativs
audience. Mrs. Curtis presided at the
piano. The programme comprised
Music-,Silent Night Male Quartette.
Declsmation--Betsey and ] Are Out ;
Hi,man Jones.
Composition--Liberty Thos. Wylie.
Reading-Mosquitoes A. j. Anderson.
Music Water Crosses Mamie Board
man.
Resding-How Betsey and I Made Up;
Lewis Hathaway.
Kecitation-Lovea and Latin Lana CO.
ryell.
Music-Quartette. Whistle and Hoe.
Reading of Paper LIST Part Leila
Shorey.
Declamation-The Maniac's Soliloquy ;
Ed. Terry.
Music--Croquet Blanch Hinds.
Reading John Burns of Gettysburg /;
Fred. Sparkling.
Reading in German Charles Plymp-
ton.
Heading Of Paper Part ID; Eta
Whitworth.
Music Sing. Sweet Bird Lena Cory
ell.
Defamation - The Aiser Punished (;
Ronald Crawford.
Debate Resolved, that Columbus de-
serves greater praise than Washing
ton II. Jones and NJ. w. Padden,
affirmative Ed. Smithers and Jas.
Hill, Affirmative.
Music-Fairy Lake. Song and Choras.
Rsading-Over the Hill to the Poor
House Rosa Downs.
Rscitation--The GRINDERS Wife Ma
mie Boardman.
Music--rhs Swallow Duet l. Shorey
and G. Colman
Rsading-Ths Outcsst; Edith Sander
Defamation -Shsmus q, Brlen James
Hill
Music - Sour Grape,; buffo Duet !;
Lena Coryell and James Hill
Recitation - Cdrfew Shall Not Ring
Tonight; Addis George
Music-Farewell trio L Shorey, Ad-
die Chambers and Geo Colman
At the close OF the exercises Presi-
dent Anderson delivered few remarks
in regard to the history OF the year.
lie stated that tho year opened with
forty pupils in attendance and IN clos
ing now. eighty students had appeared
at examination, besides few sick and
absent from other similar causes. The
number enrolled the first term was
fifty six; second term. ninety-nine; and
third term, ninety nine; whole number
during the year was 1875. The highest
number ip attendance at any one time
was ninety Ave. Two have been added
to the corps Of instructors. in the de-
psrtmeuts Of music and French, making
six ct the present time in ell.
The classification of students in the
several studies was IS follows:
Spelling. sc; Reading, SO; Writing.
~; Geography, SO; Arithmetic. LOG; U.
-. AAneOfyp ~, AHkhsu oi"huio't oo'
Elementary Algebra. "a; University
Algebra, 90; Geometry q; Trigonomet-
~ 3; Physiology, %; Natural Philos-
ophy. II; Botany, 4; Latin, first book.
80; Latin Reader and Grammar, GO;
Caesar, 8; Cicero 8; German, 8; Greek.
s; Common School Book keeping, 30:
Counting House Bookkeeping. 2; w.
r. School Law. Z; U s. Constitu-
tion. o.
The standing Of students in the ex.
aminstion (who reached seventy per
cent. and upwards,) will bs published
hereafter.
The programme closed with grand
drill and parade of the University Ca
diets. who. after going through the mil
itsry manuel Gu the campas. marched
down through the city streets and back
to the armory.
The record Of the past yssr 10 sat
isfactory and oreditable one. and the
outlook for the future 10 even more
promising than that OF the past.