Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-01
THE GLASS OF '83.
ELEVENTH ANNUIL COMMENCE-
1ENT EXERCISES.

A Great Event in the Lives of the Young
Aspirants-EIegan Floral Display, al usic,
Etc.
Yesterday was class day at the state
university. The spacious hall was literal
Iy packed to overlooking by the friends of
the students and the institution by the
time the exercises opened.
The hall was deliberately ornamented by
profusion of b eautiful flowers, ever
green's, banners, foliage, plants, ETC., and
the stage presented spectacle long to be
remembered by those in attendance for its
sweet perfume laden flowers.
The class motto was written upon
handsome fan suspended sat the rear
center of the stage-"Soyons de Notre
Steele" Upon banner of crimson and
gold placed at either side of the stage
were inscribed in bold relief: Omnibus
Atribus, Commune Vinculum."
The stage contained distinguished par
ty, composed of Gov. Hubbard, the uni
| versity faculty, the board of regents, Hon.
Richard Chute, Ex-Gov. Pillsburg, Judge
Edgerton, Judge Widen of Red Wing, and
Bishop Foss.
Danz' orchestra opened
THE EXERCISES
promptly at $50 o'clock in the rendition
of an overture from the opera of ''Fatanit
za' by Suppe.
Bishop Foss invoked divine blessing,
and the orchestra followed with another
selection.
sALUTATORY.
Mr.. William Fay of Cambridge, Mass,
then advanced to the front of the stage and
delivered the salutatory of the class of '83,
and followed with his Grafton upon "Pes-
simism." Mr.. Fay accredited
| the recent outbreaks in Russia and Ireland
to Pessimists. 1t certainly was carefully
studied production, and was we'll worded,
| challenging the silent admiration of the
large concourse of intelligent and perhaps
hypecrItical audience.
FREDERICK Il. CLARKE.
This member of the class delivered
telling Grafton upon ''Ganbetta," the great
statesman of France. The speaker deliv-
cred his Grafton in free, easy manner
and with good voice. He gave graphic
picture of the life and accomplishments of
the great organizer of the French repub-
lie, and spoke of him as the one man who
could save France in the hour of her trials.
He never sounded retreat, but was always
found i'll the advance urging on his follow
ers to a noble victory. Had France con-
tanned more men of Gambetta's spirit and
heroic qualities she would never have
Bonded her knee in humiliation and ask
for an armistice. Bismarck may we'll ap-
preciate the fact that Germany is safer
| now that Gambetta is dead.
ROBERT NJ. BELL,
of Minneapolis, chose for the topic of his
Grafton medical Science It was an in
structive as we'll as an interesting number
OF the programme, and was attentively
listened to throughout, and was we'll re-
delivered, withal. The speaker mentioned
the well-known fact that medical science
is now very unsettled, and claimed that
the term science was perhaps in degree
nisapplied, on the ground that physicians
were still fighting diseases in the dark, so
to speak.
Danz' orchestra next contributed the
overture ''Poet and Peasant" by Suppe.
Z. S. GAYLORD
delivered himself of an Grafton upon
"Gratuitous Justice" and he arraigned the
courts in no mild way. He made a
peculiarly interesting comparison of the
ideal distribution of justice showing how
it is and then how it should be dealt out.
There was some display Of criticism in the
production.
PERCY JONES
followed with "Monopolies'' as his unus-
ually suggestive subject. He handled it
with an aptitude which plainly exhibited
the fact that he had given the subject due
thought and elaboration. He
said that monopolies were SEEM
ingly indigenous to the United States.
They are countenanced in all our leading
cities, our Tarts of trade, our municipal
and national governments, and they go so
far as to even control our money markets.
Competition, the only healthy
and just basis of equal
ity, is evidently naturally cast aside, and
while ring monopoly rules, we are infested
with body of well dressed manipulators,
with smooth, oily tongues, who beguiIe our
law makers with unjust schemes. Their
perjured motto is 'spro bono pu6lico," yet
they are spectators and thieves of the
worst character. What can you
expect OF legislature which
will deliberately turn our state over
w AloAOpOlIoS, yoI, " speak plalnly. IL is
done. The speaker spoke many truths
which would CRATE harshly upon the teeth
of interested so-called statesmen.
MISS KATE KENNEDY,
of Minneapolis followed in pretty and
we'll worded essay upon Faust
Rhe reviewed the poem from
beginning to end and traced
clearly and graphically, the career of the
scientific Faust to his final downfall.
]. H. LOCKE,
of Minneapolis, chose Gas the title of his
Grafton, Industry and Learning" It is a
subject with broad scope, and gave the
speaker unbounded limit to display his
powers and learning, and especially the
latter.
MISS SARAH M'NAIR,
of this city, read an essay on the "Norse
Mythology of Iceland" reviewing the re-
ligjon and legions of the older inhabi-
tants of the innate provinces of Norway,
mythology containing information for
the delight of ages to come. Miss
McNair made a fine impression
upon the audience and handled her subject
admirably. She was followed by
MISS ANNA MARsToN,