Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-07-02
Madison Matters.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
4 H.


being the commencement of the u. w,
class of IS. On Monday the honor
theses were read, and on Tuesday, at
P. NJ. took place the class day exercises
which consisted of a salutatory address
by Joseph Vernon; class history by
Chas. Allen ard Miss Emma Goddard
presentation of Prof. j. H. Carpenter
portrait to the T. W. on part of the
senior law class by Mr.. L. g. McGil-
ton, and reply by Hon. l. G. Sloan; class
prophecy. BY Miss Kitty Williams and
G. |. Earl; raledictery address, by
Miss Minna Stone. Then the exercises
closed with the class song and benedic-
ton.
On Tuesday evening the alumni as
ISOLATION held their meeting. and lis
tened to very able essay on the Voca-
ton of Alumnn, by Miss Josephine
Sarles, of Minneapolis, and an address
on the study of Greek by Bishop Fall
lows, of Chicago. Miss Sarles was a
graduate of 's3, and Bishop Fallows of
so. Miss Sarles maintained that the
educated woman is of inestimable value
to society, and that co-education is one
of the great advance steps of the nine
teenth century. Bishop Fallow's adj
dress. The Old and the New in Educa-
ton. was plea for the study of Greek.
When he attended the university it was
in the student days of Col Villas, and
the learned bishop said he was quite
sure that the scrutinizing powers that
Col Villas had acquired in determining
the difference between two Greek verbs,
aided him now very materially in dis
eliminating between an honest Demo-
crat and an offensive politician"
On Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock
the commencement exercises began.
They consisted of IL orations by men,
bers of the graduating class, all of
which were of high merit and brought
forth warm applause from the large
audience. The prize Grafton was de-
livered by Miss Lizzie Waters, the SUBJ
ject was The Selfishness of Intolerance.
The diplomas were then awarded to the
40 members of the class, exclusive of
the law and pharmacy students. We'd
nesday evening the alumni association
held reception, and the college year
of So ended with the "trip of the light
fantastic toe"
During all the commencement week
a close and anxious watch was kept up-
on the action of the board OF regents to
see if any step would be taken to re-
move President Bascom, but no such
movement came TO light and the stu
dents aud alumni returned to their
homes feeling more than ever proud of
their alma mater, and especially hopeful
as the able president will be retained.
Gov. Rusk appointed on the board of
regents Mr.. Geo. w. Raymer; vice, Col.
Villas resigned.
Bids were opened before the building
committee concerning the building of
the chemical laboratory, carpenter shop,
machine shop, and boiler room with
sm0ke-stack. The bid of Mr. j. Trum-
bull, of Whitewater, was accepted; the
bid is S55,0 which is $4,000 cheaper
than any other bid presented. and it is
generally expressed by architects and
builders that Mr.. Trumbull has bound
himself to an Improbable bargain.
Prof. VIM. Trelease has resigned his
position in the chair of botany to accept
one IN Washington university at st.
Louis, Mo. Wisconsin loses one of the
ablest instructors in botany known in
the United States.
Geo. c. Comstock, so long an assist
ant astronomer at the Washburn obser-
yatory, is elected professor OF mathe-
MATES in the Ohio state university.
At last the old buildings are closed,
and the deserted campus and silent
streets show Madison how much the
University does to keep her alive.
The contract for building Science
Hall has not been let, as only the foun-
dation will be laid this year.
YANRrE