St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-10
BY THE SACRED SPRING.
The Exercises of Glass Day at Tn
minnesota University.

The Exercises of Glass Day at the
RHinnesOta University.
In classic days Pegasus struck his hoof
on Mount Helicon and produced the sacred
spring, Hippocrene. The class OF 80 OF
the state university struck the hui leadilig
from the railroad track to the bulluilS, anu
the present beautiful and refreshing spring
sprang up. This is not strictly accurate
but it is true that the class OF 80 tooA tiie
small, neglected brook, walled II up Win
solid masonry and converted IL INTO a pool,
cool and shady as that Of Sloan. Each
class rears lis monument, and the spring is
the memorial of the class of 'S5, taking the
place of the customary tree. In the calen-
lar of commencement week yesterday was
class day. and quite a large audience
turned out TO witness the exercises, which
opened
IN THE COLLEGE CHAPEL
It $50 O'Clock. 4 ringing melody by the
college glee club preIuded the Grafton of the
lav. delivered by I. E. TruSSen. This
effort. which fell to him by lot. was not
sophomore one, Astounding in words at the
expense of ideas, but was thoughtful dis
auisition, picturing the correct ideas that
should fill the mind of student at the end
Of his college career when he looks for the
life niche in which he shall place himself.
The time has gone by, in the history even
Of the West, ne said. when mere education
will win in the race with merit, energy
and individuality, but must be united With
them to reach high goal. In the language
Of the class motto, ''WOrk Wins. and IN
the realities of life this will be found true
The class statistics were given by Miss
Mable Smith. She certainly made the most
Of part in which originality and ingenuity
play leading roles. Her paper showed she
aad gathered all possible statistics of the
class and put them together amuslngly.
For instance, she modified the class into
monster, not of uglinesS, but, perhaps, OF
intelligence and learning-a hydra-headed
monster with one head for each member OF
the class, starting with fifty IN 1881, and
ending with fifteen in 1885, the other thirty
i've rubbed away in the course OF four years.
Then she proceeded: 1.-The dome OF the
Coliseum building is Lightweight feet hign,
put the verticle length OF the class would De
Dnly five feet less. The monster Is Ago
wears old, and with all its heads now wears
4 No. los hat and 971a boot. Its eyes are
chameleOn-like, presenting blue, hazel, sea
green and black. Its hair is black, bright
led, hay color and white. None of the
bangs. Freckles are common, and four
have delicate muStacheS. Its glove is 100.
During its college day it has put in forty
Eve and a half hours. Twenty-Five thous
and two hundred and thirty dollars have
been expended in toto for the. monsters
education, and so on.
The Cassandra of the class was Miss Ida
Mann. who was gifted with prophecy. In
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self taken by the witches and carried to
Hecate, who, by a horrible insitiation
touched her tongue with the fatal gift.
She then proceeded to give a humorous
sutline of the lot fate held in store for each
member of the class.
Miss Bertha Brown was the class Macau-
ley, and gave its history. To make such
IN effort entertaining, she was obliged to
draw almost entirely upon her Imagination,
The result being a series Of bur!esque blog-
raphies and happy hits that could not fail
10 please.
The chapel exercises closed with the for
nal transfer Of the ''clasS jack-Enife."
Eight years ago the seniors procured a
knife-not scalping knife or a ''knife to
cut our love in two"-which was to descend
from class to class. c. L. Greenwood, the
president Of the class of 'S5, turned this
historic Barlow" over to Frank johnson,
president of 'S6, with the injunction to
keep it bright and spotlesS.
AT THE SPRING.
This ended the exercises in the chapel,
and after another ringing song by the Glee
club. the class and audience climbed down
The green bank and surrounded the class
spring. A cup of pure water was passed
around, as a libation to the sylvan and in
sellectual deities to whom the spring was
dedicated, after which the spring Grafton
was delivered by A. J. Reed. It consisted
principally Of history of the spring and
he substitution Of the spring idea for the
Did plan, and ended with an eulogium on
The class for its fOrethought.
Not down Oh the program, but the next
exercise was an amusing affair, imported
from an Eastern college. II. S. Abbott, in
Iudicrously fearful style, presented
Jouvenirs to each member of the class. Each
lrticle conveyed joke. generally a hit at
Iome Well-knOwn weakness OF popularity
Of the recipient, and, as the best of feeling
prevailed the affair was quite interesting.
The exercises ended with the reading of
IN Ode to Spring, written by FL. S. Abbott.
and read by Mr.. Greenwood. The writer,
10 save himself from instant and terrible
death, hurridly explained that he did not
refer to the sweet YeTnal season, the ethereal
spring, but to the spring sacred to the class
Of 1885. 1t was a sprightly, rhythmic
production and fittingly closed the days
exercises.