Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-06-27

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NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
The thirty second annual commencement
of the Wisconsin State University took
place at Madison on the 24th The Lewis
prize for oratory was won by Miss Lizzie
A. Waters of Fond du Lac, the title of her
orati ion being ssSelfshness of Intolerance,
The prize amounts to $50 in gold and is
the fruit Of an endowment made by ex-Gov.
Levi Is. several years ago. 1t is of in
estinable value, however, because of the
great honor attached to ownership. Sew
enty+eight diplomas were conferred, nine
teen being to graduates in law. Mrs. r. NJ
Lafollette, wife of Congressman Lafollette
OF Madison, received the degree of bachelor
of laws, and the honorary degree of doctor
of laws was conferred upon Postmaster
General Villas, who graduated from the uni
versity in 1858. The alumni met in annual
session in the afternoon and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President, D. Frankenburger, Madison !;
vice president, Mrs. George H. Noyes,
Milwaukee; secretary, G. F.. Lamb,
Madison; treasurer, Miss Grace Clark,
Madison.
Resolutions were adopted warmly es-
pousing the cause Of President Bascom in
the La tiers controversy with Regent Reyes
and requesting the governor to appoint
alumni to positions on the board till they
shall constitute majority of it's mem
bership Col. William F. Villas was elected
orator for the alumni exercises next June,
with Fl. S. Smith of Preston, Mimi, as al
ternate, and Mrs. Belle Case La Toilette,
Madison, as poet or essayist with Miss Jen-
ME Muzzy Of Clinton, Wis, as alternate.
The annual conclave on the grand com
mandery of Knight Templar of Minnesota
was held at Winona on the 24th. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Right emin-
ent grand commander, W. D. Cornish; very
eminent deputy grand commander, Henry
Thomas Montgomery eminent grand cap
tain, Gen. Thomas Nee; eminent grand
prelate, P. P. Hubbell; eminent grand sen
ior warden, William NORM; eminent grand
Junior warden, S. A. Hubbard; eminent
grand treasurer, J. G.. McFarlane; eminent
grand recorder, A. T.. c. Person; eminent
grand standard bearer, c.. L. Spaulding;
eminent grand warden, c. V. Ferguson.
The Minnesota State Medical society
held their annual meeting at st. Paul on
the 18th and 10Th insts. There was large
attendance, all parts of the State being
represented. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year; President E.
j. Davis, Mankato. Vice Presidents, First,
II. HI KimbalE, Minneapolis; second, T.
Wakefield, Hutchinson; third, w. D. Finn,
Redwood Falls. Treasurer, S. B. Shear
down, Winona Recording Secretary, G.
B. Witherle, ST.. Paul. Corresponding Sec
Rotary, w. L.sBeebe, st. Cloud Censors
for three years, W. W. Mayo, Rochester;
A. Fl. Lindley, Minneapolis. The next an
nual meeting will be held at Minneapolis.
The board of regents Of the State
University at Madison held their annual
meeting on Tuesday and elected the fol
lowing officers: President, George II. Paul,
Milwaukee; vice president, G.. G. McMynn,
Racine; secretary, John S. Dean, Madison.
The war between President Bascom and
regent E. w. Reyes come up as usual
Basco m asking that Reyes be removed
from the board on the ground that he sold
shade trees to the University which were
never delivered. A special committee
reported the charges not sustained and the
board unanimously refused to remove
Reyes. As Reyes endeavored to remove
Bascom last year and failed, the honors
are now easy.
Glass day exercises were held at the State
University at Madison on the 23d. The
salutatory was delivered by j. W. Vernon
of Madison. The prophecy was made by
Miss a. u. Williams and G. L EARL of Mad
sison. The class history was read by Miss
Emma Stoddard of Monroe and c. l.. Allen
of Eau Claire, and the valedictory by Miss
Nina Stone of Reedsburg. During the ex-
ercises the law class presented to the uniyer-
sity q portrait of J. Fl. Carpenter, for many
years dean of the law faculty, and the
graduating class presented portrait of the
late Prof S. A. Carpenter. Bishop Samuel
Fallows of Chicago delivered an Grafton
and Miss Josephine Searles of Minneapolis
read|an essay.
On the 22nd of April, boy named
Leyinsky while helping J. T. Law tow a
barge on the river at st. Paul, fell off and
was drowned. The boys mother had Law
arrested and claimed that he LAW had
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