St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-10
A Large Number of the Alumni Attend
the Closing Ceremonies at This
Institution.
Around Big Rock the Graduates In
dulge in "reminiscences and Burn
Their Books.
The Wel1-Known Prof. M. j. Griffin
Elected by the Trustees to the
Greek Professorship.
Unusually Happy Feeling Among the
Alumni Over Hamline's Most
Prosperous Year.
Reviewing College Days.

| ing class reunion day by the alumni, and
by the annual meeting of the board of trus-
| tees The year has been the most prosper
GUS in the history of the university, being
| marked by an increased attendance of stu
dents and acquisitions to the college prop
erty. Two years ago the university grad
| uated but three students, one year ago the
| class increased to SIX, and this year there
are twelve graduates. The university now
| has $3.50, 900 worth of real estate, including
| $780, 900 worth of new buildings well
| adapted to college purposes. 1t is the oldest
| UNCONVENTIONAL college in the state, having
| been founded in 1854 at Red Wing, and
after suspension of eleven years reopened
at Hamline seven years ago. 1t is now en-
| tirely free from debt. During the past
| year 1, 800 volumes have been added to the
| library and over 500 specimens of rock,
minerals and fossils have been pre-
sented by Prof. N. III. Winchell.
state geologist, as beginning of what will
become a. large collection. Among, the
alumni are such men as Hon. B. B. Her
| BERT editor of the Red Wing Advance;
Hon. F. w. Hoyt, Red Wing, who was
president of the Alumni association: Judge
Brill of st. Paul; w. G. Rice, Zumbrota;
| Rev. John Stafford and Rev. Bradford
| Raymond, president of Lawrence uniyer-
silly, al Appleton, WIS.
YESTERDAYS EXERCISES.
At 1890 yesterday morning Rev. Levi
| Gilbert of Winona delivered the annual adj
| dress before the literary societies OF the
| college, four in number-the Philomathean
| and the Ampluctyon, composed of gentle
| men, and the Browning and the Athenian,
composed of ladies. The exercises took
place in University chapel, which was
| thoroughly filled by students and their
friends. The subject of Mr.. Gilbert's adj
dress was "a Plea for Christian Educa-
| tion," which was forcible and earnest.
At $3.50 in the afternoon the annual meet
| ing of the trustees was held in the recep-
ton room. The following were present:
| J. II. Murphy, st. Paul; Rev. DR.. C. A.
Van Anda, Minneapolis; Hon. H. G. Harri-
| son, Minneapolis; D. ]. Whiting, Northfeld;
| Prof. E. T. Mearkle. Hamline; Rev. DR.. CY-
! rus Brooks, St. Paul; B. F. Nelson, Mime
| apolis; Rev. DR.. J. F. Chaffee Minneapolis;
| G.. d. Strong, st. Paul; Rev G. H. Bridgman,
| Hamline; Rev. R. Forbes, st. Paul; Rev. J.
| N. Lescomb, Mankato; Rev. G. N. Showers,
Levi Gilbert Winona; Rev. Thomas McClary,
| Minneapolis, and Rev. w. NJ. Martin, st.
Cloud.
PROFESSORS ELECTED.
Prof. NJ. j. Griffin of Syracuse, n. Y,
was elected professor of Greek, in place of
Prof. j. r. Taylor, resigned. and A. q.
Drew. a graduate of this year, was chosen
tutor in the English branches, not being
made full professor to fill the chair of
history and higher English made vacant by
the resignation of Prof. S. G. Gale. Prof
Griffin is graduate of Syracuse university
and has recently spent two years in Leipsic,
Germany, in the study of Greek. He has
taught the language with great success for
several years. Mr.. Drew receives an un-
usual honor in being made tutor on his
| graduation. Five trustees were elected to
succeed those whose terms expire this year.
Hon. M. G.. Norton, Winona; Dr.. j. Fl.
Murphy, st. Paul, and Rev. C. A. Van
Anda, Minneapolis. were reelected. A.
| w. Bradley OF Duluth was elected to sue
coed Hon. W. S. Drew of Winona and F.
| W. Hoyt of Red Wing was elected to sue
coed Rev. d. G. John of Milwaukee.
| The great feature of the day to students
was the class day exercises, the only part
of the commencement exercises which is
not arranged by the faculty. The gradu-
ates number twelve and all of them have
been schoolmates at Hamline for the past
six years, having taken a two years
preparatory course. Their names are:
Orrin E. Barrett, Wadena; Frank A. Cone,
| Madela; Annie NJ. Davis, Red Wing;
| Arthur z. Drew, Hamline; Joseph W.
Follensbee, Hamline; Frederick w. Hart,
Paul; Eta B. Higgins, Hamline; Sadie E.
Higgins, Hamline; George S. Parker,
Grand Forks, D. T.; Josie NJ. Showers,
Winona; Lewis A. Willsey, GAINESVILLE.
On the campus, a little to the northeast
of the main building a number of seats
had been arranged in semicircle about a
large stone, which was made a central spot
for the class day exercises. This old
boulder. jocularly called the ''rock edge
ways" had been despatched with paint of
various colorsby ruthless gamins affording
a text for the cOmical orator of the day. On
the side toward the audience, which was
very large, the mark of the stonecutter's
chisel was visible, and the figures 1856"
within horseshoe indicated that the grad
yates had made their mark, symbOlicaI of
the course to be pursued hereafter, when
each is expected to produce some impress
upon the world. The graduates occupied
seats behind the stone, the ladies in immac-
ulate white, with bouquets de corsage and
the gentlemen in shiny silk hats and Prince
Albert coats. All were decorated with the
COLLEGE AND CLASS CoLoRs.
The exercises were opened by the singing
of class glee of greeting, which was fol-
lowed by an Grafton by j. W. Follensbee,
who, in serio-comic tone, voiced the senti-
| ments of the class in gladly saying farewell
to college denominations. Leyden jars, etc.,
closing with discourse on noses. Miss
Eta B. Higgins then disclosed the class
| history of the past few years, dis
closing all the jokes of college life,
| particularly those on the male members of
the class. The singing of the college song
| followed, to the tune of Marching
| Through Georgia." in which the chorus
was:
| Hurrah, hurrah, the day that sets us free,
| Hurrah, hurrah, we all expect to be
| In Grover Cleveland's shoes or the pen-i-
ten-tia-ree,
Now we have waded through college.
Mr.. A. q. Drew, as the prophet of the
| class, read his disposition of his classmates
in blank verse, represented as a dream. His
opportunity for cracking jokes at his class
mates was well improved. Miss Josie M.
Showers followed with an advisory address
to the under classes and friends of the COL
| lege. The class then sang the class ode,
composed by Miss Minnie M. Hendrickson.
o. E. Barrett delivered the .'Stone
Oration," in which he gave a
history of the huge boulder selected as a
monument to the class, the two previous
classes both having attempted to get it
from its neighboring bed and bring it to
| the campus, but had given it up, the vic
tory being won by '86. He intimated the
tales of the past which the stone could tell,
and graphically pictured many scenes sup
! posed to take place hereafter. F. A. Cone,
president of the class, then delivered the
farewell address. He delivered to the
president of the incoming senior class an
old rusty key and a small dark lantern
with which to find the keyhole. He then
| announced a burnt Offering to Minerva by
the class, and the different members came
forward and deposited on the stone their
offerings, which were worn and soiled
copies of text books and poems, which
were described by the orator. saturated with
kerosene, set on fire and consumed, while
the members of the class marched around
the stone in single file, singing dirge.
Mr.. Cone then babe farewell to college
| DAYS and companions and To all who had