St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-27
THE COLLEGES.
Preparations for Commencement
at Hamline---Sports at MacaI-

Preparations for Commencement
at Hamline---Sports at MacaI-
ester.
The seniors took their final examina-
tons last Monday and Tuesday, and
are now awaiting, with anxious hearts,
that most important of all days, COM
mencement. The exercises will begin
week from today, when DIR. William
Mckinley, of Hamline, will preach the
baccalaureate sermon to the graduating
class. Monday and Tuesday will be
devoted to the examinations of
the undergraduates, and on the
afternoon Of Tuesday, at o'clock, DR..
ID. e. John, of Milwaukee, former preSi
dent of Hamline, will address the four
literary societies, the Athen8an, Brown
ing, AmphietyOn and Philomathean.
The forenoon of Wednesday, June 6,
will be given up to field day sports, for
which there has been long and inter-
eStlng programme prepared, consisting
of all kinds of college sports. There
will be single prizes in each contest, and
an endeavor will be made to lower the
records of the other colleges. Wednes-
day afternoon will be class day, part of
the exercises being given in the Univer-
sIty chapel and a part on the campus.
Thursday will witness the final efforts
OF the graduating classes. The exercises
Will occur at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon.
On Tuesday afternoon match game of
ball was played by the college classes:
on the one side were the Juniors and
freshmen and on the other the seniors
and sophomores. The game resulted in
score of twenty-five to twelve in favor
of the former. The junior and fresh
man ladies, feeling highly elated over
the success of their brothers, deter
mined to show their good will in some
substantial manner, and on Friday
evening entertained them at the resi-
dence of Miss Essie Bushnell, On Hewitt
avenue. The ladies present were Misses
Margaret Share, Martha Clark, Carrie
Ransom, Mary Bennett, Essie Bushnell,
Blanche Eames, Lena Putnam, John
son, Effie Grant and Bessie Clapp.
u. s. Perry, class Of 'SS, visited Knapp,
Wis, last week.
Miss Gertrude Southwick, class of '9S,
is spending her senior vacation in Still
water.
Preceptress Shoemaker was visited
last week by Miss Swindale, of Fargo.
MANCHESTER.
The gods have been unpropitious in
granting the Macs" favorable weather
for the annual field day which was to
have occurred last Friday. Owing now
to the bad condition of the boulevard,
upon which the races will take place,
and the lack of training among the
boys themselves, the field day has
been postponed until next Fri
day, which Will be entirely de-
voted to athletic sports. No individual
prizes will be given, but to the class
winning the greatest number of prizes
will be awarded silver cup, which
will be contested for each succeeding
year until won three times by one class
when it shall then become the private
property of that class. The first prize
the second three. The follow
ing programme has been presented:
Throwing base ball, putting 16-pound
shot, throwing 16-pound hammer, half
mile walk, standing broad jump with
out weightS), 100-yard dash, three-legged
race, 220-yard dash, standing high
jump, sack race 600 yards, running
high jump, half-mile run, running hop,
step and Jump, egg race, running broad
jump, standing broad jump with
weightS), potato race, pigeon hand
spring, obstacle race, high kick, tug of
war-'S9 VS.. 1872, go VS.. '9l, base ball
game.
The boys are rejoicing over the ar
rival of the new apparatus of the gym
nasium, which constitutes the basement
of the new University hall. The appa-
ratus consists of parallel, horizontal and
vertical bars, vaulting bar, rowing ma
chine, pulleys, SWING pole, rings, dumb
bells, striking bag, Indian clubs and
hair mattresses.
Ernest Bryant, formerly member of
'91, called last week Oh his old friends.
Mr.. Bryant is home on visit from the
Pennsylvania State university, where
he is a member of the medical depart
ment.
The Manchester base ball team will
play two games on Memorial day
Wednesday, In the forenoon they
play Minneapolis High School on the
league grounds of Minneapolis. In the
afternoon in the st. Paul league
grounds with the eX-collegiates.