Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-25

Commencement Week-sOciety Cele-
bration Class Day Exercise.


bODAEkA Y EAEuBAt&0
Mcdowell Hall Vas filed last night
with citizens and strangers, the occasion
being the celebration % the Phiiokalian
Society Of st. JONAS College. The ex-
ecutive cemmlttee III charge or the ar.
Fangements were A. K McGFaw. e. W..
Heyde and Herbert Noble. reception con-
mittee, Osborne j. Yeilott, Jesse Rams.
burg, J. Fred. Adams. The programme
opened with al address by the president
of the society, w. =. Trenchard, Of
Church Hill. Queen Anne's county, which
was followed By an essay. with the 60
ciety's motto, without Learning Life r.
Death, " for the subject, BY Edwin d P0-
sey, OF Princess Anne, Md.
After sn Grafton, Manners Nakyth
Man" by Herbert Noble, Of Port Dep0s-
IL. the annual address before the society
was delivered By Frederick Emory. OF Bal
timore His subject was college In
fluenccs In After Life" He described
the work which has been and is being done
at St. Johns and its effect 90 the subss-
quent career Of the student 90 typical Of
similar results accomplished at ether col
leges throughout the country
THE HOP LAST NIGHT
The hop at ST, Johns last Night was
very brilliant affair, more pretty girls
and strangers being present than for many
years. This being the centennial year Of
the College, attracted many people. The
literary part Of the evening was very In
teresting. and dancing begun at 1890.
Among those present were Misses Vir-
ginia Hutchinson. Grace 6pier. Clara
Long, and Minnie Boyd, of New York,
Miss Malahan, OF New Haven. Conn.,,
Miss Hanlop, Miss Emma HammeFsley,
Miss Lillian Dawson, and Miss Florence
Watkins. Of Baltimore, Miss Randolph.
Of Washington, Miss Ncla Farrell, of
Virginia, Misses Allen and Bette Forbes,
Of Prince Georges, Miss Burnett, Of Eas-
tor, Misses Iglehar, of West River; Mics
es Stockett, IgIehart. Conner, Murray,
Tate, Gesner, Paymaster Caswell, wife
aud daughter. Misses Randall, Brady, aud
many more, from Annapolis. Mrs. Ches-
ton and daughter. Of Philadelphia; Misses
Brady of Washington, Misses Lockwood,
Of Washington. Clayton, of West River,
Boswell Of Charles County. MessTs,
Payn, Neal, Croft, Craig, Henderson,
DulapeY, Smith, Tilton, RamsbuVg. No
BILE, Marbury, Nvdegger, Johnston, Liuth-
icum, Soulhgates Brewer, Murray, New
man, Pusey, Trenchard, Adams, Chew,
Cain. Hicks, lamar, and others, Of st.
Johns, Misses Carey and Woodward,
Blunt, OF Montgomery county, Mrs. No.
BILE. of Port Deposit, Miss Linn, of Cum.
berland, and many others.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
A large audience assembled this morn
ing In Mcdowell Hall 10 witness the
Glass Day Exercises of the class of SO,
which are always the most interesting OF
commencement week. The following
was the programme Calling the class TO
order, by NJ. Fl, Green, the presidents
ReediDg of the minutes by Charles g..
Edwards, secretary; Reports of officers;
miscellaneous business; reading the class
statistics, by j. G. Tilton, statistlcian.
This was bright and witty, and the many
hits" made on the class, caused much
laughter In the audience. The class bis
tory was read by Herbert Noble, which
showed that much attention had been
paid to the events of the class during the
year. Although but short time had
been consumed in the reading. the inter-
est never tagged. and ALMOST every sen
tence was received with laughter and
applause. Then followed reading Of the
class prpphesies, by Edwin D. Pusey;
and the GLASS poem by W. 7. Neale, dis
tribution of presents, canferring Of de-
grees upon the class which also caused
considerable merrlment. After the dis
lribulion Of the class presents and con
ferring of degrees. and the yaledictoFV
address by 4. i. Brewer, the exercises
closed with the eiDelng of nAuld Lang
SypeH hy the dlee Club. While this was
being done the class shield. bearing the
names Of the graduates was raised, and
the class OF 80 disbanded as q class for
ever to take their places In the business
pursuits Of life.