St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-05
GLASS DAY
Orators, Music and HumOr Com
bined in the Exercises.

Orators, Music and HumOr Com
bined in the Exercises.
Despite the dark threatening of the
weather, the distant rumbling of thun-
der and the occasional flash of vivid
lightning. the college chapel-l0wer
floor and gallery-was crowded to the
doors with the friends of the class of
80 eager to listen to the class day exer-
cises, which occurred at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. 1t was designed to
have the two concluding numbers of the
programme given on the campus
but, owing to the perfect torrent of rain
which fell during the first part OF the
hour, these were delivered IN the chapel
with the others. As a whole, class day
for this year was, perhaps, as entertain
ing as any that Hamline has yet seen.
The class of go is d bright one, and the
large audience was kept highly amused
from first to last.
The opening number was a trio,
awake" by Misses Clark, Stevens and
Morgan. Mr.. Lord followed in a bright
paper, giving the various statistics of
the class. some of them being as u
ual as they were funny. The age OF the
class was given as 1872 years, II months
and II days; average age of members,
% years, 10 months and 10 days. Miss
Clark IS the youngest of the eight
having only yesterday attained her
tWenty-frSt year. The general weight
of the class was 953 pounds, averaging
119 pounds to each member. The size
of the mouths of the COS created some
merriment, that of Misses Clark and AL
bertson being given as four and a half
inches. This was accounted for from
the fact of their having devoted so much
attention to the practice OF oratory- In
politics the class wad divided, there
being three Republicans, two Prohibi-
tionists, two mugwumps, and lone,
lorn Democrat. Iu religion the McthO-
dist color prevails.
The Epic of '9O," by Miss Palmer,
was very Short, but admirably written,
delivered, however, in too low a tone to
be properly appreciated.
Miss Stevens had al entertaining pa
per on "Family Jars" however of more
interest, perhaps, to the class than to
| others.
Miss Albertson gave a triumphant ac-
count and display of what were termed
''The Trophies of War;" obtained by
the class in the numerous skirmishes
and conflicts encountered during the
four years of college life. One was
noticeable-it was nothing less than a
real live cat, which, according to Miss
Albertson, was rescued from an
untimely death by some members
of the class while out botanic
ing more than a year ago, and
| which has been under the especial care
and training of the COS ever since its
name was Moses 90, and later on in the
afternoon was bequeathed to Prof. Os-
borne in the interests of biology.
Glass aims" was a very good expo
sition of what the class intends to do in
the future. 1t was delivered in a clearly
audible tone by Miss Morgan. In the
closing numbers, Lamentations" by
Mrs. Dunlap, which, by the way, was
rendered in a bright, piquant way,
which completely captivated the audi
euce, and Requests" by Mr.. Farrar,
were perhaps the two parts on the pro-
eramme of most interest to those pres
ent. Miss Dunlap, robed in her sombre
senior gown, after regretfulIy laying
away in a pine box prepared for the &C.
casiou the book which had been the
especial bug bear of each member of the
class, giving to each an appropriate
obituary, and carefully placing the cover
and pail above them, gave the signal
and the eight gathered around and sang
the following "'ReQuieScat in Pace to
the dirge like him of "Romeo and
Juliet" The effect was ludicrous in the
extreme and the audience was literally
~convulsed with laughter:
Farewell to books of a time passed away.
Friends of the past, friends of the past;
Well NAV we weep on this sorrowful day,
Friends of the past, of the past,
Mourning for you as we stand round your
grave,
While your worn leaves with our %tear-drops
we lave,
ONLY your names in our hearts will we save,
Friends of the past. of the past.
Our burdens we leave in your long, narrow
grave
Blest be your rest, blest be your rest;
Never for you will our free spirits crave,
BIest be your rest, be your rest.
Let not the shades of your page unconned
Haunt us as veto our pleasures are bound,
Rest undisturbed in your grass-coVered
mound
Blest be our rest, be our rest.
Some of the ''bequests'' of the class
presented by Mr.. Farrar, its president,
were very appropriate and decidedly
amusing. Chief among them was a
hand mill designed for Prof. Markle
! and to be devoted to the grinding out OF