Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-06
HAPPY COLLEGE TIMES.
Annual commencement at Angus
tana.
The Exere Uses Yesterday aud the
Names OF the Eraduates-The Musi-
cal Festival Last Evening.

Yesterday was red letter day at Au-
gustana college. 1t was to the college
graduate the happiest and most crafty
ing occasion of the year-commence-
ment. The tventy,ninth annual exercises
OF this nature were held in the newly fres-
coed college chapel in the morning and
attracted ltrge number of people from
the cities of Rock Island and Moline and
from all over the northwest. The grad
yates numbered thirty -four young men.
of whom fifteen were from the college and
nineteen from the seminary. as follows
Senior class. college-Alfred Appel.
5. Noah Beckman. G. August Bergen.
doff. Carl R. Chinblom, ]. Alfred Elmere,
ID. Julius FlCdmau, Harald Hegstrom. G.
j. August Holmgren. Henry o. Hultgren.
j. August Johansson, Martin L. Larson,
G. Emil OLSON, John NJ. Rydman, Ola
Strand, Frank Swenson.
Senior class, seminary Edward F.
Allison, Carl A. Bar, Carl j. Bengston,
Andrew Bengston Klas j. Bring. Carl o.
] Cassel, Nils $. Forsberg, John E. Holtz,
Hans E, Isaksson, Fritz Jacobson. Gott-
| fried Juhlin, Axel Nordfalt. Carl G. Nor
man. Gustavis s. OLSON, Carl A. Peter
sen. Olof Sylvan, Victor Tengwald. John
j. Theorell, Carl j. Youngberg.
The exercises included an organ solo
by Miss Emma Deere, reading of the
scriptures and prayer by Rev. N. Ncrd>
gren. choral by the congregation, and
orations by Carl r. Chinblom and Victor
j. Tengwald in English, and Frank Sven.
son and Car ]. Youngberg in the Swe .
dish language; vocal solo with organ
| accompaniment by Miss Amy l.. Huey,
the presentation of diplomas by DR.. T. N
Hasselq uist. the president. the valedicto :
ry by Axel Nordfalt, choral by the cons
gregation, benediction by Prof. n. For
sander and an organ solo by Miss Alma
Larson.
OF those delivering orations all OF
whom were eloquent, original and ex.
haustfve, Messrs. Chindblom and Swen>
son were from the college and Messrs.
Tengwald and Youngberg were from the
seminary. The musical features were de-
serving of the highest praise.
Last evening at Jubilee hall on the coll
lege grounds. occurred the fifth annual
musical enter tsinment given by the Au-
gustana Conservatory of Music. under the
direction of Prof. Stolpe, the programme
being as follows:
Part t-Concert, overture. orches-
ira; "Oh, Ca IN and Lovely the Evening
Bell. the lady choir and orchestra; Rondo
Brilliant. for piano solo. Mrs. Alice Mar
shall, two Sc Elections by Stolpe. the string
orchestra; when the Grass Shall Cover
Me, and Nv here Art Thoug" by Stolpe.
vocal solos with piano. Miss Annie Louise
Hney: standCheD, orchestra.
Part two-Narch Triumphale. by
Stolpe orchestra; "rhe Golden Sun Now
Sinks to Rest" the lady choir and or
chestra; Far TASTE Over Home, Sweet
Home" for violin, Miss Eva Entrikin;
Gavctte. by Bach. and Mszurka by
Stolpe. with orchestrs; Morning Song
with pisno. and Der Bor Karlek Blot. "
both by Stolpe. with piano and violin
obligato, Misses Hilma Ohlin, Elms Lar
son and the composer; Tone-Sketcbes
Spring Evening" In the Church, .
Children at Play" The Gypsies." all
by Stolpe, orchestra.
The young ladies Class was composed
of:
Misses Hilms Ohlin, Emma Deere, AL
ma Larson. Eva Entrikin. Olive Flick,
Anna L Huey. Lottie Berggren. Aman-
da Hult, Nelly Rosenquist. Hilma Rosen-
quist, Joseph Carlstedt. Minnie Carlstedt.
Emma Aron. Louisa ArOn. Emelie An
derson, N. Bartholomew. Jennie Joseph
son, Ella Bergman. Mollie Stenstrom,
Anna Norm.