Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-25
LAWARE COLLEGES DAY
e SWeltering Heat the Only
n Drawback.
|AY OF PLEASANT FESTIVITIES
} BE Gathering at the Com
imencement Exercises.
Alumn@ at Dinner--socicty Reunion
, Hop Closes the Festivities of the
oek--The Events III Detail.


sial Correspondence OF Gaze.te and journal
EwARK, June 1s.-This years com
cement will probably roll down the
itiOns of the college as the hottest com
icement ever known. The heat sadly
rfered with the attendance, especially
the exercises which were held inside,
ly prefering to remain out in the invit-
lianbrage Of the old elm and linden
sof the campus, where all day there
a pleasant breeze blowing and the
utiflil green cXpanse, so priced by the
itution, was dotted most of the day
b detached groups of trustees, faculty
old students, the latter talking over
times and old college scrapes and
los. There were those also who rather
Eerred listening to the tongues IN
s' than the tongues inside which were
lfing heavy with oratlonS addresses,
srdinner speeches, de-, in the oratory
hesalute of l3 guns at 9 O'Clock marked
! Opening of the many events of the
M7For half hour the cadets We're
Y dworkcd at artillery practice with the
nDiug and moving of these heavy can
4 and their carriages. Forming in bat
h Il the cadets marched TO the front
ipus, where over a thousand persons
I % ,egatherod, most of them being ladies
ose many COlured gowns made quite q
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,S Ta; snn
sw1 NJ Moti, t,,.i, ahnrs.a thnir W
tive companies which were drilled in
\ tpany movements by Captain Brown.
ire WAS excellent voiey firing and then
Judges called out the following cadets
d n the three companies to be drilled in
manual Of arms having displayed pro-
\ .ncy IN the company movements: Arm
i liz, NpI,Sh, II.. h"l ~, ileNi ' Mt,laiai
IN" EdS2 l,s,l Nisiis' III ~ - ;a's,t,ius Ciith
: t;,it, II, IL, ~. -; i'.,i, ,,,,
lgcr, hicpcr,iian, iiatiiy' ;l EXT s4iilr I1i
sItf VIZ put 'iiio;iSn Z IlEiu "ai,, anj
al u III MI iii r. i;ihaiiS SO
~ W ~ " 'it ii''ti - 'i'sDailu'
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
he oratory was filled by 1890 o'clock
the. graduating exercises, which were
les, &c. The degree Of bachelor of
noe was conferred by President Raub
ngradnates Thomas g. Frame, Francis
short and Harry Whiteman, and the
IL ~ oi pactieior o. sGlehGe upon Joh1
% aitispro,is, rI m ?osePn y, ii9issiiiser aila
. yaru ~ Marnl, AFTER tliis tiie presl-
= ipade sliolt sleeen 70 the inelllpers
n ~ SiasI siu Iliell 70 llie a.idleLte, ~
~, w ~ ~ uesia.eu .i. !, Z lleasailt uulS y
III m i1u9 ~ i aiiu i.,' Iesiees ~ wy li,sui
Va III hie al9u t9oh PteastlIe ~ allllouiic-
of ~, H. eo.iie qFe,al.ilicil's NY eoileEe
PietfIiorA .iI VI money, oWllS 70 the
leness q tWo "a! annual n government an
~ slo;"uv eaeii lor aStlcuitll-
" .flu nleoaealltal Ia. arts, ana !iie gen
Sc u iIn, H. ~. sos 5t,e Nv Lesa.fe II grant,
s l, TS1,Vvo III ~. W eFect hiuitlohal
fr;aua of nv s laI.er .h alProPfiFati,on F, ne
NJ
ne saasei si9 u " o,d ilf ntate apEfoPrlatlon
~ aal.li 'sio'Vuo lesa til!lh was asked,
io Wy present appropriation VIII not
! u tile new pullaihY contemplated
w. spis iensGli tiie ns coidiege proposed N Two
70 ask ior l2iVuo more, nf Tor what
nov get, NcAt year there VIII be
90 Ipr I'VE new professors IN the college,
pilR tMelVe ~ AZ inc college portals
INV ppti ! re- q th''rHe nahN Young
Is ,,,,,ati ~ '.'3H siic tii5Ft !,
era ben"diction by tbn Rev br ,i' WI
iit1rhan tbe niidienrn disnetsed
N n.y., ,,,,S, 'S,'Nu .,,i i'at9e'
AZ ~ -, +, w. piNNhN'
Vsz'"p . cloGh tlle oratory was cleared
ny annual aihher 81 the Alumni was
AWlth captain g W. Robcrts presid-
At iiis rlShi Was seated Dr. Raub
j. nt ms ielt u \; Grohe' There were 30
~
t-tqlhher WAS served by VIII ngton
adIer ~ seven courses, W hen the cigars
eypt3llEhl " spcech making began.
l.png those VINO made short speeches
slpf. kaub, the Rey. X. II, Wright j,
kllS Ipoch, John ,. Grohe, Thomas
-ls, frolessors tonnell, Harter, Beck
hstanLalh Brown, Victor y. Woolley,
yey Mhlteman, Dr; John r. Pearce,
lhl II CtirtiS, Charles Z, Evans, IL. i,
eN I. 1. llelsle ana u; y. !. Springer.
tmeetlilS OF me association afterwards
IoIoWIln:yg WIZ officers were elected: Presi-
GJ. Wilkins I tooch' Niee,nresidents,
wv turtls ana pr. George W. Marshall;
cSietary and treasurer John Filling, .lr.;
anains committee, John ;: ,irohc,
ries IS. Evans and r.. W. Curtis. II
announced thht the, defamation
u'ea ollered annually by the association
uu continued next year.
iau pELTA Phi ANNIVERSARY.
anniversary of tl,is society
NJ place NJ i o'clock In lin oratoryS
tIch'was already filled WITH abm,t ~
Ie persons who had attended ali the
'iaer .comnencenlent events. At 80
-ogs there was an informal reunion e
,eVlq menpers ol lhe soeletN IN Us hall
VIE wes1 Nlhg Wiilen hlS liiely been
Nihi'3sae', rec'.rl'gleSi, &c, nc sPeaketfs
SfeneiIltiG i a!ll 9lu ileiminera ul the
E5 hiaISiled ~ .iotiPle ne mo inc
gry ahu np"n me St;tge, taking as
fl0red custom, The chairman Of the
Il blair nc lhirodlleed me
v, who Delivered the snrirty address
eran orchestral air the Hon, William
lIWallace, the Unknown Pennsylvania
'ienator, delivered an admirable oration