St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-11
Northf1eld Full Of People
Come to the College
Exercises.
The Field Day and Class Day
Events Seen by Large
Crowds.
Wisconsin Farmers Resolve
to Unite With Working
mems Organizations.
Veterans Of the Late War
Gather in st. Cloud in
Large Numbers.
Special to the Globe.

special to the Globe.
NoRTHFIELD, Minn., June 1o.-To-
day was momentous one at Carleton
college. Visitors have been arriving
hourly, and the city is we'll filled with
strangers. The day was replete with
occurrences, large and extensive pro-
gramme having been put on. The an
nual meeting of the board of trustees
was held IN Science hall this forenoon,
and there was sixteen members present
out of the twenty-four. All of the off,
GERS of the board were present. The
terms of the following expire this
month. Their successors have not vet
been announced. and probably not
elected. In all probability the major
lty OF them will be elected to succeed
themselves: Alfred w. Norton, of
Northfeld; Rev. NJ. Q. Montgomery,
of Cleveland; Rev. Charles w. Thwing,
OF Chicago; Joseph A. Sawyer,
of Owatonna; John E. Bradley, of Min
neapolis, and David Percy Jones, also
OF Minneapolis. The following Is the
visiting committee of the State associa-
ton: Rev. j. II. Mason, of Monteyideo:
Rev. G. R. Merrill, OF Minneapolis; Rev.
A. l.. P. Loomis, of Plainview; Fl. P.
Roberts, of Minneapolis, and Hon. l.. l..
Wheelock. of Owatonna. The officers
are as follows: j. L. Moves, president;
David c. Bell, vice president; Harlan
w. Page, financial and recording Sec
retary; Alfred w. Norton, treasurer,
and Miron w. Skinner, auditor. The
field day exercises were to have begun
on the campus at 9 o'clock. but owing
to the rain and the wet condition of the
grounds they did not begin .lntil after
10. A very good showing was made in
every respect. and some good records
established. Following are the events,
the winners and the time made:
Obstruction race, c. D. Brown, first place,
2S seconds: 5O-yard dash, A. j. Baldwin first
place, seconds; second place, Ben Hought.
aling; putting i6-pound shot c. A. Stables
Is feet and inches, Lars Larson 2S feet and
inches; 100-yard dash, H. Watson first
place, l0ls seconds; Benn Houghtaling sec
ond place; base ball throw. A j. Baldwin.
So5 feet against throw of 317I2 feet made by
him last year, and F. D. Baker. 200:
standing broad jump, c. A. Staples Q feet
and 10 inches, Lars Larson 8 feet and
inches; 44O-yard run, II. Watson 60 seconds,
F. d. Baker second place: running broad
jump, Lars Larson II feet and 1 inch. &. A.
Staples 16 feet and 9 inches; three-legged
race, Baker and Baker in the record time of
1872 seconds, equalllng that made py Lewis
and Miller in 1888; c. Z. Burton
and E. E. Spear tied on the mole
vault, both clearing feet and Poi9 IL
inches; the 120-yard hurdle race was won by
G. ID. Brown. with A. j. Baldwin a good sec
ond; half mile run, Hollands. in 2:f7, with
c. H. Secombe second; 220 yard dash, Il.
Watson, in 24l2 second, with F. b. Baker sec
ond (Baker was in poor condition or he
would have made better time) mile run.
won by Hollands in 5:17, equal to the time of
any college in the state
Over 400 people were on the campus
during the time of these sports, and
heartily cheered the contestants. The
day was cloudy. and the heat not too
oppressive, except for the poor repre-
sentatives of the press. who had to
hustle to keep ''in it." The class day
exercises were held in Willis hall at 2
O'Clock, and the hall was taxed to its
utmost capacity. The programme rem
dered was very interesting and very
unique in its way, the histories of the
different members of the class being
briefly and humorously outlined. A
military drill was held on the campus at
o'clock. and the cadets acquitted them
selves very creditably. In the evening
the alumni banquet and reunion was
held at Grldley hall. A larger number
of alumni are attending the commence
ment than have been here for several
years. AT the banquet H. A. SERVER,
of Cannon Falls, was president. Ru-
dolph Won Tobal. of Lewiston, Mont;
G. II. Alden, Miss +. E. Harpham,
George NJ. Phillips and Prof. George
Huntington responded to toasts. Be
tween the speeches college songs were
sung by the alumni,