St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-03
DANCING INTO THE WORLD.
Seniors and Friends at the Prone
nade-CIaSs Day Exercises.


Last night fun and frolic among the
the University students gave place to
stately pleasure. In the morning SEMI
ors amused themselves and friends
with all the fun of class day exercises.
In the evening they cast aside the eff
fervescence of boyhood and girlhood
and assumed the airs of fathers and
matrons. They could not forbear leav-
ing the university and going out into the
world with dancing feet. but the dancing
was done'tO slower music than that of
rollicking class songs. There was, per-
haps, just as much frolic iii the young
people last night as there was in the
morning, but no one can be as careless
and gay in full evening dress as in a
sack coat, and the promenade of the
seniors at the coliseum last night was
very formal.
The university students, the gradual
ing class and the alumni look forward
to the annual promenade of the seniors
as anXiously as does the small boy to
the day when he will be allowed to wear
pants" for the first time. Anticipation
was not disappointed in this case. The
music was as DanZ'S music always is.
The refreshments came Just at the right
time. The spirits of the dancers were
| equal to the occasion. All university
society was there. They remained until
long after the hour supposed to be the
| favorite promenade hour of ghosts.
Yesterday the class day exercises oc-
cured in the chapel of the university.
| There are some bright spirits among the
seniors of the university. 1t all came
out in the class day programme. There
were no hackneyed songs, no Shop-WOrn
| music. Everything was original. The
music sung was composed by members
of the class of '91.
There was a novelty to begin with on
| the programmed three-act drama, ;"
called "a Picture of University Life.'
| In this play was pictured the registra-
ton of the freshman, his introduction
| to military drill and the class picnic in
the first act; the sophomore greetings,
the first lesson" and latter the prom
the third act the Gopher board
meeting in the junior year, sat the
party" and the closing minuet. The
participants in this college play were ::
Martha Y. Ankeny, Frances MontgOm-
cry, NJ. Emma Kemp, Myrtle Conner,
Dora NJ. Guthrie, NJ. d. Purdy, A. J.
Blethen Jr., G. l.. Chase, A. w. Stacy,
E. A. Nickerson, S. f. Browne, G. w.
Bray, B. H. Undertake.
The class programme proper began
with the class song, both words and
music being by j. E. Merrill and j. G.
Cross. Miss Myrtle Conner, of Mime
apolis, read the class history, "What
We Have Been" Albert w. Stacy,
of Washburn. contributed the sta
tictics, what We Are" 1.-The Seniors
That Bloom in the Spring." paraphrase
! on The Flowers That Bloom In the
! Spring." by A. j. Blethen Jr., was sung
and resung. Nellie NJ. Cross read the
class prophecy. What We Shall Be"
and painted few futures in odd colors.
| The song, 1.-THE Profs," by E. B. Gar
diner and j. G. Cross was we'll received.
The class Grafton was by Theodore NJ.
Knappin, Minneapolis, "a Posse and
Esse;" A. j. Blethen Jr., read
the class poem, "a Legend of
the Campus" The presentation of
| the eknife was made by President
Curtiss Sweigle, of Ortonville, and re-
sponded to by Mabel Austin, of St.Paul,
the president of the junior class. Jo-
seph 0. Jorgens, of Grand Meadow,
| gave the memorial Grafton, and it was
responded to by President John S. Pills
bury, of the board of regents. The fare
well song, words by A. j. Blethen Jr.,
and music by George p. HUM, ended
the programme. After the conclusion
of the exercises the class marched to
| the residence of Prof. Folwell and pre-
scented to him a duplicate of the bust
presented by them to the university.
To-day the Seniors will rest for the
commencement exercises tomorrow,
and the alumni will hold the fort.
The oratorical contest Monday night
for the Pillsbury prizes of $50, S25 and