St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-29
END OF THE U. SEASON.
Baccalaureaue Sermon-Fieid Day
Glass Day-Alumni Meeting
Commencement.


Baccalaureate Sermon--Field Day
Glass Day-Alumni Meeting
Commencement.
The State University Of Minnesota
really closed yesterday for the college
year of '9l-'92. Recitations and examina-
tons are over. All that remain are the
closing exercises of the class of '92.
These promise to be of especial interest
this year. sl.,n
Commencement week opens thss aft
ernoon with the preaching of the bacca-
laureate sermon Dy President Cyrus
NOrthrop in the coliseum at o'clock.
ical students are expected to enter the
building in procession, occupy the front
seats, and stand during the closing of
the address.
Tomorrow at 80 p. m. sharp the field
day exercises begin. Though in the
past good records have been made Oh
field day, it is expected that this year
all records will be broken. Many of the
students have been training in the new
Y. M. G. A. gymnasium. Special inter-
est is taken by the students this spring
iIi the contests, as one year hence the
field day of the Western lnter-COIlegi-
dtt ltdS ut Will OCCul III SulCdSO. l. iiCiO
are to be twenty different contests. The
president of the day, r. ID. Crocker, an
nounces that it will not be walk-away
for one or two men, but that the honors
will be divided up. The medals and
prizes which the winners will get are
presented by different business houses
in Minneapolis.
The annual contest for the PiIlsbury
prizes will take place at the First Nj. E.
church tomorrow night. Besides the
prizes the three orators standing high
est have the honor of representing the
university at the state contest in
1893. There will be eight speakers.
The home contest is thus held almost a
year before the state contest, so as to
give the winning orators the interim to
prepare for the state contest.
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock the
Grand opera will be the scene of the
class day exercises. Tickets may be
be had from any of the seniors. and eX-
changed for reserved seats for 25 cents
at Dyer Bros The nature of the class
day exercises and who take part is a
mystery, as it always is.
Tuesday night comes the great social
event of the college year. the prone
made to be held in the Coliseum. This
ought to be distinctly college affair,
but of late years the society people of
the city have secured invitations, and
been there in large numbers. The pro-
gramme Is to have promenade from
o'clock until 9:30, and then will come
the dancing. Last year the senior class
were honored in having Gov. Pillsbury
and wife lead the promenade. Re
freShmentS will be served.
Wednesday morning at 10 O'clock, the
alumni of the university hold their
regular meeting in the ladies' parlor.
The election of officers will take place
then and the subject of fellOwships will
come up for discussion.
Thursday morning the commence
nent exercises will take place in the
Coliseum building at O'Clock. The
following are the names of those who
Clara E. Bailey, salatatory; George d.
Head, Science in History;'' Lyman L.
Pierce. "Calls to Patriotism: :" Godfrey |
Il. Hult, Looking Backward, Poem;"4
Miss Louise F. Robinson, "Modern Chiv- |
alry;" James E. Bradford, 1.-The En-
tganchisement of WOmen;" j. E. i
9'Brien, ''The Causes of 1reland,s De-
Basement" Mrs. Effie T. Rockford,
9The Jew in RuSsia.n and valedictory. |
q Those who are Oh the commencement |
Programme are not there because of |
uleir scholarship, with the exception of
Hle salutatorian and valedictorian. I
9hiS has been the case in the past, but
this year it was decided to choose the |
Hest orators. With this end i'll view a
preliminary contest was held, at which |
Ae commencement speakers were Sc
kcted. Those having the next highest
Eank to the Salutatorian and yaledictOr-
An received philosophical orations.
1hey were the following. Andrew |
Nelson, Miss Anna l.. Guthrie. George
Hunnell, Miss Elizabeth Ii: Mathews,
j e. Q'Brien and Miss Madeleine |
Eallin. W. A. Selover was, to = hare /
taken part, his subject being e"The
Machine in Politics." but. on account |
able to fill his place. Tha graduating
class numbers fifty-six academies. Of
these fffty-Sx. fifteen had an average of. |
over 80 per cent, nine of them being |
girls and six boys. Two of the gradu- !
ates become Instructors, O'Brien in his
tory and Dewey in French. 1t was
given out yesterday after the faculty
meeting, when those who were to be |
graduated were finally decided upon, j
that several who expected to get through |
would not be granted diplomas. There
will be about sixty law students gradu-
ate. Sixteen others expected to pass.
but they were plucked at the final ex
animation. There are thirty-fve medi-
Gals. Two master of arts degrees will. |
be conferred, and one Phi. ID.
This has been the most prosperous
year in the history of the institution,
there being almost 300 students regis
tered. So -..,...i
The old building at the university,
the upper story of which was burned
short time ago, is in a pretty bad con.
ditiOn. Yesterday, while it was rain
ing, the students were walking about in
all parts of the building, from top to
bottom, with umbrellas up to keep off
the rain. In the Office. where the presi-
dent and registrar were working, the
water was two inches deep and still
pouring down. Work has already been
begun to repair the building. 1t was at
first thought that it would be left only
two stories high and new chapel and
library building built. but this plan has
been abandoned. and the old chapel