The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-06-29

a crowded house. The first thing noted
was that the chapel commenced to fill at
quarter after 6. The people being willing
to wait more than an hour and half for
the certainty of having seat When the
cadets had finished their drill there was
not an available seat in the house and in
stead of the students getting the benefit of
the prepared program, there was hardly a
student present and those who were present
! were mostly standing outside.
The exercises opened with the address of
welcome by Miss Jennie Gellatly. She had
nice addre s. prepared but could have put
more study on it with good effect
Mr.. Mark Bump then favored the audi-
ence with piano solo delivered in most
praiseworthy manner, his touch being
especially good.
Next on the program came Ross c.. Fin
ley with an Grafton on ''Definiteness of
Purpose" He commenced his Grafton by re-.
ferring to the history OF Queen Esther al
illustrative of person having a fixed pur-
pose, in this case to save the Jews. Now
we have the wisdom of ages for guide and
all should have some definite aim in life.
We have grave questions before us and we
should do our whole duty"
A vocal solo by Mr.. e. G. Emmett came
next. This was especially good and should
have received an encore
Chas. Chandler was the class historian
and performed the duty of showing the mem
bers of the class in some predicament to
everyones satisfaction. But class historians
need be said about it. 1t is to be hoped
that future classes will try and replace the
histories by something more original and
not quite SO personal
by Misses Parsons and Della Gellatly which
was quite good.
A tribute to the tree now listened to-
Miss Curriers' address had reference to the
class tree and was very good if it had been
spoken little louder.
The piano solo by Miss Hattie Friendly
that followed was undoubtedly the rarest
! treat that lovers of music had listened to
during the exercises. She played the Fan
tastes of Schumann in two parts, (a)-Even-
ing; (b)-Soaring, with beautiful touch and
fine execution. Miss Friendly also played
entirely from memory and during the whole
of the long piece she held the audience en-.
tranced.
The class prophecies by Miss Luna
George came next OH the program and ii the
members of the senior class fulfill her
prophecies the class of '94 will be famed
| indeed.
The class song, written by Miss Parsons.
was the last number on the program.
The exercises as a whole were very fair
| but did not compare favorably with
the other class performances, and the
! seniors were no doubt withholding Their
best efforts tor the next day.
Preceding the program indoors was bat
TALON drill ON the campus. The companies
made an excellent showing, andi displayed
the result of thorough training and disci.
pline under Lieut. G.. e. Dentler, U. S. A.
SENIOR CLASS SONG.
We're the senior class of ninetv-fnur;
| For sorr e time we've been pondering DER
Much deep modern scientific lore,
| OF which We have great amount in store.
CHORUS:
| Now our school days, they past,
Still we remember
| Though now dismember
That these pleasures could not last
For the class of ninety -four.
| We're the latest from the O. A c.
Here to greet you with much dignity;
And we're sure that you will all agree
That we're very, very dstingue.
The year to Us has quickly passed away,
And now We leave these college halls for ave;