St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-13

The programme was in itself Splen.
did one, and, although quite long, kept
the audience which flied the room in
terested until the very close.
The entertainment of the afternoon
opened with piano solo by Mrs. Ed
ward Downing. which was followed by
most amusing sl1It entitled "a Fresh
man Glass Meeting" Or course, all
the parts were taken by the seniors.
and. as the carieatlre was of real
freshman meeting which occurred last
fall. this number proved OF especial
local interest. The men i'll the cast
showed good deal of histriOnic abil-
fty, keen sense of h1mor and skill as
mlmics-that is. if the laughter OF the
audience proved anything. As with all
the other take-offs, the actors had some
particular person or persons III view.
and 50 added special as well as gen,
eral zest to their performance.
The next WAS piano solo by w. B.,
Tanner, of the class Of 'gl at Manchester.
Mr.. Turner is a very popular teacher
with the boys. and, to nse a slang term,
his being on the programme was rather
sprung on him. However, he played
a selection and received All encore. The
next two numbers were "A Sophomore's
Study ROOM" and "a Greek Recitation.
While the former was rather short. yet
both of them were splendidly done, not
ably so the Greek recitation, which was
the persOni fication OF naturalnesS. In
Ibis ARCHIE Cardle initiated, in makeup
and action, the Greek professor OF the
college, Mr.. Wallace, and he did 1t so
we'll that even that gentleman was
obliged to join in tire laugh at his own
expense. The class which received the
hardest individual rubs was the junior.
Five orations besides music were
down for the Junior OratOrical Con-
test" but the programme best speaks
for itself:
JUNIOR oRAroRICAI. CONTEST.
Music. Junior QAart8tte
Grafton s.
1.-The Psychology of Eloquence"
Mr.. .DanliHg.
Grafton American Citizenship"
Mr.. Berger.
Grafton. ."1he South and Its People"
Mr.. Wantz.
Grafton Hornets Mr.. Sunbus
Oration-''Private l.Me". 49,. Mr. LatLy
Everything was done exactly like a
similar contest of the Juniors. Even
the assumed names on the programme
were as like the names of the speakers
at the real contest as possible, and the
titles of the pieces were the same.
Mr.. Evert took the part of 'sMr.
Dnnling. Mr.. Johnson of '.Mr. Berger"
MIR. Marsh of MIR. Wantz." and Mr..
Sinclair of "AIr. Latty." Owing to Mr..
Beidler's absence the part OF ''Mr. Sun
bus'' was omitted. The music given by
the mock ''quartette" was irresistibiy
funny and out OF tune.
Mrs. Sparks followed with pleasing
solo, and for an encore gave ''For Good
ness Sake Don't Say l Told YOU" the
words being sufficiently changed TO
make local hit OIL the name Of each OF
the seniors, and the whole song was q
decided hit.
After this the real senior exercises
commenced with remarks by u. f..
johnson, class poem by Parl A. Ewert,
class his tory (omitted) by Francis. w.
Beidler, class prophecy by William Sim
CLAN, song by class, class legacy by S.
NJ. Marsh. The Adviser by A. Cardle,
the class farewell.
These parts were about as usual, al
though the poem and 1.-THE Adviser"
were above the common order of class
day.
The song was to the tune of 1.-The Cat
Came Back" substituting the word
"Shield' for Cat" to commemorate the
theft of such device from the ''senior"
preps. WHO had the audacity to fiaunt
their flag in the eyes oi the college. At
each repetition of the chorus the shield
was run on string to the center of the
stage. and at the last word silently
withdrawn. On its last entrance it was
draped in white to fit the phrase, tits
CHEST came back"
The following is one verse Of the song
and chorus:
There is a Senior Prep class
That has some things to learn;
1t tried to please the public
And give grand concern;
They bought nicely painted shield
TO celebrate the day. 50
But the college boys were on to it.
And stole the shield away.
CHORUS.
But the shield came baekl
Did pom my honor; -
The shield came back!
They thought it was goner. =,
But the shield came back, --t....-
For it couldn't stay away 80 p.
The Legacy" was the aforemen-
toned shield. 1t was gwen to a repre-
sentative of the Juniors to keep In
trust and in turn bestOw upon the next
lower class.
The exercises ended with a farewell
song, sung by the entire class. At the
close the audience gathered in knots to
wait and bid the boys godspeed, then
to depart, warm. but happy.
COMMENCEMENT DAY. -
The Commencement t exercises proper
will be held today in the Manchester
church, commencing at 10 a. m, that
being the fifth annual commencement
of the institution. The graduating
class this year numbers six, who will
receive diplomas and take part in the
/ following
PROGRAMME:
Piano aud Violin
Mrs. E. G. Downing and Mr.. C. R..
Frost.
Invocation.
Solo, with Violin Obligato--
Mrs. R. N. Parks
| Salurtory-"TheC Corrupt EIe-
| msnts OF Manhood Suf-
rage" George Edward Johnson
| Grafton. 49,. "Inspiration of YOUTH
| Samuel Marshall Marsh.
Grafton Municipal Reform
Francis Walker Beidler.
Solo. with Violin Obligato-
Mrs. &. N. Parks
Oration-s'The Individual in the State'
Paul A. Ewert.
Oration-"The Literary Char.
acteristics of the Bible'-
William Hugh Sinclair
Valedictory "The Modern dew"
Archibald Cardle.
/ Song ......... "Auld Lang Syne."