River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-06-28
NORMAL commencement.
Eighteen Students Graduated---Six Sen
iOrs and Twelve Elementaries.
INTERESTING CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
Unusual Attendance at the Alumni
Banquet.
Excellent Graduation Papers by the
Senior Class.
CLASS DAY.

lne CLOSING exercises OF the Normal
took place on Wednesday and Thurs
day OF last week, the Glass Day Exer-
cises ON Wednesday afternoon being
the beginning of the end.
The Glass Day Program gave ample
opportunity to the members of the
two classes TO show their talents in
the preparation of 'quips and cranks'
and the usual fanciful pleasantries
which enliven such an occasion, and
which, while entirely proper on class
day, would be out of place in the more
serious program OF commencement
day.
The exercises began with quar-
tette well rendered by Misses Dodge
and LangdOn, Mr.. Seller and Mr.
Hale, after which Mr.. Lees read the
Glass Poem, the Psalm of Life, by
Longfellow.
The History of the Elementary
class, in prose and verse, particularly
the latter, was read by Mr.. Eberwein,
who was no doubt responsible for the
major portion of the production
though when saccused of being its
author, he, with larger discretion
than is supposed TO be possessed by "a
mem Der OF the Ell, gracefully divided
the hOnors with committee the
names of which are yet to be learned.
In the course of the production the
class history was given collectively
and a considerable portion of the
biography OF the members was re-
hearsed individually. Much of the
paper was facetious, some portions
serious, and parts witty, the apprecia-
ton of the paper depending largely
upon a personal acquaintance with
the individuals and their several pecu-
liarities. 1t was therefore better
understood and more fully enjoyed by
the faculty and the pupils than by
auditors from outside, who hadn' I the
inside of the jokes. The possession
of rhyming dictionary was not sus-
pected and the source of the limitless
rhymes which cropped out in this and
several of the other papers was the
| occasion of much mystery to the mem
| bers of the faculty who had not before
realized that while instructing the
classes of "a they were entertaining
poets unawares.
The Senior Glass History by Mary
Gray was biographical, Oratorical,
rhetorical, devotional, political, sar-
castical and mathematical. To prove
that it was mathematical it is only
necessary to revert to the statements
concerning the aggregate height,
weight and size of shoe (No. 81 HID
worn by the class, the statistics re-
lating to the shoe not counting both
of the two unterpsichorean Methodist
feet possessed by one Of the members
After the paper by Miss Gray, Mr.
Seller sang solo in pleasant voice
and with good expression. Then fol-
lowed the Glass Prophesies, Mr.. Wentz
giving the forecast for the Elementa-
ries and Miss APP Roberts for the Sen
iOrs. In the former the writer often
forsook the prosaic fields and took to
realms of ready rhymes, while the
latter gave an original plan by which
/ the future of the members was deter.
mined by process as simple as it was
unique, there having been brought to
her door just in the nick of time
when she was distracted with the
effort TO find out the future of the six
members of the class, sort of you.
push the-button and-we-do- the rest
machine wherein, by means of photo
graphic slides, the future of each
member was fully pictured out. I'm.
fortunately, just before the sixth and
,ast button was pushed and when the
audience was waiting in feyerish eX
pectation to learn what was To be
come of the author of the paper, an
accident happened to the machine anC
its prcphesies came to an untimelN
end.
Miss Downer delivered the vale
dictory in which she bade an appropri
ate farewell TO teachers, class-mate,
and fellow students.
A parting song, the lines TO which
were composed by Leonard Stroebel
was sung by the members of botl
classes as a closing part of the exer
ciseS.
Mr.. W. n. Mackin, the Elementar,
Class officer, presided over the ex
ercises with becoming dignity.
ALUMNI BANQUET.
The Annual Alumni Banquet and Re
union occurred on "Wednesday evening
1.-The Banquet being served at sever