St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-07
UNIVE RslTY NEWS.
Glass Honors Determined - The
Enrolment Foots Up 1850.


no ior men for the class of '94 were Sc
le-t.d. the decision being made en-
tirely upon the basis of class standing.
Valedlctorian will be w. A. Dewart. of
Northfield, hose average for the four
years work is 942S3 per cent. Theo-
dore Clark, of St. Cloud, will be saluta-
torian. with an average of 94.053 per
cent. The next four highest. whose
averages are above 80 per cent, have
philosophical orations. They are: W.
"A. Barto, Sauk Center; F. B. Sumner.
Minneapolis; E. p. Harding. Waseca.
and w. A. Simonton. Sauk Center.
.sfhe following, whose averages are
greater than so per cent, also receive
ing: Miss Pratt. Miss Georgia Bur-
CESS A. E. Williams, r. S. Shepard, e.
q l.. Whitman, Miss Ella I. Wright, II.
=. Bagley, Miss Hope Macdonald and
e. A. Bollard.
~ Immediately after the freshman
sophomore cane rush on Saturday the
Junior class held some interesting ex-
erclSes on the campus in the rear OF the
Jaw building. 1t was the Inauguration.
by the class of '95, in the university of
a custom, already time-honored in many
American colleges-that of planting a
I class tree. The afternoon was perfect
zone. consequently an immense crowd
sgathered about the little knoll to wit
The exercises opened by an ad-
dress from the class president,
r. Fl. Thompson, who announced the
purpose of the class in adopting tile
new custom, which they expected would
be followed by future classes. o. }.
Stageberg. the class orator, then deliv.
cred 4 fclicitous and interesting ad-
dress, after which the tree, handsome
little boXelder, was placed in the ground.
and each member of the class present
threw OH handful of earth until the
roots were properly covered. Then the
juniors gave their class veil, followed
by the other classes in order, after
) which the entire asSemblage Joined In
giving the varsity yell, and the cere-
mony was completed.
Last Thursday the Varsity nine de-
feated st. Thomas 9 to 3. A game will
be played with Shattuck at Faribauit
this afternoon, and ON Saturday return
game will be played with the same niue
at the ball park. The following games
are scheduled for the season Of 1894:
May 16, with Glinnell. at home;
May IS. La Crosse, at La Crosse;
May 10. Winona, at Winona; May
.26, Omaha. at Omaha; May 2S. Luther
college, at Decorah. To-; May 30,
Grinnell at Grinnell; May 80. University
OF Iowa, at Iowa City; June. 9. Perdue.
at home; June Z. Beloit, at Beloit June
sity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor; June
IL, Notre Dame. at Notre Dame; June
IL, Perdue, at Perdue; June l3. Chicago
University, at Chicago. Games will also
be played with ST. Thomas, the ex-col-
legians and other teams upon interven-
ing dates, and possibly with the team
from Leland Stanford Jr. University.
The cane rush Saturday resulted in
victory for the sophomores by score
of 80 hands to 19. This means that the
present freshmen will not be allowed to
carry canes or wear tiles. The rush
was managed in an admirable manner.
Although there were nearly thousand
spectators on the campus no trouble
whatever was experienced in keeping
the crowd quiet and orderly. This is
the second regular class cane rush, and
from its great success there is no doubt
but that it Will in the future he made a
regular yearly event.
Last Thursday the contest for the
Glenn medal in the military department
took place in the Coliseum. The bal
comics were filled with spectators, and
the event proved Very interesting.
Herman Ii. Chapman. '96, of st. Paul,
representing Company B. took first
place. receiving the medal and winning
for himself the honor of being the best
soldier in the corps. Adam Boyer, '96,
Company A, from st. Poul, ranked Sec
ond. F.: G. Faude, '97, Company c..
from Minneapolis, was third; G. j.
Zinther, '96. fourth.
D. *. E. gave one of the most enjoy
able germans of the season at the Town
and Country club last Monday evening.
About twenty couples were present.
The chaperones were Mr.. and Mrs.
Gibson, Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. McC. Reeve. Inc lady guests
were the Misses Lyman, Brewer, MAY
Brewer, Glass. Flora Brewer, Clarihew,
Mcknight, French, Jackson, from Min
neapOlis, and from st. Paul Misses
Craig, Edwina Widter, Bass, DE Coster,
Day, Lilly Day and Aubaugh.
The alumni Of CHI Psi will hold their
annual banquet and reception at the
parlors of the Minneapolis Commercial
club this evening. The occasion is the
twentieth anniversary OF the founding
established at the university, and it Is
expected that about sixty five alumni.
active members and alumni of other
chapters will be present.
At the faculty meeting Saturday it
was decided to regard the students Uf
the summer school section as full mem
bers of the university, their names to
appear in the u catalogue and credit
for degree given for their work. This
will increase the enrolment OF regular
students to 1850. making Minnesota the
fifth largest university In the country,
and practically making an all.year ses-
sion.
Fhe base ball management has
adopted unique scheme for increasing
the attendadce at the ball games. Here