The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-06-20
MOST INTERESTING EXERCISES
HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY
YESTERDAY.
THE VARIOUS INTERESTING PA
PIERS THAT WE'RE READ.
The Rusk and Athanaeum Literary EX-
ercises Last Night-Meeting of the
Regents and the Various Social
Features of the Day and
Evening.

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showers of rain that were continual
} making the dear people tired, there was {
} large crowd out at the University. TIL
} large assembly hall which will comfort
, ably seat $500 people was about half full
and rapt attention was given the various
papers as read by the different students
The Fifth Cavalry band was stationed
in the hall and rendered some eXcellen
music. Seated on the stage were the fol
lowing members of the graduating class
Donald Cameron, Walter G. Harkey
Jessie NJ. Lyons, Jesse Andrews, Louise
Brunei, Robert i. Caruthers, Lila NJ.
CASTS, Edith l.. Clark, Thula Cole, Thos
Il. Council, Daisy Crawford, Charles e.
Durham, Morris Sheppard Hugh V.
Tull, Charles II. Yeiser, Grace S. Har.
rison, Helen Hornsby, Leroy LeGrand
Benjamin +. Louis, Bernard Makensen
James w. McClendOn, Marcus Schwartz
II. Dick Slaughter, Sidney II. Tillman,
Nellie NJ. Hall.
Much interest was manifested by the
audience in the various most excellent
papers that were read and many floral
tributes found their way to the stage as
further testimonials from appreciative
| friends in the audience.
! Mr. Donald Cameron as presiding officer
opened the exercises in the following
neat speech:
| Fellow Members of the Glass of '95.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Today the class of 90, as an organiza-
| ton, meets for the last time, and like
every other senior class we now have
brought home to us more forcibly than
ever the fact that little while and we
shall be scattered band never to be
united in one gathering again.
There have been times in the round of
college work when our minds were so
occupied with pressing everyday duties
that we did not think of what the COM
ing separation meant for us-the change
about to take place in our lives. Even
during the last week, when final eXamina-
tons were abroad in the land we were at
times have been utterly oblvious as to
whether this year was our last or our
first. But now, when our college work
is done, our last examination over, and
we think that the sound of the gong
VIII never again, for us, be the herald of
pending veal or woe but merely a remind
err that the class of '95 have one hour less
to spend tOgether-then, | say. we are
forced to think of all we are leaving.
When, now, we look back over
our university life, all the rough
and unpleasant places in the land |
i,,tn ca
shades, and in the fair picture of our col |
lege work, college pastimes, and our in
tercourse with our professors and fellow |
there are only pleasant scenes |
set in all the rich coloring of valued friend |
ships and associations, all of which in |
after life go to make up that mass of |
that ever cluster round four
happy college years.
Tomorrow we go forth to swell the ever
increasing band of our alumni who have
so faithfully, so successfully. and so
creditably to themselves and the Univer-
sity, upheld the interests and the fair
name of their Alma Mater. And | pro-
foundly trust that the class of '95 will
with equal loyalty do all in their power for
her reputation and welfare and that, to
whatever life work each of us may be
called, he will strive to do honor to his
class and the institution Of which he is a
graduate.
I hope, too, that the old class spirit and
class ties will grow stronger as the years
go by. and will at some future COM
draw at least the greater part
of us together again to live over in
memory "the days that are no more"
Miss Grace S. Harrison of this city was
then introduced and read the following
interesting paper;
mistakes will happen, so the proverb
teaches.
Mistakes will happen, everybody breaches;
He who denies it reasons not sedately,
For Il great mistake has happened very
lately.
These senior boys with wilfullness pre-
torian,
Have served girl as '95 historian:
But now tits done. no remedy fOrthcometh
SO hearken. friends, for thus the history
runneth."
Almost -four years have stolen away !,
since we, the class of 90, en-
tered as students the classic
halls of this University. How
wildly the scenes of that first morning
present themselves to my memory. As
we looked timidly about us. we saw stu
dents everywhere. Coming down the cor
ridor were some wise SophomoreS. who
seemed contented with themselves and all |
the world. We envied them little, yet
felt somewhat indignant. for their very
air seemed to say: "Oh. see the green
freshmen. with what deferential awe must |
they regard u.s. who havc overcome the
difficulties that seem so inSurmOuntahle
to them" In n recitation room was
group of juniors. delighted at the idea
of another class reunion. Their lack of |
the air of Self-conceit treasured us and
that fellow-feelng that makes
all students akin. In the rotunda stood
some dignifed seniors conversing on
subjects of interest to those above the
small affairs of college life. for such they
seemed to us. the uninitiated When we
entered the regents room, however. we
lid not feel so lonely. for it was crowded .
with new students like ourselves. and Il
sense of comradeShip had already begun
TO manifest itself Soon began a tramp
from one room to another. upstairs and
Town stairs in search of the professors
Who should sign our entrance papers.
Then that days task was ended. but what
vas the next TO bring forth? How we
dreaded the examination. No words can
,Npress our joy when we found our names
IN the list of those who had successfully
passed.
Beginning our university life we found