The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-22

their offerings In the path Of those who
passed through the Golden Gate" The
other division, composed Of the c. L. s.
c., undergraduates Of four years, passed
up Goodman avenue to the entrance of
the Hall Of Philosophy" where they
formed in open order for the passage
Of the G. L. s. c. graduates. At o'clock
the class Of SO and graduates who had
never passed through the Golden Gate
formed there, ready for entrance. At
$50 o'clock they joined in the appointed
responsive service, at the close Of which
the messenger from the hall made his
announcement and unlocked the por-
tails. The class entered the Gate, passed
under the first arch, were met by the
choir of the HAL in the Grove" the
song of the day was sung and they
passed on through the triple arch, the
double arch and the floral arch, into the
hall, where the Recognition service was
held. The procession reformed and
marched to the Amphitheatre, where
President Elliot, of Harvard university,
gave the Recognition Day address. His
subject was 1.-The Characteristic Con-
tributions that America Has Made to
Civilization"
A recess was taken until afternoon,
when the graduating services were con-
cluded with the presentation of di-
plomas.
The amphitheatre was beautifully
decorated with evergreen. On the left
of the great organ in large gilt letters
was the class name Truth Seekers"
and 1885, On the right side was the
class motto, Eternal TRUTH" and &c.
L. S. c." Placed against the platform
We're the magnificent banners Of the
different classes. the one Of 1896 occu-
pying the central position. The class
color is grey, the class flower, the for
get-me-not. and the class emblem, the
Egyptian lamp.
Placed over the "Golden Gate" was a
silk United States flag having thirty
four stars. On the stripes We're print
ed the names Of the places through
which it had Travelled, carried in Chan
cellor Vincent's pocket. These places
are: Alexandria, Cairo, Memphis,
Thebes. Goshen. Suez, Red Sea, Morah,
Elm, Mt. Sinai, Joffa, Hebron, Geth-
semane, Olivet, Bethlehem, Jordan,
Jericho, Jerusalem, Tabor. Lebanon,
Cyprus, Sea of Galilee, Damascus, Bey-
rout, Constantinople, Pompeii, Rhodes,
Smyrna, Bethany, Sloan, Shiloh, Miz-
peh, Jacobs Well. st. Sophia, Athens.
Acropolis, Mars Hill, Corinth, Mycenal,
Sicily, Naples, Vesuvius, Rome, Genoa,
Pisa, Florence, Venice, Milan, Como,
Alps, Geneva, Strasburg. Heideburg,
Coblentz, Cologne, Frankfort. Antwerp,
Brussels, Lyons, Paris, Rouen, Calais,
London, Westminster Abbey, Oxford,
Stratford. Warwick. Rugby, Abbots-
ford, Edinburgh, Sterling. Glasgow.
Ayr. Dublin, and City Road Chapel. Is
it any wonder that DR.. Vincent Is a
broad, liberal man?
The wall back of the desk In the
Hail." was q solid mass of evergreen
in the centre of which was the class
emblem and over it the class name. On
the desk was an immense bouquet of
forget-me-no The busts of Virgil.
Goethe, Socrates, Homer and Plato
looked approval upon the scene from
their places on the wall.
1 give you the second stanza Of the
class poem written by Mary II. Field:
o deliver In darkest mines
For riches of priceless worth,
Tho sunlight nor starlight shines,
BY gleam that Is not of earth,
Thou mayst read: Faint not, o soul,
The seeker shall reach his goal!
Other speakers Of the week have beer
Mr.. l. V. Flaggles, DR.. j. N. Fraden
burgh and Hon. Wallace Bruce.
Thursday was Young Peoples day
Professions of young peoples clubs
public session Of Young Peoples socie
ties, and annual exhibition of gym
nasium classes. were among the inter
esting features.
Today, Friday, is Grand Army day
| and many people are on the grounds
| just for the day. A patriotic concer
| was given at eleven o'clock, a platform
| meeting held at two o'clock, and thi
evening will be the camp fire Of tn,
Chautauqua County Veteran Union.
PERSONALS.
Rev. Father d. NJ. Brennan, Of Dun
| kirk, officiated at the Roman Catholi,
| service held in College Hall at 10 o'clocl
| Sunday morning. About one hundred
| persons were in attendance.
Ohio. is president Of the c. l.. s. C
class of '96.
There are about two hundred guests
at Hotel Athenaeum.
Mrs. Allen and her daughter, o
Mansfield, Pa, are stopping at No. 22
| Morris avenue, and will remain unit
the close of the Assembly. Mrs. AlleI
| is widow of the late Professor T.. A
| Allen, so well known to the old alumni
| of Mansfield Normal, and educator
genrally throughout Pennsylvania. Mrs
Allen speaks in the highest terms of tn,
present prosperity of the MANSFIELD
| Normal under the able management o
| DR.. Albro.
DIR. Harper, president of the Collegiat,
| department, has been quite i'll durin.
| the week.
| A few days since the heads of tn,
different musical departments rendered
| the Press Club reception in Higgins
| Hall; regaled us with the daintiest O
the season, and a merry social time wa.
| enjoyed.
| Saturday evening the Press Club II
| response to an invitation from DR.
w. L. Duncan, the secretary and bust
ness manager of the grounds, ATTENDED
a banquet at Hotel Athenaeum. Spark
| ling wit enlivened the scene and al
| went merry as q marriage bell.
| Twenty-eigh members of the club wer,
in attendance and about forty leading
papers represented.
| One day this week I enjoyed a pleas
ant chat with Mr.. Mortimer Giffin, sol
of Charles Gifiin, d. D.. pastor of IN,
Elm Park church. Scranton. His moth
er and brother. William, have spent con
siderable time in Chautauqua this sum
mer. The whole family are enthusiastic
| Chautauquans. Mrs. Giffin was a dele
gate here from the Mt. Vernon circle
While in Brooklyn, n. Y. she was th'
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