The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-27
U. OF W. CLASS DAY.
ORGANIZATION AND PROPHECY


are ALREADY cozJnrtrx the hours I'll Thurs
day Ehaa release them for h1ne and va
cation Tbs forenoon was set apart as
class day. and the seniors DID fisis honor
TO the occasion with spicy bin Of intel
ieerszl fare which furnished rich enter
tainrsenf 20 their fellcw-ztr5ents and
friends. The evening was devoted 20 the
sfarnni reception and annual banquet
Owing to the preparations for the ban
qnst IN Denny hall. the class day sxsrcfses
were held on the third floor OF the build
iag. where temporary quarters had been
costly hifed Up a7d prettily decorated
stands and tables and ;wined about the
chandelier. and on the door Just back OF
the presidents seat the figures 49, were
handsomely set in pansies. the class
flower
Whea the class had marched in BY twrs.
looking very 6.znifed In black caps and
gowns. Mr. Harry T. Giles. whose once
OF class swearer as announced on the pro-
xramme sornexhst puzzled the audience.
promptly extended a welcome TO the visit
ors. and explained that his functions were
not those OF a profsne swezrss. but that
owing to the undue lmagirativensss of
the members o, the class. and their tend
enry AT times 10 diruixe important secrets.
II became mis- d1ty TO administer solemn
oath. which ne at once proceeded 20 do,
the entire class standing. with right hands
upilftsd- The swearer then ventnred TO
suggest that little applause might cheer
the dropping spirits OF the class and inspire
the speakers 10 greater excellence The
audience took the suggestion kindly and
gave q round of applause in which Mr..
Giles Was not forgotten.
Story Of the Class.
Miss Ina Irena Pratt traced the original
npsv nf ha -fa Ia AZ .h-fr n
man year. when amid the jeers and scoff,
ing of the upper cIassmen. and particu-
larry Of the freshmen. a certain tail youth
arose In chapel and announced that the
sgb-freshman class would meet. She told
OF the early struggles OF the class o. the
selection OF class flower and class coiors.
Of the troubles that had come upon them
because another class had selected the
same flower. Her sketch carried the class
forward to the freshman year. when. as
she declared. they became the most i'm
portsnt members of the university: more
important than the faculty, more impor-
sant than the janitor." and she closed by
saying that the class had ompIished
great things. none Of which were now re-
membered.
Mr.. John Ham took up the story OF the
class where Miss Pratt had left IL. and
told the story OF the sophomore year.
His anecfote OF Giles midnight adventure
in the armory was highly amusing. as
was also his tribute to Lieut.. Hayden.
whose first class liked him well that
twelve out OF the twenty took his course
a second year. With a personal hit or two
at other members OF the class. and a
reminsscenee of the days when spooning
became epidemic, he brought his record
TO a close.
II was resumed by Mr.. r. W. Jones.
who told OF the Journalistic chickering's
that had marked the junior year; OF how
the class had lost Erace-who had gone
10 California: OF the two trtumvirates and
their sway: Of the poetic illusions, from
which some had RETAINED out Of consid-
Grafton for Milton and Shakespeare: OF
the founding of the College Idea; and Of
how regret at leaving the old buildings
had been tempered with Joy al the pros
pect Of being the first class to graduate
in the new.
President r. NJ Anderson announced that
owing 10 the recent death Of Mr.. Fred II.
Bechdoits mother that gentleman would
not take part In the programme. where he
was announced to give the class record for
the senior year The president gracefully
extended the sympathy OF the class to his
bereaved classmate.
Mr.. John Gran. in "a Strange Dream"
evoked roars OF laughter by his witty pre-
dictionz OF what the future nigh: have IN
store for coming studsnts-the old plank
walk replaced by a stone pavement: a
grand avenue leading TO the armory: a
handsome hoathouse on Lake Union. huge
steamships blowing their way through the
| north canal: bulletin announcing no drill
| for the morrow; the commodIous library
| supplied with rocking chairs: Prof Bailey
after twenty-five years of prospecting. dis
| covering gold in Alaska. ard a number Of
local hits from the Pacific Wave for April.
1872
The class poem by Miss Agne. Ward was
little gem. telling how the class had In
! tended 20 plant cherry trees on Arbor day
but owing TO the sad and direful treachery
OF the curator had been able 10 plant only
alminutive hemlock.
Mr. f. f.. n. Smith. whose initials have
/ procured for him the nickname Of Feb
| ruary." gave a rscy chemical ANALYSIS OF
! the class. part o. which would be ua.nt 81
! ilgiale to the general public but every iire
| OF which was duly appreciated by listen
| ing students. After applying Va rious tests
20 Anderson. he had laid aside ell chemical
processes and pronounced Anderson brick
| Moss he thought had been labeled wrong
and the application @. appropriate tests
| discovered that gentleman 10 be nothing
| else than sodium chloride, or that very
uSefai snd saving article salt Gould :
name he found spelled wro-g. and e,irn,-
naung the - decided that he vas pure
sod; BY some mysterious application Of
1 the X rays he uncovered Beatty's pssxlo,
| for TIRE waltz ana the cuadr3lls- Mes
| Lowering he found 20 Ae composed Of ca--
! ben. gen Of priceless worth a-d .'nrreS,
ray serene" some o. the other young Ia
| ctes he had found 70 BE- sugar. In ra,cs
70 had discovered 70 per cent. Of arsenic
Giles ne set down as laughing gas.
Tho Class Prophecy.
Mr.. ; a Burrows gave the class pr,nb.
| ecy. which he r@ofsssei had ce-,s "a 81.
| has'1 from certain dark closet Il, the Ga
| n7rth BAH rs the eighth book OF svhp
PROM ts.s he proceeded TO deal cut the r.
iure record q the class % - A'ds--o,
1 gees % his native village. Csolssr.afe
which IN honor ~ his pet theory he ,hargss
| & SsiTertoa. Allen becomes a rersrai e,s
! : placed 10 command al Magnolia h,us-
I Beatty develops Into a Yale hail -rsrsg,
ana RIBS The Beau Bruufnel q the N,r5n.
| west = MS laursis as dude. Mss 49,.
ifs goes 70 farming. planting Greek. Latin
] square ana e'ihsc rac's, and finally takAS
/ 70 eeAIfics tNfins becomes p~a~sSse- =. !.
srDan town sear Seattle. rsIls. - =
II IKE burn 7ro1s vein ;hs prophet s,srsos.s
| o. al bis classmates ~
$ Lowering treated the puhis- - s,--.
| neSes from the CORES n 4a--s 49,. :
the class, in which we're rsse, $50. =.
| ilf~sss AZ TIE foioleS ara failings n va~--
/ oGs stn4ents - 'Afs-
Mss Crane ans Mrs Warren prass,,.y,
10 divers members ~ the cla~~ ~e,,..-
Souvenirs ACCOMPANYING ea~s - mic
| eP ssaEanait1 hit % savsea a. htsse-s-.1
| aAlhio1- ara The rcsssit VAS a hi-ssA -
| ard there, HsIie e-nfa-ra ss-,e-. - !.
| grrzf aesi C laughter. q
Mr., q " Ailea srcke o TIE vi-,r,eS =,
| tAs class selecting for sl,ecsaf -.e,.s.-, -
h'''ae anfsr Disaster ard Justice te1n-a-es