The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-25
LASTING GIFT TO
ITS IL MA MATER
StanfOrd'S Senior Class
Memorial Plate
Dedicated.
President Jordan Receives the
Tablet on Behalf of the
University.
Pleasures OF Class Day Conclude
With a Dance In Encina
Gymnasium.


STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, May
N-The class-day exercises of the gradu-
.ates of 81 were held in the chapel to-day.
attended by the seniors in body and by
their relatives and visitors. The exer-
cises preceded the dedication of the class
plate, one of the most interesting of COM
mencement week features.
Iu the Introductory remarks Charles
Pope. president of the class made men
ton of their many obligations to Stanford
University. He believed that as whole
the class had done its best in university
work, and he hoped it would be missed in
college affairs after graduating.
The class history was read by Fl. q. Os-
borne Jr. The important victories of the
| senior class were called to the attent ton of
the audience and some misappre tensions
concerning the class corrected.
Professor A w. Smith delivered a part
ing address to the seniors in his usual
happy style. He pointed out the value of
| happy spirit and showed how it made
the burdens of life easier to carry.
The sophomore cane presentation fol-
lowed. The freshmen on attaining the
rank of sophomores, according to college
tradition, are entitled to the privilege Of
carrying cane. c. E. Schwartz, presi-
| dent of the sophomore class, made the
presentation speech. J. P. Rusk accepted
it on behalf of the freshmen. Both sides
enlivened the occasion by bits of pleas
antry. which were appreciated by the
| audience.
| The last will and Testament was read by
R. ]. O'Nei 1t abounded in local hits
and met with applause. After the ''class
will and testament" the audience assem-
bled at the site of the new chapel to wit
ness the dedication of the memorial plate.
IT consists of slab of bronze set into the
cement walk. A similar memento had al
ready been left by the class of '96. On
| the bronze ia blet is a '97 mark to designate
the author of the gift. H. G. Hazard '97
delivered a neat dedication address. Each
class leaves traditions which become more
interesting as the years pass by.
| DR.. Jordan responded on behalf OF the
university. In substance he said:
II am glad to receive the Stanford plate
of the class of 1897. 1t is my proudest
hope that l may be here to receive such 8
| gift from many class to follow. In my
thoughts l can see this zigzag of bronze
tablets cornering one upon another in a
frightening line; q line of gold on the
brown and gray of these cloister floors un-
til the whole quadrangle 10 made brig ter
| by their presence.
The graduating class gave q most sue
cessful senior ball this evening in Encina
gymnasium. About sixty couples were
present. The graduation ball, which is
considered the most important social
event OF the year, called out Stanford s
most fashionable toilets.
The patronesses were: Mesdames d. S.
| Jordan, j. S. StiIlman, Q. d. Marx, A. W.
| Smith, c. N. Little, E. s. Baker. Gertrude
Plate, E. B. Wight. A. B. Rice, M. A.
Brantley. A. Morrison, the Misses II. n.
| Winslow and E. V. Dickinson.
| The decorations of the gymnasium con-
sisted of redwood boughs from the noun
tains back of the campus. ported plants
and cut flowers.
| The faculty committee met to-day and
decided the following EN- bers of the class
of '97 were entitled to diplomas next
| Wednesday:
BACHELORS OF ARTS
| In Greek-f+Harris Campbell Allen Oak
| land; Frederick Louis Dudley, Sac Paulo
| Brazil
In Latin-+*Josephine Caroline Beedy, sau-
| salito; William Carl Bronco, Tacoma. Wash /;
William John Dunstan, New Almaden; Nettie
Eliza Hindry, Denver Colo; Grace Cecilia
Morgan, Ontario; Joseph Pomeroy Nourse,
Santa Ana; George Humphrey Roach, Port
land, Or; Rose Flora Smith, Los Angeles;
| t*Anna Frances Weaver, Logansport, Ind |;
Mary Clifford Webster, San Diego; Lulu Ma
/ Italia Whiting, Mountain View.
In German-Ernest Henry Bierman palo
Alto; Clara EDerhard, Santa Clara; Charlotte
| A. Knoch, Los Angeles; +Adeline Matilda
| Loehr, st. Louis, Mo-; Dora Estey Moody, Pasa-
| dena; +tSarah Emma simons, Washington,
| D.. C.
| In Romantic languages-*Louise Amesbury
! San Francisco.
Bertha Hyde Brady, Palo Alto; Susan Brown
| Bristol, Palo Alto; Alice Maria Colt, Santa
| Barbara; Margaret Deming. Sacramento;
Maud E. Flint, Palo Alto; Miriam Frank,
| Victoria, B. c.; Mary Freeman, Woodland |:
George Ernest Furbush, Palo Alto; Maud
Agnes Green, San Jose; '.George Hercules
Santa Ana; Elizabeth Hervey, Santa Ana
Edward Maslin Hulme, Portland, Or; Laura
Garner James, College Park; Mary Frances
Leddy, Santa Rosa; Laura Louise Mann, San
Jose; Lottie Mabel Manner, San Jose; t*Emma
Louise Martin, Railway, N. j.. Jennie June
Peery, San Diego; Charlotte Van Cleve Phil
Tacoma, Wash; Jessie A. Ryan, stockton;
Harlan Clinton Smith, Portland, Or; ssWini.
| fred Webb, Pasadena; William Bitue Wells,
| Portland, Or.
In education-Joel Sheldon Cotton, Place r
Vile; Grace Eva Doughty. B.S., Napa; &c orge
Matthew Green, Placeryille; Alice May Jor-
| dan, BIS, Napa; John 7. McManis, Peru Ind !:
Llewellyn Bell Mallory, Los Gatos; David Sam.
uel Snedden, Griffin; Lena Calhoun Young,
| Santa Rosa.
In higtory-Roy Page Ball ard, Seattle, Wash. !:
| Franklin Elisha Bump, Wausau, Wis; Fem.
| ing Isaiah Burcham. Salem, Or; James Taylor
Burcham, Salem. Or. Ortha Belle Fielder,
Dansv1lle, N. II, MAUD Louisa Gr1eb, ArrOyO
| Grande; Ada Elizabeth Herold, San Jose:
Evans Hobrook, Onawa, Iowa; Merle de Wore
Johnson, Oregon City, Or; Edith Monica Jor-
| Alto; Francis Webster Lake, jamestown, N. Y;
Miriam Evalyn Maclaren, San Jose; Wilson
Clark Price, Jamestown N. Y; Helen Younger,
| Santa Cruz
| In economics and sociology-Edward Hager-
| man Arnold North Vernon, Ind; James War
rem Bell, Visalia; Harry Conwell Hazard, San
| Diego; Albert Samuel Hiatt. ABB, Napa; AL
! exander Townsend Hosmer, Taco ma, Wash !;
| Agnes Emmons Howe, Ventura; *Frank Will
| liam Morrison, Saxton River, Vt; James Rit-
| tenhouse Nourse Santa Ana; Burton Murray
| Palmer Saratoga; William Wigh tman Price
| Oakland; Herbert Randall Straight. Bradford
Pa. *+Will Austin Strong, Los Angeles; Joseph
II. Timmons, Santa Ana.
In law-%*William BALDWIN Fletcher Jr., In
dianapolls; George Washington Garrett, A. B.,
*.Horace Hayes Hindry, Denver, Colo; s*Ira
| Shell Lillick, Lawrence; Robert Joseph O'Neil,
Portland; *sSherrill Blasdel Osborne, Los An
geles; John Mason Ross, Steubenville, Ohio:
FfFred Lewis Sey bolt San Jose.
In matthew atics-Mollie Saidee Bloom, San
Jose; Carl Gundersen, Por tland, Or; Benja-
min Franklin Condray, ABB, Enders, Ark
In physics-Alfred Ludwig Georg Gunder-
sen, Portland, Or; Perley Gilman Nutting,
Randolph, Wis; Lillian Emeline Ray, San to
Cruz; Horace Herbert WEIGH, Los Angeles.
In chemistry-Plerre Alexander Aliaire,
Deming, n. Mex; George Herbert Baldwin,
Pasadena; s*Harry Wheeler Morse, San Di.
ego; *Wiiliam Freeman Snow, Palo Alto;
Harry Coburn Turner Los Angeles.
In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Van Wickle Brown,