The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-22
PREPARATIONS FOR COMMENCE
MENT EXERCISES WHICH BE-
GIN MONDAY, MAY 81.
SOCIAL EVENTS COME FIRST.
CLASS PLAY AND SENIOR PRONE
MADE LEAD THE
LIST.
GRADUATES WILL NUMBER 100.
Exercises to Be Held
in the New
ArmOry.

After four years hard work about
100 young men and women take their
degrees the week commencing May 81,
for completing the academic course
at the university. The class OF 81
claims, as all past classes have claimed,
that it is the greatest class in the his
tory of the institution. They have done
many things and been justly famous.
for many, and, while there are some
dark spots, yet as whole it is model
class.
The great event of commencement
week, aside from the granting of the
degrees, is the class play. 1t is an
annual event and one long anticipated
by the student body because of the
secrecy with which it's character and
even it's name is so carefully guarded
by the seniors. From what has been
waited from the class meetings and
play readings of this years production,
no play yet produced will equal the one
to be given at the Lyceum theater Mon
day afternoon and evening, May 81.
Tuesday evening the social event of
the week will occur in the armory.
This is the promenade, the last affair
to be given by the class Of 81. This
class has always had a reputation for
excellence in It's social events. The
sophomore cotillion and Junior balls
were unqualified successes. They in
tend to make the promenade the limit
which all coming classes will try to
equal. The details have all been an
nounced and are such that all young
people have a strong desire to attend.
The patronesses are as follows: Mrs.
p. B. Winston, Mrs. A. E. Merrill, Mrs.
Cyrus Northrop, Mrs. c. A. Pillsbury,
Mrs J. S. Pillsbury, Mrs. Thomas Low
~, Mrs. A. C. Loring, Mrs. A. w.
Hastings, Mrs. F. J. e. Woodbridge,
Mrs c. L. Wells, Mrs. ]. T. Wyman,
Mrs. w. w. Folwell, Mrs. F. A. Duns-
moor, of Minneapolis; Mrs. A. B. Stick
ney, Mrs. H. A. Castle, Mrs. Oliver Dali
rymple, Mrs D. A .Monfort. Mrs. E. H.
Saunders, Mrs. Condo Hamlin, Of st.
Paul.
On Wednesday afternoon the annual
meeting of the alumni will be held.
This meeting will be important, in fact
the IuOSI lulpOIl St1t USlo III COL % L AiC
great question Of how to get the alumni
interested in the university will be dis
cussed. A most notable lack of loyalty
and feeling has been manifested among
the younger alumni and among the stu
dents within the past few years, and
the few loyal sons and daughters of the
university are at loss to understand
the reasons for this. President Web
ster, Of the alumni association, has
been at work with committees during
the past few months trying to instill
some enthusiasm into the alumni, but
it has not been as successful as they
would like.
The question of having an annual
address by some famous alumnus Of
the university will be discussed. The
evening before commencement has
been suggested as a good time. and 1T
is probable that 1t will be adopted.
Furthermore it is proposed to make
a system of associate memberships by
allowing former students, who have
made a name for themselves, to be-
come members of the association.
There are quite q number of former
students who have since leaving the
university become famous, and the uni
versity has a pride in these children
OF ner teaCnlnS DIS she Has LII tuS 1ulA-
f1edged graduates.
Following the alumni meeting there
will come the annual meetings of the
Fellowship association. If there Is
enough money in sight an appoint
ment for the next year will be made.
The association was organized In 1883
and since then has had two series Of
subscriptions . for felloWshlps. Each
fellowship is $3.50, and is for graduate
work in the university for one year.
Nine students have taken advantage
of the offer The first was U. S. Grant,
'SS, now assistant on the state natural
history survey. o. L. Triggs, 'S9, was
the next. He is now an instructor
in English at the University Of Chi
matters in connection with his de-
partment. K. c. Babcock, 89, was
granted one with Triggs. Babcock
was an instructor in history at the
university for several years, then took
graduate work at Harvard. and
is now at the Stanford university.
J. B. Pike, go. and Miss Louise
now assistant professor in Latin at
the university, and Miss Montgomery
is a teacher in the Wisconsin normal
school, T. G. Soares, 81, was the
sixth. He is pastor of the First M. e.
church at Rockford Ill. Andrew Nell
son, '92, was seventh. He is teacher
at Benson. Elizabeth Peters, '93, now
a teacher in the South side high school,
was the eighth. The last to get the
appointment was A. N Winehell, go.
He studied at the university all last
year, ;astTessi cs 49, -. =, ~ ~. =-s
Last year it was proposed that the
Fellowship association be superseded
by the alumni association, which
should collect the sum of 81 from each
alumnus to support one or more feI-
lcwships. This plan was referred to
committee and will be acted upon at
the next meeting.
Wednesday afternoon the annual ad-
dress before the law department will
also be delivered by President North
rop.
The granting Of the degrees will take
place Thursday morning in the armory
at o'clock. The entire number OF
graduates from all departments will
receive their diplomas and those On
whom honorary degrees are conferred.
The armory will be used for the first
time for this purpose, and as it was
built with this use largely in view. II
will be a memorable occasion. The
armory can seat about 5000. and it
will no doubt be crowded. The usual
valedictory and salutatory, together
with four other student orations, will
be delivered.
The university battalion will make
it's last appearance of the year this
afternoon at Las o'clock on the unlver-
sity campus. Dress parade will be
held and review. The band has pre-