The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-02
MR.. STEVENS, OF ST. PAUL
DELIVERS ANNUAL ADDRESS
BEFORE THE LAW SCHOOL
Meeting of the Alumni Association
Feature of the commencement
Exercises of the Day-Only
Few of the Senior Class Pluckcd
Statue in Honor of MIR. Pills
bury-Minneap0Iis Matters.

The customary annual address be-
fore the college of law of the UNIVERSE
,ty of Minnesota was delivered in the
chapel yesterday afternoon by Hon.
Hiram +. Stevens, of st. Paul. Dean
Pattee presided at the meeting, which
was attended by the senior class of the
college of law, members of the faculty.
and the interested public. Some mu-
steal selections We're rendered by the
Temple quartette. Mr.. Stevens, who
was introduced by Dean Pattee de-
livered vigorously and eloQuently an
address upon the Duties, Privileges
and Responsibilities of the Lawyer"
The alumni association of the uni
versity held its annual meeting in the
university chapel o'clock yesterday
afternoon. President w. F. Webster
presided over the meeting, and in the
absence of the secretary, Miss Anna
Guthrie was appointed temporary Sec
rotary. a committee, appointed last
year and consisting of E. c. Chatfield
George H. Partridge, Lewis S. Gillette
and James A. Quinn, reported action
in reference to the matter of having a
statue of ex-Gov. John S. Pillsbury
mounted upon the university campus.
The committee reported that they had
signed contract with the New York
sculptor, Daniel c. French, to make
such statue for the sum of $4,000;
$500 to be paid upon the completion
OF small model. $4,000 upon the COM
pletion of a life-size model, and the
remaining $500 at the completion of
the entire work.
The committee could not bind the as
ISOLATION in this matter. but became
personally responsible for the amount
For the purposes of collecting this
fund it was decided the chair should
appoint a committee of three from each
ole 70 .ie-f agDl
and the executive committee was au-
thOriZed to meet any necessary ex-
penseS. The committee on university
affairs did not wish to report, because
of the fear that publicity might impair
the effect of their labors and plans in
certain directions for the good of the
university. Some discussion was held
upon the point of secrecy, but at last
confidence in the committee prevailed
Miss Anna Guthrie was elected sec
rotary of the association; the other Of
ficers were reelected. c. J. lockwood
was elected to succeed A. w. Rankin
as member of the executive committee.
At meeting of the state university
regents held at the farm school yes
terday two hundred and ninety-Six
students were recommended for degrees
by the faculties Of the several depart
ments. A large number of seniors have
been dropped from the list and will not
De allowed to graduate until their work
is completed. In the academic depart
ment only one delinquent has recently
been reported. but twenty-five have
been ''plucked" since the beginning Of
the year; in the college of law three;
college of medicine, five; college of dem
tistry, two; college of pharmacy, three
The university chapel was filled last
evening to hear Edward Waldo Emer-
sons address upon The Soldier and
Scholar" delivered under the auspices
of the Phi Beta Kappa society of the
university. The president of the So
ciety. Prof. F. J. E. Woodbridge, intro
duced DR.. Emerson saying that Phi
Beta Kappa stands not only for schol-
arship, but for patriotism as well, and
therefore the subject of the evening
was citing. Dr. Emerson gave advice
to scholars to be true to the telescope
view Of things as we'll as to the micro
scopic, to pay little heed to the politi-
clan with his four years view Of things
or to the self-interested editor. A brief
reception was held by DR.. Emerson af-
ter the exercises.
The annual promenade and dance of
the senior class of the university were
given last evening in the armory.