The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
ROWLAND HALL CLASS DAY
GIRLS OF THE INSTITUTION
HAVE A JoLLIFICATIoN.
Basket Ball Game With the Univer-
sity Team-The Cremation Cere-
monies-Dance In the Evening.

The graduating class of Rowland hall
! celebrated its class day yesterday after
noon under the shade of the trees on the
! campus The exercises were very inter-
! esting and all of the programme was well
/ rendered. Chairs had been placed on the
grass under the trees in front of the hall
and a platform erected over the steps
leading onto the porch. Above the plat
I form were arranged two flags. one being
green and white representing the class
/ colOrs ana the other was crimson and
white, the colors of the school,
! The opening address was made by Miss
Carol Young, the president of the class.
Miss Young in a few we'll selected words
welcomed their guests and spoke of the.
class day. the first the school has ever
had. She caused much laughter at her
remarks about the junior class and little
good natured filings at the teachers.
Miss Elizabeth Groo gave the history of
the class in an interesting manner and
also aimed a number of amusing remarks
at the juniors and teachers.
Miss Ella Putnam read a. composition of
her own in verse in which she related the
feelings of the class at leaving Rowland
hall.
Miss Henrietta Wagner delivered an
Grafton. the humor of which caught the
fancy of the audience and caused great
deal of laughter at the expense of the
juniors. But the latter got it back upon
them by number of them running up
stairs and hanging a sign over their Cthe
seniorsO heads The sign read. Triumph
of mind over matter. The juniors left
the sign hanging from the balcony and
while they were away couple OF the
seniors ran UP and took it down. They
were caught in the act and the screams
that followed showed that a struggle for
possession of the sign was in progress in
the building. The '9S girls came out
little later with their hair a little dis
arranged but carrying pieces of the sign
in their hands.
The class song was then sung by the
class and was followed by Miss Mabel
Hackett with the school prophecies. The
class and audience then united in singing
the Gem of the ocean" All rose at the
conclusion of the song and united their
voices in the national hymn, America
AS they sung the words a new flag was
raised over the school house and the en-
tertainment then closed.
THE BALL GAME.
At o'clock in the evening the Rowland
hall basket ball team met the University
team on the campus and engaged in an
exciting game of basket ball. A large
number of people had gathered to witness
the contest and a number of people who
were passing along could not resist the
temptation to stop and watch 1t awhile
The game was well played on both sides
and resulted in victory for the Univer-
sity team.
THE CREMATION.
One of the most novel entertainments |
that has yet been given by the schools |
was that given last evening by the girls |
of the senior class of Rowland hall. II |
was weird scene and was well played |
tn OISNOuI Dy the young ldQleS. An altar, |
draped with black. was placed at the end |
of the campus in front of the school |
house and it was there that the cremation /
was to take place. The programmes were |
distributed among the audience and con- |
sisted of cards cut in the shape of collins |
with black border around the edges and |
the words printed in Latin.
The ceremonies were to commence at |
o clock and the campus was fairly crowd
ed with those who had gone to witness |
the strange scenes at the hall. The |
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of numerous paper lanterns hung about
through the trees, which added to the eff
fectiveness of the scene. Shortly after
the appointed time weird chanting could |
be heard coming from the direction of the
hall, and this was soon followed by the
appearance of a number of figures robed |
in black and wearing black masks over
their faces
Slowly they proceeded toward the altar
chanting strange words and making signs
When they reached the altar the strange
halted and one of the figures
Miss Mabel Hackett, stepped to the front
and addressed the assembled people, Her
ADDRESS was a very amusing one and the
laughter provoked showed the apprecia-
ton of the audience. In tones of mock
solemnity she told of the dreadful crema-
ton that was to take place The ora
ton was parody on the speech of Mark
Anthony, and told how they had gathered
to witness the cremation of the trigono-
metres which had been used by the class !
pleted
The reason for the cremation was the
fear that the books would fail into the
unworthy hands of the juniors. The
knowledge had all been taken out of the |
books by the senior class and it was
deemed fit that the remains should be de-
Gently eremated to show the reverence
and love which the class of IS did NOT
have for the works. AS the Grafton closed
a fire was started on the altar and the
were placed in the flames
with incantations from the masked fig
lres- When the books had been reduced |
10 ashes the figures passed away to the
taken off.
Following this an informal dance was
given. in which the audience and class
Joined, and the rest of the evening was
passed in that enjoyable recreation De-
1cious punch was served in the eymnas-
um, and when the visitors left the hall
hey voted the programme of the evening
1ne of the most unique and enjoyable ones
yet given in the city.