Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-15

Preparatory English -Deane W
Kitchen.
Normal Course-D. Cans, Bessie,A.
Collision, Clara g. Scott, r. L. Guiss
Mary V. Durlap, Roxana Thompson
L. Estelle Isbell, Martha Bowerman
Ethel /, RldRon and Ethel M
Fletcher.
COLLEGE OF MUSIC COMMENCEMENT.
The attendance at the commence
ment exercises Of the college OF
music was considerably reduced this
morning by reason of Inclemeut
weather. The program was COM
prised of vocal and instrumental
selections, each of which was rem
dered in a manner that elected
hearty applause and kindly comment
The class motto cart Of Arts, Sur
passing Arts" formed with silver let
ters on a blue-b background and the
figuers "9S" showed very pretty to the
rear of the platform upon which were
seated the young graduates.
The opening number was vocal
solo, ISRAELI (King)by ], Fred Emmett.
The young gentleman has a, clear
sweet bass voice and sang well. Miss
Anna d. Atwood followed In an in
strumental selection, Sonata In G.
Minor Op. 40 No. !, by Beethoven, In
the playing of which she evinced a
thorough knowledge Of music. Robert
d. Holt, of Yakima, Washington, sang
"The Muleteer Of Terragona" with
expression, he having splendid con.
troll Of his strong baritone. An ex-
celIent bit of Instrumentation was
that of the Fifth Nocturne by Miss
Edna Noel Bum, whose good work
was rewarded with much applause.
Miss Nellie e. Dohse with violin
obligato by Miss Lelo Nicklin, sang
very sweetly "Sing, Smile, Slumber''
by Gounod. Though Miss Dohse does
not have very strong voice, 1t Is ex-
ceptionally sweet.
Miss Mamie Belle Malvin played
Mozarts Sonata in f Major in an &C
complished manner and received
her share of applause.
Miss Eta Marion French's
vocal powers were shown to ad-
vantage in the Rec. aud Cavatina
from Verdi's "Ernani." Miss Bessie
Beatrice Buffers ability as an in
strumentalisU was displayed In her
Interpretation of BeethoYen's Yaria-
tions on "Nel Cor Piu."
Miss Anna d. Atwood contributed
a second number to the program but
the musical reporter of THE 10 URNAI.
was unable to decide as to the better
of the two, One,received equally as
great applause as the othe r.The
second selection by Miss Atwood was
Rec. and Aria "Crociato" by Mer
cadante, in which she proved that her
ability as an instrumentalist was only
equalled by her success as a vocalist.
Miss Jessie Munker's instrumental
number Via Fontaine" by Lysberg-
Mason was beautiful thing and was
ad mIrably executed. The musical
part of the program was closed by
Miss Juniata Laufman who gave a
Scene and Aria from Rossini's grand
opera '"Semiranide. Miss Laufman
sang the difficult selection with credit
to herself.
President Hawley presented di-
plCmas as follows:
Vocal:-Mlss Anna d. Atwood, Miss
Eta M. French, Miss Juniata Lauf-
man, Miss Elizabeth e. Robin. The
latter completed the course of study
and left in April for Winnipeg, Man,
to which place her diploma will be
forwarded.
Teachers Certificate Class.-(Vocall
Miss Nellie Il. Dohse, Mr.. j. Fred
Emmett, and Mr.. Robert d. Holt.
(Piano) Miss Annie d. Atwood, Miss
Edna N. Bum, Miss Bessie B. Butler,
Miss Mamie B. Malvin, Miss Jessie
NJ. Munkers.
THE ALUMNI REUNION.
The annual reunion Of the w. U,
alumni will be held this evening.
The reunion this year will differ from
that of previous years in that there
will be no public programe. The
members of the alumni accompanied
by few invited friends will assemble
in the musical college, there to enjoy
banquet and renew old acquain-
tances.
The following program has been
arranged for the occasion;
Vocal solo ..... Prof. r, A. Heritage
Essay, Mrs. r. A. Miller, B. S., IT
Music ,.........,...C Cardinal quartet
Poem... VIM. p. Matthews, Pin. B. '96
Vocal solo.
Mrs. Mary Strong Kinney, A. M'7s
Grafton. Hon. e. II. Belknap, B. S. "a
Music. c....,. .,.... Salem Guitar club
Toast Master. Col. r. A. Miller,