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
! 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 well 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 ana little
good natured filings at the teachers.
Miss Elizabeth Groo gave the history of
! the class in an interesting manner and
/ also aimed 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
! Miss Henrietta Wagner delivered an
1 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 ii back upon
/ them by a number of them running up
stairs and hanging a sign over their the
seniors0 heads. The sign read Triumph
! of mind over matter. The juniors lett
/ the sign hanging from the balcony and
while they were away a couple OF tne
/ seniors ran up and took ii 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 a
little later with their hair a little dis
arranged but carrying pieces of the sign
I 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 school song to the air of Columbia
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
tertainment then closed.
THE BALL GAME.
At I o'clock in the evening the Rowland
hall basket ball team met the University
exciting game of basket ball. large
number of people had gathered to witness
the contest and number of people VINO
were passing along could not resist the
temptation to stop and watch it awhile
The game was well played on both sides
and resulted in a 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 1t
was a weird scene and was well played
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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 a 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
grounds were lighted dimly by the rays
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
procession 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 a parody on the speech of Mark
Anthony, and told how they had gathered
to witness the cremation of the trigono-
metries which had been used by the class
OF '9S during the school year just COM
pleted
The reason for the cremation was the
fear that the books would fall 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
trigonometries were placed in the flames
with incantations from the masked fig
ures. When the books had been reduced
to 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-
licious punch was served in the gymnas-
ium, and when the visitors left the hall
one of the most unique and enjoyable ones
yet given in the city.