The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-01
NHE success Of class day At the Univer-


~v~6s,a.es. Novelty succeeded novelty and
- audience never for moment lost i'm
ts<sss. Ahou. 20 people were present, and
10 general opinion was that the senior
rlsae had made the greatest ATT In the his
ecrv Of the college. as far az class days
9efe concerned. TIE programme went CD
NH ecla,, and without the least hitch. At
cmas the s1n tecame fast and furious. and
fhrew TIE spectators Into paroxysms Of
1angA,eS
Nnsn by the L. OF ". orchestra, under
- leadership Of Louis Slnxermsn. pre-.
eeded the raising OF the curtain. The first
ecens Was pitched In public garden In
Paris, the time being fsoI- A crowd Of The
senior men occupied the stage and intro-
rieoe OF Gsgeerei A lively conversation
1u;I0Wed and then the senior eQsrfesso
0rg couple Of college songs.
Tie entrance OF Frank Giles. imperson-
nfsng Dr. Ranum, the professor nf maths-
nafics in the costume 81 tro3badoar.
e1cised great amusement He sang a very
sentimental song and informed his former
sfudenis that ne was In Paris in search OF
new conquests.4 -
= b. Coxhet. -. then entered as . ners~
APR reporter. smoking a cigar. and with
btg black bottle, which he generously
1Anded around. In response 10 q demand
foT the ns~s he read his last article in The
podice Gazette. in which he gave an ae-
count Of the careers Of the members OF the
class since graduation. with the usual ex-
aWerations
After the newspaper article Don II. Pal-
me1 and Arthur s. Wilson gave an sxhi-
titien Of a wonderful machine which they
I'D Invented. and which. perhaps. was the
greatest success Of the day. /, Was called
u phono.kineta-Eraphsco and repro
6uced scenes which. IL anything. we're m5re
goal than life. Palmer prefaced the per-
1psnance with q clever speech that struck
he fancy OF the audience Palmer and
Wison we're appropriately dressed In silk
a,is white trousers and striped coats.
falne- turned fae crank Of his machine
ond threw the first scene on the atnscs-
phere This showed the burial Of Waiter
Griswoid two years before the meeting
n Paris. TIE coffin was carried on The
Gfge. and an eloquent funeral Grafton was
then delivered by David Kelly Whenever
raimer stopped turning the crank fer a
moment all action would promptly stop
and series OF iuderous situations was
thus developed.
The next scene showed II. L. Richard
- o. the North Hall brass band. among
1ost varied assortment; AS Palmer turn
q the crank Richardson played each i'm
ssrsmens Ia turn. initiated farm yard
Wilson the partner Of Palmer then made
abort address, and the third scene TO-
Ssed THIS was the place where Ave OF
&c g ~. senior noys-w 2; TarneuIl r. r.
snd / X singerms n-appeared dressed in
oi00mers. representing weii.known coed
efnIeles After practising basket ball for
few minutes, the athletes broke into a
etnrmy discussion aboa, choosing PLAYERS
tor the baske, ball team ana Commence.
% scratch each other At this tsrncture
tns machine blew Up and great confusion
M. nrst act of the days programme
closed with the singing Of America" hy
ne Class The audience rose en- masse and
Ine Of ". orchestra introduced To the
pubic j. X. Singerman's new march, .sThe
Purple and Cold The composition met
MN instant success. and received an
erai minutes and not stepping until the
orchestra consented TO repeat the march.
IAe second act or The programme was
: class reunion. II c. coffman. imIeron-
Ala ssnng DR. f. j. Hamilton. was the pre-
ndink Officer Clarence Larson. with
nn s.ns red beard and hair represented
q the class were grouped around TIE
Gase. The scene WAS an uld-,inle
recitation OF Prof Meany's history class
IN which Larsen delivered an address on
My students should study Northwestern
history. His address brought forth roars
~ laughter from the audience and Was
vii appiauaed
IN Grafton by Miss Audrey Souder foI-
loved, and dealt with the passing OF the
class ~ . 90 = The sentiment Of the ad-
dress was exquisite. ami was relieved with
was frequently interrupted by applause
md as she sat down the audience. showed
Its appreciation In "A hearty manner.
song by Frank Giles In his character
Dc DR. Ranum came after Miss Souuers
Grafton ana scored one OF the successes
OF the day. The song dealt with the
various tnetf1 beers % the faculty. and their
little Weaknesses. t:iies was In fine sing
ing form, and acted his part To perfec-
ton
conruan. as pr Hamilton then nitro
dueoa Miss Olivia Peak as a hypnat!st. snd
sad he doubted hef al'ity tn er,ier 70
sntisfy him Miss Peck hvpnctises A r.
ballard ard made him believe be Mas
Dr. Nusnch. Of the Latin and Greek de-
tie ancient languages In broken eng
lish and with an exaggerated German
accent Ballard poured forth volume
OF rhetoric GA the advantages Of study
Roman authors and repeatedly exciting
prolonged laughter His address waa one
Of the hits Of the programme.
AZ t,efYman ia his character OF tfr.
II asnilfnu ssiil doubted her ability Miss
icck hypnotfxea Prof Meaay e., NJ Lar
-nni. and sent him on hunt for insects.
ktsisslng himself 10 ne Trevor kincatd
The hsTffatged pss9astt~pF0fes after An
exciting hunt captured eat ard hair a
dozen kittens. iinfa fsInagWchi Was the
nsSy victim asssi his ordeal was - sing Il
solo. watch BE- successfully accomplished
risleTlnn a Japanese love song.
ps. Hamilton tN 4 ceffmanl WAS sen
hsgneiisea aud made 30 believe ne wss
~ {. Cnamaa delivering IN. $rste vr
tsea TIVE years scfore AT the University
u Washington Fsv this means the vis~s
..Asae MAS iGfa..i over - E ". Sca,sier
" president cf the }unior class. wha made
tFfbs speech IN response
"r tArssssss wsT@. about 10 close With
80 sraisss singing their class ssnx wien
-, s%fs'sfs and FRESHMEN I'm sn~ gallery
@Va 'a'ff~@s 70 the affair ~ starting
W 81 ApE~sASsnFs. "a Afch created great
amusement Aewever after a few MIN
hsfe ff* hfar@ ssnt~sy3 Bnst the seniors
were Sae 70 stag TIE words ~ the class
stfas were written hv Miss rsn,ssa II
koa senior, sai tho fssl,sfr ~v I II Sir.
rei man. ASA "a senior Il hAs receive
The s}sesvSS - siaSS AaS il ,st-s~s.lx ss,,s
- TIE 9utiring sssorts - the ses,are., ,ta g
cSf COMMITTEES. fxsyssg~0sea ~ Il ! It@ese
cfarnAn- Miss Anna HNssi Me- Titan
fragA Miss s30sste Williams Miss I.ssfa
hi*u Ross +. Chestnut and II J. YsfeA~
sgsis0n N*'
This asarmsng al ia-n o'clock the I'm.
hafMrsss7sns ~seTg&%ss s@ ~ held se Ts.v
~ HAN "a fA~ CnsversItv ~ Neshsp.at-s,
tf~ss@s#t ? = Graves Gsssfpa h = -
aass@nneH9 fAat tae Tniti AVENUE hive al;
.sa sssc5sl ears every atsesn INMATES .
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