The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-27
Ezsrcisss 0psr fansIsw Night
With Baccalaufasts oeRnoa.
SOMETHING NEW EACH DAY.


Next week beginning With Sunday wiz oe
commencement week 1t the CnaseSsaiy OF
Washington. and judging from the ssAe-
orsta preparations now In psogfsss q ,ns
college. .ae round Of festivities and csae-
hratsons viii surpass all previous functions
Of similar nature ever held b. the snstl
tuition. Every day this last week the mem
hers Of the graduating class have besn
busy rehearmnw. rating and sending
tnyitasione 10 their friends Az there are
over f,fty members IN the ctass the college
building has presented an unusual scene Of
activity.
Commencement begins tomorrow with the
bacealaureAse sermon preached 81 Bisnoo
william n. Barker. In 81. Marks churca.
n o'clock In the evening. The graduates
viii attend In q body. and the other classes
and the faculty win attend en- naasse.
The anniversary Of the Pniiomaihean
Literary Society will be held Monday even
ing at o'clock In Denny hail n the UNI
versity choice and varied programme
will be given by the society. which has
already scored many q triumph along this
line in the past
Tuesday evening. 1T the Rainier Grand
hotel the alumni association will hold tts
anuual reception and banquet. Thh asso-
ciaaion will be greatly strengthened by the
addition Of the large membership Of the
graduating class. and II II expected VIII
TAKE q more prominent position In univer-
sity Affairs than heretofore.
wednesday viii be the great day for the
graduates. when they will pay back old
scores. regardless OF the dignity Of the
faculty and regents. ~ the claAs day exer-
csses For the last week mysterious re-
hearuais have been going on IL Denny hall:
but the programme viii be kept profound
secret until the last moment. The exsr-
cises viii begin promptly At II .. m In
Denny hall.
"Wednesday evening the King County Bar
Associations orafortcai contest for . prise
Of 800 will take place In Plymouth church
~ o'clock. The contestants will Be Miss
Audrey D. eouder and Mears. G. ~ Lar
son. II. NJ Korssad. +. r. Edmunds. Rich
ard Busheii. Jinta YAmaguchi and J. T..
Wright.
The chief day Of commencement week.
however. viii 10 ThnrDday. the day on
which the commencement exercises win -
held In Denny hail at le;N y - An ela1p-
crate programme has been arahtsd for the
celebration Of tho occAse0h. Inc address
TO the graduating class viii be delivered by
James Hamilton Lewis. After Col. Lewis
address. President Graves WIN present the
degrees and diplomas to the graduates.
There will be other speeches. and music
Will be- furnished by waxner's orchestra
and the U. Of W. orchestra.
The Il. Of ". orchestra will Be isd BY
Louis 6ingermar the well known violinRt.
AZ the exercises Of class day and COM
mencement day a now march composed by
Z. r. 8ingerman. . member Of the senior
class to which sae march 10 dedicated. will
be introduced. The march has excited most
favorable comment among the few who
have heard II, Mr.. Singerman has also
composed the music for the class song. the
words Of which were written by Miss
Emma Roll and which will be sung Is the
graduates on class day.
Thursday evening the commencement ball
will take place In Ranke's hall. Every ef.
fort will be made by the seniors 70 make
the affair the most brilliant function Of It's
kind I'm the history OF the university.
All scholastic work al the college prac-
ticaily ceased yesterday afternoon when
the last OF the examinations came TO an
end. and for q brief space professors and
students win enjoy well earned rest The
greater part OF the summer vacation will
he employed by The professors In work
along their various speciaitiee. The prob
lem Of making living viii confront the
grea: majority Of che graduates. while the
other students viii take life easy until the
beginning OF the mex, college year
Next year the siormltoriss will prohahi,
be ready at the beginning for occupation
by the rtudeesa