The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-26

The last students to graduate from
the University of Washington in the nine
teenth century will receive their degrees
next Thursday morning in Denny hall.
The commencement week exercises prom
Use to equal, II not surpass, all previous
celebrations of similar nature at the
college The seniors have been labor
ing the past few months to make the
week memorable in the history of the In
stitution and worthy of the end of the
century.
Tomorrow morning DR.. F. w. Cole
grove. professor of philosophy at the
university. will preach the baccalaureate
sermon in the First Presbyterian church.
His subject will be THE Higher Life"
In the evening Prof. A. b. Coffee will
lecture in the same church on Fruits
of the Press
There will be no exercises Monday.
Tuesday will be given up to the annual
reunion of the Alumni Association. The
members will give promenade-concert
in Denny hall, at which the graduates
will be the guests of honor. Prior to
which social function the annual cleo
ton of officers will be held and the new
executive board chosen.
Wednesday morning the seniors will
reign supreme at the college, the occasion
being the class day exercises. which. II
rumor is correct, will be the most original
and entertaining ever given at the uni
versity. In the evening the interstate
oratorical contest will be held in the First
Methodist Episcopal church. Aubrey
Levy will represent Western Washington.
VIII l.. Worthington. of Whitman college.
will contest in behalf of the eastern part
of the state, and w. l.. Thompson will
represent Oregon. The winner will be
champion of Washington and Oregon.
AS this is the first oratorical contest be-
tween the two states great interest Is
being taken in It.
Thursday will be the climax of the
week. In the morning the seniors will
be given their degrees with appropriate
ceremonies. Judge James Wickersham
of Tacoma, will deliver the commence
ment address to the class, and the re-
gents will make short speeches The
University of Washington orchestra will
furnish the most of the music. In the
afternoon the seniors and faculty will
meet in n game of baseball on the
campus, and in the evening the round
OF festivities will come to a fitting end
with the class ball In the Denny hotel
There are thirty-four students in the
graduating class. The president Ia Grace
Glasgow. who has taken prominent part
in college life. since she entered the uni
workers In the student Y. w. c. A.
With the passing of the class of 1900.
three notable coliegians Will make their
exit They are Sterling Hin, Clinic Hill
and Aubrey Levy. The two former have
long been famous on the gridron and the
track. Both played in the star aggregation
football led by Jack Lindsay in 1896 and
1897 Sterling Hin was captain OF the fooi-
ball team last season, and won the col
legiate championship OF Washington for the
university He was generally considere! to
be one of the best ends in the Puget sound
country.
Clinic Hill. like his brother, was a Sur
man at end He has an enviable record IN
all branches OF athletics for being one 10
the Cleanest and most sportsmanlike ii.en
the college has produced. He played end
on the varsity team of 1896. which de-
feated the s. A c. In a great struggle.
Aubrey Levy has occupied an unique p0-
sition in the college for four years He IA
well known to the music loving public as
a composer and violnist, being without a
peer In these lines at his alma mater, He
has however, taken leading part In col
lege life as well. lie Is a member of the
Stevens Debating Club and the Oratorical
Association. besides numerous minor organ
izations. He is also the founder and leader
OF the university orchestra, and much OF
its success Is due to his ability.
Harold j. NJ. Baker. president of the
Electrical Engineers Association. will also
the class of 1900 is f. w. Schneider, captain
OF the debating team which defeat
ed the Oregon State University team at
Seattle last week. He is president of the
student assembly, besides holding many
other offices. He played on the football
team for three years, and was considered
a star man.
other prominent students OF the gradual
ing class are T NJ. Barlow T r Edmunds
II. II. Hopkins, w J. Meredith. 7. w.
Mitchell and J. c. Storey.
Three leading coed basketball PLAYERS
graduate with 1900 They are Jessie Bar
Mitchell and Winnie McGrath.
The college will lose one ~ its best anna
teur actors by the graduating OF ella n.
Dougan who scored a success In She
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