Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13
NoRMAL COMMENCEMENT.
Interesting Exercises Ecing Held n,
the state Normal.


Special to Times-Republican
Cedar Falls June 13-The fourth day
Of the STATE Normal exercises were
of the senior class took place at $50
Monday morning There was large
and appreciative audience that filed
the large tent estimated at 5000. This
year the class gave Shakespeare's play
Twelfth Night: or, What You WILL
The persons taking part did their work
we'll and would compare favorably with
many of the professional troupes that
travel the country lust before the last
scene the members of the three classes
gave the general class song. followed by
the school yell. The rehearsals for the
play We're under the personal instruc-
Etion Of Miss Stella Satherwaith. the as
sistant instructor in elocution. Miss
Pearl Pierce. the head Of this depart
ment. having left for Paris the first Of
! the month.
Preceding the class day exercises the
band gave concert. which was re-
Iceived enthusiastically by the large au-
i5dience with three times three cheers
for the band boys.
4 One of the largest crowds ever as
sembled upon the campus or drill
/ grounds vas present 10 witness the ex-
/ Inhibition drills of the Iowa; State Normal
Ecadets. The day was perfect and every
/ thing was calculated to draw a large
'audience, Mai. Dinwiddie and his staff
aud so were the boys in good spirits for
4 a splendid afternoons work. Gen. BY
4 ers and staff arrived at l p. m. on the
i Great Western railway and came upon
the grounds at the hour for the drill ex-
4 ercises. The sham battle movements
We're fine. which gave the large crowd
some idea of real skirmsh. The fire
companies, With the two sections of ar
tillery numbering 200 men. divided into
! two armies opposing each other, the
continuous firing Of guns and the
i booming OF the cannon here ana there
lover the twenty-acre drill ground
i seemed to some of the audience as a
4 realistic fight. This part of the program
i was decided success. The cadets are
i ready for the China war.
i Our townsman and granuate Of the
4 State Normal now Of the State Univer-
sity. Mr.. John j. Lambert, will have
|3charge Of the morphology department
of the State University next year DUR
ing the absence Of ProfessorEG. l.. Hou-
ser, who is making a trip thru Europe
Mcintyre Fails to show Up.
Special to Times Republican.
Oskaloosa. June 13-Robert Mcintyre
( who was to have delivered the address.
/ before the graduating class at Penn
College this morning, was delayed BY
4 missed railway connections east of Chi.
! cago and failed to show up. Hon. Jol,r
r. Lacey, of this city, congressman
from this district, was called upon t.
4 fill the vacancy, which he did very sat
isfactorily with an extemporaneous ad.
dress upon the Progress of the Nine
tenth Century and Its Influence Upor
the Civilization OF the World"
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