The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-02
THIS IS FRIENDS DAY
First Annual Commencement
Exercises Begin Today.
HELD IN RUSSELL HALL
Fine Programs of the Various
Departments viii be GWEN.

Departments VIII be GWEN.
Today begins the commencement exer-
eises Of the Friends University. The col
lege VII have its first graduates, and a
class Of hve VIII complete the prescribed
courses and wiz be given the degree Of
Bachelor OF Arts next Thursday morn
ing. A class OF nine VIII complete the
course Of the School Of Pedag0gy. Six
Young ladies finish the College Prepare
tory work
This completes the third and most
prosperous year Of the university. At
the end Of the first year one hundred and
Two students had enrolled The enroll
ment this year is two hundred and twen-
~ The school has made remark8 bic
growth and the prospects for next wear
are better than any previous year. The
catalogue VIII be ready about Wednes-
oay ana IS a work Of art. Ii is illustrated
with exterior and interior views Of the
buiolngs- Several more rooms will be
finished this summer and the grounds
improved. The athletic association has
bulit one of the finest athletic parks ia
the state, with Ouc-ffth mile track
gridiron and baseball diamond Five ten
ms courts are completed and i'm use q g
wei as fine basketball ground A row
Of trees were planted around the campus
this spring, which adds materially TO the
looks of the grounds
The university finished q year ago one
of the largest chapels of any school in
the west and named II Russell Hail.
where an exercises win be held This
room VIII comfortably seat six hundred
people.
The exercises of the week VIII begin to-
n 90 MI ~
the Two Christian associations. AT o.
10. Key @. T. Bradt pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church. VIII deliver the bac-
calaureate sermon. Special music win be
furnished by the musical department. I
consisting Of GOunOds Praise Ye the /
Father Dry a double quartette and a (
vocal solo by Prof. Harold. Abide With /
NE. by Liddle.
On Monday evening the Brightonian I
Literary society and the Davis Lyceum /
VIII give joint literary program as fol- /
lows.
Piano Spring Showers" FUNK /
Halle ". Crawford
Maurice Thompson, Novelist.
.-.----.-.-.-.... Harry Brown +
The Miser's Fate .-............ Otho Myers
N hat ~ the Pect2 ............A .AIabIe ATunn
Duet Swing Song ................. I.0hr /
Wal3ena Marundale. Fay Stubbs
The Brook Farm Experiment ......
----.---. .-.--...... Edna Goodwin
Parson Turclrs Legacy ........... Holmes
Leila Leal
The influence OF Politics on Litera-
ture --....--...-..-... Charles Thornton
Double Quartette-" iron Found
e4s .--.----..- -...---.----.---- Pearson
Daisy Thompson, FAY Stubbs.
LeoHa Longstreth. Lulu Griffith.
John Howard. oliver Rich. VIII
lam Thomas. Arthur Jones.
tuesday morning at 10 o'clock the base /
ball teams from the Brishtonian Literary
ana Davis Lyceum win cross bats on the
Hess field. This wlh be a good game as
nearly all the players are members of
the first and second baseball teams. Ia
the afternoon the annual field day con-
tests VIII take place. Several fine events
are promised.
st $ O'Clock the musical department will
give an entertailmont with the following
program:
Chorus.
The Return (song without woris). .Bizet
Miss Halle NJ Crawford
Pendant lie Nalse Observation-Disclosures. Lack
Aliss Flora Z. Wilson.
Matona. Lonely Maiden. Orlando Lassus
Chorus.
Gsvotte or. %. no. ................ Pirani
Miss Lulu GridIhs.
summer Night Observation-Disclosures. .Berwald
Leona Longstreth. Waldena Mar
tindaie, Edith Francisco. Fay
Stobbs. Daisy Thompson, Marcy
Kirk. Lulu Grmths Murden Mar
tindale.
Spinning Song. Wagner -woIenhaupt
Miss Leotice Jill
ta) Prelude, thl Nocturne, (c) Polo
Miss Edith Francisco
AlierS " WOoing .-.-........ Eaton Tanning q
Chorus
Wednesday morning nj 10 ofoforl- Oh, .