The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-30
NEARING YEARS End
commandments at Manchester Comes
Wednesday, June II.
GLASS OF II TO BE GRADUATED
The Program of Commencement
WeelS-TheI Year. a Sue
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Wednesday June II, Manchester college
will graduate it's thirteenth class. Eleven
will receive diplomas, andNof that number
seven will take part, in the commence
been assigned HONORARY orations. Benja-
min Bruce Wallace, 8St. Paul, has been
assigned first honor, with the duty of de-
livering the Valedictory, and Frederick
Brown, Sylvan, Ont, second honor, with
the salutatory The others. of the honor
group are Helen Margaret Wallace, st.
Paul; Winifred Ruth Pringles. st. Paul.
and Sarah A. Haines. Austin, MINI. Ed
gar E. Sharp, of ST. Paul, and Lee nard L.
Mann, OF RichfieId, Mimi, will alsosde-
liver oraItions: The other members nf
the class are John Edward Chrystal, La
Dele, S. D.; Robert L. Davidson, St.. Paul;
Miss Grace Iddings, St. Paul, and Francis
H. Newton, Jullundur City, Punjab, India.
Commencement week will open with the
academy commencement Friday, June. 6,
at D. m. The academy class has mem
bership of only four this year, the small
class being due to the change from a
three to a four years course. The mem
bers of the class are William Herbert
Burns, St. Paul; Sarah Ann Canning,
Hendrum, Mimi; Josephine Elmer, St.
Paul; Charles Gillespie, Stephen, MINI.
Miss Elmer has won the first honor. and
Mr.. Gillespie second honor. Isl "
| Sunday, June 8, at 10:30 an, the alum
nj sermon will be preached at Manchester
| lie of Buffalo, Mimi, a member of the
class of '95.. s~
| Sunday at $3.50 p. M, in the Manchester
Presbyterian church Rev. James Wallace
| will preach the baccalaureate sermon and
Sunday at p. m. at the same place Rev
| Stanley B. Roberts, pastor of the Beth
| lehem Presbyterian church of Minneapo-
| 1;~ xrin 1n1i ho
fore the college Y. M. C.. A. and Y. w
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! Monday is set aside for the annual field
sports and class day exercises. The lat
| ter will take place at p. m. in the col
! lege auditorium and will be in the form
| of a class play, the nature of which is
as yet secret, it being the intention o.
the class to spring, series Of surprises
/ upon it's audience. = ~. 4, =.
The annual meeting of the college board
of trustees will be held Tuesday at 1O:3(
a., m. in the presidents room at. the. col
! lege. 80
The entertainment, of the musical de-
partment will be given Tuesday at p. M
1t will consist largely of choral work b!
members of the department. There will b.
several solos, however, by singers from st
! Paul. - = IN ,.,. =, -..l.s .r:.r. =
The alumni dinner and meeting, will b,
held at the Windsor, hotel, St. Paul, Tues
day evening also. An effort will be made
to have it late enough to allow those wht
! wish to attend both the musical enter
! tainment and the dinner to do so. a
. Wednesday at 10 a. IN. the formal com
mencement, exercises will take place, IL
4 the college audi torfilna. At their close tn
college luncheon will be- served, in tn
gymnasium for the students, their friend
and the friends of the college. The lunch
con has come to be one of the features O
commencement week and is served by tn
ladies of the Manchester church. Prom
inent Presbyterians of, the state cwill b
present as speakers. .-u. ......,. e..
The year just closing has been one Q
the most successful in the history of tn
college. The roll of students include
about $50 names. Several improvement
have been made and valuable addition
have been made to the library, for whic
several twin city Presbyterians have con
tributed literally. Ground for the build
ing UP. OF an endowment has been prepare
and the work will go forward more raj
idly in the near future. AS a result til
: friends of the institution predict futur
!, of great usefulness for the institution.