Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-06-20
THE SENIORS MAKE MERRY.
They Hold Class Day Exercises at
St. Johns College This
Morning.
UNWILLING OF A MOCK SHIELD
Confer Mock Degrees And Get Off
Sundry "GTinds" In Divers
Manners.

The graduating class of ST. Johns
College had their fun out Of com
mencement this morning in the Glass
| Day exercises. 1t was their last
| frolic together and they made the
most of il. The historian, the prophet,
| tie salutatorian, the valedictorian,
fall helped to keep the audience in a
| good humor during the whole perfor-
nance, and finally the choking of the
uninitjated over the pipes of peace was
most ludicrous.
The first thing. after the reading of
| the minutes and the calling of the
roll, was the address of welcome by
| the president, Mr.. Merritt G.. Rasin
In this address he referred to the mock
class shield, the motto on which is
Est nulla via in via equo, There
is no way except by the pony and
said that Piggy Kemp had found
another way of bIuffing the professors
into giving him a diploma, namely,
that of presenting them with a young
chicken. Then came the treasurer's S
report, which, as usual. was a humor-
ous combination of figures. For in
stance, in the money spent that expend-
ed for tobacco and liquor was 5000, 600,
and that given TO the Y. nj. o. A.
was 33 cents. At the wind up of the
report Mr. Pennell, the treasurer, eIN
deavored to tell how much in debt the
class was, but he was interrupted by
cries of "sit down" The report was
not accepted
Next was the report of the business
managers of the Rat-Tat. Like the
treasurer's report this one, made by
Mr.. j. V. Jamsion, fell far short of
the proper amount Mr.. Jamison's S
of this was that he had
spent the summer in ST. Louis, while
Mr.. Rasin's had been at Betteron
nearly all summer At the conclu-
sion of the report Mr.. Chambers asked
what became of the $40 assessment,
which had been laid on each member
of the class this winter. Mr.. Jamison
said he didn't know anything about
this, that he would have to ask Rasin.
The next thing on the program was
the prophecy, which was given by
Mr.. III. W. Willing This was very
good He told the future of every
of the class, which, indeed,
was not very bright. The two best
futures were those of Jamison and
Rasin. Jamison and Annaanias were
to compile the college catalogue, and
Rasin was to be in purgatory for dis
turbing the quiet of Annapolis by
bowling his favorite song "I'm wear
ing my heart away for you. At the
time the prophet saw the picture
d" Mac" had second hand ST. Johns
oyreooat on his arm ana was trying to
convince his Satanic Majesty ii was
just what he needed.
Next came the history, which was
ATr II In
this he told as horrible things about
the past of the class of 1905 as the
prophet had foretold for the future.
He started by saying that Johnny
Green had come to st. Johns about
fifty years ago, followed soon after by
Ned Duval, and Bull Carter, which
three formed the nucleus of the class.
He then told why each one came to
college Turkey Cissel then glad
dened the hearts of his classmates by
giving each prize. Some of these
were as follows: Ferrell got a horse,
Rasin a pair of second-ha uniform
trousers. Harrison prayer book and
bottle, Smith a bag of hot air, Willing
pair OF suspenders, Mcbride q
medal for winning theSenior oratorical
contest, Chambers a ,string of babes
representing baseball team.
Then b. Duyall Chambers presented
the mock diplomas, which bore the in
itials of each ones best .girl, assfar as
he knew. After this was over ArmiDe
w. Smith delivered the valediotory,
while the rest of the class filled their
pipes of peace. These were lighted as
soon as Smith iinished-the class gave
a veil and it was all over. This is the
one day in the whole year when the
students can DO and say as they please,
regardless Of consequences and they
always make the most of their oppor-
tunitv.