River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-05-25
Formef President John Bascom to Delivel
Baccalaureate Address.

including, the ivy planting, the class
play, and the pipe of peace cere-
mony, will be held on Tuesday.
Wednesday of commencement week
will be given up to the alumni, and
on that day will be held the meet
ings of the Alumni Association, the
class reunions and the alumni dinner.
Thursday, June u, is commence
ment day, when 425 members of the
graduating class will receive the
bachelors degree, 10 graduate stu
dents will be awarded the degree of
doctor of philosophy, and "a the
masters degrees. The exercises of
the week will close with the alumni
reception and ball on Thursday
evening.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
The programme for class day in
cludes the ivy planting on the upper
campus in the morning, class exer-
cises in Assembly Hall in the after
noon, the class play at the Fuller
Opera House in the evening, to be
followed by the pipe of peace cere-
mony at midnight on the lower
campus. The ivy exercises will
consist of the address of welcome by
Daniel w. Hoan of Waukesha,
president of the class; the ivy ora
ton by Ira B. Cross, Canton, ILL.,;
the ivy ode by Miss Oral ]. Skunk,
Davenport, Ia; the farewell address
to the buildings, Adolph F. Meyer,
Milwaukee. The class-day pro-
gramme includes the class history
by Miss Elizabeth B. Foley, Wau-
watosa, and Reuben J. Neckerm an,
Madison; the class poem by A. Ber-
ton Braley, Madison; the class-day
Grafton by Thomas A. Mahon, Mil
waukee; the farewell address to the
underclassmen, Miss Eudora /. Cook
of Lake Mills; response on behalf of
the Junior class by Henry c. Duke,
Madison; the class statistics, Miss
Grace Wells, Aurora, ILL.,; the pre-
sentation of the class memorial by
Jesse E. Higbee, La Crosse; the
farewell address to the faculty by
Victor R. Griggs, Kewaunee, ILL.,;
the class prophecy by Miss Ellis j.
Walker, Fond du Lac, and Edward
S. Jordan, Milwaukee; class song,
Miss Julia A. Cole, Milwaukee; and
farewell address by President Daniel
w. Hoan, Waukeash. The class
play this year will be "Miss Hobbs"
one of the recent successful comedies
on the professional stage. In the
pipe of peace ceremony, Harold <.
Weld, Elgin, ILL.,, senior pipe Gus
todian, will present the famous rib
bon bedecked pipe, with its colors of
score of classes, to Walter SPEECH
er, independence, the Junior pipe
custodian.
ALUMNI DAY.
Wednesday of commencement
week will be given up to meeting
of the alumni of whom, it is ex-
pected, large number will return.
The morning will be devoted to the
informal gathering of the alumni,
and the annual meeting of the
Alumni Association. The alumni
dinner will be held as usual at noon
IN the University Gymnasium. A
new feature of the exercises of alum
nj day will be an orchestral concert
to be given in the gymnasium in the
afternoon. There will be number
of class reunions in the afternoon
and evening.
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
The exercises of commencement
will be held in the gymnasium on
Thursday morning. The commence
-ment orators are Grover G. Hueb-
ner, Manitowoc; Harold L. Geisse,
Chiffon; Emil Olbrich, Harvard,
ILL.,; Max Loeb, Appleton; Alfred
6. Arvold, Whitewater; William
II. Hagenah, Madison, the latter rep
resenting the law class. In the aft
ernoon of commencement day Presi-
dent and Mrs. Charles Richard Van
Hise will give reception for the
alumni at their home on Langdon
street. The exercises of the week
will close on Thursday evening
with the alumni reception and ball,
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