The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-01
Also the Daughters VIII Leave
Their Alma Mater.
Seventy-fiye Degrees to be Be.
slowed Next Week.
TWO TAKE HUSBANDS.
These Members of Class Won't
Start Life Alone.
Oratorical Contest Will Be Held
Tonight.

Two of the young women graduates
of the Washburn college class of 1906
will be married the same week that
they receive their diplomas from the
Institution. The two members of the
class who have decided that their life
work lies in making home are Miss
Lois Porterfield and Miss Gertrude
OFT
commencement week opens this
evening with the spring oratorical
contest, which will be held in the coIe
lege chapel. and the banquet of the
law students for the members of the
faculty, which Will be held at
o'clock at the National hotel.
Seventy-five degrees Will be issued
to as many graduates of the various
departments. thirty three being A. B.
degrees from the college proper; sew
enteen viii be graduated from the
school of law, and eighteen We're
granted their diplomas from the med
ica1 department in April, al which
time the graduation exercises of the
school of medicine were held.
From the department of fine arts
Miss Nettie F. Zimmerman Will be
given a diploma comforting the degree
Of Bachelor of Oratory. This is the
ed during the history of the college.
Four graduates in music make the
total number graduating from the fine
arts department five.
The four who have entered in the
oratorical contest this evening are
Ralph Forbes, Miss Mabel Renwick.
Henry Watts and Cary Hayes. Forbes
represented Washburn in the state or
atorical contest. The address to the
graduates in law will be given Satur-
day by W. H. Rossington- The ad-
dress will be along lines entirely IN
formal and will of course be based on
subject of interest TO students of
law
Dr. Norman Plass. president Of
Washburn will deliver the baccalau-
reate sermon to the graduating class
Sunday morning at the college chapel.
..The Spirit of the Scholar will be
defined to the class of 1906 In the
afternoon the Y. M. c. A. and the
7. w c. A, two strong organizations
at the college. will hold a joint meet
ing. at which the principal address
will be delivered by Dr. Plass.
Monday morning Will be devoted to
the graduating exercises Of the senior
academy class. which numbers %.
DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon has been
chosen to give the graduating address
to the academy class The annual
concert by the advanced musical stu
dents will be given in the evening
For class spirit Tuesday will be the
dav par excellence. The seniors and
the alumni will both hold elaborate
exercises. The planting of the ivy by
the senior class. a ceremony which IS
held very dear in great many OF the
colleges throughout the country, will
take place at this time. The ivy viii
be planted at the base of the old
library building. The programme will
be carried out on the campus. The
class song will be sung, the class his
tory be read by John Van de Mark,
the class poem by Seth Cox. DR.. ID. NJ.
Fisk will make a short address, and
musical numbers will be given by
Miss Nellie Pond, EldOn Tice, and
Miss Rilla Bussey-
The ivy grafton will be given by
Imri Zumwalt, who is one of the
noted orators at the college and who
has won number of prizes in ora
toricaI contests. The loving cup, the
freshman-sophomor which the
senior class twice won in contests on
field day when they were lower class
men, will be passed around to the
members of the class.
Two baseball games are sch heduled
for the afternoon. The senior class
has challenged the members of the
faculty and the alumni will play the
regular Washburn team
At s O'Clock the alumni will hold its
annual dinner on the campus followed
by short business meeting and
college chapel. The program will
be made up of musical numbers and
the alumni address by Rev. Guy Fos-
ter. 81, of Kansas City, Kan, who will
speak on college Men as Frontiers
men" Rev. Mr.. Foster has been on
the frontier and can speak from an ex-
perienced standpoint
The board of trustees met in the
afternoon to transact the business
which come before that body. The
alumni member of the board. Arthur
J. McCabe judge of the court of To-
peka, will be reelected to MI the new
term which expires this June
Wednesday at 1880 the graduation
exercises will take place. This con-
cludes commencement week. DR.. Al
bert Bushnell Of Kansas City will
make the commencement address on
"Chariots Of Fire" The diplomas will
be presented to the seniors following
the address.
In the evening the presidents recep-
ton at the residence of the president
on the campus viii take place
Those who receive B. A. degrees are:
Mary Axtell Florence Burge. Elma
Burkett, Seth /. Cox, Edwin W. Dales,
Harry B. Davis. Lucy Dickinson. Ray
Doane, Bessie Forbes. Mary Gaylord,
Ward H. Green. Artie G. Harris. FL
nora Heiddleston, Edith Inghan, Clar-
ence Johnson. Eleanore Lukens, Jas.
A Mcclure, Alice Mcfarland, Hugh
Mcfarland Orley L. Miner, Lenore
Monroe, Gertrude OFT Arthur Platt
irving NJ. Platt. Ada Porterfleld. Albert
.C. Ramsey. Pliny Z. Snyder. Eldon w
Tfce, Florence F. Tucker. John Van
de Mark. Lugrace Whitmer. Mary
Frances Watts Wilson and Imri Zum-
walt
The graduates from the school Of
law are: George s Badders. Chauncey
c. Brown, John S. Dawson, ". H Eng
land. Ross B. Gflluly, L. J Graham.
George A. Kline. Walter S. Martin,
Hugh Mcfarland. David D. Sallee,
E. R. Sloan. J. S. Twyford ". II. Yer
non. J. w. Wilson and P. c. Wilson
The four graduates from the depart
ment of music are Miss RfIla Bussev