The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
COLORS OF OLD
~ GLASSES FLY
REUNION OF THE ALUMNI OF THE
STATE UNIVERSITY.
First Annual Picnic Of the General
Alumni Association Is Event Of Day
on the Campus Tribute Of Love Paid
to Mrs. Mahala Pillsbury by the Grad
mates.

uay, more IMAM nV6 nunQreQ gfaduaLeS
Of the University of Minnesota cele
week with the first annual picnic Of tho
General Alumni association A general
Invitation had been extended to all for
mer students Of the university to join
in the reunion.
In preparation for the advent Of the
alumni, undergraduates had arranged
tables and booths on the campus knoll
opposite the library building, and the
ecolors of university classes for years
back were displayed on campus trees.
Gold and white, the eolors Of the class
attempt was made to display the colors
class :
The alumni celebration began at /
O'Clock when q picnic lunch was served
on the campus. At 1890, however, the
members Of the senior class gathered
on the campus and raised the 1878 class
stone, which. had been buried under
three feet Of campus earth by vandal
freshmen.
At the conclusion Of the picnic lunch
and a roll %call Of classes, President
Nachtrieb, on behalf of the board Of
directors of the alumni association, pre-
sented Charles F.. Reyes, former secre-
tary of the alumni association, with a
gold watch and chain in appreciation
Of the work done for the association
by Mr.. Reyes.
Gratitude to the Pillsburys.
The following resolution was unani-
mously passed and sent to Mrs. Mahala
Pillsbury: In the midst of our re-
jcicing, we, alumni Of the University Of
Minnesota. gathered around the statue
hNr %o
the father Of our university, send you
greetings and give expressions Of our
appreciation of the sympathetic support
and hearty encouragement you so low
ing1y gave our noble and beloved John
S. Pillsbury. We trust the reward Of
your life and his life, SO nobly spent,
may be evident to you both in the lives
now being spent upon the campus, and
of those who have gone forth enriched
and inspired for better and larger serv-
ice. May these fruits become more
abundant IN liant and !, gratifying to you as your
Flagpole Raising Deferred.
According to the program prepared
for the day, the tall fagpole presented
to the university by Lewis Schwager
and Walter Nettleton Of Seattle was to
be raised with appropriate exercises.
After some discussion among un1ver-
sity authorities, site for the fagpole
had been selected on Church street,
near Pillsbury hall, but arrangements
alumni day, and the big pole viii not
be placed in position until the end of
the week. E:.,',>.
| The afternoon was spent by the
| alumni in attending the Woman Is
league convention on the campus and
in q program Of athletic events on
Northrop field. Interclass races were
| among the events scheduled. 5
| This evening Professor F. J. E. Wood.
bridge will deliver the annual Phi Beta
Kappa address in the university chapel
Humanism. - Among the events ar.
ranged for this evening are banquet
of the law alumni ssocition the Nicol-
let; banquet Of the medical alumni at
Donaldson g tea rooms, and a reunion
of the class Of 1900 at Donaldson s. "
Tomorrow will be commencement day
and at $3.50 am. members Of the gradu.
ating class will meet in front Of the
| library for the last time as undergrad:
the candidates for degrees will march
exercises viii BE- held. The commence
ment address will be delivered by Dear
Harry Pratt Judson, acting president
Of Chicago university, and President
Cyrus Northrop will present diplomas
to the successful candidates. 81
Reunion Of Glass Of ,76.
The university graduates of 1876 hel6
the second reunion since their gradua
ton last evening at the Nicollet, wher.
dinner was followed by an hour OIL
college "reminiscences. The only won
an in the class, Mrs. J. N. Childs o.
Preston, Mimi, was present with hel
sfoefton H. and atho Vs. e. Ba aset
was unable to be present, he sent
letter from New York. Others VIII,
recalled the college days of g las
evening were Dr. William z. Leonard
L. S., Gillette, G. j.. Thayer, John H
Sweat Of Great Falls, Mont; Professo
John g. Hntchinson. John g. Clark,
and Robert M. Crafts.
The class planted tree Feb. %
1875. and the elm has grown to b.
the tallest on the. campus, but it has nj
distinguishing mark, and Dr.. Leonard
1 appointed a committee to. secure mari
1 for it before the summer Is over. I
4 is interesting to note that out of tn,
/ ten members, sevent have children VIII,
Z, have graduated from the university
There has been only one death in tn
class since graduation. The sEolt
grads" took such pleasure in the recol
lection Of college days that it wa
unanimously voted to have another re
union next year.
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