, 1908-06-19
RECEPTION
BY FACULTY
PEOPLE OF WYOMING INTRopUc.
ED TO PRESIDENT MERICA OF
UNIVERSITY AND WIFE.
Brilliant Affair at University Gymna-
SUM, With Acting Governor
Sehnitser, President Merica Of the
University and President Gramm
Of Board Of Trustees in Line.

No detail was lacking which could
add to the pleasure of those who at
tended the reception which the faculty
of the University of Wyoming tender
ed to President and Mrs. Merica last
night at the gymnasium and the event
marks the Inauguration of a new era
In the social life of the institution. The
spacious assembly room provides ideal
quarters for important functions and
1t framed q charming picture in its
gala dress of national bunting and uni
versity pennants and banners. Punch
was served throughout the evening in
a cosy orner of the main floor, the
young ladies' pouring prettily, and the
collation. Of cakes and ices was dis
pensed in the balcony. the young gen.
tlemen officiating efficiently as walters
under the direction of Prof. Stoner.
Mandolin Club on Hand.
The Mandolin club furnished delight
full music, the players being prettily
grouped In the center Of the hall and
dancing was one of the enjoyable fea-
lures Of the evening.
The company was cosmopolitan and
interesting, beginning with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivinson, Judge Brown and Mrs.
Durlacher as representatives of Lara
mics very earliest days and continuing
down the years to include the citizens
of months only and all uniting to ex-
tend to the new head of the university
and his charming wife a typical west
ern welcome to their new and magnifi-
cient sphere of activity.
Committees In Charge.
The efficient committees which con-
tributei to the success of this crown
ing event of the eighteenth annual
commencement Of the University of
Wyoming were:
General chairman-Prof. James De-
Loss Towar.
Reception-Acting Governor and
Mrs. William R. Schnitger, Cheyenne.
President and Mrs. Charles Oliver
Merica; Hon. Otto Gramm and Mrs.
Elizabeth Arnold Stone, Evanston;
Hon. Arthur C. Jones and Mrs. Lieu
tenant Harol D. Coburn; DR.. and Mrs.
Aven Nelson; DR.. Agnes Matilda
Wergeland; Herbert Leslie Kennedy
and Gertrude Ellen Pointing; DR.. and
Mrs. Henry l.. Stevens.
Music-Prof. Henry Merz n Prof.
Marion s. Rickel.
Decoration-Prof. Charles Bascombe
Ridgaway and Miss Ruth Adsit.
Introduction-Dr. Grace Raymond
Hebard, DR.. June Downey and Prof.
Charles Bascomb Rijgaway.
Floor-Prof. and Mrs. Henry Gran
ger Knight, Prof. and Mrs. Albert G.
Dart, Prof. and Mrs. Justus Freeland
Soule, Prof. and Mrs. William Franklin
Gilkinson.
Adjourned Meeting of Alumni.
The Alumni association of the uni
versity of Wyoming held an adjourned
meeting at the Carnegie auditorium
yesterday afternoon, a~djourning at 6
o'clock, with President Ross Moudy
and Secretary w. S. Ingham in the Of
fetal places. The meeting was held
to complete the annual business meet
ing of Monday night, which adjourned
after a session of two hours to attend
the annual banquet.
Will Increase Scholarship.
The scholarship committee report
ed, recommending an increase of the
Alumni scholarship from $50 to SIS,
which will be awarded to some student
at the university upon terms decided
by the association. A recommendation
of the committee on athletics was
adopted looking to the separation of
the athletic and military departments.
1t was stated that the students will
next year vote to raise their athletic
dues from $1.OO to $500 and a list
was started among the members of
the association whereon many SUBJ
scriptions of $500 were made toward
the same fund.
Tw~enty-fifth Anniversary.
The t%wenty-fifth anniversary of the
founding Of the university will be
celebrated in 1912, and at the annual
meeting of that year the Alumni asso-
citation will hold a celebration of some
sort. The movement was given a start