Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-26
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MICHIGAN
Plans for "H,,ue Coming Day of
Graduates.

Plans for 'sEi,,ne Coming Day" of
Graduates.
One daS in the GEAR Is set apart for the
old grads at the University OF Michigan.
On this day they return literally by hun
dreds, meet their old classmates and come
in touch once more. II only for a day, with
their alma mater. Alumni day is set this
year for Wednesday, June %. Reports
from the secretaries of twenty classes lndi-
cate that there will be an especially large
attendance, and the Alumni association is
preparing to make Alumni day this year
particularly interesting to all the gradu-
ates and has called upon the university for
help in entertaining them.
A faculty committee under the chairman
ship OF Prof. F. N. Scott has been APP
buildings of the campus and organize a
general plan for their reception. A repre-
sentative of the university will also ad-
dress the alumni upon the university and
it's work. In accordance with a plan OF the
association and the university to inaugu-
rate an annual report to the alumni keep
ing them Informed succlnctly of the prog
ress OF the university and It's actual needs.
Reception committees will be ready to
conduct parties Of alumni from building to
building. enabling the graduates Of one
school to &c what other departments are
accomplishing. and to afford them some
realization of what the university as a
whole is doing,
The alumni room, as usual. will be open
to everyone for registration and as a gen
eral headquarters. The alumnae OF the
university, together with the Alumni as
ISOLATION, will follow their usual practice
and hold open house in the parlors of the
Barbour gymnasium, where an alumni
breakfast will be served. The annual
alumni meeting. which will be preceded
by the address from the representative of
the university, will take place in the aft
ernoon. AS Usual. the senate reception will
be held In the evening and places will be
reserved for the alumni the following
morning at the commencement exercises.
The commencement address will be given
by Charles NJ. Gayley OF the class OF IS.
now professor Of English In the University
OF California.
Women who are interested in athletics
have a great opportunity at the University
OF Michigan for all varieties Of exercise.
from mild class drills to basket ball and
base ball.
Three hundred girls are regularly regis
tered for work in the gymnasium. OF this
number 1877 belong to the freshman class.
and are required to take three one-hour
periods per week. This work Is almost
entirely Swedish gymnastics, without ap-
p~aratus, for the first semester. The
work with the apparatus begins the Sec
ond semester and is carried out In various
degrees to advanced Swedish dsll, light
apparatus, and aesth etic dancing. optional
courses in the secon year.
Instruction in swimming is given free
of charge and each year 100 to $50 girls
learn TO swim. Each college class has its
basket ball team and Its indoor base ball
team, which play four series of games
Tor the college championship. As soon
as the new athletic field, formerly known
as SLEEPY Hollow" which has recently
been presented to the women of the uni
Yersity, and toward the Indebtedness on
which the receipts of the woman's ban
quet are devoted, is In working order,
outdoor exercises in tennis, field hockey,
archery, and base ball and basketball will
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