Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-11
RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS
Graduates of Dallas College Hold
Final Programs of Commence
ment Week.

Wednesday night, when the annual
reunion OF the Alumni Association
was held, marked the close OF the
entertainments Of commencement
week at Dallas College. Tuesday
afternoon and evening the Glass Day
program aud the recital OF students IN
music and elocution were held.
The Glass Day program is the one
entertainment of a humorous nature
in the whole series OF commencement
week programs. Nothing in it is
planned for any purpose more than to
amuse and every number of Tuesdays
program sparkled with witty reflec-
tions on the various features OF college
life.
This program was held at the college
building, the porch being decorated
and converted into temporary stage
and the audience, which was large,
seated on benches under the shade OF
the oak trees. The entire program
was prepared and rendered by the
members of the class.
An instrumental solo by Miss Edith
Yates was followed by the class pro-
phecy by Miss Edna Hall and class
day oration by Miss Veva Burns and
quartette consisting of Misses Alice
Grant, Edith Yates, Winnie Kelly and
Eta Phillips sang beautiful seiec-
ton. The class poem and the class
will, written by Miss Vera Cosper and
Miss Alice Grant respectively, were
read and after an instrumental Duet
by Miss Edith Yates and Miss Iva Nc
Daniel, the graduates from the music
department, Miss Winnie Kelly read
an eulogy on the Faculty OF Dallas
College.
Departing from the custom OF plant
ing a class tree, the class this year set
a marble slab with the inscription "09'
upon it, in the wall of the college
building, the speech of dedication
being delivered by Miss Eta Phillips
After the dedication of the slab, Rob
ert VanOrsdel conducted humorous
ceremony of planting trees in com
memoration OF the other classes, Civ
ine a lemon to the Freshmen, III
tree to the Sophomores and goose
berryto the Juniors, each being accom-
panied with an appropriate comic
speech. In closing, the beautlfu
class song was sung. This song wa
composed by Miss Vera Cosper, VIII
wrote the verses and Miss Edith Yates
who arranged the music.
The Joint recital by Professor Cald
Wells music students and Mrs. Ma
! Wripht's students in elocution an
vocal music, held Tuesday night, wa
one of the most enjoyable entertain
ments of the week. The program wa
l long consisting of II numbers, bu
/ every part was we'll prepared and wei
] execnted and the large audience /
attendance was most appreciative.
5 Especially noteworthy in the lnstru
: mental music was the work OF Misse
l. Yates and Mcdaniel, the orlgiha
. composition played by Dorothy Bel
nett and the rendition of the overtur
i, from ''The Poet and the Peasant D
. Messrs. Lloyd and Lisle Rice. assiste
= bv Tom Stockwell. The vocal and eli
\ cution portions of the program wei
uniformly excellent and rehecte
, great credit upon both the studen
: and Mrs. Wright, their instructo
The others taking part 10 the progra
were Misses Katherine Fox, deorg
Martin, Sadie Myer, Jennie Bowerso
It Carrie Evans, Lillian Perkins, AZ
i Iongnecker, Claudia Brown MI
II Mae Wright and Mr.. Lester bar
hart.
The graduation exercises-the Gu
miuation and principal event OF u