The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-05-27

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Miss Bentley is at her home in Dell
wein Ia, called thither by the Sc
rious illness Of her father.
/ An innovation for commencement
week is the senior promenade. 1t is a
! function which the class has taken up
at the suggestion of President Weld to
I'LL the place Of the annual presidents
reception for the graduates. The
classes have become so large and so
few OF the graduates have immediate
acquaintances among the townspeople,
| that the promenade seemed to offer a
more attractive means Of bringing the
seniors into touch with the friends of
| the normal in the two cities than a
formal reception. The reception as 1t
used to be conducted ait the presidents
home was one of the cherished events
of commencement week; but since the
size of the classes made this affair
| impracticable, the reception has nee
essarily become a less intimate en-
tertainment This year its character
will be changed, with the purpose of
making 1t more inviting both to the
| seniors and to the friends of the nor
NAL who receive the annual commence
ment folders Of announcement.
| The normal will not observe Memoir
ial day as holiday. The Clay county
celebration of this patriotic ceremony
will occur this year at Glyndon, and
there will be no local exercises. Hence
there seemed no occasion for announc-
ing a holiday. On wednesday after
noon however, the model school will
auditorium to which the public is in
vited.
The junior senior annual is over; 1t
is now history. To record the superla-
tive with which the seniors described
the event would tax Webster They
were all agreed at least that it was the
best junior party that had ever been
given them. 1t was a three-ring
circus, with successive events in the
auditorium, the gym and the domestic
science rooms. Handmade folders adj
vised the guests Of the programme,
which began with a play in the audi
forum, The Country Cousins Visit the
Seniors, continued with q field meet
between the big colleges in the gym,
and concluded with an elaborate!
spread in the dining rooms. The play,
which was spiced with senior hits,
went off merrily. The field meet,
which was f1siiladed with both heavy
and light artillery fire in the form of
college yells and songs, was a most
tempestuous encounter, in which Iowa
hypnotized the judges into giving
them the prize pail of candy to stop
their noise. The spread was a thing
to delight the palate and refresh the
inner being; and the combatants fell
upon it with great gusto. In the course
of the field meet some of the decora-
tons, which were respondent with
college colors and penants, oozed out
of one window, and white hen like
dove of peace fitted in at another.
But still the war went on, ending up
at last in final cataract of cheers.
for Mr.. and Mrs. Collins and the TWEEN
ty industrious juniors.
Seats for the baccalaureate may be
reserved, without charge, at Mackall's
on Friday morning and following;
seats for the recital may be reserved,
also without charge, beginning Mon
day morning.
Miss Maude Hayes and Mr.. J. Har-
| old Powers, heads of the reading and
music departments at the normal will
give the annual recital of commence
ment week on Monday evening, May
20, at the auditorium. This function
Is always one Of the distinctive social
| events at the normal and attracts a
discriminating audience from the two
cities. This year the recital has es-
pecial interest because of the presenta-
ton of Rostand's famous symbolic
drama, Chantecler. synopsis of the
five scenes of the drama, as Miss
Hayes will read them, is as follows:
Scene ], Chantecler sings his song OF
incantation to the sun; Scene II, The
Pheasant Hen seeks shelter in the
barnyard: Scene Ill, She induces
Chantecler to tell her the secret of his
song; Scene Nv, Chantecler is Iured
into the Pheasant Hens forest: Scene
| ", His faith in the power of his song
Is destroyed. but he arises from the
death OF his dream stronger than be-
fore and goes back to work In the
barnyard, determined to sing faith
fully and well.
Mr.. Powers vocal numbers viii be
sung in two groups, one before and
one after the reading Of Chantecler. In
HIS first group he will give Aylward's
Beloved, 1t Is Morn and Spross, the
Call; in his second. Simson'st Lifes
Morning Star, and Lemons. The Home
Country
The recital as whole promises to
be an artistic event Of particular in
terest.
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