The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-24
COMMENCEMENT
OPENS ON JUNE IS
Program Out for State Univers-
ity Graduation Exercises.
MAY FETE TO BE ELABORATE
More Than 500 College Women Will
Take Part in Spectacle on Campus
on Friday, May 24-Gorgeous We
netian Night Follows.

Madison.-The nearly complete
programme for annual commence
ment week at the state university
Is announced as follows:
SUNDAY. JUNE 49,
4 p. m.-Baccalaureate exercises at Ar
mory.
MONDAY, JUNE II.
10 a. m.-Ivy exercises on upper cam
pus; S:30 p. M, class day exercises, ar
mory; p. m. class play, Fuller Opera
house; IL p. m., Pipe Of Peace ceremony,
lower campus.
TUESDAY, JUNE Is.
10 a. m.-Annual business meeting
Alumni association, university hall; 1 p.
m. to P. m. alumni reunions; $50 p. M,
of class play.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10.
S:45 a. m.-University procession, upper
campus; 8: 80 a. m, commencement exer-
Bach's orchestra, armory; D. M, to D.
m, reception by the president at his
house; $50 to 10 p. M, alumni reception
ard concert, followed by ball, armory; mu-
sic by Bach's orchestra.
The programme in detail is the follow
ing:
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
AuureSS OIL "eiePme r,cth.rit s,nc.,o
Ivy Planter. Elmer e. Hughes Rewey
Ivy Grafton. Sidney Baker, Madison
Ivy Ode. Adelaide Evans, Evansville
Farewell to Building.
...............Ha Hal r. Martin, Madison
2:30 p. M, Armory hall
Music-Piano solo Observation-Disclosures.
............ Lauri B. Johnson, Madison
Class HiStory-Mary i. Bunnell Madison :;
Roman ]. Heilman, Madison.
Class Day Grafton. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
............W. X. Braasch, Sheboygan
Vocal Solo. Agnes H. Davis, Madison
.......... Harold P. Janisch, Waterloo
Glass Statistics. Carl Neprud, La Crosse
Violin solo-Henrietta L. Rissman, Bar
tlesVile, Okla.
Presentation of Memorial. -
Acceptance Of Faculty.
Farewell Address Prof L, W. Downing
........ Harold G. Eckhardt, Superior
8 p. M, Fuller Opera House.
Alice Ringing Baraboo. chairman.
Roland e. Coerper Hartford, manager.
IL p. M, lower campus.
Pipe of Peace Grafton.
.:.... James H. Weir, Mukwonago
Junior Acceptance .............
..... Alvin c. Refs. Evansville, Ind
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
President c. r. Van Hise, presiding.
Armory.
Engineer Orator. Fred B. Sheriff. Madison
Letters and Science Orators ...
Verne Bonesteel, Huron, S. D.
Rae f. Bell, Madison.
Agricultural College. E. A. Seaton, Madison
Law School. Donald S. Holmes. Madison
Participants in the May fete of
the university, which will be held on
the campus on May "a will include
more than 500 college women. The
event will be the most elaborate of
it's kind ever presented by the univer-
sity.
The fete is termed ''The Spirit of
Spring" The cast of the entertain
ment includes 500 women and the
May pole dance will have $50 parti-
cipants. A Persian sun dance, in
which 112 girls will take part, will
represent the colors of the sun and
will be one of the prettiest of the
pantomimes. Thirty-six women will
dance the CHERRY Blossom" and the
"Greek Spring Dance"
AT the close of the group dances a
grand ensemble will be held in which
the entire student body will parti-
cipate. Venetian Night" will fol-
low the May fete. Hundreds of
canoes, decorated with red lights and
Japanese lanterns will gather near
the shores Of Lake Mendoza, where
the university band and musical
clubs will be anchored on RATS.