Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-28
COMMENCEMENT
OPENS ON JUNE IS
Program Out for State Univers-
ity Graduation Exercises.
MAY FETE TO BE ELABORATE
More Than 800 College Women VII
Take Part in Spectacle on Campus
on Friday, May "a 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 16.
D. m.-Baeealaureate exercises at Ar
mory.
MONDAY, JUNE II.
10 a. m.-Ivy exercises on upper cam
pus: 80 p. M, class day exercises, ar
mory; p. m. class play, Fuller Opera
house; II p. m, Pipe of Peace ceremony,
lower campus.
TUESDAY, JUNE IS.
10 a. m,-Annuai business meeting
Alumni association, university hall; l p.
m TO p. m. alumni reunions; c 80 p. m.
alumni dinner, armory, p. m., repetition
of class play
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10.
S:45 a. m.-University procession. upper
campus; 80 a. M, commencement exer-
clses. armory; 45 p. m, concert by
Baehs orchestra, armory; p. M to p.
m, reception by the president at his
house; $40 to 10 p. M, alumni reception
and concert followed by ball, armory mu-
sic by Bach's orchestra
The programme in detail is the follow
ing:
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
Address of Welcome .......
.........H. G. Eckhardt Superior
Ivy Planter. Elmer L. Hughes. Rewey
Ivy Grafton Sidney Baker. Madison
Ivy Ode. Adelaide Evans, Evansville
Farewell to Building. ......
.............H Hal r. Martin, Madison
2;S0 p. m, Armory hall.
Music-Piano solo Neutrality-suspicious..
Laur; B. johnson. Madison
Class History-Mary B. Bunnell, Madison
Roman j. Heilman, Madison.
Glass Day Grafton. Observation-Disclosures.
...........w X Braasch, sheboygan
Vocal Solo. Agnes Fl. Davis, Madison
Junior Response ............. .......
Class Statistics. Carl Neprud. La Crosse
Violin solo-Henrietta l.. Rissman, Par
tlesyille, Okla
Presentation of Memorial. ..........
.:.;........ All. schreiner. Westby
Acceptance of Faculty. ...............
r.. 49,. Prof. l.. W. Bowling
1890. Harold G. Eckhardt, Superior
p. M. Fuller Opera House
Alice Ringing, Baraboo, chairman.
Roland f.. Coerper. Hartford. manager.
II p. m, lower campus.
Pipe OF Peace Grafton. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
.:...... James II. Weir. Mukwonago
Alvin c. REFS Evansville. Ind.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
President c. r; Van Hise, presiding.
Engineer Orator Fred b, Sheriff, Madison
Letters and Science Orators ...........,
Verne BoneSteel, Huron. S. D.
Rae F. Bell. Madison
Agricultural College. f. 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
its kind ever presented by the univer-
sity
The fete is termed "The Spirit of
Spring" The cast OF the entertain
ment includes 800 women and the
May pole dance will have 100 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.