The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-10
Commencement Starts For
University Glass of 1912
EightySx Graduates isenedt to Splendid Sermon By Rev. L A. Crandal of Mime
apois-Senir Pilgrimage Feature of This Mornings Progrann-Class Day Em-
Uses and Farce Occupy This Afternoon.

DR.. L. A. Crandall of Minneapolis
preached the baccalaureate sermon to
this years graduating class of the
state university. mt the university GYM
nasium last night. before a large
audience. The Making of a Life"
was his subject. The text of his SER
mon was Marrow is the Gate and
Straight is the Way That Leadeth
Unto Life"
DR.. Crandall suggested that the
graduates choose some profession or
occupation n follow it up to its
highest contamination.
IF you have chosen q vocation that
is not entirely suited to you, find an
other that is entirely your right call
ing and stick to it," admonished the
speaker.
DR.. Crandall gave the following ex-
ample to illustrate this point, upon
which he placed great emphasis:
"A certain student specialized tn
become a cache of geology. hut
found that she preferred psychology
n finally chose the teaching of that
subject as her vocation and made a
marked success of her work"
DR.: Crandall admonished the gradu-
ates to get all the good out of the adj
vantases that this world offers and tt
give their assistance to others all along
the way of life: in brief, to give the
world h best manhood and woman
hood it is possible to give.
The b~accalaureate ermon last nigh;
was the opening number on the uni
verslty commencement program and
from now until the final exercises on
Wednesday,. the graduates will have
every minute occupied.
Senior Pilgrimage.
The senior pilgrimage was started
at 10 o'clock this morning from Mac.
ME hall. The entire class passed from
n building to the other, bidding
farewell to each building in turn. A:
each building a representative of the
class spoke a few words of goodbye,
These partings were followed by brief
remarks by the deans of the various
departments and other members OF
the faculty. Tho remarks by the stu.
dents were short reviews of the hours
spent within the buildings and ex.
pressed the regrets of the members
of the class at leaving familiar SUR
roundings. The members of the fac
ulty told the class of how their faces
m W. be missed from the campus and
or the wish that their postgraduate
course in the great school of expert.
chce would be as successful as had
been their efforts at the University OF
North Dakota.
The following is a list of the build.
lnss visited and the several speakers;
Macnie Hall--Miss Esther Pike and
Emma Bliss.
Engineering T:uilding-Dean c. H
Crouch and A. ". Kispaugh.
Merrifield Hall-Professor Verno,
p. Squires and c. w. Matschek.
University Library-Librarian Clar.
enee w. Sumner n Earl McFadden
WoodWorth Hall-Dean Joseph
Kennedy and Anna Nestos.
Science Hall-Dean H. E. French
and r. A. Heising.
Gymnasium-Doctor D. L. DUNLAP
and Rena Parizek.
Davis Hall-Dean Ella Fulton and
Ella Murphy.
University Commons-Miss d. B
Treen and Christine Finlayson.
School of Mines-Dean E. j. Bah
cock and Orville Patterson.
Bulge Hall-Professor z. +. Chand.
Ter and r. 3. Farrow.
Class Day Exercises.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the class
day exercises took place al the Metro
politan opera house.
Stella E. Hodgins. Miss Blonde a,
Holt gave the class history. The
prophecy was written by George Eb-
ner and read by o. O.. Trageton.
George F. Shafer delivered the vale
dictory.
"Tlle Last Inning"
One of the features of the exercises
was h class force. This was a three
act play prepared, by the class farce
committee which was composed of
George Elmer. chairman: Miss Mil
dred M. Veitch. MISS Marion f.. Dick
inson. S. Esberg. THE Last Inning
was the title of the play.
The farce told the story of a uni
versity girl. The scenes were the uni
versity campus, the bleachers and the
parlor of Davis hall.
The U. N. d. and the two rivals
were Newell Chandler and Theodore
Wells.
The cost af characters follows:
Mary. a L. N. D. belle
Miss Donna NJ. Forkner
Belle. her friend.
............ Miss Rena l.. Parizek
Jack, a U. N. d. student. ........
............. Newell E. Chandler
Tom, an A. c. student. .........
Theodore Il. Wells
Miss H. Christine Finlyson
Bertha Miss Ellen A. johnson
A maid. ...... Miss Inga Knudson
Obadiah X%enephon Won Stedlee....
........... Herbert A. Mackoff
A member of A. c. baseball team.
Carl Watne
Students Gin act 1)-Messrs. r. A.
Heising. c. w. Matscheck. o. ID. Pat
terson, A. w. Kishpaugh.
Students Tin act II. and act III.)-
Members of class of 1912.
There were many "takeoffs" on the
students and various members of the
faculty which added greatly to the ex-
e%rciSes.
Agricultural college baseball teams