Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
GERMAN OPENS
CELEBRATION
At TECH
Alumni, Here for Three-Day An
niversary Observance, Take a
Leading Part in Exercises.

sophomore german Monday morning.
Beginning at II, it lasted until ?
o'clock, and throughout was the live
liest affair Of the commencement.
Miss jamie Cooper and Miss Lydia
Hall, with George Hope, Jr., and Don
FORESTER led the german. The 100
couples massed in several beautiful
formations. Among the young ladies
were many out-of-town visitors.
The plans for the three remaining
days of the observation-disclosures
Tuesday and Wednesday-prov for
the most elaborate college celebra-
tons ever held in the State of Geor-
gia.
There will be addresses by some Of
the most prominent educators in the
country, and by Atlantans who have
= graduated at Tech and gone out into
the commercial world and made
good"
Three hundred or more alumni
who are here for the celebration are
planning many things to prove that
they are loyal Tech" men.
An address by DR.. Pnilander P.
Claxton, of Washington, d. c., Ma
tional Commissioner of Education, at
the Tech Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium a.
$3.50 o'clock, will feature Mondays
program. Dr. ClaXton is one Of the
foremost educators of the United
States. DR. ClaXton frequently has
lectured in Atlanta.
Monday afternoon from 5 to Z
o'clock DR.. K G. Matheson will be
the host at the annual presidents re-
ception TO the graduating class.
Promenade Brilliant Event.
The annual promenade given by the
Junior class in honor Of the seniors,
ha n.
be an unusually brilliant social event
this year. It will begin at 8 o'clock
Monday night and will continue until
the flight of time forces the merry
makers and joy-seekers to go home.
The campus will be brilliantly lighted.
Refreshments will be served and
there will be dancing in the Crystal
Palace. Society will be out in force,
and ii is expected that the crowds
will tax the capacity even of the large
Tech campus. At the close of the
promenade the annual book burn
ing by the seniors will take place.
Tuesday will be the big day of the
celebration. Enough events have
been arranged for, all of unusual in
terest, to supply Tech students and
alumni with reminiscent material for
years to come. The day begins, from
a Tech standpoint, at $3.50 o'clock in
the morning when the annual meet
ing of the Alumni Association viii be
held. A. r. Colcord, of Atlanta. pres
ident of the association, will preside
and will deliver an address. Of well
come to the men who win shortly
join the ranks Of the alumni 9th
ers will speak, telling Of their eXpe-
riences in school and the outer world
Founders Day exercises, when the
men who made Tech will gather for a
contemplation and discussion Of their
work, will be held at 1880 o'clock in
the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium. DR.. l. c..
Hopkins, the first president of Tech,
and Judge n. f. Harris. president Of
the board of trustees, viii be prinCi-
pal speakers. other men who We're
instrumental in putting the school on
its feet during the first few years Of
its existence also win speak
Atphonso Smith Orator.
Founders Day Grafton will be de-
livered at the Grand Theater at S
o'clock Tuesday evening by c. Al
phOnso Smith, Phi. D., Ii. D., pro-
fessor Of English at the University of
Virginia. Dr. Smiths address is
awaited with unusual interest by the
students and faculty of the college
and the people of Atlanta. many Of
whom have been fortunate enough to
have heard him in previous addresses.
DR.. Smith Is considered one Of the
greatest educators in the country He
has lately returned from Germany,
where he spent a year as a member
Of the faculty Of the University Of
Berlin He was appointed by PreSi-
dent Taft, at the suggestion of En-
peror William of Germany, who pro-
posed that the United States eN-
change educators for the. purpose Of
studying the educational methods of
each country
Following the address by DR..
Smith the graduating class and fac
ulty will be guests of Governor ana
Mrs Joseph NJ Brown at the Govern
or's Mansion.
The eyes Of Tech students turn
to Tuesday afternoon as the really big
time of the celebration, for then viii
be held the annual class day eXer-
cises and the brilliant burlesque
pageant which The students and tho
alumni have been planning for sew
eral weeks. The usual class day pro-
gram will be rendered. George NJ.
Hope, Jr., of Atlanta, win read the
class history. and viii be followed by
Harleston Hall. of Atlanta. class
prophet.
Walter R. Boyd. Of Atlanta, will
deliver an inspired address, in which
he viii drop the mantle of the senior
class onto the shoulders Of the jun
I. Tors.
Austin VIM, of Eastman, Ca win
IN sent TO the school the memorial
from the class of 1918. DR. Samuel
5 Wallace. head of the department Of
English. viii accept the memorial On
behalf Of the school. The exercises
will close with the valedictory by
Robert L. Hughes. Of Atlanta.
Class Day Parade.
Immediately following the class
day program, 1000 students and
alumni will parade the campus. form
ing what is expected TO be one of the
most brilliant buriesque pageants ever
seen in Atlanta. Practically every
thing that ever happened and many
things that couldn't happen viii De
shown in the costumes. The pageant
will form on the lower campus, ana
after parading the school grounds,
NAV march downtown and take pos
session. for the time being, of Peach
tree and Whitehall Streets. The lat
ter step. though, has not yet been
decided upon, and viii not be unit.
after the parade is formed. The
pageant is in charge Of the following
student committee: A. I. Loeb, o. O..
Civ. E H Arlington. Jack Phlntzy
and George N. HOPE