Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
Alumni, Here for Three-Day An
niversary Observance, Take a
Leading Part in Exercises.

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, a.
the Tech Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium al
$3.50 o'clock, will feature Mondays
program. DIR. Claxton is one Of the
foremost educators of the United
States. DR. Claxton frequently has
lectured in Atlanta.
Monday afternoon from to n
o'clock DR.. K G. Matheson will be-
the host at the annual presidents re-
ception 10 the graduating class.
Promenade Brilliant Event.
The annual promenade given by the
Junior class in honor Of the seniors,
on the college campus, promises toI
be an unusually brilliant social event
this year. It viii begin at S o'clock
Monday night and will continue until
makers and joy seekers to go home.
The campus will be brilliantly lighted.
Eefreshments win be served and
there viii be dancing in the Crystal
Palace. Society will be out in force
and Il is expected that the crowds
VIII tax the capacity even of the large
Teen cImpus. At the close OF the
Promenade the annual book burn
ing by the seniors will take place.
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celebration Enough events have
been arranged for, all of unusual in
t-rest. to supply Tech students and
alumni with reminiscent material for
years TO come The day begins. from
Tech standpoint, at $3.50 o'clock in
the morning, when the annual meet
ing Of the Alumni Association will be
held. A. r. Colcord, Of Atlanta, pres
ident of the association, will preside
and viii deliver an address OF well
come to the men who will shortly
join the ranks of the alumni. 9th
ers will speak, telling Of their eXpe-
rienees 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. Z. Harris. president of
the board of trustees, will be Drinci-
pal speakers. Other men who were
instrumental in putting the school on
Its feet during the first few years of
its existence also will speak.
Alphonso Smith Orator.
Founders Day Grafton will be de-
liYered at the Grand Theater at s
o'clock Tuesday evening by c. Al
phonso Smith, Phi. D., LII. 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 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 ex-
change educators for the purpose Of
studying the educational methods o.
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 will
be held the annual class day exer-
cises and the brilliant burlesque
pageant which the students and the
alumni have been planning for sew
eral weeks. The usual class day pro-
gram will be rendered. George N. [
Hone, Jr., of Atlanta, viii read the
class history, and will be followed by
Harleston Hall, Of Atlanta, class
prophet.
deliver an inspired address. in which
he will drop the mantle of the senior
class onto the shoulders of the jun
Tors,
stin VIM. Of Eastman, Ga, win
~ to the school the memorial
fg.m the class Of 1913. Dr. Samuel
lace. head of the department Of
sl. e ill accept the memorial On
az Of he school. The exercises |
% close with the vale1ictory by I.
SoJert L. Hughes. Of Atlanta.
Class Day Parade.
Immediately following the class .
ia program, 1000 students and Z
alamni viii parade the campus, form .
ing what is expected TO be one of the 4
most brilliant burlesque uageants ever
seen in Atlanta. Practically every |
thing that ever happened and many /.
things that couldn't happen will be I
shown in the costumes. The pageant I
will form on the lower campus. and /
after parading the school grounds, (
NAV march downtown and take pos I
session, for the time being, Of Peach /
tree and Whitehall Streets. The lat I
ter step. though. has not yet been I
decided upon. and will not be until /
after the parade is formed. The 4
pageant is in charge Of the following I
Student committee: A. l. Loeb, c. G. I
Ely, F. H. Arlington, Jack Phinizy I
and George NJ. Hope.
on Wednesd ay. the closing day q I
the celebration, the big attraction VIII I
be the annual shop exhibit. Every I
shop and mill Of the school viii 5e I