The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-05-05
FARGO Man
TO Be SPEAKER


Brookings, S. D., May 5.-A grand
homecoming of alumni and various
alumni celebrations will be special
features Of commencement week this
year at the state college. Two hum
dred five alumni and alun1nae have
already written from all parts OF the
western hemisphere signifying their
Intention to be on hand for the big
gest conclave Of "old grads in the
history of South Dakota.
Aubrey Lawrence, 'SS, prominent
attorney of Fargo, N. D., will give the
principal address at the alumni day
conVoc&tiOn. 1t is possible that Cyril
G. Hopkins, i'90 the famous agronornist
and soil expert, viii return TO give the
commencement address. Cong. J. A.
Mcguire, who was to give an address
cannot attend on account of the, special
session of congress.
The college will be favored with an
address at commencement by Governor
I Byrne, who is well known to many Of
the students. Rev. H. w. Tilden OF the
Baptist church Of Brookings, will de-
liver the regular baccalaureate sermon,
while Rev.pA. F. Won Tobel, Presbyter-
ian pastor. will address the student
christian associations. e
The following list of events for the
homecoming have been announced by
the alumni president, Prof S. p. Mil
Ter: One Of the features Of the home
coming that will please visiting alum
M as much as any Of the events, will
be the programmes given by the two
literary societies in their respective
halls. After the programmes the soci-
cites will serve an informal lap supper.
The Monogram club banquet to the
alumni. who are Old letter-men, will
be an innovation which has long been
wished for. This year there will be the
banquet on Monday evening. The par
aue on Tuesday will be organized in
classes: The faculty, the alumni by
classes, the four collegiate classes, and
the preparatory department. Each
class will wear some characteristic
cap, hat or costume. The march will
be on the campus and will be inter-
rupted before several buildings, where
speeches will be made by an alumnus
or a. member, of the faculty. !.
The picnic dinner on the campus will
give the students an opportunity to
have a, farewell social before the break
ing UP of the classes for the summer.
Then the band concert in the after
noon by the college band will be an
other affair that will not be soon for
gotten. On the last evening of COM
mencement week is the big informal
garden party and ball. The affair." while
directed by the general alumni COM
mittee, is in the hand of the students
committee. appointed by the Students
association. The party is to be a gar
den affair and that part of the campus
east of the gymnasium and in front of
north and central will be lighted with
some 200 japanese lanterns. The gym
nasium will be decorated with rows cf
lanterns. The affair iss to be strictly
informal where the students will have
an opportunity Of meeting and con-
versing with the guests. For the "old'
grads will have visited by that time
with one another so much that they
will be willing to stop telling of esca-
pades and will want to know what. the
students now are doing for excitement.
AT 10 O'clock will occur one of the
most attractive events of the week,
"the parade of the thousand candles"
The west windows or the building will
be lighted with rows OF candles. Two
hundred and twelve windows aglow
with the soft light of hundreds of
candles. At this time there will be a |
grand march on the campus and each |
participant will be given lighted Jan
anese lantern to carry. The long row
Of lighted lanterns, the hundreds of |
lanterns in the trees and the lights |
from the windows, will make the march !
q beautiful one; such a march as has |
never been held on the campus.