The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-24
"OLD GRADS" ARE
HEROES OF HOUR
AT UNIVERSITY
Beribboned Alumni Pour Into
Ann Arbor For This, Their
One Day of the Year
DEDICATE TABLET TO
UNCLE SANS SERVANTS
SEVENTEEN Annual Commence
ment Exercises To Be Held in
Hill Auditorium Thursday

ANN ARBOR, Mich, June "a
Especial EVERY hoCei is filled TO
overlooking with visitors, fraternity
houses have opened their doors, and
the Ann Arbor Civic association has
called upon the people of the city &c
open their houses in order that the
people attracted 10 Ann Arbor by the
commencement OF the University OF
Michigan may have some place to
sleep.
II is doubtful If there has ever
been a larger crowd here during
commencement week, but thanks to
the strenuous efforts that have been
made by all those interested, no.
body has been compelled 10 WOO NOR
pheus on a park bench, and every
body has been able TO find food. To-
day Is alumni day, and there are
several hundred former graduates
who have returned for the reunion
OF their classes, which started yes
teday and will continue throughout
today. AS fast as they arrive they
visit the office OF the secretary of
the Alumni association and don the
oficial badge, yellow and blae but
ton attached to two pieces OF yellow
the class numerals. This done, they
are ready to meet their classmates.
and reunions have been occurring
all during the day.
This morning at 1890 o'clock oc-
Cured the dedication OF the tablet
TO the university soldiers and sail
ors, and at IL o'clock the tablet 10 |
Chancellor Tappan was dedicated, |
n
making the dedicatory address.
Perhaps 500 alumni attended the |
alumni buffet luncheon served in
Barbour gymnasium at noon by the
university and the Collegiate Alum
nae.
At 2 o'clock the annual alumni
mass meeting was held in Hill audi
torlum, and the old boys had a
splendid time, renewing their youth /
with varsity and class yells, short |
talks, and songs. In addition. sew
eral thousand feet of moving picture
films, depicting university life and
campus scenes were shown.
Following this meeting the an
nual parade OF the alumni TO Ferry
field where Michigan meets Pennsyl-
vania, at AIS o'clock, was held, and |
in this parade, each class sought to
Guido every other class in freakish-
ness of costume. The varsity band !
marched at the head of the process
sion, but the old graduates, NOT sat-
ished with this, had bands OF their /
own. There were organ grinders,
little German bands, and all kinds
OF make-shift bands TO enliven the
occasion, and IL there was a man in
line who wasn't thoroughly enjoying
himself, the feet was not apparent.
Tonight will be rather quiet. Civ
Ing the old boys chance TO recover
from their strenuous day. At 7
o'clock there will be a band concert
on the campus and at $3.50, the an
nual University Senate reception will Il
be held In Memorial hall
Tomorrow at 10 O'Clock the
SEVENTEEN annual convention OF the
university will be held in Hill audi
torium, but the exercises proper will u
be preceded by the academic process 4
sion from the campus, which will
be the most spectacular feature of
the week. Somber hued seniors will
be hanked by faculty members with
gowns whose gorgeous hoods of
many colors will be the only splash
or color In the procession, and all i
these will move with some degree
OF military precision according TO a
schedule arranged by Dean Mortimer
=. Cooley, OF the engineering depart
ment, who Is chief marshal The
commencement address will be de-
liyered by President Edmund James
James, OF the University of Illinois.