Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-08
ANNUAL COMMENCE MENTOR.
NORTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY.
Twenty Seventh Commencement
to Be Held the Week of the
Eleventh.

Sunday will mark the opening Of
the commencement exercises of the
University of North Dakota, when the
Baccalaureate address will lie given
by President Frank l.. McVey in the
university gymnasium Pastors of the
various churches OF Grand Forks will
assist DR.. McVey and the music will
be furnished by the combined glee
clubs under the direction of Prof. w.
w. Norton. IL ..s..
The program for the week follows:
Monday class day exercises. At
9:45 a. m. the senior pilgrimage will
begin when farewells will be said at
Merrifield hall, Science hall, Presi-
dents house on the campus and the
university commons. At the latter
place tree will be planted.
At 10 o'clock a. m. the meeting of
the state board OF regents will be
held at the presidents Office in Merri.
field hall.
At O'clock band concert will be
given on. the lawn north of Merrifeld
hall under the direction of E. H. Will
cox. #
Glass day exercises proper will be
held at O'Clock on the Davis hall
lawn. s
At 4:SO the Phi Beta Kappa soror-
ity will meet in the Women's Lague
rooms of Davis hall, at which time
candidates will De initiated.
The Shakespeare Tercentenary
Masque will be given at $50 in Bank
side theatre. The pro gram will be
in charge Of the Sock and Buskin So
ciety and Shakespeare, The Play
maker will be presented in the form
Of pagealr2rama. .. SO.
The Wesley college commencement
will be held at 10 o'clock a. III. in Cor
win hall. Tic Roy. Thomas w. Fes.
sender Of Wesley church, Minneapo-
lis, will deliver the address and Pres
ident Z. p. Robertson will present the
diplomas.
Class rednlon and iInchcona will be
held at IL o'clock in the university
commons. After the luncheon the
meeting of the Alumni association
will be held.
Memorial services for the late Prof
George st. John pclrott will be held
IN the auditorium Of Woody orth hall
at 2:30.
Inspection of buildings, libraries
and laboratories will be held Tuesday
afternoon from o'clock to 6.
From SIS to o'clock the presi-
dents reception will be held in the
! lobby of the university commons.
when President and Mrs McVey will
receive members of the graduating
class, Alumni and other friends of the
university.
The commencement dinner will be
held from 6 O'Clock to at the uni
Verslty commons, President McVey
| viii be the POSTMASTER and short
speeches will be made by Hon. Lewis
F. Crawford, president Of the state
board Of regents; Victor WARDROBE,
Miss Helen Sullivan, William A. Ba.
con, Lyle Bittinger. Rorke's five
piece orchestra will furnish the music.
The Shakespeare Tercentenary
Masque will be repeated at $50 in
Bankside theater.
Commencement proper will be held
Wednesday and the university pro-
cession will begin at 9:15 a. m. on the
campus. The procession will be lead
by the band.
The twentyseventh annual COM
mencement will be held in the univer-
sity gymnasium at 9:45 a. m. The
commencement address will be deliv-
cred by Dr.. Homer Baxter Sprague,
president of the University of North
Dakota from 1SS7-1S91. At the con-
clusion of the address President Nc.
Vey will confer the degrees. Rev. A..
H. Thompson of the Methodist Epis-
copal church will conduct the devo-
tional exercises and the music will be
furnished by the university band and
Herman F. Wolff. who will sing solo.