The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-31
Is Big Day of College Year at
Washburn.
To Present .Twelfth Night. on
Campus Tonight.
BOTH MAY QUEEN AND STAR
Unusual Honor Is Won by Miss
Mary Paxton.
Glass Day TomorroW-Gradua
&. tion Exercises Thursday.

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May queen, artistic May dances on the |
campus, and presentation of a playlet !
"filia and Demetrius, are to Be fea-
lures of the annual May fete on the
college campus this afternoon.
Tonight another college event of i'm /
pertance will be the annual presentaz
ton of Shakespearean play by the |
Washburn Dramatic club. which this |
year will be Twelfth Night" to be |
staged on the campus in the rear of |
Boswell hall.
The queeis~ef the May fete-the |
highest honor a Washbufn girl may |
attain-will be Miss Mary Paxton. |
Unusual is the fact that the queen of |
the fete will also have the leading
feminine role in the Shakespearearl |
play; Miss Paxton will play Viola in
Twelfth Night" John Troxeil will
have the most important masculine
part, that of Duke orsino, and Miss
Marjera Blank will play olivia. Miss
Paxton and TroxeH were the principal
characters in las You Like tt given
by the dramatic club last year.
Written by Student.
Esther Thomas. Washburn student,
ls the author of the playlet, ''Illia and
Demetrius." Ruth Lemon and Georgia
Neese will be the most important
members of the cast. May Queen at
PENDANTS will be Marjora Blank, Mil
dren owen, Rheva Bonjour, Pauline
Sanders and Elsie Saville.
Literary societies and other STUDENT
organizations will serve refreshments
on the campus and luncheon this eve
ming SO that spectators may remain
on the campus TO see the evening en-
tertainnGent. Ii it rains tonight the
play will be given in Thomas gym
nasium.
Proceeds from the shakespearean
play will be used for the fund for
Greek theater on the campus. The
May fete proceeds kill go into the
Washburn Y. M. U A. fund. Miss
Marie Moore is manager of the May
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Glass Day Tomorrow.
Glass day exercises, the farewell
program of the class of 1920, will be
one of the principal events of Tues
day at washburn. The exercises viii
| take place one the campus, at 10
| o'clock in the morning. All classes
VIII hold picnics on the campus at
noon Tuesday. Sororities and fra
afternoon.
The presidents annual reception
will take place Tuesday evening at
his residence, the White House"
Washburn graduates will receive
! their diplomas Thursday morning at
| 1890 clock at MacVicar chapel.
Baccalaureats Sermon.
business has mace practice of
sstnaylng the waste product and of
f rst use nj for It we have not
into society. 1t is from this element
liar isms which threaten civilization
| get their recruits.
rather than people, This is the cause
OF the social unrest that is upon US
@oers address of wasbbnqn cPsa
baccalaureate services Sunday.
Washburn comm ncement week is
on 1t officially started Sunday morn
ling with the baccalaureate services in
MacViear chapel. The baccalaureate
sermon was delivered by Pres P. P.
! Womer, whose subject was "Civiliza-
ton"
The services opened at II o'clock
when Doctor Womer, the members of
4 the faculty, the board of trustees and
the candidates for degrees filed slowly
into MacVicar chapel, clad in caps and
gowns. The procession was headed by
Doctor Wemer and DIR. Charles NJ.
Sheldon. So
| Ferns and cut flowers decorated the
platform and chairs for the faculty.
speakers and Glse club were arranged
in circular rows. The graduating class
occupied the tive front rows on the
main floor.
Gloria played on the organ by
Prof Harlowe F. Dean. opened the
prayer. followed by the "Sevenfoid
Amen" by, the College Glee club. The
anthem, THE King of Love My Shep-
herd Is was sung by the Glee clubs
Welfare af Individual.
Education is based on the idea that
| the welfare CT civilization is grounded
in the welfare of the individual life,
Doctor Wo1ner said. 1T is necessary
| to have . great and noble people in
order to attain a high civilization. The
only safeguard of civilizat ton today is
in the possession of a strong devoted,
Christiike man. Perfection of
society must come thru methods that
are individual and personal.
True society begins not as an or
| gantzation of law nor as a social or
political organization, but it begins in
| the righteous character of the indi-
viduai.
! External power is just as potent
! for evil as, for good External power
| untamed by the love and spirit of
Jesus is an evil to be feared and
avoided. The hope of the future lies
| in personalities enlarged by faith and
love of God.
Truth, Courage, Character. 4.
| Three qualities of character are
| paramount. The first is truthfulness.
Not only in the ordinary meaning but
/ in large sense intellectual accuracy.
Nothing that is inexact has right to
stand.
| Courage is next Courage of deci-
sion, promptitude, and timely action.
We can only save society by the
prompt action and protest of people
\ who see, and who read and mind
/ Gods werd-
| 1.-THE third quality of character is
| the spirit of neighborliness and good
| will. This is a law OF the universe.
We cannot break Gods law. They
| cannot set it aside. They are the ones
who are broken. The law abides. we
suffer the penalty.
/ Il want to pay a tribute to the
washburn people whe sacrificed SO
much tie esta blish this institution and
and laid down their lives in the world
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