| Show NORMAL CLASS CLASS EXE EXERCISES It was somewhat after ten o'clock when the Normal Class of 99 opened their day class-day exercises with a well rendered piano selection by Miss Edna Swenson All during the first number people were crowding into the art gallery by the rear door until the room was filled with an enthusiastic audience At Ata a quarter past ten the graduating class entered in single file to a Ii lively vey march marchand and before taking their seats sang sanf their first class song Pres Young then gave a hearty welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come to his classmates faculty and friends ending with a few words of advise to the graduates The oration by Mr Thomas McKay was excellently prepared and given He spoke seriously of the many treasures which the past four years had brought to the class and what the future might still bring Our ambition should always be high t he said The man who aims at the moon will never hit it but he lie will come a great deal closer than he who aims at the earth In leaving our work school we all all' ask what shall we do next Gods God's answer to the people of Israel when they stood on the banks r of the Red Sea is the answer to our question Go forward I The class song which followed gave words of timely advice advice to the undergraduates undergraduates undergraduates under under- graduates and teachers The class historian Miss Florence Horne Home told next of the most critical and amusing events of all four years taking the class as a whole and also giving personal biographies which were exceedingly exceedingly exceedingly exceed exceed- apt and Miss Lizzie Davis rendered a very pretty vocal solo The Botanical Comparisons by Miss May Davis skillfully likened the class members to the trees of the forest The paper was certainly unique and well handled Miss Pearl Durnell gave the class poem beautifully recalling the sweet and sad memories of the past Swing low past memories i 62 Just help us to forget Exasperating gones by-gones Give good will toward the debt We Ve owe to teachers here Interests helm stood iI At they've They steered us through the flood They did all for our good The work we did this past year f Is proof enough were we're sure fit To show you our great learning And courage to endure 1 When next year comes to us O Well prepared for any fray May each enter on his way And with glory win the day Then Swing low sweet memories a Keep sacred time if The boys and girls of practice work The class of 99 Then followed Ned a unique song giving a few characteristics of the members of the faculty faculty faculty- 1 The faculty are smart old chaps chaps ahem ahem They said wed we'd graduate perhaps graduate perhaps But they were talking through their hats hats ahem The hall rack echoes call on me me ahem f Our presidents president's awfully slow you see But hell he'll get there EH Eli e e ahem An absent minded man have we we ahem r Little Stewart it is he But his friends well we'll always be be ahem Mathematicians have we at hand hand ahem ahem Toronto Allen and little Lyman layman Periodic joker round all-round man man ahem Slow and swift have we galore galore ahem Edmunds kicks cause we dont don't know more Howards Howard's style we all adore adore ahem a O Paradise where art thou at ahem at-ahem ahem J Marshall kin you tell us that Your English aint us that that ahem Roylance is deep as a thousand foot well well ahem Most everybody says hes he's swell j But out of his class we rush pell mell mell ahem Dear Mis Miss Babcock's a la-la la la Ia ahem nines nine's good enough for any scholar Squeeze the marks till makes em hollar McGhie and Reynolds be be ahem Love sick all the time you see Soon they both will wedded be be ahem Aud now for athletics' athletics sake sake ahem Cummings surely takes the cake j We all know he is no fake fake ahem C The critic teachers are O. O K ahem They all wanted us to stay But well we'll ahem say good bye today today The prognostication by Miss J Josephine Joseph oseph- ine Morris humorously described the the occupations of the different members of the class twenty five years hence Mr Howard Herron in behalf of the Class of 99 N. N presented to the University University University sity the sum of 50 to form the nucleus for a Normal Scholarship fund to which Pres Kingsbury as representative of the authorities made a very very fitting response response response re re- thanking the class fo for their gift and commending them for their example to future graduating classes The Pipe oration by Mr Heber Garff and filled fille c if rc was humorously given wits with praise for the worthy class of 99 99 r and id f advice for the faltering OOs At the close of the oration a large peace pipe was presented to Mr Riser as president of the Third Year Normal Class with instructions to preserve it well until his class should be graduated and then hand it down to the next lower class The exercises ended with a song sOI-g of farewell to the University and its connections connections connections con con- and associations How can cau we bear to leave thee i 1 Dear school and kindest teachers We go where duty calls us We go what eer befalls us Good-bye Good good-bye good our own dear school Good-bye Good good-bye good our own dear school The room was very tastefully decorated and the program one of the best hest ever rendered at the University The Class of 99 N. N and their many friends went away justly proud of their successful efforts at |
