University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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IVY EXERCISE. The Ivy Exercises were interesting and well attended. Mr. Nott W. Flint delivered the Ivy Oration. Mr. W. P. Lovett sang The Ivy Green, while the Ivy Committee planted ivy at one corner of Cobb Hall. Miss Vinnie M. Crandall read the Ivy Poem. The exercises were closed by the audience cheering the Orator, Poet and President. The chapel services of the day were held at 12:15. The exercises were as usual, with the exception of an address by President Harper and a vocal solo, My Soul's Awaken- ing, by Havens, rendered by Miss Maude S. Winklebleck. THE EARCES. . The Farces at Kent Auditorium proved the most interesting feature of the day. The hall was crowded with an interested audience, which received the actors with hearty applause. The performances showed much skill and careful preparation, the acting being a great surprise to many who were not aware of the talent of the participants. The success of the farces was largely due to the efforts of Miss Theodosia Kane and Dr. E. H. Lewis. Miss Idc and Messrs. Pike and Atwood deserve especial mention for their excellent work. Mr. Law was an excellent old man and Miss Williston a success as the servant. The stage settings were highly appropriate to the two pieces presented, Which is Which, and Uncle's VVill. The theatricals were presented under the direction of Miss Theodosia Kane, Chairman of the Dramatic Committee, and the following staff: Property man, Philip Randg Stage Manager, W. Walt Atwoodg Business Manager, C. S. Pike. The following gentlemen acted as ushers: Holloway, Stone, Gale, Rand, Minard. The cast of characters was as follows: Which is Which. Capper, C. S. Pike, Gargle, Robt. Law, jr.g Paddles, H. T. Chaceg Annie Pestle, Harriet C. Rewg Bertha Bingham, Harriet G. Seaveyg Mrs. Mills, Frances G. Willistoir. llncIe's Will. Florence Marigold, Adelaide M. Ideg Charles Cashmore, VV. Walt Atwoodg Mr. Barker, Robt. Law, jr. ATHLETIC EVENTS. A program of athletic events was run off on the track in Marshall Held, beginning at 9:30 A. M. The events on the program were four bicycle races: a quarter mile unpaced, a half mile scratch, a one mile handicap and a five mile handicap, and several trials against University records. The result shows but one broken record. C. V. Bachelle, paced by G. A. Bliss and E. H. Peck, lowered the mile bicycle record of Qigidg to 252412. The results of the bicycle races were: One quarter mile, unpaced, Bachelle first, 325 secondsg Bliss second, 342 seconds. One-half mile, scratch, Peabody first, Bliss second, Tolman thirdg time, 12195. One mile handicap, Bachelle, scratch, first: Barton, T5 yards, secondg time, 2382. Five mile handicap, Bachelle, scratch, Firstg Peabody, 200 yards, secondg Bliss, scratch, thirdg time, 151112. Bliss was forced to jump to avoid a smash-up after the tape was crossed. He was but slightly injured. The result of the races gives the bicycle cup to Gleason, 15 points. Bachelle failed to win by one point, Patterson ran 100 yards against a bicycle ridden by Tolman winning in 102 seconds Academic vs. Divinity. The ball game between nines picked from the Academic and Divinity departments was played during the progress of the athletic events. The Divinity won by a score of 17 to 11 in a hotly contested game. It was a remarkably clean game for scrub teams. The

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ACADEMIC DAY. June l5, l895. Academic Day is a unique holiday. lt is an event peculiar to the University of Chicago, growing out of customs which make life here different from life at other universities. It is a whole commencement week crowded into the short space of a day. This year's celebration was a distinct success in the college calendar, firmly establishing the holiday's position. University life and spirit were manifest on every side, and the campus was thronged with the students and faculty and their friends. The crowd gathered before the athletic events in the morning and remained all day, leaving only in time to prepare for the ball in the evening. Between the different events of the program, the various clubs entertained their friends on the campus and in the dormitories. The following com- prised the Academic Day committees: Executive Committee. Forest Grant, President of the Day, Robt. Law, jr., Theodosia Kane, H. T. Clarke, jr., jennette Kennedy, Harvey A. Peterson, C. R. Barrett. Athletic Committee. H. T. Clarke, jr., Chairman, P. G. Woolley, XV. O. XVilson, J. S. Brown, C. V. Bachelle. Decorating Committee. jennette Kennedy, Chairman, Elizabeth Messick, P. G. VVoolley, Nott W. Flint, Ethel Keen, H. H. Hewitt, Fred D. Nichols. Ivy Exercises Committee. Harvey A. Peterson, Chairman, Ella M. Osgood, S. C. Mosser, Ruth E. Moore, M. D. McIntyre, W. D. Richardson. Invitation Committee. Edith E. Schwarz, Anna H. Wilmarth, Harriet C. Rew, Ethel Keen. Printing Committee. C. R. Barrett, Chairman, C. V. Bachelle, J. W. Linn, G. S. Pomeroy. . THE SPREADS. Esoteric-Mortar Board Reception.-While the athletic events were in progress the members of the Esoteric Club and Order of the Motar Board received at Foster. The following ladies were hostesses: Esoteric Club, Misses Adelaide M. Ide, Harriet P. Ageter, Edith B. Foster, Jessie Davis and Florence Bullg The Mortar Board, Misses Mabel Dough- erty, Frances I. Hopkins, Agnes S. Cook, Grace Freeman, Nellie L. jones, Marilla W. Freeman, Helen O. Hewitt, Edith S. Schwarz, Helen Thomson. The Coffee House Spread.-Immediately after chapel, at high noon, the Coffee House served Welsh rare-bit, in Graduate Hall. The gentlemen entertaining were Messrs. Forest Grant, Nott W. Flint, joseph M. Flint, Philip Rand, Robert N. Tooker. Quadranglefs Reception.-The final reception of the day was held on the campus in front of Kelly Hall from 5 until 7. Miss Talbot and the following members of the club received: Misses Elizabeth Messick, jennette Kennedy, Anna J. McClintock, Theodosia Kane, Ethel Keen and Edna Stanton.

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following were the teams: Divinity-Borden, c., Smith, ss.g Fletcher, 1b.g Allen, captain,p.g Reed, rf., Wyant, lf., Davidson, cf.g Behan, 2b. Academic--McGillivray, p.g Steigmeyer, 2b.g Chace, c.g Gale, 1b.g Hancock, lf., Webster, ss., Vaughan, 3b.g Linn, cf., Sincere, lf. ACADEMIC DAY PROMENADE. The second annual Academic Day Promenade was given the evening of June 15, 1895, at the Chicago Beach Hotel. Two hundred and Hfty dancers proved the event enthusias- tically received and a fitting close to the exercises of Academic Day. It was by far the largest attendance of any ball in the history of the University, and the presence of many from the city and out of town was especially notable. The affair was in the hands of the following com- mittee: Robert Law, Jr., Chairman: C. S. Pike, H. VV. Wales, Philip Rand, C. B. McGilli- vray, J. S. Lewis. The Patronesses were: Mrs. William R. Harper, Mrs. H. M. Wil- marth, Mrs. Ferd W. Peck, Mrs. John C. Rand, Mrs. Noble B. Judah, Mrs. George M. Pull- man, Mrs. Harry P. Judson, Mrs. George W. Harris, Mrs. C. P. Crane, Mrs. Robert Law, Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson. JUNE 16. Base Ball: Ann Arbor, 65 Chicago, 4. At Ann Arbor. Maroon-NVeekIy Bulletin contest. H. D. Abells elected Captain of ball nine. UNIVERSITY FINALS. JUNE 17. The University colleges have instituted the custom of celebrating the gradua- tion of the Senior class with an entertainment called The Finals. The first one was given on the evening of June 17,1895 The order of exercises was as follows: I. Pre- lude, Bach's Fugue in Q, Mr. Loren M. Russell, organist. ll. The Approach: Schneider's Band, Herr Schneiderg The Mighty Clearer of the YVay, D. M. Robinson, The Grand Tooter of the Golden Horn, etc., etc., J. P. NVhyteg The Valedictorian, A. S. Cookg The Expounder of the Law, H. G. Galeg The Dispenser in Chief of Glorious Op- portunities talias Juddy J, W. XV. Atwoodg The Dispenser No. 1 talias Old Sol J E. P. Browng The Dispenser No. 2 Qalias Little Mac J Louis Sassg The Official Guests, The Aides to the Grand Tooter. III. The Unwritten Lawg The Expounder of the Law. IV. The Valedictory, Miss Agnes Cookg The Reply and Bestowal of Trophy, Paul F. Carpenter. V. Music, Fantasie, Rubenstein. VI. At this point the Dispensers will get in their work. tap Dispenser Ilg tbj Dispenser in Chief. VII. The Grand Inquisitor aided by Dispenser No. Illg Jolly the Fresh, appropri- ate music. VIII. Solo by the G. T. of the G. H., etc., etc., etc. IX. L'Envoig The Expounder. X. The Escape, Andante in gee whiz. Mr. Carpenter in his ' Reply and Bestowal of Trophy, presented to the University college a maroon cap-and-gown to be kept by them in trust for the next senior class, and in turn again to be handed down by its representative and the representatives ot succeeding classes. After the Escape a reception to the class was held on the campus. JUNE 18. Quadrangle Day was appropriately observed by the Class of Ninety-five, and for future classes viill probably be an important event in the exercises of Senior Week. At 3 o'clock, on the lawn in front of Graduate Hall, the class met and called The Examiner to trial for past misdeeds. Those participating were: Harry Howard, Judgeg John H. Heil, Crierg Ralph W. Webster and John W. Williams, Attorneys for the prosecutiong Robert L. Hughes and Franklyn C. Sherman, Attorneys for the defense. Mr. Henry R. Caraway personated the Examiner. The witnesses for the prosecution were Lucy F. Pierce and Mr. John Larnayg for the defense, Miss Boomer and Mr. Hendricks. The Examiner was charged with robbing Richard Roe of eighteen