Senior Class Day Exercises

vara clouds threatene-j to put a stop to the class day exercises of the literary department Tuesday morning but ■rain held off and allowed the program to be cai-ried out without a hitch. The exercises were held under the historie old tree, the Tappan oak, which stands just west of the general library. For the past few years it has been customary for the Hts to hold their class day here in preference to stuffy University hall. Muslc was furnlshed this morning , u. or ivi. band. The audience was grouped picturesquely about the temporary platform which had been erecied for those on the program. Chaire and benches, and the green grass of the campus, served to seat the er iwd. The program of elass day was opensd by the address of the president, Frank S. Simons, of Detroit. In touehing upon matters of curront interest he saidThe era upon which we are entering gives evidence that it will be an epoch making one. Vlsions of imperial sway are held before our ej'es. Radical ñ ai e taiked of. In these stirring times t seems to me that the body of col ege men and women should perfo.m In society the functions of a K wneei. ïhey have studied more dëeplv the _lessona of history, they have exall Z „nlre ,ClSeIy tlle foundations f c"e aÏÏ SyStem' and shou'd exeríhl „ v s,teadylnL "fluence throughout ush h nrt, Thy Shoul! nol ini blndIy lntu new policles nor unQUÏ3 attempt to change existinp insti tmnk of changrlng the face of the eanh In a day, but should recognize condi tlons as they exist and ":lp, ", , " present day problema fr.m the Jta mlPumt of common sense " Charles Henry Farreil, of Dexter performed his duties as a historian achíf ?'"■ ■UKi tOld Of the triumpïs o; wLfu W1'h,due reKard to truth. He line right through the past tw S Orí oficir81 P'aCe in lhe NortSSS todaj was Lessons of the Hour." He ín' ff fhmSt f hiS Ume to a dis""t -:.negofft.thequestionsthat Like the class orator, the class poet thta year te a leadir.g pirsonage in his hne in the Universitv. OPred Gauss, who holds the latter office 's an Ann Arbor boy, who has w on prí zei noem ''S than his classmates. His Srtïït r vV WM entitleï "Cybelè, the Spirit of Nature." It showed deep and careful thought. but held tSe' iSteSrt Jus hearers tiiroughout. FlorenolaSWPIS1)heCy aS reacl b" JIiss ■f lorenoe H. Pomprnv nf a„„ _, öj taking a fall out of several of the Umversuy's prominent professors before she treated the class to a hon scope of lts future. She had r m " Winkler, of the Germán department ten oSf?He th,e bGSt '-'"8 "nem: uers of the faculty, and still a bachyears r a man'ied man "ithi" ten bvTïh resuIar Program was conqluded i The memorial consista of t cidss have also been asked to ïilpri Chlekamauga Park, Camp Thomas u,phcia;;Great en(h" n the next expedition to set out the men cheered lustüy i