DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 33 



Wednesday morning opened bright and warm, and kind nature vouch- 

 safed three days of good weather — the first three days of continuous fine 

 weather during the spring to this date. 



Promptly at ten o'clock the president of the college called the meeting 

 to order. All the speakers on the programme were present. A num- 

 ber of the orators spoke without manuscript. The meeting was large 

 and enthusiastic. 



At two o'clock another large and enthusiastic meeting was held in 

 the Armory. The older alumni especially seemed to enjoy this meet- 

 ing. After this meeting a large number of the alumni and other visi- 

 tors repaired to the athletic field to witness a ball game between our 

 college team and the Michigan University nine. The game resulted in 

 a score of two to one in favor of the U. of M. 



About twenty-five hundred people assembled in the large tent at eight 

 o'clock to hear the rendition by the college chorus of the "Elijah." The 

 soloists pleased the audience and every member of the college was proud 

 of the finely trained chorus. The Bach Orchestra fully maintained its 

 great reputation. Unstinted praise was heard on all sides of the even- 

 ing's entertainment. 



The Thursday morning meeting was held in conjunction with the 

 Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. The 

 large tent was well filled and the meeting was all that could be desired. 



At eleven o'clock the alumni held an enthusiastic meeting in college 

 hall. Immediately after the morning meeting the large tent was pre- 

 pared for the alumni dinner. A second tent had been erected adja- 

 cent to the large tent. Preparations for the banquet were made in 

 this tent. The chairs were partially removed from the large tent and 

 poles eight feet in length, upon the upper end of which were card 

 boards designating classes by year, were stuck in the ground through- 

 out the tent. A sufficient number of chairs were grouped around each 

 class pole to accommodate members of said class and friends present. 

 Each of the twelve hundred present found his place readily. The curtain 

 between the tents was removed, and the great body of student waiters — 

 fifty or more — served this large assembly quickly and without the least 

 confusion. Nothing in connection with the jubilee exercises was con- 

 ducted with greater satisfaction to all concerned than was the serving 

 of .this alumni dinner. 



It is impossible, of course, to describe the cordial friendship and 

 exhuberance of good feeling manifested on such an occasion. It can 

 come but a few times in the life of any individual. 



A literary program followed the banquet, and at four o'clock the bat- 

 talion, in charge of Captain Fiiger, gave a dress j^arade drill on the 

 athletic field. A large audience gathered in the tent after the drill to 

 hear the memorial address given by the Honorable Washington Gard- 

 ner. This address was well received. 



Considerable effort had been put forth in preparing for the illumina- 

 tion of the campus. The new lighting system afforded an abundance 

 of electric current. The Women's Building, the Library, Williams Hall, 

 College Hall, the new Engineering Building and Abbot Hall were spe- 

 cially wired for this occasion. Rows of incandescent lights were run 

 along the tops and edges of the roofs, down the corners, and on all pro- 

 jections, until the buildings fairly glowed. Wires were stretched the 

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