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ses were read, of which I send you a program. These are papers pre- 

 pared by students whose standing has been very high in some special 

 study, and who have devoted a large amount of time to this specialty. 

 All are in English except the thesis in French, which is written in 

 that language. In the afternoon came the class-day exercises. These 

 are n©mtJ&ap|£©^extensive nor so sumptuous as those at Harvard. They 

 consist of class sang, pro phe cy , exhortation to the lower classes , etc . , 

 which are intended to be funny, and usually do keep the students and 

 their friends who know the inside of the college life in a roar. This 

 year in addition to the usual ceremonies the class had a funeral pro- 

 cession with the solemn burial of all the class records and other 

 things. In the evening of the same day the class presented an origi- 

 nal drama , written by one of their number. It was hugely ynjoyed by 

 the largest audience of the season. It was full of good hits and take 

 offs and was very cleverly presented. 



On Tuesday the Alumni banquet was the chief feature. It differ- 

 ed in no respect from ordinary banquets. After the feed, came the 

 speeche s , some funny , somp heavy ; some wise , some othervri se . 



Wednesday was the day when the graduates appeared in force. The 

 speeches were considerably reduced in number this year; consequently 

 these exercises were more enjoyable than usual , because they were not 

 so exhausting. There were 12 speakers. I think they said there v/ere 

 about 160 in the class. 



Wednesday afternoon a party of f our, Prof . Owen, Judge Bunn ^re- 

 lease and I, started out for a three days fish-nic. I think I wrote 

 you last year about our arrangement s , which were essentially the same 



