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ter lunch, dancing was thu entertainment ol
the evening. The young ladies present were
the Misses Winger, Seacrist, Brody, Burks,
Whiting and Gahian. Each guest was given
a souvenir of the occasion.
A very pretty finale was given on Friday
to the spirited competition that has taken
place in the militaiy department this year.
On that day Captain Marlay whs presented
with a handsome so id gold ring, suitably en
graved, by the members of Company B.
Company 13 did not win the cup, nor did
Captain Marlay win the sword, but both re
ceived numberless compliments for the splen
did drill put up by the compan' during the
last few weeks. In order to show their re
spect and regard for their captain, who had
made them one of the best drilled companies
of the battallion, the members of Company
B raised a purse and purchased the ring.
Such mutual respect and confidence is per
haps better than silver cups and brass swords.
The annual cadet encampment took place
at Nebraska City. The boys went into camp
the 26th and broke up the 30th. The camp
was called Camp Crounse in honor of our
governor. The attendance of the battallion
at camp this year was unusually large, about
250 cadets being enrolled almost the entire
battallion. This shows the sentiment of the
cadets relative to the encampments. All the
boys report having had a very pleasant time,
enjoying the pleasures as well as a few of the
more undesirable features of army life. They
at least got an idea of army discipline. The
competitive drills this year were held at Camp
Crounse as no other date could be arranged.
As a result of the infantry company drills,
Company D was given first place and Com
pany B second. Captain Pollard, Company
A, was awarded the sword, his company hav
ing had the highest average attendance (or
the year. Private Ralph C. Saxton, Com
pany C, won the gold medal in the individ
ual infantry drill, and Sergeant F. F. Tucker,
the silver medal. It was a very close contest
and the boys certainly won their medals. In
the individual artillery drill, Charlie Swartz,
Company C detachment, was the winner of
the fiold medal, and E. Y. Porter, also Corn
pan' C, carried ofl the silver medal.
THE CLOSING WEEK.
It is fitting that the exercises which mark
the close of the school year should be of such
a nature as to make the memory ol them for
ever pleasant. A more happy combination
of good weather and enjoyable entertain
ments has probably never been experienced
at the university than during the past few
weeks. The functions of a serious nature
were agrceabty contrasted with more frivol
ous festivities. Most of the students went in
for both kinds of enjoyment with the vim
which is the natural outcome of several
months' hard work over books.
1 1115 SENIOR l'ltOMEXADK.
The seniors themselves were the first to
set the "ball" rolling by giving the annual
"Promenade" in the Senate Chamber of the
State House. The arrangements for this en
tertainment were of an elaborate nature and
furnished considerable scope for the display
ol the managing ability of Messrs. R. E.
Johnson, E. C. Hardy and F. D. Eager.
The rostrum usually occupied by the presi
dent of the senate had been arranged for the
occupancy of the orchestra and tastefully
decorated with palms and potted plants and
the door covered with canvas.
By nine o'clock the guests of the senior
class began to assemble and soon the scene
was as gay as the most exacting could have
wished. Until half-past nine the chaperones,
Chancellor and Mrs. J. H. Canfield, Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Morrill, Prof, and Mrs. L. H.
Barbour and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gere, held
an informal reception with the reception
committee, which was composed of Misses
Nell Cochrane, Mattie Hutchinson and Fan
nie Land, and Messrs. T. E. Wing, C. C.
Maria' and E. M. Pollard. Gay conversation
and light laugter fittingly tuned the souls of
the dancers to the pitch of the dulcet tones
emanating from the Lansing Theatre Or
chestra. The scene was indeed a gay one.
Pretty faces and graceful figures ; light
dresses and beautiful flowers formed a more
than pleasing contrast to the heavier faces
and forms and darker and less adorned cos-
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