Michiganensian. [1913]

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1=!! ITH three thousand alumini garbed in gala hot
weather attire and packed into every conceivable nook around the campus, and with a week
of fine weather spreading its radiance on the
occasion, the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the
founding of the University of Michigan was fittingly celebrated June 23-28, 1912. Senators,
l Bishops and College Professors assembled in
Ac c glorious confusion and for several days little
iAnn Arbor was more like the Atlantic City
board walk with Congress enjoying a recess
atnd a galaxy of college (lignitaries meeting inconventionI there at the same time, than a stai(l
universitv center.
l ore than twice as maly gra(lluates ad s
were ever lbefore assembled in A1nn Arlor were
present at tle ceremonies. They came, bringit. ing wives and chil(lren, and they arrived in such
numbers that forty-two classes were enable(l to hold reiunions during the week.
Despite the large numbers all were given goold accommodations. The Michigan Union
had previously undertaken arrangements for housing the visitors, and through the
agency of its rooming bureau was in. a position to furnish suitable roonms for
all who came.
According to the most authentic information accessible. there has been but one
rainy Commencement week in Ann Arbor d(uring the last forty years. Last June was
far from being the exception. Every day (during the week of festivities was sunny and
warm, without any oppressive heat, except on Wednesday. when, on the occasion of
the baseball game with Pennsylvania, coats were removed, linen apparel made a gelneral appearance, and baseball weather seemed to have i)egun in earnest.
The program began on Sunday evening with the annual blaccalaureate address,
given by Suffragan Bishop Charles Sumner Burch, '75, of New York City. The title
of Bishop Burch's remarks was "The Optimism of Unrest." University Hall was
packed for the occasion, although but few of the official delegates from other universities and colleges had as yet arrived in Ann Arbor. "Alcestis," by Euripides, was
presented Monday evening by the women of the senior class before the portals of the
Alumni Memorial hall. The play was acted in the soft glow of arc lamps, placed at a
distance from the stage, and focused on the performers, giving the scene a weird.
fantastic atmosphere.
To the 500 undergraduates, including seniors, who remained in Ann Arbor for
the celebration-the most interesting feature of the week was the Michigan Union
vaudeville entertainment, given Tuesday afternoon in the large pavilion-tent erected
between the chemistry building and
the gymnasiums. Preceding the performance, there was a parade of campus organizations, led by the band.
The procession passed by the reviewing stand on the steps of Memorial
hall. and around the campus to the
pavilion, where all entered the huge
tent. The program for the afternoon
was made up of stunts and skits presented by members of the student body.

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