Rehearsal of a Scene from "As You Like It," by the Sock and Buskin Society Players on the Stage of the "Little Play-House, 1916

1916

Commencement of Commencement Week at the University this year was one of the most memorable in its history. It touched a high point in the character of the exercises and the nature of the addresses given. The presence of Dr. Homer Baxter Sprague, president of the University from 1887 to 1891, added much of interest and enjoyment. This delightful old man, wonderfully young and remarkably vigorous for his eighty-seven years, came to the University with the impressions of twenty-five years ago, and his interest and delight in all that had taken place here since that time were like a benediction upon every one who came in contact with him.

The Baccalaureate Address, on the subject of "Motive Forces," was given on Sunday afternoon before a large audience by the President of the University. On the following day the seniors held their class exercises and made their pilgrimage to the different buildings. The Commencement Dinner on Tuesday evening brought together many alumni and visitors, and among the speakers were Honorable Lewis F. Crawford, President of the State Board of Regents, Mr. Victor Wardrope of the class of '95, Miss Helen Sullivan, class of 1906, and Mr. William C. Bacon of the class of 1913. The Commencement Exercises took place on Wednesday morning, preceded by the academic procession, in which more than two hundred members of the faculty and the graduating class took part. The address of the occasion was delivered by Dr. Sprague, and during the exercises the honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by President McVey.

The most notable event of the week was the presentation of the Shakespeare Tercentenary Masque at the Bankside Theatre on the University Campus. It is difficult to say all that should be appropriately said of this delightful occasion. The masque itself possest unusually high literary form, and was exceptionally well presented by the students under the direction of Professor Koch, Miss Nella Kingsbury, Miss Ethel Halcrow and Mrs. Myrben, aided by efficient committees of faculty, students and townspeople. The mechanical devices were so realistic in their effect that in the representation of the storm in the scene from "The Tempest" many in the audience thought nature was about to deluge the company.

The sad note of the week was the service in memory of Professor Perrott. This was held on Tuesday afternoon in the Wood

worth Auditorium. Addresses were made by Samuel Radcliffe of the class of 1895, Honorable H. A. Bronson of the class of 1894, and Professor Gottfried E. Hult, whose beautiful tribute appears in another place in this number of the Quarterly Journal.

The delightful associations, the presence of the alumni, the visit of Dr. Sprague, together with the unusual touch of the Shakespeare Commemoration, all make the Commencement of 1916 one to which we shall look back with interest.

Manitoba Exchange The exchange lectureship that has been mainLectureship tained with the University of Manitoba for the last five years is still in operation. The two representatives from Manitoba this year were Professor W. A. Osborne of the Department of the Romance Languages and Literatures, and Professor Frank Allen of the Department of Physics. Professor Osborne came in February, speaking on the 18th on "Napoleon" and the following day, at Convocation, on "The Progress of Democracy." Dr. Allen came a month later. On Friday afternoon of March 24 he gave an illustrated lecture on "Color Vision" and on Saturday, at the Convocation hour, discust "The Limitations of Science." This address was so enjoyed by all that it has been secured for publication. It will appear in the October number of the Quarterly Journal. Both men greatly pleased their audiences and the exchange lectureship is, with us, more than ever in favor.

The North Dakota representatives were Professors A. G. Leonard of the Department of Geology, and A. J. Ladd of the Department of Education. Dr. Leonard made his visit in January. At the regular University gathering he spoke on "The Glacial Period and Its Relation to the Surface Features of Manitoba and North Dakota." Before the University Science Club, made up of University and city scientists, he spoke in the evening on "Lignite Deposits of North Dakota." He also addrest another gathering on "Ore Deposits." Dr. Ladd's visit was made the latter part of March. He addrest the students and faculty at their Convocation on "Noblesse Oblige," and at an evening gathering, before a joint meeting of the University faculty and Schoolmasters' Club of the city, he spoke upon "The University and the Teacher." This was followed the next day by an informal discussion before the History and English classes of the University on "The National Educational Land Grant Policy of the United States.

Tho the life of the University of Manitoba and of the city of Winnipeg was far from normal, owing to the European War and

to Canadian participation in it, everything was done to make the visits of the two men pleasant and profitable. Both returned, as have all the former representatives, with a high regard for the scholarship, the curtesy, and the unfailing kindness of the members of the faculty of the northern University, and with an added respect for the institution that they represent.

The Death of
Professor Perrott

It is with deep sorrow that the Quarterly Journal is called upon to chronicle the death of George St. John Perrott, Professor of Latin at the University of North Dakota. For a year or more Professor Perrott had been far from rugged but yet had attended faithfully and uncomplainingly to all his duties. But in the early days of February disease had made such sad inroads that, much against his will and under his vigorous protest, he was obliged to discontinue his work, accept a leave-of-absence for the remainder of the year, and permit another to occupy his class room and meet his students. Even freedom from work did not enable him to rally; he grew gradually weaker and passed away just before the close of the semester.

Almost, of not quite, the last bit of work that Professor Perrott did was the writing of a brief paper on "Recollections of Stratfordon-Avon," his birth-place and early home, for the Sock and Buskin Society of the University. When the evening came, however, for its presentation he was too ill to attend but sent the paper for another to read. Readers of the Quarterly Journal will be pleased that we present the paper as the leading article in this Shakespeare number.

On Tuesday afternoon of Commencement week, June 13, memorial services were held at the University. Appreciative addresses were given by two old-time students of Professor Perrott, graduates of the University of North Dakota, Harrison A. Bronson of Grand Forks, and Samuel J. Radcliffe of Larimore. Professor Gottfried E. Hult, of the Department of Greek of the University, also spoke, using as his topic "Professor Perrott as Colleague and Friend." This address being in manuscript form, is reproduced in this number of the Quarterly Journal.

Dean Squires of the College of Liberal Arts, presented the following tribute, adopted by the University faculty on the day before:

"The Faculty of the University of North Dakota desire hereby to express their grief at the death of Professor George St. John Perrott, of the Department of Latin, who passed away Sunday, May 28, 1916, in the sixtieth year of his life and the twenty-fifth of his service at our University.

"Born of a cultured family, reared in the ancient town of Stratford-on-Avon in the heart of England, prepared for college at the famous school in which Shakespeare had been educated three hundred years before, a graduate and honor man at Worcester College, Oxford, Professor Perrott brought to the University ripe scholarship and the finest traditions of English letters. He knew and loved the Latin language and literature with the intimacy that comes only with years of close study and companionship. He had the finest literary taste and was master of a beautiful English style. Modest and self-effacing in his relations with his fellowmen, he was always tactful and curteous, conscientious to a fault, generous in thought and act, unfailingly devoted to duty. For a quarter of a century he served the University of North Dakota as Instructor, Assistant Professor, and Professor. He was loyal during the trials and hardships of the early period, and in more recent years, tho stricken with a fatal malady which he realized must soon end his work, he maintained in a remarkable degree his graciousness and good cheer. For many years it was his delight to assist at the weekly Convocation by playing the piano for the hymns and the Alma Mater; and until illness made his attendance impossible, he never failed to be present. We shall miss him as we gather at these weekly meetings; and in the years to come at many other times and in many other places we shall recall with a delight that is tempered with sadness his genial companionship, his delightful humor, his sound scholarship, and his quiet devotion to duty. We shall always think of him as one who

"Bore without abuse

The grand old name of gentleman."

"To his bereaved wife and family we extend our heartfelt sympathy and we direct that a copy of this statement of our regard be sent to them. We also direct that it be transcribed on the records of the University Council and printed in the public press and the Quarterly Journal."

North Dakota

Radio Association

At a meeting held at the University April 21 and 22 a permanent organization of the North Dakota Radio Association was formed with Professor M. E. Todd of Wahpeton as president, Mr. R. T. Jacobsen of the Agricultural College as vice president, and Dr. A. H. Taylor of the University as secretary-treasurer. About thirty were present at the meeting and as many more desired to be classified as charter members.

The object of the association is stated to be "to advance the