1897-] 3. Oration, 4. Oration, Edward Reber Heilig, Reading. 5. Music, “ II Trovatore ” (selection), 6. Oration, The Triumph of Democracy. John Edmund Scliueler, Baltimore, Md. The European Encumbrance William Mitchell Whitten, Slippery Rock .8, Music, “ Polish National Dance," 9. Valedictory Oration: Ennin Forest Hill, Hugliesville. 10. Music, 11 Da Traviata ” (selection) Donizetti 11. Commencement Address: His Excellency, Daniel H. Hastings, Gover- 7. Oration, nor of the Commonwealth, 12. Conferring Degrees and Awarding Prizes 13. Music, 11 The Tar and the Tartar," ItzcL Honor Men, Class of '97, First honors: Thomas Baumgardner, Ermili Forest Hill, Charles Walter Lawrence, Robert Musgrave McKinley, Joseph Warren Miller, Jr. Second honors: John McCullough Dom, John Tonner Harris, Edward Heintzleman Myers, William Holmes Teas, William Mitchell Whitten. Junior reception to the Senior Class, 8 o'clock p. m. to 12:30. The advanced degree of M. S. was conferred on M. S. McDow ell; C. E. on P. B. Breneman, E. W. Bush, and E. P. Butts; E. E. on R. E. Kelker and L. A. Reed; M. E. on W. B. Jackson; B. S. on G. G. Groff and J. H. Yocum. A certificate in the short course in Mining was granted Thomas W. Parry Wednesday afternoon State defeated W. U. P. in an excellent game of ball by the score of ix to 6. The Junior Assembly Wednesday night was a brilliant affair, and with it closed the exercises of Commencement. The “ Exequies of Sophomore Days ” were conducted by the Class of ’99 with great solemnity on Tuesday evening. The members of the class, in representative costumes, formed for parade at the band hall, whence they inarched through town to a platform erected on the campus in front of the Main Building, where the first part of the programme was enacted. The opening scene was laid in Hades, where “ His Sooty Majesty ” announced that this was the annual gathering of the “ Devil’s Conibine.” He then inquired of his " Courageous Captain of Cremation ” if any victims awaited their pleasure. Summoning ‘ ‘ Death,’ ’ they were informed that two had just arrived from “ State,” namely Commencement Notes. John Tonner Harris, Bellefonte Americanism. Our Hero, Schanvcnka