Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-06-24
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT
Program of the Annual EVent-NIan
Alumni VIII BE Present.

Program of the Annual ENent-ManY
Alumni VIII BE Present.
The 9Sth annual commencement of
Middlebury college will be held from
June 2G to Goth, inclusive. The ex-
ercises begin with the baccalaureate ad-
dress by Pres Branerd Sunday morning
at II ;45. At p. m. comes the anniver-
sary of the college Young Mems Chris
tan association in the Congregational
church. The address will be given by
Rev. Henry Woodward Hubert, class of
1878, Cleveland. O.
The class of '9S will have its class ex-
ercses on the college campus at 10: 80 a.
m. Monday and will consist of the fol-
lowing program:
Address by class president, Robert L. Rice
Glass history, Walter b. Dunton
Grafton, NJ. Francis Halpin
Presentation, Audley j. Bliss
Poem, James A. Lobban
Prophecy, Bessie L. Verder
oa Music by Joseph \. Peck
Words by Florence e. Allen
On Monday evening the young ladies
of Middlebury will give waltz-recep-
ton in the opera house from till with
music by Relies orchestra of Rutland.
The committee consists of Misses Susan
Brewster Anna Fletcher, Alice Cush-
man, Florence Chapman and Jessie
Wainwright.
On Tuesday, June Is, alumni day,
there will be a preliminary meeting of
the associated alumni in the college
chapel at 10 a. m. At II a. m. occurs
the public meeting of the associated
alumni in the Congregational church.
An address will be given by Rev. Law
renee Phelps, class of 1875, Boston,
Mass. A poem will be read by Rev.
John Mervin Hull, class of 1877, Weston,
Mass.
The annual meeting of the Phi Beta
Kappa society in the vestry of the church
comes at the conclusion of the alumni
exercises.
A dinner at the Addison is served to all
alumni after the morning exercises. At
p. IN. Tuesday occurs the annual prize
speaking by representatives. of the fresh
man and sophomore classes for the Par
ker and Merrill prizes. The following
men from 1900 will compete for the Mer-
rll prizes of $50, S25, $40 and Sl5: Fred
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b. Botsford, Vergennes; Frank ID. Chat
terton, Proctor; Edward c. Hooker,
Winter Park, Fla; William Anderson
James, St. Adams; Louis w. Severy,
Middlebury; Charles Everett Wheeler,
Sidney, n. y; Guy B. Horton, Claren-
don.
These men from 1901 will speak for
the Parker prizes of S24 and SIP; Reid
Langdon Carr, Middlebury; Lewis
Walker Lawrence, Lyon Mountain, NY. :
Bert Linus Stafford, Tinmouth; Glen
William White, Ludlow.
The exercises of Commencement day,
Wednesday, June 20, begin with the an
nual meeting of the associated alumni in
the college chapel at S 80 a. IN. At
10 30 occur the exercises of the gradual
ing class, the comforting of degrees, fol-
lowed by the corporation dinner at the
Addison. The candidates for A. b. are
Audley j. Bliss, Brainerd, n. Y; Will
liam Henry Botsford, Vergennes; Walter
Barrett Dunton, Rutland; Michael Fran
els Halpin, New Haven; Herbert Alvah
Hinman, New Haven; Herman Dingwell
Sears, Springfield, Mass; James Andrew
LObban, Milton, Mass; Robert Law
renee Rice, Buffalo, Y. y; Hiram ElrOy
Sessions, East Middlebury; Florence
Cragin Allen, BrattleborO; Lucia Eliza
beth Avery, Middlebury; Frances Viola
Brainerd, Middlebury; Vida Annie Dun
bar, Milford, n. II.
The following receive the degree of
b. s.; Joseph AlansOn Peck, Middle
bury Homer Lucius Skeels, Swanton
Theodore Donald Wells, Middlebury
Mary Gerrish Higley, Middlebury
Fanny Maria Sutton, Shelburne; Bessie
Clarinda Verder, Rutland; Luella Cush-
ing Whitney, S. Ashburnham, Mass.
The annual commencement concert
will be given at the church at p. IN.
and will be especially fine. Doring's
Military orchestra, the Albion quartet of
Boston and Wulf Fries, the violinist, are
the performer. The presidents recep-
ton also occurs from s till IL at his
residence.