Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-30
IN CAPS AND GOWNS.


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bell with quite as much lack of alacrity
as they displayed in their undergraduate
days when the bell called them to
services. The meeting was called to
order by the president, George Il. Wales
of Washington. Professor Eaton, of the
neurological committee, reported the
death of II members of the alumni dur
ing the past year. and Judge j. NJ. Slade
of the board of trustees announced the
death of one Of the members of that
board, John j. Mcintyre of POtsdam,
y. Y. Names to fill this latter vacancy
will be proposed by the alumni and the
board will make a selection at a future
meeting. Nominations for the various
offices of the association were then pre-
sentel by the nominating committee.
and the election which followed resulted
thus: President, John w. Stewart, '4G;
vice presidents, + j. Warner, 81,
Chicago; Aldace f. Walker, CD, New
York; Robert \. Donaldson, 81, San
Francisco; George X. Wales, 81, Wash
ington; secretary, Thomas E. Boyce, 1G.
The election of poet and orator was re-
ferred to the centennial committee with
power to act. This committee consists
of E. II. Higley, John w. Stewart, Prof.
w. E. Howard, C. A. Mead, w. II. But
ton, and Charles NJ. Wilds.
At the close of the injecting of the
alumni association, a procession was
formed on the campus by marshal 7. NJ.
Chapman, sc, assisted by a. f. Bachel-
der, 90, as junior marshall The Citizens
cornet band of Brandon led the line, and
officers, faculty, alumni and the gradua-
ton class proceeded to the Congregational
church for the commencement exercises
proper. President Brainerd presided
and upon the platform were the members
of the faculty and Prof. Braincrd
Kellogg, Hon. j. w. Stewart, '46, Judge
+. b. sherman, 60, Rev. c. y. Thomas,
90, and Charles NJ. Wilds, 10, of the
board of trustees.
In the various essays and orations
delivered the members of the class of 90
did great credit to themselves and their
college. Special mention of each can
not here be made for want of space, but
folio wing are the subjects and speakers :
Salutatory addresses, Alkaline Charlotte
The Problems of the Twentieth Century,
Eugene Cook Bingham.iW est Cornwall;
grafton, The Spirit of Genius, Frank VIII
liam Cady, Chicago, H.; grafton, Retri-
butive Justice, Loren Roy Howard,
Middlebury; poem, Brownings Concep-
ton of Life, Donald. Paul Hurlburt,
Bennington; essay, The Falling of
Leaves, Augusta Maria Kelley, Centre
vile. Mass; GRAFTON, Ancient versus
Modern Chlvalry, Harry Foss Lake,
Suncook. n. H.: essay, Mountains,
Mildred Grace Potter, Boston, Mass :;
Grafton, Radicalism, WIN. Belden Rich
mond, VaIcour, n. y; essay, The
Higher HIrmonies, Sarah Scoles,
Leverett, Mass; Grafton, Our National
Safeguards, Clayton Orville Smith,
Willsboro Point, n. Y, philosophical
essay, Mystery, the Vale of 1t, Lucy
Walker Southwick, Worcester, Mass. :;
sociological Grafton, Beings that Soar,
George William Stone, Vergennes literary
essay, Survival in Literature, Annis
Miller Sturges, Centreville, Mass.
Grafton, the Power of the Unknown,
Robert Leroy Thompson,lW West Hebron,
~ OlbliOis pNNhNO vi i-tlttle :
Rufus Wainwright, ir., Middlebury;
Grafton, The Broadening Influence of the
Law, Ernest James Waterman, Brattle-
boro; essay, with yaledctory address,
The Crown of Culture; Mary Annette
Anderson, Shoreham.
The degree of Master of Arts was con-
ferred on Mary q. Higley, '0S, and upon
Alexander Mcdonald.
HOnOrs in English awarded to Frank
w. Cady; highest honOrs in English to
William b. Richmond; highest honors in
che mestry Eugene c. Bingham; highest
honors In botany to ayton o. Smith.
Degrees in course were conferred as in
dictated in last weeks REGISTER.
The corporation dinner at the Addison
House followed the exercises at the
church. An elaborate and handsomely
printed souvenir menu card was provided
for the occasion. After-dinner addresses
were made by President Brainerd, Judge
+. b. Sherman, go. Prof. NJ. r. Sanford,
Harry f. Lake of the graduating class,
NJ. +. Cady, 80, Prof W. +. Howard
and Miss Mary a. Anderson of the grad
uating class. An interesting incident of