Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-29
NORWICH UNIVERSITY.
The Annual Graduation Exercises
Brought to a Close.
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occurred yesterday in the Methodist
church. The exercises opened with a
prayer by the Rev. W. S. Hazen.
Jeflers f. Richardson gave the saluta-
tory and Grafton on the benefits Of
military education, Berton W. Sibley
on the conquorers of the world, Rich
ard G. Rich on the National Guard
and II. S. Richmond gave an oration
On the triumph of truth and simplic-
ity and the valedictory. S. II Ashley |
was excused from speaking owing to
an attack of tonsilitis.
The Unitarian quartette OF Bur-
lington, composed of Miss Ida Stanley
contralto, Miss Agnes M. Dooley SO
prano, f. G. Lyon tenor and f. e.
Sweet basso, sang four selections
which were literally encored by the
large audience. 1t was one of the
best quartettes that has been in
Northticld for long time.
The orations were of high order
of merit and received the close atten-
tion of the audience.
Gov. Smith was not present, hav'
ing been at New Haven to attend
Yale College commencement. He
was represented by his staff.
Previous to comforting the degrees
Gen. Peck made remarks expressing
his pleasure at being present, and say
ing that the governors party was
ALWAYS clad to be at Norwich COM
mencement. Vermont was proud or
her military college and in this pride
the nation could we'll participate, for
from this institution had gone forth
700 men to follow the flag. She sent
these men to serve in the war for the
Union and also sent SO in this last
war. lie wished the graduates every
success in life.
Ex.Gov. pingree of Hartford ad-
dressed the cadets and explained how
he happened to be a Dartmouth man
instead of having attended Norwich
! He related the opportunity offered
him during the war of becoming cap
J tain Of a company and how he askeo
that a Norwich man be placeu thert
: ins,ead, AS the Norwich man advan
} ced from captain up through th'
GRADES to that of general Mr.. Pingre'
r followed close after. He received hl!
r military training indirectly from Nor
h vich. He expressed himself as be
d licyjpe that if there was mllltar,
college in the country that deserved
9 the name it was Norwich University
Had he 40 sons he would send ever
). one of them to this institution to b
,. educated He believed in a llterar
!, and military education combined
,. shoulder to shoulder. He had spen
40 wears until the University wa
:. removed to Northfeld, within fou
g miles Of it and gloried in it's prosper
!, itv Some of the brightest lights i
q the land have gone forth from II
y walls. =.
20 Refore conferring the degrees Pres
- dent Brown spoke of the graduates
- having been freshmen when he flr'
, came to the college. There was a
~ WAYS something pleasing and with
&c sad in sending a class of young me
- out of the college iuto the. worlo;
r. wished them all Godspeed.
-, 49, The class was an unusually smS
y one. numbering only five members
. Several members of the class par'
%. cinated in the Spanish-Amerlcan W
~ ~ and dropped back year which a
m ,e counts for the decrease from the OH
80 inal number of II.
The degrees of Bachelor OF scleh
and Civil Engineer were conferred u
IN Sanford Harris Ashley, Milto
Richard George Rich, So. Manchestt
Conn; Jehers Foster Richardso
,S HH Rethel; Harold Samuel Rlchmon
ed Northfeld; Berton William slole
er, Milton. The degree of Civil Eng
bis cor was also conferred upon Cal
,a leu Charles B. Mead, now in active s
I'll ii. vice in the Philippines, and the
lrk Gree of Master of Arts upon Pr
tile = frank Balch who sewers his conn
'm' tion with the University this ye
doi dol honorable mention is made OF tn
,ies students having general average
be- 90 or more during this year; the
cut was y. @. Carr, Georgia Plains;
ese {, 80 G, Clark, Champlain, N. " John
INV Foster, Waltham, Mass; j. b. III
hat ardson, Bethel, and W. j. Roberts
st. Adams.
The faculty gold medal, besto'
upon the cadet having the higf
ght n,a, "po standing from entrance
'nl' Graduation, was presented to II.
d. richmond of Northtield. The i
'o' mas gold medal presented by Gee
y Thomas annually to the men
,ur. . +ho three senior classes having