Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-06-14
Thirty-Four Graduates.

H1ent of the Oregon Agriculture
college occurred in the armory
Wednesday morning at o:3c
o'clock. The showers of early
| morning deferred many of the
fair sex from attending these ex.
ereises, but for all that the gallery
and auditorium of the arnory
were crowded with happy and
expectant audience. Promptly
at the hour set for beginning the
orchestra was signalled 10 begin
the opening number. Rev.
Hanbert pronounced the invoca-
|tion, the orchestra played beau.
'tiful selection from ''Martha,"
and Charles H. Herner. saluta-
torian of the class Of 1901,
stepped forward to deliver his
Grafton on "Intelleetuai and
Technical Training" His pa
per was ably and coneisely writ
ten; his delivery easy and in per-
feet keeping with his subject.
Mr.. Horner is practical and
thoroughsin all his undertakings,
and his effort Wednesday was a
credit to his class and to himself.
A solo by Professor Fulton fol-
lowed. Mr.. Faltsn has a voice
of remarkable parity and power,
and his name always adds
strength to a progfam.
The address to the class was
delivered by Hon. w. w. Cotton,
Of Portland. The speaker did
not indulge in any flights of ora
tery or fourishes of rhetoric.
His words were those of a parent
to his children; words Of wisdom
spiced with wit-just enough
levity to relieve the occasion of
solemnity. No finer address has
been delivered to a graduating
class of the o AC. The speaker
told the class that SO far in life's
journey they had trod a common
pass but now they reached the
parting OF the ways.
"Think of a pass" he said,
Gin the mountains ending upon
a great desert over which ne road
is marked. Through the defIe
the road is plain and must be
followed; bnt when the desert is
reached the traveller must pause,
take his bearings, consider we'll
the course to be pursued, and
then follow that course without
deviation. If he does not take
these wise precautions, he will
probably never reach a place of
safety and will wander miserably
about until death overtakes him.
1T seems to me that you, in
company with each other, have
just passed over a well-marked
road, and are standing today
looking out upon the great plain
of life. Is it not fitting that
you should now paase aad de-
termine upon the point which
you intend to pursue-and then
resolve that you will follow that
course with a fixed and steadfast
purpese?"
A vocal duet by Mrs. E. F.
Pernot and Miss Chanberlin,
preceded the Grafton by Miss
Ivy Burton, valedicterian, en-
"Luther and Liberty" Miss
Burton's paper was elegantly
written, and her delivery was
stirring and effective.
President Apperson, of the
board of regents, presented the
diplomas, and President Catch
conferred the degrees. FolloW-
ing are the members Of the class:
Science ceurse-Ivy Burton,
Flora Wilson, Henrietta Camp
bell, Carrie Danneman, Myrtle
Herbert, Grace Michael, Maud
Hoover, Bessie Michael, Mabel
jones. Mabel Withyeombe, Ethel
Kyle Blanche Riddle, Bessie
Smith, Lizzie Hoover.
Agricultural coarse-Robert
Withycombe, Ivan Brown, Will
liam Junkin, Charles Horner,
Fred Stump.
Mechanical course-Stanley
Herbert, Alfred Campbell, Will
liam Hillman, JOAN Wiley, Mar
tin Johnson, William Pate, Leo
Kraps, Edgar R Shepard.
Pharmacy eourse-Blanche
Helden, Mabel Davis, Fred Col
Wig, Ernest Redd, John Stalker,
Clyde Williams, Frank Ward.
Degrees were conferred as fell