Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-06-28

presluenu, ~. N. burke, ~; orator, W.
r. Shipman, so; alternate, w. ii. But
ton, 80; poet, w. w. Gay, &c; alternate,
p. G. IIoyt, 80; secretary, T. E. Boyce,
'7G; committee on neurology, G. f.
Prentiss, GA, Professor Eaton and L. +.
Boyce, 70; central committee, Professor
Howard, Professor Wright and Rufus
Wainwright, 80.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock the faculty,
corporation, alumni and undergraduates
formed In procession and headed by the
Weybridge band moved to the CoDgre-
gational church, where the graduation
exercises took place. The graduating
class is composed of the following
Fred John Bailey, Wells River; Walter
Mason Barnard, Granville, n. Y; Lem
uel Ransom Brown, Potsdam, N. V.
Reid Langdon Carr, Middlebury; David
Flagg Clark, Cedar Rapids, Ia. William
Anderson James, st Adams; Ellsworth
Colonel Lawrence, Monkton Ridge; Allen
Henry Nelson, East Middlebury; John
Earl Parker, West Rutland; Bert Linus
Stafford, Tinmouth; Roy Sumner Stearns,
Bristol; Henry Charles Tong, New
Haven; Glenn William White, Ludlow;
Rena Ellen Avery, Middlebury; Alice
Warren Brooks, Worcester, Mass. Nellie
Irene Button, Rutland; Cecile Maud
Child, Weybridge; Gertrude Ella Cor
nish, Worcester, Mass; Dorothy Mary
Graves, Vergennes Nellie Maria Hadley,
East Jafirey, y. H.; Grace Elizabeth
James, Weybridge; Laura Elijah Jarvis,
Worcester, Mass; Charlotte May John
son, West Brattleboro; Marianne Fran
ces LandOn, New Haven; Fannie Electa
Smith, Worcester, Mass. Lena Bernece
Thomas, Middlebury; Florence Judith
Walker, Pembroke, n. H.; Mildred
Abble Weld, New Haven.
After prayer by President Brainerd,
the following programme was carried
out:
| overture, Blasdell's Orchestra
salutatory Addresses,
Gertrude Ella Cornish.
! Grafton, The Personal Answer
Fred John Bailey.
| Grafton, Education and Happiness
Walter Mason Barnard
Music, Orchestra
Essay, Comradeship in Literature
Nellie Irene Button.
Philosophical Grafton, The True Aim of
knowledge
Grafton, The Power of the People
David Flagg Clark.
Grafton, The Tyranny of Labor Unions
Roy sumner Stearns
Music, Orchestra
Essay, The Growth of Altruism
Lena Berniece Thomas.
grafton, The College and the Community
Glenn william White.
Grafton, with Naledictory Addresses,
The Abolitionists
Reid Langdon Carr.
Music, Orchestra
Comforting of Degrees.
Benediction.
The degree of master of arts was con.
ferred upon Guy Betram Horton, 1900
and George William Stone, 80. The de-
gree of Doctor of Laws was conferred
upon Judge Chester Mclaughlin of New
York city, Judge Henry F. Stevens, 81,
Kalamazoo, Mich, and E. II. Higley, '6S.
The following were awarded COM
mencement honors: Reid Langdon Carr
Gertrude Ella Cornish, Lemuel Ransom
Brown, Rena Ellen Avery, Charlotte
May johnson, Laura Elijah Jarvis, Grace
Elizabeth James, Nellie Maria Hadley
Cecie Maud Child.
Highest honors in Jurisprudence and
history were awarded to Ellsworth Col
onel Lawrence.
Highest honors in chemistry were
awarded to Charlotte May Johnson.
Honors in chemistry were awarded tC
William Anderson James and Florence
Judith Walker.
, Honors in English were awarded t
Charlotte May johnson.
HiuhaSt sonond vaor booo,s 7
were awarded to Gertrude Ella Cornisl
and Charlotte May johnson.
Second year honors in Latin wer,
, awarded to Laura Elijah Jarvis.
, The annual corporation dinner wa
served at the Addison House at , o'clocl
to large number of alumni. The ad
, ditional gift of $4,000 from Ezra j
Warner, 81, was announced as also tn
gifts of $1,000 each from two of thu
trustees.
In the evening the Commencement
Concert was held In the Congregations
church, when the following program
was given:
l. Observation-Disclosures. RossIni
Blaisdelps orchestra.
2. Fantastic Saint saen,
3. Theme and Variations. ProcI
Mary Howe.
1. violincello Solo. Selected
Mr.. Strowbridge.
.. The Rose. spohe
Mary Howe.
I "a. Numbering Breezes. Jensen
= b. Spring Song. Gounod
Mr.. Schuecker.
| ia. New Flower Song-Hearts and
- Flowers. Toboni
b. Recommendations. Lorraine
Orchestra.
$ ia. Snowfakes. Cowen
e b. Cradle Song. L. Howe
Mary Howe.
.. Mazurka. K. Schueckei
Mr.. Schuecker.
5 10. Song with Flute Obligato,
Thou Brilliant Bird" David
Mary Howe.
Mary Howe proved to be great favor
4 lite with the audience and received boun
teous applause. Her first and las