Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-31

THE COMMENCEMENT OF
THE SCHOOL OF MINES

Special Correspondence New Mexican:
Socorro, N. NJ, May 80 19Da.-Today
has been gala day for Socorro, the
occasion being the festivities connected
with the eighth annual commencement
at the New Mexico School OF Mines.
Never before did so large and enthus.
astic a cuncourse of the patrons and
friends Of the Institution assemble to
manifest their interest in it's work and
progress. This was to be expected for
the reason that the year just closed has
been the most successful and satisfac-
tory in all respects In the history of the
school, The attendance has been larger
and the facilities for work better than
ever before.
The days festivities were begun with
the ball game in the morning between
the Santa Fe Centrals and the School of
Mines team Owing to the defeats of
the latter at Santa Fe last week there
was strong determination on the part
of the home team to redeem themselves,
but the visitors won with apparent ease
by score of Is to T. In the second
game, however, honois were made even
in hotly contested struggle in which
the home team won by score OF 2l to
20. There was large and enthusiastic
s,.,-er-4bty 81 l-+soe rirc Trruttuuei snnrf-
present to witness both games,
THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
At eight o'clock in the evening one of
the largest and most select audiences
ever assembled in Socerro on similar
occasion filled the large auditorium of
the Garcia Opera House to listen to the
literary exercises. The room was prof
usely decorated with the national colorS
and the yellow and white OF the School
of Mines. The front of the stage was
handsomely decorated with banks OF
flowers. On the stage were seated as
guests of the School of Mines. Hon. A.
A. Freeman, the speaker OF the evening;
Hon. Daniel Ii. Mcmillan, Associate
Justice of the 5th Judicial District, and
Rev. Joseph McConnel; also the board
of trustees and the faculty OF the School
of Mines. After an earnest invocation
by the Rev. Mr.. Mcconnell and piano
duet by the Misses Estella G'eenwald
and Theta Jones, q most excellent per-
formance which was enthusiastically
encored, Judge Freeman delivered the
ADDRESS OF tnc evening.
Judge Freeman's address was schol-
arly, replete with earnest advice to
young men, and well received. 1t APP
bears in full in this issue Of the New
Mexican.
The awarding of diplomas and the
nresentation of the C. II. Brown Gold
Medal was the last exercise on the
regular commencement program. Dip
Tomas were awarded IN tne various
courses oy Directol1n ayeGTG "a. = I,''.. oomes
1e io..o" o,, ~Layjos III Shon,aI. !.
AsSavino n " Eaton, Charles Fl
ShameI HAYNES A. Howell. Elston e.
Jones. The Gold Medal, bestowed upon
the student showing the greatest profl-
,uor,ein sing chemistrv and natal.
lurpv was won by Elston X. Jones. The
medal was flttingly bestowed by +. C.
Lincoln, Professor of chemistry, and ac-
knowledged ny the recipient In neat
ana appropriate uerns' AuouoIe duat.eo
TI. Ma,sr n
Str, Titt,oI Stonshurv ond n y
Smith was we'll rendered and awarded a
baarty encore.
THE COMMENCEMENT BALL.
The evenings exercises were followed
bv tho annual commencement bali in
which manv couples of Socorro society
naonle and their guests from abroad
took mart This hall is looked forward
- ~ tho cit;zans of socorro as the
chief socia, event of the season and the
as,on was nrobah,v never more thor
onah1v antovad The excellent music