The Saint Paul globe., 1903-06-11
SEVENTEEN GO FROM
MACAL LESTER'S
DOORS
2.
Largest Class in History Of
the College Is Graduated
With Exercises in Which
the Co-eds Take Important
Part = Trustees Organize
Committees for the Com
ing Year.

The co-eds shone yesterday at the
commencement exercises OF Manchester
college, when it was unanimously
deemed by all present that Miss Mary
Rankin, who read the salutatory ad-
dress, and Miss Bessie Doig, who de-
Hvered the valedfctory, had given the
most scholarly, most smoothly deIiv-
cred and the most philosophical and
profound addresses of the entire six
oratlons. The subject of Miss Rank
ms Grafton was 1.-The Advantages of
Disadvantages" and that of Miss
Dogs, Browning, the Poet of the
1t was conceded that the oration
ranking next was that of Henry Nor
gan, The Lion of the North" The
other orations were: "The Spirit of
Jesuitism," r. L. Fitzpatrick; ''The
Antiquity Of Socialism," Miss Julia A.
Elmer; THE Personality Of Man." Eb-
enezer 7. Ferry
The graduating class Of seventeen
was the largest2 number Of young peo-
pie who ever turned their faces from
the doors of Manchester. Four of
them were yodng women and thirteen
young men. They were:
Miss Mary j. Rankin, Breeze, Mimi. J;
Bessie Doig, Glaremont, Mimi; Julia
A. Elmer, HamIine; Inez Godward, Ell
WV 11oNfAC JO1lH Nl. DdNl0S,
Lake Crystal, Minn.; Peter Erickson,
Kasson, Minns; Robert L. Thompson,
Port ColborneEl Ontario; Robert M.
Hood, p. w. jacobson, Lanesboro,
Mimi; Donald. N. MacRea, Winnipeg,
Man.; Henry Morgan, Little Falls,
Mimi; Pitt M. Walker, Macomb, Ill;
William NJ. Weber and Max NJ. Wiles,
Yorktown, Iowa. IL
To these the diplomas were present.
ed by DR.. James Wallace, president of
the college. Following this ceremony
it was announced that the degree of
doctor of divinity had been bestowed
upon Rev. Joseph Wilson Cochran, a
graduate of the class of 1890, at pres
ent pastor Of the North Minister
church, Philadelphia.
Fully 300 persons partook of the an
nual commencement banquet, and aft
er7dinneFl speeches were delivered by
Rev. DR.. Glellan, Duluth; Rev. DR.. A.
V. Marshall, First Presbyterian church,
Minneapolis; Prof. Shaw, chairman Of
the board Of trustees, and DR.. James
Wallace, president Of the college.
The rostrum speakers were Rev. DR..
A. ". Marshall, Rev. DR.. -Denner, AI-
bert Lea; Rev. Dr.. J. M. Fulton. Cen
tarl Presbyterian church, st. Paul;
Rev E. II. Moore, Red Wing, Mimi,
and Prof. Thomas Shaw.
In his speech DR.. Wallace di1ated
upon the very pleasing fact that. ten
of the graduates, inclusive of the four
young women, had expressed a deter
mination to pursue ministerial or mis-
sionarY careers
At the conclusion of the commence
ment programme the graduates, with
invited friends, took the customary an
nual boat ride up the. Mississippi to
the Minnesota river and. back.
Trustees Hold Meetinq. s,.....,..
Immediately after the exercises the
board of trustees reconvened and took
up the unfinished business where it
had been left off at Tuesdays adj
journment.
A number of new directors were
added to the existing list, the new
members being Rev. DR.. w. III. W.
Boyle, pastor House of Hope church;
Jason W. Cooper. st. Paul; E. C.
Stringer, st. Paul; c. c. Carpenter,
Minneapolis, and Rev. Dr. A. v. Mar
The officersn elected for the ensuing
fiscal year were:i President, Prof.
Thomas Shaw; 1Iviee president, r. A.
Kirk; secretaEysl b: F.. Wright; treas
urer, G. e. MEEsfan
The most VITAL question considered
by the board5 MAS the discussion of the
financial situ&tiOnz1in relation to the
matter of current expenses and endow-
ments. GF9 -
In referringe t3 the question of cur
rent expenses the members thought
the outlook to. be very hopeful; but in
the matter uef Eendowments E it was
found necessary to instruct the en-
dowment cofffn4ttee to meet in the
very near future to consider the as
pect of affairs in that direction. The
committee ise composed ~~as follows:
Chairman, r. A. Kirk, st. Paul; r. C.
Jefferson, ST. Paul George d. Dayton,
Minneapolis, and DR.. James Wallace.
of the college, i,'