Evening journal., 1903-06-17
General James II. VIII
sons Address the Fea-
ture of Day-DWeIt
on the Necessity OF
Work
A dVised Graduates to
Avoid Al Secret So
cieties As They Were
Unnecessary and Ex-
pensiVe
speeial 10 the Evenlng journal.

Special to the Evening Journal.
Newark. June 17.-Standing on the
Threshold of life, the happy memories
of the past still lingering in their minds,
and with the future rosy, if dim, be-
fore them twenty-five young men
graduates of Delaware College received
their diplomas today in the old college
OratOry.
Wearing the black robe ana students
cap these young men who are just
Astarting life sat on the stage with the
|faculty and trustees, who have fought
LIES battles. 1t was a serious, If JOY
GUS, occasion for them. For years they
have been preparing for just such an
occasion. Now it is over and they must
go out into the world and assume its
responsibilities and cares. They go
out bravely. however, knowing that
they are better fitted to assume them
than the average young man.
Newark took on a festive air today.
Every train brought crowds relatives
and friends Of the students. Fond par
ents, sisters and brothers were in the
majority. In most cases they were met
at the station by the boys. who proudly
escorted them TO the college.
The campus was soon filled with peo-
pie renewing old acquaintanoes and
making new friends.
Scene in Oratory.
The oratory presented a pretty scene.
1t was decorated with flowers and the
college colors, blue and gold Every
seat was occupied. and hundreds stood
in the aisles.
About 1890 o'clock the graduates
marched in and took their seats on the
stage.
A number of the old Alumni were
present and as they looked about them
at the scenes being enacted memories
We're revived and feelings aroused
which can only be understood by a col
4 lege man.
After the opening prayer, Charles
Whitney Bush was introduced and de-
llvered his oration: Does a College
. Education Pay?" Others who spoke
| were:
'Eloquence," William Pepper Con-
stable grafton, Success in Education,
Sanford Wales Sawin; oration, Pa
triotism and Politics." Eugene Cochran
4 Hardesty grafton, "The Negro Prob
lem" Herman Levin Wright.
The following degrees were con-
ferred:
BdcnelOE OF arts ACidSSlNdA NohAS SSy
Belford Henry Best, Marshallton;
Charles Whiteley Bush, Wilmington
William Pepper Constable, Elkton, Nd.
4 John Henry Mitchell, Wilmington.
Bachelor of arts CLatin scientific
course)-James Thomas Davis, Will
mington; Eugene Cochran Hardesty
Wilmington; Thomas Leach. Jr., Henry
Clay; John Evans Mackall, Elkton
Nd: John Everly Grove Pardee, Do
yer; Gustavus Henderson Smith, Nc
Clellandsville: William Richardson
Martin Wharton, Stockton, Nd; Her
man Levin Wright, Harrington.
Bachelor of arts general science
course) )-George Ignatius Lockwood
Warwick, Md.
Bachelor of arts agricultural coursel
l-Lucien Green, Middletown.
Bachelor of civil engineering-Jame'
Moses Conner, Magnolia; JOSEPH
s lTIeckart Frazer. Newark; LeRo,
wheeler Hickman, Wilmington; Mat
thew Levi Kyle. Wilmington; Ralpl
81 Briggs Kyle, wilmington; Eugene Rey'
4 bold. Delaware City; Sanford Wales
. lSawin, Wilmington.
Bachelor of mechanical engineering
Frederick Curtis Clark. Glasgow
Graduates degrees, for the degree o