The Washington times., 1903-06-14
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
CLOSES ITS SESSION
Forty-Fourth Commencement of
Maryland Institution

EVANSVILLE, Md. June 13.-The
public exercises of the forty fourth com
mencement of the Maryland Agricultural
College will begin tomorrow afternoon
with the baccalaureate sermon by the
Rey. DR.. Samuel H. Greene. OF Washing
ton. In the evening there will be the
annual meeting of the Y. NJ. C. A With
an address By DR.. c. Ernest Smith. OF
Washington.
On Monday there will be a tennis
tournament, field and track events, drill
and battalion parade. At $3.50 p m. the
class day exercises will be held. Capt.
r. W. B. Mayo will give the class his
tory and prophecy. Lieut. c. y. Bouic.
Sergeant L. W. Cruikshank. and Cor
poral E. ". Stoil will make addresses.
The address to the class Will be made by
Hon. .aloazo L. Miles. of Baltimore.
On Tuesday the annual meeting OF
the Alumni Association will be held in
the forenoon; In the afternoon, baseball
between the alumni and college teams.
and review OF the battalion. At S p. m
the debate for the alumni medal Will
take place. The subject is: Resolved.
That the existence of iasor unions IN
the United States is a menace TO orr
national welfare Affirmative. C. "
Bouic and, J. p. Collier: negative. P. L.
Peach and J. NJ. Matthews
On Wednesday the commencement ex-
ercises begin at II a. N. Hon. George A.
Pearre, of Cumberland. will deliver the
address to the graduates. P L. Peach
will deliver the salutatory and J. p Col
Her the valedictory The graduates will
receive their diplomas from the hand
OF his excellency Governor Smith. The
Rev. S. Ward Fighter, OF Hyattsvilie.
will deliver the benedlction
The members Of the graduating class,
the degrees 70 be conferred upon them
and the subjects of their theses are
Charles Norman Bouic. A. B., Rock
vile. Md, Rome During the Period
of the Caesars" George Wilson Cairnes,
NJ E. Jarrettsville, Md, Construction
and Use of the Steam Engine Indicator"
Manuel Alvarez Calderon, NJ E.. Lima.
Peru. "Cultivator for Sugar Cane" John
Pouder Collier. NJ E.. Ellicott City. Nd.
Boiler TESTING" Emmons Burdette
Dunbar. B. S, Springfield. n Y. Apple
Orchard Management" Enoch Francis
Garner, NJ. e. Duiey, Md, Hardening
and Tempering Steel" Joshua Marsh
Matthews. B. S. Dulaney's Valley. Nd,
Storage OF Food IN Plants" Robert
William cambridge Mayo. A. B.. Hyatts-
Vile. Nd, The History OF the Develop
ment of Philosophy" Calvin Percy Page.
NJ E, Frederick. Md; Preston Little
page Peach. NJ E. Mitchellsvilie. sru-.
Boiler TESTING" and Edgar Perkins
Walls. B. s., Barclay. Nd, The Legu-
minous Plants of Maryland in Relation
to Soil Fertility.
Mr.. Page was recently appointed to
the United States Naval Academy and
may not be present at the commences
ment. Horatio knight Bradford. OF
Washington. a member OF the present
senior class. received a commission last
fall as lieutenant in the United States
army, and since has been on duty in
Alaska.
David Edward Brown. Berwyn, Nd;
Thornton Poole Deaner. Boonsboro. Md,
and Edwardo Senilosa. Argentine. Re-
public. have finished the two years
special course in agriculture and viii
receive certificates.
The degree of master of arts will be
conferred on Edwin Trundle Dickerson.
OF Baltimore. class of 1898
The commencement bali viii begin at
$3.50 D. N. The music viii be furnished
by the Naval Academy Band.
At the annual meeting of the trustees
held yesterday. the present officers OF
the college and experiment station were
reelected J. s Robinson was elected
emeritus professor CT horticulture
Morris E. Straughan. of the class OF
1901. was elected assistant chemist in
place of T. NJ. Price. resigned.