Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-25
HARVARD COMMENCEMENT.
Glass Day Exercises Prove the Usual
Great Attraction.


day The greatest festival OF the year at
Harvard University vas observed to-
day with :,n enthusiasm more marked
b"c:lIs" Of yesterdays baseball vic
tory over Vale. Til" advent Of mild ana
sunny weather. most necessary tn the
SuC'rSS Of the observance. meant thai
thu hopes of the seniors Would not he
loW srd. larry in the forenoon the col
hir. yard took an an animated appear
ar',. lrI by noon -vrry spreading elm
Sh. tered a PARTY W. visitors.
-tt W. early hour the seniors. num-
herring alioIt 400 a.. cn.hl-l ~ front oc
JI"ln.rthy nan ana marched under the
l,.,D.rship of clr"s president. Burgess
aut C"rl Marshall the elias; day mar
shIl7. ~ Sanders thratr" whrrc the
fiirudf and relatives Of the class We're
ALREADY gathered
pnf Fnnrcs 4. Peabody opened the
cNrrriscs it'll prayer. \. \. Rallantine
If SEriu.,iitid. delivered the class ora
ton ana =. y. Weldon OF brooklyn, n.
y. read Ia" class ode. Arthur ID.
Fr;ck. of Davenport. Iowa, read the
claSs poem. Music WIS furnished by the
Picrllu Sud"lity of Harvard.
In tho afternoon. tn" seniors in cap
ana gown, Tie monday spreads being
over. assembled in front Of IInlWorthy
hall in the college ana marched to the
old cllS:; tree which stands alone in
the quadrangle between Holden chap
81 ana Massachusetts hall. There in
private communion they paid tribute
to the popular members of the class.
/ Later the seniors with burgess in
the lead. marched around the yard,
cheering each Of the traditional dormi-
tories ANA halls they had known init
matrly for four years. Then the mem
beers of the four classes formed in line
| and with Il military band in front, the
/ long ami unprecedented march to the
stadium on soldiers field was begun.
. Hundreds Of graduates too, formed in
the yard ana marched over the Charles
river to the stadium. In recent years
the afternoon exercises have been held
! on the green surrounding the statue of
t John Harvard.
To-day for the first time they wera
, transferred To the new stadium. An
otiicr innoVtt ION. this year, WAS the de-
livery of the ivy oration hitherto Il part
of the Sanders theatre morning oXer-
ciscs. us part Of tile stadium fcsti-
vities.
The ivy orator was W. Russell Bowie
of Richmond. Va.
! 1t the close Of tn" stadium exercises
tie most important spreads of the day
were hell The most largely attended
were those given by the IIasty Putting
Club at its room. the ri Eta Club at
ithe IIrmcnway gymnasium and the
spread At Beck hail.
The college yard was thTonGcd. to-
nicht With thousands of students and
their friends. Tie feature of the even
ing. was the many spreads that ol
The lawn in the rear of ErCll hall h,'in-
THE most elaborate. Those present in
cludcd many society people from l!o.;-
itcn. Philadelphia ana New York. Oih"i
"sprtads" were those IF the Delta tpSi-
Ion fraternity. the WadSWCrth Hulst
land Tiolwarihy Hall. while many stu
dents otherwise entertained THEN
friends.
The grounds wcra beautifully deco
rated with thousands If Japanes" lam
itcrnS and electric lif,htS. There WI:
music in the yard throughout the eyra-
ing. ana dancing at Memorial hall, the
UemenyaY Gymnasium and on the tom
mis- courts in the hear of Beck hall.
At midnight the festivities Wer,
brought to 4 close.