Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-14
Greatly Enjoying Com
mencement at 0rono.
Associations Business Meeting
Fraternity Receptions.
Alumni and AIumnae luncheons..An Ad.
dress by Carroll D. Wright.

orono. Me. June 12.-(SreciaD.-The
exercises Of the third day Of Names
commencement opened with a mourning
rain which has been threatening all the
week. Although the rain ceased at noon
the sky still remained overcast in
strong contrast to the gay crowd OF
visitors at the fraternity receptions.
In spite Of weather conditions the
Tuesday program was carried out as
Planned. The meeting OF the Alumni
Association was held at 1890 A. M. and
was largely attended. The routine
business was done and the annual cleo
ton of officers resulted as follows:
President, John d. Oak of Bangor;
recording secretary, Fremont l.. Rus
sell, Orono; corresponding secretary,
Ralph X. Jones. Orono; treasurer, AL
bert H. Brown, Old Town; necrologist.
James N. Hart, Orono.
Several resolutions were passed and
committee was appointed to draw up
resolutions concerning the death of the
president of the association, James d.
LoZelle. A standing committee is also
to be appointed to represent the asso-
citation III the manner of Il senate.
At the annual meeting of the trus-
tees of the university designations We're
received from Prof Samuel N. Spring,
professor of forestry who will re-enter
the U. S. Bureau Of Forestry; Prof.
Carl F. Hacrigan, professor of Latin.
who will accept a professorship of
T Oft .,f v,i,
ton which his father formerly held for
% years; and Prof. Perley s. Walker,
professor Of mechanical engineering, to
accept another position.
1t was bad weather for fraternity re-
ceptiOns but the visitors made the best
of it and the crowds At the different
houses attested the popularity of this
pretty custom. The houses were AL
open to Inspection and looking their
prettiest. There are now ten houses
occupied by the fraternities and each of
these was open to visitors at most of
the houses refreshments were served
by young ladies from Bangor, Orono or
Old Town and a receiving committee
welcomed visitors. The house Of special
interest We're the new ones, Phi Kappa
Sigma, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta
Theta ri ami Theta Epsilon. The re-
ceiving committees at these houses
were as follows:
A gloom was cast over the days gai-
ETY. by the announcement at noon, of
the death of Prof. Howard Scott Webb
| of the department of electrical engi-
| neering Prof. Webb was taken i'll with
| typhoid fever during the winter which
weakened him very much. He was
obliged to go to the sanatorum at He
! bron to seek rest and recovery. Tuber-
| culosis symptoms set in. but it was
| thought that he was holding his own
very we'll so news of his death was
sudden blow. The information was not
| generally known till evening.
Prof. Webb was 4 graduate of the
university in the class of 81 with the
degree of i. NJ. f. He had the degree
| F., f. from the University of Wisconsin
| in '93, graduate work at Cornell and
University Of Chicago and had served
| the past six years as head of the de-
partment Of electrical engineering. His
almost unlimited knowledge Of his sub
| lect and his ability to teach 1t have
earned a reputation for Names gradu-
The address of Carroll d. Wright,
president of Clark University. and for
mer United States labor commissioner,
before the Phi Kappa Phi was a
thoughtful presentation Of vital top
jc. as There Any Solution of the La
Dor Problem?" President Wright said:
."rhe labor problem is very much
matter of approach. 1t depends on now
YOU look at it. The march of civilization
| minimizes the labor question. 1t Is
constant desire for a higher STANDARD
of living. 1t Is the problem OF human
ity through all ages. Its best definition
| is that labor Is the contest of the iife
| of man with an obstacle.
"The labor problem is usually dis
| cussed in some of its stages, mario"
though important, such as the hours Oh
labor or the rates Of wages, rather tnan
| in its broader aspect. Some minor rem
edies suggested are. legislation, whlch
has accomplished but little through the
| % wears 1t has been tried, arbitration
Notwithstanding and cooperation.
"rhey amelorate, but do not soiVe
the problem.
"The most successful of the minor So
,ut,ons IS collective bargaining, by
which representatives of capitai anu
labor agree as to conditions which eA-
fst between them. More ambitions So
lutions are nationalism and socialism.
they. however, do not solve the PROB
lem.
"The labor problem can be softeneo
and rationalized by the application OF
religious principles, righteousness IN IN
dustry developing manly treatment
and the growth of this idea Is develop
;ng the best men on each side"
Ranna Sigma-Mrs. Ellen L. Leib.
| ,r,s X p. Harrington. Mrs. G. II.
Hamlin. Mrs. F. f. sprague. Mrs. A.
1anadon Freese, DR.. Caroline Colvin
and Orlan w. Trask. '05, and Charles
C,nbo11 'O6. for the fraternity.