The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
MONTGOMERY
 GETS HONORS Her Brilliant Students at
 the A. P. 1. BOYD'S SPLENDID RECORD President Thach Delivers
 SheepSkinS. Earnest Words of Friendly Admoni- tion spoken-Ira Remsen's Im-'
 pressive Address--social
 Features of the Com meneemeht.
BL WILL T. STEPHAN.

Auburn, June 7.-(Special Corre- spondence. )-Fifty- three young Ala bamians. the graduating class of the Alabama Polytechnic InStitute for 1904, standing before and listening to- the earnest words of admonition of President c. c. Thach in the presence of a huge crowd formed the closing scene of Auburn's commencement.
 Ira Remsen, a worlds authority on chemistry, one of the great living scientist, and President of Johns Hop kins University, Baltimore, had Just delivered an impressive address, or large thoughts and ideas clothed In simple but forceful language. The Freshmen, the Sophomore, the Juniors, who had won distinction in their years work as well as the winners Of the various college priZes,. had gone TOT ward to the rostrum for their certif1- cates and their prizes. But with the exception of the thoughtful and schol- arly address of President Remsen, the
 event of interest was the delivery to each of the young and ambitious Ala bamian of the sheepskin which would
 in after years, should he ever forget it. remind him that he was graduate
 of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute with the degree of Master of Science
 A handsome young Montgomerian,
 Robert Platt Boyd. son of MT. and Mrs. Dallas Boyd, lead the graduating
 class, receiving the highest honor of
 distinction. He was also adJutant or
 the Cadet Battalion of which Miss
 I,ouise yass of Mobile was sponsor.
 In the award of the military prizes
 Miss Vass in beautiful little speech
 presented the medal for the best
 drilled in the battalion to Private
 Mitchell of Auburn.
 Montgomerys representatives walked
 away with the lions share Of honors
 this year. The program showed that
 the Capital City received much more than her proportion of the distinctions and honors. The showing of her rep resentatives was really remarkable. Bore or the HonOrs.
 In the three out of four classes Montgomery boys bore on the honors' It should be explained that students
 who receive a grade above 90 per cent and less than 95 in three studies Tn the Freshmen class, in four In the Sophomore class, in five In the Junlor class. and six in the Senior class are distin guished for excellence in schol- arsbip and are awarded certificates | of distinction. Those who receive a grade of above 95 per cent are award ed certificates of Highest Distinctlon' | In three out of four of the classes' the slender list of students WHO won | certificates of the highest distinction
 were lead by young men from Mont gomery. In the Freshman Class en | highest distinction was justly award | ed to Samuel Cellner Dreyfus of Mont | eomery. The highest distinction in i inc Junior Class went to one of the popular young men of College, Fred- erick Emanuel Geibel of Monts imery. And then the graduating class honor was carried off by Robert Platt Boyd | of the same city. Moreover, Mont gomery boy, Haygood Paterson, was Captain of the crack company which | won the sword for the captain as the best drilled company in the battalion. Montgomery did pretty well, all things considered. The highest dis tinction in the Sophomore Class was
 awarded to Charles Nell Hudson of Lee County.
 An Impressive Scene.
 The final award of these honors, the distribution to the graduates of their diplomas for which they had strlven | for for four years, was the most inn | pressive scene of the entire exercises. The large auditorium of Langdon Hall was packed and damned with an eag- CT and attentive audience, an audience
 that gave no consideration to the heat of June day.
 Absolute silence prevailed as Presi- | dent Thach made nis' earnest talk % the graduates The words he was saying, he said, were tne last that he
 would ever have the privilege of say- | ing to those who were closing their
 connection with the college and going out into the world. He reminded them that to them had been given oppor- 1 tunities that had come to but few. of | the young men of Alabama but few had had the advantages which had been vouchsafed to them. That they should make the most of those ad- vantages, that they Nshould show by | their lives that they were worthy of
 the opportunities which had been