Smyrna times., 1905-06-14
COMMENCEMENT SEASON AT DELAWARE
Will Begin Sunday Morning June 10th With
BaecaIaureate Sermon by Rev. Robert Watt.


Will Begin Sunday Morning June 10th With
BaccaIaureate Sermon by Rev. Robert Watt.
Commencement exercises of 1905 at
Delaware College will begin on Sun
day morning, June 18th, at II o'clock,
with a sermon before the young Mems
Christian Association in the Oratory,
by the Rev. L. Judson Westfall of the
Bethany Baptist Church, Wilmington,
Delaware. The Rev. Robert Watt,
d. D., of the Asbury Methodist Epis-
copal church, Smyrna, will preach the
animal baccalaureate sermon in the
evening of the same day at 8 o'clock.
On Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock
Glass day exercises will be held, and
at o'clock the anniversary celebra
tion of the Athen@an Literary Society
will take place. Tuesday morning the
Board of Trustees will meet, and in
the afternoon at $50 O'Clock the stu
dents will meet, and hold a Field
and Track Meet at which medals
will be given to those who establish
new collegiate records. The celebra-
tion of the Delta Phi Literary Society
will occur at o'clock in the evening.
The Commencement exercises proper
will begin at TO- 30 a. m, Wednesday in
the Oratory. Three of the graduates
have been selected to deliver orations
on this occasion. Among the prizes
to be awarded are the Bishop Coleman
prize of twenty-five dollars for the
student of best standing in the Senior
year; three Alumni prizes of twenty,
fifteen, and ten dollars respectively for
the best two debaters, and the best in
oratory decided in public contest in
the spring; the Bush literary prizes of
twenty five, fifteen and ten dollars for
excellence in literary essays, open to
all the College; the F. w. Curtis
prizes of twenty-five, fifteen aud ten
dollars respectively for the three mem
bers of the Freshman class who have
made most progress in English; the
Lieutenant Clarke Churchman prize
of twenty-five dollars for proficiency
in the Military Department, etc.
The class to re ceive diplomas is the
largest in the history of the College,
and it is we'll distributed among the
several courses of study.
John Biggs, Esq, of Wilmington,
will deliver the Commencement ad.
dress. The ladie of the College will
serve luncheon in the College i'm.
mediately after the close of the Com
mencement exercises to such visitors
as are from outside of Newark. The
Alumni Association will meet at 2. 80
p. m. and at 23O o'clock the College
cadets will participate in competitive
drill.
A Commencement Hop to be given
by the Junior class will close the ex-
ercises of the week.
The Honorable William JENNINGS
Bryan in carrying out the will of PhIlo
Sherman Bennett. Esq, late of New
Haven, Connecticut, has designated
Delaware College as one of the twenty.
five colleges or universities to receive
its share of an endowment of ten
thousand dollars to be invested and
the proceeds to be applied to the pay
ment of an annual prize "for the best
essay discussing the principles of free
government. Delaware College has
accordingly received four hundred
dollars in trust for this purpose, and
from the income derived from this
sum an annual prize will be conferr ed
upon the undergraduate student who
presents the best essay in the lines
prescribed