Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-28
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT OF 1907
The 1O7th Commencement Great Success
From Every Point of View. Various
Exercises Carried Out Smoothly
with Ideal Weather
Conditions.

uating class, alumni, faculty and trus-
tees, forming in line on the college CAM
pus, led by Colonel Thad Chapman, mar
shal, and the Middlebury band, marched
to the church, where the exercises were
held. The programme was Music;
prayer, President Brainerd saluta-
tory address, Mary Louisa Pratt; ora
ton, "Our Liberty" Walter Lawrence
Barnum; grafton, "The College Man in
the Industrial World Thomas Howard
BARLEY; music; essay, cave Caesar, Ave
Christie" Marguerite Harwood; grafton,
"The Extension of Federal Power,
Bernard Joseph Mulcahy; essay, "The
Decadence of Business Integrity" Susan
Beatrice Miner; music; Grafton, "The
Worth of It," James Montrose Duncan
Olmsted; essay, Language Conscious.
ness" Mabel Ethlyn Stevenson; Grafton,
"Three Qualities Essential to Success,
Chester Munroe Walch; music; Grafton
with valedictory addresses, "Reason as a
Characteristic of the Age" Joseph Pat
rick Mccormack; comforting of degrees
benediction.
THE GRADUATING CLASS.
The members of the class of 1907 are
w. F. Barnum, Cornwall 7. H. BARLEY
Vergennes; w. E. Bristol, Vergennes
H. L. Cushman, Middlebury; E. NJ. Cove
New Haven Mills; R. l. Haseltine, Wa
terbury; L. P. Long, Bangor, Pa; w. S
Maggs, New London, Conn. ]. P. Nc.
Cormack, Bethel; B. j. Mulcahy, Hard
wick; j. NJ. D. Olmsted, Suncook, n. H.
C. L. Percy, Marlboro, Mass; G. A
Perkins, Hampton, n. H.; G. A. Ratti,
Proctor; c. NJ Walch. Hudson Cen
ter, N. H.
YOUNG LADY GRADUATES.
The Misses X. A. Adams, Pittsford
V. w. Child, Middlebury; Marguerit,
Harwood, Swanton; G. T. Hughes, Fan
Haven; S. B. Miner, Middlebury; L. A
Mosier, West Berkshire; A. F. Murdoch
Warren, Ohio; F. A. Powers, Benning
ton; NJ. L. Pratt, Paxton, Mass; Nj. E
Stevenson. Worcester, Mass.
HoNoRs AWARDED.
Commencement honors were: j. P
Mccormack, G. NJ. Walch, w. L. Bar
mum, j. NJ. D. Olmsted, T. H. BARLEY
Women: M. L. Pratt, NJ. E. Stevenson
Marguerite Harwood.
Highest honors: Greek, Chester NJ
Walch; Latin, Tomas H. BARLEY ant
Mary L. Pratt; French, T. H. BARLEY
Joseph P. Mccormack, Gino A. RAFT
and C. NJ. Walch.
Highest honors in history and politica
science were awarded to Marguerite
Harwood for work in history and B. J
Mulcahy for work in political science.
Honors in history and political science
F. NJ. Cove; mathematics, j. P. McCor
mack; natural history w. E. Bristo
and R. l. Haseltine. Highest honors il
chemistry to E. NJ. Cove, j. P. McCor
mack and j. NJ. d. Olmsted. The de
gree of master of arts was awarded t
Charles G.. Barnum, '05, in chemistry
Marie Murkland, Smith College, '06, il
Greek and philosophy; Maud NJ. Tucker
'O4, in Spanish language and literature.
Miss Marie Murkland, Smith, '06, VIII
received the degreef of A. NJ. in Gree
and Philosophy, will return to Smith i
September having been appointed Fello,
in Philosophy.
PHI BETA KAPPA.
Following elected to the Phi Bet
Kappa society W. L. Barnum, 7. Il
BARLEY, j. P. Mccormack, James Oln
sted. Chester NJ. Walch, Marguerite Hal
wood, Mary L. Pratt and Mabel E. Ste
venson.
New trustees of the college, his e,
cellency, Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor an
'the Hon. Rufus c. Flagg, go
HONORARY DEGREE.
L. L. D., the Hon. Elias Huntingto
Bottum, II.
D. D.. the Rev. Isaac Chapman Smal
of Burlington.
d. D.. the Rev. John Martin Thoma
go, of East Orange. N. j.
After the presentation of the diploms
and degrees came the corporation Dime
at The Addison at 2 p. m.
This evening the annual commenc,
; ment concert was held in the Congr
) gational Church and all those preser
enjoyed the programme rendered
The Schubert Male Quartette, Robe
Martin, first tenor, Charles w. Swain
, second tenor, William w. Walker, baI
} tone, DIR. George R. Clark, basso, a
sisted by Charles T. Grilley, imperso
ator. and Doring's orchestra, of Tro
N Y.
Directly following the concert can
the Prasidant'a rs caDtiQn at his residanl