The Democratic advocate., 1908-06-19


arrival of the Governor of the State
and his party was announced by the
strains of Maryland My Maryland,
at which the whole audience rose
and greeted His EXcellency with pro-
longed applause.
When the time came for the be-
stowal of the diplomas President
Lewis introduced Governor Crothers
who made a much appreciated ad-
dress, and then gave out the diplomas
with a hand shake and pleasant word
of congratulation for each one. The
list of graduates called by Vice-Presi-
dent Mcdaniel was as follows:
Harry Covington Adkins, Sails
bury, Md; Ernest Livingston
Ashby. Oakland, Md; Noland
Elias Basler, Westminster, Md; Chas
Walter Sanderson, Wilmington, Del.
Walter Edwin Short, Georgetown
Del; Charles Edward Walker, New
London, Md; Ruby Kathryn Ahern
Millington, Md; Bessie Amanda Hast
ings. Laurel, DEL; Mildred Hudson
Dover, DEL; Annie Theresa Hutchins
Barstow, Md; Clara Gladys Leonard
Trappe. Nd; Ruth Richardson, Mar
ion Station, Md; Virginia Lewis Roe
Cordova. Md; Elsie Marguerite Sauls-
bury, Baltimore, Md; Lotta Rosalind
Smith, Cambridge. Md Bertha Olivia
Soper, Willows, Md; Mary Fisher
Sylvester, Hillsboro, Md; Nina Grace
Venables, Salisbury, Md; Marjorie
Stuart Vickers, Philadelphia, Pa;
Emily Thomas White, Pocomoke City
Md. .a-
CUM LAuDE.
Hamilton Ward Lewis, Westmin-
ster. Md; Roselle Harris, Henderson
N. c.; Anna Louise Chaffinch, Easton
Nd; Rachel Elizabeth Donovan
Laurel. DEL; Katie Chambers Griffith
Alachna, Fla.
sUMMA CUM LAUDE.
Ellery Dewitt Simpson, Westmin-
ster, Md; George Frank Thomas
Adamstown, Md; Mary Letitia Porter
Loretto, Md; Fannie Benson Merrick
Sudlersville, Md; Rose Eleanor Gal
breath, Street, Md; Heloise Keller
Buckeystown, Md; Ellen Morgan
Bowling, La Plata, Md; Nora Amelia
Stoll, Brooklyn, Nd.
President Lewis then announced the
UNDERGRADUATE honors:
Junior Class-Gold medal, Arthur
Eugene Rowland, Hagerstown, Md;
honorable mention, William Albert
Gibson, White Hall, Md; gold medal
Stella Nora Cathcart, Moscow, Md.
honorable mention, ,Virgie Adams Will
liams, fredericksburg, Md; Eleanors
Louisa Mooyer, Baltimroe, Md; Geor.
gia Isabel Donaldson, Hereford, Md.
Sophomore Class-Gold medal, Rob.
ert Joshua Gill, Washington, D. c.;
honorable mention, Chauncey Cary
Day, New Freedom, Pa; Francis Phtle
Phelps, Cambridge. Md; George Mon
roe Englar, New Windsor, Md. golt
medal, Laura Belle Foard, Forres
Hill, Md; honorable mention, Cecillt
Marceline Parks, Parksley, Va.
Mamie Inez Hall, Lillian, Va; Ethe
Dorothea Welch, Hoyes, Md; Vests
Irene Kimler, Williamsport, Md.
Freshman Class-Gold medal, Ken
Robert Greenfield, Westminster, Md.
honorable mention, William Clarke
Coulbourn, Walkers Ford, Va; Ar
thur Maynard Bacon, Westminster
Md: gold medal, Dorothy Elderdice
Westminster, Md; honorable mention
Caroline May Townsend, Baltimore
Nd; Marguerite Louise Stem, West
minister, Md; Olive Pearl Pennell
Chestertown, Md.
Supplementary courses - Piano
gold medal, Whsle Anne Adkins, Sal
| isbury, Md; voice, gold medal, Rub,
Kathyrn Ahern, Millington Md; elo
cution, gold medal, Nora Amelia Stoll
Brooklyn, Nd.
Bates prize-Gold medal awarde,
to the member of the graduating clas
who in the opinion of the Faculty ha
made the best record during hi
course as a college man George Fran
Thomas.
Athletic prize-Gold medal given b
q group of alumni and old students
known as "+The Sons of Rest, ,"Williar
Albert Gibson.
Rev. Charles Edward Forlines, pro
fessor of Historical Theology West
minister Theological Seminary, wa
then presented for the degree Docto
of Divinity, and this degree was ais
conferred on Rev.William Ellis Swain
president of the North Carolina Con
| ference of the Methodist Protestan
| Church.
Professor Jas. w. Reese, facult
member of the State intercollegiate
Oratorical Association, bestowed tn
gold medal representing the "F1rs
Honors,'' won at the Contest at ST
Johns College last April. This wa
| loudly applauded, especially the an
noucement that this was tn
eighth time in ten contests that thf
medal has come to Western Maryland
President Lewis announced that th'
Board of Trustees had filled the va
cancy occasioned by the death of Rev
DR.. S. B. Switzerland by the election
of Rev. w. S. Phillips, of Salisbury
Nd Also that normal course, en-
titling the graduates of Western Mary
land to enter the teaching force O.
the State without examination wouli
be inaugurated at the opening of the
next session. DR.. Lewis next spoke
in eulogy of the great part played in
the history of the College by DR.. Her.
ing, the last survivor of the charter
members of the board of trustees
and called attention to the excellent
oil portrait of DR.. Herring which the
College had procured and which dec
Grated the stage.
DR.. Herring replied in a most tender
and touching manner.
After the close of the exercises al
the Alumni Hall the entire audience
repaired to the spot where the new
library and administration building
is to be and the Governor took out the
first spadeful of earth.
Banquet to DIR. Herring.
One of the most delightful incidents
of the commencement was this tribute
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