Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-24
BATES COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT T.
ME. MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATION.
Class of 81 Members at Former==Address at
Latter by VIM. DeAlva Alexander.
BATES COLLEGE,.

Fully 300 people crowded into the Main
street Free Baptist church at Lewiston
this morning to hear the Commence
ment exercises of the Glass Of 1909 of
Bates College. AS many more We're I'M
| able to find seats inside the church. The
| tie record of the college. A large num-
Der Of alumni are back in addition to
| tie many friends and relatives of the
graduates.
| The exercises in the church started
promptly at 10 o'clock The doors We're
thrown omen and lead by the Junior
| marshal, the Seniors marched in, SO in
number. The marShalS were John Her
| rick Powers of Lancaster, N. H., and
Stanley Edwin Howard of Sprinslie
Mass. The class marched down the two
| center isles of the church to the seats
| reserved for them, where they We're
seated by the marshals
Prayer was offered by Rev. F. F..
| Baldwin of East Orange, N. j. Music
was furnished by Pettingilrs Orches-
ira. on the stage We're seated President
| Geo. G. Chase, j. Y. Stanton, A. NJ, w.
| H. Hartshorn. Lift. d.. Prof. A. w.
Anthony Prof. II. r. Purington. Prof.
G. NJ. Robinson, Prof. A. n. Leonard,
| Prof f. a. Knapp. Prof. f. F. Pome
roy. Or. II. II. Britain, Prof. G. M.
| Chase Prof. w. r. Whitehorne. G. +.
! Ramsdell, Prof, f. D. Tubbs. Rev A.
I. SaIley, j. A. Howe, d. D., ]. f.
I'oothby. Hon. W. Fl. Judkins, Hon. c.
\. Millikcn.
Music and prayer was followed by the
following order of exercises:
I he Early History of Mathematics.
Angie Winnefred Maxwell, Sabattus
The English Renaissance,
George Frederick Bolster Gibson. n. Il
Present Tendencies in American Literal
tGre,
lola Agnes Walker, Mechanic Falls
| The Versatility Of Julius Caesar,
John Poland Jewell. South Portland
Music
Cermany's National Epic.
Angie EStelo Keene. Lewiston
Needed Reforms in National Taxation.
Rodney Gerald Page. Bucksport
81 ownng's Philosophy Of Life.
Grace Everlina IIolbrook. Manchester.
The Outlook for Socialism.
John Murray Carroll. Washington
Following Mr.. CAROLS part the stage
was cleared and lead by the marShals,
the graduates marched to the platform
and formed in a body on the rear of
the same. President Chase, Hon. w. f.
.Judkns and Prof. F.. A Knapp re
manned on the stage.
President Chase then addressed the
graduates in very eloquent manner.
lie showed that every student Of Eng
fish had lot to do with tho study OF
"a a ChnNaI
words are the best index of thought,
character and life. That it was by
words that we judge and We're Judged
Then he went on to show how words
were made up That the Anglo Saxon
was largely responsible for the Ian
guace bat that the old Norman blood
contributed with its other things.
great deal Of power and expression to
our language in new words,
He then allowed that a person should
have a good vocabulary. That the
vocabulary which person had should
le n common vocabulary when the
owner was on dress parade.
Then making Il connection between
these thoughts he showed that there
| was one word which the Normans had
contributed which could have q place
| in Just such 4 vocabulary. This word
was "couragc." There was no other
word in the English language which
Just expressed the characteristics as
did that word. Hence if has come to
be of sacred and powerful use.
| President Chase then reached the
climax of his address by driving home
tn" significance of the word courage.
| 1t meant bravery to 90 things and t.
| do them in all walks of life. Its field
| is three fold, physical. intellectual and
| moral. He took M each Of these three
| phases e the working of the word and
| pointed out the vital need that each
| graduate had for some form or some
| attribute Of this word courage.
III class then marched around Pres
dent Chase. receiving. each in turn
| their diplomas When the diplomas
| had been distributed the class was
marshalled to their seats again.
| President chase then announced the
degrees and prizes that had been
awarded as follows:
| A. r. tout of course)-Confcrred on
Willis Morrell Davis of Eiddeford,
Glass of 81,
! Pro mcrto A. M.-Conferred on Ev
erett Sl:illngs of Rraintree, Mass
| Glass of 1897.
| n. D-Conferred on Fred NJ. Preble
| of Auburn.
| Lit n-Conferred on Hon. Payson
Smith OF Augusta, Me.
| A.. M-Conferrcd on Arthur Elmer
| Cox Of Poland, n. Y.
w. II. II. Bryant prize of $50 for the
best essay on "Arbtration Instead of
1 Z L.
Senior class, to Rodney Gerald Page
90.
Medal for excellence in Intercollegf-
ate debate, to John Murray Carroll '09,
and to Peter Ignatius Lawton 10. These
medals were ava rded nv Judge Drew