Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-17
TOGRADUATE
FORTY-TWO STUDENTS
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
ARRANGED
Program to Be Held Wednesday Morn
ing in claremont Church, Fol-
lowed in Afternoon BY In
formal Addresses

CLAREMONT, June 16.-The seniors
of Pomona college are now relieved
from any anxiety as to examinations
and have only to wait for the glorifi-
cations of commencement. The class
of 1909, while not as large as some Of
the previous ones, has always been
noted for class spirit and originality
Forty-two men and women are can
didates for the degrees of Bachelor OF
Arts and Bachelor of Science, the old
degree of Bachelor of Letters having
been abolished during the current year
Twenty-six win receive the classical
degree while the others will have
completed the scientific course.
The commencement exercises will be
held in the Claremont church Wednes-
day, June % at 10 O'Clock. They will
be followed, after lunch, with a Sc
ries of informal addresses, beginning
at p. m. At $3.50 o'clock the college
alumni viii hold its annual meeting.
In the evening the "old boys" will
hold their annual alumni banquet at
the college commons.
Monday evening the Pomona college
choral union will give its annual Sc
Nor week concert. The concert this
time will be "Hiawatha's Wedding
Feast" A chorus of 100 will assist Miss
Lulu Pieper, soprano, and Abraham
Miller.
To Hold Art Exhibit
Tuesday and Wednesday the Pomo-
ma college school of art and design
will hold its annual exhibition In
Holmes hall, under the direction Of
Mrs Hannah T. Jenkins, head of the
art department. Among the paintings
exhibited, both by the students and
by Mrs Jenkins herself, will be some
paintings by William T. McDermitt,
a graduate of last year, some of whose
work was accepted for exhibition in
the Alaska-YukOn exposition. While
here McDermitt not only did admir-
able work in the art school, but played
on the varsity baseball team and en-
gagged in other student activities.
After resting this year he will pur-
sue his art studies in the east.
With the graduating class, Pomona
will lose its star shortstop baseball
captain and football half, Lee Maho-
ney. Among others to leave will be
Mary Benner and Walter and Ar
thur Taugeman of the football squad.
The track squad will lose Charley
Reid. "Morry" Taylor, last seasons
football captain, VIII be one of those
whose departure will he mourned.
Fankhauser debater and orator, is
Hartzell, president of the class and
first manager of all student affairs
has the distinction of being one of the
most efficient managers the college
has had, holding the position through
out his college course.
Members of Class
The graduates are:
B. A degree Mary Beth Abbott, Al
zina Ards. Elizabeth Winston Atsatt,
Myrtle Emma Bartlett, Philip Smead
Bird. Bessie Adele Bishop, Chesney
Winans Carver, Phoebe May Curry,
Alice Davis Lillian Leila Dickson,
Mary Elizabeth Douglass, William
Charles Fankhauser. Walter Joshua
Hartzell, Vera Hawkins, Hyliuda NAL
vina Hayes, Veta Evangeline Heath
Florence Hill, Julia Hallock Kommers,
Ona Marian Mabon. Lee Clement Ma
honey, Clyde Maynard, Katherine Rice
Norton, Charles Orville, Augusta AL
bertha Sassen, Morris Monroe Taylor
B. S. degree, Alan Benner, Ralph
William Crook Milton William Daven-
port, Harry Rex Dougherty. Edward
Oliver Essig. Harlo Hakes Ferris, Ada
Sarah McFadden, Wilfred Wallace
Hartshorn, Ernest Everett Jones. Alice
May Newton, Mason Hazen Parsons,
Helen Augusta Rees. Joseph Hunter
Smith, Arthur Edward Tangenman,
Walter Barton Tangeman, Henry Alb
raham Weinland