The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
CLASS OF 1909
has FAREWELL
DAY ON QUAD
Closing Exercises Attended BY
Students in Caps and
Gowns in the Open
Plate With Numerals of Class Is
Buried in Campus With
Ceremonies
[SpeeiaI Dispatch 70 The Call

/ The seniors of Stanford university
! held their closing class day exercises
on the quadrangle today. The func-
tions were attended by the fourth year
students in caps and gowns and by
the friends and relatives of the grad
yates. The exercises were confined
to the address by the class president,
Clarence Coonan of Eureka, the read
I ing of the class history by David IL.
Walker Jr. of San Francisco, class
will by Halsey /. RiXford of San
Francisco the class Grafton and dedi-
cation of the plate on the quadrangle
! by Leslie Craven of Spokane, and the
memorial exercises at the tomb of the
founders of the university.
The exercises began at 1920 when
/ President Coonan addressed the gath
ering of seniors and friends in the
university chapel. He said in part:
Our work here at college has re-
suited largely from our endeavors, but
certainly our abilities have been aug
mented by the aid thar the faculty has
given us They are men not only fully
qualified as teachers of their particu--
( lar branches but are also men of
broad conception. We have had differ
ences with them. but they were differ
ences founded upon sincere and honest
variance of opinion, and for such every
real man respects and honors every
other real man.
D. H Walker Jr. followed with the
class history He outlined the prog
ress of the class during the four years
spent here.
READS CLASS WILL
Halsey Rixford in reading the class
will said:
"Friends-To those who with their
( presence honor us in the fullness of
our college lifetime. we, the class of
1909, from our hearts and without res
/ ervation, give greetings. Born in luck,
/ baptized in the tub and confirmed in
Stanford spirit we are now about to
pass with one light kick of the light
fantastic into the world which to some
may be as hay as heaven"
He then turned over the various col
/ lege traditions to the next senior class
( for safe keeping.
The laying of the class plate and the
dedication by Leslie Craven and ac-
ceptance by President David Starr Jor-
fdan was an impressive service. The
bronze tablet bearing the numerals of
/ the graduating class was laid in the
concrete pavement of the inner quad
rangle Immediately in front of the
memorial church. Prior to the placing
\ of the tablet the class roll, late copies
of the local publications and other
documents OF interest were sealed in
lead chamber and placed beneath
the tablet. President Coonan intro
/ duced Craven.
DR.. David Starr Jordan in accepting
the plate thanked the class for the part
( it had played in the four years spent
here complimented Craven on the SEN
timents he had represented and stated
| he agreed with the sentiments ex
pressed.
CLASS PLATE BURIED
With few words by President Coo
nan the plate was lowered into place
and mortar applied, the class then
marching in a body attended by the
visitors to the mausoleum, where the
memorial services were conducted.
In honor of the memory of the found
ers Student Body President A E Roth
and Miss H. E. Russell, a prominent
senior woman, placed a vase of flowers
/ on the tomb for the last time and then
President Coonan turned over the trust
4 to President Kenneth II. Z. Mckenzie
of the present junior class, who accept
ed it in behalf of the students who will
next year be seniors. The university
chaplain DR.. D. Charles Gardner, then
]
which the students completed the ex-
ercises of the day by singing Hail,
Stanford, Hail"
Degrees Granted
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May IL
/ The academic council, which is COM
] posed of the major professors of the
faculty. met this morning and granted
the degrees to members of the senior
] ficfo Iafa
I the required work. The number of
| students who receive the customary de-
( gree of bachelor of arts is one of the
| largest on record, while the number
who take higher degrees is also note
worthy. The degrees granted are as
| follows:
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Greek-Ruth Elizabeth Lewis. +'Henriette
/ Gilstrap Thomas, *'Lester Sinclair wabridge.
Latin-7sAnne Pauline Albright ssJesse Fla
| via Cogswell. Grace Burr Coolidge Anna Ship
ley Cox. Hubert Samuel Hunter. *sPaul Vale
risn Knowles, Ethel Louise Laubie sEfhe Ljsle
! Murdoch, Myrtle Alverson Newlin lone Nav
/ Norton, Henrietta Elizabeth Russell. Iva
Thomas. Della Thompson, Bessie Lee vending.
Germanlc ianguages-Grace Rachel Beard Mae
Browne. s'Albert Colbert. Alice Bertha Cuthbert-
son, Berniee Field, Mabel Sabrina Gray Sarah
Fay Mckinley 'sBeatrice NJ. Maine. s'Jean-
nette Catherine Morgan, Marion Osgood, Lucille
Elizabeth Otto, lola Beatrice Quandt sCharles
Refining, '~Cora Elizabeth Stager, Ruth Grace
Sterne' sylvia Della stinson, Mary Sherburne
Romantic languages-Hazel Lorena Michod
Mabelle Frances Osborn
English-Hazel Mignon Binder. Mary CeceIis
Brunton- Cora Eva ChamberIiD Edna Grayct
Davis Auranfa Ellerbeck. Italia Evans Flaus
Grace Elnor Fleming. Florence Hazel Forbes
Florence Ethel George, sBess Gerard. Fife Ma,
Gileft. Mary Calvert Hayden. %sKatherine Sher.
man Hazeltne, "*Florence Kaufman Dorotbea
Macpherson, Minnie Frances Malloy ssOrral
Natchette, Gertrude Karen Mathiason Alvers
Elizabeth Miller. Lucia Bush Mfrrielees Retf
Hazel Nash. ''Yssohiko shibamiya, Emma An
geline Weaver, ssHeIen Morse wilkins
Psychology-Margaret Marshall
Education-James Garfield Bayley. Fife Nav
Clarke, Joseph 0rland Gossett, Katharine NJ III
Hail. Edith WOODBURY. Patterson Clarence In
Glen Phelps. Jesse Brundage Sears, James Reed
Young.
History-Ruth Blodget Mabel Lucille Cox
'"John EIdridge Cushing 'sDwight Moody Davis
Edna Earle. 'Harold Fitch. Helen Avery Gale
Elizabeth May Gilmore. Harry Finley Hender-
son. 'Ela Naomi Hill, Janet Berry Houghlaud
ssRalph Francis Huntsberger, ''Mary Emeline
Hutchins Alfred Lawrence Kocher. @sFlora Eliz
abefh Kughen. ssJesse Warren Lflientha1 Jr
Stella McAllster. Ruth Elizabeth McClelland
Lucille J. Newburg. Herbert Merton Ostroskf
Ella Jane Patterson, Aida Vail, John Blackwood
White.
Economics and Social Science-De Estraye Cas-
l.selI Boyd Lewis vincell Boyle Jr Chang
Kwang Chao, Eldred James Clark, Alton Cooper
'sHarry Carlton Green, ssThomas Brotherton