Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-14
TABOR COLLEGE, TABOR, IA.
Inauguration of New President NOta-
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! Inauguration of New President NOtR-
BILE Feature of Commencement.
The exercises of commencement began
with a contest between the members of
! the Junior and sophomore classes and the
winners Of the freshman class for repre-
sentative Of the state oratorical meet
ing. This was held on Saturday night,
June 8. Ray Eusden of Marine, Ia,
member of the next year sophomore
class, received the first place. Millard
wyant, senior, was second, and Thomas
j. Mcdaniel. also senior, was third.
The prizes for the junior-sophomore
contest were accordingly given to Mr..
Wyant and Mr.. Mcdaniel.
The strongest b~accalaureate sermon
heard in Tabor for many years was de-
livered by Dean Edward 1. of
the Oberlin Theological Seminary on the
Meaning of Life"
The Quest for Quality was the sub
ject of the address before the Christian
Associations on Sunday evening, by Rev.
Frederick T. Rouse Of Omaha. A pointed,
richly illustrated talk upon the essen
tial factors Of success in life and re-
ligious work.
On Tuesday morning Phi Delta Liter
AIRY society gave one of their regular So
ciety programs in the chapel of Adams
hall, and on Tuesday afternoon, Mrs.
Alice West Cole, of the class Of 80, now
of Huntington, Ind, delivered the ad-
dress before the Alumni association on
the Higher Sphere of Woman" 1t was
a magnificent address and listened to by
a large number of the alumni and friends.
Following its custom of recent years,
the Phi Kappa Literary society, an or
ganization Of young women, gave Shake
speare's "As You Like it," beautifully
staged under The Trees on the college
campus. and the rendition was a testi-
monial to the careful training of Prof.
II. E. smith, teacher of English, and to
the enthusiasm and intelligence of the
society. The work of Miss Lille Bar
rift as Touchstone, of Miss Elizabeth
swanson as Orlando, Miss Joyce will
Jams as Adam and as the feeble minded
shepherdess. Gail Marshall as Rosallnd,
Given Gilliland as Celia, and Frances
Grass as jacques we're worthy OF special
mention, although there was not a weak
character in the whole cast.
On Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock oc-
CURED the greatest feature of the COM
mencement season, the Inauguration of
Rev, Frederick w. Long Of the class Of
"a, as president. The exercises consisted
of addresses in behalf of the students by
Mr.. Grover Aker, OF the incoming senior
class; Rev. Alexander Corkey of Cedar
Bluffs, Neb., member of the class of 1902,
on behalf OF the Alumni association: Dean
w. B. Johnson spoke on behalf Of the
faculty, and Rev. Peter a. Johnson, d. D.,
OF. Grinnell, delivered the keys. These ad-
dresses were inspiring and hopeful and as
sured the new president Of the loyalty OF
the bodies represented. President Longs
inaugural address was a discussion of
Christian education and the place Of the
UNCONVENTIONAL college. He comes to his
work full Of enthusiasm and energy and
with the interest of the college very earn
estly in his heart.
On Thursday morning came the regular
commencement exercises and the first Of
ficial appearance OF President Long. Ora.
lions were delivered by each OF the seniors
and musical numbers by the conservatory
= graduates. The oratlons were carefully
prepared and well delivered, as was also
the case with the musical numbers. TIL
z Nuptial march on the pipe organ by Prof
4 Nellie q. Rowe was especially enjoyed
Mr.. Rowe is a master of that instrument
I and musicians are loud in their prais,
2 about his performance upon It. Miss
y . pay u NAN bNIttuht
Y from Jocelyn with a purity OF tone anC
expression hat shows true musicianship
= The diplomas were given at this time t
the graduates Of the college conservatory
and also to those Of the academy ant
commercial department.
The first honor of the senior class wal
5 given to Miss Myrtle Rice, the second e
e Mr.. Arthur Burton Cummings. The homo
| OF the sophomore class, which carries Will
3 It a scholarship for the remainder Of the
course, was awarded to Miss HERNIA Cal
: Marshall and Miss Olga Friedericksen
Tn honor of the academy class went L
' Walter Stanley Todd and Charles L
Flood OF Treynor. The medal Of the lows
: society, Sons of the American Revolution
5 was awarded to Miss Myrtle Rice for ex
I. cellency in work on American history
Honor pins we're awarded to the homo
students In each class and department
ana as a special compliment one was glver
5 to Miss Margaret Lawrence, the professor
. OF mathematics, whose life has been spen
b In the class room in Tabor college anc
E whose personality means a great deal t,
the student body.
The only change in the board OF trus
tees were that Rev. w. J. Ferner. pastoI
OF the First Congregational church, re
signed and his place was filled by Presi
dent Long. and the place made vacant b.
" the death Of Senator w. B. Allison is I,
be filled by Rev. G. E. Ladd OF Red Oak
With the exception OF Prof. ID. F. Grass
the faculty OF the academy and oolleg
Will be the same as last year, Mr.. Gras
a has secured a leave Of absence 10 be spen
on the Pacific coast for the benefit o
his wife's health.
I'll. ala
the summer will be Rev. Elmer Gait 0