The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-17
THE PENN SPIRIT
PERVADES.C0LLEGE.
Great Enthusiasm Marks The Com
mencement Season.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND RAISED
Good Work Backed With Cash--Larse
Glass of Graduates-Future Ia
Full of Promise - New
Girls Dormitory.

SiTts DoFmitory.
The Penn College commencement
this year has been the greatest in the
history OF the institution. The Penn
Spirit" is in the air and the college
has entered upon new era of Its
history. Twenty-Five thousand dol
lars has been raised in the past few
weeks, and the girls dornitory,
building to cost at least thirty-five
thousand dollars, is to be erected this
year. The endowment of the college
is to be raised to one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars and has
been so voted by the college board.
The Old Students Association has
been organized and a wave of enthu-
siasm has swept over the college the
like of which has never before been
known!
In addition to the girls dormitory
building other structures are being
planned to follow in the near future,
and chapel and library building is
being talked above ali others.
The Alumni of the college is in
the best condition it has ever known
and all friends and students of the
institution are encouraged in greater
effort and urged toward greater things
for the school. wnicn mas taken its
place among the foremost schools OIL
the state.
Degrees Are Conferred.
A class of thirteen seniors received
degrees from Penn college at the thir-
|ty-fourth annual commencement TINS
morning. The class was augmented
in numbers by six candidates for adj
yanced degrees which we're awarded
by the institution for special work.
The weather conditions for per-
lfect commencement day were all that
lcould be desired. Students and
friends, visitors and townspeopie were
Impressed by the enthusiasm that
seemed to mark the occasion. Penn
college may have had some larger
classes, but none have made better
impression than that which was grad
|uated this morning. President Ros-
enberger beamed with pleasure as he
Regarded the results of his work with
the young people entrusted to his
charge. This was the eighteenth
class he has sent out from the school
since coming to its head in 1891.
degrees were conferred upon the
following this morning:
Arthur C. Bailey, 0skaloosa, B. s.
leila Bradley, Oskaloosa, A. b.
Carrie Butler, New Providence, Alb.
Jessie Coleman, Oskaloosa, Phi. B.
Albert N. Courtney, Oskaloosa, A. B.
Warren ]. Dean, Belle PLANE, Phi. b.
Ralph Else, Leighton, B. S.
Mabel ]. Flint, Oskaloosa, A. B.
Ralph Gossage. Oskaloosa, Phi. B.
Grover Hawk, Martinsburg, b. s.
Anvil G. Hinshaw, Oskaloosa. B. s.
Harry Paine, Oskaloosa, B. s.
Ernest A. Zeliadt, DeSota, B. S.
Masters degrees were also award
ed the following:
Anna NJ. Bruff, Atlantic, A. B., Penn
1908. a...
Matthew Herbert Watson, Eudora,
Kan, A. B., Penn, 1905
j. l.. Packer, FIT. Madison, A. B..
Whittier, NJ. Dr., Iowa State Normal
Harry Coffin, Oskaloosa, B. s., Penn
1907.
Lucille Rosenberger, Phi. B., Penn,
1905.
Edith G. Smith, oskaloosa. Phi. D.,
Penn, 1906.
| Scholarships Awarded.
The three scholarships were award
ed members of the 1909 class as fol-
lows: Haverford scholarship, Ralph
Else; Bryn Mawr scholarship Jessie
Coleman; State University of Iowa
scholarship, Ralph Gossage.
| The Penn college orchestra. under
the direction of Prof J. Worth Allen.
furnished, music during the program
(which was rendered in the presence
of crowd which packed the chapel
and filed the adjoining lobby. Rev.
s. H. Zendt offered the invocation.
and Ralph Petty, an alumnus of Penn
lcollege, sang very beautiful solo
both before and after the commence,
ment address. President A. Rosen-
berger presided and made the pre-
lsentation speech in awarding the de-
lgrees and handing out the diplomas.
i Rev. R. b. A. Mcbride, of Omaha.
formerly pastor of the U. p. church
.lof Oskaloosa, delivered the class ad-
dress on the subject. The Point of
Power" The two great questions. he
answered are what is success. and
how may it be attained, Helpfulness
to others he says is the measure OF