Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-06-24

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Grafton, with Valedictory Addresses,
The Atmosphere of our Colleges
Herbert Emerson Worden
Comforting of Degrees. A
Benediction.
THE GRADUATES WERE.
James degrade Caldwell, IT
Fredonia, N. Y.
William Hoyt Carter, TT Ferrisburg.
Raymond Willard Coleman, Chester.
Aiken Currier, Willsboro, N. Y.
George Mcmillan Darrow, 10 Middle
bury
Harry Allan Farr Chester
Ray Isle Fisher, Middlebury
Egbert Charles Hadley, + 4 Mddlebury
Robert Fletcher Hunt, New London,
Conn.
Harold DEMO Leach, TT Pawlet.
Lyman Alton Morhous,
Ticonderoga, N. Y.
Charles Watson Murdoch IT
Crown Point, N. Y.
Harlan Sylvester Perrigo, Jr., 9
Potsdam, N. Y.
Melburne Jabez Pom d,
East Berkshire. 4
Paul Denton Ross, l West Rutland. |
Robert Child Ryder, 8 Middlebury
George Edward Shaw, Fl
Moriah Center, N. Y.
Frank Patrick John Shea, Middlebury.
Herbert Emerson Worden, I II
Rye, N. Y.
Guy Maynard Wright, Bristol, Conn.,
Edith Sarah Atwood, +T2, 3
Woodstock
Maude Edith Avery, Middlebury.
Myra Anna Bagley, IT Rutland.
Anna Louise Butler, SO Proctor.
Gretta Ann Cater, Catskill, N. Y.
Helen Stevens Clark, West Rutland.
Stella Mildred Cook, Shoreham.
Georgia Abigail Gardner, Mddlebury
Edith Nellie Grout, East Arlington.
May Holden. Chester Depot.
Rena Richmond Huntley, Middlebury.
Martha Eleanor Meibert, - A, II
Canal Fulton, Ohio.
Goldia Mary Monroe, Middlebury
Gwendolne Morris, Fair Haven.
Alice Florence Raymond :
Leominster, Mass.
Ester Helena Shea, 5 Middlebury
Ada Frances Wells, Leominister, Mass.
Mary Wilcox - Greenfield,
Mass.
Commencement Honors, cum laude.
: Commencement Honors, magma cum laude.
Maude Edith Avery Gretta Ann Cater and
Stella Mildred Cook also of cum laude
grade
| Honors in Chemistrv
, HIGHEST Honors in English.
Highest Honors in French.
Highest Honors in German.
Honors in German.
HonOrs in Greek
7 Highest Honors in History.
S Honors in Jurisprudence.
Highest Honors in Latin.
10 Houors in Natural History.
Il Honors in Philosophy
y Phi Beta Kappa.
The church was crowded, and the
went off very well.
During the program, Mrs. Julia C. r.
Dorr, the Vermont pOetess, arrived and
took her seat on the platform. The
entire audience rose to their feet and
her wildly.
After the degrees in course had been
conferred on the class, candidates for
honorary degrees were presented. The
following degrees were granted.
Timothy Prescott Frost, pastor of
the First Methodist Church. Evanston,
H., Doctor of Divinity
Henry Wayland Hill. member of the
New York State Senate from the city
of Buffalo, Lawyer and statesman, up
holder of the nobler ethics of the pro-
fession of the law, leader in the financial
legislation of a great commonwealth,
patron of classical learning, historian
benefactor of the Champlain valley,
Doctor of Laws"
George Nye Boardman, Professor
Emeritus of Chicago Theological Semi
nary, scholar, author and divine, Doctor
of Letters.
Irving Bachelor journalist and author,
vivid delineator of sterling character,
lover of the northland and its strong
and simple manhood, wholesome force
in American fiction, Doctor of Letters.
Wendell Phillips Stafford, justice of
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia, Seer of poets visions in
woodland valley and teeming town, COM
panion of the mystics and the lovers
of beauty of all ages, Vermont's first
orator, learned and equal jurst in the
capital of the nation, Doctor of Let
tiers.
In confering the degree of Doctor of
Letters upon Mrs. Julia c. R. Dorr,
President Thomas said: Gracious Lady:
You will remember great day years
ago when old Father Merrill Puritan
Bishop of Middlebury and good portion
of Vermont, complimented you for
writing on the blackboard of the little
one-story schoolhouse on the west side
of Pleasant street the list of English
kings from julius Caesar to William
the Fourth without blunder
"Since that day you have written the
peace and beauty of our northern valleys,
the fragrance of the woodland flowers,
the tender hopefulness of autumn sun
sets, the JOY of little children, all with
out blunder. You have sung your
quiet way to the hearts of Vermont
men and women. In token of the affect
ion and honor they bear you, the college
of your girlhood home confers upon you
the degree of Doctor of Letters.
Irving Batcheller was presented by
the Hon II RartOn HaDburn one of