Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-06-23
Honorary Degrees for Julia @. R.
Dorr, w. P. Stafford, H. w.
Hill, Irving Bacheller.
CLASS OF 1910 NUMBERS SS
Annual Dinner Served to 225--
Mccullough Gymnasium Provid-
ed For.-Associated Alu-
mni Elects Officers.

Middlebury. June 22.--The gra-
tuating exercises OF the 10th
commencement of Middlebury Col
lege were held this morning in the
Congregational Church. The faculty
students and alumni formed on the
eampus at 10 a. NJ. and marched to
the church, accompanied by the COL
lege band.
The following program was rem
aered at the graduation exercises of
the class OF 1910. numbering IS:
Music PRAYER; essay. with saluta-
tory addresses, Alice Florence Ray
mond; grafton, The Spirit of Attack"
Harold DEMO Leach: essay, know =
ledge as Power" Gretta Ann Cater:
music: grafton. The Conservation OF
the Classics." Harlan Sylvester Per
rigo, Jr essay. The Call Of the Noun
tains," Angeline Mary Wilcox; ora
ton. The Roman Virtue" George
Edward Shaw; music; orat!on, with
valedictory addresses, The Atmos-
phere Of Our Colleges" Herbert Emer-
son Worden; comforting Of degrees; {;
benediction.
HONORARY DEGREES CONFRRREp.
The following honorary degrees were
ronferred
First Methodist Church, Evanston. Ill,
Christian pastor and preacher. wise and
discerning Interpreter of tho my steries Of
religion. faithful and trusted counsellor Of
lnquiring youth, an honor to native
tor 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. pat
ron OF classical learning historian and
benefactor OF the Cha mplain valley. doc
tor of laws.
George Nye Boardman. professor EN-
ertus OF Chicago Theological Seminary,
scholar. author and divine historian OF
the New England theology. preserver for
a generation of the dignity of the New
England masters Of sacred learning con-
servator of the spiritual treasures of the
past In loyalty to the continuing revela-
tions Of the living God long since pro-
fessor OF English literature IN this COL
,ege and lifelong student Of the best
English prose and verse, doctor Of let
.ers.
Irving Bacheller, Journalist and author,
vivid delincator Of sterling chara er,
lover of the northland and its strong and
simple manhood. a wholesome force in
American fiction. doctor OF letters
Wendell Philips Stafford, justice OF
the Supreme Court of tho District of
Columbia. seer OF poets visions in wood
land valley and tecming town, companion
Of the mystics and the lovers of beauty
of all ages Vermont's first orator learn
ed and equal jurist in the capital Of the
nation. doctor Of letters.
In conferrng the degree OF doctor OF
letters upon Mrs. Julia C. r. Dorr
President Thomas said: Gracious Lady;
You will remember a great day years
pso when old Father Morrill,. Puritan bis
hop of Middebury and a good portion OF
Vermont compimented you for writing
Oh the blackboard of the little one-story
schooihouse on the west side OF Pieasan,
street the list Of English kings from
julius Caesar to William the Fourth
without a blunder,
Since that day you have written the
peace and beauty of our northern val.
leys the fragrance of the woodla
flowers, the tender hopcfulness of aut.
umn sunsets the Joy of little children
I'll without a bunder. You have sung
your quiet way TO the hearts Of Yer
mont men and women. In token OF tn,
Hlcction and honor they bear you, the
college Of your girlhood home confer,
upon YOU the degree Of doctor Of let
ters.
CoMMEN CEMENT DINNER.
The annual commencement Dime
was held at one o'clock TODAY in IN,
inside Inn at the fair grounds Abou
rs people were In attendance
President Thomas introduced as III,
hrst speaker the Rev Geo Nve BOARD
man. ~. who had been given the depre
H Litt. d. In the morning. Mr.. Board
man named a few Of the r.r =, w,
Sa''y history Of the college. who hat
.'er''eo 'his oegree. among them j. ]
baxe' 49, and II, NJ. Hudson. 40. Hi
wealth OF reminscence was receive,
With applause.
The next speaker was the Hon. Henr,
w. mn OF Buffalo, whose remarks IL
cart follow:
REMARKS OF HENRY W. HILL.
President Thomas. Governor proutv
Trustees, Alumni and Alumnae ~ M,ddI.a
bury College, ladies and Gentlemen, NJ
'ne familiar with the history Of MiddIs
bury College and with It's unique positio
rs one OF the leading classical institution
Of New England. can be insensfble to IN
honor conferred upon one who become
The recipient OF one OF It's degrees. wheth
r In course or Otherwise, and il so for
nally received into the fellowship of IT
distinguished graduates.
Amid the exhilarating commencement
exercises Of the day. such a reception I
pne on his return to his native State. pro
verbal for the intelligence, culture an
refinement Of its enterprising citizen
md the soidity Of Its educational, as we
Is its political institutions. forcibly re
minds one that Vermont. In tn
social unrest Of the timas re
mains true to Its traditions, and throug