The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-13
Commencement Exercises Be-
gan Yesterday with Bacca-
laureate Sermon, and Do
Not Close Until Friday.
ANGLICAN CLUB ALSO
HAS A CELEBRATION
Is Observing the 25th Anniver-
sary of Its. Founding and
Will Hear an Address by
Strick Gillian.

The fifty-first annual commence
ment of Earlham college. featured by
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
founding of the Anglican club. began
yesterday morning with the baccalaur-
cate sermon by DR.. David w. Dennis
and closes Friday morning with the
commencement address by DR.. John
FRANKLIN Jameson of the Carnegie In
stitute, Washington, ID. c.. and the
comforting Of degrees by President
Robert l.. Kelly on the members of
the graduating class.
The Anglican club, which celebrates
the quarter centennial of its founding
by Professor William N. Trueblood.
has secured Strickland w. Gillian. a
former resident of Richmond. to de-
liver an address on Anglican Day,
which is Tuesday Of commencement
week. Mr.. Gillian, since the death
OF Mark Twain. is considered the
greatest American humorist by many,
and the club is particularly fortunate
in securing him at this early date. Be-
cause Of number OF engagements
this week. Mr.. Gillian will remain in
Richmond but seven hours and after
the address the club has arranged for
a reception to the speaker in the IL
brary.
Coffee House Breakfast.
Tomorrow morning tho celebration
OF the Anglican club will begin. The
..club has secured the second floor of
h> hA
rooms have been decorated as the Old
English Coffee houses we're during the
time Of Addison and Steele. At nine
thirty o'clock Coffee House break
fast will be served to about 100 form
er and present members of the club.
This evening the Ionian and Phoe-
nix literary societies will present their
annual play in the college chapel. The
two societies will present ''Ingomar."
The cast has for some time been un-
der the direction Of Professors E. p.
Trueblood and Cleveland X. Chase
and one of the best plays ever under
taken by the two societies will be the
result
Wednesday af this week the seniors
will present their class play Twelfth
Night" Since the graduating class is
exempt from examinations every men,
ber has been working on the presen-
tation OF the Shakespearean play.
Some time ago the entire cast went
to Cincinnati to witness Marlowe and
Southern in the leading roles of
Twelfth Night" and since then no
efforts have been spared to make the
affair success. The class will charge
admission to the play this year. Each
member of the class will be given CON-
plimentary tickets. and number Of
tickets for the public will be on sale
at the college.
viii Play Baseball.
At 1850 o'clock in the afternoon the
board of trustees will meet in the Of
flee Of the president. Al three o'clock
the alumni baseball team will meet the
varsity and very exciting game will
be the result. All the former Quaker
baseball stars will be pressed into SER
vice to vie with the varsity for supre-
macy.
Thursday of commencement week
will be another busy day at the local
institution. In the morning the seniors
will meet the members of the faculty
on the baseball diamond and another
close game il anticipated.
In the afternoon at 1:3O o'clock ser.
vice in memory of the late Allen Jay
will be held in the college chapel. Al
len Jay was one Of the leading mem
bers Of the Friends church in this
country and number OF prominent
raen and women will come to the col
lege for the services.
Jay Memorial Program.
The program has not been definite
~ arranged but in the main it is as
follows:
sketches of Allen Jays Character"
DIR. David w. Dennis.
His Services to the Church"-Tim-
othy Nicholson.
His Evangelistic work"-Ira c.
johnson.
Tribute to the work of Allen Jay
in North Carolina by Mary Menden-
hall Holds. wife OF the president of
Guilford college. North Carolina. The
paper will be read by Professor E. p
Trueblood.
His Last Advice to Young Friends"
Levi T. Pennington.
The alumni tea will be served Thurs |
day evening to the members of the al |
umni who return for the commence
ment.
The commencement exercises prop
er will be held Friday morning at 10
o'clock in the college chapel. The ad- |
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