The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-16
PRESIDENT +. n. LEWIS DELIVERS
BACCALAUREATE SERMON.
RECEPTION GIVEN TO VISITING STUDENTS AND
THEIR FRIENDS.
Celebration Of Dr. Lewis TwenyFh Anniversary President
Ira Remsen Of Johns Hopkins Delivers Address-Bo
me-Coming Dinner-GoE ,Crothers Present.

ana Dr. Kinzer. At 1920 a. I'M. the
most popular contest of the week
LOOK place. II was the oratorical
contest between the Webster and the
irving societies, and between the
Browning and PhiIomathean.
Ihe Webster orators were Arthur
MIRIAM B1rdsall and Roger Xavier
Day, whose subjects were THE Right
or Suffrage" and THE Moral Awaken
ing IN America" The irving orators
were Harry Spurgeon Beall and Chan
dler Sprague, who spoke On Wealth
VS. The Commonwealth" and "The
True Monroe Doctrine" The Brown
ing society was represented by Martha
Elizabeth Thomas and Leslie Whitney
Orr, whose subjects were 1.-THE Sill
yer Lining" and "The Royalty of Life.'' Y
The Philomathean essayists were
Anna Fisher, whose subject was
Queens Gardens;;" and Margaret
Grace Dennis, whose subject was"The
Magic Wand of Life" The College
Glee Club rendered several fine selec-
t1ons during the program The Judges
on composition were Prof Robert A.
Armstrong, West Virginia University;
II 0A- A@ D' n 10y
con College; Prof. James Routh. Jr..
University Of Virginia. Judges on de-
livery were Rev. J. f. Heisse and w.
O. Atwood, Esq, Of Baltimore, Nd,
and Rev. W. Fl. Hetrick, Of this city.
The annual society reunions were
held on Tuesday afternoon in the So
ciety halls. Many ex-members, at
Y tended these reunions and made i'm
nTnYnnTTI fn1yr
estlng events OF the past, and others
congratulating the societies upon their
continued success and prosperity. Re
freshments, were also served.
Later in the afternoon the business
meeting of the Alumni Association
was held in the special room for that
purpose, and an unusually large
number of members WIS present. eT..
Irving Pollitt, of Baltimore, is pres
ident of the Association and Miss
Mary l.. Shriver is secretary. Re-
ports of officers and committees were
read, and ways and means for help
Ing the college were discussed,-also
the members of the class of 1911
were received into the Association,
and officers, elected for the ensuing
year.
On Tueday evening a beautiful re-
ception was given by the President,
to visiting students and friends Of
the college. This was a delightfully."-
informal occasion, and hundreds Of
faces beamed with the happiness Of
meeting and greeting friends Of the
| long ago.
Or. and Mrs. Lewis received their
guests On the brilliantly lighted lawn;
they were assisted by Mr. and Mrs
Lewis Jarman, Of Illinois. During
the evening Parsons Orchestra
played many fine selections. Upon
leaving the dining-room each class
formed in group, and College Hill
resounded with class yells.
| After the reception, the class re
nuions were held, some of them on
College Hill and others in the town.
The class of 1896, twenty-five of whose
members were present, banqueted in
fine style at the Main-Court Inn; the
| class of 1902 was served a banquet at
the Westminster Hotel, and MrE.
Frank z. Miller entertained the class
of 1892.
| Wednesday morning marked the
elimination of the commencement ex-
erciBes. Alumni Hall was crowded
with friends of the college, former
students and graduates of many years
standing, when the trustees, Dr. Lewis,
the prominent speakers of the day,
members of the faculty and the gradu-
ating class took their places on the
platform Rev. DR.. J. NJ Sheridan,
president Of the Maryland Annual
Conference Of the Methodist Protes-
tant Church offered a short prayer,
then the graduates received their
diplomas from Dr. Ira Remsen, presi-
dent Of Johns Hopkins University.
The following honors were an
nounced:
Graduates: John MaIford Dooley,
Cardiff, Nd; George Hyson Enfield,
Woodbine, Pa; Fulton Monroe Glib
bons, North Keys, Md; John Thomas
McCann, Baltimore, Nd. Frank Earl
Shipley, Savage, Md; Harvey Clinton
Fisk Smoot, Delmar, Del; Alvin Dey
Stultz, Westville, N. IT,; Carl Twigg,
Twiggtown, Md; JOHN Wright, Pyles-
vile, Md; Monza Grace Algire,
Hampstead, Md. Mercedes Bowman,
Bridgewater, Va; Anna Marie Crum-
rine, Melrose, Md; Mary Livingston
DeLashmutt Buckeystown, Md. ;Grace
Donovan, Laurel, Del: Harriet Helen
Englar, Linwood, Md; Lillian Elinor
Goodwin, Easton, Nd; Josephine Ma
tilda Gray, Grayton, Nd; Isabel Nc
Collum Roop, Westminster, Md; Olive
Pearl Simpson, Cumberland, Md; (;
Grace Elizabeth Steele, Westminster,
Nd; Ruth Ann Stewart, Oxford, Nd. !;
Mary Elizabeth Stonesifer, Mt Craw-
ford, Va; Geraldine Waters, Savage,
Nd; Lulu Lauretta Wooden, Leeds,
Nd.
Graduates, Cum laude: Robert
Milton Stonesifer, Mt Crawford, va;
Charles Roberts Thomas, Westmins-
ter, Nd; Ellen Thomas Jackson, Ash
ton, Nd; Ruth Shoemaker, Ashton,
Nd; Anna Carville Harrison, Crump-
ton, Nd; Esther Viola Kaufman,
Westminster, Nd. Ruth Monroe, West
port, Nd.
Graduates, SumMa Cum Laude.
Kent Roberts Greenfield, Westmin-
ster, Md; William Clark Coulbourn,
Walkers Ford, Va; Arthur Maynard
Bacon, Westminster, Mo-; Dorothy FL
Iderdice, Westminster, Md; Margaret
-iT n,Yira G+ar, Wocfrnfnrfnr Md FL