El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-22
Cd NJ NJ ENCE MENT
At NEW Me- |CO
COLLEGE
Many Attend Graduation
Exercises From FL Paso
and Valley Towns.

Agricultural College. n. NJ, May %.
The 18th annual commencement day
exercises at Hadley hall were wit
/ messed by large audience.
John E. Powers gave the address in
! behalf Of the graduating class, THE
! College Man in Politics." Miss Maud
/ Morrison sang May Day" and the
commencement address was by Rev
/ Perry James Rice, pastor of the Chris
tfan church, Ell Paso. His subject was
Facing the Future" The address was
largely devoted to advice to the grad
uat1ng class. Mrs. Broaddus sang
Spring" after which Prof W. r. Su-
therland. president of the board of
regents. in comforting the degrees. gave
an address showing what the college
and state expects of the outgoing
class He especially advised the grad
yates to not become self centered and
TAIL to give to the state and the ma
ton the proper portion of their time
fer betterment OF mankind
Or. Garrison gave some of the an
nouncements for the year. the most
important of which is that at the
meeting of the board Of regents they
awarded the contract for the erection
this summer Of the new preparatory
hail. and that the Rio Grande Re-
publican Printing company had been
d"dToeo the contract TO do the col
lege printing for the coming year.
The exercises ended with the col
lege song, Our Own n. NJ A c." sung
by all
The 18th annual commencement ball
Thursday night was brilliant affair.
many strangers being present. n num-
Der from FL Paso. La Mesa and An
thony. and a large number from Las
Cruces and other points in the terri
tory. There were so couples in the
senior promenade. led by Paul Mayer
and his mother, Mrs. Mayer of White
Oaks
A four piece orchestra from Ell Paso
was engaged. The hall was prettily
decorated for the occasion, and punch
was served to all at their pleasure
Among the strangers and visitors at
the ball from Ell Paso were: Miss
Leila Muellar, Miss Shutz. E. L. Koehn-
back. Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy, Herbert
Alleman and John Blinn.
From La Mesa and lower valley
there We're: Misses Hyland. Livesay,
Creamer and Brown; Messrs. William
Mundy, Hyland, Greenwood, Livesay
and Mrs. Waugh: from Las Cruces:
Theo Rouault and wife, Mr.. Sims and
wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell w r.
Sutherland and wife. Misses Frances
French. Elizabeth Foster Katie Mae
Birdwell. Kitty Bennett, Nesbitt, Eliz-
abeth Quesenberry. Doris Foster, the
Misses Cox and Hazel Priest; Messrs.
Stewart Baker. Claude Henry, En-
NETT Isaa cks and Wilson Wade; from
Mesilla Park and Mesilla: Mr. and
Mrs Bowman. Mrs. Rogers. Mr. Sum-
mers- Misses Meyers. Scroggins. Dou-
gherty and Messrs. Longbottom Parks.
Stewart and Brockman. Mrs. Mayer Of
White Oaks: Mrs Richard Powers of
Santa Rita; Miss Lewis of California.
The Graduates.
Master Of Science-John Ferguson
Blinr. Clarence P. Wilson.
Bachelor of Science-Elsie Rave
Hines. Bertha Anna Mayer, John Ed
mund Powers. Paul Wauchope Mayer
Joseph Wheeler Rigney. Rupert Lyon
Ell Stewart. Sewell Egbert Merrill
Henry Crecilius McCowen William
Ephriam Campbell, Percy Cudworth
Fitzgerald George Robinson Quesen-
berry.
Certificates Granted.
Preparatory Repartment-Helen Mar
garet Hoagland. Norf1eet. Giddinge. Bone;
Maurice Mortimer Mitchell. John Ed
redge Murphy. Virginia Ruth Phelps.
John Harvey Blain Uil Lane. Nina
Elsie Davis. Harold Boice Evans. Car
men Gillian
Music Observation-Disclosures z.
Davis. Mary E. Kirwan, Alice A. Gage,
Henrietta Clausen.
Stenography Department-Willie T.
Ford. Fora Nav F. Lain. Josephine
Inez Muirhead Edgar A. Poe. Frances
E Kinds, Mary Sara CARPENTER. Mary
Onis Longbottom, Walter L. Johnson.
Spanish Stenography-Ped ]. Mar
tinez.