Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-17
commencement OF
RUTGERS COLLEGE
One Hundred and Forty-sixth
Annual Exercises Formally
Begin Today.

NEW BRUNSWICK, June H.
Commencement exercises at Rutgers
College began here Saturday after
noon when there was a baseball game
between the teams of Rutgers and
Stevens Institute on the Nelson
Field. Many of the alumni. in CO.'S
tune, paraded about the field.
Rev. DIR. l.. Frederick Berg. Phi.
D., of the class of 1882 preached at
Kirkpatrick Chapel yesterday morn
ing and il the evening at the First
Reformed Church the baccalaureate
sermon was preached by Rev. DR..
William Pierson Merrill, class of 1897,
munster of the Brick Presbyterian
Church, New York city.
The Glee and Mandolin clubs will
give their annual concert in Kirk
patrick Chapel tonight. On Tues
day afternoon the senior class
will have its class day fun at Bal
lantine gymnasium. Walter c.
Bowen, of Shiloh, the president of the
class. will preside. The class grafton
will be delivered by Valentine B.
Ravens, of this city. NJ. Claude
Moseman. of Big Hollow, N. Y, will
give the annual batch of advice to
the undergraduate body. L. p. Par
kcr Gilbert. jr., of Bloomfield, will
relate the history of the class. Har-
old C. Amos. of Rochester, N. Y,
will read a, poem.
Class Day Exercises.
The most interesting feature of
these exercises is always the reading
of the class prophecy. William II.
Martin, of Bloomfield, has charge of
this feature and Augustus L. Glad
ding, of Lincoln. Cal, and Vivian c.
Ross, of this city. will distribute the
mementoes. After the exercises in
the gymnasium the seniors will as
semble on the campus for the time
honored customs of the college. Wal
ter S. Bloom, of Catskill, N. Y, will
deliver the address to the president,
DR.. William II. S. Demarest. and
George w. Martin, of Metuchen, will
present the class memorial to the
college.
iO itiCiiiolioi HIS JCdi . Il liiiid~
some double stained glass window.
Henry T. Hotaling. of Delmar, N, Y,
will make the ivy Grafton. while Sam
uel F. Foster. of Bay Head, looks
after starting a new ivy plant on the
side of the UNCOVERED chapel. Earle
E. Vanderwerker. of Schuylerville,
N. Y, will make the tree grafton, and
Arthur B.. Ellsworth, of Plainfield,
will plant the tree. John d. Morri-
son, of Ridgefield Park, will make
the pipe Grafton. while the seniors
gather under q great tree and smoke
to everlasting fellowship through
long-stemmed Dutch pipes.
The class day committee consists
of Vivian c. Ross. chairman; George
d. Auchter, Valentine b. Ravens.
Alfred A. Nelson, Ernest w. Scudder.
Tuesday evening the junior exhi-
bition will take place in the Robert
F.. Ballantine gymnasium. The eight
speakers who have been selected
through elimination contests are:
Jacob Chob. Richer and Thomas V.
Morton, of Newark; Donald L.
Ravens and John II. S. Putnam, of
this city; George S. Robins and Har-
old w. Schenck, of Plainfleld; Homer
L. Shelter. of Linlithgo, N. Y, and
Earl r. Silvers. of Railway.
The various classes ana fraterni-
ties will have their reunions on
Tuesday evening. The board of trus-
tees of the college will meet at 10
O'Clock IN Wednesday and the Alumni
Association will have an election of
a college trustee on Wednesday at
10:45. The Rev. Jasper s. Rogan,
class of 1891, who recently resigned
the ~pastorate of the Lafayette Re-
formed Church at Jersey City to ac-
cept the p%astorate of the First Re-
formed Church of this city, will dis
manhood as an Objective in
College Training" before the Alumni
Association at noon. At / o'clock the
Alumni Association will have its an
nual dinner and there will be distin-
guished speakers.
The Philoclean Society will meet at
$3.50 p. m. and the Phi Beta Kappa
Society for initiation al 4 o'clock.
President Demarest will have a re-
ception at the Faculty House from
A to s p. M, during which hours
there will be a band concert on the
campus.
Commencement Program.
The one hundred and forty-sixth
annual commencement of the college
will be held in the Ballantine gymna-
stun on Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock. The orations will be deliv-
cred by Harold G. Ames. of Roches-
ter, N. Y; Alan d. Campbell and
Valentine b. Ravens, of this city;
Seymour p. Gilbert, of Bloomfield,
and George e. Hagemann, OF New
ark. The other honor men of this
class are Walter S. Bloom, of Cat
skill, N. Y. Herbert w. Heilman, of
Newark; Ralph j. Kieffer, of Lake
Katrine, N. Y; Leonard e. Briggs,
of F~irthcliffe, N. Y; William G..
Hermann. of Plainf1eld; Henry v.
Jacobson, of Newark; John o. March,
Of Railway; George w. Martin, of
Metuchen; Herbert r. PEBBLES, of
Paterson; Robert Schmidt, of York
town, Va; William r. Steir, of Say
reville; Earle e. Vanderwerker, of
Schuyleryille, N. Y: Elmer e. Walk
err, of Newark; Leroy c. Wilsey, of
Newark, and Frederick Woelfe, of
Brooklyn, NY
During the day the class of 1902
will present a handsome brownstone
gate and stairway leading to the
campus ron Hamilton street. This
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