Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-21

| United States on furlough.
Class Day exercises were held on the
college green Monday forenoon, with
the following program: Presidents adj
dress, Michael j. Lahf of Adams,
Mass. class history, Edward j. Ryan
of Lee, Mass. Grafton, Arthur B. King
of West Hampton, N, Y; prophecy,
Miss Ruth Hill of Wallingford; ivy
Grafton, Hugh n. Thayer of West
Brattleboro; class will, Miss Ada b.
Hill of Lake George, N. Y.
Scholarship honors were announced
by President Thomas at the Class Day
exercises. For the first time in the
history of the college honors sunmd cum
laude were awarded. The recipients
were Miss Marjorie Bates, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert l.. Bates of
Pittsfeld Mass, and Miss Mary Bres-
nehan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Z. F.
Bresnehan of Proctor. Miss Bates was
appointed salutatorian. She prepared
for college at Rutland High school, her
home being in Rutland until recently.
Clinton S. Reynolds, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis A. Reynolds of Pittsfeld,
Mass, was appointed valedictorian.
He completed his course in three years
and he received his degree Wednesday
magma cum idude. Miss Thema Ravens
of Chester Depot also received her de-
gree magma cum ldude.
Others to receive scholarship honors
were Marcus F. Gorham of West Rut-
land, Philip E. Kidder of Essex Junction,
WHY'S M. Monroe of Cos Cob, Ct,
Hugh o. Thayer of West Brattleboro,
Miss Margaret H. Croft of Waterbury,
Ct, Miss Lena D. Sears of West Haw-
ley, Mass, Miss Hazel O'Connel of
Middlebury, Miss Mabel L. Agnew of
Port Henry, N. Y, Miss Grace M.
Ellis Of Worcester, Mass, Miss Pruda
HARDWOOD of Glens Falls, N. Y, Miss
Rachael F. Pike of Worcester, Mass,
all of whom completed their courses
eum ldude; Arthur w. Harris of Shelf
field, Edward ]. Ryan of Lee, Mass,
and John Kopke of Brooklyn, N. Y,
Those who were awarded honors
J sumnd cum iaude, magma cum laude and
cum laude were initiated into the society
of Phi Beta Kappa Monday afternoon.
The Young Women's Christian asso-
citation gave reception to students,
alumni and guests Monday afternoon at
Pearsons Hall. The trustees of the
! Middlebury National bank in the even
ing. Monday evening also, the various
: fraternities and sororoties had re-
! unions.
: The Parker prize speaking contest for
} Freshmen and the Merrill contest for
= Sophomores took place in the Congre-
2 gational church Monday evening, Prof.
Charles B. Wright presiding. The
= first prize was awarded to Michael F.
/ Shea of New London, CT, whose selec-
? ton was Lippa1d's Death Bed of
= Benedict Arnold" and the second prize
: to George c. Dade of Amesbury, Mass.
: who gave Davis Death of Roder-
iguez." The other contestants for the
= Parker prizes We're Clifford r. Day of
Morrisonville, N. Y, j. Mott Hoyt of
= Middlebury and Bernard J. Mcfarland
I of Lawrence, Mass. The first and
5 second prizes were $50 and SO respec-
lively.
Following are the winners in the
Merrill contest, with the titles of their
declarations: First prize (25) Homer
r. Denison of New Haven, CT, Grady s
e THE Old South and the New second
y (S2O), Garland B. Cook of Concord. N.
/, H. Mason's "The Battle of Gettys-
burg" third (S15), Howe X. Cassavant,
o of Albany, N. Y, lngersoFs Funeral
e Grafton; fourth $50, Benjamin w.
( Fisher of Vergennes, Phillips "Tous-
S saint l. Overture. The other speak
f ers were Robert E. Bundy of Bethel,
e Kali |. S. Stearns of Middlebury and
3. Elmer r. West of Ticonderoga, N. Y.
;, The contestants were trained by Rev.
=, A. A. Lancaster of Middlebury.
!. The judges were Rev. DR.. George M.
e Miller of Saporo, Japan, DR.. l.. H.
Il Ross of Bennington and Prof. George
e P. Paine of Middlebury. The program
), was interspersed with organ selections
/ by Mrs. G. D. Miner.
'Tbo MoC,,l1onnlo NIB; ob
f was recently completed, was formally
y dedicated Tuesday forenoon with appro-
pirate exercises held in the auditorium
: of the building. President John M.
e Thomas presided. Prayer was Offered
d by Rev. DR.. Richard S. Holmes of the
n class of 1862 of Philadelphia. The pre-
is sentatioo was made on behalf of eX-
o Gov. John G. Mccullough of Benning-
: ton, who was unable to be present, by
# ex-Gov John w. Stewart of the class
e of 1916, of Middlebury. Prof. Brainerc
it Kellogg of the class of 1858, of Morris
y town, N. j., accepted the building as
IT part of the college equipment. Several
o college songs were sung.
n DIR. Kellogg. in his dedicatory adj
o dress, spoke of the relation between
/ mind and body. He said in part
e 1T is as plain as a pikestaff thai
n Things mere are yoked IN pairs, anC
u that, except as coupled antithetically
n nothing is made that was made. Mar
8 and woman, matter and mind, light anC
n darkness, knowledge and ignorance
n good and evil, an up and down, righ
e and left, health and sickness, life anC
q death. Each foot of poetry has it:
e arsis and its thesis, words their &C
e cented and their unaccented syllables
.e sentences their subjects and their pred
m icates, and composition its analysis anc
m its synthesis. Now all human activity,
o wherever this is possible, moves
: rhythmcally from each member of ;
]. pair to its antithetic member like the
n flow and the ebb of the tide, like tn,
I'd rising of ocean in crested waves and it;
10 plunging down into yawning chasms
10 We come and we go, ascend and de
y scend, lie down and stand up, sleep an(