The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-14

the Norment prizes and closing exer-
cises of the preparatory school. The
Norment prizes are four gold medals,
two of which go to freshmen and two
to sophomores, one to male and one
to a female student in each class.
The contestants were:
Freshmen-Walter Louis Graefe, OF
Owings Mills; Ernest Franklin Mick
ey, of Pinnacle, N, g.; Julian Clark
Numbers, Of Wilmington; Lettie Mar
shall Dent, of Oakley; Grace Rebecca
Gerber, of HagerstOWn, and Anna Ma
ria Jester, of Baskerville.
Sophomores-Jerome ROCKFORD Cox,
of Preston; Ernest Franklin Dukes,
Of Centreville; Eulila Clifford Ryall,
of Fruitland; Helen Marguerite
Brown, of Westminster; Mabel Dur
ham, Of Belair, and Mildred Gardner
Warner, of Salisbury.
Thirteen upper sub-freshmen were
graduated from the preparatory
school at the closing exercises the
same evening with the privilege Of en-
tering the freshmen class Of the
college next year. They are: Clark
son Ross Barnes, Of Baltimore; Guy
Everhart Lester, of Medford; War
rem Lee Taylor, of Rising Sun; Lester
Allen Twigg, Of Twiggton; John Mil
ton Twigg, of Flintstone; Julian
Anstine Vincent, of Linkwood; Kath-
crime Therese Adams, Of Atholton;
Alice Eloise Dyson, of Dubois; Helen
Virginia Gehr, of Westminster; Mar
ion Henrietta Gross, of Baltimore;
Virginia Dawson Jones, of Boyds;
Sophia Louise Kirwan, Of Lloyds Mar
tina Ruth LIE Compile, of Overlea, and
Irene Ada Pftsch, of Baltimore.
Stained Window Dedicated to Urania.
The next event of interest in con-
nection with the commencement was
the unwilling and dedication by the
senior class Of a stained glass window
in the stage Of Alumni Hall on Sat
urday afternoon.
The window represents Uranla, one
Of the nine NEUROLOGICAL muses., and
the design is in harmony with the
character, being a female figure point
ing heavenward, Urania, in mythol-
ogy, being the heavenly muse, or the
muse of astronomy and celestial
forces. The intention is that each
year during the eight succeeding
years the senior class will dedicate
a window to one of the other muses..
Urania occupies the central window
OF the stage Of Alumni Hall.
Presidents Reception.
From z till o'clock Saturday eve
ming President Lewis gave his annual
reception to the faculty and students
of the college, and at s o'clock the
class receptions were held in the
class halls, followed by the cremation
of Caesar" by the Freshmen class
and a beautiful display of fireworks
on the campus in front Of the main
building.
The BaCcalaureAte.
Baccalaureate Sunday daWned clear
and bright and by 1890 o'clock, a
large concourse Of visiting friends of
the students and Of the college and
citizens of the town wendell their
way up College Hill to Alumni Hall
where the beautiful service was held.
As il customary no services were
held in the Lutheran, Reformed,
Methodist Episcopal and Methodist
Protestant churches either in the
morning or evening, and their congre-
cations attended the services at Alum
mi Hall, which was fllIed to overflow
ing.
As is customary, the baccalarueate
service began with a professional, the
faculty and students to the number of
more than 200 marching to their
places on the platform singing Luth-
er's battle hymn, A Mighty Fortress
t. Our God.
The order Of service was as fol-
lows: Invocation and Lords Prayer,
by Rev. l.. f. Bennett, of the MethO-
dist Episcopal Church.; hymn by con-
gregation; the Commandments, by
Rev. James W. Reese, Phi. d., with
antiphonal responses by faculty and
students; the Psalter, by Rev. e. ;.
Slagle, d. D,of the Reformed Church;
the Apostles Greed; anthem, by the
college choir; scripture lesson, by
Rev. ID. L. Greenfield, ID. d., Of the
Methodist Protestant Church; hymn
by congregation.
The music Of the service was great
ly enhanced by the presence OF the
orchestra of the Academy OF Music
Baltimore, directed by Prof. Fritz
Gaul.
President Lewis preached the bac-
calaureate sermon, taking as his text
the words "And Jesus said unto
them, Neither tell T you by what au-
thority 1 do these things" Luke Xxx,
s. His theme was The Authority of
Jesus, and it was treated as a sub
ject of present day interest in view
of the constant agitation upon
the matter of authority in church and
state. In general terms the preacher
stated that the hostile scribes who
asked Jesus for an explanation of His
authority are represented by the crit
les of the present day, who resent the
idea Of authority in general. Jesus
refused to answer the question be-
cause those who inquired were incap-
able of receiving the answer.
Continuing President Lewis said in
part:
1--WE who engage in the duty of pro-
noting intellectual activity should be
the last to deprecate criticism. We
must know the truths, for it is truth
alone that can make u free. But the
disciple of Jesus knows that there is
no place for criticism in the matter
Of Jesus authority. Criticism l.
simply unable to get at the secret OF
Jesus. He will not argue with the
critic, neither will He denounce him.
He has nothing to say to him.
1--WE shall do the Bible harm by
claiming for it what it does not claim
for itself, and ourselves harm by ex-
pecting from it what 1t was not In
tended to give us You accept the au-
thority of Jesus, and when asked why,
answer that the Bible declares He il
the Son Of God But is not this, after