Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-24
Colby College Students and
Alumni Enjoying Commencement
The Junior Class Presentation.
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMS.

| COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMS.
| The Phi Beta Kappa Grafton was
delivered by Rev. Woodman Bradbury.
| d. d., Colby. 81, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Cambridge, truss
tee of the college, at the First ,Bap-
| list church, Tuesday evening. DR.
| Bradbury is Il member of the Beta
Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
The annual meeting of the Maine
| Beta Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa
| honorary society was held at Chemical
| hall, late Monday afternoon. The
| meeting was called to order by the
| president, Prof. G. II. White The fol-
| lowing officers We're elected: Pres!-
| dent. George w. Hanson, 'S3: vice
I Pres, Charles p. Chapman. '06: second
vice Pres, Bertha Louise Brown KS;
| Sec. Treas. DR.. William Black. Ex
| Com, Prof. John Hedman 80, Hattie
| Parmcnier. 80, and John Edwin Nell
| son. '9S.
Following are the members chosen
from the graduating class. onefourth
of the number of each division. Just
| the limited number: Donald Witheril
Ellis of Fairfield, Donald Heald White
of Caribou: Ernest Cummings Mar
riner of Bridgton: Elmer r. Bowler
of Bryants Pond. John Hess Foster
of Burton Wash, Jason McClintock
| Hagan of Wcstbrook. John Wells of
| New Britain. CT, clair Frank Benson
| of Lubec; from the women's division
| Mary Phyllis ST clair of Calais. Me-
| roe Farnsworth Morse Of WaterVilie
Clara Elliott WinsloW of Saco. Ada
| Esiih Waugh of EcNant. Pauline Han
son of Sanford and Diano josephine
Wall of Rocl<port.
The annual meeting and dinner of
| the colby Alumnae Association. with
an unusually large number of gradu=
| ates in attendance. was held at Foss
hall. Monday. Following We're the or
GERS elected: President, Mrs. Web
ster Chester: vice president Edith
| Cook Starky, and treasurer, Ida keenv
Following is the Commencement
program fos Tuesday:
TGESDAY. JUNE u,
> 4. M-ghemical hall. First meet
ing of the Beard Of Trustees.
10 a. M-First Baptist church.
Class day exercise 10 be continued on
the campus in the afternoon.
1880 p M.-Memorial hall. .Annn-
al meeting and luncheon of the Ainn-
hi Association.
3 F. Mower campus. Continual
| ton of Class day exercises.
5 +. M-First Baptist church. Phi
Beta Kappa Grafton by Rev. Wood
man Bradbury. d. D., 81.
The Commencement activities of
Monday were continued in the evening
| with even more enthusiasm and inter
est than that which characterized the
previous events of the day. Every
train now coming to WaterVille brings
more old Grads" than the one before
and the greetings help wonderously,
to answer for the beautiful time that
all are enjoying. AT s p. Nj. the an
nual reception of the president &C.
CURED in Memorial hall. Never We're
more alumni and alumnae present, ard
never were happier hours spent in re-
| memhering the old days of Colby. AS
| the people talked and TESTED, laughed
and made merry, the college orchestra
| furnished pleasing music. Before the
evening passed dainty refreshments OF
ice cream and fancy crackers were
served.
With the presidents reception over.
many of the younger and many OF the
older graduates. too, stole down To the
| Cukey Assembly hall for the most
| festive of all the events of the holiday
| weel-the Senior Hop. Many were the
guests present and many were the
happy hours passed dancing to the
| catching strains of Wentworth's full
orchestra. The beautiful decorations
of the hall were burnt orange ana
white bunting which decked the walls
with cut flowers in abundance and
rustic pagoda for those on the reeep-
| ton committee, we're more than one
could WISH
The patronesses were: Mrs Thomas
H. Ashcraft, Mrs. Clarence ii. White
Mrs. Arthur j. Roberts, Mrs. Warren
c. Philbrook, and Mrs Robert l.. lrV-
| ing In the receiving line We're: DE-
and Mrs. Thomas 3. Ashcraft Mr.. and
Mrs. Haskell Hall, Marion ingalls, and
Ernest C. Mariner, the presidents q
| the respective two divisions of the
Senior class.
The Senior Hop committee CONSISTED
| of Rovdon X. Greeley of Clinton
chairman Charles j. Keppie OF Mount
Vernon. \. Y, William ID. Carroll OF
Rumford John Kennedy of Nassal-
| bore. Frederick \. Hunt of Norway
and Clair T. Benson of Eubec.
Mr. and Mrs. w. l.. Mckcchnie OF
| >o,,h Monr,orth are visiting Mr.. NC