The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-06-12

careful preparation, being well com
posed and delivered. The program
was interspersed by selections by the
college orchestra, and by a mixed
chorus.
The Judges we're: MIR. James e.
Carroll, Superintendent Of Schools at
Dover, Del, and Mr.. William j. Hal
loway, Superintendent Of Schools at
Salisbury, Nd.
The successful contestants were
announced on Commencement Day.
Commencement Day.
On Wednesday, Commencement Day,
at $50 o'clock, a novel feature, and
:. by NO means the least interesting one
of the week, was introduced. a large
: number of the former students and
graduates or the college living In
Westminster and many visiting stu
dents and alumni OF the college met
at the Firemen's Building, where the
: annual State Firemen,s Convention
was in session, and forming them
selves into a procession, including al
SO visiting and local firemen and sew
eral bands of music, escorted by the
present student body, moved from the
Firemen's Building to the College,
: reaching Alumni Hall In time for the
Commencement exercises proper
: which began at 1890 o'clock.
As customary the students march
| ed In to the professional "a Mighty
: Fortress" After the graduates and
the faculty all in academic costume,
: had taken their places on the stage,
: with members OF the board OF trus-
tees, prayer was offered by Rev. J. 3.
Bowers, d. D., president Of the Mary
land Annual Conference. Essays
and orations we're delivered by the
following members of the graduating
class: Meta Frances Eppler, The
Coal; Mabel Durham, The Italian
Immigrant" Lucille Williams Shep-
lpard, Observation; Charles William
J Wainwright; "Appomattox"; Ernest
Y Franklin Dukes, The New Democ-
!. racy"; Louis Wright Morris, The
True Physician
!, The awarding of undergraduate
honors and comforting Of degrees
4 followed DR.. Howard a. Kelly, o1
the Medical Department OF Johns
= Hopkins University, delivered an eX-
y cellent address to the graduating
class.
. The program was interspersed by
Al beautiful musical selections rendered
S by Parsons Orchestra.
Bachelors Of Arts.
4 The thirty-two young men and
women on whom was conferred the
p degree of bachelor of arts were:
! Samuel Francis Marion Adkins
!: Salisbury, Md; Harry Edwin Blair
/, Hagerstown, Nd; Clyde Elmore Bur.
4 gee, Frederick, Md; Walter Grant
Y Clark, Elkton, Md; Jerome Rockholc
! Cox, Preston, Nd; Ernest Franklin
+ Dukes. Centerville, Nd; Frederick
I Lawrence Gibson, Crisfeld, Nd.
:. Leland Winfield Meyer, East New
VI Market, Md; Louis Wright Morris
y Salisbury, Nd; Eulila Clifford Ryall
Fruitland, Md; Carl Lawyer Schaf
i fer, Westminster, Md; Thomas Carl
4 yle Speake, Grayton, Md; Charles
f William Wainwright, Princess Anne
" Md; Margaret Louise Bell, Lonacon'
= ing, Md; Louise Mary Bowen, Par.
j ran, Nd; Helen Marguerite Brown
v Westminster, Nd; Julia Cassen, Tow
!. son, Nd; Mabel Durham, Belair, Nd.
!, Meta Frances Eppler, Cumberland
4 Md; Mary Louise Gullett. Salisbury
Md; Maud Gibbons, Groom. Nd.
Mary Elizabeth Hull, Westmins
\ ter, Md; Lena Lamm, Havre d.
Grace, Md; Eloise Adele Miller, West
X minister, Nd; Neva Phares, Cumber
+ land, Md; Ruby Alice Robertson
v Rockville, Md; Lavinia Catherine
n Roop, Westminster. Md; Lucille VIII
\ I.liams Sheppard, Lancaster, Ohio
d Azalea Shipley, Westminster, Md
Ruth Nichols Sidwell, townsville, Md.
Il Ruth Taylor, Hurlock, Md; Mildred
\ Gardner Warner, Salisbury, Md.
T. The Honor Roll.
e The following students Of the grad
u uating class are entitled to honors
e as follows:
valedictory: Clyde Gilmore Burgee
Z and Mabel Durham. Salutatory
q Harry Edwin Blair and Meta Frances
r Eppler. Graduates Summa Gun
Laude: Clyde Elmore Burgee, Harry
q Edwin Blair, Eulila Clifford Ryall
Jerome Rockhold Cox, Carl Lawyer
p Schaeffer, Mabel Durham, Meta
q Frances Eppler, Neva Pharess
3 In the junior class-Gold Medals
q Paul Roscoe Holtz and Grace Rebec.
p ca Gerber. Honorable mention
/ Russell Kephart Pfeffer, Mary Rebec.
ca Whitmore, Alberta Virginia Haden
=, Anna Marie Jester, Lettie Marshall
n Dent, Margaret Agnes Galley.
NJ Medals: Lewis Chandler Radford anC
8 Clara Crossley SwartZ. Honorable
IN mention: Hilda Turner, Alice Eloise
y Dyson, Martha Ruth LaCompte
In the freshman class-Gold med
d ais; Franklin Murray Benson and
Hilda Rachel Ostrom. Honorable
mention; James Irwin Billmyer, Pearl
], Miriam Garrity. Ethel Henrietta Coul-
|. bourn, Marion Gill Smith.
= Gold medal in piano: Lena Lamm
! Gold medal in elocution: Mabel
I Durham.
! Norment elocution gold medals:
! Sophomore class-Clarkson Ross
ii Banes, Alice Eloise Dyson. Fresh
!, man class-Thomas Leroy Hooper,
Marion Gill Smith
Society oratorica1 contest: Merrill
" trophy-Webster Society Newell tro-
: phy-Philomathean Society. Bates
! prize (Best all-arOund college MANI
Charles William Wainwright.
A State Intercollegiate Contest: Gold
!, medal for first place-Charles Will
: lam Wainwright
. Graduates i'm Pedagogy.
:, Clyde Elmore Burgee, Frederick !;
Walter Grant Clark, Elkton; Jerome
!. Rockhold Cox, Preston; Ernest
. Franklin Dukes, Centerville; Leland
Winfield Meyer, East New Market;
}. Eulila Clifford Ryall, Fruitland; Carl
Q Lawyer Schaeffer, Westminster;