Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-22
aIaure ate Adj
dress to Seniors Civ
en- by President
VIM. Hyde
Program for Week Including
Graduation Of Medical School

Brunswick, Me-. June 21.-(SpeciaD.
The 109th commencement week of
Bowdoin College opened Sunday aft
ernoon at O'Clock, when President
William Dewitt Hyde delivered the
baecalaureate sermon at the Congre-
gational church. Nearly the entire Sen
Tor class, clad in caps and gowns,
We're present and occupied reserved
section while a goodly number of
alumni and friends filled the remain
der Of the church.
President Hyde took for his text
Matthew vi:33-"But seek ye first His
kingdom and his righteousness, and
all these things shall be added unto
you" and said in part;
"tThe fine are of character is to put
primary values first, and secondary
values second. In big business put the
right of stockholders, economy and
efficiency of opera ton, and the inter-
ests of patrons first; and confidence.
good sill, preciated stocks, large
and steady dividends follow. Put ma
nipulation of stock by the directors for
their Own profit. buying of and selling
to themselves and their friends in diff
ferent capacities first; and passed div
idends deprecated stocks, ruined rep
utations. threatened reeeiverships. in
Yoked government control, criminal
prosecution. follow as the night the
day.
Life is a relation with two ends:
Gne toward God and our fellows; one
toward ourselves. The college expects
her sons to live primarily at the pub
lie, Divine end of each relation, with,
as Ibsen says.
\ will that's whole,
A soaring faith, single soul.
she will rejoice in whatever honors,
offices, emcluments, come to you as
by products; but her chief concern is
that through you some truth shall
SHINE III a clearer light; some work
shall be done with a more faithful
hand: some business shall be manag-
ed with a finer justice: some profess
sion shall be follower with a more dis
interested devetfon; some persons shall
be loved with purer affection; some
sphere of Gods righteousness shall be
served with higher conservation.
The pursuit of these primary val
uos net merely brings the secondary;
it changes the man and makes him
worthy of them when they eome-a
far more important thing than merely
having them"
The prize speaking contest for two
i n I,-a
andcr of the class of 1870 will be held
at 5 O'clock Monday evening at Me-
mortal hall and will be the only event
of Importance during the day.
Tuesday is class day and the campus
will be covered with happy groups of
alumni renewing past friendships and
discussing the days when they were
Bowdoin undergraduates However
TUESDAY is the exclusive day for the
class of 1914. At 10 in the morning
the Grafton and poem will be delivered
at Memorial hall, while the opening
address, class history and closing ad-
dress will be delivered in the after
noon under the shade of the historic
Tborndil;e OAK These ceremonies Will
close with the smoking of Individual
pipes and the last fareweils of the Sc
niors. The common pipe of peace for
merly smoked a this gathering has
been abolished as unhvgenic and the
Seniors will this year fill individual
pines from a common bowl of tobac-
co.
The dav will be brought to an end
with the Senior hop held in the gym
nasirm at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening,
the Second Regiment Band of LOWS
ton. engaged by the class OF l9o4, Will
render a band concert on the campus
band stand.
Jr,nortant meetings of the boards
of trustees and overseers will be held
on Tuesday, the former meeting at
o'clock in Hubbard hall and the lat
ter at o'clock in Hubbard nail me
uenaI meeting Of the Maine Historical
Society has been omitted TINS year
Wednesday will probably be the ous-
lest day of commencement. the grad
nation exercises of the Medlcal school
of Maine will be held at $50 at the
CONGREGATION church. Ex-Governor
William II. Cobb of Rockland VIII oe-
liver the address. The Phi Beta zap
ma Fraternity Alpha of Name VIII
hold its annual meeting in the morn
ing at Hubbard hall.
At about the same time the var
sity-Alumni baseball game VIII De
staged upon Whittier field. the an
nual meeting of the Alumni Assocla-
ton will be held at 100 in the sar-
gent gymnasium after Buffet lunch al
123O. Late in the afternoon the
Masoue and Gown Club Will present
its outdoor performance on the steps
Of the Walker Art building. the ara
ma chosen for this years perform
ance is Shakespeare's comedy IWeil'h
Night" The play has been very care
fully coached under the supervision Vi
Mrs. Arthur Brown and promises 10
be one of the best commencement
plyas ever given.
In the evening the entire campus
will be illuminated and a band con-
u n