Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-24

The graduating exercises of the class
of 1915 of Bates College were held in
the chapel at 10 O'Clock Wednesday
morning
4 graduating class of 81 members
received their degrees at the 49th
Commencement. There were 10 honor
students.
Honorary Degrees
The following honorary degrees were
conferred: Bachelor of arts-Harry A.
Brown, department superintendent OF
schools in New Hampshire; Amy ~
Thissell. Wellesley, Mass.
Master of arts (pro merito)-George
l.. Mason, Green Harbor Mass; Fred
erick p. Jecusco, Ansonia, Conn.
Master Of arts (causa honoris)-Sa-
rah I. Baker, Brooklyn, n. Y; Lu-
ella A. Dickerman, Concord, n. H..
Will c. Atkins. Gardiner; Will c. Mac
farlane. Portland.
The program of the exercises in the
chapel was as follows:
Nature in American Poetry.
Marion r. Cole, Crystal, n. II.
Harold c. Abbott. Dorchester, Mass.
The Modern Ancient.
Frances V. Bryant, Richmond
Literary Pessimism.
Leslie r. Carey, Ashland, n. III.
Eichendorff's Use of Nature,
Geneva A. Page. Bucksport
The Philosophy of Science.
Earle A. Harding, Hermet, Cal
William II and His Prototype, The Great
F,Iector. Helen NJ. Hilton, Machias
Rural si'l America Needs Regeneration.
Ernest l.. Saxton, Meriden. Ct.
IN
of Honors.
Benediction.
Honors Awarded
The commencement honors were
awarded to the following, from whom
the commencement speakers were
chosen:
In language and literature-Leslie R.
Carey, Louis Jordan, Earle A. Hard
ing, Henry P. Mullen. Ernest L. Sax
ton. Frances V. Bryant, Marion r.
Cole, Helen NJ. Hilton, Ida F. Kimball,
Barbara n. Morrell, Geneva A. Page.
In Philosophy-Harold c. Abbott.
John T. Greenan. Ernest L. Saxton.
Marion r. Cole. Eta I. Hale, Helen
NJ. Hilton.
In Science-Earle A. Harding. Chas.
II. Higgins, Louis Jordan, Paul r.
Smith, Winnifred F. Jewell, Viola B.
Nevins. Esther Wadsworth.
Members of Senior Class
The members of the graduating
class are: Harold Charles Abbott,
Dorchester, Mass; James Noah At
wood, East Sumner: Mildred Sara
Bassett, Rochester, n. H; Ruth Net
tie Beane, Norway: Adrienne Annette
Belleau, Lewiston; Thomas Harold
Blanchard. Gardiner; Harry Walter
Brooks, Randolph Frances Violet
Bryant. Richmond; Leslie Roy Carey
Ashland. n. H.; Veva NJ. Chapman
Auburn: Earle Robinson Clifford, So
Paris: Marion Ruth Cole, Crystal, n
H: Ida Beatrice Currie. Fredericton
n. B.; Horace Junkins Davis. Roches-
ter, n. H.; George Ronello Dolloff
Wiscasset; Roscoe Loring Dunn, Au-
burn; Mabel Gushing Durgan, Island
Falls; Annie Lora Folsom, Lewiston
Harlon Melvin Fossett, Gardiner; Alb
bic Elizabeth Foster, East Corinth
Carleton Stuart Fuller, North Turner;
John Thomas Greenan, Jersey City, n
j.: Marian Gwendoline Greene, Vinal.
haven: George B. Gustin, Sabattus
Eta Izella Hale. Bridgton; Earle Ath-
erton Harding, Hemet, Calf; Charles
Henry Higgins, Auburn; Helen May
Hilton, Machies; Florence May Hoop
er, Gorham; Maude Hariette Howard
lewiston; Winnifred Frances Jewell
Merrimac, Mass; Herbert George jew
EFT, Dexter; Jones Jordan. Woodfords
Ida F1orine Kimball. Bath; Lewis Bert
Knight, Limestone; Urban Henry Lay
ton. Lisbon Falls; Jessie Aurelia
Leighton. Wilton; Bonaventure Viii.
liam Mccullough, Saugus. Mass; Han.
nah Frances Malone, Ellsworth: AL
Ian William Mansfield, Jonesport, Me.
William Frederick Manuel, Houltan
James Lawrence Meader Rochester, n
H.; Norman Daniel Meader, Roches
ter. n. H; Gertrude Hanson Merrill
Gray: Gladys Amelia Merrill, Auburn
Una Mae Mills, Concord, n H.: How
ard Root Miner. Whitefield, n. H.
Ernest Merrill Moore, Gardiner; Bar
bara Nichols Morrell. Merrimac. Mass
Joseph Langdon Moulton. auckland
worth, n. H.; Forest Sylvanus Nash
Cambridge, Mass; Viola Bliss Nevens
Lewiston; Geneva Adele Page, Bucks
port; Orman Clarence Perkins, Iced
Junction; Edwin Francis Pigeon, Cam
bridge, Mass: Norman Cushman Rich
ardson, Hebron: Edith May Rideout
Norway: Mary Lillian Roberts, Lisbol
Falls; Sarah Rosenbloom, Lewiston
Ernest Leroy Saxton, Meriden, Conn.
John Stark Seavey, Plymouth, N. H.
Elmer Owen Small Bowdoinham; Err
nest Libby Small, Lewiston; Aim,
Velena Smiley, Caribou; Camill,
Hight Smith, Westbrook; Fredericl
Smith, Merideth Center. N. H.: Pau
Rexford Smith, Belfast: Constantine
Soterion Stephanis. Lewiston; Parke
Burroughs Stinson, Lewiston; Anni
Greenleaf Stuart, Lewiston: Bradfor,
Elmer Swift, Wiscasset; George Keat
ing Talbot. Gardiner: Cleveland Thurs
ton. Newcastle: Gladys Louise Tilton
Kennebunk; Bethania Tucker, Soutl
Orange. N. j.; Roy Melvin futile, Lis
hon Falls: Mary Esther .Wadsworth
Gardiner: Cecilia Frances Walsh, Lew
iston: Ethel Whitmarsh, Pepperell
Mass: Howard Marshal Wight, Nortl
Bridgton: Kenneth Farwell Witham
South Paris; Elizabeth May Wood
Lewiston.
Dinner on the Campua