Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-23
No Lull in Swing of Pr ogram from Morn I'm
til the Wee Hours After Reunions Senior
Class Day Exercises Oh Lower Campus in
Morning, the Ball Game in the Afternoon
and the Phi Beta Kappa Grafton, Delivered
by Bliss Perry, in Evening

Waterville, Me, June 22.-(SpeciaD.-
and roses, smiled her fairest again,
Tuesday, for the class day exercises
In exactly the same spot that the
afternoon previous had been devoted
class of 1916. the candidates for de-
srees assembled for the last time as
an undergraduate body to pay homa &c
to the college, deliver their parting
addresses, and wait for the morrow
that would usher them from college
life into the stern world of realities.
Beaming down in silent approval OF
the scene spread before him old King
Sol could not have helped admirins
the happy, joyous commencement
throng that had increased in size since
the day preceding. Arrayed on a hill
side looking down on the platform
with willow trees and the silently
moving kennebec as a background,
the audience gathered shortly before
ten in the morning for the exercises
that were scheduled TO start at ten.
Led by the marshal, and the band,
both divisions of the class. in cap and
gown marched from the chapel to the
stand. Nernelle W. Dyer, of Oakland,
the class chaplain. offered a prayer
that bespoke, very well indeed, the
Of c1o
such an occasion. 1t summed UP the
rewards of four years spent under the
guidance of Colby, and of the hopes
that We're welded into prayers for a
useful active life in the years to come
Paul F. Fraser of Dorchester. Mass.
president of the class presided. AS
the first speaker he introduced Leslie
F. Murch OF Hampden Highland, his
torian of the mems division. Marshall
ing the accomplishments of the class
before the audience. was according to
were many accomplishments to mar
shall. Seldom has a class come to
Colby that has brought such a wealth
of men, who have been prominent in
college activities, and who have done
SC much for the college. He cited the
remarkable growth that the college
has had in every department and
phase in the last four years and ex-
pressed a regret that the class must
leave its haunts for new and less
cherished ones. Singing out such
men as Fraser, Pendergast, Crossman,
Ladd. Dacey and Royal, athletes of
merit. debaters such as Gilbert, Fra
ser, and Campbell. the class had a
right to be proud of such possessions
and the accomplishments of these
men.
AS for the women's division, Aldine
Gilman Of Guilford, traced through
the four short years of college the ac-
tivities of the class. Coming poor and
narrow in knowledge and experience,
they are leaving rich and broad, pre-
pared to take their places as leaders of
women, bearing the responsibilities and
carry them. 1t was a humble class of
AZ girls that came to Colby. Sept, 2SS.
1911, and it is dignified class of %
that will receive rewards for their
efforts. Wednesday morning at the
graduation exercises.
One of the best efforts Of the morn
ing was a poem by Miss Jennie Far
mum, composed by herself, and called
The Message of the Eims' 1t spoke
fguratively of the old Colby Elms. and
the message and words they would
give to the young men and women
who were to leave their shades to take
places in less pleasant worlds. 1t
was a very well composed poem.
Roger A. Putnam of York village, class
orator, held an audience of college men
and women quiet and fascinated for
quarter Of an hour with his splendid
composition, THE Duty Of the College
Man. No one any more than the col
lege men hold positions of responsible
ties, and it is right that they should. He
outlined the duties of the college man
under two heads. viz. loyalty in making
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