The Denver star., 1915-08-07
LINCOLN AWARDS
PRIZES TO MANY
Famous Pennsylvania Schoo|
Graduates Large Class.
FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

President Kendall Delivers baeeAlau.
rsats Sermon and Libsrian Consul
Ernest Lyon Addresses the Literary
Notwithstanding Class Prsssnts
the University With Check For 500.
Although the commencement exer-
MIA, are always good, those which
marked the close Of the 1915 term were
to have been the best In
the history of the institution. The
class was one Of the largest that has
been graduated for many years. The
exercises commenced by the celebra-
ton of the anniversary Of the Philoso-
phinn Literary society and the Garnet
Literary association. Hon. Ernest Lyon.
consul general of the Republic Of Ii
IBERIA to the United States. delivered
an address on 1.-The Genius. Character
istics and Contribution of the Black
Race to the Civilizations Of Mankind.
The eighth annual Opdyke prize de
bate was held. This IL a contest be-
tween debating teams representing the
two literary societies and is always an
event because Of the friend
,y rivalry between them. The ques-
ton for debate this year was The
Rest Interests Of United States De-
mand a Permanent and Substantial In
crease In Our Army and Navy" The
affirmative fell to the lot Of the Philo-
sophian society. which was represented
by the following: n. A. Holmes. New
Jersey: Fl. II. Cain. Georgia: A. F.
White,> Virginia; alternate. d. G. Hill.
had the negative in the debate
1t was represented by A. s. Beckham.
South Carolina; II. Brown. Pesnsylva
MIA. and H. B. Burton.
The judges for the debate were Pro
fessor Samuel Dickey of Mccormick
seminary, Chicago, former
ly professor Of Greek in Lincoln; DIR.
W. p. Finney OF Johns Hopkins uni
versity. Baltimore. and Mr.. John John
son OF Brazil. The presiding officer
was Professor s. {. Hodge. The deci-
sion was given to the Philosophian 80
ciety. which had the Affirmative. The
medal for the best debater
was awarded to A. F. White
preached by the president. DIR. ]. B.
Kendall At the class day exercisee
orations were delivered Id Greek.
Latin, Spanish, German and native
African. They were all of high merit
and delivered In the usual forceful LIN
coin style. One of the features of the
class day exercises was the presenta
tion to the university by the class of
a check for 500.
In the Junior orator contest there
were I'VE participants. The orations
were ns follows: H. b. Burton. British
West Indies. "A Memorial Obligation"
A. F. Henry. British West Indies. I'm
f. NJ. Murray. South Caro-
ter, North Carolina. "Hei9hborhood and
Brotherhood" and c. W. Wood. Vir
ginia, international Peace" The first
prize was awarded to c. ". Wood.
Virginia, and second to III. b. Burton.
British West Indies.
The Latin salutatory, considered one
OF the best in recent years, was deliv-
cred by Francis C. Sumner Of Virginia.
Leo r. Commisiong, British West In
dies. spoke on "Silent Flowers" and A.
F. White of Virginia on "A Permanent
Peace" The valedictory was delivered
by n. A. Holmes OF New Jersey The
following prizes were awarded: Brad
ley medal to Norman A. Holmes: the
class OF 1850 prize to Francis G. Sum
ner: temperance prize in oratory to
W. G. Price; second to L. NJ. Chamber
lain. The Moore prizes in English
were awarded as follows: Sophomore
class. frst prize to William r. Young:
second was divided between Winston
Douglass and Willis G. Price. In the
class. first prize to Richard
T. Lockett; second to George A. DALEY.
with honorable mention to Charles H.
Stewart. The Annie Louise Finney
prize. which is awarded to the student
who best exemplIfies the ideals Of Lin
coin university, was given to Harri-
son II. Cain; the Stanford memorial
prize in mathematics to Winston Doug
lass first and Thomas j. Crawford sec.
ond.
Exercises were conducted by the
.lass in the Mary Dodd Brown chapel.
after which the class banquet was held
In the refectory. A large number Of the
alumni were present. The following
Is list of the graduates: w. c. Ad
ans. South Carolina; ]. r. Barber.
North Carolina; A. s. Beasley, Jr,
Georgia; A. 8. Beckham. South Caro-
lima: G. q. Brown. South Carolina: H.
Fl. Cain. Georgia; W. d. Carson. North |
Carolina: G. F. Cherry, Georgia; r. l..
B. w. L.; J. b. Cooper.
Georgia: l.. e. CHM. Maryland; N. A.
Holmes. New Jersey: H. f. James. |
NJ. L. Kaiser. Georgia: |
H. McMarlowe. New Jersey: n. L. Pei |
ham, New York: C. Il. PIeters. British |
r.. A. Pritchett, Pennsylvania: