Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-23

SuHi Aduue-1Ndlpn Lester DoAAC
John Lincoln Baxter, Aaron Wallace
Carney, Alfred Hall Crossman. James
Alfred Dunn. Malcolm Henry Dyar.
Ora Liston Evans, Herbert Henry
Foster, Edward Philip Garland. Law
renee Joseph Hart, Laurence Irving,
Guy Whitman Leadbetter. Abraham
Seth Shwartz. Philip Francis Wealth
GRILL and Edward Robert Little.
M. D. Degrees
The following were awarded the de-
gree of Doctor of Medicine: Raymond
Willis Clarke of Franklin, George Otis
Cummings, A. B., of Portland; Clar-
ence Joel Fernald, A. B., of Hebron;
Lewiston, Percy Kendall Holmes, A.
NJ, Of East Stroudsburg, Penn; Nes-
sib Simon Kupelian. A. B.. B. D., Of
Tarsus, Turkey; William Satterlee
Leavenworth of Fort H. c. Wright N.
Y; Bryant Edward Moulton, A. B., OF
Portland: Clyde Earle Richardson, A.
b. of Portland; Gard Wilson Twaddle
of Bethel.
Honorary Degrees
The following honorary degrees were
conferred: Master of Arts, Charles
Taylor Halves '76. of Bangor: Henry
Cole Quimby of New York City, and
Frederic Winslow Adams of Bangor:
Doctor of Science John J. Carthy Of
New York City.
Commencement Dinner
After the awarding of the degrees
the procession marched to the new
gymnasium, where the annual Com
mencement dinner was held. Nearly
500 graduates were in attendance.
Speeches were made by the following
men: Hon. William w. Thomas, go,
of Stockholm. Sweden, former United
States minister to Norway and Swe-
den; John J. Carly of New York City,
chief engineer of the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co.; Dean Ken
meth c. NJ. Stills, '01, of Brunswick;
DR.. Frederick Henry Gerrish '66, Of
Portland; Arthur T. Brown 81, Of Pea
body, Mass; Philip F. Chapman O6.
of Portland; and Charles T. Halves
rs, of Bangor; Rev. Edward johnson
of Brunswick asked TIE blessing at the
dinner.
During the dinner the class of 1851
was announced as the winner of the
David w. Snow cup for the best at
tendance of living graduates at Com
mencement. In spite of the fact that
'tl has been 55 years out of college all
but three of her surviving members
were back
AT the dinner Alpha Delta Phi wac
awarded the F'riars cup given annual
~ to the club or fraternity having the
highest average scholastic standing,
This year is the first time that any
OF the old guard fraternities have
landed in first position. The standing
follows: Alpha Delta Phi, 14.942; Phi
Theta Epsilon. 1861; Beta Chi, A.
o92; Delta Epsilon, 13.4o0: Kappa
Sigma, 1879; Delta Kappa Epsilon,
1906 Zeta Psi, 1870; Theta Delta
Chi. 12.444; Beta Theta Pi 11.9O3;
ron fraternity, 1859; Psi Epsilon,
1857.
Presidents Address
with an annual income Of $4,000,
with additions to our productive fund
during the past year of s15O.oOO. and
$4,000 more since the financial wear
closed, Bowdoin College wants more
money said President HYDE in a
speech delivered to the alumni at the
commencement dinner.
To be sure we have enough to main.
tain college Is good as the average
yes, better than most WHY then do we
need more? Because we are NOT cor-
tent to be as good as the average nor
|" make the best college in the world.
10 90 that requires three things: First.
student body that despises vice and
admires scholarship and character. High
standards of admission and retention
rlg1dly enforced, and heartily supnort.
ed by the students themselves. already
nave given us such a student BODY
second, a superb equipment That too.
thanks to our generous benefactors. Mr..
Searles. General Hubbard, the Misses
walker. John Hyde, DR.. Coe and a host
or others. we are fast acquiring. tho
bowdoin Union and the Dudley coe
memorial lhhrmary making the advan-
ces Oh ohe present year. Third a revo-
iu'ioi III 'eachlng. That again has
tnree elements. First, an all-professor
FACULTY This commencement marie .
very close approximation to that Newt
year out of 30 teachers. only two vii,
be below the rank and salary Of mo
lessor or assistant professor. Second
the preceptorial method whereby the..
same professors meet the members ~
tnelr classes at frequent intervals for
conference In groups of five or six
Ihlrd' limited courses wherein the few
of marked originality and power At a
pace set by their eager interest NAV
pursue their studies not under. hu+
with these professors unhindered bv N.
of the lazy and the DUH
All three Of these things are costly
Few colleges have felt that thew co,ld
anord any one of them. Bowdoin :.
the only college that has dared ia
launch all three reforms at once W.
count on our loyal sons and friends IN
support the 20 or 80 per cent. incre,.e
In expense necessary to secure the 1oo
per cent. increase in educational efH.
cheney these reforms bring to an in
stitution that is enterprising enough.
ana rich enough, to maintain them.
The Awards
Thirty odd prizes and awards were
announced Thursday by the faculty, Of
those receiving awards two. Edwin H
Blanchard II, winner of the Bennett
prize FOR the best essay discussing the