Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-15
New Hood College Building
Dedicated.
Shriner Hall and Brodbeck Hall
Names Given Buildings.

Names GlVen BullUlnSS.
The dedicatory exercises of the build
ings and grounds at Hood College, Fred
erick, took place Tuesday morning last
in Brodbeck Music Hall, large number
of visitors being present.
DR.. Joseph H. Apple, president of the
College. presided. The invocation was
said by DR.. George Leslie Omwake, pres
ident Of Ursinus College, at Ursinus.
Pa. Miss Margaret Wehler rendered
piano solo. Ballad Major by Reinecke.
The first speaker was Hon. N. c.
Schaeffer. D. D., LII D., superintendent
of Public Instruction in Pennsylvania,
who spoke on Educational Progress"
The second principal speaker on the
program was DR. M. Bates Stephens,
Superintendent of Public instruction of
the State of Maryland. who delivered an
interesting address on Educational
Prospects.
After the vocal solo by Miss Laura
Remsburg, of Middletown, Hon. James
H. Preston, Mayor of Baltimore, arrived
for the exercises and was introduced i'm
mediately by President Apple rs one OF
the speakers. DR.. Apple remarked that
the first class was graduated from the
old Frederick Female Seminary, of
which Hood College is an outgrowth, in
1851, and that among the members was
Miss Mary A. Wilkes, of Baltimore.
Miss Wilkes, who has since died, was
afterwards the mother of Mayor Preston.
A thesis she wrote in French during her
last year at the Seminary was shown to
the son. The paper has been carefully
preserved all these years.
DR.. Apple also remarked that grad
uate of the same class was present at
the exercises, Mrs. Kate Widrow Rey-
nolds, of Martinsburg, W. Va, who oc-
cupied chair on the stage. During his
address Mayor Preston paid high trib-
ute to the school mate of his mother.
He spoke upon THE Useful, More Dur
able than the Beautiful" which is the
subject of the thesis that was written by
Miss Wilkes.
Following Mayor Preston's remarks,
greetings were extended by representa-
tives of Academies, Colleges and Theo-
logical Seminaries.
The service of dedication was conduct
ed by DR.. Apple who said: ''ln view of
the fact that the Alumnae and former
students have contributed the larger
part of the money for the erection of
the Administration building, the Board
of Directors authorize that we now set
these buildings apart from all common
and purely secular use under the respect
i've names of Alumnae Hall. Shriner Hall
and Brodbeck Music Hall, do consecrate
them together with the ground on which
they stand, to the cause of higher educa-
ton for young women, under Christian
influence"
Mr.. Shriner is well known and prom
inent citizen of this county, residing at
Ceres Villa. Mr.. Brodbeck, of Hanover,
has been friend of the college for many
years and is member of the Board of
Directors of the institution. He is a
former congressman.
The dedicatory prayer was said by Rev.
Henri l.. G. Kieffer, and following the
singing of the Alma Mater, benediction
was pronounced by Rev. W. c. Schaeffer,
D. d.
After the dedicatory exercises lunch
con was served on the college campus to
the visitors and friends. Mayor Preston
and his party from Baltimore returned
Immediately afterwards in an automobile.
News.