The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-06-16
W. N. C. COMMENCEMENT.
BACCAAUREAE SERMON DELIVERED b PRESIDENT LEWIS SECRETARY Of
STATE THOMAS SIMMONS PRESENTED DPLOkAS-THE 0RAToaICM
CONTEST VAS WOa BY PHLozGTHEAE AND WEBSTER

> WutH AAIE hfNHHAzZa anu =2I1VtA1AE
contest IN elocution for the Normenl
prizes was held In Alumni Hall. These
prizes consist OF four gold medals.
Two for the freshmen and two for the
sophomores. one to young woman
and one % a young man n each Of
these classes. The contestants and
their subjects this year were - fol-
| lows:
Freshmen--Helen Rebecea Bartlett.
IeenteryilIe. Md. .Telemachus." by
zlteila Cooke; Rose I.urline Gibbons.
Princess Anne, The Going Of the
White swan" b. Gilbert Parker:
Ester Jones. DaYidzonyiile. ID, The
Mustard Plaster" BY Howard Field
Ing; Holly Martin Keller. cumber-
land, The Annual Protest." hy
Chicago Ledger. and When p
Shaved On His NhIzkerA." ~ Denver
Evening Post; Richard Henry Roop.
This city. An Afternoon IN : Hotel
/ Room b John KendrieE Bangs
Samuel BlKga SehofIeld. Georgetown.
lin Hludso." b. John Hay. Sopho-
mores- uenlah Wilson Harris. Sails
bury. And Thus lie Came. b. Cyrus
Townsend Brady. Sarah Elizabeth
Smith. Iarrettssllle. The Mountain
and the Sea-" hY Eugene Field .
Charlotte Louise Upton. Jarrettsyille.
Solomon Crows Pockets b. Ruth
McEnery Stuart: Fred GarTigus HoIz
ioway. Sewark. = j.. sAarthy'H
YoungkiI.s by Eugene Field: Paul
/ farwell Warner. Salisbury. Mrs.
! |MeWilliama and The Lightning" b
Mark Twain Raymond Thomas Wing
ling. thu city, American ways Are
/ Confusing. by Wallace Irwin.
All the selections were .aIl renz
defed and entertaining. The sne
eessful contestants sere announced
] Commencement nay. Wednesday. and
appear below. The program vas IN
tersperzEd with til following musita.
selections. Mixed chorus. The Ell
horns H.HIH by Shakespeare. nullard
plano #alo, lmuTnmptu. Schubert.
Mlss n Daniel dHHI. The HalIls ENs.
BonhsuT. Ncsafa. EidefdIee and
Myers.
At tn close O rs program eleven
upper z.H=f7eshm#n sore graduated
from -. preparatory sehaoI. namaI.
sara eoTaelia Izauson, EIsInn T.
Boieler. selma FIzhel, Matilda Ann
shipieg. Iadgc NImbrnw. Jonathan I
fenby. Edward = Harrison. John I
Harrison. Fern l. Hitchcock. George
Reah auI Edwin NafnUld
The HT@t hOnorH Of the aIzas were
won b. Matilda Am ahipleY and y. 7.
! Harrison Honorable mention va
given Il ] ~ Harrison.
! In the second year honorable men
ton VI given 10 Lorraine HadEes and
Wilson Monroe GupHnhayeT.
! In tn firHt year honorable mention
was given to Margaret coonan and
Jessie suangler
Stained Window InreIled md DedI.
eaIea.
/ An interesting event In connection
Nth Commencement Week sas tie
unyeilinE and dedication By The senior
class o. ; stained window ia the
stage OF Alumni Hall. Saturday even
Ing at > o'clock. The window repre-
sents Erato, the muse OF love. one Of
the nine physiological muses. Who pre-
sided OF lyric md amatoTY poetry
Presidents Reception.
Saturday evening President Lewis
gave hIs annual reception TO the
faculty md to the students of the
college followed b the cremation of
The author. Virgil by the Freshmen
class. : member Of the class delIe=
cred the funeral Grafton, he torch
vas applied and he unfortunate Vic
tim waH consumed b. the flames.
uaeealAureale Service.
Sunday morning dawned beautiful
and bright and ; large congregation
attended the service in Alumni Hall.
As in former years no services were
held In the Lutheran. Reformed. Meth
odist Protestant md Methodist EpIz-
e0pal churches, bat all united with
the college in attending Sundays
services. Promptly at 1910 o'clock
the students Of the college marched
On the stage singing as a professional
Luther'e battle hymn. "A Mighty For
Iress is our God. The senior class
and members Of The faculty we're in
academic costume.
Rev. :. II. Harenner. D. D. pastor
OF Centenary Methodist Episcopal
church offered the invocation and LED
IN the Lords Prayer. Yice-Dresidenl
:. N. Ward read the commandments.
with a1tiphonal responses By the
students. The paaIIer was led by Rev.
e. s. sIagle, d. D. pastor Of St.
Paul's Reformed ehurcn, concluded
with the Apostles. Creed and Gloria
IN concert The scripture lesson was
read by Rey. e. T Read, OF the Meth
odist Protestant church. Or. T. Il.
Lewis. president Of the college, de-
livered the baccalanreate sermon. The
service vas concluded with prayer b.
Rev. ". i. HetrfeE. pastor of Grace
Lutheran church and the benediction
pronounced by Ree. II. l. Elderdice.
D. D., president Of the Seminary.
The college choir vas accompanied
By Gaul'e Orchestra Of Baltimore, ana
two anthems, Festival Te Deum" By
Dudley Buck, and Great Is the Lord
by Lonr. were sung. Prof Fritz
Gaul, manager OF the orchestra, rem
dered = beautiful violin solo.
The service of the College Christian
Association was held Sunday evening.
The responsive reading, closing with
the Gloria, was conducted By Rev.
Calvin S. slagle. Of ST. Paul's Re
formed church, and the scripture les
son was read BY Rev. William II.
Hetrick. pastor OF Grace Lutheran
church. : splendid sermon was de-
livered b Rev. II. 4. Valentine. ID. D..
pastor of The Lutheran church. Ger
mantown. Pa.
Reunion Of Literary Societies.
One O the most enjoyable features
Of the whole week was tn. reunion
of the four literary societies. Brown
Ine, PhII1mathean. Irving md Web
str held Monday afternoon &C =
o'clock u their respective halls. =