Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-21

| cess, but in the common feeling thai
this success will be real success, only
as it contributes to the welfare of
humanity as a whole. To some of us this
lesson of real and worthy end has been
more difficult than to others, but when
once grasped, it has been none the less
| lasting, until we stand united not only
! in bonds of friendship and brotherhood,
but in the stronger bonds of common aims
and ambitions.
| If we have become such units because
Of the college how much more of unit
has the college become because of classes
such ours, experience with which has
made possible many educational advan-
tages which we have enjoyed These adj
vantages only increase the debt which we,
as recipients must do all in our power to
meet in a manner worthy of ourselves
and the institution. For this college has
| not, as a result of any single cause. be-
come the unit it is now in the efficient
| and thorough fitting of men for their
places in society. This unity and eff
cheney present in every department of the
college are not temporary but permanent,
and represent the final elimination of a
long period of growth and evolution made
possible by the ideals and the persever-
ance of the man with whose memories
this campus is closely connected.
A Fitting Place
| And indeed it is particularly fitting that
the exercises today are connected with
the Thorndke Oak around which these
men who have gone before were also ac-
customed to gather the oak which, like
the college has grown more sturdy and
majestic with the passing of the years. If
we too in turn, have acquired in addition
to ideals and purposes, the courageous
perseverance which carries them through
at any cost, we have in some small way
at least learned the lessons which their
| careers and the traditions associated with
] this college suggest.
7 This week as we are about to say fare
well to each other and to the foster mother
we love so dearly, our hearts are filled with
conflicting emotons-ambition to prove
worthy of our mother who now sends US
out into the world, and sorrow at the
| thought OF severing the ties which nave
made our four year home happy one.
AS we depart, we realize that our mother
| has placed in our hands a valuable and
wonderfully helpful Instruments college
! education. 1t is ours to make the most or
! and the success with which we use it will
depend not on the mother who gives it,
not on society, upon which we try it out;
but upon our own individual selves.
| Other men have, by their successes,
| shown that this instrument is among the
most valued of mans possessions when
rightly used. 1t is ours to sharpen or
dull it in the years to come, and as we
for the last time bid farewell to the
mother who gives it to earnestly
trust that we may prove worthy to be re-
membered among those true men Of whom
she has been the nurturer. and that we
may in our turn become in some small
way the giver and not the receiver and
! thereby experience the JOY and satisfac
The "Peace Pipe"
| After the speaking was finished the
seniors formed a ring and the time hon
cred Pipe of Peace was smoked as a
pledge of mutual friendship and good will
among the classmates. The singing of
the ode followed and the seniors then
formed in line and marched across the
!
er which they disbanded and returned
to their rooms and fraternity houses as
| virtual alumni of the college.
The Hop
The class day program was brought
to its official close Tuesday evening in
the new gymnasium by the annual
Commencement hop. The hall was
very prettily decorated with streamers
Of black and white ribbon festooned
from the center Of the ceiling where
immense bows of brown and white
formed nucleus for each individual
ribbon. Potted palms, banners and
fraternity colors added to the general
scheme. About 100 couples were pres
ent at the hop, including undergradu-
ates. many of the alumni, and the
members of the Senior class. Chand-
lers orchestra of Portland played to
an order of "a dances. Given of Bruins
wick catered. The dance orders were
card cases of light brown leather with
the Bowdoin seal embossed on the
cover.
The patronesses were Mrs William
De"llI t1yQo, MIS-. f16nTy johnson,
Mrs. William A. Moody, Mrs. Charles
C. Hutchins, Mrs. Frank N. Whittier,
Mrs. Paul Nixon and Mrs. William
Hawley Davis.
The committee in charge of the dance
was Edward P. Garland Of Bangor,
chairman; Richard S. Fuller Of Rock
land, Alden F. Head of Bangor, e.
Robert Little of Brunswick and Lee D.
| Pettingill Of Lewiston.
| Class Of 1876
| Among the classes who are enjoying
| reunions at Bowdoin this commence
ment is the class Of 1876 which is cele-
| brating' its 40th graduation anniversary
Twenty-Five or 80 Of the class are ex-
pected back, and many have already
reported. The class has its headquar-
tiers on Federal street, where house
is reserved for the members Of the
class and their. families. Tea was serv-
ed Tuesday afternoon at headquarters