Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
CLOSING EXERCISES AT
 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
Award of Prizes for Excellence in the
 Various Departments.

GtF04Sf ESGNGIGtHSti6Sa
 
 The closing exercises Of Connecticut college for the first year Of its active work were held Tuesday evening in the presence of Q large and interested au- dience at Thames hal The elaborate of members of the faculty, led by Dr. Mann Clarke Barr, professor of philoso- phy and England, and Henry B. Selden, ! instructor in fine artss Dr. Irene Nye, BauerS instructor of piano tecnnfQue Of the music department; Dr. A. c. Ron
 dinella, professor of hygiene; Prof Raymond c. Osburn of the biology de- partHent; Dr. Louia A. Coerne. pro- lessor Of music; Prof H 2. Kip, Dr. Principal Colin S. Buell, lecturer in mathematics; Prof Arthur H. Graves, formerly assistant professor of botany, Sheffield Scientific school, Yale usaiVer- stty now associase professor Of biology l k1or botany3 elect Connecticut col1eges and Rev. Philip M. KerrsSge and Pres 1 ident Frederick Fl. Sykes, Nao marched l to a place at the e1Ead ot fhe hall where seats facing the audience were I provided for tneIn.
 I Musical numbers which announced the beginning of the evenings pro- 1 gramn7e were provided by a trio which l was composed of three members of the 1 college orchestra, Miss Anna CherRas- ky, violin. Miss Virginia Rose, vio1on l cello, and Miss Grace Coclings of Bristol at tho piano. The opening T number, which was the beautifnE Ave Maria by Bach -Gounod, wi;ta it's soul l ful harmonies brought out by the iStringed instruments, was paFtfcdlarly l pleasing and evoked hearty applause. 4 Following this trio, the college glee 1 club rendered with telling effect the
 song Ashes of Roses, by Woodman I After the brief musical programme
 the exercises opened with the singing
 of the Doxology by the entire audience
 standing, followed by prayer offered
 by Rev, Philip RI Kerfidge Of St.
 James Episcopal church.
 l Dr. Sykes Address of Welcome. ;j The address of welcome made by President Frederick IT. Sykes dealt enTieay with brief outline of the life of the college during this first year of 5 Its actual existence, built for future ] and the problem of working ont it's ! own fulhllmeRt of the bettering of the
 race, in an era most significant of a larger sense of justice, in an age that
 has a finer. faireE, franlker and more
 just attitude towards women with ! means for liberation, which all man.
 kind needs as a means to education and educational careers.
 sl We have founded this last inStitu- . ton for the higher education for the training of women. not only a college ol
 of the word. Adjust education with : the future and the era of man as now . upon us and adjusted to tlle life about !. us Matthew Arnold has said: Gull
 ture is the pursuit of perfection, the . best that has been thought and said ir v the world, but culture is more thar :, that; it. is not merely the best that has 7 been thought and said in the world
 but also the best that has been done l. In ftlss modern college we aim for all l, in this institution where we are tht }, threads, in the weaving of the pat a tern.
 Dr. Sykes told of the work of get. l. ting the college buildings ready fol ' that entering class Of last September v,4 when interested friends on every sidt : had urged that the prospective stu.
 dents be notified to postpone their ar. : rival for at least two weeks to allow t the carpenters to finish their work, O ), how on that memorable Saturday af y ternoon and evening before the open 1 ing Monday, when only one tiny cor . ner of the floor of the dining hall wa 7, laid, but ample to seat the few mem }. bers of the faculty that had arrived
 l and of the surprise when it was founS : at noon on Monday that the dinin, 7, room was completed and that the fil 3, student body was seated at one tim y for their first meal in the college re
 factory.
 I, Speaking with smile of reminfs . cence, Dr. Sykes told of the conster nation Of those who were acquaintet
 with the fact that on that first day o . college they learned that electrfca 3, connection had not yet been made 3, But at 6 o'clock that night eIectrf y lights were turned on.
 Reviewing the first day of the col
 lege life, Dr. Sykes recalled a seem h. that he felt sure would never be for d gotten by any that witnessed it, tha n of the dining hall at that first mem t orable dinner on the evening of Sept .s 21s 1915, when seated at tables light n ed by the ancient candle. student .l held social intercourse. while watch n ing from the eastern windows, tha l- great golden orb, the moon, rise o1l
 of it's bed beyond the neighboring hill n be nothing less than an inspirafioi ,- and a memory to be carried through l. out lifetime by those who were pres \. ent on that memorable occasion. Al Speaking briefly of the faculty tlla f. has been chosen from the 55 institu q tions Of learning throughout the coun < try, Dr. Sykes added, announcement .h regarding the additional appointment l- made for the coming year, that Mis- n Carola Ernst, in the department 0 ,a romance language, who has dread
 made many friends in 4hts localit, In Miss LukiIdorpher, who comes as as ne sistant to Miss Hazel Woodhull in = structor in gymnastics, from the frs
 doors to women. Oberlin college. Pro E Arthur Graves, who was the 'spea1ke = of the evening, E. D. B. Lynde, as Ice 11ss tuEer in social science, and Louis aGer sse ton CFandall, to take the place of Mis-
 Jenetta Gorton, who goes to a 1aFg
 school of New York for next year, {. teaching shorthand and typewritint 1a All the appoInt1nents point to a great or development of the new coilee
 for it's second year to begin in Sep @ tenber, next
 Following the address by the pres
 ident, William Bauer, rendered wit , remarkable skill of the musician ths magnificent Polomaise Op. 53 of Che
 pin, which greatly delighted the audi
 enee and for which he received InoE
 dattering applause.
 Award of PriAea Made. The awarding of the prizes whie