Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-06-08
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
At nASSANuTTEH


AT MASSANUTTEN
i Fair weather and good program
marked the 18th annual commence
Iment exercises at Massanutten. BE-
Iginning with the musical recital OF
last Friday night, The students IL
this department acquitted themselves
|creditably. under direction OF thsi'
teacher, Miss Matthews. and gave
|svidence Of talent that Will mar.
some Of them for higher donors sno
the Conservatives OF note.
On Saturday evening IN informal
HOP was given by tho Senior Glass
which was attended by atty or more
of the younger folks. Music was FUR
nished by an orchestra from Front
Royal.
The baccalaureate sermon waa
preached to large union congrega-
ltion In st. Paul's Reformed Churcn
on Sunday night by the Rev. Church
hill J. Gibson, OF Luray. Va. Rev.
Gibson took for his text "He bought
/ you for a price, /" from which he drew
the lesson OF service, emphasizinR
that the present day offers to the
young man the greatest opportunity
of century. The present war situa-
ton was touched upon with telling
effect and there was no lack OF patri-
otto fervor or loyalty in this address.
Rather it was call to action in the
crisis that now faces US as united
people.
The board OF trustees met on Mon
day afternoon, and transacted routine
business, electing Messrs. Harry A.
Funkhouser of Woodstock, and L. r.
Teel, OF Shippensburg, Pa to mem
bership. Plans were formulated look
ling forward to the Million Dollar
Educational Campaign, which Will
reach Virginia Chassis in Aug. and
September, also to the reunion Of the
Reformed people in Virginia and
West Virginia on the Masssnutten
Academy Campus, Aug. End next.
Profs. Smith and Kerr were re-
elected on the faculty and new mem
bers will be Miss Katherine Hotel
of Woodstock as Secretary to the
Head Master and teacher in the COM
mercial subjects, and Mrs. M. B.
Ware, of Kentucky, as teacher OF
piano, voice and expression. Miss
Matthews will not return and Miss
Schall has accepted q position in
Turtle Creek, Pa.
The board approved OF the step
taken to introduce military training
next year, as part OF the course.
Not that Massanutten shall be a
military school in full, but that mill
tary training will be offered, and the
students will appear in military uni.
forms, and have daily drills. This
new feature will add materially to
the strength OF the work for the COM
ing year.
A new feature of the commencement
is the appearance Of school annual.
entitled the 'Aggelos', meaning mes
senger. 1t is an attractive book OF
81 pages. including many articles,
puns, cartoons, and expressions OF
school life, showing off Woodstock
and the surrounding country to ad.
vantage, and selling for % 90. J. P.
Bell Company OF Lynchours are the
printers.
The students, under direction of
Prof. Kerr, gave delightful minstrel
show in Lantz Hall on Monday night
The entertainment was arranged for
rath er uniquely, and the boys reeeiv-
ed generous applause for good songs
and happy sallies of wit and humor.
The tennis tournament was won on
Tuesday A. NJ, by Josephus B. Rush,
Jr., of Woodstock, who will have the
honor OF having his name inscribed on
the tennis trophy cup, which is the
gift of MIR. Albert W. Reynolds, M.
A. '15.
Glass Day exercises were interest
ling, as rendered on Tuesday after
noon. The eight graduates took their
opportunity to get square, one with
the other. the faculty, and whatever
was worth growing at or praising.
In the evening commencement ex-
ercises proper were held, at which
thine eight orations were delivered as
follow;
Salutatory, The Value of Mathe-
matics, Fred T. Rauch, Martinsburg,
W. Va.
Cuba and the United States, Fer
nando Faxas del Toro,, Palma
Soriano, Cuba.
Patriotism, J. Ross Wolfe, New
Oxford, Pa.
The Line of Least Resistance, J. b.
Crawn, Mt Crawford, Va.
The Man of Today, James K.
Mahikoa, Hawaii.
Marshall Joffre, Matthew II. Fran.
|cis, California, Pa.
Naval Warfare, Arthur G. More
house, Cleveland, Ohio.
valedictory, Education, Claude A..
Kinney, New Haven, Conn.
The address to the graduates was
made by the Rev. A. M. Gluck, Of
Martinsburg, W. Va, on the subject
"rhe Call of Today" It was full OF
sound thought and fraught with ad-
vice that any young man may well
lay to heart and action. 1t was In
spring and highly appreciated by the
graduates and audience.
The program was interpreted will
la vocal solo by Mr.. q. K. Killer, ant
10 number by the Academy Quartet.