The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-13

GRADUATE FROM
FARGO COLLEGE
Thirtieth Annual Com
mencement Held This
Morning
THREE HONORARY
DEGREES CONFERRED
Thomas Nicholson,
d. D., Chicago, Is
Speaker

uaIeS Dy JONI w. hanSel, president OF
the college. ..
Marshaled by DR.. Wallace stearns
member Of the college faculty, the
academic procession in gowns and
caps, formed at historic Jones hall
shortly after $3.50 o'clock and moved
to the church. The order of procession
consisted of the seniors, members OF
the faculty, guests, trustees, President
John w. Hansel and the commence
ment speaker, Bishop Thomas Nichol-
son, d. D., of Chicago.
Miss Pollock Plays March.
The graduates were ushered to their
respective stations with the playing
of the professional march, March
IPontifical," by Miss Clara Pollock,
which followed an organ prelude
played as the guests arrived and were
seated. The church was filled with
relatives and friends Of the graduates,
Miss Frances Shea Of Glyndon, Mimi.
a member of the class of '16 of Fargo
college, was at the door and well
coined the guests and the student
body, also presenting to each the COM
mencement program.
Rev. Henry Hoag Frost, pastor of
the First Methodist church, gave the
| invocation, followed by a hymn, and
then solo, 1.-THE Cross" which was
beautifully rendered by Mrs. Man
zanita E. Stephens. The commence
ment address was delivered by the
Reverend Thomas Nicholson, D. D.,
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Franz Josef Sucher then fol-
lowed with a solo entitled, THE Golden
| Threshold" after which President
John w. Hansel conferred the de-
grees.
One master Of arts degree was con-
ferred, IL for bachelor of arts, seven
for bachelor Of science, three for piano
| in the conservatory of music, one for
organ, six degrees for public school
music and drawing, two for express
sion, IA degrees in the academy, three
ton, and three honorary degrees con-
ferred by the board of trustees.
Announcement of Honors.
The announcement of the prizes
and honors won by the students, fol-
lowed the comforting of the degrees.
Glass scholarships, $50 each, were won
by Miss Esther DAHL first in the
| in the junior class; Miss Dorothy
Sharp, first in the sophomore class,
and Miss Virginia Bachman, first in
the freshman class.
The $50 prize in the home oratorical
contest was awarded to Hewison
Pollock. The sophomore Latin prize
was awarded to Miss Dorothy Sharp
of Moorhead, which amounted to $25;
| first. prize in the extempore speaking
contest, $25, to Fern Monson of Fargo;
Curtiss Greek prize, $50 to Miss Vir-
ginia Bachman; freshman declamatory
| contest, $40 each, to Arthur Dale and
Miss Frieda Bohnsack.
Honors in the graduate piano con-
test were awarded to Miss Helen Sy-
mons of Ada, Mimi; undergraduate
piano contest, Miss Doris Tillotson;
| prizo FOR nOctY~v aUa rdpd nv
Fine Arts club, to Miss Louise Stur-
man, and the academy valedictory,
$50, to Beatrice Morgan.
Three Honorary Degrees.
Three honorary degrees were rec
commended by the board of trustees in
| session at the college building Tues
day afternoon. These were conferred
this morning, the degree of doctor of
| divinity going to Rev. E. Lee Howard,
pastor of st. Anthony Park Congre-
gational church of st. Paul, who de-
livered the address to the Y. M. c. A..
associations last Sunday; and the
same degree to Rev. Henry Hoag
Frost, pastor of the First Methodist
church of Fargo. The degree of doctor
of law was conferred upon John W..
Hansel, president of the college, by
DIR. r. A. Beard.
Commencement BANQUET.
| served at Jones hall following the
commencement exercises and attended
by $50, including the speaker of the
| commencement, the members of the
| faculty, the guests, trustees, grad
yates and their friends. This event
was held at 1880 o'clock, which
brought the commencement exercises
for the year to a happy close.
| Bishop Nicholson in his address
dwelt on the marvellous material prog
ress that the United States had made
| in the past century and the, great de-
veIopment in this age. He spoke of the
mighty forces which are bringing
about these measures, among them
being education. He dwelt on the pre-
eminent power Of the mind and the
necessity for training the mind and
| for cultivating the spiritual side of
life as we'll. He emphasized the place
/ the small college holds in the educa-
| tional sphere and the part 1t must
play il the forces of material progress
| are to maintain the supremacy or the
safety of the nations.
At the Banquet.
| Among the dignitaries at the COM
mencement banquet were Bishop
Thomas Nicholson of Chicago; Presi-
dent and Mrs. John w. Hansel; DR..
/ Wallace N. Stearns of Fargo; Attor-
/ ney r. M. Pollock of Fargo; Attorney
| George Z. Perley or Moorhead' James
| Al. Buchanan of Buchanan, ~. D.; the
Rev. G. H. Phillips of jamestown, N.
H.; the faculty, the seniors and their
| friends. Bishop Nicholson was the
principal speaker.
The degrees conferred:
| Master of Arts-Wellington Pixler
4 Gin absentia), Boston, Mass.
Bachelor of Arts-Ray A Barrett'
Fort William, Ont; Fanny s. ClapP'
Fargo; Esther G.. Dahl, Moorhead,
| MINI. Mary e. Driscoll, Fargo; Harold
Engerud, Fargo; Edwin ]. GRADER, FAR
Sandness, Moorhead, Mimi; Eta M.
Shaver, Fargo; Milton l. Sim, Fargo;
i Esther M Thompson, Martell, WIS.
| Bachelor of Science-Harriette Free
| man, Fargo; Melville A. Goldsmith,
Fargo: Donald +. Hail. Fargo; Theresa
e. Rowland, Fargo; C. Joseph Roperts'
| Carmel Ind; Herbert B. Tetchmann'
i Fargo; LyelI j. Thomas, Oberon, n. ID.
Il Conservatory Of Music.
Plano Gladys O'Neill, Fargo; Ruth
i Rushfeldt, Hawley, Mimi; Helen Sym
1 ons, Ada Mimi,
i Organ-Clara Pollock, Fargo.
II Public School Music and Drawing
Il Pearl Burns, Fargo; Della Dahl, Moor
H head. Mimi; Irene Eide, Beach, n. -.
II Anne Frigstad, Moorhead; Mabel Olson
II Ada, Mimi; Ethel Sanborn, Fargo.
II Expression - Fanny Clapp, Fargo
Mrs. Franz ]. Sucher Fargo.
II Academy Mildred r. Allen, Fargo;
i er, Fargo: Pearl Burns, Fargo; Thomas
II Graham, Fargo; Arthur Haugen, Nc
L Henry. NJ D.: Noel Q. Jensen, Fargo;
II Beatrice M. Morgan, Walcott, n. d.;
II Grace Morris, Mapleton, n. D.; Irving
Peterson, Evansville, Mimi Gladys "a.