The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-06-15
Commemorative Celebration

Commemorative Celebration
On Wednesday, the commemorative
celebration was begun with most
interesting and inspiring procession
al, not only of the present students,
as in former years but also by old
! students of the earliest classes and
! former graduates, some wearing their
caps and gowns, the trustees, invited
guests, graduating class and members
of the faculty, the last two being In
academic costume. The procession
| marched to Luther's Battle Hymn,
/ "A Mighty Fortress is Our God,' ac-
companied by Gaul's Orchestra, which
rendered several splendid selections.
After prayer, offered by Rev. L. F.
Warner, President of the Maryland
Annual Conference, and the singing
of the commemorative hymn, Now
| Thank We All Our God,' the degrees
| of Bachelor of Arts was bestowed up
on thirty young men and women and
the undergraduate honors were an
nounced.
President Lewis made the address
/ of welcome followed by cOngratula-
/ tory address by President Frank J.
i Goodnow, Ii. D., of Johns Hopkins
university, representing the Colleges
of Maryland. This was followed by
brief addresses of congratulations and
i good wishes from other colleges of
Maryland delivered by President Jas.
w. Cain, of Washington College;
President Thomas Fell, of st. Johns
College, and vice president Spence,
of the Maryland Agricultural College.
kilograms of congratulation were
read from Governor Harrington and
Miss Sarah E. Richmond, Principal
of the State Normal school. The
next congratulatory address was de-
| livered by DR.. Daniel w. Herring, of
the New York University, who was a
member of Western Maryland College
Faculty. He was followed by Miss
Mary Belle Cochran, A. M, professor
of English speech and dramatic eX-
preston in Vassar College and a
graduate of Western Maryland Col
lege in the class of 1895, representing
the Alumnae. Mr.. James Dawson Will
liams, class of 1902, of Washington,
D. c., represented the alumni and Mr..
Franklin Murray Benson, represent
i ed the present student body
A Jubilee poem composed by Mr..
David Roger EnglaG, an attorney OF
/ New York and of the class of 1903,
was read by Rev. Thomas o. Grouse,
D. D., of class of 1871, the first class
/ ever graduated.
; A patriotic speech by Mr.. Markell
y of Baltimore, on the Liberty Loan
was followed by the singing of the
Star Spangled Banner, closing with
y the college song, Dear Western
j Maryland"
The President announced the Fiji
! tieth Anniversary Endowment Fund
] had reached the $4,000 point and ex-
i pressed the hope that the last $4,000
: would soon be added to reach the
y goal of $4,000. He also announced
i that the proceeds from Tuesdays
night recital were 1924.
y Western Maryland will reopen the
4 first Wednesday in October.
Some interesting history of the
] college from it's founding up to and
i including this year
First public meeting in the interest
Y of founding the college held in West
i minister Methodist Protestant Church,
February, 1866.
First corner stone of the College
i laid September 6, 1866, James w.
Reese, w. M, Door to Virtue Lodge,
J A. F. A. M.
D First session of the College opened
! with six professors and 73 students,
September 4th, 1867.
First Board of Trustees incorporat-
! ed by the General Assembly of Mary
land, March, 1868, Thomas Swan, Gov
] ernor.
i First annual meeting of the Board
of Trustees, June 25th, 1868. Mr.. John
Smith, of Wakefield, president; Rev.
i ]. T. Ward, D. D., secretary, and DR..
]. W. Herring, treasurer
First graduating class, June 18th,
i 1871: Charles Fl. Baughman, Thomas
) o. Grouse, Willard S. Grouse, Henry
j z. Norris, Imogene l.. Mitten, Mary
n. Ward, Anna r. Yingling.
First addition to the college build
ings, Owings Hall, July 18th, 1871.
First appropriation by the General
Assembly of Maryland to the College
for State Scholarships, March, 1878.
; First literary society organized:
. Irving, December 18th, 1866, Brown
: ing, September, 1868, Webster, May,
1871, Philomathean, January 1882
First President of the College, Rev.
James Thomas Ward, D. D., resigned
June, 1886.
since the beginning, $780, total num-
ber graduated with degree of Bachel-
or of Arts, 1882. Average annual at
tendance, 220. Attendance, 1917, 213.
The honor roll for 1917 is as fol-
lows:
Bachelors of Arts-John Alec Alex
ander, Keymar, Md James Irwin
Billmyer, Union Bridge, Md; John
Russell Blades, PocomOke City, Md;
Levi Bowen Burdette, Hobbs, Md;
Hugh Latimer Elderdice, Jr., this
city; James Wallace Engle, Ellicott
City, Nd; Joshua Tracey Fenby,
Woodensburg, Md; Thomas Edgar
Grace, st. Micheals, Md; Thomas
Leroy Hooper, Manasquan, N. j.;
Paul Jacob Horick, Hampstead, Md;
Jarold Kemp, Bloomington, Md;
Hirl Adelbert Kester, Shirkshinny,
Pa; John William Lease, Baltimore;
Earl William Roop, this city; Worth
| ington Johnson Stultz, Catonsville,
Md; John Benjamin Thomas, Delta,
Pa; Emily Kathryn Dryden, Snow
Hill, Md; Helen Carter Etzler, Lin
wood, Md. Ellen Madge Hayman,
Rockawalking, Md; Dorothy Leah
Jones, Baltimore; Madeline Jones,
Temperanceville, Va; Mary Lee Mel
Vile, Sykesville, Md; Ruth Huffer
Reinecke, this city; Nellie Elizabeth
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