Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-06-15
FINE WEATHER HERE
FOR COMMENCEMENT
Fair Skies Probable Now For Sev'
eral Days
Program Opens Tonight With
Organ Reeital--Class Day
Tomorrow

Organ Reeltal--Class Day
Tomorrow
[The official weather forecast this
morning was for fair weather tonight
and tomorrow; and The Register pre-
diets continuation Of seasonable warmth
and sunshine we'll into next week, an
swerlng every requirement OF Com
mencement festivities
The one hundred and seventeenth
Commencement ceremonies and festiyl'
ties of Middlebury College will begin at
eight o. clock tonight and conclude at
nine O'Clock on Monday evening The
opening item Of the first weekend pro,
gram which Middlebury has ever tried
for its COMMENCEMENT will be an organ
recital by Professor Lewis }, Hatha-
way in Mead Memorial chapel this
evening.
Tomorrow will be a full day. with a
chapel service at S:45, meeting of the
Phi Beta Kappa at'9:00. Class Day eX-
crcises at 1000, alumni and alumnae
luncheons at noon, preliminary meet
ings of the alumni and alumnae, after
the luncheon, baseball between the
faculty and seniors at three o'clock in
the afternoon and a Commencement
concert, notice of which is published
elsewhere, in Mead Memorial chapel
in the evening.
The Glass Day program, which Will be
carried out on the college campus Is as
follows;
CLASS DAY EXERCISES, 1917
Presidents Address,
Harold M. Davis, Malone, NJ Y.
Poem,
Doris A, Richards, Dalton Mass.
Grafton,
William II. Edmunds, Bristol
Essay,
Ruth F. Hall, North Bennington
William Slade, Jr,. Thetford
History,
Mariory Leach, Brattleboro
Prophecy,
Roy r. Sears, Ludlow
Prophecy,
Katherine Ball, Winchester, N, H.
Ivy Grafton
Harold +. Hollister Corinth, N Y.
The Baccaaureate sermon by Presi-
dent Thomas will be delivered at lO:45
oclock Sunday morning in Mead Mem
orial chapel this year instead of in the
Congregational church. Principal Lewis
Perry of Philips Exeter Academy will
deliver an address in the afternoon be-
fore a gathering at the Mead Memorial
chapel in celebration of the anniversary
of the Christian Associations.
Monday is Commencement Day, open
ing with chapel service at S:45, meet
ing of the associated alumni at 8 o'clock
and the usual procession of the under
graduates, faculty and trustees across
the college campus. The graduation
exercises and the comforting of degrees
will be held at the Congregations
church at 1890 o clock where the fol
lowing program will be carried out:
Music, Orchestra
Prayer by President Thomas
Salutatory Address,
Madalene X. Foster
Grafton, To Patent or Not to Patent,
Charles R. Lee, Jr
Essay, The Woman of Yesterday and
the Woman of Today,
Marguerite E. Heaphy, Lee, Mass.
Music, Orchestra
Grafton, The Theoretical and Practical
in Human Life,
Harold M. Davis
Essay, The Place of Home Economics in
the Higher Education of Woman,
Huldah M. Thomas
Grafton, The Far Reaching Significance
of Cuba's Fidelity to the United
States,
Dan O. Mason
Essay, A Broader Conception of Sue
cess,
Marie L. Champagne, Fitchburg, Mass.
Music, Orchestra
Grafton with Valedictory Address, The
Unconquerable Man,
Webster E. Miller, Pittsfield, Mass.
Comforting of Degrees
Benedictlon.
The Commencement luncheon will be
held in Mccullough Gymnasium at one
o'clock. In the evening President
Thomas will hold his usual reception at
his residence, 10 College street, and this
will be followed by the senior ball in
the gymnasium at 8 O'Clock.
Indications are that, considering the
circumstances there will be fairly
good attendance of Alumni, and the
friends and relatives of the seniors.
Ex-Governor John A. Mead, James M.
Clifford and A. Barton Hepburn, of the
board of trustees will be among some
of the distinguished guests.
The original program included Col.
Ira l.. Reeves of Norwich University as
one of the principal speakers on Com
mencement Day, but Col. Reeves was
called to Washington this week to assist
in the militia office of the War Depart
ment and could not be present. Com
missioner of Education DR.. Hillegas is
expected to take his place.
Members of the graduating class are
as follows:
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Benedict, Augustus P. Mt. Kisco. n. Y.
Brickett Caleb T. Haverhill, Mass.
Davis, Harold NJ. Malone, NY.
Edmunds, William II. Bristol.
Hollister. Harold E. Corinth, n. Y.
HYDE, HarryW, Worcester, Mass.
| Miller. Webster Pittsheld, Mass.
Sears, Roy R. Ludlow.
Towne, Emory II. Waterbury.
Ball. Katherine Winchester, n. H.
Barnum, Clara P Jericho.
Barrett, Elizabeth NJ. Dalton, Mass.
Bowles, Mary N. Middlebury.
Calhoun, Letitia Z. Middlebury
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