Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-06-27
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT
COMMENCEMENT LUNCHEON

Every seat was taken in the Gymna-
stun at the annual Commencement
Luncheon Monday afternoon The af-
fair proved to be one of the most sue
cessful occasions OF this sort in the
history of the college
The luncheon which was served bv
goods consisted of the following items:
MENU
Lobster Paues
Potato Chips Cucumbers
Olives Ielly
Roast Turkey
Peas Creamed Potato
Pineapple and Cheese Salad
Cheese StGaws
Ice cream Cake
Coffee
Immediately following the Luncheon
President Thomas awarded the Nc
Cullough cup for best class attendance
to the class of 1869 who had three ont
OF four living members~-present. DR..
Flaagg received the cup for his class.
A plan was then brought forward bv
the President whereby the name of each
one OF the nine men who died in the
service should be communicated bv a
scholarship of $1,000.
AS POSTMASTER, Dr. Thomas then in
troducted Judge r. H. Smith of New
ork City who was unable to receive
his honorary degree of A. B. in the
morning due to delay in reaching Mid
dlebury. Judge Smith explained his
absence from Middlebury this morning
by the breakdown of his auto, which
occurred at his old home in Manchester.
lie paid tribute to the professors I'M
der whom he had studied during his
short time in college and regretted that
circumstances had postponed his re-
ceivng his degree until the present time.
Dr. Luther Brown, as the next speak
er, expressed his thankfulness that he
had been privileged to attend Middle
bury instead of going to some other col
lege as he had first planned. He was
especially thankful that he had erioved
the fellowship of such fine men as were
on the faculty when he was in college.
In the latter part of his talk DR.. Brown
spoke feelingly of the part the church
is playing and will play in the affairs of
the world
DR. Thomas then read a letter from
Phil Condit II who is still in France.
phil regretted, in his letter, that he
would be unable to attend Commence
ment this year but said he was going to
have a Commencement OF his own in
France with other MIDI men there.
A letter was also read from Warren E.
Qrfg fCl hn . h.
the service from MIDI Bristol has
been in France four years now, all of
which time he has spent as a "Y'
with the French Army.
DR.. S. n. Foote spoke next The
General told of the service which the
college men had done in this war As
Of one of the large training
camps of the country he had plenty of
opportunity to observe the college man
in this crisis and said much credit was
due them for Americas success.
DR.. Axton, who is a chaplain OF the
army, spoke feelingly and forcefullv Of
the American soldier, illustrating his
talk with several stories he brought
out clearly what this war had done for
the country.
The talk of Dr. Kellogg's was a well
thought out and well delivered speech
on political conditions. He pointed out
hat what we should aim at is the best
for mankind He advised
taking the "R" off from Revolution
The "R" which stood for reaction and
lipdred movements-so that it would
-ead Evolution"
President Thomas then gave the fl
lancisl report submitted to the Trus-
ees at their recent meeting The in
,ome for the past year was Sl2l, 1897 and
he expenses were Sl20,2S4. leaving a
balance to the good this year of S1,O53.
Dur resources at present, he said, were
me million dollars more than they
we're three years ago.
In closing DR.. Thomas reSd two let
ers of commentator for the college
rom two OF the leading educators OF
he country.