Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-06-27
COMMENCEMENT IS
ONE OF BEST EVER
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pating in the parade. Men from many
OF the different divisions were distin-
guished by their various sleeve devices,
prominent among them being that OF
the Yankee division with its blue
"YD" whose wearers probably passed
in review for the last time before their
famous commander
On the reviewing stand with Major
General Edwards were the trustees OF
Middlebury College, Colonel H. T.
Johnson, Adjutant-General of the State
of Vermont, veterans of the Civil Wa.
and President and eX-Chaplain John NJ
Thomas,
Edwards Gets Degree
Directly after the military review the
Commencement guests followed the par
ade ranks into the Chapel After a
short preliminary service Prof Mac
Farland told briefly of the honorable
part Mddebury had played in the war,
and President Thomas conferred the
degree of Doctor of Laws upon Gen
eral Edwards The famous commando
OF the Yankee Division then adj
dressed the audience among whom were
some OF his own DIVISION.
BY his magnetic personality and his
sincerity of speech General Edwards
won in a moment the enthusiastic and
sympathetic attention of his audience
He told of his work with the famous
26th of the psychology of the Ameri-
can soldier, and his own method of
getting them" as he termed it. That
Of o1-ar ba
of the division, lhe esprit de corps
He said that this could not be done ii
American soldiers by treating men as
parts of machine in the German ia
shion A far more perfect army dis
cipline could be developed by the COM
mander who would take his soldiers in
to his confidence telling them the why
and wherefore of things, praising com
mendable work, and inspiring his men
with singleness of purpose.
This was the method by which Gen
eral Edwards in three months turned
green rockies" into the invincible 26th.
He told of the Transforming effect OF
this course of action upon the Charac-
ter Of his men, and that nearly all had
come back to this country with the
firm conviction that no nation can
stand unless it is rooted in basic re-
lgion.
The scheduled baseball game for Sat
urday afternoon with Boston Univer-
sity was cancelled but the varsity nine
and the alumni met on Porter Field in
an exciting contest which ended in
score of 6 to in favor OF the varsity.
Mikado Excellent Show
The evening entertainment, The Mi
kado, presented at Mccullough Gym
nasium, drew an appreciative audience
which filled every available seat and
whose applause was well deserved Al
ter two months of painstaking practice
the cast and chorus had developed a
finished production both as to the
staging, costuming, acting, and singing.
The entertainment was one of the best
ever presented on College Hill
While lack of space forbids an ex-
tended review, the acting and singing
of Mrs. Luther l. Bonney in the role OF
Katisha was the finest exposition OF
talent in both these departments. How
carried well, and the chorus of both
men and women showed excellent
training. The direction OF the opera
was the work of W A. Bissell, assisted
by Professor W S. Burrage, Miss Mar
ion Young and Miss Ruth Graham.
The costuming was particularly note
worthy, as most of the girls made their
own japanese gowns after careful
study of the oriental styles.
Memorial Service
! In addition to the stirring baCca-
laureate address which President Thorn
as delivered to a large audience on
Sunday morning, Mead Chapel was
again filled in the afternoon when there
was a memorial service for the MIDI
bows who lst their lives in the war
The principal address of the after
noon was given by Dr. Charles E, Hes
selgrave, pastor of the Center Congrega-
tional Church at South Manchester,
Mass He took for his text the passage,
and they journey from Oboth, and
pitched at Ije-Atarim, in the wilder
ness which is before Moat toward the
sunrisng." He said in part:
"A great English preacher used to
read this passage thus, They journey
ed. in the wilderness----toward the
sun rising" So simplifed l would like
to treat it as an allegory of life. The
thought typihed in the passage seems
to me especially appropriate to con-
slider on this day when we recall the
memory of our comrades lost in service. !
The citation occurs in a description of
the journeying of the Hebrew people |
toward the Land of Promise in Pales-
tine. When we consider the long trail |
from their former bondage in Egypt /
of their march under disheartening con-
ditions and then attempt an appraise-
ment of the legacy that little people has
left to the modern world, it may we'll
be said of them that they journeyed |
in the wilderness toward the sun rising. /