Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-06-27

rsmarks were a eNlnEr uf the bcrs in
the service and the mothers uf brave
men both -lcn and poor, such an ,suse
500 who marched together N m. -
cent service parade al Bar Earbor
the aniE distinction being tina. given
TO the bearer Of the nag with he
most stars thereon.
When Judge Harry Manne- NJ An
burn was introduced he .eulied teIic,,-
o''siy that. as II might oe exoerted of
lhose who received degrees thar hey
retlrn them. he would "drb the aresiti.
'rE officer fDr, Earrshurre NJ. S-Nas-
ter Of Satire" And he hlr aufienr.
approaching the real tribute under,r-
ING me refnr-- gave generous applsusa
Judge Manser also was n STORYTELLING
hood and his guils tuld effectively with
his distinguished 1eiEhbcrs fur marks
1-e then spoke Of the viewpoint Of The
outsiuer looking n uunn college life. as
ne had dune. ana OF wna, the cnileE,
r-eans n 4 community like tins.
When Or Wood answered % he cali
II NJ. IartshnYn he rnuk the oa,,ar,ic
tae1ns. refef-ne % the scsnes Of 1S6
and The sp,rtt OF today; the lifting OF a
oeatily tnAr tram the world. with the
sncing Of The var; ana he painted 4
wonderful worad-p,ctuxe us the advance
Of AnesrcHn rroups - the asa,ny unss
e. cha,ear rhiesry . ~ear aen.
y. was The mn.ale ut The Aue.sran
troops which turned the ttae of battle. -
haid he. and / understand the nuraie
Ct tho boYs IN KHAKI; to be the spir.; Of
he A.nor7c1n college. cpmAgeuus. sac-.
dctai. the exponent Of great ideals
and yet the Sr-psoduc: uf cnileee u:e.
Inssfnuch Al there Is M char IN any
university where the American spirit
cr morale is specially taught"
.As one of the "oEurd Bears" Ecn
Atom 9. Wheeler of South Par-s was
asked to respond for the class n %.
which is celebrating tts 18th anniversa-
~ Els theme Was reminiscent his
STONY lnfer-nlnEieti with incidents that
provoked rnRny a smile and much ap-
N,ause from his hearers There we-e
aisusiens 70 tricks piR-ai NJ as 10 his
tu,fc scenes n which P-pf Strong and
F-uf Rand figured. ana in conclusion
ne saiu t;1a- wiliie The class mad grad
uated 4. there were now living 8, -1sn-
bpf's Of whom 20 qer cent were 81 this
-cuniun. Ee Thought The Glass made
good. with TWO pnrHcizns. three law
re4 and a Cock of ministers. STANLEY
Larry back f-on year in the Y ser-
vice overseas and Capt Nate Pulsifer
q Bates hasehail earne hack from
France with the title Of ma5ur and
wearing a Distinguished service media
Ee also observed the facr that the
class had attained unto the faculty.
one of It's members. r z Pomerov
being now IN that distinguished
group. and thereuDon Mt Wheeler
announced the class sif. Of 500 70
the Bates Loyalty Fund. gwen with
the suggestion that it be applied 70
work IN P-of. Pumerov's depart
ment. His speech won It's full meas
ure o. applause and 4 hearty Bates
- class veli from his associates.
The last speaker was Dr. Rodney
p Iohonnet formerly Of Auburn
whose class is celebrating its aDth
annive-sa-- He received warm ap-
piause when he announced that Of
II living members eight nen-;here
were no women n the ciass-were
here for the reunion.
Ee related several srories-ane On
touched on the peace
treaty. the necessity Of pushing On
the path that makes for progress.
and closed with IN eloquent appea.
TO college men 20 back the forces
that make for Justice and night II
the world.
There was the closing Bates HYMN.
sung hr all. and then the alumni
into class groups. bent On
further social affairs. pending the
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