Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-05
HARRY BURTON BOYD, OF ERIE,
PA, TC BE COMMENCE
ME:NT SPEAKER.
CLASS OF NINETY TO BE
GRADUATED ON JUNE 4
Rev. o. c. Fox, Of St. PsuI's Church,
to Deliver BaccaIaureate Sermon
May 30-Annual Senior Class Play
to Be Given at Odeon Thursday
Night, June 3.

Rev. Harry Burton Boyd. pastor Of
Park Presbyterian church, Erie, Pa,
a former Iowa resident and educa-
tional officer OF the Eighty-e eighth
division, will deliver the commence
ment address before the class of 1920
of the high school, Friday night, June
4. DR.. Boyd is not unknown to local
having appeared here two
years ago as speaker at the annual
dinner of the Marshalltown Club. His
subject will be New Gods For Old"
DR.. Boyd was engaged to deliver the
commencement address to the class
of 1918, but did not come because or
orders from the war department d.
recting thar service men devote no
time to outside engagements.
With the announcement of DIR.
Boyd's acceptance Of the invitation
to deliver the address. arrangements
for commencement week. insofar as
the board Of education and Superin-
tendent Palmer are concerned, arc
virtually completed.
Graduate Class Of Ninety.
This years class will be the second
largest in the history Of the school,
as it will include about ninety. Tho
final list Of graduates will not be an
nounced until the work of checking
the work of the class is completed
this week. Last years class. which
numbered ninety-seven, was the
largest In the history of the school,
Commencement week program in
Guides the annual Junior reception
Friday. May %; baccalaureate SER
mon. Sunday, May 80; senior class
play, ThurHday. June 8. and COM
mencement, Friday. June I.
Rev. o. e. Fox, OF st. Paups Epis-
copal church, will deliver the bac-
calaureate sermon. but the hour for
the service and the place have not
been selected. The class play and
commencement will be held In the
Odeon.
Boyd Former Iowa Pastor.
Dr. Boyd is a former Iowa pastor,
holding charge at Iowa City when
he entered the army as a chaplain.
He was commissioned as chaplain in
September, 1917, and assigned to
Camp Dodge. where for q month he
was the only chaplain for more than
10000 sol diers.
At Camp Dodge distinctive educa.
tional work was done among the for
eien speaking soldiers and DR.. BOYD
was made educational officer and d.
rector Of the Eighty-eighth division.
Senior Divisional Chaplain.
DR.. Boyd wsnt to France with the
Eighty eighth division In July, 1918.
as senior chaplain. Writing of his
experiences near the front, DR.. Boyd
says:
1--WE took core that oil our dead
were properly buried. and during Oc-
toher I reserved q letter from the
graves registration service conxratu-
lating us ON tho careful way in which
wo saw that our men were identified.
l buried in three weeks, in October.
1918. some 40 men. After the armis-
tice was signed and we moved out
OF the lire. tho army opened schools
for the rnen. Az educational officer
I opened the first division school in
the A. f. f., and in one month we
had an enrolment Of 5000"
Popular With Mon.
In September DR.. Boyd went TO
Erie to become pastor Of the most
influential protestant church in that
city OF 100000 population. His rec
ord there is unique in that 80 per
cent Of his average attendance at
church services are raen.
He Is 81 graduate Of Center College.
Danville, KY, the little school which
last year had the honor of winning
the football championship Of the
United States. His theological work
was done In Mccormick Seminary.
chicago, and he pursued post gradu-
ate work In history and sociology in
the universities Of Chicago and Iowa.
viii Present Jerome Company.
The annual class play will be Jer-
ONE K. Jerome's Fanny and the
Servant Problem" comedy which
met with success twelve or fifteen
years ago on the London stage and
which later was played successfully
IN this country. The cast, which IA a
large one, has been selected, and re-
hearsals are in progress, under the
direction fSMiss Carolyn Gallagher,
Of the department of public speaking.
The twenty three seniors who will
take part in tho play are:
Fanny ................E Esther Leech
vernon ..."....."... James Laurie
Bennett ........... Robert Prescott
Mrs. Bennett 80. Caroline Biermann