Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-06-10
Alma College Holds
Annual Commencement
Twenty-Four Seniors Received Their Honors at
Exercises Held in Chapel Wednesday
Morning.

you shall be known in college halls.
The acclaim with when the world
greets your successes shall reverber-
ate and echo down the old familiar
corridors. . May your ways be ways
of truth, your purposes in accord
with the everlasting designs of God,
your deeds such as TO delight Him
who came to be for us the Way and
the Truth and the Light. Once more
the reiterated words of the text, and
will your imaginations aid you to
hear not my voice but the voice Of
your Alma Mater, Il have no greater
JOY than to hear that my children
walk in truth"
Monday afternoon the class day ex-
ercises of the kindergarten depart
ment, and the kindergarten depart
ment exhibit were held at the college,
and in the evening the Senior Glass
play, Lady Windermere's Fam
which created a very favorable i'm
preston. was given at the Strand, a
large audience being present to wit
ness the presentation.
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! Tuesdays events, while perhaps
, the least important of those of COM
,mencement week, had their attrac-
ktions and proved delightful for those
l,who were able to attend. Tuesday
. noon a luncheon for the Alumni and
old students was held at the college
which brought out some fine stories
of the former days at the college,
that were both interesting and in
structive.
In the evening the senior prone
made and the presidents reception at
the home of President and Mrs. II.
NJ. Crooks was held.
The annual commencement exer-
cises were the fitting climax of the
week. The academic procession from
Wright hall to the administration
building, where the exercises were
held in the college chapel, was a
worthy prelude to the close of college
days for the two dozen young ladies
and men who finished their college
courses yesterday
The exercises opened with the in
vocation by the Rev. Minot c. Nor
gan, d. D.. of Detroit, after which
the Mems Glee Club rendered the
selection. "Hark! 'Tis the Signal!"
President Crooks then introduced the
speaker. the Rev. Samuel s. Palmer,
d. d., Of Columbus, Ohio, Moderator
of the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly,.
Success and It's Essentials" was
the underlying feature of the address
that was given the graduates by the
Rev. Palmer, who defined success as
the using worthily of those powers
that God has given to us, which he
said would let down the bars and
make success possible for all.
He said that education and training
is needed for success. and called at.
tention to the fact that some years
ago Michigan had about five per cent
illiterate people, and that about thir-
ty per cent of these were in Jail
knowledge is power, he said, but il
must be accompanied by character,
land gave as the test for character
person with whom il is easy TO live.
Principle was given as another
Of the essentials of success, as was
faith, some striking comparisons be-
ing drawn by the speaker to bring
home 10 his audience the need that
there is for principle and for faith
After flute solo, "Serenade," by
Paul Field Of Albion, the degrees and
honors were conferred upon the grad
uates. Attention was called to the
large number of seniors who had
earned honors, and special attention
was given to the honors earned by
Miss Charlotte f. Hawes of Cold
water, who earned the summa cum
laude, given by the college this year
for the second time during the thirty
three years of its existence.
|. Following are the graduates and
honors given: John Melvin Anderson,
of Boyne City, A. b., cum laude; Eva
Ruth Ardis of McBain, A. b.; Marie
Louise Boissot of Montceau, France,
A. b.; Edwin Mckinley Boyne of
Marlette, A. B.; Myrddyn Davies of
Peckville, Pa, A. b.; John Lowell
Finlayson Of Laurium, b. S.. Russell
A. Gaffney of Alma. A. B.; Vernie
Greene of Deckerville, A. B.; Helen
Grimm Of Alma, A. B., cum laude;
Charlotte f. Hawes of Coldwater, A.
B., summa cum laude; George A. He
bert Of Detroit, A. b.. Jean Jackson,
A. B., magma cum laude; Thomas
Jackson Of Chicago, B. S.; Floyd II.
Kruger of Chicago, A. b., cum
laude; Blanche Rae Mashin of Los
Angeles. Cal, A. B.; Leo f. Miller of
Hudson. B. S.; Lura Irene Miller of
Alma, A. B.. magma cum laude; Will
lam James Murphy of Alma, A. B.;
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