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CELEBRATION At
MT. HERMON soon
Observance of 10th Anniver-
sary of Founding
Planned
UPWARDS OF 800
ALUMNI EXPECTED

Recitation Buildings TO he Iurneu AitO
DOrmitories for 0ccasiOn-First Event
Evening of July 3O-List of Events
and Speakers.
Mount Hermon school will celebrate the
10th anniversary of its founding, in 1881
by Dwight l. Moody. on Saturday, Sun
day and Monday, July 80 and 81 and
Aug. 1.
Former students have written from all
parts of the country that they are com
ing back to spend these three days as
the guests of their Alma Mater The man
who is coming from the longest distance
in the West is from Idaho. and from
the- longest distance in the South, from
Florida. Between 500 and 1000 alumni
will be on the campus during the reunion
days To accommodate this large number
of men, additional beds will be placed in
the dormitories, and the recitation build
ings will be turned into dormitory build
ings.
The first formal event on the program
will be the faculty reception on Ford
cottage lawn on the evening of July 80,
from $50 to 1890. The address of wei
!
Cutler. and the response by William Aver
! Mckinney, '96. of Chicago. president OF
the Mount Hermon Alumni association.
/ The exercises for Sunday. July 81, will
begin with a prayer meeting in the Memo
/ rial chapel at $50 n. m. led by Rev.
/ John y. Axtell. 10, of Hall, y. \. The
church service will be held at 1910 Il. IN.
at Memorial chapel. Rev. Charles y.
! Brooks. 90. one of the secretaries of the
American Baptist Home Mission society,
New York city. Will preach the anmver-
sary sermon. Other alumni will partIci-
pate in the service. Following the morn"
/ ing service there will be the unveiling Of
/ the tablet erected in memory OF the
! go Hermon men who died in the service
during the World war. The addresses
will be made by Col. James y. Totten, L.
! :. \. of Washington ID. G., Of the class
| of 80, and by Principal Henry +. Cutler.
! There probably will be service in the
afternoon in Memorial chapel mt ) o'clock.
| In the evening, beginning at I o'clock,
1there will be a half hour of vesper music,
with Edward f. HOlbroOk of keene, y.
| H.. of the class of %. a. organist. The
evening service in Memorial chapel will
| be at 10 o'clock. \ number of speakers
will take the general topic. Mount Her
mon and the Worlds Needs. Men who
are already listed to speak are: John
/ L. TiIdSley. 50, assistant superintendent
of public schools of New York city :
Richard c. Morse. jr., 'O2. superintend-
lent of freight transportation. eastern divi-
sion. Pennsylvania railroad, Philadel-
Iphia; DIR. Walter w. Palmer, OF. for
merly of the Johns Hopkins Medical
school and just now of the Presbyterian
hospital. New York city; Rev. William
Y Duncan. '06. associated with the New
York Home Missionary society, New
York city; and Wilfred w. Fry, 90. of
the firm of \. W. Aver * Son, Philadel-
phia
Monday. Aug. I. will open with the an
nual meeting of the Mount Hermon
Alumni association. Memorial chapel,
$50 Il. III. Immediately after dinner. az
engagements have been made to take a
panoramic photograph of the 10th ami
vcrSary guests. This is to be followed
by class meetings at > p. m. at the various
rooms and houses which have been desig-
mated in she formal program.
beginning at / p. m, the alumni give
themselves up to fun and frolic. There
will be a parade Of the different classes
dressed in various and fantastic costumes
to Chambers field. where each class will
march to 4 point designated by the com
mittee. Following this there will be
games of various kinds and descriptions
Al this Is under the direction of Leslie
NJ. Johnston. '9S, general manager of \
NJ. Beers & Co. Pittsburgh. Pa.
The closing formal event of the pro
gram will be the dinner at West hall, al
IL p. IN. The POSTMASTER will be DIR. w
Richard Ohler, '06, of Boston. Among
the speakers will be: One of the trus
7 tees Arthur G.. II. Power, '04, an attor