Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-06-17
WILL THEY NAME
NEW PRESIDENT?

NEW fnLOlUENlS
The Middlebury College Commence
ment season which begins tomorrow
has at least one feature which makes it.
Of extraordinary interest, namely the
speculation here in Middlebury and
among alumni of the college every
where as to whether the new president
of the college will be named at this
time
While The Register has not been ia
close touch recently with the sources
of official information, the Middlebury
public has regarded it as significant
that there will be an unusually large
attendance of the trustees of the col
lege Several OF the most influential
members who but occasionally find op-
portunity to attend the usual June
meeting here will be present this year.
including the Rev, James L. Barton.
secretary of the American Board Of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions,
who is chairman of the committee Of
the trustees which has in charge the
selection of a successor to President
Thomas Such other influential mem
bers as the Hon. A. Barton Hepburn
of New York, James NJ. Clifford and
Hall P Mccullough, the two New
York lawyer members of the Board.
DR., NJ Allen Starr of Columbia Uni
versity Frank c. Partridge, President
OF the Vermont Marble Company, and
Julian w Abernethy of Burlington
have all indicated their intention to
be here.
In addition to this there is one 9th
er circumstance that leads to the sur
mise that every effort will be made
to announce the new president at this
time. DR.. Barton, the chairman, i;
known to be contemplating a long
trip to the Orient and it is assumed
that if possible it will be his desire
to have the new president announced
before his departure. 1t is known that
the Board has been busy, thoroughly
canvassing the situation and that it
has had number of prospects in view.
Whether it has met with any success
or come to any conclusion is entirely
unknown here. The entire specula.
ton in fact may be idle and the un-
usually large attendance OF trustee;
may very properly be intended as 4
tribute to the retiring president, Dr..
Thomas, who will preside for the last
time at a Middlebury Commencement
The festivities, which are always red
letter days in Middlebury life, are at
hand The Class Day exercises will
be held on Ne College campus at ten
O'Clock tomorrow morning, followed by
the alumni luncheon at Hepburn Hall
and the alumnae luncheon at the Ad-
olson House The meeting d. the
Board of Trustees, which will be re-
garded with such special interest, will
be held at the National Bank build
ing at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
the alumni varsity baseball game fol-
lowing at three o'clock and the COM
mencement concert in the Mead Chap
el at s: ID.
The Sunday program will be fea
tured by the temperance of Doctor
Thomas as the baccalaureate preacher
in the Mead Chapel at l0:45. The
town and the college are both pleased
that Doctor Thomas finds it possible
to return Tor this occasion, Tor not
withstanding the frequent appearance
here of prominent speakers from other
places, it has never been conceded that
Doctor Thomas takes second place as
against any Of them in force and popu
larity as a public speaker The "Step
Singing" at Pearsons Hall at Gas Sun
day evening will be a further treat,
especially to those who have never
wandered up to college hill for this
particular ceremony of commencement
week.
Every one knows the routine of the
program for Monday, the graduation
day, for it follows Middlebury ira
ditions OF many years standing. In-
cidentally it strikes us as regrettable
that Sinclair Lewis. author Of Main
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