Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-17
PLAY and JUNIOR
EXHIBITION OPENS COLBY
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM

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play she Stops to Conquer This
production, which will be at $50 in
the City Opera House, is especially
for the citizens of Waterville and all
friends Of the college. Citizens who
| have not already procured tickets are
urged to do so at once.
The college play is a distince inno-
walton TO the program of Colby COM
mencements. This is the first year
| that 1t has been tried, but it is eX-
| pected that in years to come it Will be
I a regular part of the commencement.
| At first it was thought to make it a
| senior play, but later it was decided
| that it would be better to Use all of
the talent possible and to take the
/ best actors and actresses from all the
| classes without discrimination. The
result is that under the skilful direC-
ton of Miss EXerine Flood of Water
! Vile, cast of 20 characters has been
! chosen and this same cast which will
+ appear this afternoon is a follows:
! Sir Charles NARROW, Asa Adams. 20,
, of Linneus: Young NARROW, Ashley L..
| Bickmore. %. of Charleston; Squire
! Hardcastle, Clifford Peaslee, 20, of
Pittsfield, Mass; George Hastings,
| Leonard w. Mayo, 20, of New Glou
cester; Tony Lumkin, Julius Loe-
iieur, %, Of Lisbon Falls; Digory.
| Kenneth G. Dolbeare, '22, of New
London, Conn; Roger Merton f. La
verify. '23, Of Westbrook; Dick. Earl
| L. Merriman, '25, of Waterville,
Thomas, Arthur E. Pressey, 20. Of
Waterville; stingo. Russell NJ. Squire
%, OF Waterville; Slang. William f.
! Cushman, 90, of StoninSton, Conn;
Matt Muggins, Edward T. Baxter
| -, of Waterville; Tom Twist, Nor
man NJ. Wardwell, rs. of Newport
Animal dab, Robert l.. Stone, %, of
| Waterville; Mrs. Hardcastle. Bertha
| + Cobb, %, of Waterville; Kate
| Hardcas site. Glldys |. Briggs, %. Of
| Littleton; Constance Neville. Vine b.
| Parent, 20, of Haynesvlile; maid
| Bertha E. Gilliatt 90, of Medford,
| Mass; bar maid, Elizabeth j. Dyar
| -. of Pennington: potboy, Raymond
j. Bates, 20, of Wilma ntic, Conn.
saturday evening at O'Clock Will
| be the annual junior prize exhibition
at the City Opera House. President
program will he as follows:
| Music; prayer; music; Conservation
OF Names Natural Resources. Basil
| Bartlett Ames of Norridgewock; The
| Highway. Melva Mercedes Mann of
Milltown; The Little Theatre. Helen
May Freeman of Bath; The Call Of
Men, Arthur Livingstone Berry OF
Providence. Z. l.; music; Plucking
Thistles and Planting Flowers, Leo
nette McGregor Warburton of Law
renee. Mass; he Poet of Every Day
New England. Ethel Mae Alley of Wa
teryille; Christian Principles in In
dustry, John Leslie Dunstan of South
Portland. Hobbies. Lucy Maria Osgood
of Pittstield, \. H.: Philosophy of Life,
Stanley Goddard Estes of Palermo;
music.
Tickets are required to both of these
events and can be secured at the col
lege Office in Memorial hall. A first
prize of $40 and a second prize Of $40
viii be awarded to the two speakers
of the mems division, and a first prize
of SIS and a second prize of $40 Will
be awarded to the two speakers Of the
women'S division who take part in the
junior exhibition. The award Will be
made on the excellence in defamation
and composition.
sunday. June IS, the second day OF
the Colby commencement. is Bacca-
laureate Sunday. At quarter of ten in
the morning the faculty of the college
and the senior class will assemble al
q, f-1I che
laureate sermon will be delivered by
President Arthur j. Roberts of the
college. Tickets will be required and
no seats will be reserved after 1915.
At 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon Will
be the replanting Of the Boardman
Willows. The replanting will be done
by President Arthur j. Roberts and
selected group Of students. The adj
dress will be delivered by Julian Dan
lei Taylor. LII. d.. '6sa and Norman L.
Bassett 81 will preside. The exer-
oiss Will take pace on the Colby cam
pus The original willows have heen
trimmed and restored in the best pos
sible manner by a group of experts.
but many have died in the course Of
years and it was decided that this
Tooth anniversary of Colby's first mis-
sionary and graduate would he a fit
ting time to restore these famous will
lows.
Boardman Willows Replantine
n. L. Bassett. 81, presiding.
Scripture reading. William Smith
Knowlton. 3. A, "a: prayer. George
Boardman Ilsley. D. D., '63; address,
Professor Julian d. TAYLOR. LII. D.,
'oS; planting of the willows, Presi-
dent, A. J. Roberts, LII. D. 80.
Bosrdman Memorial Services :.
President Roberts. presiding; adj
dress, Charles Coffin Tilley. 3 A.,
IS; prayer. Charles Francis Meserve.
LII. D., ~.
Sunday evening at 80, the Cen
tennial Memorial exercises for George
Dana Boardman will take place in
the First Baptist church. The ad-
dress of the evening will be delivered
by Rev. Charles Coffin Tilley, rs.
Tickets are required and no seats
win be reserved after 7,l5. George
Dana Boardman graduated from Col
by in the class of 1922. He received
his Masters degree in 1925. He was
born in Livermore. Maine, February
8. 1901. Boardman went to Burma
as a missionary in the year 1925,
where he became a member of the
Baptist Board of Missions. He
founded the Karen Mission in Burma
soon after. but was unable to carry
out his work as he died near Tavoy.