Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-13
President Pre- 4 Thoma,. +. kane
Presents Z Sc Charge To. Senior
Class; Alumni Luncheon
And Business Meeting
Bring The Commencement
Season To A Close; Class
Day Exercise, Held ]! N Mon -
day. .....

One hundred and forty students res
celved degrees from the University of
North Dakota at the annual cons
mencement exercises of the; institu.
ton this morning. President Thomas
r Kane conferred the degipes.s
The commencement address was
given by DR.. Charles r. Aked, of Kan
aas City, Mo. Dr. Aked told the stu
dents that they must know the 'occa-
SION OF death, the occasions when the
giving Of life was called for, that. they
must know the difference between
working for works sake and working
Tor pay that thing worth doing. was
worth doing badly rather thanstos be
put off until another tlm.. and thar
they must go forth to do a work for
humanity as the supreme aim Of their
lives. Z. ...4iiEl M . !! 3, Sd ~
Is The program opened at 9:15 a. ms
with the academic> procession which
began from the law school, proceed
ing around the campus past the pres-
ident's house, the Commons, Science,
Merrifield and Bulge halls to the
moryl The services in the armory
began at 9:45 O'clock with music by
the band. DR.. p. r. Robertson OF Wss-
ley college gtve the invocation. "A
chorus selectiSn was given by the
women's glee club of the university.
Z Following the commencementcad ad-
dress by Dr. Aked, announcements
were made Of awards given at the I'M
stitution during the year Among
those not already announced was that
of the Gansk skscholarship honor, which
goes to Miss Marion Wilder as the
member of the graduating class hav-
ing the highest. scholastlc standing
during the four years OF the college
course. ~ Ne x F.s.ss r I. Ii fst.5 81
.s.s Diplomas Presented. !.
The deans OF the various colleges
presented the candidates for degrees,
President Kane comforting the hon
ors. Ia his charge to the class at the
close Of the ceremonies he told then,
that they! would meet now the aneces-
sity Of assuming responsibility and
that the fact which would distinguish
them as college trained youths was
that they could ss,irn eSresp pnsib ibilityi
that they could uhdertake 70 IstaslI
: without som sonertoa astand by and give
their own initiative. The pledge tina,
the class as d whole took follows: r
# "As 60 out r pledge myself 70 live
up to the ideals Of my university and
to take my stand on the side of right
with the best light that have" II
= Coulter Honored. b.. ..s
At this occasion the degree of Doc.
tor of Laws was conferred upon Pres:
ident John Lee Coulter, of the state
agricultural college, O former student
of the university. fs. /
Alumni Luncheon.
Following the exercises a busines.
meeting Of the alumni association
was held in the armory. AT J. O'Clock
members of the association, members
Of the graduating class and friends Of
the graduates and the university as
sembled at the annual alumni lunch
con and commencement dinner. Talk
were given at the affair by Richatt
f. Wenzel president OF the alumni
association, and Miss Beatrice OlsoI
on behalf of the body OF alumni
Francis J. Webb. class president
spoke as representative Of the grad
yates. So. 58s r
Glass Day Exercises.
/, Glass day. closed Monday. evening
with talks by the various, class com
mencement sps>eers. Harold D. snal nl
J gave the valedictory address, statinl
that the university had given eacl
member of the class training tina
would enable him to go out and TAX
& part as leaders in the communities o
the state and in matters of state i'm
portnnce Randolph F. Olmsted,
salutatorian, told of the worth OF a.
education and its meaning in the liz
of the young man or woman.
Miss Marion Wilder gave .the clas
poem, Miss Alice May Austin tn
Class history. Miss Helen o'conno
the testament and Miss Edith Mot
the class prophecy. Vocal solos wer
, Etven by Dean Leick. tenor. and WI
4 bert Liebeler, baritone. Francis y
webb, class president. presided.
ia {. The annual pilgrimage Of fareWel
to, the various buildings took plac
M Monday afternoon. the buildings wis
tied being Merrifeld hall. the Ia,
school, presidents house, Science hal
EWoodworth hall, School pf Mines
university library and the armor,
y. Russell Mcclellan substituted for Mis-
Ethel Evingson at Aerriheld hall, tn
femainder Of the program being cal
ried out according to schedule.
concert by the University band an
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