Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-22

field. Clara H. Wightman Of San
ford. Gertrude G. Wiley of Cherry
| field.
Honorary Degrees
Following the comforting Of diplo-
mas. Judge Leslie c. Cornish rs,
arose and in deep forceful tones told
Of the good deeds and works Of the
candidates COR the honorary degrees.
The first man to be thus honored was
John S. Sprague Of Dover. Escorted
| by DR.. George F. Parmenter, the col
lege marshal, Mr.. Sprague proceeded
to the side of the platform where
| President Roberts stood diploma in
hand. President Roberts spoke to
Mr.. Sprague as follows: Mr.. Sprague,
as a candidate presented by Judge
Cornish, 1 confer upon your name the
degree of NJ. A, the hood with which
YOU are now invested and the diplo-
ma which l now place in your hand
are the visible sign of the rank and
mem bership of the society of schol-
ars to all the rights and privileges
of which I now declare you to be en-
titled.
The second candidate for honorary
degree was Prof. James P, Berkeley,
! Newton Center. Mass. With like
ceremony President Roberts confer
| red the degree of Doctor Of Divinity
upon his name.
! President Roberts conferred the
degree of Doctor of Divinity upon
| Rev. Robert l.. Webb, of Boston as
the third candidate.
The comforting of the degree of
| Doctor of Letters upon the name of
! William S. knowlton of the class of
| 1864. was one of the most impressive
services of the Commencement. Al
most s. years old. DIR. knoWlton has
| spent half century as teacher. 1t
was indeed a notable occasion when
! President Roberts placed in the hand
of the great teacher the diploma
that signified that Colby recognized
and paid tribute TO the noble work
of one of her sons. The degree of
| Master of Arts was conferred upon
, Justin O. Wellman of the class OF
1898, and then the final candidate for
! an honorary degree. Edward Howard
| Griggs, of the University of Indiana
| was escorted before President Rob-
erts. The degree of Doctor of Laws
was conferred upon DR.. Griggs. as a
tribute to his work as teacher and
an educational leader.
President Roberts then read the
| awarding of prizes as follows:
Junior Exhibition, first prize, mems
division, Stanley Goddard Estes OF
Palermo; second prize, John Leslie
Dunstan of Portland. Women's
cedes Mann of Midtown; second
Prize. Lucy Maria Osgood of Pitts
field, y. H.
Commencement Prize
Commencement prizes were award
ed to Clyde Elwin Russell of Charles
ton and Bertha Emily Cobb of Wa
terville. German, first prize, mems
division: George G. Odom; second
prize, A. Moulton Pottle. Women's
division: Mildred Otto; second
prize. Louise Steele.
Freshman Scholarship Prize: First
Ralph NJ. Larrabee of Waterville
second. Herbert NJ Wartman. Won.
ems division: First, Elsie l. Bishop
of Eastport; second, Carrie V Baker
of Portland
Albion Woodbury. Small Prize In
Economics, Galen Eustis, 90 OF
Strong.
Freshman Citizen Cup, given by the
| New York Alumni Association
awarded to Samuel Paxom HUM Of
Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Cobb's address on the ad-
vance of education among womer
was very Interesting and she deliver;
cd the address in its true spirit.
Commencement Dinner
Following the Benediction the AGA
demlc procession reformed and pro.
ceeded a once to the Colby gymna
SUM where the commencement din.
ner was served. The blessing was
offere by Rev. Charles Coffin Tilley
~ and then the 500 people sat dowr
to tables laden with food At the
close Of the repast Chief Justice Les
lie Z. Cornish arose as toastma ster Of
the occasion and in behalf of the col.
lege thanked the general commence.
ment committee for their work il
getting the people back to the Colby
commencement this year. He sale
that it was the biggest commence
ment ever at Colby excepting the
Centennial two years ago. Judge
Cornish then introduced the Governor
OF Maine as the first speaker.
Governor Speaks
How we'll remember my first visi
to Colby, said the Governor, l hac
just been through society initiation
and we had come to Colby to partici
pate in the limitations. Here we be
came acquainted with the Colby
goat which is related to the Bowdoir
goat, / suppose. A new world was
opened up to me by that initiation
and from that day to this l have re.
membered my first visit to Colby
have come often since and | have al
ways felt the genuine Colby hospital.
ity.
Going through the history of the
college once l found that the college
was once called the Maine Literary
and Theological Institution. In these
days of cheering and college yells the
college boys woLld have some diff
Guilty in spelling out such a name
without calling halt in the game.
AS Governor of the State | take
great pride in the spirit of the four
institutions of Maine. The training
in character and good citizenship in
these colleges.
One thing that has impressed me is
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the boys in the Maine colleges is alike