The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-05-22
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
(By Truman Green)

GAINESVILLE, May Z2.-Accordlng to
an announcement made by DR.. A. A.
Murphree, president of the University
of Florida, the commencement exer-
cises the Gator University this year
will be the largest and most preten-
tious in the history of the state col
lege with eighty-five men candidates
for degrees.
The program this year will extend
over period of three days, begin
ming Sunday, May %, and ending
with the annual junior prom, Tuesday
evening.
DR.. R. w. Weaver, Phi. D., LII. D.,
president of Mercer University, of
Macon Ga, and one of the most prom
inent Baptist divines in the South,
will deliver the baccalaureate sermon
this year. The various denominations
are represented each year and DIR.
Weaver has been invited to address
the graduates of 1922. The baccalau-
reate sermon it to be delivered Sunday
morning at II o'clock and will formal
ly open the commencement exercises
here this year.
DR.. Fl. L. Hargrove, Phi. D., of Yale,
head of the government schools at
Shantung, China, and at one time pro-
fessor of English at the Florida State
College for Women, has been invited
to deliver the baccalaureate address
before the graduating class. DIR. Har-
grove will be the principal speaker on
Tuesday morning.
Other events on the program for
this year include the presentation Of
a play, "The Three Musketeers," by
the military department of the uni
versity, Monday evening; the annual
alumni luncheon at 1 p. m. Monday;
and the annual reception and prom to
the graduates given by the junior
class of the university Tuesday eve
ming.
The annual alumni luncheon to be
held Monday, May 20, will be attended
| by the largest number of graduates
and former students that have even
returned for an occasion of this kind
according to B. r. Colson, secretary.
treasurer of the Florida Alumni As.
sociation here.
The luncheon held in the universit,
commons last year and attended by
the members of the state board o.
control, was a great success and thoss
in charge of the arrangements for thi.
year promise an even better program
for those who attend.
A mock session of the Florida Stat
Senate, held during the luncheon las
year, was one of the best features tha
has ever been presented and thosa
present stated at the time that it wa
one of the biggest hits of the annua
session of the association. Member,
of the graduating class impersonates
the more prominent members of tn
Senate and a regular session wa
staged in the university dining room
1.-The program committee viii not di
lvulge the nature of the entertainment
feature for this year but promise on
that will be even better than tina
|staged during the last luncheon.
| During the dinner the regular an
nual business meeting of the associa
,tion will be held and officers electe
for the year. The present officers ar
Pat Johnson, Kissimmee, president
and B. R. Colson, Gainesville, secre
tary-treasurer.
Invitations have been sent out a
lover the state to former students O
the University of Florida and a mum
Der have already signifed their inten
tlon of returning for the luncheon an
business meeting this year.