Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-06
|CEN, EDWARDS.AT
u. Of N. june II,
Principal Speaker At Com
men c e m e n t - Scholastic
Honorary Societies To Take
In New M e m b ers The
Weeks Program

Orono. Me-, June 5-(SpeciaD
Maj. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards will
be the principal speaker at the Com
mencement exercises of the Univer-
sity of Maine on June II. it was an
rounced today by President Clarence
c. Little. Class day exercises. at
which honored members of the gra-
duating class will speak. will take
place on Saturday, June y, and all
alumni meetings will be held on FRI
day. =
The exercises will begin Thursday
afternoon with limitations Of the two
purely scholastic honorary socities,
Phi Bea Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi,
following which there will be BAN
quet in Balentine Hall for members
of the two organizations named and
Tau Beta Pi, the honorary engineer
ing fraternity, and Alpha Zeta,. the
agricultural society.
Dean Harold S. Boardman Of the
College of Arts and Sciences will be
the POSTMASTER at this banquet and
there will be short speeches by Miss
Mary c. Perkins of Portland, repre-
senting the senior class; William G.
Sawyer Of Westbrook, representing
Alpha Zeta: Prof. Charles p. Weston.
representing Tau Beta. Pi. Prof.
George d. Chase, representing Phi
Beta Kappa: Donald f. Alexander
of Bangor. representing Phi Kappa
Phi, and D. Whitman H. Jordan,
representing the alumni.
Scores of graduates are expected
to invade the campus on Friday for
the reunions Of various classes, and
the baseball game of the alumni
team versus the varsity in the after
noon.
Arthur Wilson of Orono. president
of the senior class. will preside at
the exercises on the University oval,
Saturday morning at $50. A class
ode, an innovation at the University
will be given by Miss Mary {. Per-
| kins of Portland. and the class poem
| will be recited by Miss Doris Twit-
chell of Old Town.
The Grafton will be given by Ed
| win Kneeland of Princeton, captain
of this years relay team and editor
Of The Maniac. Bryant M. Patter
of Portland, editor of The Campus
and also of the 1923 year book. is the
| class historian, and Donald f. Alex
ander of Bangor is the valedictorian
| Other class parts have been as
signed as follows: Marshal. Clyde A
| McKeeman of Princeton; chaplain. War
! r. Pease of Wilton; curator. Lloyd u
! Hay of Portland: prophets. William NJ
Kearns of Gardiner and Mary {. Per
| kins of Portland; presenters Of gifts
| Edward S. Lawrence of Gardiner anC
| Virginia Averill Of Old Town: junior
marshal, James T. Blair Of Medford
Mass.
Donald F. Alexander. the valedicto-
rian, is a graduate Of Houlton High
school and his present home is at 2O9
Elm street, Bangor. He was awarded
the Mullen scholarship in his junior
and senior years and has served three
years on the Campus Board. acting
this year as Alumni editor. He Is
the president. of the Radio Club, a
member of Tau Beta ri and Sigma
Delta Chi. and also Of Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity.
Arrangements for Glass day are in
charge of committee headed by Ger
aid c. Dunn of Monmouth and con-
sisting of Merle c. Niles Of Rumford,
Bryant NJ. Patten of Portland. Ersley
l.. Goldsmith of Gardiner and Miss
Harriet Weatherbee of Lincoln.
Those who will be initiated into Phi
Kappa Phi on Thursday are Myrtle
Ann Bean of Vienna, Lorenzo Gates
Currier of Warren. n. H.. Henry Le-
roy Doten of Northfield. Frances Mu-
riel FiS3 Of Auburn, Annie Marie Nc
Phee of South Paris, Mabel Blakeslee
Peabody of Portland, Doris Francea
Twitchell of Old Town and John Cliff
ford Winslow Of Westbrook.
The Phi Beta Kapp initiates will
be Robert Charles Calderwood Of Or
rington, Doris Twitchell of Old Town.
Harriet Weatherbee Of Lincoln and
Sarah Wiswell Of Machias.
Saturday. with the Glass day exer-
cises, annual business meeting Ct the
alumni association. the alumni
luncheon and banquet. the Varsity
game with New Hampshire University.
and the alumni hop, will be the big
day.
| Baccalaureate services will be held
in the chapel Sunday at 1890. but the
speaker has not yet been announced.
AT 5 ?. NJ. the ceremony Of breaking
ground for new buildings, with APP
prop-iate exercises. will take place. and
on Monday forenoon. the Commence
ment will be concluded with the con-
ferring Of degrees. Many graduates
and alumni will remain on the campus
for the annual Commencement ball in
the gymnasium Monday evening.