Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-14
Colby Commencement
PROGRAM 1929

Prof. Herbert c. Libby. chairman of
the general committee for the Colby
| College commencement. has announced
the program for the graduation week
at Colby. This year the commencement
] exercises begin on Saturday. June 16.
| and continue until Wednesday. June
90. The commencement program is as
| follows:
Saturday. June 1880 P. NJ. Pre-
sentation Of the college play under di
rection of Miss EXerine L. Flood. First
| production for townspecple. No admis-
sion charged. Tickets required. City
, Opera House. 500 p. NJ. Annual junior
! prize exhibition. President Arthur ].
Roberts, 80. presiding. Tickets re-
| quired. First Baptist church.
Sunday. June II. Baccalaureate SER
| non-9.45 A. NJ. Faculty Of the COL
iege and senior class assemble at the
| collepe chapel. 1890 A. NJ. Baccalau-
reate sermon delivered by the president
| Of the college. No seats will be re-
served after 1915. Tickets required.
! City Opera House. 1850 P. NJ. The
Boardman Missionary sermon by Rev.
Otis Williams Foye, B. A.. Of the class
| Of 1898. Tickets required. First Bap-
! fist church.
Monday. June IS. Undergraduate
Day-9.O0 A. NJ. Morning prayers.
| Speaker to be announced. College
chapel. $50 A. NJ. Junior Glass Day
| exercises. Addresses by members of
the class. College campus. HOO A. NJ.
Address by the guest of honor of the
| junior class. College campus. $50 p.
NJ. The college play under direction
| Of Miss Exerine l.. Flood. Second pro-
duction for undergraduates. graduates
and their guests, and guests of the col
lego. No admission charged. Tickets
required. City Opera House. 500 T. NJ.
Annual meeting of the Colby chapter of
the Phi Beta Kappa. President Dana
Warren Hall. NJ. A, 80, presiding. Lee
ture room, Chemical Hall. 500 P. NJ.
The presidents reception. Invitation
is extended to all commencement
guests. members of the faculty and
wives. graduates and former students.
students of the college, and citizens Of
Waterville. Chemical Hall.
Tuesday, June 10. Graduates Day
3: 90 a. NJ: Morning prayers,
speaker to be announced. college
chapel; $3.50 A. NJ. annual meeting
? of the board of trustees. Chemical
Hall. $3.50 A. NJ: Senior class day
! exercises. addresses by members of
! the class. college campus. 10:45 A.
| NJ: Address by guest of honor Of
| the senior class, college campus.
| 1900 NJ. Alumni lunch and annual
| meeting of the General Colby Alumni
! Association. Paul Frederick Fraser.
B. S. rs, President of the Associa-
| ton, presiding. Open to graduates,
| all former students of the college.
members of the faculty. and men,
| bers of the graduating class. Tickets
| required. college gymnasium; Alum
! nae lunch and annual meeting of the
, General Colby Alumnae Associa-
| ton, Lois HoXie Smith, '03, Presi-
| dent of the Association, presiding.
Open to all graduates, all former
students, wives of Trustees and of
members of the faculty, and mem
! bers of the senior class, tickets re-
| quired, Foss Hall. 800 P. NJ; Con-
cert by Chambers Military Band Of
Portland, c. NJ. Brooks, conductor,
| college campus. 500 p. NJ: College
address. Speaker to be announced.
Tickets required. First Baptist
Church. 900 =. NJ: Fraternity and
Sorority Reunions.
Wednesday, June 20. commence
ment day. A. NJ. Academic process
sion. Members of the board Of trus-
tees, members Of the college faculty.
graduates and undergraduates are
expected to have place in this pro-
cession. Academic dress is requested.
College campus. Formation of pro-
to-, f1ll 4. :-:-
division - Escort of police; college
marshal and honorary marshal;
band; college standard bearers; stu
dent marshal and class marshal; I'M
dergraduate classes in the order Of
Freshmen. Sophomore, Junior and
Senior. division 1D-Assistant COL
lege marshal; His Excellency, the
Governor Of Maine. escorted by the
president of the college; the Cover
nOr's staff; the commencement day
graduate speaker accompanied by the
chairman Of the board Of trustees;
the judges of the supreme court and
other State officials; the mayor Of
Waterville. division IID-Student
marshall; recipients Of honorary de-
grees; the board of trustees. Divis-
ion IV-Assistant student marshal:
the college faculty in order of SEN
dent marshal; the alumnae of the
college in the order Of their gradual
ton. division VD-Assistant stu
dent marshal; the alumni OF the COL
lege in the order Of their graduation.
$50 A. M.-Commencement exercises.
Addresses by members Of the grad
uating class, followed by the COM
mencement address by jeremiah Ed
mund Burke, NJ. A., LIT. D., Of the
class of 1890. Announcement Of prizes
and comforting of degrees. first upon
members Of the graduating class, and
then upon the recipients of honorary
degrees. Tickets required. City
Opera house. 11.30 A. M.-Procission
reformed, proceeding to the college
campus. City Hall square. IL M.
addresses by guests of the college,
representatives Of reunioning classes
and the president Of the college,
Chief Justice Cornish, rs, presiding.
All graduates, former students,
guests of graduates and members of
the faculty invited. Tickets required.
The College gymnasium.
General committee for commence
ment of 1923-Prof. Herbert Carlyle
Libby. 'O2. chairman. Waterville;
Judge Leslie Colby Cornish. rs. Au-
gusta; Norman Leslie Bassett. 81. Au-
gusta; Charles Edwin Quincy. '9S.
Portland: Prof. Thomas Bryce Ash
craft. Waterville: Prof. George Free
man Parmenter. Waterville.
Chairmen Of special committees-On
class reunions: Prof. Charles Phillips
Chapman. '06. Waterville; Richard A.
tions and iluminations: Richard A.
Harlow, I2, Portland.
List Of marshals and asssistants-
College marshal, Prof George Freeman