Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-21
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ter D. Simm. '25 of Waltham. Mass;
recipients of the honorary degrees,
William Oliver Stevens. '99 of An
napolis, Md; Otis Williams Foye
'9S, of Boston, Mass; the board Of
trustees. Division 4: Assistant Stu
dent Marshall, John Z. Avery, '25
of Stonington, Conn: the members
Of the college faculty. Division 5:
Assist Student Marshall, Phipil j..
Keith. '25 of Houlton; the alumni
of the college in order of gradual
ing. Division 6. Assistant Student
Marshall, Ervena Ioletta Goodale, '24
Of Waterville; the alumnae of the
college in order of graduating.
AS the procession moved slowly
down to the city building. it attract
sidewalks and presented a very i'm
pressive sight, with the black gown
ed and capped seniors following the
more colorful gowns of the faculty
and other guests. AS the line of
march reached the Opera House the
graduating class formed two lines
through which the faculty. and
guests of honor Of the college
marched, the students then falling
in line again and continuing to the
front of the auditorium, while the
faculty, and speakers continued to
the stage.
The band opened the program with a
selection, after which the Rev. Arthur
Wordsworth Cleaves '9S of Providence,
r. l., offered prayer and another Sc
lection was played by the band. The
first honorary class speaker was John
Russell Cow of Live Oak, Fla. who
took for the title Of his speech "Science,
the Layman's Investment" and with
his eloquence aroused considerable APP
plause from the audience.
The second speaker of the morning
vas Miss Melva Mercedes Mann of
Midtown, who took for her subject
THE Open Door," In her speech Miss
Mann declared that the American COL
lege student of today lived a selfish
life and did not think of the others in
the world. She said that some day they
would realize what they had been do
Ing and would open the door wide and
accept the others in the world. who
were just as full Of inspiration as we.
She further said that the lives Of great
men were always unselfsh and that
they lived for others rather than for
self.
The last student speaker Of the
morning was Frederick Gardiner Fas-
sett, Jr., Of West Medford. Mass. who
took for the subject of his speech 'Ro-
nance Is Dead" in which he contra
dicted that statement and set about
to prove his case In fine piece Of ora
tory. HIS speech was:
Romance Is dead, and gone are
the days Of glory" This. from the
times Of Rome has been the cry of
youth. Youth impressed by the
sagas and the epics of ancient heroes,
'thralled by the glamor of old wars.
old loves, looks ahead into the SEEM
ingly eternal aeons of a future OF
workaday routine, dun. lifeless.
"Gone are the days Of glory" Es-
! pecially is this true Of the college
! graduate, mind filled with the noble
deeds Of the past. great experiments,
! wondrous discoveries, glorious fail
ures. He sees stretching before him
the years, the endless years, Of labor
for food and place to sleep. Little
| more does there seem to be in pros
pect for him. Romance is dead"
But is it so? Consider: Far in
the western ocean, there is rolling
! rumble of stupendous sound. The
waters of the sea are hurled in air
great waves speed from a catas-
trophic center. Behold, a new is
land is born. A passing ship. tossed
by the cataclysm, makes the air
SILVER as it's wireless sends a report
Of what has happened. Far away,
another ship catches the message and
speeds it on. on. Men seize it. 1t
is cast into form. Deep in the
primorial slime of the ocean floor, the
great cables hum, as the birth of a
new land is shot through them. Tele-
graph instruments clatter. and a
typewriter yaps staccato accompani-
ment. There is the clash Of