Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-20

President Kenneth c. NJ. Mills at the
Commencement dinner:
October 16, 1923
The White House,
Washington,
My dear President Sills:
| can assure you that it would give
me a great deal of pleasure if |
could look forward to a visit to Bow
doin College a Commencement time,
for YOU know how strong is my feel
ing of affection for the smaller New
England colleges. 1T would be espec-
tally gratifying because of the in
teresting coincidence that this COM
ing Commencement marks the hun
dredth anniversary of the graduation
of President Pierce. l fear. however,
that l cannot hold out the slightest
hope of acceptance. My plans are
too uncertain, and it may well be
impossible for me to get away from
Washington. m, therefore, COM
PEELED with much regret to decline,
and / ask that YOU will express to
the trustees my thanks and my APP
probation of their thought of me.
Very truly yours.
(Signed)
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
Dr. Kenneth c. NJ. Sills,
President. Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Me.
President Sills then announced the
Friar Cup now Student Council
Cup) standing for the SeCoand
Semestar, this cup being awarded to
that undergraduate group whose
scholastic average is the highest at
the end of each semester:
Phi Delta Psi. 14.050o: Non Fra
ternity. 12.4S33: Sigma Nj, j., $500:
chi Psi. II 1854: Zeta Psi, II ,5S333;
Theta Delta Chi, 11,2051; Delta Up
silon, 11,1516: Beta Theta II, H.
1855: Delta Kappa Epsilon, 11,O62o;
Kappa Sigma. 10,2J333: Psi Epsilon.
10. 1873; Alpha Delta Phi, 10000.
TIL Commencement speakers and
their subjects were as follows:
Evolution and Freedom" by liar
"francois Villon" by Clasence d.
Rouilard Of Topsham; The Con-
tribution of John Marshall to the
American system of Government
by Edward w. Rave Of Lynn. Mass,
and Patriotism as a Basis of Peace
nv George +. Hill of Collinsville,
Conn.
, Honorary Degrees
Doctor of Science:
Frank Nathaniel Whittier, Class
of 1885, of BoNdoin College.
Oliver r. Watts. Glass of 1882, OF
University Of Wisconsin.
Master of Arts:
!tlpheus Sanford, Glass OF 1875, Of
Boston Overseer of the t"icse
since 1909. former member &C the
Massa chusetts Legislature.
Thomas Harrison Riley, Glass of
1880. of Brunswick. Secretary Of
the Board Of Overseers since 1894.
Arthur Philip Fairfield. Class Of
1889. Captain United States Navy.
For distinguished war service.
Those of the class graduating
with honors are as follows;
Summa Cum Laude, Edward
Harold Coburn of Brunswick.
Magma Cum Laude, Clarence
Dana Rouilard of Topsham,
Lawrence William Towle Of Saco.
Cum Laude. Stanley Wilson Col
burn of Augusta. Forrest Erwin
Durham Of Portland. Glenn Wesley
Gray Of New Vineyard. Reginald
Fulton Johnston of Brunswick. Har-
vey Bulfnch Lowell of Waldohoro.
Edward Wesley Rave of Lynn.
Mass. Raymond Justin Saunders of
South Waterford.
Honors in especial subjects were
as follows:
Biology Harvey Bulfinch Lowell
OF Waldoboro. magma cum laude;
Paul LANCE Phillips OF Brooklyn, y.
V, Arthur Lorraine Springer o:
Skowhegan. cum laude.
Chemistry: Edward Harold CO.
burn of Brunswick, Stanley Wilson
Colburn OF Augusta. cum laude.
Economics: Raymond Justin
Saunders Of South Waterford,
Lawrence William Towle of Saco.
cum laude.
English: Walter Knowlton Gut
man of New York City, magma cum
laude; John Watson of Jamaica
Plain, Mass, cum laude.
French: Lindsey Crawford Church
James Robertson of Caribou, cum
laude.
Government: Forrest Erwin
Cousins of Guilford, Edward IVES
ley Rave of Lynn, Mass, magma
cum laude; Glenn Wesley Gray of
New Vineyard. George Edwin Hill
of Collinsville, Conn. cum laude.
Philosophy and phycholo sy:
Thornton Codington Land OF Yonk-
ers, \. Y, cum laude.
, Awards in 1924
Rhodes Scholarship now in
residence: Alexander Thomson 81
and Edward Billings Ham. 90;
Charles Carroll Everett Scholar:
Glen Wesley Gray "a: Henry w.
Longfellow Scholar: Clarence Dana
Rouillard "a: David Sewall Premi-
UNI: William Augustine. Murphy 81: