Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-17

Colby senior class received desrees
at the annual college commences
ment held yesterday morning in the
CITY Opera House. In addition to
lnese degrees, one masters degree
ana eight honorary degrees We're
awarded at the commencement ex.
erclses which were the chief feature
OF the final day Of the commence
ment program.
AT O'Clock in the morning the
academic procession formed on the
college campus before historic Me-
moral hall, the shrine of Colby
alumni, and proceeded to the Opera
house, where the commencement ex-
ercises were held.
The procession entered the Onera
House with the members of the SEN
Tor class with the exception of the
class speakers being seated in the
auditorium, while the recipients of
honorary degrees. the commencement
guests, the alumni speakers. and
members of the faculty were seated
on the stage. Music preceded, the
prayer by Rev. George Merriam of
the class Of 1879. The first class
speaker was Abbot Emerson Smith
of NVaterville.
Undergraduate Addresses
In his address Abbot Smith COM
pared the present day with the past
and emphasized the difference be-
tween the ancient and the modern
conceptions of the world.
Agnes Elizabeth Osgood of Pitts
field. n. H. was also an undergradu-
ate speaker and takink for her sub
Ject THE Ideals Of Modern Youth"
she made a brilliant defense of the
youth of today.
Donald Chester Freeman of Angus
ia gave a very excellent address on
the life and character of Eligah Par
lsh Lovejoy. one of Colby's martyrs,
and in glowing terms lauded his
achlevements. He briefly sketched
the life of Lovejoy from the time
ne graduated from Colby until II
years later when he was made a
martyr to freedom.
The graduate alumni address was
given by Rev. Arthur Wordsworth
Clcaves, D. D., of Providence, r. l.,
OF the class of 1898. 1.-THE Spirit Of
the Fathers in Modern Life was
chosen as the subject for the address
and the relationship of the past and
the present discussed. 1.-THE college "
| he said, sets itself to see that no
! gain of the past is lost. 1t is also
! the organized expectance of human
| ity. 1t searches for the truth" This
search for truth was emphasized as
one of the chief tasks of the college,
and the preservation of that which
the past has handed to the present
| was considered to be one of the next
i in Importance, if not equally a pri
| mary task of the college. The past
would be lost with its lessons from
NI-h fs1, mi Ind
not for the college which has taken
| upon itself the task of preserving the
/ knowledge of the bygone genera =
| lions.
Awarding OF Degrees
With the conclusion of the COM
mencement addresses degrees were
| conferred upon the members of the
graduating class as follows:
Master of Arts, Clyde Edwin Rus
| sell, Winslow.
Bachelor of Arts
The Mems Division-Elmer Forest
| Allen, Roxbury, Mass; George Butler
Barnes, Houlton; Francis Firth
| Bartlett, Waterville: Carl John
Condor, Shrewsbury Mass; William
Moody Ford, Whitefeld: William
Edward Garabedian, Cambridge.
Mass; Gabriel Raphael Guedj, Bel
fast; Reuben Fremont Hunter,
Houlton; Roy Hilton Short, Hart
land: Abbot Emerson Smith. Water
Vile; Donald Sprague, Boothbay
Harbor; Leon Hugh Warren, Port
land; Albert William Wassell. Wor-
! cester, Mass.
! : The Women's Division-Mary Mar
euerite Albert, Houlton; Virginia
| Elizabeth Baldwin, Bangor; Mildred
Emma Bicllmore, Charleston; Fran
| ces Christine Booth, Lawrence,
N-ass.; Agnes Julia Brouder, Me-
thuen. Mass; Helen Hope Chase,
Brownville; Edna Conant. Winter
port: Mary Alpha Crosby, Water
Vile; Helen Elizabeth Davis, New
mort: Irma Vesta Davis. Burnham;
Lena Rumery Drisko, Belfast; Doro-
thy Elizabeth Farnum, Wilton: Hilda
Mary Fife, Kittery; Elsie Mitchell
Frost Waterville; Edith Melvina
Grearson. Calais; Beatrice Emma
Ham. Livermore Falls; Margaret
Coralie Hardy. Sanford; Madeline
pauline Woodworth, Fairfield; Emily
Remington Heath, Waterville; mo
gen Frances Hill, Portland; Eona
EVELYN Kellett, Lawrence. Mass
Esther angela Lord, Bangor; Paul
inc Amanda Lunn, WaterVllle'
Madeline Marcia Merrill, Madison;
Jennie Louise Nutter. Monson;
tenes Elizabeth Osgood, Pittsfeld,
n II. Doris Irene Roberts, Sherman