Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-15
JUNIOR CLASS DAY EXERCISES
Third DAY COLBY Commencement

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Afternoon Events
The second production Of the college
! play took place at the City Opera
| House at $50 o'clock under the direc-
| ton Of Miss Exerene Flood and was
very well attended. This performance
of the play was chiefly for undergrad
yates, graduates. guests Of the college
and guests Of the alumni. The second
| performance was equally as success
| full as the first, which was held on
Saturday afternoon with every mem
Der Of the cast doing very excellent
work in his part.
At s in the afternoon the annual
meeting of the Colby chapter of Phi
| Beta Kappa was held in Chemical Hall
| with Prof. William ]. Wilkinsin of the
Colby faculty presiding.
Events Of the Evening
At 8 last evening the presidents
| reception was held in Chemical Hall
and was a brilliant function. Many
| guests Of the college as we'll as prom
| inent alumni were present and the re-
union of many of the alumni who have
] not had an opportunity to renew ac-
! quaintances for years did SO at this
| reception. Many of the undergradu-
] ates also attended and mixed with the
alumni, who thus gained an excellent
I opportunity to become acquainted with
! all the activities of the under-class-
| men. Commencement guests We're also
| present and there were many of the
! citizens of Waterville present at the
| reception.
| The senior hop was held in the eve
ming at Elks hall and dancing was en-
| joyed by largenumber of the under
! graduates as we'll as many alumni who
/ are present at commencement. The
! Midnight Sons of Colby furnished mu-
sic for the. occasion and played for 90
/ dances and four extras. An intermis-
! sion of one hour was taken at mid
night and refreshments were also
| served at an early hour. Favors for
| both men and women were presented
to those present, the ladies receiving
| leather vanity cases bearing the COL
| lege seal while the men each received
leather cigarette case.
The patrons and patronesses were
President and Mrs. Arthur ]. Roberts,
| Dean Nettie NJ. Runnals, Miss Cor
rinne Van Norman, DIR. and Mrs. Will
liam J. Wilkinson and Prof. and Mrs.
| c. Harry Edwards.
The committee in charge was COM
| posed of the following members of the
| senior class: Francis F. Bartlett of
Waterville (chairman), Clifford H. Lit
tlefield of NVaterville, Melville l.. Kill
born of West Orange, n. J., and Ken
meth w. Bragdon Of Westbrook.
Today Alumni Day
The events on today's program IN
clude the exercises of the senior class
and other important features. The OBJ
servances will open at in the morn
ing when the chapel exercises of the
senior class will be held in the college
chapel. The senior class will attend
in a body and undergraduates. alumni
and friends are also invited At $50
o'clock the annual meeting of the
board of trustees will be held in Cham
ical Hall with very nearly complete
attendance of the members of the
board expected. At $50 also the ex-
! ercises of the senior class will be held
on the lower campus with speeches by
members of the class as the promi-
! nent features of the undergraduate
observance. At 1915 the address to
the members of the senior class will be
given by Clarence Edmund Meleney.
LID, Of the class of 1876, the guest
of honor of the senior class. At 11.30
the annual meeting of the General
Colby Alumnae Association will be
held in Foss Hall with many of the
alumnae expected to attend. The
alumni lunch and annual meeting of
the General Colby Alumni Association,
with Fred F'oss Lawrence, B. A of the
class of 1900. presiding. will be held
in the college gymnasium. This is
open to all graduates, former students,
members of the faculty and members
| of the graduating class.
In the afternoon the alumnae lunch
con will be held at l o'clock with Ger
trude Ilsley Padelford presiding. This
meeting and luncheon will be open to
all graduates, all former students,
wives of trustees, members of the fac
ulty and members of the senior class.
Tickets for this luncheon are on sale
at the deans office. At o'clock in
the afternoon the presentation of the
senior class gift will take place on
Scaverns athletic field whom the class
will present a football and baseball
scoreboard to the college. The pre-
sentation will be made by Stephen
Burbank Berry, president of the sem
Tor class. and acceptance will be made
by an alumnus. A concert by Chand-
| ler's Military Band of Portland will
be given on the campus at $50 o'clock.
In the evening at o'clock exercises
| ting the 150th anniversary
of the founding of Phi Beta Kappa
| will be held in the First Baptist
| church with Robert Robert Lincoln
| O'E.ien, editor of the Boston Herald,
as the principal speaker.
| Several class reunions will be held
| during the early evening and all of the
fraternity reunions will be held in the
| evening, lasting until late hour due
| to the fact that many of the alumni
| will not be present earlier in the eve
| ming, due to class reunions. The meet
| ings of the alumni associations of the
| various fraternities will also take
place in the evening and it is expected
that by tonight a very large number
| of alumni will be present for these
| obserYances.