Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-14

Ahe Aisl TWO Gays or commence
ment at Colby far outdid expectations
ootn IN interest shown by alumni and
students and in the extremely high
quality of the various observances
commencement exercises began on
saturday and will continue until
wednesday noon.
College Play
Inc nrst event was the annual col
leee play, which was given in the CITY
opera House Saturday afternoon, when
the splendid work of the cast and Of
the coach resulted in an excellent pro-
duction. The play chosen for this
year was F%The Critic" the famous
| stage success written by Richard
Brinsley Sheridan and pronounced one
OF the finest plays of the past decade.
Inc play has complicated plot in
which the rehearsal of the tragedy is
the means by which the real tragic
events were brought before the audi
! ence.
The chief character of the play was
Puff, the author of the tragedy, and
Rowland Baird in this part was one
OF the finest performers of the after
| noon with his work being one of the
| outstanding features. He took his
! place in the cast very we'll and his
character work was deserving of
praise. AS the author Of the PLAY the
I rehearsal of which was the real drama
he did very excellent work and sue
| cessfully filled one of. If not the most
difficult parts in the production.
The three critics. which parts were
| played by George West, George Halves
| and Donald Sprague. were very excel
lent in their fullfilment Of the require
| ments of their parts and deserve spe-
| cial commentator. The work of True
| Hardy in the first act was also very
| good, and although the part was not
| extremely prominent. 1t was very diff
| flcult and very we'll taken
| In the second act, which was the
| rehearsal of Puff's play, the major part
! of the cast made it's appearance.
| Philip Ely did excellent work in the
| initial part of the second act and car
! ried his part as pronpter to the actors
| in rehearsal in extremely fine ia shion
| Ralph Aver as the Governor of Til
! bury Fort was important In this act
/ and his work was very creditable. The
| courtesy and gallantry of Sir Walter
| Raleigh were excellently reproduced by
Greeley Pierce, whose work was one
| OF the outstanding features of the pro-
| duction- John Nelson as Sir Christie
| pher Hatton furnished some of the
| finest work of the afternoon with his
| Characterization. Very cleverly indeed
did Emily Heath and Florence Plaisted
| fulfill to perfection the requirements
| of their parts, while the work of Helen
| Smith was very good.
The workmanship occurring in a
| duel between the characters taken by
| Clarence Hale and Paul Edmunds was
| extremely clever and one of the out
| standing features. The work of both
1 ID1 Ndy,t J-,
| but despite this both filed their parts
| in extremely fine manner.
| This afternoon at $50 o'clock the
| second production of THE Critic" will
J take place in the City Opera House
| and will be chiefly for the guests of
| the college, alumni and undergraduates
and their guests Tickets will be re-
| Quired although no admission fee will
| be charged,
Junior Exhibition
7 On Saturday evening the annual Jun
| ior prize exhibition was held in the
! First Baptist church with members
| of the Junior class. both divisions,
| competing. The program was inter
| spersed with music after the opening
| prayer. and the speeches were very
excellent, comparing very favorably
| with any undergraduate speeches of
| the year.
The speech by Rowland Baird
! was one Of the finest of the evening
and brilliant in both thought and de-
| livery. Pertinent facts and thoughts
| concerning the power of adversely
! in the making of a man were spoken
in such fashion that they were ex-
| tremely effective.
Special commentator also must
go to Herbert G. Jenkins, who took
| as subject, THE Negro in Amer
ica," and his talk on the past and
present with a brilliant talk on the
| future of the negro in America was
excellent in its content and rendi-
| ton.
, Two prizes will be given in each
| division, being awarded at the COM
mencement exercises. The decision
| of the judges was reserved until the
| time of the awarding of prizes at the
| commencement exercises at the City
! Opera House on Wednesday.
BaccaIaureate Sermon
On Sunday morning the baccalau-
reate services were held at the City
| Opera House. The faculty and the
members of the senior class assem-
bled at the college chapel at a45
| and marched in academic dress to
the Opera House, where the services
| took place. A very large number of
| the alumni and friends of the col
| lege as we'll as many undergrad u-
| ates were in attendance in addition
to the seniors and one of the largest
audiences ever to attend baccalaure-
! ate services filled the auditorium.
The services were opened with
orchestral music, which was follow
| ed by singing by the choir of the
| First Baptist church, with Cecil A.
Daggett at the piano. The reading
of the list psalm by the entire
| gathering preceded further musical
selections by the choir.
The Scripture reading from the
| Gospel according to st. John was
given by President Arthur J. Rob-
erts. who for the first time for MANY
years was listener rather than the
deliverer of the baccalaureate SER
mon. After another musical seIec-
ton the prayer was offered by Rev.
William A. Smith, pastor of the Con-
gregational church of Waterville. A
hymn following the prayer preceded
| the baccalaureate sermon.
The baccalaureate sermon was de-
livered by Rev. Woodman Bradbury,
D. D., of Newton, Mass, and was
beautiful in it's idealism and force
full in its realism and logic. The
long process of development before
the ultimate maturing of man was
taken as an illustration of the man
ner in which education might be ap-
plief to life before man realized his
ideal OF "a full grown man" The
close alliance of religion and educa-
ton was emphasized by DR.. Brad
h1,rv apd he e1nnuepflv denirfed the