Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-18
The Maine Boys
In Leading Parts
R6WdOin Next Week

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Brunswick, June 17.-Maine boys
will play a prominent part In Com
mencement affairs at Bowdoin Col
lege during the coming week. The
two leading scholars Of the class, Carl
X. Hersey and Albert Abrahamson
of Portland will be among the speak
ers at the Commencement exercises
on Thursday. The vice-president or
the class Is John w. Tarbell of Ban
gor. the class poet Is Harold l.. Chaf-
fey of Eastport, and the class chap
lain-is A. Carleton Andrews of Lew
iston. Other men who will take part
in the exercises of the graduating
class are William Widen of Danvers,
Mass, class president, Charles n.
Cutter of Newton Highlands, Mass,
class marshal, Gordon z. Armstrong
of Roslindale, Mass, class odiSt,
Lawrence NJ. Read Of Worcester,
Mass, class orator, H. Lincoln
Houghton Of Concord, Mass. class
historian, Charles Griffin of Dorches-
ter, Mass, opening address, ana
Charles S. Bradeen of Essex, Conn.,,
closing address. The Commence
ment speakers in addition to Jersey
and Abrahamson are Donald 3. War
rem of Hampton, N. H., and William
F. G. Bell of Hamilton, Ontario. The
Glass Day exercises will be held UNI
der the historic Thorndike Oak which
was planted just 120 years ago at the
first Commencement of the college by
George Thorndike Of Beverly,
graduate in the class of 1906.
Commencement Day this year falls
biYfhdoxr nf the Pnl1ppa which
was chartered June "a, 1894. All
other anniversary, the centennial Of
the Bowdoin chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa, is also being celebrated by
special exercises on Wednesday, June
23rd. An address will be given by
Professor Charles Hall Grandgent
of Harvard. The exercises will be
presided over by Governor Ralph
o. Brewster. '09, who is president of
the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Maine.
The only other special event sched-
uled for this years Commencement
is the unwilling of a tablet in memo
ry Of Charles Boardman HAYES OF
the class of 1911, author of 1.-The Dark
Frigate" and other works.
Beginning with the baccalaureate
address by President Stills on Sunday
the BoWdoin Commencement will fol-
low it's usual course through Thurs
day, which is Commencement Day.
The Alexander Prize Speaking will
be held on Monday evening, and
Tuesday will be Class Day with the
senior exercises at p. NJ. and the
senior dance that evening. Wednes-
day Is Alumni Day. The Alumni
Council will meet at $50 A. NJ. and
the Directors of the Alumni Fund at
4 p. NJ. At 9.45 A. NJ, the alumni
parade will march to Whittier Field
where the varsity baseball team viii
meet the 1921 varsity. The annual
meeting of Phi Beta Kappa will be
held at IL A. NJ, and the unwilling of
the Halves tablet at noon.
The annual meeting of the Alumni
Association will be held at 100 P. NJ,
preceded by a buffet luncheon ana
the centennial exercises of Phi Beta
Kappa will come at 2.30 P. NJ. From
4.30 to 6 P. NJ. President and Mrs.
Stills will hold their annual reception
on the Art Building terrace while the
Fifth Infantry Band of Portland
gives concert under the Thorndike
Oak. Governor and Mrs. Brewster
will receive with President and Mrs.
Stills.
At 6.15 p. NJ. the Glass of 1874
which includes all classes not hold
ing regular reunions will have n
clambake and sing on the college
grounds. At PM. the Masque and
Gown will present Much Ado About
Nothing on the Art Building ter
race. Thursday is the big day Of
Commencement week with the Com
mencement exercises at 10 A. NJ. and
the Commencement dinner in the
gymnasium at noon.
Among. the speakers at the Com
mencement dinner will be Governor
Brewster, Charles T. Halves of Ban
gor, president of the Board of Over
seers end representative of the So
year class, and Ripley l.. Dana, 'O1,
OF Boston. The most important feat
ure Of the dinner will be the annual
address by President Stills in which
ne Will review the work of the COL
iege during the past year, announce
gifts, changes in the faculty, and
plans for the future.