The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-14
West Nottingham Academy Commencement

Inc Annual op6dhlH5 ahu
Oratorical Contests were held at West
Nottingham Academy on Friday eve
ming, May 81. The entrants in the
Public Speaking Contest were selected
from the third and fourth forms. Ed
ward Rider, of Port Deposit; Robert
Respess, of Baltimore; Robert Salts
men and James Fulton, of Gainesville;
and Robert Roush, of Salisbury, We're
among the contestants. Robert Fehr,
of Rising Sun, was awarded second
prize for his recitation of two poems
by Edgar Guest. f. Thomas White
Stahl, of Baltimore, was given hrst
place for his excellent delivery of an
excerpt from Tennyson's Sir Gala
had"
Students in the fifth and sixth forms
wrote and delivered original orations
in the second contest. Osborne Mackie,
of Elkton, delivered an Grafton on
1.-The Beauty of the Commonplace
which was remarkable for the quality
and content of thought it evidenced.
Benjamin Carroll, of Conowingo,
speaking on American Leisure" and
Roger Kayhart, of Mountain Lakes
New Jersey, discussing The Menace of
Huey Long" were keenly analytical in
their consideration of present day
problems. Vincent Newton, of Homes
dale, Pennsylvania, received the sec
ond award for finely constructed and
expertly presented Grafton "A Re-
sounding Question: dissertation on
crime and criminals. The first prize
was won by Malcolm Kullmar, of Ken
sington who spoke eloquently and
convincingly on the subject What is
Wrong With the Law"
The judges were the Honorable
Joshua C1avtOD of E1lxtOn. Mr.
Clifford, Supervising Principal of the
Calvert Public Schools, and Rev.
Wayne Monroe, Pastor of the Port De-
post Presbyterian Church. Musical
interludes were provided by Mr.,
George Aykroyd, organist, and a vocal
trio comprising Robert Howard, Jr., of
Morristown, New Jersey, and Robert
Webster and William Winter, of Holt
daysburg, Pennsylvania.
On Saturday, June l, large and en-
thusiastic group of Alumni of the West
Nottingham Academy gathered at the
school for the annual reunion of the
Alumni Association. After the lunch
con, Mr.. J. Burton Wiley of Morris
town, New Jersey, president of the as
ISOLATION, presided over most inter-
esting business meeting. Among the
more noted alumni present We're: Mr..
Jethro johnson of Media Pennsyl-
C. Squier of Port Deposit Maryland,
class of 1890; DR.. Ernest Rowland of
Liberty Grove, class of 1892; The Rev.
John A. Nesbitt of Gainesville, Mary
land, President of Trustees; w. A.
Shaw of oxford, Pennsylvania; Lieut.
Commander F. Palmer Williams of
Washington, d. c., class of 1897; G..
Dare Hopkins, Wilmington Attorney,
class of 1903; Mr.. Raymond l.. Nesbitt
NJ a.
and Mrs Frances Steel Hastings of
Milton, Pennsylvania, class of 1912,
A group of eighteen young men of
the class of 1885 were received into
the association; and petition for
membership by the ladies who had
been students of the West Nottingham
Seminary, was accepted.
The association then approved the
following proposals to publish an ad-
dress book; to underwrite a printed is
sue of he Literary Advance featuring
Alumni news to be published one
month before commencement in 1896;
to establish a Loyalty and Scholarship
Fund for the purpose of raising money
for several 500 scholarships to the
Academy for worthy boys who need
them. Lieut.. Commander F. Palmer
Williams was named chairman of the
committee in charge of this last
project.
officers elected for the coming year
are: Presiden, G. Dare Hopkins, Wilm-
ingon, Delaware; Vice Presidents, DR..
Ernest Rowland, Liberty Grove, Mary
land; H. G. Hanna, Colora, Maryland,
and Mrs. William 7. Jenness, Colora,
Maryland; Secretary Treasurer, Miss
Esther Maxwell, Rising Sun, Maryland.
Mrs. Isabel A. Nesbitt, Gainesville,
Maryland was appointed to fill va
cancy on the records committee of
which Mr.. W. A. Shaw is chairman.
Baccalaureate Service, Sunday, June 2
The beauty of the June weather, the
floral decorations beautiful in their
simplicity in the old church, the great
congregation of friends and we'll wish
ers of old West Nottingham all served
to contribute to and enhance that most
solemn of occasions, Baccalaureate
his powerful and inspiring address
stirred the hearts and minds of his lis
teners, and gave to the young men
whose term as undergraduates has
passed, the happiest of memories of the
church, which has played such a large
part in their life and development at
West Nottingham Academy.
DR.. Hibshman based his sermon on
the Book of Esther, taking as his text
verse of the fourth chapter: 'and who
knoweth whether thou are come to the
Kingdom for such a time as this"
Emphasizing the last phrase of the
text, the speaker traced through His
tory the evolution of men and women
of the hour, their employment as in
struments of the Almighty's will, and
the unique personal relationship be-
tween God and such of his servants as
Esther and Joan of Arc. But, every
man, the pastor insisted, possesses the
basis for the establishment of such
relationship.
Commencement Recital Well Received
On Sunday afternoon, June 2, a spe-
cial recital was presented in the Pres
byterian Church at West Nottingham.
The participants were Mr.. George
Aykroyd, English instructor and Dean
of the Academy, and Mr. Robert NJ.
Howard, ST., Director of Music of the
Morristown, N. j., Public Schools.
Mr. George Aykroyd, organist, dis
played complete technical control of
his instrument allied with genuine
interpretative skill. Particularly i'm
pressive was his performance of
group of Bach "Preludes'' and the
staggeringly difficult Organ Concer-
to in B Flat Major of Handel. Other