The one hundredth and forty-first

Commencement at Dartmouth held to the high standards of recent years in impressiveness of the various events, in display of alumni loyalty, and in numbers of those who returned for the celebrations of their reunions.

Following in spirit the display of enthusiasm and originality of the class of 1899, the class of 1900 returned for its ten year reunion'two men out of every three who graduated, and a considerable number of non-graduates besides. This class had, moreover, 'an attractive and painstakingly worked-out program, designed not only for its own entertainment but for that also of the whole Commencement assembly of alumni.

The things which gave greatest pleasure to the alumni gatherings were the evidences everywhere of the successful establishment of the new administration and the quiet confidence in President Nichols and his policies, the informal opportunities to see and to meet Doctor Tucker, and the presence in health and strength of Judge David Cross '41, beloved by all, who easily wore his distinction as the oldest living'graduate.

At five o'clock on Friday afternoon, June 17, the Chapel Peal rang out its summons to the exercises of the SingOut. President Nichols presided, and Professor Morse was at the organ. Mr. Walter H. J. Golde, .as class chorister, was in charge of the program. Led by its marshal, Mr. Clarke W. Tobin, the class entered the chapel for the exercises, as follows:

PROCESSIONAL HYMN : For the Beauty of the Earth Kocher PROCESSION: War March of the Priests (Athalie) . . . 'Mendelssohn PRELUDE Second Meditation . Guilmant ANTHEM Sing Alleluia Forth . Buck The Choir, Solos by B. A. Hoban '12 and C. A. Pfau '13 RESPONSIVE READING Psalm xc, Selection number 32 GLORIA PATRI . . . . . Tallis Choir and Congregation

SCRIPTURE LESSON John i, Verses 6-23 HYMN: Amesbury .... Arnold "Come, let us anew our journey pursue" The Choir, Solo by Harold S. Winship '10 PRAYER HYMN: Number 17 to tune "Dominus regit me" BENEDICTION PONTIFICAL MARCH . . . Gounod RECESSIONAL HYMN: Onward, Christian Soldiers . . . . . Sullivan

The Sing-Out exercises were followed immediately by the simple ceremony by which Palaeopitus initiates its new members, at the Old Pine.

Custom was followed in the gathering of. the classes at quarter past seven for the Wet-Down. Led by the Seniors, the classes formed in regular order and marched around the campus, cheering all the dormitories and buildings. From there the classes marched to President Nichols' residence where they were addressed by the President. Next, in response to their cheers at his house, Doctor Tucker appeared.

The march then returned to the campus, where the classes drank in order from the barrel, which was overturned in a struggle between the sophomore and freshman classes, after which the three lower classes passed through the Seniors lined up at the fence.

When all the classes were assembled around the bandstand President Tobin of the College Club in behalf of the students injected an unscheduled event into the program by the presentation of a beautiful gold watch to Mr. Hopkins, the retiring secretary of the College.

The Wet-Down exercises were concluded by the presentation of the Senior Fence to the class of 1911 by W. C. Shaw. Harry Butler accepted for the junior class. Both speakers were effective, their speeches teeming with Dartmouth spirit and honor of Dartmouth traditions.

In accordance with what has come to be established custom, the President and Trustees of the College gave a farewell dinner to the Seniors, at nine o'clock the evening of the Sing-Out. Throughout the dinner the speeches all were touched with sentiment of college days and with confidence in the class.

Secretary Hopkins presided as toastmaster. After a few introductory remarks, he introduced Mr. O'Neill of the College instruction corps as the first speaker. Mr. O'Neill, who spoke in 1907 at a like dinner, as president of his class, said that it was of all importance to retain the old Dartmouth spirit of devotion for the College, and not to be afraid of sentiment, for true sentiment added value to life.

W. C. Shaw, president of the class of 1910, next spoke. In behalf of the class he expressed appreciation for the opportunity of meeting in such a gathering, and he gave a few reminiscences of the four years. He was followed by Professor Reeves, who expressed his regret at leaving, and said that even in his capacity as a professor for only three years of the class's, course of four he had caught some of the Dartmouth spirit. Above all things, he said, be loyal to the College.

President Nichols next spoke. He emphasized the great need of honest men who can be trusted to abide by truth and to conduct themselves honorably wherever they be placed.

Mr. Parkhurst, one of the alumni trustees, who has just given the College the new administration building, followed. He gave some very interesting reminiscences of his college days.

The next speaker was M. C. Teall of the class of 1910. Mr. Teall talked on the great value of a college education, and very effectively brought President Tucker into his speech as a splendid example of an ideal college president.

J. R. Everett deplored the destructive spirit of criticism, which pulled down without building up and which was found, he felt, too much within the College of the present day.

Clarke Tobin followed in an impressive speech in which he spoke of how all incidental college connections became of small account when compared with the brotherhood of Dartmouth men. He then followed with the promise that the class of 1910 should go forth and take its place in the alumni, strong men among strong men.

The next speaker, J. P. Richardson '99, in a speech of great finish and effectiveness, spoke of the Dartmouth spirit, and its great influence. Drawing a comparison between two kings, Edward and Leopold, he showed how even the world's admiration as well as confidence was given to the man who used his position and. influence for the betterment of all things, rather than to him who abused his advantages. Thus, he argued, would the college man be judged, -on the way he should use these advantages which had been his, whether by farsighted and unselfish use or by selfish abuse.

General Frank S. Streeter, of the Board of Trustees, was the last speaker of the evening. He took up the conditions which college men must face today, and compared them with those which confronted the men of his day. Both periods represented periods of public unrest over the settlement of moral questions, —then slavery, now wealth. To the settlement of public problems college men should bring conscientiousness, intelligence, and energy. He said that every college man should go into the world, play his part hard, and whatever he might do, be able to look any one in the face.

One of the incidents of the evening which brought pleasure to all, was a letter to the class, which Tobin read, from Doctor Tucker. Throughout the evening, together with the confidence in the new president was expressed loving regard for him who had been president for three years of the four in which the class had been in the College, and gratification that men of the class could know both the one and the other.

The dinner came to a close by every one's rising and singing the Dartmouth Song.

On Saturday evening at eight o'clock, in A Dartmouth, the annual oratorical contests for the class of '66 prizes and the Barge gold medal were held. The speaking was of great excellence, and the attention of the audience was closely held throughout. The awards of the judges were in accordance with the popular verdict, though the competition was very close. The "following awards were made by the judges:

Class of '66 prizes: First—Kenneth Francis Clark, Brooklyn, N. Y., "The Proper Use of Great Wealth"; second, Edgar Weston Anderson, Lynn, Mass., "John Brown."

The Barge medal was awarded to Clarke Walworth Tobin, Dorchester, Mass., "The Problem of the Child."

The judges were: Mr. Robert H. Parkinson '70, of Chicago; Mr, Alton E. Briggs '85, of Chelsea, Mass., and Mr Franklin C. Lewis '00, of New York.

Long before the time of the baccalaureate sermon, on Sunday morning, every available seat in the College Church had been taken and hundreds were unable to gain admission. The preacher of the day was the Rev. Hugh Black, D.D., of Union Theological Seminary, already known to the College and respected through the power of his addresses on an earlier occasion in the year. Promptly as the bell ceased ringing the Seniors, led by their marshal, entered the church and took their places in the body of the house.

Aside from the preacher of the day and . the President of the College, there were upon the platform the Rev. F. L. Janeway—in charge of the service, and assisting him the Rev. J. H. Robinson of the faculty.

The text chosen by the Rev. Dr. Black was the fifty-ninth verse of the one hundred and nineteenth Psalm: "I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies." He said:

"The approach to God may be by many varied paths, but they must all lead to the same gate of serious thought and honest reflection. The driving power which brings a man to the point of decision may be vivid emotion, or keen sorrow, or painful repentance, or the impulse of a high resolve, or the wooing of a great love, or a kindled passion after good and purity. But all the roads converge to this point of solemn reflection when a man considers his life in the light of God's presence.

"All who have tried to impress their generation with any truth have felt that the one needful thing was to get men to think, to take account of the facts and open their minds to great issues. It is hard to get a real hearing, a calm and sober and serious consideration. We take our opinions ready made. Complacent drifting with the tide is common in every region. In politics we find everywhere the unintelligent acceptance of a party creed, where men repeat the old catch-words of a party and do not really set themselves to master the problems they are called on to decide.

"In religion we find the traditional and conventional, and seldom the original. By original is meant not the senseless striving after new opinions, but a living faith that is the expression of a man's own thought and experience. We do not often hear a live voice that is more than an echo* speaking out of the depths of personal and experimental knowledge. We are so improved in living that we can respect life.

"For religion, the thinking needs to be directed to .a definite issue. It is not speculation. A man may have intellectual interests and be absorbed in profound investigation and yet come far short of the personal demand which religion makes. The intellectual life is not necessarily religious. Many, a man has thought on general problems but never faced up to the problem of his own life. In our musings and questions and our views of problems, have we come to close quarters with ourselves, and thought on our ways? Have we seen life, in terms of duty and personal responsibility and privilege? Has our thinking come so close to our own soul that it turned our feet in the way of God's testimonies? We are" not born to solve all the problems of the world, but we are born to come to some practical decision about our own life. We must bring our wayward minds and wilful hearts into subjection to the highest law.

"Knowledge is not an end in itself, but finds its crown in service. Life will be measured not by what we get but by' what we give. You have had in these years great opportunity, with the delight of friendship, the joy of work and play, the intellectual pleasure of mastering, subjects. To whom much is given, from them much is expected. You have been blessed with the priceless boon of truth because others have paid the price for you. You must carry your gifts to serve your generation and make this world more fit for us all and aid it in its steep ascent to God."

President Nichols presided at the vesper service of Sunday evening, and spoke briefly. In another column his address is printed. The senior class attended in a body, and the Chapel was filled with an attentive audience of alumni and friends. President Nichols addressed himself particularly to the Seniors, and urged upon them the diligent search for the Kingdom of God which dwells in the heart of each man.

The Class Day exercises of 1910 were a little delayed, Monday afternoon, by the breaking upon Hanover of a hard thunder storm, and for a time it looked as though they must be postponed. After an hour, however, it was possible to go on with the exercises, and they were carried on with all the accustomed zest, and were witnessed by an enthusiastic and appreciative throng of guests.

The Seniors marched to the stand erected before Dartmouth Hall in the College yard. Here the class president, Warren Choate Shaw, opened the exercises with the Address of Welcome. In an eloquent address to the President of the College, Ben Ames Williams summarized what President Nichols has accomplished in this, his first year of administration. President Nichols made fitting response. James Russell Lowell delivered the Class Oration, and the Address to the Old Chapel was then given by Edwin Otto Raabe; following which the procession continued to the Bema. Here the Sachem Oration and the Class Poem were delivered by Charles Otis Libbey and Rollo George Reynolds, respectively. At the completion of the exercises the class moved on to the Old Pine stump, where Ralph Bartlett Jones gave the Address to the Old Pine. Briefly he outlined this portion of the exercises, and ended by advising all to pledge lifelong friendship to one another. The Class Ode, sung by the class, and written by Arthur Coleman Gow, preceded the traditional "pipe of peace," and the breaking of the pipes against the old stump. The exercises were concluded by the singing of the "Dartmouth Song." '

In the evening occurred a second successful presentation of the Prom Show, "The Pea Green Earl."

The annual Commencement meeting of the Dartmouth chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was held Tuesday morning. The list of members elected from the class of 1910 is given later in these columns.

A large number of graduate members were present, among them being many of Dartmouth's most distinguished alumni.

The most interesting vote was one electing President Nichols to honorary membership.

Officers were elected for the coming year. They are: President, Prof. C. F. Richardson '71; vice-president, Edwin A. Bayley, Esq., '85; secretary, Harold G. Rugg '06; treasurer, H. C. Edgerton '06. A committee was appointed to consider the whole subject of regular and honorary membership in the chapter.

At ten o'clock, Tuesday morning, the annual meeting of the General Alumni Association was called to order. In the absence of the president and the vicepresidents, Isaac Paul, Esq., '78, opened the meeting and called Thomas Flint, Esq., 'BO, to preside. The meeting was then formally opened with prayer by Doctor Litle '60. The principal speakers were Doctor Little, responding for the class of 1860, and Judge David Cross '41, who urged better attendance at these meetings.

The attention of Dartmouth men was called to the great number of Dartmouth men in the Civil War, and resolutions were adopted to work up plans for the placing of a panel, containing the names of all those men, in the classes from 1856 to 1865, who were killed in the War of the Rebellion. There are about fifty-six men on this list, and the idea is to place the tablet in the corresponding space in Webster Hall to that already occupied by the panel of the class of 1863.

The following officers were elected by the association for next year: President, the Hon. W. H. Sanborn '67; vice-presidents, the Hon. E. N Pearson '81 and C. L. Jenks, Esq., '86; treasurer, Mr. P. R. Bugbee '90; secretary, Prof. R. M. Barton '04; statistical secretary, Mr. J. M. Comstock '77. An important election was that of Mr. J. W. Gannon '99 to succeed E. K. Hall, Esq., '92, on the Athletic Council. A vote of thanks was enthusiastically given to Mr. Hall for his valuable services during the past. I. F. Paul, Esq., '78, was re-elected as chairman of the executive committee.

In a fast baseball game played Tuesday afternoon, marked by Ekstronr's pitching, Mitchell's batting, McLane's fielding, and the strenuous frolics of the class of 1900, the varsity defeated the alumni by a score of 2 to 1. Chadbourne scored the home run which won the game. The annual contest was preceded by a spectacular alumni parade led by the Salem Cadet Band.

Lineup and score by innings:

VARSITY ALUMNI Norton,. 2b cf, Cook Brady, lb c, ss, McCabe Mitchell, 3b p, Glaze Chadbourne, c lb, Stearns Morey, ss 2b, Vaughn Langdell, cf 3b, McLane Byrnes, If If, Black West, rf, 1b ss, c, Pfau Ekstrom, p rf, Donelly Barends, rf Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 r h e Dartmouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 9 5 Alumni 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153

At four o'clock came the President's Reception, held in the living-room of College Hall. Doctor Nichols and Mrs. Nichols were assisted in the receiving by His Excellency the Governor and Mrs. Quinby. The rooms, large as they were, scarcely sufficed for the throng of alumni and their wives, parents, and guests of the College who welcomed this opportunity of meeting the President and Mrs. Nichols, and the Governor and Mrs. Quinby as well, and for nearly two hours the receiving party were kept enjoyably busy in greeting the guests.

The presentation in Greek of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles by the students of the College, Tuesday evening, was even more successful than the presentation in May, and was one of the most enjoyable features of the Commencement season to those whose memory of Greek was at all alive. Of necessity, appealing to a smaller group than many of the other events of the week, to this group the appeal was exceptionally strong, and satisfaction in the excellence of the performance extended far beyond the number of those fitted fully to understand or appreciate the accomplishment. The Greek department in this achievement has set a standard so high that other departments. can hardly advance it, and only by the hardest sort of work can it be equalled. The appreciation of Dartmouth men was freely expressed for the work of the department and of the students, in this high grade accomplishment in the name of the College.

Wednesday, Commencement Day, was as perfect as it could be. The exercises, as usual, began with prayers at Rollins Chapel, led by the President. Immediately after this service the procession formed, under direction of the Marshal, Professor Laycock and those assisting him. Promptly at half past nine, Marshal Tobin gathered the senior class, and led by the Salem Cadet Band the class proceeded to Rollins Chapel to act as escort for the procession. The arrangement was: President Nichols and Governor Quinby, Doctor Tucker and Mr. Samuel H. Hudson of the Alumni Association, the Trustees and Councillors and invited guests, the Governor's Staff, the faculty, and the classes in order of graduation.

Webster Hall was crowded to the last seat, for the formal exercises of the graduation, and the program was of the usual distinctive grade and impressiveness. The order was :

I Anthem—Worship of God in Nature Beethoven

II Prayer

III Singing of Milton's paraphrase of Psalm CXXXVI; tune "Nuremberg"

IV Commencement Addresses

1 The Ideals of the Greek Drama Clifford Stanley Lyon, Holyoke, Mass.

2 **Moral Education in the Public Schools William Collins Hainsworth Moe, Norwich, Vt.

3 *The Problem of the Unemployed Walter Alfred Phelps, Wakefield, Mass. Music

4 Horace: The Glorifier of the Commonplace Noah Sylvester Foss, Plymouth, N. H.

5, The Call of the City Maynard Canfield Teall, Sodus, N. Y.

6 The Second Chamber on Trial Warren Choate Shaw, Lowell, Mass.

V Singing of "Men of Dartmauth"; words by Richard Hovey '85; music by Harry Wellman '07

VI Conferring of Bachelor's Degrees

VII Conferring of Master's Degrees

VIII Conferring of Honorary Degrees

IX Singing of the Doxology

X Benediction

*With Valedictory rank

**With Salutatory rank