COMMENCEMENT WEEK

Quiet reigns on the campus, the crack of the ball-bat is stilled, and the barbershop chord that once heavenward soared seems at present effectively killed, the tinkle of student pianos and the grasshoppers ironbound voice, are awaiting the call of the College next fall, for Commencement has come and gone, and Dartmouth has given her customary greeting of ave atque vale for the one hundred and forty-second time.

SING-OUT AND SENIOR DINNER

An air of festivity began to permeate Hanover a full week before the actual doings of Commencement filled the town to overflowing; for on Friday, June 16, the seniors finished their examinations and observed the time honored exercises of the Sing-Out and Wet-Down, which were followed by a later innovation, established by Mr. Teague when he was acting as comptroller of the Dining Association, the senior dinner.

The Sing-Out was held, as usual, at five o'clock in the afternoon in Rollins Chapel, President Nichols presiding. The program, simple yet impressive as ever, was as follows:

Processional Hymn: The Son of God goes forth to war Whitney March: War March of the Priests Mendelssohn Anthem—God is my guide Schubert

The Choir

Responsive Reading—Selection 49. Psalms 121, 122, and 124 Gloria. Patri Tallis Choir and Congregation Scripture Lesson—Book of Daniel, Chap., 6, verses 1 to 10 Amesbury—"Come let us anew our journey pursue" Arnold The Choir, Solo by Lewis H. Sisson '11 Prayer and Lord's Prayer Hymn number 440 to tune "Ellers" Benediction Recessional Hymn: 191—Onward, Christian Soldiers Sullivan March of the Priests Mendelssohn

Following the Sing-Out occurred the public initiation of Palaeopitus at the Old Pine. The ceremonies were conducted by G. M. Morris '11, president of the retiring delegation. The seniors, clad in cap and gown, faced the initiates about the venerable stump. The constitution was read and a simple oath was administered to the new men, who thereupon signed the constitution. The men initiated were: G. P. Bullard, C. R. Cabot, W. B. Elcock, J. B. Erwin, H. S. Fuller, E. W. Gammons, B. A. Hoban, :W. G. Knapp, H. E. McElwain, C. E. Snow, C. B. White.

Palaeopitus is a non-secret senior society, its membership in part elected each year by the junior class, in part chosen by the active delegation. The purpose of the order is to work for the welfare of the College by championing those things which are worthy and by endeavoring to eradicate those things which are not. Palaeopitus has, during its eleven years of existence, wielded great influence in undergraduate affairs, acting as arbiter in many cases of dispute, and as mediator and mentor where misunderstandings or abuses have arisen.

Shortly after seven the entire student body assembled on the campus and marched by classes to the various college buildings, cheering and singing until sufficient thirst had been induced to lead the procession to a huge green barrel, its rotund sides bearing the 1911 numerals, its interior filled with lemonade of truly hippodromic mildness. There are vague traditions as to the origin of the Wet-Down but the story of its actual evolution has never been written. The custom seems as strong as ever, but the drink grows weaker with the melting ice and the passing generations.

The barrel empty—it was kicked over by the zealous freshmen—there followed a flow of soul; seniors and juniors repairing to the senior fence, which Harry Butler, representing the graduating class, formally presented to their successors. Arthur Kenney Lowell accepted the gift, whereupon the juniors promptly sat down upon it and began carving their names on such few inches as had not been previously inscribed by those gone before.

At nine o'clock was held in College Hall a dinner given to the seniors by the President and trustees of the College. This dinner has become an important event in the life of the Dartmouth seniors. It is really the last home gathering of the class, an event that serves to bind closer the ties of four years' companionship, and to point the way to the new privileges and duties that accrue to him who becomes an alumnus. As usual, after the dinner, brief addresses were made by the President of the College, by representatives of the faculty, of the alumni, and of the class. The speakers were as follows: Presiding officer, President Nichols; for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, Professor E. F. Clark; for the faculty, Professor C. F. Richardson; for the alumni, E. K.Woodworth '97; for the class, J. M. Irwin, president; G. M- Morris, president of Palaeopitus; J. B. Clark, secretary; J. E. Ingersoll, marshal; and Sherwood Trask.

PRIZE SPEAKING CONTEST

After the senior dinner there came a week's lull. The majority of the graduates-to-be hied themselves to camp, or went a-visiting, the undergraduates pegged away at examinations, the faculty read bluebooks and figured marks, everybody else swept and garnished in preparation for the inroad of friends and alumni. The said inroad began fairly early in the week; by Saturday, June 24, the town was, in places, very full. Saturday evening was held the annual prize speaking contest in Dartmouth Hall. Three prizes are offered at this event: two by the class of 1866, of twenty-five and fifteen dollars each, for the best original oration delivered by a member of the sophomore or junior class; the other prize is a gold medal offered to that member of the senior class who shall deliver the best oration. Awards were as follows: Class of 1866 prizes: first, Arthur Kenney Lowell '12, of Reading, Mass., his subject being "A Memorial to Lee in the Federal Capitol"; second, Clarence Coit Meleney '13, of Brooklyn, who spoke on "The Call of the Rural Community." The Barge Medal was won by Burt Randall Cooper, of Northwood, N. H., whose oration was entitled "The Newer Patriotism." The judges were: Asa W. Waters '71, Andrew Marshall '01, Michael S. O'Brien '06.

BACCALAUREATE SERMON

The baccalaureate sermon in the College Church, Sunday morning at 10.30, was delivered by the Rev Charles E. Jefferson, D.D., of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York City. In the evening at 7.15, vespers were held in Rollins Chapel, at which Rev. Arthur Whipple Jenks, D.D., '84, of the General Theological Seminary, New York City, made the address.

The subject of the baccalaureate sermon was: "The Joy of the Lord"; Doctor Jefferson taking as his text, "Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord," Matt. 25:21.

At the vesper service Doctor Jenks spoke on "The Principle of Precedence in the Christian Life."

Heavy rain which began shortly after noon and continued until early evening, while it penned the Commencement guests within doors, served to cool the air and provide a temperature much below the usual Commencement record.

CLASS DAY

Class day exercises were held as usual on Monday afternoon, the procession of black-robed seniors being considerably enlivened by the presence of reunion classes gaily costumed, who exhibited until the assembly had met in the College Yard for the orations held there. From the yard Class Marshal J. E. Ingersoll led the class to the Bema, where the Sachem address Was given and the Class Poem was read. Thence the crowd trailed up the heights 'to the stump of the Old Pine where the long clay pipes were passed, smoked, and broken and the Class Ode was sung. The exercises concluded with the singing of the Dartmouth Song when seniors and alumni dispersed to various fraternity reunions.

In the evening "The Summer Bachelors," the operetta which was given so successfully at Prom Week, was repeated. The performance met with well merited applause and was quite generally declared to be the best in years. Following the operetta the Salem Cadet Band rendered a concert in the College Yard which was brightly illuminated for the occasion.

PHI BETA KAPPA MEETING

According to custom, Tuesday was a busy day. The learned ones who awoke in time to dodge the crowd at breakfast attended the Phi Beta Kappa meeting which was held at 8.30 o'clock in the morning: Considerable important business was transacted. Professor Richardson, the president of the local chapter, presided and conducted the initiation of the following men:

H. C. Bond, N. G, Burleigh, C. C. Davis., S. G. Eaton, L. E. Hawkridge, C. E. Locke, J. J. McDonald, W. D. Maynard, W. A. Morgan, E. E. Morrill, R. H. Nead, F. M. Qua, N. H. Russell, R. G. Weldon, F. S. Whitcomb, R. T. Young.

These are in addition to the four who were initiated at the Honor Night exercises of last fall, who were: H. K Burtt, B. M. Patten, G. F. Thurber, C. R. Ward.

The requirements for admission in Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth have for some time been rather vague and unsatisfactory. A committee has been working on a more definite system and its report was adopted at this meeting. Henceforth students are to be eligible to Phi Beta Kappa who have complied with all the college requirements, and who are credited with seventy-two semester hours of a rank of 85 or above. Th rank shall be derived from actual recitation and examination marks, with no deduction for overcuts or any other similar faculty provision. Students who transfer from other institutions must pass sixty per cent of their semester hours here with a rank of 85 or above. In order to be granted a Phi Beta Kappa key at the conclusion of junior year, a student must have completed seventy-two semester hours with a rank of 88 or above This arrangement is perfectry clear and intelligible. Henceforth students in freshman and sophomore year, will be informed of its provisions to the end it is hoped, of stimulating them to well directed effort to become members of the order.

DARTMOUTH DEFEATS AMHERST

At 10.30 o'clock Dartmouth and Amherst were scheduled to meet at baseball. Thewmet, but not at the appointed hour for those who crowded the seats at th Oval had first to be treated to a procession such as was never before seen in Hanover. Headed by the Salem Cadet Band there came the re-uners of 1901 clad in white duck trousers green coats, and tall green and white hats; behind them they trailed, as hostages to fortune, their wives and children, the ladies carrying green and white parasols bearing the class numerals. 1906 whooped along as Indians of Occom s day, while 1908 in convict garb executed a lock step with startling fidelity. Not to be outdone the seniors swirled along in antic snake dance The men of '96 in white duck hats joined the parade, whose ranks soon filled with other alumni until the line reached almost around the oval track

As for the game, that began when the alumni had finished ; and resulted in a victory for Dartmouth by a score of 3 to 2. The antics of the convicts frequenty attracted more attention than the game, for several of the striped ones made sporadic attempts to escape from their keeper and his companion policeman only to be re-captured as they were about to scale the fence.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING

Owing to the ball game the Alumni Association meeting was Phoned til afternoon, when it was held in Dartmouth Hall. The meeting was of Particular importance m view of the decision regarding the proposed Alumni Council which had been referred to the alumni by the Secretaries' Association. N opposition to the proposal arose, the alumni voting unanimously to continue is a committee of the Association the committee already appointed by the Secretaries, with power to draft a consttion for submission by mail to the alumni large.

It was further voted that graduates of the Dartmouth Medical School be admitted to membership m the Association and that the annual address delivered a Commencement for some years past under auspices of the Association be discontinued.

The present Athletic Council was retained in office, as follows: From the faculty, Professors Bolser Proctor, and Lingley; from the alumni, J. W. Gannon 99 C. G. McDavitt '00, I. J. French '01; and the managers of the football, baseball, and track teams, ex officio.

Officers of the Association were elected as follows: President Charles Webster '82; vice-presidents Charles L. Dana '72, Sidney E. Junkins 87 treasurer, Perley R. Bugbee 90, secretary, Ralph M. Barton '04; statistical secretary, John M. Comstock '77. The executive committee for the coming year will be: Chairman, Isaac F. Paul '78; secretary, Horace G. Pender '97; T. W. D. Worthen '72, Edwin F. Jones '80, William M. Hatch'86, Ernest S. Gile '95, L. M. Symmes '08. The committee on the Tucker fund will be: Chairman, H. H. Hilton '90, Henry P. Blair '89, H. G. Pender '97, James P. Richardson '99. The committee on nomination of trustees will be: Chairman, Thomas W. Proctor '79, George D. Lord '84, Harry T. Lord '87, John Gault '95, Henry H. Stark '96.

OPENING OF PARKHURST HALL

One of the simplest, yet perhaps the most effective and impressive ceremonies of Commencement was the brief dedication of Parkhurst Hall, the new administration building, which occurred at 4.15 of Tuesday afternoon.

President and Mrs. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst, President Emeritus Tucker, General Streeter, and other prominent alumni bad seats of honor in the porch of the new building. The audience gathered on the lawn. President Nichols presided, and introduced Mr. Parkhurst, who, in a brief, yet sincerely vital speech, presented the building to the trustees.

"It gives me great pleasure," he said in substance, "to present this building to be used for administrative purposes as long as it will be adequate, and afterwards for such other purposes as will be most suitable. It was our belief that the work of the College might be made easier because the building was here." He spoke of the provisions for the needs of the! trustees and the faculty, saying of the latter: '"We may cover our campus with the most magnificent buildings, but if we haven't the right men behind them, the College is a failure." Of the students, all that he asked was "that this newest building may share in the love and affection felt for the older buildings."

He told of Dr. Tucker once expressing a desire to see a new library, a gymnasium, and an administration building, two of which are now accomplished. Concluding he said: "Mr. Streeter, to you who have served so many years honorably and faithfully, it is a pleasure to hand over the emblem of ownership, the master key of this building. This gift has been one of the greatest pleasures and satisfactions of my life. It has been a work of love, of love for the. College, to which, while an undergraduate, I was peculiarly indebted. It is a rare privilege to pay, even in part, so tremendous an obligation.

Mr. Frank S. Streeter accepted the key for the trustees, and responded briefly to Mr. Parkhurst. "Dartmouth has received many gifts," he said, "for which she is profoundly grateful, but she has received none more calculated to arouse human sympathies. Here is a human sentiment which distinguishes this gift from others, and brings its donors nearer and dearer, and blesses all." He then presented the key to President Nichols, turning over the building to his custody.

Mrs. Parkhurst then assisted President Irwin of the senior class in planting an ivy by the south wall of the building. Here Mr. Parkhurst spoke briefly. Immediately thereafter President and Mrs. Nichols, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst, held a reception in the President's reception room.

MUSICAL CLUBS CONCERT

Tuesday evening witnessed the best Musical Clubs' concert in many years. In the past, the Musical Clubs have been unable to retain enough of their members to make a creditable Commencement showing. This year, however, there was the happy combination of' full attendance and excellent leadership. The result was a concert of unusual quality. The audience was large and enthusiastic, expressing special appreciation of the essential college spirit of the Glee Club selections and of the accuracy and finish of the work done by the Mandolin Club. Following the concert the Salem Cadet Band discoursed music to a throng of promenaders in the College Yard.

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

In accordance with ancient tradition Commencement morning was clear very warm. Prayers were held in Rollins Chapel at 9 o'clock. Half an hour later the Commencement procession formed in the College Yard and marched to Webster Hall. The exercises opened with an anthem, Gounod s Send out Thy Light," rendered by the College Choir under the direction of Professor Morse. Prayer was offered by the Reverend William S. Sayres '76. Following the singing of Milton's paraphrase of Psalm CXXXVI, the following addresses were delivered by members of the graduating class:

The Value of the Non-practical Studies in College Harold Ernest Burtt An Old-fashioned View of Corporate Consciousness Carroll Raymond Ward The Socialism of Anatole France Harold Charles Bond The Rise of the Short-Story Edward Stafford The Idealism of Science Bradley Merrill Patten America's Birthright Kenneth Francis Clark

The degree of Bachelor of Arts was then "conferred upon one hundred and sixteen candidates; that of Bachelor of Science upon ninety-five candidates. Fourteen candidates, three of them women, who have pursued studies in the Summer School, received the degree of Master of Arts; nine candidates received the degree of Master of Science.

Honorary degrees were then conferred as follows:

Master of Arts—Robert Perkins Bass, Harvard '96; Governor of New Hampshire; Peterboro, N. H. Jonathan Thayer Lincoln, Harvard '92; Lecturer in the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance; Fall River, Mass.

Doctor of Science—Edwin Brant Frost '86; Director of the Yerkes Observatory; Williams Bay, Wis.

Doctor of Divinity—Harris Grafton Hale, Harvard '87; Pastor of the Leyden Church, Brookline, Mass. Arthur Whipple Jenks '84; Professor of Ecclesiastical History, General Theological Seminary; New York City.

Doctor of Letters—Daniel Webster Abercrombie, Harvard '76; principal of Worcester Academy; Worcester, Mass. Charles Francis Richardson 71; Winkley Professor of the English Language and Literature in Dartmouth College.

Doctor of Laws—Theodore Newton Vail; President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co.; New York City. Albert Russell Savage '71; Justice of the Supieme Judicial Court of Maine; Auburn, Maine.

The audience then rose and joined m the Doxology, after which the benediction was pronounced by the Reverend Frank L. Janeway, pastor of the College Church.

ALUMNI DINNER

From Webster Flail the long procession of trustees, invited guests, faculty, alumni, and new fledged graduates streamed to College Hall whose capacity was taxed to provide accommodations for the alumni dinner. The great dining hall was filled, as was every other available inch of space in the main floor of the building. Many of the alumni had to be relegated to the lobby and reception room, where they were cut off from that fellowship which is essential to such gatherings. It is safe to say that this year is the last which will see the Alumni Dinner in College Hall, for the great hall of the Gymnasium will serve the purpose far better. At the conclusion of the excellent menu provided by Mr. Fairfield, President Nichols addressed a few words of welcome to the assembly and then turned the conduct of events over to the president of the Alumni Association, Judge Walter H. Sanborn '67, who very pleasantly introduced the speakers a; follows: For the State of New Hampshire, Governor Robert P. Bass; for the Class of 1911, James R. Irwin; for the Class of '61, Gilman H. Tucker; for the Trustees, Samuel L. Powers; for the Class of 1901, Robert F. Leavens; for the faculty, Professor T. W. D. Worthen; for the recipients of honorary degrees, Judge Albert R. Savage. Announcement was made that the silver cup for the class having the largest percentage of its living members present at Commencement had been won by the Class of '71, thirty-one members having been present out of a possible forty-five.

Secretary Burton announced the vote for alumni trustee to succeed Robert M. Wallace '67 as follows: Sydney E. Junkins '87, 1; Alfred R. Evans '72, 86; Leslie P. Snow '86, 180; John E. Allen '94, 213; Edward G. Leach '71, 280; Albert O. Brown '78, 1,029. Mr. Brown was declared elected trustee to serve five years, the trustees having announced their ratification of the alumni vote. Judge Cross was then called upon for the benediction, the assembly standing while that aged but vigorous member of the Class of '41 spoke to them and invoked upon graduates young and old the blessing of the Almighty. Then with the singing of the "Dartmouth Song" the exercises closed.

COMMENCEMENT BALL

The one hundred and forty-second Commencement of Dartmouth College closed with the senior ball in the gymnasium Wednesday night. Besides the members of the graduating class, alumni, and guests, there were in attendance Governor Bass, his council of five, and his staff. Music was furnished by the Salem Cadet Orchestra, and the affair was in charge of B. K. Ayers, floor director.

The dance floor was decorated in evergreen and laurel, Galvin of Boston doing the work. Booths, containing fifteen seats each, surrounded the hall, as was the arrangement at Junior Prom. Supper was served in the trophy room during intermission, Page of Lowell doing the catering. The program of dances was made up of twenty-four numbers and two extras. A trumpeter announced the dances.

The patronesses were: Mesdames Ayers, Bartlett, Butts, Clark, Eaton, Emerson, Hunter, Ingersoll, Irwin, Keeler, Keyes, Lovejoy, Mullen, Nichols, and Swain.

THE NEW FLEDGED BACHELORS COMING FROM WEBSTER HALL COMMENCEMENT MORNING

1908 IN REUNION COSTUME

THE CLASS OF 1901 IN REUNION COSTUME