COMMENCEMENT

The Commencement of 1913, the one hundred and forty-fourth in the history of the College, was, in point of numbers, large reunions, and general enthusiasm, one of the most successful ever held. The several "class secretaries and reunion committees had done their work well. Headquarters had been strategically located away from the noise and confusion of the Campus, and yet within striking distance of dormitories and the activities of the College Yard.

To get the alumni and guests into and out of Hanover, the Boston and Maine Railroad, through W. C. Kendall '99, not only ran special trains, but also stopped the New York and White Mountain Express at Hanover during Commencement Week.

The alumni and guests realize the difficulties under which their host must labor, and take what they can get in the way of food and lodging, not merely uncomplainingly, but joyfully. The resourceful Fairfield made his arrangements with a master hand; every guest had a place to sleep and something to eat, provided time were found to do either.

The attendance of the representative of the class of 1841, Judge Cross, and the splendid showing of the fifty-year class, 1863, were the features of the week which gratified all.

SING-OUT AND WET-DOWN AND SENIOR DINNER

Although somewhat in advance of the final ceremony, Commencement began as usual with the time-honored Sing-Out in Rollins Chapel at five o'clock on June 13. Led by Ray Loyd Bennett, the marshal, two hundred and ten seniors, in cap and gown, marched to their last Chapel; and so again, in a most impressive manner, this oldest heritage of the College becomes a part of the youngest alumni's love for Dartmouth. Still solemn and dignified, as in the first event of their Commencement, the class, followed by the entire College, marched in the early evening to the Old Pine, there to initiate the new Palaeopitus. Then the solemnity gradually gave way to the usual good natured and enthusiastic performances connected with the peerade.

From the Old Pine the procession of the undergraduates, arranged by classes in the order of seniority, and headed by the band, made the traditional round of the college buildings, and saluted them with the traditional cheers. The circuit included stops to cheer before the homes of President Nichols, President-Emeritus Tucker, and Dean Emerson.

President Nichols addressed the undergraduates briefly upon the progress of the College. At the home of the President-Emeritus, Doctor Tucker spoke a few words of farewell to the first class to have entered and graduated under the new regime.

The classes formed on the Campus forthe Wet-Down on the return. The seniors and juniors availed themselves of their privilege of drinking from Eleazer Wheelock's barrel of "rum", and the sophomores, by a mixture of strategy and force succeeded in staving off the efforts of 1916 to overturn the keg until enough liquid had been extracted to allow a number of drinks. The keg was finally carried off as a signal of sophomoric victory.

I he gauntlet at the Senior Fence was run with the usual amount of bruises from the senior canes, and the lines of the classes ranged beyond the fence. C. C. Meleney then made the address bestowing the fence upon the class of 1914, and J. P. Margeson, Jr., responded.' I he picturesque ceremonial of the freshman cap-burning was then observed, to the accompaniment of; "Where, ' O where are the pea-green freshmen".

The observance of the night closed with the singing of the Dartmouth song, and the foregathering of the newfledged seniors on the fence, where they chanted far into the night." Meanwhile the class of 1913 was being tendered banquet by the Trustees, at which President Nichols and members of the Board of Trustees made addresses.

PRIZE SPEAKING

After a week's repose from the more or less strenuous Wet-Down exercises Commencement began in earnest, with the annual prize-speaking contest held m Dartmouth Hall, Saturday, June 21 There were two contests — that for the Barge Medal, a $100 gold medal offered annually for the best original oration delivered by a member of the senior class; and that for the Class of 1866 prizes, $25 and $15 respectively, offered for original orations delivered by members of the sophomore and junior classes. Professor Blastings presided The judges made their awards as follows: Barge Medal to A. K. Lowell '13, who spoke on "The Gettysburg Reunion"; Class of 1866 prizes: first to C. E. Whitney '15, .who delivered an address on "The Progressive Standard"; second W. C. Gilbert '14, who spoke on "Dartmouth Spirit".

BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY

On Sunday morning the baccalaureate sermon was delivered before an audience that early exhausted the seating capacity of the College Church. Reverend Henry Sloane Coffin of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, delivered the address. Doctor Coffin concerned himself with showing what The Living God" means to the living man.

Following the recently established custom that one of the reunion classes conduct the Vesper Service Baccalaureate Sunday, 1903 had charge of the Rollins Chapel service at five thirty in the evening.

CLASS DAY

Time-honored custom consecrates this day to the seniors, and to their last rites of friendship and fellowship together as undergraduates, and the smoke of their pipes floating upwards around the stump of the Old Pine is the incense of Class Day offered to friendship.

The Class Day exercises began at 2.30 on the elm-shaded lawn before the Old Row. The senior class in cap and gown, preceded by the band, marched across the Campus from the Senior Fence. Harold C. McAllister of Manchester, N. H., president of the class said a few words of. welcome to President Nichols, who responded to the welcome.

E. V. K. Willson of Rutland, Vt., then delivered the formal Address to the President. The content of the speakers which of necessity must be nearly as time-honored as the exercises themselves, was, in the Class Day exercises of 1913, dressed in new form. The Class Oration was delivered by Clarence C. Meleney of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Robbins W. Barstow of Lee, Mass., stirred old memories with his Address to the Old Chapel.

Marshal R. L. Bennett, of Artesian, S. D., then reformed the lines and conducted the class to the Berna. Ralph K. Stone of Providence, R. I., delivered the Sachem Oration, which set forth the lighter vein of the college life and the future foibles of 1913. The Class Poem by R. J. Powers of Springfield, Mass., was read by A. K. Lowell of Reading, Mass. Once more the ranks formed and the procession wended its way to the venerable Pine. Here, where according to old Indian tradition, the young braves smoked the pipe of peace before setting out to world conquest, generations of Dartmouth men have smoked a last pipe ere they part.

The Address to the Old Pine was given by Frederick M. Gannon of Concord, N. IT., after which the Class Ode by G. Steele of Gloucester, Mass., was sung by the class. The seniors smoked the last pipe around the Old Pine, and then closing about the stump, which alone remains to symbolize the former glory of the pine, they broke the, stems upon the venerable relic of Old Dartmouth, and departed.

From the Class Day exercises in the Bema, the boisterous antics of the Mandarins, '08, and the Gondoliers, '10, the alumni betook themselves to headquarters or fraternity reunions.

After dinner and a few minutes rest from the Band Concert, the class peerades and activity of the yard, the alumni and guests crowded Webster Hall to see the second performance of "The Golden Isle", the annual operetta. Although the chorus had been changed in personnel and the caste remodelled since the first production, the operetta was up to the usual average and kept everybody in high spirits until the last curtain. A splendid Band Concert was in process as the crowd came out of Webster. And held by the beautiful starlit night, the hum of many voices and the music, everyone remained in the College Yard long after midnight.

TUESDAY

Early to rise makes a man wise. Phi Beta Kappa opened the day at 8.30 A. M., with the annual meeting in Dartmouth Flail.

As ten o'clock came around, everybody moved down to the Oval to see the Dartmouth team beat Amherst. Everybody was not disappointed.

MEETING OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

In connection with the annual meeting of the Alumni Association, two matters of great interest were brought forward, — the election of the Alumni Council and the election of the Alumni Trustee.

The meeting was called to order by the president, Joseph F. Moore '83. Prayer was offered by the Reverend A. W. Hazen '63. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read by the secretary and approved by the meeting the president appointed the following committees:

On Alumni Trustee: Charles A. Perkins '90, Chairman, Walter S. Sullivan '89, Sidney E. Junkins '87, Lucius E. Varney '99, Lawrence M. Symmes '08.

On Nominations: E. M. Hopkins '01, Chairman, J. W. Bartlett '98, R. B. Paul '06.

The treasurer's report was read, showing: Total receipts, $1,078.40; total expenditures, $321.03; balance on hand, $757.37.

The Class of 1863, celebrating its semi-centennial, was now welcomed by the president: the assembly rising as the class moved forward to take seats on the platform. The president introduced A. K. Hamilton as in charge of the reunion affairs. As representative of the class upon this occasion, Mr. Hamilton introduced M. C. Lamprey. Mr. Lamprey spoke of the changes which fifty years had wrought in Dartmouth College. Of the Class of '63 he recited something of the remarkable war-time record. Of those graduating, twentysix surviving, seven were present at the meeting, all of whom were introduced to the assembly.

Following the reception of the Class of '63, the Committee on Nominations rendered report as follows :

President, Joseph A. Deoer '84; vice-presidents, Albert M. Lyon '94, Charles H. Donahue '99; treasurer, Perley R. Bugbee '99; secretary, Homer Eaton Keyes '00; statistical secretary, John M. Comstock '77; executive committee, Horace G. Pender '97, chairman, James P. Richardson '99, secretary, Thomas W. D. Worthen '72, Edwin F. Jones 'BO, Matt B. Jones '94, Warren C. Kendall '99, Penfield Mower 'O4.

Athletic Council: Faculty — Professors C. E. Bolser, C. A. Proctor, C. R. Lingley. Alumni — I. J. French '01, J. W. Gannon '99, H. R. Lane '07. Undergraduates — Ex-officio, the managers of the football, the baseball, and the track teams, respectively.

The Tucker Fund: H. H. Hilton '90, chairman; R. G. Pender '97, secretary and treasurer; Henry P. Blair '89, Morton C. Tuttle '97, James P. Richardson '99.

The report of the committee was accepted.

There being no further business to come before the meeting, adjournment was ordered.

At four-thirty, President and Mrs Nichols held their annual reception in Parkhurst. Hall. A large number of alumni, friends, and guests availed themselves of the opportunity to meet the President and Mis. Nichols, who received in the Trustee Reception Room. The Governor and Mrs. Felker assisted the President and Mrs. Nichols. In the Dean's offices, downstairs, ladies of the faculty served light refreshments.

MEETING OF THE ALUMNI COUNCIL

Over 16,000 votes were cast in the balloting for members of the Alumni Council. The results'were as follows: New England States: Fred A. Howland 87, of Montpelier elected for three years; Webster Thayer '80, of Worcester, Mass., elected for two years; J. Frank Drake '02, of Springfield Mass., elected for one year.

Middle and Southern States: Luther B. Little 'B2, of New York City, elected for three years; Clarke W. Tobin '10, of New York City, elected for two years; Henry P. Blair '89, of Washington, D. C., elected for one year.

Central States: Walter E. McCornack '97, of Chicago, elected for three years; William T. Abbott '90, of Evanston, elected for two years; Willard G. Aborn '93, of Cleveland, elected for one year.

Western States: Henry L. Moore '77, of Minneapolis, elected for three years; Charles W. Pollard '95, of Omaha, elected for two years; Edgar A. DeWitt '82, of Dallas, elected for three years.

Rocky Mountain and Pacific States: Richard C. Campbell '86, of Denver, elected for three years; Paul G. Redington '00, of Northfork, Cal., elected for two years; Selden C. Smith '97, of Berkeley, elected for one year.

For the faculty, President Nichols had appointed Professor C. D. Adams to serve. In March, as already announced, the Class Secretaries elected E. M. Hopkins' '01, J. R. McLane '07, and M. C. Tuttle '97. H. G. Pender '97 H. E. Keyes '00, and I. J. French '01 are members by virtue of official relation to the alumni.

A preliminary meeting of the Council was called for the Tuesday of Commencement week, immediately following the meeting of the Alumni Association. While the meeting was necessarily somewhat informal, and notification concerning it had not been sent out until June 10, the attendance was surprisingly large. All three of the New England delegates were present; Messrs. Little and Tobin from the Middle States; Mr. McCornack from the Central States; Messrs. DeWitt and Pollard from the, ,West. Of the members at large, Messrs. Hopkins and Tuttle were on hand.

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Pender, who called for the election of temporary chairman. Fred A. Howland was duly elected to the position ; and upon his call Homer E. Keyes was elected temporary secretary.

Following the reading of portions of the constitution of the Council, three members at large were elected by the meeting. They were: James P. Richardson '99, for three years Arthur L. Livermore '88, for two years; Clarence B. Little '81, for one year.

Mr. Livermore, who was in town, was sent for and sat with the meeting.

It was., proposed and accepted that the first meeting of the Council be held in Philadelphia on the evening of November 7, preceding the Pennsylvania-Dartmouth football game. As a means of ensuring satisfactory results from this meeting, it was voted that the chair should appoint a Program Committee, whose function it should be to arrange for this meeting and to lay out the matters which should come before it, and the procedure which should be followed in the course of all considerations. The program prepared by the Committee should be mailed to all members one week before the meeting.

The chairman has recently appointed E. M. Hopkins, A. L. Livermore, and J. P. Richardson to serve on this Committee.

There was considerable discussion of ways and means. Mr. Hopkins spoke of THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE as the proper organ of the Council and of the alumni in general.

Mr. Hilton, who was present, at invitatibn of the Council, spoke for the trustees, expressing their interest in the work which might be accomplished by the new organization.

The meeting adjourned in time to allow those in attendance to visit the President's reception.

After the band concert at 6.45 on College Hall terrace the Musical Clubs gave their annual concert in Webster Hall. The concert was an excellent piece of work and did honor to the efforts of the clubs for the past year. To finish an evening of music, the band gave another concert in the College Yard after the Musical Club's entertainment.

WEDNESDAY

Commencement day opened with morning prayers in Rollins Chapel. At 10 o'clock the long, impressive, academic procession, headed by the band and senior class, marched into Webster Hall. The traditional order of exercises was followed. After the Reverend Newton M. Hall '88 offered prayer, the audience rose and joined in singing Milton's paraphrase of Psalm CXXXVI. Then followed six senior orations: David E. Adams, "College and the Social Conscience"; Charles D. Waterman, "Bergson and the New Freedom" ; Earle V. K. Willson, "The Panama Canal Tolls"; George Steele, "Some Tendencies in Contemporary Poetry ; McAllister, "American Syndicalism"; Henry D. Abbot, "The Function of the Technically Trained Man as a Citizen''.

After the audience had sung Hovey's "Men of Dartmouth", degrees were conferred as follows: Bachelor of Arts upon 118 men, Bachelor of Science upon 96 men.

The degree of Master of Arts, as in course, was conferred upon 5 men; that of Master of Science upon 3.

As Professor John K. Lord presented the recipients of honorary degrees, the President conferred the degrees upon the several men in the following words:

FRANKLIN WARREN HOBBS, whose broad technical training has borne fruit in the successful solution of many intricate problems connected with our great textile industries and whose labors have won the highest distinction, I admit you to the degree of Master of Science.

EDMUND HAYES, engineer of ripe experience and wide renown, who has applied new principles and devices to the construction of notable bridges the world over, I admit you to the degree of Master of Science.

STEPHEN SHANNON JEWETT, schooled in the practice of law, generous servant of the Commonwealth in many positions of influence and public trust, I admit you to the degree of Master of Arts.

HENRY HARRISON METCALF, trained in the law, but by profession an editor, a patriarch of New Hampshire journalism, who for nearly half a century has sought to mould and enlighten public opinion, I admit you to the degree of Master of Arts.

EDWIN DOAK MEAD, editor, author, publicist, ardent advocate of justice and righteousness between nations, one who believes that "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war", in recognition of your public service, I admit you to the degree of Master of Arts.

SAMUEL DEMERRITT FELKER, loyal and distinguished son of Dartmouth, able and devoted servant of the state as legislator, councillor, and now as chief executive, I admit you to the degree of Master of Arts.

WALTER TAYLOR SUMNER, courageous and mighty worker in behalf of social purity and justice, who interprets Divinity in terms of leadership and fearless service, by protecting and befriending innocence and youth, I admit you to the decree of Doctor of Divinity.

PHILIP WENDELL CRANNELL, administrator, scholar, thologian, clear and forceful preacher of the Gospel and kindly interpreter of life, I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

WALTER SYDNEY ADAMS, distinguished by important researches and discoveries in celestial physics, quick to unravel mysteries from the scrolls of solar and stellar spectra, one who thus early fulfills an earlier promise, I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Science.

JESSE JOHNSON, honored member of today's half century class, man of rare ability and distinction both as public prosecutor and as judge, who, in the midst of legal labors yet gave time and thought to the study of literature and criticism, I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Laws.

FRANK SHERWIN STREETER, loyal son of Dartmouth and untiring worker for her welfare and advancement, bulwark of two administrations, able in the law and in affairs, high arbiter between two great and friendly nations, I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Laws.

ALEXANPER GRAHAM BELL, through whom the deaf now hear and the dumb do speak and a man's voice shall carry to the ends of the earth, I admit you. to the degree of Doctor of Laws.

The singing of the Doxology and the benediction pronounced by the Reverend Philip Wendell Crannell '82 brought the exercises to a close. Again the academic procession formed, again the escort of seniors led the procession, but this time in another direction. In the great drill hall of Alumni Gymnasium a luncheon was awaiting the hungry host and eagerly did the escort blaze the path.

Joseph F. Moore, president of the Alumni Association presided and after the luncheon had been disposed of, cigars lighted, and chairs pulled back, introduced the following speakers : For the College, President Nichols; for the Trustees, Lewis Parkhurst; for the Class of '63. Azel W. Hazen; for the Class of '88, Arthur L. Livermore; for the seniors, Harold C. McAllister; for the faculty. Dean Emerson; for the honorary degree men, Dr. Alexander G. Bell; for the alumni, Joseph A. DeBoer '84. Secretary Keyes reported on the result of the Trustee election as follows :

Nathan Washburn '85 20 Elmer C. Potter '92 39 Arthur V. Goss '82 49 Newton M. Hall '88 74 Lewis Parkhurst '78 985 Scattering - 3 Ballots unchecked 41 Total votes cast 1211 Thus the 144th Commencement ended.

Many alumni and friends left town on the afternoon special train, while others remained for the ball, which took place in the gymnasium Wednesday evening.