COMMENCEMENT

The one hundred and forty-fifth commencement of the College must go down to history as a record-breaker in more ways than one. It saw a larger number of alumni present than on any previous occasion and it also witnessed the graduating of the largest class that has every left the Campus. The class of 1841 was represented by its entire living membership in .the person of Judge Cross, while the fifty-year-class made a record of attendance, rarely, if ever, equalled. Transportation facilities ran smoothly, thanks to the pains of Warren C. Kendall, a member of the fifteen year class. Hanover's accommodations were taxed to the utmost but the hungry were fed and those who wished to rest were given the opportunity.

SING OUT AND WET DOWN

The first outward signs of approaching Commencement were visible on June 12, when, according to custom, the seniors attended chapel for the last time. This year the service also marked the end of chapel attendance for all classes.

In the early evening the more formal part of the day's exercises began with a procession from the Campus to the Tower. Led by the Marshal, Paul W. Loudon, the classes marched in order of seniority to the Old Pine, where the new members of Palxopitus were formally and publicly initiated into office. After this ceremony the procession again formed and cheered the old memory-haunted buildings of the Campus, and parading the town made halts at the homes of President Nichols, Doctor Gile, and Dean Emeritus Emerson.

On the Campus the more boisterous part of the celebration was duly observed after dark. The traditional keg of lemonade was enjoyed by the two upper classes while the sophomores and freshmen looked on with respectful envy, knowing how soon the contents would be lost to them.

After the last personal contest had stopped and the freshmen had successfully run the senior gauntlet, the president of the senior class, H. A. Koelsch, Jr., introduced John Barrett '89, who presented the medal for All-Round Achievement to P. W. Loudon of the senior class. This was the first occasion on which the medal has been presented and it was most appropriate that it should be done by the donor himself at the time of his twenty-fifth reunion.

The seniors then bequeathed the fence to the class of 1915, the speech of.presentation being made by S. S. Larmon, and the acceptance by H. C. Courtright. The freshmen were not forgotten in the general bestowal of new honors and were allowed to burn their caps, a hateful badge of verdancy, and appear henceforth in all the dignity of bare heads. For the seniors a fitting close to the day's observances was found in the banquet tendered by the Trustees.

PRIZE SPEAKING

On June 20 the annual prize speaking held in Dartmouth Hall. On this occasion two prizes are competed for, the Barge Gold Medal, valued at $100, and two prizes of $30 and $20 each, established by Waldemar Otis in the name of the class of 1866. The Barge Medal is open only to members of the senior class for the best original oration, while the Class of '66 Prizes may be competed for by members of tip junior and sophomore classes. In the competition for the Barge Medal the decision was given to W. C. Gilbert of Dorset, Vermont, speaking on the subject "The Fundamental Problem." The first of the Class of '66 Prizes was won by E. C. Mabie '15, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, whose subject was "A Greater Pan-Americanism," and the second prize by C. P. Merryman '16, of, Bangor, Maine, on the subject, "Rights, Individual and Social." The judges were A. M. Lyon '94, N. P. Brown '99, and J. P. Richardson '99.

BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY

The Baccalaureate sermon was delivered before the senior class and their friends in the College Church by the Reverend Francis Brown '70, of the Board of Trustees and President of Union Theological Seminary. Emphasizing the place of religion in a democracy, he chose as his text I Peter, 2:16: "As free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bond servants of God." The Vesper Service in the afternoon was in charge of the twenty-five year class, 1889, the speaker being the Reverend Ozora S. Davis, President of Chicago Theological Seminary.

CLASS DAY

Monday and Tuesday of Commencement week always furnish the vaudeville thrills of the season, and this year the younger reuning classes were well equipped with head-line performers. Among the special attractions was a game of polo by the three year class, 1911, dressed for the part, while the antics of the five year class as clowns, added a gay touch of color to the Campus. Other classes displayed just as distinct if less extraordinary costumes.

A variety of attractions were booked for the evening, many of the classes holding banquets, while the families of the members went for their entertainment to the performance of "The Climax," given by the Dramatic Association in Webster Hall.

MEETING OF THE ALUMNI COUNCIL TUESDAY

Probably the busiest day of all Commencement Week is Tuesday. Before all the alumni were stirring Phi Beta Kappa had initiated five new members and adopted a new constitution. This constitution differs from the old in adding the offices of auditor and second vice-president and providing as well for an executive committee consisting of the president, vice-president and three other members.

The athletic attraction of the day was a baseball game with Amherst resulting in a Dartmouth victory of 6-3.

The Alumni Council holds one of its two meetings of the year at. Commencement time and this June found nearly a complete attendance of that body. The ballot for members showed no change over the membership of the previous year and the roll call showed twenty present out of a total membership of twenty-five. The New England States showed full attendance of representatives as did the Middle and Southern States. The Central States were represented by Walter F. McCornack '97, the Western States by Henry L. Moore of Minneapolis and Edgar A. DeWitt '82, of Dallas, and the Rocky Mountain and Pacific States by Richard C. Campbell '86, of Denver. The members elected by the Class Secretaries, by the Council, and those holding office by virtue of official relation were all present. The only change in the membership of the Council for the next year will be in the member representing the faculty, Professor E. J. Bartlett being the new incumbent. The first business on hand was the decision as to place and time of the fall meeting of the Council. It was voted to meet in Philadelphia at the time of the Dartmouth-Pennsylvania football game.

The rest of the morning session was occupied with reports of various committees. Mr. McLane, chairman of the Committee on Undergraduate Affairs spoke briefly counselling the exercise of patience by the alumni in inter-fraternity problems. Acting on a suggestion from the chairman of the Council on Student Organizations that alumni representation on this body would be welcome, the Council felt that it was not expedient at the present time to recommend such representation, but the Committee on Undergraduate Affairs expressed its willingness to meet with the Council on matters in which it might be desirable to obtain expression of alumni opinion.

Mr. Pender, Chairman of the Committee on Alumni Projects recommended that the committee might well take steps to organize alumni celebrations at Commencement and it was voted that the committee proceed with plans for organizing and systematizing the celebrations of this season.

The discussion in the afternoon hinged largely on the question of the Alumni Fund, action on which matter will be found recorded in the section devoted to the Alumni Association. On the report of a special committee through its chairman, Mr. Morton C. Tuttle, it was also voted that the services of a paid secretary were advisable and the President of the Council was authorized to make such arrangements with the College and with Mr. Keyes which might be necessary to secure the services of Mr. Keyes, if possible, for this office. The final action of the afternoon was to change the name of the Committee on an Alumni Fund to the Committee on the Dartmouth College Alumni Fund on the Tucker Foundation.

MEETING OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The meeting of the Association was called to order by the President, Joseph A. DeBoer '84, who called upon the Reverend Charles A. Dinsmore '84, to open the session with prayer. After the reading of the records of the previous meeting the Chair appointed the following committees: On Alumni Trustee, Robert L. Burnap '94, Chairman; Chester B. Curtis '89, F. G. Folsom '95, Henry A. Haugan '03, Henry D. Thrall '06. On Nominations, A. M. Lyon '94, Chairman; O. S. Davis '89, P. B. Paul '06.

The report of the treasurer showed total receipts of $1,466.13, disbursements of $265.08, and a balance on hand of $1,201.05.

Dr. Edward Cowles '59, reported for the committtee charged with the duty of erecting a bronze tablet to the memory of Dartmouth men who died in the Civil War. Following his report it was voted that the Committee be given authority to proceed with the publication of the proceedings connected with the preparation and unveiling of the tablet.

In behalf of the Alumni Council Mr. F. A. Howland '87, presented the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved by the Association of theAlumni of Dartmouth College:

That for the purpose of securing annual donations from Dartmouth men to be used for the support and maintenance of the College, this Association sanction and approve the formation by the Council of the Alumni of Dartmouth College, of a committee composed as the Council may direct, to solicit annually and collect funds from Dartmouth men to constitute The Dartmouth College Fund on the Tucker Foundation.

That it is the sense of the Alumni Association:

(a) That endeavor be made in the collection of such a fund to have the gifts so far as is possible unrestricted in their purpose and that they may be used; first, for the establishment of a permanent alumni interest-bearing fund and second; to increase the funds available for current uses.

(b) That the annual collections and the income from the permanent fund be appropriated as. the Alumni may vote, provided at least 25 per cent of such collections and income shall be added to the permanent fund.

(c) That the Treasurer of the College be the custodian of the Fund, and that all moneys appropriated to the permanent fund be classified by him for investment under the Associated Trusts of the College and be administered under the general rules of the College for the administration of such Trusts.

On behalf of the Alumni Council Mr. J. P. Richardson '99, presented a motion to the effect that the Committee for the Tucker Alumni Scholarship and Instruction Fund transfer all its assets, subject to the restrictions which the donors might have put upon their gifts, to the treasurer of the Dartmouth College Alumni Fund on the Tucker Foundation and that the said Committee be honorably discharged from its trust. This was voted as moved.

Judge David Cross '41, in an eloquent oration on the services of President Francis Brown to the College, introduced the following resolution which was voted:

That, in recognition and commemoration of the service of President Francis Brown, in upholding the interests of the College in its great historic controversy with the University, the President of the Council appoint a committee of three to secure a suitable tablet of bronze to be placed, with the consent of the Trustees of the College, in Webster Hall.

Acting on this resolution the Chair appointed the following committee: David Cross '41, John K. Lord '68 and Homer Eaton Keyes '00.

The question of Alumni Trustee occasioned two votes by the Association. On the motion of Frank S. Streeter '74, the meeting expressed itself in favor of having the annual nomination for Alumni Trustee made by the Alumni Council and requested the Council to submit at the next annual meeting recommendations as to steps that should be taken to effect the change in method here proposed.

On the motion of Charles C. Merrill '94, the Association requested the Alumni Council to consider the advisability of instructing the nominating committee of the Alumni Trustee not to nominate man who had already served three consecutive terms just preceding.

The Secretary, Homer Eaton Keyes '00, stated the desirability of improving the alumni records kept by the Association and it was voted to authorize the Secretary to expend annual balances in clerk hire and apparatus for this purpose.

On the motion of John K. Lord '68, it was voted: That the hearty thanks of the Alumni of Dartmouth College be given to the Reverend John E. Johnson '66, who has added to his many other gifts to Dartmouth two memorial tablets: the one marking the residence of Daniel Webster during a part of his college life; the other fixing the spot where Eleazar Wheelock erected the first of Dartmouth's buildings. Carved on a boulder on the site of Wheelock's cabin the following inscription is found: On this spot Eleazar Wheelock erected in 1770 a log cabin, the first building of Dartmouth. College. "I made a hutt of loggs about 18 feet square, without stone, brick, glass or nail .... My sons and students made booths and beds of hemlock boughs." - President Wheelock'snarrative, 1771.

On the Webster cottage the tablet has the following inscription: In this house Daniel Webster of the Class of 1801 lived during a part of his student days in Dartmouth College.

Here also was born February 20, 1822, Henry Fowle Durant, Founder of Wellesley College.

The semi-centennial class, 1864, was then received by the Association. John C. Webster, the Secretary of the class, was its spokesman, and called the roll of those present. Out of a total of who were connected with the class during its course, 50 graduated in 1864 to which number should be added seven in the Chandler Scientific Department Of these 57, twenty-two were living at the time of the fiftieth reunion, and twenty of these were present in Hanover. Of the class, 36 were in the services. of their country during the Civil War and six fell in battle or died in prisons of the South, while one died in the Confederate service.

The Committee on Nominations then made the following report which was accepted: president, Edwin A. Bayley '85; vice-presidents, Ernest S. Gile '95, Clarence G. McDavitt '00; secretary, Homer E. Keyes '00; treasurer, Perley R. Bugbee '90; statistical secretary, John M. Comstock '77; executive committee, Horace G. Pender '97, chairman, James P. Richardson '99, secretary, Edwin F. Jones 'BO, George E. Foss '97, Morrill A. Gallagher '07, John W. Thompson '08.

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 football, baseball, and track teams, respectively.

After announcement of the further events of the afternoon the meeting was adjourned.

UNVEILING OF THE CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS

In June, 1910, a committee of the Alumni Association was appointed for the purpose of placing a memorial in Webster Hall to the sons of Dartmouth who died in the Civil War . In acceptin? the gift the Trustees voted in April, 1914: "That the Trustees accept from the Alumni committee representing the classes of 1856-65 the gift of a bronze tablet bearing the names of those sons of the College who lost their lives in the Civil War.

"Half a century has eradicated the bitterness of that struggle; it has empha- sized the personal qualities of self-sacrifice and devotion to duty displayed by those who served in the contending armies.

"In honoring with a tablet of bronze these heroic dead, the donors are providing as well a permanent reminder to stimulate the living. Its appropriate position will be in Webster Hall, a budding dedicated to the preservation of the "worthiest traditions of Dartmouth College.

"The Trustees accordingly approve such position, and direct that a part of the program of Commencement week be devoted to the unveiling of this tablet and to appropriate exercises in conjunction with that ceremony."

Another tablet was presented by the class of 1863 containing the names of all its members who took part in the Civil War, and both tablets include the names of those who served or fell in the Confederate service.

The formal exercises of dedication were opened by prayer by the Reverend Arthur Little, D.D. '60, Chaplain of the Ist Vt. Heavy Artillery. Doctor Edward Cowles '59, Captain .and Assistant Surgeon, U.S.A., presented the memorail on behalf of the Alumni Association and Maitland Charles Lamprey '63, of the 16th N. H. Volunteers, presented the memorial of the Class of 1863. The address in memory of the sons of the College who died in the war was delivered by Cyrus Richardson, D.D. '64, and President Nichols accepted the memorials on behalf of the College. In his brief address President Nichols said:

"In accepting these tablets as gifts from the alumni contemporary with the Civil War, let me express to the donors the appreciation of the College and all her sons for this loyalty to memory, a spur to patriotism among the living and enduring victory for the dead.

"On the one tablet we have the names of fifty-seven heroic men from the class of 1863, who offered their lives in military service. On the other tablet we have the sadder but triumphant record of the seventy-three sons of the College who paid that last and greatest sacrifice which men can pay to conscience and to ideals.

"In the great conflict which tore a rising nation all but asunder, men on one side fought for the perpetuation and extension of a social order felt to be essential to prosperity and happiness, an order in which they and their fathers had grown up, an order in which they saw no wrong. On the other side men reared in other traditions fought for a united nation freed from the yoke and stigma of a national sin.

"Both sides were patriotic, as each saw patriotism. Men on both sides fought heroically for duty, for honor, and for conscience.

"Happily for us and for all men in this strong and united nation, we now see in truth and justice, clearly and without bias, and may all agree where lay the larger and conquering vision of righteousness.

"Judged not, therefore, by thought of an absolute right or wrong, but because both sides fought like men for the thing as each saw it, we honor on these tablets men from North and South.

"As everywhere else, so here we see only the evidence of an unsevered nation, bound in a common interest, milighty in one great purpose, conscious of a single destiny. Pray God it may ever so remain."

OPENING OF ROBINSON HALL

At four o'clock the Commencement crowd gathered in front of Robinson Hall for the formal opening of this new center of non-athletic activities. In the entrance to the building with the President and Dr. Richardson of the Board of Trustees was Mr. Wallace F. Robinson of Boston, the donor of the building and his son, Mr. Harry Robinson, whose constant oversight of the progress of the structure contributed much to its prompt and successful completion. In presenting Mr. Robinson, Dr. Richardson said: "We are assembled on this occasion to do honor to a far-seeing and generous friend of Old Dartmouth. He asks us to accept this noble building and to- dedicate it to perpetuating the Dartmouth spirit. That spirit, recognized and understood throughout the land, is now to have a clearing house, as I may say, for all time. Our donor, wise in his appreciation of the brotherhood actuated by that spirit, has very happily created this beautiful home where he hopes that the influences of good resolutions, straightforwardness and manly associations may be formed and strengthened into the genuine Dartmouth spirit which is our proudest possession."

In his presentation of the building to the Board of Trustees Mr. Robinson said: "In the labor of a long and busy life, I have had a good many tasks, but if the erection and equipment of this building, which you have allowed me to supervise, should be my last, I can truly say it will have been the happiest and most interesting.

"When I was a boy in the near-by Vermont town of Reading, the name of Dartmouth became a household word, for an elder brother, in the class of 1855, was working his way through college and I got, therefore, at first hand, Dartmouth ways and Dartmouth traditions.

"While this building has been going up . and I have been making my visits of inspection to Hanover, the years seem to have turned back and I became as it were, a boy myself, going through Dartmouth. Today I must graduate from this delightful experience, for my course is finished.

"This building as it is, in fulfillment of my engagement, I now turn over to you; and let me add, as I commit it to your care, that I hold more strongly than ever to my belief in those purposes which it is intended to serve in the college life."

President Nichols in a brief address then accepted the buildings on behalf of the Trustees. After a few words of appreciation on the part of the under graduate organizations which will occupy the building, by George H. Tilton, Jr., retiring president of the Dramatic Association, the building was thrown open for public inspection.

Following the opening of Robinson Hall, the President and Mrs. Nichols held their annual reception in Parkhurst Hall. In the receiving line were President and Mrs. Nichols and Governor and Mrs. Samuel D. Felker.

WEDNESDAY

Commencement Day itself broke in typical sweltering heat that lessened somewhat as the day aged. After prayers in Rollins Chapel the academic procession wound across the Campus and filed into Webster Hall. Following the usual order of exercises prayer was offered by the Reverend Ozora S. Davis '89, following which the.audience joined in singing Milton's paraphrase of the one hundred and thirty-sixth Psalm. The senior orations were as follows: Salutatorion, Winslow H. Loveland, "A National Theater"; Wilfred C. Gilbert, "A Challenge from Socrates"; John A. Hanna, "The Importance to the United States of a Skilled Diplomatic Corps"; Leonard D. White, "Pragmatism and Politics"; Frederick P. Cranston, "The Labor. War"; Valedictorian, John T. Reardon, "The Permanent in Plato."

After the singing by the audience of Richard Hovey's "Men of Dartmouth," the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon 102 men and that of Bachelor of Science upon 137.

The degree of Master of Arts as in course was also conferred upon three men.

The recipients of honorary degrees were presented by Professor John K. Lord and in conferring the degrees the President characterized the recipients as follows :

Dwinel French Thompson, for two years a tutor at Dartmouth, and for the last 43 years honored professor of descriptive geometry and stereotomy at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, able and skilful developer of the powers of geometric imagination in unimaginative youths, Dartmouth College admits you to the degree of Master of Science.

Chester Bickford Curtis, son of Dartmouth, for two years on the faculty of Cornell University, forceful teacher, able and efficient school administrator, distinguished citizen, Dartmouth College admits you to the degree of Master of Arts.

Philip Sanford Marden, editor, author, Argus-eyed traveler, narrator of delightful scenes and sketches in Mediterranean lands, Dartmouth College admits you to the degree of Master of Arts.

Fisher Ames Baker, a distinguished scholar of 1859, a veteran of the Civil War, learned in the law, an. able advocate, a wise and trusted counsellor in large causes, Dartmouth College admits you to the degree of Master of Arts.

Percy Mackaye, poet, dramatist, critic, whose large vision of the theatre includes the pageantry and idealism of all men, Dartmouth College admits you to the degree of Master of Arts.

Charles Downer Flazen, gifted teacher, learned historian, and productive scholar, "Dartmouth College admits you to the degree of Doctor of Letters.

Edward Melville Parker, a great-reat-grandson of Dartmouth, Oxonian, schoolmaster, bishop, in turn fulfilling each part with ability,, grace, and inspired devotion, Dartmouth College admits you to the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

The Commencement exercises were closed with a benediction by the Reverend Edward M. Parker, Bishop of New Hampshire.

Forming again in procession, the faculty and alumni, now increased by 239, moved on to the Alumni Gymnasium. After the dinner President Nichols welcomed the alumni and introduced the class of 1914 to the Dartmouth family. He then introduced J. A. Deßoer, the retiring president of the Alumni Association, who presented the following speakers: Governor Felker, H. A. Koelsch, Jr., president of the class of 1914; Doctor John M. Gile, Professor Frank H. Dixon, Bishop Parker, Reverend Albert W. Moore '64, Judge Cross '41, and John Barrett '89, who presented to the company, Paul Loudon, the winner of the cup for All-Round Achievement. Among the features of the afternoon was the presentation of the cup for the best proportional representation at Commencement by the class of '94, the donors of the cup, to the winners, the class of '64, which had 20 out of 22 living members present. Another interesting event was the unveiling of a portrait of Judge Cross, by the class of 1904, the first class of which Judge Cross was made an honorary member. The painting has since been hung in the living room of College Hall.

H. E. Keyes, Secretary of the Alumni Association, then read the state of the ballot for Alumni Trustee as follows : Alfred A. Wheat '89, 24; Albert E. Hadlock '87, 37; Ethelbert Talbot '70, 121; Joseph W. Gannon '94, 137; Charles F. Mathewson '82, 713; total 1,032.

In number of visiting alumni and in their enthusiasm, the Commencement of 1914 broke all records. As illustrative of the feelings of many and as a fitting close to this account, the following is taken from the story of the Commencement written for the Lowell Courier-Citizen by its editor, one of the recipients of an honorary degree from the College:

"I want to say just this, in closing, if a garrulous and doting alumnus may be pardoned. I have, by good fortune, seen many universities in many lands. I have seen most of our old New England colleges and know their beauty. I have seen the magnificence of Harvard, of Yale, of Columbia, of Chicago. I have seen, and I heartily venerate the classic grandeur of Oxford and Cambridge. The rejuvenescent university of Athens I know, and the faded magnificence of Salamanca. But nowhere on earth, as I believe, is there a lovelier spot than the deep valley of the Connecticut river, on which Hanover looks down, hemmed in by forest-crowned hills, with her incomparable vista from the graceful Ascutney to the rugged bulk of Moosilauke. Beautiful as it was a score of years ago, it seems to me even more beautiful now. Here, at least, is one spot that man's hand has not spoiled, where God made perfect. And so may it be, while grass grows and while water runs — the placid river below, the lofty hills above, the trees arching between, and out of the mass of greenery the white spires of these cloisters of a hill-girt plain."