COMMENCEMENT
Despite the gloom and general uncertainty produced by the European war the one hundred and forty-sixth commencement of the College was a notable one. The alumni were back in undiminished numbers, the largest class in the history of the College was graduated, and the weather was all that could be desired. The usual ceremonies were observed in a manner worthy of the best traditions while an innovation was made in the form of an alumni torchlight procession with fire-works on the Campus. Never before has the village of Hanover seen so many automobiles on its streets, many of the alumni coming to town by this means of locomotion. In the midst of the general gaiety it is a sorrow to have to record an accident that cast a gloom over the general celebration and especially among the members of the class of 1912. While riding between Lebanon and White River Junction, William N. Healey, of the class of 1912 was instantly killed when the car overturned. As a sign of its sorrow his class at once discarded its uniform while some of the features planned for the next day, Tuesday, were omitted from the program.
SING OUT AND WET DOWN
As an innovation from previous years and following a petition of Palaeopitus the annual Sing Out of the senior class was held on Sunday afternoon, June 7, instead of on a week day. The service was compulsory for the entire undergraduate body and was the last chapel exercise of the year. On the following evening the Wet Down ceremonies were performed with all the old time vigor, following the public initiation of Palaeopitus, newly-elected from the class of 1916. President Nichols officiated at the awarding of the Barrett cup for all-round achievement to Charles E. Griffith, Jr., of the graduating class. The fence was bequeathed to the juniors by H. C. Courtright and was accepted for the class by C. P. Merryman. The final scene of this precommencement day was enacted in the Commons where the annual banquet was tendered to the senior class by the Trustees.
PRIZE SPEAKING
As usual the prize speaking contests for the Barge Gold Medal and Class of 1866 prizes were held on the Saturday evening preceding Baccalaureate Sunday. The Barge Medal is valued at $100 and is open for competition only to members of the senior class for the best original oration. This year it was won by C. E. Whitney of Port Huron, Michigan, who spoke on "The New Dartmouth."
The other contest is for two prizes of $30 and $20 respectively, established by Waldemar Otis in the name of the class of 1866 and open for competition to members of the junior and sophomore classes. The first prize in this contest was won by M. Spelke '17 of Stamford, Connecticut, whose subject was "A Message from Georgia." W. A. Barrows '17 of New London, Con- necticut, the second prize winner, had as his subject, "The Diplomatic Service." The judges were R. E. Stevens '95, G. A. Ham '00, H. L. Sampson '00, E. E. Day '05 and W. H. Lillard '05.
BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY
Choosing his text from the third chapter of the first book of Esdras, the Right Reverend Edward M. Parker, Bishop of the Episcopalian diocese of New Hampshire, delivered the baccalaureate sermon. From his text "Above all things truth beareth away the victory," he developed the thought that moral ideals are the strongest factors in life and impressed upon his hearers the importance of recognizing the discovery of truth as a moral process and the necessity of acting on truth when found. The Vesper Service in the afternoon was in charge of the twenty-five year class, 1890, the speaker beingthe Reverend George S. Mills of Bennington, Vermont.
CLASS DAY
As usual Monday showed the Campus gay with costumes designed by the fertile imagination of the younger classes. The sober academic gown of the seniors was lost in the bright mixture but the afternoon brought out the graduating class in full force for the exercises of Class Day. Under the lead of their marshal, L. A. Whitney, the procession filed from the senior fence to the stand in front of Dartmouth Hall. Here the class president, C. E. Griffith, Jr., welcomed the guests and visitors and was followed by E. C. Mabie in an Address to the President. After President Nichols had responded, the Class Oration was delivered by P. K. Cook who expressed the determination of his class to make its contribution to the honor of the College. After the Address to the Old Chapel by R. S. B. Perry, the procession moved to the Bema where the future of the class was foretold by R. T. King, and the class poem of W. H. Townsend was read. The final words of farewell were spoken at the Old Pine by E. B. Merrill and the ceremonies of the afternoon concluded with the singing of the class, ode written by E. B. Burgum.
AT BARTLETT TOWER
Included in the exercises of Class Day but here treated separately because of their special interest were the exercises at the Tower, or to give it its new and most appropriate name, Bartlett Tower. As the structure represents the completion of a plan conceived by President Bartlett and carried out during his administration it was most fitting that his son, Reverend Samuel C. Bartlett, of the class of 1887 should be the speaker on the occasion of its formal dedication as Bartlett Tower. As an interesting addition to our information of the origin of Dartmouth institutions Mr. Bartlett's remarks are herewith printed in full:
Already for a score of years this beautiful landmark has been lifting a beckoning and guiding hand for loyal sons and hopeful pilgrims to the College beneath it.
It is longer still since the bearer of the name we today give it, joyfully handed over to the eare of a new generation the "little college," with its sinews knit and muscles tense for the splendid leap into preeminence and prosperity.
Almost as far away is the day when having run and not grown weary, his still eager soul dismissed to its long rest in the beloved state of his birth the aged body, and passed on to his Father's business elsewhere.
We make no excuse of any special period of years, around which sentiment is wont to cling. And for the tower, the affection of long use has displaced the charm of novelty. The more spontaneously we take this time, before myth or oblivion shall thwart, to mark in bronze for future generations the union of this tower with its author and prototype.
For here it stands a revelation of himself; a granite character, protected by a courage of iron, and revealing withal to those who mounted to the intimacy of his view-point, an outlook gracious and forbearing as the tender June landscape which covers both heights and depths to the very limit of its far horizon.
To that characteristic side of him we owe the Tower. It bears on its face numbers from '85 to '95, cold stone dates; but to those who know they are heart-throbs, and they must be counted downward as well to tell the real story, '84, '83, '82, '81, '80, and so on.
The work of president in those days was full of irksome detail, and very personal. Late afternoon found him weary and often sad. In the company of the big oak stick and the "little b'y," he sought his daily solace out of doors, more often than anywhere in the then pathless tangle of this hill. Here we listened to his favorite chick-a-dee and all the birds, tasted the wood-strawberry, or checked off the flower-calendar.
Hand in hand we came to this rock one day, and the little boy pictured a castle-tower on what seemed to him a frowning precipice, and begged that there might be one. The boy's whim took the man's fancy and grew into a plan for successive classes to build such a tower in sections with their own hands. He proposed it repeatedly but these numbers show that it took time to get acceptance. '85 was the first; its number stands for foundations at last laid. '86 raised the first real land-mark; '87 was the year when oil June thirtieth a thunder-bolt brought the beginning of the end which justified his foresight. '88 brings to mind a typical incident—tears, with only the boy for witness—tears for a crisis almost fatal to the college career of one of the students. Perhaps they were useful tears, for their cause has become an honored alumnus. The tower and park around it are the scene of many such confidences, too sacred to mention. That is why the numbers mean heart-throbs. From '88 to '95 the progress of the tower and the news from the chick-a-dees had to be reported in writing across the Pacific. '92 saw him freed from official cares, responsibility for the tower among the rest; but all the classes that continued the work to its completion in '95, had entered under him and he rejoiced in their work to the end.
In '98 he passed, while the "little b'y" was far away, but it is easy to see why he is glad that the tower catches his returning eye, even before the great college which has grown out of his little one.
On the bronze tablet unveiled on this occasion is the following inscription:
Bartlett Tower
The erection of this tower as a landmark more enduring than the Old Pine was suggested by Samuel Colcord Bartlett, eighth president of Dartmouth College. It was built by members of the successive undergraduate classes from
1885 to 1895 This tablet placed by the Connecticut alumni 1915
MEETING OF THE ALUMNI COUNCIL TUESDAY
The activities of Tuesday covered most interests of college life from a Phi Beta Kappa meeting early in the morning and a baseball game with the University of Vermont to an alumni torchlight procession in the evening followed by a concert of the combined musical clubs. Of more permanent importance was the meeting of the Alumni Council adjourned from the November gathering at Philadelphia. The meeting was called to order by President Hopkins, the roll call showing twenty present besides two others, one of whom had to leave before the meeting and another who was unable to arrive until its close. The changes in membership for the ensuing year are few, Clinton H. Moore '74, succeeds Paul G. Redington '00 in the group of representatives from the Rocky Mountain and Pacific States, and Joseph W. Gannon '99 takes the place of Irving W. French '01 owing to the latter's resignation from the Alumni Council. President Nichols has also announced that the representative of the faculty for the coming year will be Dean Laycock. After voting to hold the next meeting of the Council in New York City on the day before the Dartmouth-Princeton football game the reports of the various committees were in order.
On recommendation of the Committee on Undergraduate Affairs it was voted to adopt a constitution for the Council on Student Organizations. This constitution calls for a body consisting of three members of the faculty, three undergraduates and one alumnus, the lat- ter to be appointed by the alumni on recommendation of the Alumni Council. It was later voted to recommend to the alumni for this position the name of John R. McLane, chairman of the committee reporting.
The Committee "on Alumni Projects reported that it had considered a suggestion that the Council raise money to defray the expenses of the work necessary to complete Chapman's "Sketches of the Lives of Dartmouth Alumni." The committee had decided however that other demands of the College were more insistent and that it could not undertake to finance that work at the present time. This action was ratified by the Council.
A special committee appointed to consider the question of the term of service of alumni trustees and members of the Council reported recommending the addition of a paragraph to the Constitution of the Alumni Association as follows:
"No Alumni Trustee shall be eligible for more than two consecutive terms of five years each."
With respect to the qualifications of members of the Alumni Council the following recommendation was made:
"No elective member of the Alumni Council shall be eligible for election to more than two consecutive terms of three years each."
Finally in case the nomination of Alumni Trustees should be added to the duties of.the Council it was recommended to add to the Constitution of the Alumni Association, this provision:
"No member of the Alumni Council shall be eligible for nomination as Alumni Trustee during the time for which he has been elected a member of the Council." This report was adopted and the Secretary was instructed to present the matter to the Alumni Association on the following day. It should be noted here, however, that the last recommendation, that no member of the Alumni Council shall be eligible for nomination as Alumni Trustee, was later rejected by the Alumni Association, thereby rendering members of the Council eligible to serve as candidates for Alumni Trustee.
The report of the Committee on the Alumni Fund showed that upward of $4000 would be available at the close of the year for such use as the Council might care to make of it. It was then brought out that the College deficit for the current year would be about $4000 and it was accordingly voted to apply this amount to meeting the College deficit.
It was then voted that President Hopkins appoint a committee of three, of which he should be chairman, to prepare and present to the Trustees a request for such information as they might consider it wise to give as to their policies in the following matters:
1. The financial and educational relationship between Dartmouth College and the State of New Hampshire.
2. The extent to which it is advisable that scholarships shall be granted in excess of income from funds specifically given for that purpose.
3. The expression of a definite educational intention on the part of the College authorities.
After empowering the Executive Committee to prepare and carry into effect the arrangements necessary to the nominating of candidates for Alumni Trustee by the Council if the Alumni Association should so direct, the meeting adjourned.
MEETING OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The president of the association, Edwin A. Bayley '85, called the meeting to order and prayer was offered by the Reverend A. H. Armes '85. After the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, President Bayley spoke briefly and appointed the following Committee on Nominations: J. B. Reynolds '90, N. W. Emerson '00, and W. R. Gray '04.
The treasurer reported that the Association showed for the year total receipts of $2005.61 and total disbursements of $1035.99 leaving a balance on hand of $969.62.
For the Executive Committee, Secretary Keyes made verbal report for Chairman Pender, stating that the policy of the Committee was to use the funds of the Association for meeting general requirements of the Association work and to keep the Association in funds for this purpose.
President Nichols then spoke briefly for the Trustees expressing their appreciation of alumni activity and interest and particularly of the alumni fund.
The Association then considered recommendations of the Alumni Council which were presented by Secretary Keyes of the Council. It was voted that the constitution of the Council on Student Organizations be ratified, and that the alumni representative be John R. McLane '07 as nominated by the Council.
In response to a vote of reference from the meeting of the previous year it was voted on recommendation of the Alumni Council that article 9 of the constitution of the Association relative to the nomination of Alumni Trustees should be amended as follows:
The Council of the Alumni of Dartmouth College shall nominate five candidates for the vacancy in the office of. the Alumni Trustee which will regularly occur on the Monday after Commencement in the ensuing year, for the term of five years, such candidates to be voted for in the manner hereinbefore prescribed. They shall make their report on candidates not later than the first day of the following March. If any candidate shall fail or decline to signify his acceptance of this constitution within thirty days after request of the Council, or if for any other reason, a vacancy shall occur on the list of candidates, the Council shall have power to substitute a name or names in place of such original candidate or candidates.
No Alumni Trustee shall be eligible for election to more than two consecutive terms of five years each.
As has already been indicated the further recommendation of the Council to the effect that no member of the Alumni Council should be eligible for nomination as Alumni Trustee during the time for which he had been elected a member of the . Council was rejected by an overwhelming majority.
It was further stated that in view of the fact that the constitution of the Alumni Council might not be amended except on one month's notice to the alumni, the Council announced that it would recommend for action next year an amendment to the effect that no elective members of the Alumni Council should be eligible for more than two consecutive terms of three years each.
The semi-centennial class of 1865 was then escorted to the platform and welcomed by President Bayley. Reverend Henry I. Cushman acted as spokesman," reporting sixteen members of the class living and eleven present at the reunion.
The Committee on Nominations then presented the following slate: President, Chancellor L. Jenks '86; Vice-presidents, B. W. Couch '96 and J. S. Smith '01; Secretary, H. E. Keyes '00; Treasurer, P. R. Bugbee '90; Statistical Secretary, J. M. Comstock '77; Executive Committee, H. G. Pender '97, J. P. Richardson '99, E. F. Jones '80, G. A. Green '98, J. E. Holmes '20 J. A. Laing '05, J. A. Clark '08.
Athletic Council: alumni, J. W. Gannon '99, W. R. Lane '07, E. K. Woodworth '97, faculty, Professors C. E. Bolser, C. A. Proctor and C. R. Lingley; undergraduates, ex-officio, the managers of the football, baseball, and track teams.
On motion of H. S. McDevitt '08 that the name of John S. O'Connor '02 be substituted for that of E. K. Woodworth '97, Mr. Woodworth asked to have his name withdrawn and it was then voted to make the substitution on the ballot as moved, after which the Secretary was instructed to cast one ballot for the nominations as amended.
Prof. J. K. Lord, reporting for the committee appointed to erect a tablet to the memory of former President Francis Brown stated that the tablet had been designed and erected as called for. He reminded the alumni that the Chairman of the Committee was Judge David Cross, whose death in October had saddened the whole body of alumni. He then offered resolutions which were voted as follows:
In affectionate memory of David Cross, who, as chairman of a committee to prepare a tablet commemorative of Francis Brown, third president of the College, would have made a report of the doings of the committee at this meeting, but who died October 1, 1914, the Association of Alumni of Dartmouth College makes this record of its sorrow.
A graduate of the class of 1841, David Cross lived to become the oldest living graduate of the College, but he was no more remarkable for his age than for his mental alertness and his abounding sympathies. His love for the College and his devotion to her interests grew with each succeeding year and with the spirit of unquenchable youth he expressed his feeling in word and action. His presence at Commencement was looked for almost as a regular part of the anniversary, and then, as on other occasions, such as "Dartmouth Night," his frequent speeches were an inspiration to both alumni and undergraduates.
In future gatherings of the alumni his benign face, his friendly hand-clasp, his ringing voice, his contagious enthusiasm, his inspiring eloquence, and the kindling force of his love and loyalty to the College will be missed but the memory of the man, the influence of his character, and the force of his example will long remain effective in the hearts of the alumni as a model for imitation and as a stimulus to action.
The Association then adjourned.
The torch-light procession in the evening under the able marshaling of Clark Tobin '10 and his assistants was an innovation which in brilliancy and effect was well worth the effort involved.
WEDNESDAY
Commencement Day was favored with perfect weather. The lines forming on the Campus did not have to stand in the sweltering heat of many previous years and the academic pomp of gown and hood never showed to better advantage. Arrived in Webster Hall the formal exercises were opened with prayer by the Reverend Francis Brown '70, of the Board of Trustees. After the singing of Milton's paraphrase of the one hundred and thirty-sixth Psalm the commencement speakers were called upon. The speakers and their subjects were as follows: Albert Bradley, "The Business Man of the Future"; David Ingersoll Hitchcock, (of salutatory rank), "Some Phases of the Coal-Tar Dye Industry"; George Benham Young, "The American Poetry of Today"; Charles Edmund Griffith, Jr., "A League of Neutral Nations Considered as a Means to Restrict War and Promote Permanent Peace"; Ralph Alanson Sawyer, (of valedictory rank), "War and Democracy"; Chester Bradley Jordan, "The Modern Stage or the Modern Drama."
After the singing of Richard Hovey's "Men of Dartmouth" the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon one hundred and twenty men and the degree of Bachelor of Science upon exactly the same number. The degree of Master of Arts was also conferred upon three men.
The recipients of honorary degrees were presented by Professor John K. Lord. The words of presentation and the characterization by President Nichols on conferring the degree follow:
For the honorary degree of Master of Arts I present one whose energy and ability have given him prominence and success in many important business enterprises and civic activities, and have led him to associate a city's welfare with the diffusion of knowledge through a great public library, Frank PierceCarpenter.
Frank Pierce Carpenter, far-sighted man of business, carrying heavy and all but numberless responsibilities of public and private trust, one who finds recreation in many fields of literature and art and finds pleasure and satisfaction in a large, wise and kindly philanthrophy:
With the authority given me by the Trustees of Dartmouth College, and in their presence, I admit you to the degree of Master of Arts.
For the honorary degree of Master of Arts I present the Governor of New Hampshire, whose official life, following a private life of honor, business usefulness and interest in the general well-being of the State, has recognized and enforced the truth that public office is a public trust, Rolland HartySpaulding.
Rolland Harty Spaulding, schooled in business, man of insight and integrity, constructive thinker; in public life an officer filled with enthusiasm for service and an ardent devotion to duty; honored Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of New Hampshire:
I admit you to; the degree of Master of Arts.
For the honorary degree of Master of Arts I present a graduate of the class of 1900, whose marked ability in scholarship during his college course has, since his graduation, been increasingly exhibited, together with administrative skill of a high order, in various positions of educational importance, William Joseph Colbert.
William Joseph Colbert, pioneer in the cause of education in the Philippines, who in a career of fourteen years of faithful and unbroken service has steadily risen to posts of greater responsibility and opportunity for wider influence and unselfishness, one who has sacrificed his health and risked his life through devotion to the cause of enlightenment among a backward people:
I admit you to the degree of Master of Arts.
The union of scholarship and the graceful expression of it is an object greatly sought by college training, and the College gladly seeks to honor one in whom that union is found. I therefore present for the honorary degree of Master of Letters one who is both a student and historian of literature and an author of acknowledged power, an interpreter and a producer in his own right, Fred, Lewis Pattee.
Fred Lewis Pattee, son of Dartmouth, who carries forward the torch kindled at her altar, seeker after beauty in form and thought, broad and patient student, sympathetic teacher and author, expounder and interpreter of the treasures of letters, past and present:
I admit you to the degree of Master of Letters.
Thirty-seven years ago there was graduated from the College a young man who became a minister of the gospel, and entering the life of a frontier community threw his energies into its spiritual and educational uplifting. That young man, now recognized as a potent factor in the development of a great western state, I present for the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, Edwin Huntington Stickney.
Edwin Huntington Stickney, son of Dartmouth in the class of 1878, pioneer and missionary, bearer of sweetness and light into the lonely and scattered settlements of an earlier Northwest Territory; a man not unused to hardship and danger, a founder of colleges and an heroic builder of the now thriving commonwealth of North Dakota:
I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Divinity.
For the honorary degree of Doctor of Science I present a graduate of the College of the class of 1885 in the then Chandler Scientific Department, who has turned the practical training of a civil engineer into the productive channel of instruction, and has shown constructive and organizing power in the development of the department of civil engineering in several institutions, JohnPascal Brooks.
John Pascal Brooks, close and discerning student of the problems of civil engineering, with a clear and wider outlook over many fields of knowledge and learning; writer of books, inspiring teacher, and the chief administrator of a young and thriving school of technology:
I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Science,
For the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters I present to you a graduate of Williams College, a worker in the field of letters, to which he was introduced by an illustrious father, and a scholar of personal repute, who has placed his gifts and attainments at the service of the great cause of education, Lewis Perry.
Lewis Perry, discriminating valuer of the message and form of a great literature, gifted teacher, bringing a fine, clear and sympathetic understanding of youth to the successful and efficient administration of one of our greatest preparatory schools:
I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Letters.
The College takes pleasure in bringing into its academic fellowship some whom it has not had the good fortune to include in its undergraduate body, but who are exponents of academic ideals. I therefore present for the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters one who, though not a graduate of the College, has nobly evinced by pen and brush his appreciation of spiritual and artistic excellence, Kenyon Cox.
Kenyon Cox, teacher and critic of art, whose profound knowledge is illuminated by a clear and cogent literary style, steadfast advocate of the ancient canons of sincere, orderly and intelligent workmanship; painter, trained in those deeper laws of pure expression, exemplifying them in the beautiful, dignified and creative adornment of our public buildings:
I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Letters.
Eminence in scholarship in college is a promise of eminence in after life. The fulfillment of such a promise in a member of the class of 1875, whose eminent service to the public in matters of railroad regulation has been recognized by his long membership in the Interstate Commerce Commission, and by his chairmanship of it for several years, the College recalls today by conferring upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, Charles AzroProuty.
Charles Azro Prouty, for forty years a worthy and distinguished son of Dartmouth, beginning graduate life as a "watcher of the skies" and a teacher of youth, later a learned and astute practitioner of the law; an acute enquirer, the asker of searching questions and the frequent discoverer of hidden things, intrepid and fearless public servant:
I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Laws.
For the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws I present the acknowledged primate of American railroad presidents, who by personal experience in railroad management is acquainted with all its parts of labor and direction, and who to his mastery of its details and its public relations adds the ability to set forth its principles with literary skill and convincing force, and whose wider interest in human and intellectual relations is indicated by his election as a trustee of Johns Hopkins University, Daniel Willard.
Daniel Willard, born among these hills, a man of rare sagacity, an acknowledged master-mind in the intricate details of railway operation and administration, gifted also with that higher, finer appreciation of human values; the College to which your youth aspired welcomes you in your maturity and honors your large achievements, though compassed without her aid:
I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Laws,
For the same honorary degree of Doctor of Laws I present an honored man of business, an active and intelligent citizen, a promoter of charitable and philanthropic movements,- a champion in public speech and published writings of civic righteousness, and a reformer without cant, who has been repeatedly chosen by his fellow-citizens to positions of important trust, and is now reform Mayor of Philadelphia, Rudolph Blankenburg.
Rudolph Blankenburg, notable lover of men and children, sweetener of the sour places in public life with genial sympathy and humor; stalwart, loyal, self-sacrificing citizen; fearless and upright public servant; ardent patriot; an honor to the land of your adoption, outstanding in these trying days as a high example, not to your compatriots alone, but to all foreign and native born Americans.
I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Laws.
THE ALUMNI LUNCHEON
Leaving Webster Hall the procession wound across the Campus and down the road to the Alumni Gymnasium where the Commencement Luncheon was held. Seated by classes the luncheon hour was enlivened by cheers as the various classes showed their good will for one another until President Nichols rapped for order and the beginning of the formal speaking. As the special train was held an hour later than usual the last speakers had the satisfaction of addressing a more numerous audience than has sometimes been the case. President Nichols first spoke, briefly welcoming the class of 1915 to the brotherhood of Dartmouth alumni and then introduced the presiding officer, President Bayley of the Alumni Association, who presented the following speakers: Governor Spaulding, Charles E. Griffith, Jr., '15, Frank S. Streeter '74, of the Board of Trustees, Rudolph Blankenburg, Mayor of Philadelphia, Charles A. Prouty '75, Guy A. Ham '00, and O. D. Mathewson '90.
An interesting feature of the occasion was the election by the class of 1915 of Mayor Blankenburg whose inspiring address had aroused great enthusiasm.
Before the luncheon was adjourned Secretary Keyes of the Alumni Association read the state of the balloting for Alumni Trustees as follows: to succeed Henry H. Hilton resigned, Henry L. Moore '77, 745; Chancellor L. Jenks '86, 168; Frank E. Gove '88, 71; Charles W. Pollard '95, 117; Albert H. Morrill '97, 301; scattering, 3.
To succeed Charles F. Mathewson (deceased) : Nathaniel W. Norton '78, 309; Henry B. Thayer '79, 598; John French '86, 177; Albert E. Hadlock '87, 145; Edwin O. Grover '94, 223.
The singing of the Dartmouth Song closed the formal exercises of the one hundred and forty-sixth Commencement of the College a celebration which in attendance, sustained enthusiasm and general enjoyment maintained the high level which has been reached by all recent commencements.
THE YOUNGER ALUMNI FURNISHED A VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT
THE YOUNGER ALUMNI FURNISHED A VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT
