COMMENCEMENT 1921

Commencements are always alike and always different. The program proceeds with its Class Day, Baccalaureate, Alumni Day and Commencement exercises; but the men who take part in it are always different. Classes which have been absent for five years return to a college different in appearance, though the same at heart. They come with fresh viewpoints and bring new ideas and they always find a new body of men about to receive the title of alumni from the College.

This; year the classes came back in even greater numbers than before, over-flowing the dormitories and the town and filling up accommodations in neighboring towns. The week-end spirit was evident, men constantly arriving by motor and after Sunday beginning to drop off again. To meet this changing condition of transportation a revised schedule was put into operation by which the Commencement became itself something of a week-end affair, continuing from Friday until Tuesday, instead of from Saturday until Wednesday.

There is, too, a growing informality about reunions. The classes do not seem to have their programs so full of fixed engagements that they cannot spend some time renewing the memories of their undergraduate days. The class picnic is becoming a recognized institution and all the Outing Club cabins in the vicinity are taxed to capacity, some of them entertaining as many as 200 at a time. Commencement has become a family affair now, too, in many of the classes the wives being nearly as numerous as the returning alumni, with a liberal sprinkling of children. But, with all its apparent changes on the surface, it is the same in spirit and is the real old-home week of the College.

The pre-Commencement activities,in which the freshmen graduate from the servitude of their caps and the seniors relinquish their hold on the fence, came as usual, just before the final examinations. Here too some innovations were made. Instead of the old-time keg rush, in which the two upper classes only were able to quench their thirst, and the two lower classes then struggled for possession of the trophy, a huge push ball was substituted and for twenty minutes the freshmen and sophomores surged across the Campus in the attempt to push the ball over the line with the sophomores having the edge slightly at the end of the contest. On this day, too, the new Palaeopitus was initiated at the Old Pine and it may be well to recall here that Palaeopitus is simply the rendering in Greek of the words "old pine." The other traditional ceremonies were fittingly observed with a parade of the entire undergraduate body to the home of President Hopkins, the burning of the freshman caps and the running of the gauntlet, with a line that stretched from the Hanover Inn through the Senior Fence and well on past the church. The Senior Fence was then presented to the Class of 1922 by Standish B. Gorham of the Class of '21 and accepted for the juniors by T. H. Pinney. An important event in the life of the undergraduate is also brought to completion on this day in the announcement of the winner of the Barrett Cup for the year. This award, the annual gift of John Barrett '89, is given by the popular vote to that member of the senior class who most nearly approximates the qualities of physical ability, leadership, personality, scholarship and general usefulness. The winner this year was Frank A. Ross, Jr. of Somerville, Mass., captain of the baseball team, and his name is added to the list of worthy predecessors on the cup. While the bonfire was still consuming the last of the freshmen caps, the seniors adjourned to College Hall where the annual dinner to the class was given by the trustees. Here the presiding officer was Dean Craven Laycock, the speakers being President Hopkins, Doctor John M. Gile, and R. W. Elsasser, secretary of the class.

The events of Commencement Week proper began with the arrival of alumni on Friday afternoon, June 17. From early morning a big increase in traffic could be observed on the trunk roads running north and west and by noon the cars were converging on Hanover and the dormitories were receiving their quota of reuning classes. No formal exercises were scheduled for Friday. Classmates were given the opportunity to get reacquainted with each other. There was time for a tour about the town to discover what changes had taken place since the last visit, to drop in at the headquarters of other classes and in general to introduce Commencement with a spirit of informality. Like few Commencement seasons, this one was favored with perfect weather, sun and breeze and crisp temperature, and these conditions prevailed throughout the entire period.

Saturday, June 18—Class Day

Saturday morning found Commencement in full swing. It was technically Class Day but all the days of Commencement are Alumni Day. as well. The younger classes were already adorned with curious and vivid costumes from the bellhops of '18 and the brilliant beetle of '16 to the more decorous uniform of '11 and the flannel trousers and dark coats of the older classes. The distinctive badge of each class was particularly in evidence. The twenty-year class, 1901, wore a badge containing the pictures of its two distinguished graduates, President Hopkins and Governor Cox of Massachusetts. Some of the earlier classes displayed the symbols of their graduating date in figures that "he who runs might read."

ALUMNI COUNCIL MEETING

The first formal exercise of Saturday was the meeting of the Alumni Council in Wentworth Hall. The roll call showed the following members present:

New England States:

Albion B. Wilson '95 Edward H. Trowbridge 81 Lafayette R. Chamberlin '05

Middle and Southern States:

Randolph McNutt '71 Edward W. Knight '87 Thomas W. Streeter '04

Western States:

Robert F. Leavens '01

For the Faculty:

Eugene F. Clark 01

Elected by Class Secretaries:

William D. Parkinson 78 Natt W. Emerson '00

Members by Virtue of Official Relationsto the Alumni:

Edward K. Woodworth '97 Joseph W. Gannon '99

Elected by the Council:

Wesley G. Carr '84 William M. Hatch '86 Clarence C. Hills '05

With the Council sat also Dean Laycock, member-elect from the faculty, and Fred A. Howland '87, a former member of the Council. The president, Edward W. Knight '87, presented the resignation of Homer E. Keyes, secretary of the Council in the following letter:— My dear Mr. Knight:—

I have just forwarded to President Hopkins my definite resignation as Business Director of Dartmouth College. In giving up that position I am necessarily severing those contacts with the College and its policies which believe to be essential to effective work as secretary to the Council of the Alumni.

May I therefore tender to you my resignation of the latter office.

Having had the pleasure and the honor of being Secretary of the Council since the organization of that body, I am tempted to offer with my resignation some valedictory reflections. But I shall do no more than bear witness to my belief in the actually great and potentially greater usefulness of the Council in the affairs of Dartmouth. For myself, during the years of my work with it, the associations enjoyed and the friendships established have throughout constituted a richly compensating satisfaction.

To you, therefore, and to the other members of the Council I would extend sincere appreciation of the opportunity to serve in such a fellowship; and with it my regret that the service must now terminate. Yet, after all, the pioneer days and the pioneer membership of the Council, of which I was a part, are gone. New tasks and a new vision in their encountering must now be enough. I believe that the principle of rotation is as applicable to the Secretary as to the other members of the Council, and that, in the present instance, it will operate for manifest advantage.

But my interest in the work of the Council will abide and with it the pleasantest of memories.

Very sincerly yours,

( signed) Homer Eaton Keyes

Secretary of the Council of the Alumni of Dartmouth College.

To Edward W. Knight, Esq., President of the Council of the Alumni of Dartmouth College.

In accepting this resignation, the Council spread the following resolution on its records:-

Resolved, That the Alumni Council hereby expresses its sincere regret and a deep sense of personal loss in the resignation of Homer E. Keyes as Secretary of the Council. Since the early days of the Council Mr. Keyes has been constant in its service and a leader in its activities. To his resourceful mind and untiring energy are due many of its chief accomplishments. In reluctantly accepting his resignation the members of the Council wish to record their full appreciation of the continuing values of his work.

After the election of Eugene F. Clark '01 as permanent secretary, the following announcement of ballot for councillors was made:

New England States:

Edward H. Trowbridge '81 ............... 854

Middle and Southern States:

Randolph McNutt '71 .................... 853

Central States:

Guy H. Abbott '02 ...................... 839

Western States:

Robert F. Leavens '01 .................. 454 Chester B. Curtis '89 .................. 353

Rocky Mountain and Pacific States:

Arthur B. Shaw '08 ..................... 607 John J. Troy '12 205

Messrs. Trowbridge, McNutt, Abbott, Leavens and Shaw were declared elected as members of the Council for a term of three years until June, 1924. The Council also elected Wesley G. Carr '84 as councillor for a term of three years to succeed himself.

A report was made by T. W. Streeter '04, chairman of the Alumni Fund Committee, showing receipts for the Fund of $57,163.64 (from 2465 contributors) at the close of business on June 17. It was estimated that $65,000 would be received at the close of the books on June 30. Mr. Streeter then made a statement regarding the distribution of the Fund, particularly as it applied to the 25% which is regularly added to the Permanent Fund. It was voted that recommendation be made to the Alumni Association that the policy of distribution should be revised, giving more discretion to the Alumni Council with regard to the amount that should be added each year to the Permanent Fund. A strict construction of the earlier vote had sometimes resulted in more than 25% of the Alumni Fund being added to the Permanent Fund owing to the necessity of including in this 25% those sums given by restricted class funds. The full vote as recommended by the Council and passed by the Alumni Association appears in the record of the Association meeting. The question of the distribution of the contributions for the current year was then taken up and it was Voted: That the unrestricted contributions received during 1920-1921 and the income of the Permanent Fund for the same period be applied as follows:

(1) Add to Permanent Fund amounts necessary to make up for the previous year 1919-1920.

(a) a full 25% of the gross unrestricted contributions for that year.

(b) a full 25% of the income of the Permanent Fund for that year, and also

(c) all receipts from the former Tucker Fund Loans not hitherto added, or a total for the above three purposes of $7,076.01

(2) For William Jewett Tucker Fellowship for the current year 1920-1921 1,000.00

(3) For reduction of Gymnasium Mortgage Debt (reducing mortgage to $25,000) 5,000.00

(4) If the resolution suggested by the Council to the Association is adopted by the Association, then the balance available for allocation be applied towards additions to the Permanent Fund and as the unrestricted gift to the College for current uses, the amount to be added to the Permanent Fund and the amount to go to the College for its current uses to be determined by the Alumni Fund Committee at the time of closing of the books, when the Committee will know how much has been added to Permanent Funds by restricted gifts. It is the opinion of the Council that the Fund Committee may treat sums applied in reducing the gymnasium mortgage as equivalent to additions to the Permanent Fund.

A report was made by George G. Clark '99, secretary of the Memorial Field Committee, on the status of that Fund. Mr. Clark reported that a total of $139,786 in cash and pledges had been contributed up to June 17 and stated that a considerable increase of this amount was expected during the Commencement season.

Dean Laycock spoke briefly on the state of the College reporting a total of 1821 applications for next year's freshman class had been filed but of these only 586 could be accepted. The figures of applications for succeeding classes were also produced, showing for the Class of 1926, 545, for the Class of 1927, 219, for the Class of 1928, 73, for the Class of 1929, 28 and for the Class of 1930, 18.

Associate Dean Husband reported on the proposition of an Intercollegiate Employment Bureau. The Bureau is now in process of organization and many of the colleges in the east are interested in its activities. The Council expressed itself as interested in the project and in sympathy with its purpose and a committee consisting of Messrs Emerson, Carr and Streeter was named by the President to investigate and report at the fall meeting of the Council.

There was further discussion regarding the authorization which was given the Council by the Alumni Association to issue charters to new associations and another committee was appointed to study this matter and likewise report ,at the fall meeting. The committee here named consisted of Messrs. Laycock, Gannon and McNutt.

Natt W. Emerson '00 reported on the Outing Club, on the Council of which he sits as a representative of the Alumni Council. He showed the magnitude of the operations of the Club and stated that, in spite of the generosity of benefactors of the Club like John E. Johnson '66 and others, the Club was urgently in need of funds if it was to maintain its plant in good condition and fulfill its function in a complete way.

There was also discussion regarding the award which is made each year by the Buffalo alumni to that member of the graduating class of each of its public high schools who most nearly, attains the ideals prescribed in character, scholarship and general all-round ability. The suggestion had been made that this would be a desirable type of award to introduce very generally into alumni associations throughout the country and the matter was referred to the Committee on Alumni Projects to report at the fall meeting of the Council.

The following nominations were made to the Alumni Association: Natt W. Emerson '00 as alumni member of the Council on Student Organizations and Richard Parkhurst 'l6 as a member of the Athletic Council for a term of three years. Natt W. Emerson '00 was also named to represent the Alumni Council on the Council of the Dartmouth Outing Club.

After a vote had been passed to the effect that the next meeting of the Council be held in New York on Friday and Saturday, November 10 and 11, it was Voted: That the President appoint from the Council a committee of three, of which the President and Secretary shall in addition be ex-officio members, to analyze the work now done by the Council and to study the question of how the Council can render greater service to the College, this committee to render a written report to the Council at least two weeks prior to the fall meeting containing specific suggestions as to what shall be the activities of the Council and the general scheme of organization necessary to carry on such activities effectively.

Pursuant to this vote the President named Messrs Emerson, Parkinson and Laycock to serve with the President and Secretary ex-officio. The committee named, pursuant to the above vote, was also, requested to be ready to present to the Council at its fall meeting at least three names for the trustee nomination which would have to be made in June, 1922. The meeting then adjourned.

The afternoon of Saturday belonged to the senior class. In cap and gown the class formed at the Senior Fence at 2 o'clock and, led by its marshal, Frank A. Ross, Jr., it proceeded to the stand in the College Yard. Here the guests were welcomed by the President of the class, Paul G. Sanderson. The address to the College was delivered by Standish B. Gorham, the Class Day oration by John L. Sullivan and the Address to the Old Chapel by Walter R. Henshaw. Leaving the Yard, and still headed by the band, the class proceeded to the Bema, where Gordon D. Beattie presented the Sachem Oration and Franklin McDuffee the Class Poem, and the Class Ode was sung; thence to the stump of the Old Pine, where the pipe of fellowship was smoked. In long academic file the procession then moved back to the fence where it disbanded.

The only other event of the afternoon was the reception to seniors, alumni and guests at the home of President and Mrs. Hopkins, while the evening was given up to reunion dinners and to the performance of "Rise, Please!" by the Dartmouth Players in Webster Hall. The events of the day were concluded with a promenade concert in College Yard.

Sunday, June 19

Commencement Sunday is always a quiet day. The costumes of the classes are discarded for the time; many of the classes go to the nearby Outing Club cabins for a picnic or the neighboring towns for lunch; some of the classes hold memorial services for their deceased members; and the program is in general one of freedom from fixed engagements. But the feature of the day is the Baccalaureate sermon and to this service the senior class goes in a body under the direction of its marshal. The Baccalaureate preacher for the Class of 1921 was Reverend Luke White, pastor of St. Luke's Church in Montclair, N. J. Mr. White is a familiar figure to Dartmouth audiences, as he has more than once addressed the Sunday vespei service in Rollins Chapel. He took as his theme to the seniors the necessity of introducing the spirit of Christ into the affairs of the world as an antidote to the present state of disorganization. His talk was straightforward and eloquent, emphasizing as it did the practical problems before the educated man and the lofty ideals which their opportunities presented them.

A feature of the afternoon was the organ recital in Rollins Chapel when a new member of the Music Department of the College was introduced to a Hanover audience. Mr. Maurice F. Longhurst, recently organist at the Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina, delighted the audience with the varied program which he played. The day closed with music at College Hall and around the dormitories, and moonlight flooding the Campus.

Monday, June 20-Alumni Day

On Monday morning Commencement seems to take a fresh start. The brethren of Phi Beta Kappa begin the day in the early morning with their annual meeting and election of officers and of new members. This year the following action was taken:

President, G. D. Lord 84.

Vice-Presidents, L. S. Hastings '70, and Andrew Marshall '01.

Secretary and Treasurer, Harold G. Rugg '06.

Auditor, Charles P. Chase '69.

The Executive Committee: The President, the Secretary, Professors, P. O. Skinner, L. B. Richardson, and J. P. Richardson '99.

Committee on Endorsement of Chapters: Professors J. M. Poor, H. E. Burton, and L. B. McWhood.

New members elected to Phi Beta Kappa: Arthur Warren Duryea, Robert William Elsasser, William Plumer Fowler, Jr., Theodore Milton Selden, Merrill Edgar Shoup, James Lawton Smead.

The Commencement baseball game was this year played with the University of Vermont, preceded as usual by the parade to the Oval. Costumes had reappeared after being discarded for Sunday and the spirit of reunion was perhaps more "manifest than at any other time. The result of the game was never in doubt, six runs being accumulated in the first two innings and the final score being 9-4.

MEETING OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

At 2 o'clock President DuBois called to order the annual meeting of the Association of Alumni. This is the occasion on which any business involving the whole body of alumni is presented for action and it is also the occasion on which the fifty-year class is presented to the other members of the Association. The Semi-centennial Class always rises to the occasion on this day and this year the Class of '71 achieved unusual distinction in having so many men back that the platform could not hold them. Although exact records are not available, it is probable that no class has ever returned a larger number for its fiftieth reunion than did the Class of '71. After the meeting was called to order, President DuBois called upon Reverend Charles N. Flanders '71 to offer prayer. Mr. E. K. Woodsworth '97, chairman of the Executive Cornmittee, then presented the resignation of Homer E. Sieves '00 as secretary of the Association : It was

Voted: That the resignation be accepted and the secretary to be elected be instructed to write Mr. Keyes expressing the grateful appreciation of the alumni for his faithful and efficient services as secretary.

It was further

Voted: That Eugene F. Clark '01 be elected secretary pro. tem.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The President then appointed a nominating committee consisting of Robert F. Leavens '01, Frank E. Rowe '91, and Lafayette R. Chamberlain '05. The Treasurer's report was presented by Perley R. Bugbee '90 showing receipts and disbursements as follows:

Receipts

Balance from year 1919-21 $716.36 Rec'd collection from Sec'y 859.35 Rec'd Div. Dartmouth Sav. Bank 3.33 Rec'd Ex. Dartmouth Sav. Bank 12.73 $1591.77

Disbursements

Paid Library Bureau, cards 19.47 Paid Postmaster, 3000 stamped envelopes 66.00 Paid Dartmouth Press, printing 30.25 Paid Dartmouth College,. clerk hire 625.00 Paid Assn. of Alumni Secretaries, dues '20-'21 10.00 750.72 Balance for 1921-22 $841.05

A communication was received from the Council of the Alumni regarding a change in the vote of June 22, 1914, specifying the method of distributing the contributions to the Alumni Fund. On motion of E. K. Woodworth '97 it was

Voted: That, Whereas, a strict construction of the vote passed by this Association on June 22, 1914, in founding "The Dartmouth Alumni Fund on the Tucker Foundation" has resulted in adding to the permanent endowment funds of the College more than 25% of the sums contributed each year through the Dartmouth Alumni Fund, and

Whereas, it is advisable that the Council should have the power, when occasion arises, to appropriate larger sums for the current uses of the College than is permitted by the above resolution of June 22, 1914, it is

Resolved by the Association of the Alumni of Dartmouth College, That the resolution adopted June 22, 1914, founding "The Dartmouth College Alumni Fund on the Tucker Foundation" be amended by striking out from paragraph (b) the words "at least 25% of such collections and income" and substituting therefor the words "that such portion as in the judgment of the Alumni Council the immediate needs of the College may permit" and adding the words and that the funds collected for the year ending June 30, 1921, be subject to the resolution as amended" so that the paragraph as amended shall read: "(b) That the annual collections and the income from the Permanent Fund be appropriated as the Alumni Council may vote, provided that such portion as in the judgment of the Alumni Council the immediate needs of the College may permit shall be added to the Permanent Fund, and that the funds collected for the year, ending June 30, 1921, be subject to the resolution as amended."

The President then presented John H. Herbert '71 in behalf of the Semicentennial Class. Mr. Herbert spoke eloquently of the record of his classmates, of whom 25 out of 35 living members were present at Commencement. President DuBois then referred to the senior alumnus of the College, Dr. J. Whitney Barstow '46, who would celebrate his 95th birthday on June 21 and also the 75th year of his graduation from College. It was

Voted: That the Secretary be instructed to send the felicitations and good wishes of the Association to Dr. Barstow.

This was done by wire as follows: "The Association of Alumni of Dartmouth College today assembled unanimously voted that the Secretary send you in its behalf affectionate greetings and best wishes on your 95th birthday and 75th anniversary of graduation from College. The alumni take pride in their senior alumnus and draw inspiration from his constant loyalty to the College."

The nominating committee brought in the following nominations for officers of the Association for the year 1921-22:

President, Merrill Shurtleff '92.

Vice-President, J. F. Drake '02.

Secretary, E. F. Clark '01.

Treasurer, P. R. Bugbee '90.

Statistical Secretary, J. M. Comstock '77.

Executive Committee, E. K. Woodworth 97, Chairman; R. C. Campbell '86, W. P. Ladd '91, E. H. Kenerson '03, H. D. Thrall 06, W. C. Agry 'll, S. B. Emerson '17.

Member of the Athletic Council for 3 years to June, 1924:

For the Alumni, Richard Parkhurst '16.

For the Faculty, H. E. Burton.

Member of the Athletic Council for 1 year to June, 1922:

For the Students, the Managers-elect of football, baseball, and track.

Alumni member of the Council on Student Organizations, N. W. Emerson '00.

It was Voted: That the Secretary cast one ballot for the slate as presented by the nominating committee,

The meeting then adjourned.

This was Alumni Day pre-eminently and the rest of the aftrenoon and evening was completely occupied with gatherings of the brethren at the various fraternities, class meetings and class banquets. Many of the wives of the reuners, however, occupied the evening hours at a concert given by the Musical Clubs in Webster Hall.

Tuesday, June 21, Commencement Day

The culminating day of Commencement —the big day for the seniors- seemed to justify the decision of the Trustees to hold the Commencement season more nearly around the weekend. The participation of alumni in the procession and their numbers at the graduating exercises and the alumni luncheon was larger than in recent years. The procession was as brilliant and varied as usual, first the long, somber line of seniors following the band and the national and college colors, then the Trustees and invited guests escorted by the Governor's Council and Staff, a large delegation from the Faculty resplendent in many colored hoods and the long file of alumni headed by the Alumni Council and the classes in order of graduation. As the ranks of the seniors split before Webster Hall, the alumni were still passing College Hall in their route around the tent and the south end of the Campus. The ceremony in Webster Hall followed the well-known program, introduced by prayer by Dr. Wood of the Department of Biblical History, and Milton's paraphrase of Psalm CXXXVI to the tune of "Nuremberg", with "Men of Dartmouth"" and the "Doxology" following later. The Commencement speakers and their subjects were Merrill Edgar Slump. "The Obligation of Industry to the Community"; Warren Stilson Ege, "Business Economics in 1921"; Robert Phillips Burroughs, "The Future of Commercial Aviation'; and George Loring Frost, "Culture and the College". There were 233 successful candidates for the Bachelor's degree, of whom 101 received the degree of Bachelor of Arts and 132 that of Bachelor of Science. These candidates were presented to the President by Dean Laycock, and Professor George Dana Lord presented three candidates for the degree of Master of Arts. Perhaps the most impressive part of the Commencement ceremony is that of the presentation of honorary degrees, the recipients this year being presented by Professor Herbert Darling Foster, while the degree was conferred as usual by President Hopkins. The introduction by Professor Foster and the characterizations by the President follow:

For the honorary degree of Master of Arts:

Julius Howland Barnes, President of the United States Grain Corporation, a raiser of wheat instead of prices, and an officer of the Legion of Honor.

Julius Howland Barnes:

Who, at the hour of need, brought to the service of the nation those talents which had won success in your erstwhile realm of Private enterprise; a modern Joseph who helped to save from famine your threatened brethren: by virtue of the authority vested in me, I welcome you to the fellowship of Dartmouth men and I confer upon you the honorary degree of

Master of Arts.

For the honorary degree of Master of Arts:

William Willard Flint, after forty years' classical mastership and a lifetime devoted to the gentle ministry of culture in a distinguished New Hampshire School.

William Willard Flint:

Exemplar of a devoted spirit of service, out of which the prestige of a great school has grown; competent in the learning which profits by the record of the past, and eager student of the present; public spirited and self-sacrifiaing disciple of the spirit of scholarship, already within the Dartmouth fellowship, by virtue of the authority vested in me, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Master ofArts.

For the honorary degree of Master of Arts:

Benjamin Brinton Greer, who left College and class of 1901 to fight for Cuba, and has fought his way up through the ranks, war-time manager and honored Vice-President of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul R.R.

Benjamin Brinton Greer:

Representative son of Dartmouth, as well as respected executive of a great public utility, at whose door opportunity has repeatedly knocked, calling always to wider fields of usefulness; whose acceptance of new responsibilities has ever invited and held new confidence: by virtue of the authority vested in me I confer upon you the honorary degree o

Master of Arts.

And for the honorary degree of Master of Arts:

William Atwood Lancaster, former member of the Class of 1881 and Judge of the District Court of Minnesota, a leader of the Minneapolis Bar.

William Atwood Lancaster:

Jurist of high attainments; contributor to the expanding life of a progressing metropolis through vital years; respected alike in the practice of your profession and in the public service: already within the Dartmouth fellowship, by virtue of the authority vested in me, I confer upon you the honorary degree of Master of Arts.

For the honorary degree of Doctor of Science:

Henry Paul Talbot, long an honored leader in educational administration, and the teaching of chemistry, in an institution holding the primacy among technical schools of America.

Henry Paul Talbot:

Administrator and scholar; faithful and versatile contributor to the welfare of a distinguished sister institution of higher learning; scientist whose interest in the discovery of new truths is matched by instinct for the application of those truths, of whose knowledge you have possessed yourself: by virtue of the authority vested in me, I welcome you to the fellowship of Dartmouth men and I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor ofScience.

For the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters:

Ellery Sedgwick, Editor of five noted magazines, from the "Companion" of our youth to the "Atlantic" of our soberer years, wise advisor, and even wiser rejector of the manuscripts of many college professors.

Ellery Sedgwick:

Editor, with fine sense of responsibility for the vested authority of the printed word, and possessed of understanding of its potential usefulness for public advantage, when rightly timed and placed; indefatigable gatherer of first fruits of intelligent self-expression, for refreshment of the mind of an appreciative constituency ; in true sense a productive educator : by virtue of the authority vested in me, I welcome you to the fellowship of Dartmouth men and I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters.

For the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws:

Thomas Edward Finegan, for twenty years teacher and educational commissioner in New York, now Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Edward Finegan :

Conservator and developer of the fountain heads of education; broad in understanding of the problems of the public schools and lucid in demonstration of these; experienced and skilled in administrative method: in recognition of your accomplishments in two great states, and by virtue of the authority vested in me, I welcome you to the fellowship of Dartmouth men and I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

And for the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws:

Arthur Lord, distinguished historian of the Old Colony' and lawyer of Massachusetts Bay, returning to his inheritance in his father's college which numbers so many of his name and kin, the Lords of Dartmouth.

Arthur Lord:

Gentleman of culture and lawyer of high repute, whose eminence in your chosen profession is supplemented by breadth of interest in the liberal arts and by zeal as a discriminating student of History: by virtue of the authority vested in me, I welcome you to the fellowship of Dartmouth men and I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

At the conclusion of the Commencement exercises the procession again formed as it left the Hall and proceeded to the Gymnasium where, in spite of its early arrival, the arrangements were completely made. Some 700 alumni, including those most newly fledged, sat down to the tables and the Class of 1921 was soon engaged in cheers for the reuning classes. At the head table were the Trustees and the guests of the College. There was also on exhibition the Class Cup presented by the Class of 94 as well as the historic punch bowl that is aways in evidence at the alumni luncheon. At the conclusion of the meal, President Hopkins called the alumni to order and, spoke briefly of the pleasure of the College in welcoming its returning alumni and the newest alumni class.

He referred with especial regret to the loss sustained by the College in the resignation of Mr. Keyes and the death of Mr. Kimball and Mr. Steele of the Board of Trustees.

Referring to the gifts to the College announced during the past year, the President stated that unfortunately full expression could not be given to the appreciation felt by the College for the thoughtfulness and generosity of a host of benefactors whose remembrances to the College meant so much, both in inspiration and in material support.

He referred to the fact that the Alumni Fund promised to run above $65,000 and that there had also been assured, in behalf of the Memorial Field, about $160,000.

Commenting, then, on the fact that there was satisfaction in having the men who knew the work of the College most intimately, show major interest, he cited the bequest of Benjamin A. Kimball o the class of '54 of $200,000 for the establishment of a Professorship of the Science of Administration and for certain equipment needs, and the bequest of Sanford H. Steele of the class of '70 of $250,000 to be applied to the cost of the new chemistry building in memory of his brother, Benjamin H. Steele '57, for many years judge of the supreme court of Vermont.

Appreciative reference was then made to the generous gift of Henry L. Moore '77 of Minneapolis, of securities having a par value of $85,000, this to constitute the endowment, for the Lectureships on the Guernsey Center Moore Foundation. This gift is a memorial given by Mr. Moore in memory of his son, enrolled in the class of 1904, whose sad death came early in his college course.

Statement was made that Mr. Frank S. Streeter, class of '74, had assumed responsibility for still further enlargement of the fine chapel organ and had given for this purpose $5,000.

The President then spoke of the important contribution which Mr. Henry H. Hilton of the class of '90 had made to the facilities of the College in assuming responsibility for Dartmouth's having eventually a really first class golf links and stated that in addition to all that had previously been given Mr. Hilton had now given $15,000, $10,000 of which was for additional land for an added nine-holes and $5,000 of which was for putting in the much needed steel bridge across the Vale of Tempe.

The College likewise was shown to have been the recipient of generous remembrances from men outside the immediate Dartmouth circle in donations large and small, and of these the Presispoke especially of the thoughtful bequest of Edmund C. Converse of New York of $50,000 for addition to the scholarship funds; and Hosea B. Burnham of Manchester of $33,000 for scholarship funds.

The President likewise mentioned the continued gifts for the benefit of the Outing- Club from the Reverend John E. Johnson, supplemented by the recent presentation by James W. Newton of the class of 76 of a valuable camp site and the funds for building a look-out tower thereon.

He then introduced the President of the Alumni Association, Charles G. DuBois '91 as the presiding officer of the day. Mr. DuBois called upon the following speakers: Mr. Arthur Lord, Judge William A. Lancaster '81, and Dr. Thomas E. Finegan as representatives of the recipients of honorary degrees, and from the alumni, Major E. D. Redington '61, Mr. John H. Herbert 71 and John L. Sullivan '2l. Major Redington paid an eloquent tribute to a member of his class who was in Hanover but unable to be at the banquet, Dr. William J. Tucker; and Dr. Finegan referred to the debt of gratitude Pennsylvania owed to a Dartmouth alumnus, Thaddeus Stevens 1814, for his work in the development of its early system of education. Before the introduction of the representative of the Class of 71 the Secretary of the College made announcement regarding the winner of the Class Cup for the year, intricate mathematical calculations having established the winner to be the fifty year class by the smallest of margins over the Class of 1911. The latter class had the peculiar distinction of returning for its reunion the largest number of graduates and non-graduates who had ever come back on such an occasion and the Class of 71 the distinction of probably returning the largest number that had ever attended a fiftieth reunion. The conclusion of the speaking marked the end of the Commencement exercises so far as the alumni were concerned and they rapidly drifted out of town, largely by the automobile routes. The seniors, however, lingered for a day longer to attend their Commencement Ball and to take a final farewell to the scenes of four years of undergraduate life. Dartmouth College started in the quiet of a Hanover summer on its 153rd year.

THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION

CLASS DAY: SPEECHES IN FRONT OF DARTMOUTH HALL

CLASS DAY: THE SACHEM'S SPEECH AT THE BEMA

BACCALAUREATE: THE SENIOR CLASS ENTERING THE OLD COLLEGE CHURCH