Record Attendance at 165th Commencement

Shortened to four days and thereby saved from the drenching which the usual Tuesday-morning exercises would have received, Dartmouth's 165 th Commencement program was held June 15-18 under ideal conditions and with a record attendance of reuning alumni. During impressive exercises in the natural ampitheatre of the Bema, bachelor degrees were conferred by President Hopkins upon 456 seniors, the largest class ever to graduate from Dartmouth, and honorary degrees were awarded to nine prominent men, including three alumni of the College.

Craven Laycock '96, Perley Oakland Place '93, and Werner Janssen '2l received, respectively, the honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Letters, and Doctor of Music. The LL.D. degree was also conferred upon Samuel Seabury, New York lawyer and civic leader; Harlan Fiske Stone, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court; and Edward D. Duffield, chairman of the board of trustees of Princeton University. The honorary degree of Doctor of Science was conferred upon John Adam Fleming, terrestrial magnetism authority of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D. C.; the degree of Doctor of Letters upon Kenneth L. Roberts, Maine author; and the degree of Doctor of Pedagogy upon Jose Padin, commissioner of education for Puerto Rico.

CLASS OF '94 WINS OWN CUP

The Class of '94 Cup for alumni attendance was won this year by 1894 itself. The class had 46 graduates back out of a possible 63, for an average of 73 per cent. The Class of 1899 with 55 present out of a possible 84 was second. The fifth-year class, 1929, had the largest number of men back, about 120; and nearly 200 alumni, wives and children were in Hanover to represent the Class of 1919.

The oldest alumnus back for reunion was William Tenney Gage '64, who observed the 70th anniversary of his graduation from Dartmouth. He was a guest of honor at the annual alumni luncheon in the gymnasium. Dr. James A. Spalding '66 also attended this year's exercises.