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UNIVERSITY OP NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNB'4, 1910
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OFEICIAL ORGAN OF THEvrjNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC "ASOCIATmN
1 5th Commencement Ceremonies
COMMENCEMENT DAY
ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE CANDI
DATES IN PROCESSION TO
MEMORIAL HALL
The long1 procession of one hundred
and five men, who were to receive de
grees from the University of North
Carolina, accompanied by the faculty
and many illustrious alumni, formeci
in front of the Alumni L5uildinr and
marched into Memorial Hall Tuesday
-morn in fr at ten o clock. J. here were
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sixty-seven candidates for Bachelor of
Arts, nine for Bachelor of Science,
three for Bachelor of Laws, six Phar
macy graduates, five for Master of
Arts, one for Master of Science, and
fourteen for Doctor of Medicine.
As the march wound thru the cam
pus to Memorial Hall, those robed
ones were the center of attraction for
a host of eves some old and full of
ml
tears, others young- and sparkling1,
many with the stare of wonderment.
From the East to the West Gate the
gay colors of fresh gowns and the
black gathering's of many men dotted
the greenness of the campus carpet.
Once in the hall the exercises were
opened with a short well-worded pray
er by Rev. R. W. Hogue. The con
test for the Mangum Medal for Ora
tory then began. The senior speakers
were Messrs. John Heck Boushall, on
.the subject, of "The Philosophy ..of
Service", Joseph Henry Johnston, on
"Democratic Public High Schools for
North Carolina", and Horace Edney
Stacy, on "The Function of the . State
in the Larger Life of the Nation".
The medal was awarded to Mr. Stacy
by a vote of two to one received by
Mr. Bousuall. Mr. II. E. Stacy is the
third brother in his family to win this
medal.
President Venable next announced
the chief speaker of the day, Dr.
Charles Forster Smith, Professor of
Greek at the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Smith spoke on "Culture in Read
ing" about as follows:
COMMENCEMENT DANCES
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
AND ALL OF, WEDNESDAY A
FETE TO TERPSICHORE
The custom is old tis true, but the
scene of old Commons Hall was new
indeed during these Post Graduation
days, when the. flower of North Can
lina womanhood attired in gowns o
vanea vet exquisite iasmous came as
envoys of merriment, cliarm and beau
ty to me students wno lor many
months have been boning away for
exams and graduation. These dances
under the leadership of Mr. L. T.
Avery, assisted by Messrs. O. A.
Hamilton, J. A. Hackney, J. B,
Colvard, J. M. Reeves, Robert
Drane, and L. deK. Belden, were in
ever respect well arranged and gract
fully conducted. Judge Avery well
proved his long suit on this occasion.
A special decorator from Wilmington
bedecked Commons Hall with festoons,
wreaths, and bunting of white and
blue, in a most artistic manner. The
dances began with the afternoon hop
on Tuesday. On Tuesday night the
first regular german was held. There
were hops on Wednesday morning and
afternoon. At all these dances there
ass Day of Seniors and Alumni
were distinguished alumni from all
parts of the state, who came to once
more enjoy the scenes of their college
days.. , As. usual. the most note. worthy
of these dances was the final german
on Wednesday night. tor on this
occasion the commencement marshals
and ball managers present their re
galias to the ladies of their special
choice. At "the siynal of the Chief
Ball Manager, Judge Avery, this inci
dent was hailed with interest by all
and was somewhat spectacular in its
enthusiastic contemplation as to who
should be the recipients of these com
mencement trophies. Music for the
entire dances was furnished by Levin's
Orchestra of Raleigh.
The following is a list of those who
attended the dances: Misses Minerva
McNeil and Margaret Broadfoot and
I Eleanor Huske of Fayetteville; Misses
When John Bright went to Oxford jCumininffs atld irene rjuller of Reids
to receive an honorary degree they.jj. Misses Placid Kramer, Mary
took him to a point whence he could
look down on
"That sweet city with her dream
ing spires." .
Rousing himself at length from a rev
erie he exclaimed, "How beautiful it
would be to be eighteen years old agaiu
and to be coming here to study!" We
that are of middle age or older can
sympathise with the feeling of the
great English orator. Could I turn
back to seventeen or eighteen, I would
surely enter college once more, and I
would study hard as I did before; but
I would read far more. I would buy
and keep on hand as many as possible
of the great works in literature, as
well as my text books. I would have
great poets and prose writers close at
hand where I could reach up and take
4V,m l,,wn whenever the humor to
L-ouise Manning, Bessie Irwin, Tur
sentine and Douglas Hill of Durham;
Misses Cantey Venable, May Hume,
Louise Venable, Elizabeth Hughes,
Alice Noble of Chapel Hill; Misses
Annie Worth, Delema Burbank, Cruss
well, Lucy Poisson of Wilmington;
Misses Edith Pou, Nannie Hay and
Juliet Crews of Raleigh; Miss Barilett
and Mrs. C. E. Thompson of Elizabeth
City; Misses Katherine Small and
Augusta Charles of Washington, N.C.
Misses Bahnson, Helen McArthur,
Fries, Louise Haughton and Delphiue
Brown of Winston Saleni; Misses
Margaret and Irene Pierce of Warsaw;
Misses Sarah Wilson, Elizabeth Cham
bers and Eleanore Alexander of Char
lotte; Misses Gladys Avery and Eloisc
Irwin of Morganton; Misses Noel and
Hamlin of Danville, Va.; Miss Holt
.1 i .11 c f i:.. ...i.. .... M ... Riaun rr l-rprti-
read came on. we suouiu u ii;0 Dunmyiuni ' . ......
friends with the great authors early in ; ville; Miss Barringer of Blacksburg,
life- and we can form intimate friend-! Va., Miss Ida Rogerson of Edenton,
ships vvttli ureal authors only when we Miss Jeb Whitliold of La Grange, Miss
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own them. And Hie uesi aim yiwicst . tracer ouu ui mowv,
SENIOR DAY
SENIOR CLASS HOLD LAST MEET
ING AND PERFORM RITES ABOUT
DAVIE POPLAR AND WELL
ALUMNI DAY
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Commencement ceremonies began
Saturday morning at ten o'clock with
the opening of the senior class day ex
ercises. The seventy-six men of the
class of 1910 who were to receive di
plomas on commencement day donned
their gracefully flowing black robes
for the first time and filed into chapel
for their last class meeting.
In the chapel Rev. R. W. Hogue
made a beautiful and earnest prayer
for the future of the class. The meet
ing then proceeded to elect the perma
nent officers of the class as follows:
W. R. Edmonds, Pres.,
. D. B. Teague, Vice-Pres.,
W. H. Ramsaur, Sec.,
. C. C. Garrett, Treas,
When the class meeting adjourned,
the doors of the hall were opened to
the public. The exercises were then
completed. The platform was occupied
by A. H. Wolfe, senior president, J.
R. Nixon, historian, W. H. Ramsaur,
reader of last will and testament, John
Reeves, prophet, and H. E. Stacy.
Class History
After President Wolfe's address, the
class historian, Mr. Joseph R. Nixon,
read the story of 1910 a story which
portrayed a commonplace' body of stu
dents progressing thru four years of
college life. It had given 7 men to
the Varsity football team, 2 men to
the Varsity baseball team, 3 to the
Varsity track team, .2 to the tennis
team, 5 letter men in the gymnasium,
and a full nnmber of scrubs and class
team men in every department of class
athletics. The Phi Beta Kappa had
not been so strongly supported as in
other, cases but this fault was atoned
for by the alacrity with which the
class furnished at the proper time edi-
lors-in-phief for the Magazine and the
Tar Heel, managers for the Varsity
jaseball and football teams, presidents
;or the Y.M.C.A., University Council,
and Tennis Association, and members
or various debating teams.
1910, as had its many predecessors,
had abolished hazing from its midst.
Thruout four college years, to say
nothing of the vacations which, the
historian reminded his classmates, had
regularly intervened, the graduating
class had conducted itself with a de
cency and a commonplaceness, had
ived so uprightly and properly that
the fact of the appearance of a broad
seam in its class unity in its senior
year was not deemed worthy or excuse
or even of mention.
Mr. Nixon was followed by Mr. 11.
E. Stacey who presented the gift of
910 to her alma mater with the fol-
owing well-chosen words:
Class Gift
'The giving of gifts is as old as
mankind itself. We read of the an
cient Hindus giving gifts, in the form
of sacrifices, to the gods to appease
their wrath. These were the gifts of
an inferior to a superior, given in a
spirit of reverence or fear. Abraham
blasted this custom when he refused
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MANY LOYAL SONS REUNITE AT
THEIR UNIVERSITY. ALUMNI
ADDRESS BY MR. J. R. PARKER
Alumni day opened Monday morning
with the platform of Gcrrard Hall
occupied by Col. Thomas S. Kenan,
president of the Alumni Association,
Governor W. W. Kitchin, President
F. ?. Venable, and Junius R. Parker
of New York, junior council for the
American Tobacco Company.
President Venable announced the
program of the day and turned over
the conducting of the exercises into
the bauds of the alumni association.
Colonel Kenan then introduced Mr,
Parker, '89, who gave the following
address on "The North Carolina Law
yer ,
Mr. Parker's Address
Perhaps it was my affectionate rec-
olection of Dr. John Manning that
suggested what I have chosen as the
subject of what I shall say to you
today ''The North Carolina Law
yer . liut tnere are other considera
tions that justify my choice: very
many of the older, and very many of
the younger alumni to whom I speak
are North Carolina lawyers. Often
traduced, and sometimes prostituted;
as it is, the profession of the law still
calls with a persuasive voice to am
bitious 3'oung- menf education and
efficiency, especially in our Southern
country. Besides that, whether you
are lawyers, present or prospective, or
not, the duties of lawyers, the prob
lems of lawyers, the privileges of
lawyers, as I see them are, to a great
er or less degree, the problems, duties
and privileges of all thoughtful and
educated men of the community; so
my words, so for as they are lit for
any even for lawyers will not be
unfit for any man in this audience.
' The typical North Carolina lawyer
lives in a town of from three hundred
people to fifty thousand. He is an
educated and thoughtful man; he is
acquainted with books and affairs of
the past, and also with the men and
life about him; he is respected and in
fluential in his community; he consid
ers the business problems of his
clients, and the personal and domestic
problems as well; in the contests of
the court-room he has keen delight,
and in the quiet labors of his office he
has great joy; lie looks with tranquil
and just eyes on the political and
social questions of the times.
It is of this last that I would speak
first, and perhaps at greatest leugtf.
It is to the tranquil and just vision of
the thoughtful and educated men that
live in the villages, towns and smaller
cities of the land the men of whom
the North Carolina lawyer is the best
type that the nation must look for
the solution of the problems that be
set it in this twentieth century. No
men bring so large an equipment for
the duty as they, combining as they
do a knowledge of the past, with a
realization of the present; trained as
they are to weigh both sides of con
troversies; beset as they are neither
by the bitterness of poverty nor by
the selfish indifference of wealth, but
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