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were elected to fill the vacancies left
by Rev. T. R Lewis, D. D., LL. D.,and
Rev. L. F. Warner, D. D., respectively.
"As You Like It"
The Speech Department, under the
direction of Miss Gwendolyn Mann, as-
sistant instructor in Speech, presented,
on Saturday afternoon, a play that was
suited in every way to the occasion, the
cast and the campus. In a beautiful
outdoors setting, on the terrace below
the Seminary, the Shakespearean play
was acted exactly "As You Like It".
The costumes and natural setting added
eharm to a drama that was admirably
acted.
The cast of characters was as fol-
lows: Banished Duke, 'Joseph Newcom-
er; Frede'rick! his brother, Clarence
Sullivan; Amiens, Clarence DeHaven;
Jacques, Weldon Dawson; LeBeau,
Ruth' Gleichman; Oliver, James Day;
Orlando, Granville Eaton; Adam, Rich-
ard Weagley; Touchstone, Albert Reed;
Corin, Thomas Grove; Silvius, Kenneth
Lyons; William, Leslie Grover; Rosa-
lind, Alice Huston; Celia, Virginia Mer-
rill; Phoebe, Asinath Bay; Audrey,
Elizabeth Clough. Other members of
the Speech classes took the parts of
lords, pages, and attendants.
Alumni Business Meeting and BanqU!.lt
The first Alumni dinner to be held iIi Browning Essay
, the new Science Hall was made specta-
cular by the attractiveness of the new
dining room which by six o'clock on
Saturday evening was filled to capacity
with enthusiastic alumni and friends.
The floral decorations and lighted can-
dles added to the festive' affair, most
surely deserving of the name, Banquet.
The dinner was sepecially significant to
the loyal alumni who made up the
guests since. it marked the tenth anni-
versary of Dr. A. Norman Ward's presi-
dency at Western Maryland College. To
Dr'. Ward himself the occasion was no-
table in that it celebrated the thirty-
fifth anniversary of his graduation
from the college where he is now the
president.
As a token of their appreciation of
Dr. Ward's services and their affection
for him, the Alumni presented him with
an emblem of the College in gold. Mrs.
A, Norman Ward was also paid high
tribute in a brief talk by Miss Nannie
C. Lease, Head of the Department of
Speech, who presented her in behalf of
the Alumni a beautiful basket of snap-
dragons and roses.
, Mr. J. W. Smith, President of the
Alumni Association, presided, Mr. F.
Murray Benson, lauding President
Ward's accomplishments, the
Association's to Dr.
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Annual Society Contest
The inter-society contests are always
events of interest; the contestants read
original essays, and the deferred an-
nouncement of decisions of the win-
ners adds zest to the pleasant rivalry
between the "sister" and "bl'other"
literary societies, Browning vs. Philo-
mathean and Irving vs. Webster. The
Program given on Saturday night was:
Dance of -the Reed Flute . singing of the Commencement music.
'I'chaikowsky-Bomschein
Cossack Lullaby Arr. by William Lester
Volga Boatmen's Song Arr. by P. Bliss
The Powder Puffs
Browning Essay
Thoughts from Arlington Prof. Lewis
Helen Frances Eckard,
Westminster, Md.
Philomathean Essay
"The Saddest of All Sad Things"
Winifred Scott Bush, Annapolis, Md.
Irving Oration
America at the Cross Roads
Duncan Cameron Murchison,
Alexandria, La.
Webster Oration The Law of the Land
Joe Corby Newcomer, Williamsport, Md.
Hark, What a Burst of Sound F. Abt
Daisyland F. C. Bornschein
Spring Song R. Kieserling, Jr.
The Powder Puffs
, "This Privileged Class"
Alice Catherine Hobby,
Westminster, Md.
Philomathean Essay Faces
Victoria Irene Smith, Baltimore, Md.
Irving Oration
Peace, the Dream of the Ages
Jackson Wesley Day
Innwood, L. 1., N. Y.
Webster Oration Are You the Master I
Thomas McDowell Gealey, Clairton, Pa.
Baccalaureate Service
With all the solemn dignity that
marks a Baccalaureate Service the
graduating class and the faculty of
Western Maryland College marched in-
to Alumni Hall on Sunday morning at
ten-thirty, singing "A Mighty Fortress
is our God". The sun streaming through
the stained glass windows behind the
stage made the hall beautifully sacred
on this occasion which the Seniors will
remember as their last religious ser-
vice at their beloved college. As usual,
the large auditorium was filled; the
congregations of the Methodist Episco-
pal, the Methodist Protestant, the- Re-
formed, and the Lutheran Churches
were worshipping with the College.
Dr. Charles M. Elderdice of the
Methodist Protestant Church of this
ve the .invocation after which
. Prayer.
well-trained voices rendered Dudley
Buck's beautiful anthem, "Festival Te
Deum", The solo parts were sung by
Miss Winifred Bush, soprano; Miss
Margaret Lee Nelson, mezzo-soprano;
Mr. Richard Weagley, tenor; Mr. Clar-
ence DeHaven, bass. The choir was
directed by Miss Ruth Sherman Jones
and accompanied by Miss Mabel Harris,
both of the Department of Music. Sev-
eral Westminster people assisted in the
Among them were Mrs. Lloyd Bertholf,
Mr. Pearre Wantz, and Mr. Edwin
Gehr.
H:The Ten Commandments were read
Brumbaugh, It
a sad note in the hearts of many
Dr. H., 'X'" Stephens, wh.o -fet so
years ha13performed tffi~offi~, is
no longer here. i
The responsive reading was "le:].(1by
Dr. Harry N. Bassler of th':l.,~ef(;rmed
Church after the congregation repeated
the Apostle's Creed and sang the Glor-
ia Patria. Dean Samuel B. Scb.ofield
then gave the announcement of the
forth-going services. Reverend Paul
W. Quay, of the Lutheran Church, read
the Scripture Lesson Acts 17:1-3,1. A
hymn, "0 God Our Help in Ages Past";
followed.
President Albert Norman War d
preached the Baccalaureate sermon. He
made an earnest plea for the education
of all in a unique talk woven around a
story told by Harry Stillwell Edwards,
and based upon the text from Ads 17:
26, "And have made of one blood all
nations of men to dwell upon the face
of the earth", and from Matthew 28:l9,
"Go teach all nations."
Dr. Ward related the story told by
the Georgia poet. A very rich mer-
chant once visited a lawyer to ask ad-
vice about using his money to secure
for his son and that son's descendants
the honor and nobility of character that
a Colonial ancestor ten generations be-
fore had boasted. The lawyer explained
to the rich man that not one ancestor
had given his inheritance to the lad, but
that one thousand twenty-four ances-
ors had been responsible for the boy's
qualities of manhood. Twenty geneil'a-
tions ago one million twenty-one thou-
sand persons had been factors in the
life of this one child, and thirty genera-
tions before every man on earth had
some biological relationship to him. The
rich man was made to understand that
he alone could not control his son's pos-
terity. If that man could have known
the one thousand twenty-three other an-
cestors of his son's descendent to the