Brown and White Vol. 10 no. 62

              vol x commencement number the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa wednesday june 17 1903 senior class university day well attended and interesting exercises the thirty-fifth annual com mencement exercises held this morning in the chapel were the clos ing event of the university year the crowd that thronged the chapel to see the men of the senior class receive each the bit of sheepskin that marked the successful completion of his years of study and training went away with the feeling that they had witnessed a ceremony filled with a deep significance and the friendly advice and solemn warnings of the rev lyman abbot will long be an influence for good in the lives of the members of the graduating class the exercises began with fried en's march from wagner's rienzi this was followed by the opening prayer then came the salutatory oration delivered by arthur simon gilmore his sub ject was the centralizing influ ence of the supreme court the orators contesting for the will iam's medal harvey ernest jor dan and arthur vall-spinosa then spoke ; the former on public own ership of railroads the latter on the object of trades unions an oration by norman zabriskie ball on the political influence of the assuan dam was followed by a musical selection berens fantasia then came the alumni address this was delivered by william r butler of the class of 1870 who chose as his subject the social discontent aiter some more music john j cort delivered the valedictory oration speaking on the social effects of transportat tion following this was the awarding of prizes and conferring of degrees after which came the address to the graduating class this was delivered by the rev ly man abbott d d and was fol lowed by the benediction which concluded the exercises the list of degrees conferred fol lows : master of arts myron jacob luch b a ma cada master of science henry kemrnerline c e scran ton bachelor of arts alfred john diefenderfer beth lehem arthur simon gilmore williams port nicholas hunter heck south bethlehem harvey ernest jordan coopers burg canby guy lord williamsport elmer clinton pearson sieg fried thomas k smith richland cen tre george roseberry stull ridley park henry roscoe trumbower passer bodewine be^trand van sickle union ville n y civil engineer richard lattimer adams harris burg norman zabriskie ball whip pany n j sylvanus a becker nazareth william s brownell jr new port r i george wishard butz schuylkill haven thomas leo cannon allentown cesar castellanos comitan chi apas mex thomas k reed gardner egg harbor city n j walter david gernet nazareth hugh whitman haynes allen town willis robert jordan bangor john dwight rogers remsen burg n y â–  vincente saucedo saltillo mex francis ranch schmid bethle hem arthur vail spinosa san juan porto rico john heckewelder traeger beth lehem whitmell p tunstall washing ton d c henry r walters los angeles cal mechanical engineer paul arnold degener new york n y harry w eisenhart york louis withers evans pottstown samuel palmer felix schuylkill haven samuel randolph fraim lan caster arthur frick york paul gerhard east orange n j louis tracy girdler jefferson ville ind alfred robinson glancy wash ington d c no 62