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              one of sentiment alone and should be carefully thought of and long remembered in the years to come all then went into the chapel where william mccleery hall de livered the " tablet oration this was the best effort of the day he began by saying that when a roman legion was mustered out of service a brass plate was made and upon it was placed the names of the officers and the bravest men in the legion the honor of having one's name thereon was highly prized and much sought after with this he compared the tablet of the class of 94 they had made a good fight the victory was theirs after four years of hard work and the reward was as of yore thus ended one of the pleasantest class days in lehigh's history the program was as follows : overture medley robin hood . dekoven toast t w wilson poem herman schneider waltz first heart throb eilenberg presentation oration wm s merrill cup contest mazourka la czarina ganne prophecy t c roderick characteristic — cocoanut dance . . hermann chapel ivy oration robt ferriday tablet oration w me hall class officers — president j l burley ; vice-president t w wilson ; secretary i i bein hower treasurer e e seyfert ; historian t p elmore ; athletic representative r d floyd committee — w it miller chair man ; i t bray jr robert ferri day wm s merrill e.w roller commencement exer cises the class of 94 has made its record and gone even nature in the depths of the preceding night wept over the departure but smil ing in the morning welcomed with glory shining the day of reward for achievements done never before has lehigh graduated so many at one time and imposing indeed was the long double file of seniors as they followed the trustees and faculty to their places on the plat form in the chapel the exercises were opened with the reading of scripture and prayer by the chap lain rev elwood worcester then with interspersed music followed the orations of the day which were listened to with great interest and attention by the large audience of friends the salutatory oration was de livered by rezean blanchard brown he began by thanking the trustees the president the faculty and the friends of the bethlehems for the many benefits and favors extended to the class during the last four years then he took up his subject " energy versus fate so far as we can learn from history men have always been superstitious two kinds of superstition are illus trated by the astrologer and the fatalist but many men now are emancipated from it the current of life runs so rapidly that men can not wait for fate the man of energy works steadily on and fol lows the road of pure ambition and determined effort at the end of which lies success weldon burris wooden took for his subject louis kossuth be side the blue waters of the danube lived a people whose spirit for three hundred years had been broken ; but now all that is needed to break the chains of austrian op pression is a leader and he is found in the person of kossuth inspired by ' him the people rise but to a vain struggle against the combined armies of austria and russia o patriotism may thy guiding star ever guide us even though it leads to disappointment and exile lii treating the subject of " the progress of engineering walter christian swurtz called attention to two engineering feats one an j m j i lll v vj \ i tlllllvlo v/l a_j j i till 4 the harnessing of the power of niagara falls the two when com pared reveal great differences one was due to the selfish instincts of imperial desire the other under taken for the benefit of the people in one case the work was performed by men in slavery with a loss of not jess than ten thousand lives ; in the other every precaution was taken to guard against accidents these facts in connection with the college reopens sept 12 decided improvements of modern overprimitive machinery show real progress which will never stop until the highest principles be re vealed william the first emperor of germany was the subject chosen by william a allgaier mr augaier followed his.hero through the austrian war which followed the dispute over schleswig-hol stein and on until success had crowned him as emperor of all germany a prince as noble as the failed arthur or the famous charle magne the subject chosen by william arthur payne was very appropri ate to the degree he was to receive and his oration was the most orig inal and one of the best constructed of the day poetry is that which acts on the feelings through the imagination and gratifying our artistic perceptions painting sculpture and architecture act through the eye ; of these three the greatest is architecture it is poetry and its works poems mexico's republic had become a despotism and it was ordered that every one should lay down his arms the texans refuse and it was the resulting siege of the con vent alamo that barry holmes jones described in his oration on " remember the alamo his subject was new his delivery ani mated and his gestures expressive the valedictory oration was given by julius lederer neufeld pie gave a pleasing description of the starting of a newly finished ship and followed it through calm and storm until it reached the harbor whither it started by easy tran sition he traced an anology in the life of man then he bade farewell to all those from whom they were about to separate in words which to the cynic seem foolish because necessarily repeated so often but which to those concerned are most touching and precious dr coppce announced to whom the wilbur scholarship and prizes were awarded the degrees were conferred and 94 had passed into the ranks of the alumni the wilbur scholarship was awarded to warren j bieber of bethlehem with honorary mention of lewis davenport of baltimore in the freshmen class the prizes were as follows : mathematics a e yohn of pennsylvania l 5 g c white of virginia 10 german c p nachod of penn sylvania 15 french w e brown of connecticutt 15 ; rhetoric t 11 bissell of new york 10 essays r c noerr of wash ington d c 10 ; chemistry o g mac knight of pennsylvania 10 ; drawing e r hannum of pennsylvania 10 class day june 18 1894 monday afternoon 94 celebrated her class day with suitable exer cises the weather was charming although a trifle warm and the attendance was larger than on any similar occasion about 2.30 p m the seniors marched down the campus — pre ceded by the allentown band — to the platform erected near the vine street entrance it was tastily dec orated with " brown and white and upon it here and there were placed tables and chairs making small congenial groups after reaching the platform and seating themselves the pipes were lighted and the good health of all was drunk the band meanwhile rendering a selection in a few well-chosen words president burley pointed out the object of the day and asked every one to feel perfectly at home as they themselves would do he then introduced mr tommy wilson who proposed the class toast in a very pleasing manner the toast was drunk standing fol lowed by many a hi hi ! we cry 94 lehigh roll call by the secretary and singing by the class led up to the class poem by mr herman schnei der who handled a difficult part in a very able way the band played again and then " pop " merrill pro ceeded to " roast " various members of the class at the same time pre senting a present thus john jacob frank — " stumpy "" — got a rope and pulley he was advised to attach one rope to himself and the floor the other to the ceiling and himself so that he might stretch himself beyond his elastic limit and gain a permanent set w a payne received a leather medal for bravery in working around on those legs of his theodore gwathmey empie re ceived a picture of st luke's hos pital to recall pleasant recollections and so one and another were called up and made a fool of generally this was followed by the class singing " working on the levee president burley then brought forward the class cup and said it was to go to the first male child born to a 94 man while the band was playing la czarina the class voted for the cup's cus todian the election resulting in favor of burley " tommy " roderick in a very interesting manner gave the class prophecy and caused much amuse ment by his remarks the class then sang o mother dear jeru salem the interest was now transferred to the chapel where the ivy ora tion was delivered by robert ferri day the principal thought was that this act of planting the ivy was june hop the june hop last>monday even ing was as usual one of the most successful social events of the year the evening was very warm but it seemed in no way to put a damper on the pleasure of the occasion the gymnasium was lighted from top to bottom and very prettily decorated with plants and brown and white draperies the music was furnished by klingler's orches tra of allentown and was very good dancing commenced about 10 o'clock and broken only by the intermission for supper kept on until 3.30 p m after which the guests departed by the gray light of dawn the patronesses were mrs e p wilbur mrs w h chandler mrs b w frazier mrs g m dodson mrs w b myers mrs r p eathburn mrs r p linder man mrs 11 b fichter mrs e c mitchell mrs j p wetheril mrs w a wilbur the committee to whom great credit is due for their successful management were : r s taylor f baker j e brooks w w coleman e c ferriday a t bannon w t brown b dußarry ? j j gibson f t haines commencement number the brown and white south bethlehem pa june 21 1894 no 43 vol i