Baccalaureate Sermon Emphasizes Democracy and Duty
President Storms delivers a baccalaureate sermon to the class of 1807 in a tent gathering with ministers and a college choir. He proclaims democracy as a spiritual enterprise built on duty, education, and civic responsibility, urging strong citizen participation and public schooling as the nation’s safeguard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Storms
Margaret Hall
Stiverson
Minchin
Williams
Wilson
Fowle
Storms
United States
I. Gs. C
Address on science and the value of research at the Agricultural Hall
Dr Storms urged balance between science and commercialism at the Old Agricultural Hall in 1893. He warned that research cannot be sacrificed for profit and noted Harvard and Yale scholarship once opposed to democratic principles. Graduates found his sermon powerful and timely.
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Storms
Harvard
Yale
Dr. Storms
Corner Stone Laying For New Agricultural Hall
Governor Cummins to lay the cornerstone of the new Agricultural Hall today. The building is projected to cost about $300000.00 and will serve as a central facility for farming events and exhibitions.
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Iowa
Iowa State College Class of 07 Degrees to Be Conferred
The Iowa State College prepares to award degrees to 133 graduates in II. S&SC exercises at 11 a.m. in a tent. Honor students include C H Stange for Veterinary Medicine and Mabel Randall in Science. Graduate and regular-course rosters list names by major and town, with extensive coverage of agronomy animal husbandry and engineering graduates.
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II. S&sc
Veterinary Medicine
H. Stange
Angie McKinley
M. E
A. C. Perrin
Della Morris Dairy
Jesse Elliott
C. C. Clauson
C. A. Kupfer
Delfin Sanchez de Bustamante
Ebenezer D. Watson
John Julian Hooper
Alfred Earnest Parr
Ernest Thompson Robbins
Victor Ray Gardner
H. A. Bennett
John Edgar van Liew
M. P. Cleghorn
Frank D. Elwell
C. Edgar Bartholomew
Busts of Wendell Phillips and Daniel Webster Donated
The department of oratory at the college displays two busts in the public speaking room donated by the classes of 1907 and 1908. One bust honors Wendell Phillips the other Daniel Webster. The gesture is praised as a fine example of achievement in oratory.
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Department of Oratory
the College
Wendell Phillips
Daniel Webster
Methodist Church to Host Rev William A Sunday Lecture
The ladies of the Methodist church have secured evangelist and former baseball player Rev William A Sunday for a lecture at the Armory next Tuesday evening. The talk will be titled Forces That Win. Reserved seats go on sale at Bosworth's Friday at 9 o'clock.
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Billey
the Methodist Church
William A. Sunday
Armory
Gale
Bosworth
Taft Delivers Graduation Address at State University
Secretary Taft will speak to the graduates at State University next Wednesday. The event highlights the commencement ceremony and marks a keynote address by the national leader.
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Taft
the State University
Ames High Class Explorers Find 1800 Date At The Ledges
The Ames high school graduating class spent a Saturday at the Ledges south of Boone to study rocks and shelter from weather. They unearthed relics of the past and found a date near the water edge carved around 1800. The excursion offered historical notes on pioneers before Lewis and Clark.
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Ames High School
Ledges
Boone
Buelah
Boy Lies About Biggest Fish Ever Caught
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt describes a man sitting by a river for hours, casting a line and feeling a strong bite. He reels in twenty feet and reveals he caught a fish but admits he lied about its size, returning home with a pout.
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Yonkers Statesman
Nevada M B E Congregation Plans Summer Church Improvements
The M B E congregation at Nevada announces extensive church improvements will be carried out during the summer months. New additions include a pipe organ and a fan system for cooling and comfort.
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M. BE
Nevada
Weather bulletin notes uneven corn stand and needed replanting
A Des Moines Iowa weather crop bulletin for the week ending June 3 1907 reports cool cloudy conditions followed by warm sunny weather. Rainfall was ample but absorbed by dry subsoil. Corn shows fair progress but stand is uneven with more replanting likely. a period of warm dry weather is needed and yields may fall short of 1906.
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Des Moines
Iowa
South
Memorial Day Address in Gilbert With Rain Delays
Rev. W. J. Minchin served as orator at Gilbert Memorial Day ceremonies as rain pushed the event into a hall. He noted crowds of young and old and said Ole Roe was unable to attend, prompting his substitution and a personal pledge to honor Civil War veterans.
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Gilbert
W. J. Minchin
Ole Roe
Bishop McDowell to Deliver Baccalaureate Address
Bishop William Fraser McDowell, prominent Methodist orator and former chancellor of the University of Denver, leaves for Iowa City to speak at the State University baccalaureate ceremony for graduates this Sunday.
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William Fraser McDowell
Ames
Methodist Church
University of Denver
Iowa City
State University
Mead town woman visits Washington and experiences a burglar alarm gag
A Meadow Lark Ames resident travels to Washington and encounters a novelty burglar alarm tube in her hotel. After investigating noises beneath the bed she activates the tube, misinterprets it as a real burglar alarm, and wakes six police officers when the alarm blows.
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Ames
Washington
Meadow Lark
North
Bcard
Dreamland
Ringling
Seventh Reunion of Iowa Hornet's Nest Brigade at Dubuque
The Seventh Reunion of the Iowa Hornet's Nest Brigade including several Iowa Infantry regiments will be held in Dubuque on June 11 at the Armory corner 9th and Iowa. Registration starts at 9 a.m. Social and business meetings follow. The G A B state encampment meets then as well. Round trip fare is offered. Maj Saml Ma hon presides. R L Turner is secretary.
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Iowa Hornet’s Nest Brigade
Iowa Infantry
Dubuque
9Th and
Iowa Street
Maj
Sam'l. Mahon
R. L. Turner
Notable Names Linked to Colleges and Fields in Iowa
A list of individuals representing Liberty Cedar Rapids Agronomy Ames Blakesburg Ana mosa Hawarden Morris Lynn Grove and others across fields including Mining Engineering Science Dairy and related departments. Names span many towns such as Forest City Hedrick Humboldt Newton Ames Woodward Center Point and Galva.
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H. Bonebright
Ames
C. A. Cohagen
Blakesburg
L. W. Ellis
Anamosa
E. W. Hamilton
Hawarden
B. L. Morris
Lynn Grove
C. C. Clauson
Forest City
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Asworthy
Albert Boynton
Iowa State College
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
I. S.C
A. Q. Adams
Ankeny
Walter Barcer
Central City
J. M. Burrows
J. H. Cave
L. Clapper
R. L. Cooper
Winterset
R. W. Crum
Cedar Rapids
A. Daniels
Marion
R. M. Deming
Arlington
Will Francis
Earlham
H. L. Farrow
Tripoli
C. E. Henninger
Council Bluffs
H. M. Howard
J. W. Johnston
Marshalltown
R. Z. Kirkpatrick
Winfield
John Sage
Manning
David Ludens
R. A. Lyman
Oskaloosa
G. T. McLean
E. K. McConnell
G. K. McCullough
St. Ansgar
Frank Maresh
M. A. Mills
R. D. Moses
C. K. Morgan
Northwood
J. B. Neely
Wayne
Neb
Remington
Neola
C. A. Roby
Waterloo
B. B. Skinner
Osage
E. W. Stanton, Jr
C. I. Warren
W. G. Watters
West Liberty
Fred White
Keosauqua
D. W. Whitehead
Pipestone
Minn
L. A. Wilson
Storm Lake
L. C. Wilkenhouse
Clinton
W. W. Winslow
A. C. Atherton
H. L. Blackman
R. V. Coutts
Grinnell
P. M. King
L. C. Lyder
Blisworth
F. D. Mason
Adair
M. G. Mather
Clarksville
T. T. Meyling
Keokuk
EB. A. Sayre
Perry
R. B. Dale
Guy G. Baker
Rockwell City
F. C. Gearhart
Ellsworth
P. L. Gilbert
Monona
R. J. Moreno
la Plata
Argentine Republic
South America
A. L. O’banion
C. H. Stange
London
W. C. Stewart
Maynard
P. P. Taylor
Randalia
R. F. Balthis
H. E. Morrow
Conrad
Harriett Beyer
Ada Hallowell
Don City
Maude Kennedy
Collins
Emma Leonard
Waukee
Louise Lewis
Scranton
Nellie Nash
Florence Pettinger
Cumberland
Florence Rea
Holstein
Blanche Walters
Animal Husbandry
D. H. Biller
Hartington
Foster Campbell
Newton
John Chambers
Corwith
Robert Claxton
Fayette
B. W. Crossley
R. E.drennan
Mount Betna
Loren Long
B. A. Madson
W. E. Packard
Chicago
J. L. Packer
W. H. Pew
Youngstown
B. G. Porter
I. L. Leiben
Geneseo
Ill
H. H. Simson
Knoxville
EB H. Wentworth
State Center
E. V. Willette
Union
Electrical Engineering
M. C. Bolser
le Mars
EB. A. Cameron
Keswick
J. C. Clark
W. A. Danielson
R A. Grove
H. H. Hennington
L. J. Hicks
Monticello
J. R. Hughes
Strawberry Point
Elmer Hurd
Cherokee
C. C. Landes
C. M. McCormick
Tipton
H. A. McCune
Mitchellville
R. S. Wallis
H. L. Walters
Paul Whallon
Battle Creek
R. D. Whitacre
West
Webster and Phillips
Europe
Hornet's Nest Brigade
Liberty
J. F. Woods
Agronomy
Science
Winfield Dudgeon
Hedrick
Gertrude Herr
Humboldt
Lillian Lister
Emma Madson
Frank Perry
Luella Robb
Mabel Randall
Rodman
Ella Schlegel
D. C. Snyder
Center Point
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