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One Hundred and Fifty-first Annual Closing of the Great University—The Junior Orator Yesterday. Princeton, N. J., June 11—The preliminary services of the 151st annual commencement of Princeton University were held today in Alexander Hall. The occasion was the an nual junior orator contest, four young men speaking for Whig Hail and four for Clio. The contestants and their subjects were: AlfredS. Weston, Maine, ‘‘A Plea forOp timism”’; James H. Harrison, New Jersey, “The Individual and the State’; Walter C. Erdman, Pennsylvania, “The Anti-Semitic Movement’; Wilson T. M. Beale, Pennsylva nia, ‘‘The Inevitable’; Nathaniel S. Reeves, New York, ‘“The Press, a Present Responsi bility’; Conover English, New Jersey, ‘“‘The Evolution of Liberty’; Jay R. Woodcock, Pennsylvania, “The Spirit of the Quaker’’; Edward T. Newton, India, ‘The ‘Foremost Civic Duty.” A large part of the commencement crowd is now present and the little town is being pressed to the utmost to entertain its visit ors. Tomorrow President Patton will preach the baccalaureate sermon in Alexander Hall. The honor list of the members of the class of 98 was announced today, and it is as follows: Honors for general excellence—¥ First group (graduating with a magna cum laude degree): Harry Elijah Beecher, Robert Smith Birch, John Woolman Churchman, Frederick Leo pold Johnson, Paul Curtis Martin, Ezra Par melee Prentice, Richard Frederick Lot Green way, Philip Ely Robinson and Howard Herr Yocum. Second group (graduating with cum laude degree)—George Alexander Armstrong, John Insley Blair, Jr., Hugh Arbuthnot Brown, Al exander Scott Bullitt, Edgar Marvin Clark, Roy Paul Miller Davis, Franklin Woolman D’Olier, James Raymond Dunn, Isaac Alison Gaines, Charles Harrison Hale, Charles Wood- Tuff Halsey, Edward Rutter James, Ivy Leo ‘better Lee, Burt Haynes Leonard, Frederick Charles Lotterhos, William Frank McCombs, Clifford Abbott Morton, William E. Nicely, Latimer Painter Smith, Leon Stern, Freder ick Judson, Holden Sutton, Thomas Leonard Tomson, Frank Keely Watson and Harold Bertram Wells. Special honors in particular departments— Philosophy, William E. Nicely; classics, high honors, Harry E. Beecher, Robert Smith, Birch, Frederick Leopold Johnson and Clif ford Abbott Morton; English, honors, Will iam Miller Gamble; history, jurisprudence and politics, high honors, Frederick Leopold John son, Paul Curtis Martin and Howard Herr Yo cum; physical science, high honors, Philip Ely Robinson; natural science, high honors, Richard F. L. Ridgway,
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York, US
Sun, Jun 12, 1898
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