Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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University Calendar 1905 Examinations for Admission to College Wednesday, September 20 First Term Began Thursday, September 21 Reception by Christian Associations Saturday, September 23 Matriculation Monday, November 27 Thanksgiving (recess of three days) Thursday, November 30 First Term Ended Thursday, December 21 1906 HOLIDAY RECESS Second Term Began Wednesday, January 3 Day of Prayer for Colleges Thursday, January 25 Junior Debate Friday, March 16 Second Term Ended Friday, March 23 SPRING RECESS Third Term Began Wednesday, March 28 Sermon before the Christian Associations Sunday, April 8 Declamation of the Third Form, Academy Saturday, April 14 Exercises of the Fourth- Year Class, Institute Saturday, April 28 Contest in Elocution, Institute Saturday, May 12 Exhibition of the Junior Class, College Friday, May 18 Examinations Wednesday to Saturday, June 13 to 16 Exhibition, School of Music Friday, June 15 Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday, June 17 Sermon before the Education Society Sunday, June 17 Examinations for Admission to College Monday, June 18 Meeting of the Alumnae of the Institute Monday, June 18 Oration before the Literary Societies Monday, June 18 Annual Meeting of the Trustees Tuesday, June 19 Annual Meeting of the Alumni Tuesday, June 19 Exhibition of the Fourth Form, Academy Tuesday, June 19 Graduating Exercises of the Institute Tuesday, June 19 Oration before the Alumni Tuesday, June 19 ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT, the 56th Wednesday, June 20 SUMMER VACATION Examinations for Admission to College Wednesday, September 19 First Term Begins Thursday, September 20 Reception by Christian Associations Saturday, September 22 Introductory Address Monday, September 24 Matriculation Monday, November 26 Thanksgiving (recess of three days) Thursday, November 29 First Term Ends Thursday, December 20 16

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Bucknell Alumni Association Presidfiit EUGENE EMLEY, ESQ., ' yj First icc President REV. J. RIADISON HARE, ' 85 Second ' ice President SAMUEL BOLTON, M. D., ' 85 Secretary PROF. W. G. OWENS, ' 80 Treasurer T. L. P.UTLER, ' 97 $ ORIGIN AND PURPOSE OF THE BUCKNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CARCFLV hail the first class been graduated from the L ' niversity at Lewisburg until the Alumni Association was formed. Lender date of August 20. 1851, the minutes read: On the afternoon of the First Commencement at Lewisburg the Graduating Class held an adjourned meeting in the Academic Chapel ; at which time it was moved and voted that the class hereby resolve itself into an organization to be known and styled henceforth as the ' Society of Alumni. ' Officers were chosen and a com- mittee was appointed to draft a constitution and re])ort the following year. It was immediately decided to hold public exercises the following year, and Mr. J. Merrill Linn, of Lewisburg, was elected Orator and Mr. George Osman Ide, of Philadelphia, was chosen Poet for the commencement of 1852. From that date to the present time the Alumni ( )ration and Poem have been a feature of Com- mencement. At the meeting held August 18. 1852, a constitution was adopted. This constitution declared the object of the Society to be the promotion of lit- erature, the preservation of pleasing associations, and especially the welfare and advancement of the University. Those entitled to membership are all who shall have receivetl the degree of Bachelor or Master of Arts or the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy at the Lewisburg L ' niversity or who have received from that University the degree of Doctor of Divinity or of Doctor of Laws. In the year 1859 a new constitution was adopted in which under Section 2, Object, The promotion of pleasing associations was put before The promo- tion of literature. The public exercises were held on Monday evening. At a meeting during Commencement week, July 30, 1862, the evening was changed to Tuesday. At Commencement, June 22, i8c)2, the name was changed as follows : This Societv shall he called the Alumni Association of Bucknell University, at Lewisburg, Pa. The membership was also enlarged to include all those who had received degrees from the University, and all those who have spent not less 18