George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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The One Huneredth Convocation Exercises

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19GW1 21 Now when a new era is opening for the Uni- versity after one hundred years of trials, struggles, successes and accomplishments, we feel that there is before us the greatest of futures. We are happy in the belief that the next years of the University are to be marked by that same spirit of perseverance and achievement, which in the past has helped to make this institution one of prominence. Our greatest desire is that our bi-centennial may have seen as many steps of advancement as the first one hundred years, and so enthusiastic is the spirit for progressiveness and for betterment, not only among the faculty, but among the whole student body, that it is certain that our desire will be fulfilled. Law School Building About 1903 Old Building at I 3th and H Streets 23

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' WM : tjm Centennial W HE celebration of Centennial Week was opened on Saturday evening. „ ' v February nineteenth, with two departmental banquets, the Arts and Science and the Law School. The Arts and Science was held at the Hotel Willard with Mr. Mussman as Toastmaster. Addresses were made by the President, Dean Hodgkins, Dean Wilbur, and Mr. King, 78. The program included several vaudeville acts staged by the various organizations. The Law School banquet was held at the Franklin Square Hotel, where addresses were made Sv- §gp by Dean Roscoe Pound, of the Harvard Law School; the President of the Alumni As- sociation of the Law School, and the Presidents of the various classes. Dean Ferson ■Mr: ‘ify ' i? was a most able toastmaster. On Sunday afternoon the Centennial Convocation Sermon was preached by the H ■.? - Reverend Dr. Charles AVood at the Church of the Covenant. The June Seniors, donning the Cap and Gown for the first time, took part in the procession which was lead by the : $? Senior Marshals. ss Monday afternoon, the Junior Class held a reception at the Raleigh Hotel for the . .y faculty, student body, and the alumni. There was dancing throughout the afternoon and v- Y a short program was given by the Men’s Glee Club. The University Centennial Dinner, which superceded the usual alumni dinner, was iZ held at Rauscher’s on Monday evening. Among the guests of honor were the French Am- bassador and Madame Jusserand, the Chilean Ambassador and Senora de Mathieu, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Southern, Senator and Mrs. George H. Moses, Senator and Mrs. H. W. if Keys, and many others of prominence, including representatives from one hundred and twenty-five colleges and universities. The Centennial Convocation was held at Central High School on Tuesday after- y ;:. noon, February the twenty-second. The academic procession was composed of the graduating classes, faculty, and representatives from many educational institutions, both $ $• in America and the Continent. • : .;v The greatest social event of the year, the Junior Prom, was held at Rauscher’s on . jf ' £ V;j Thursday, while the Junior Play, The T ruth, was presented Monday evening, the v.’ m ,;‘- ' V v twenty-fourth, at the Central High School Auditorium. 25 .w; % { ’ v. ,-y , - 4 Vv SK Y If i i L