Kenyon College - Reveille Yearbook (Gambier, OH)

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The Eighty-Fourth Annual Commencement N most respects the Commencement of 1912 was not different from preceding ones, in that it was a time of reunion and unbroken enjoyment. Two features, however, made the season an espe- cially gratifying one to all friends of Kenyon. One of these features was the fact that an unusually large number of enthusiastic alumni returned to par- ticipate in the festivities, an item which proves most conclusively that loyalty to Kenyon endures after undergraduate years are gone. The other was the formal opening of the new Alumni Library, which occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, June 15. The speaker on this occasion was Doctor Talcott Williams, Dean of the Pulitzer School of Journalism, Columbia University. His scholarly address was an inspiring tribute to the lasting power for good that books possess. Naturally the events of greatest interest centered about the graduates from the college and from Bexley Hall. The college seniors, among them six honor men, displayed their dramatic ability very creditably in a production of Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple.’’ At the Ordination Service three men were ordained to the Diaconate by the Bishop of Ohio. The ordination sermon was delivered by the Rev. Robert L. Harris, Rector of St. Mark’s Church. Toledo. At the College Baccalaureate Service was be- gun the new custom of having the President of Kenyon College as the preacher. President Peirce’s sermon was in substance a protest against the indifferent spirit of the age, which he called the Laodicean age.” The social side of Commencement Week was by no means insignificant. The reunions and luncheons of Bexley and Kenyon alumni and the literary societies were well attended and inspiring, while athletic contests afforded di- version for the visitors. President and Mrs. Peirce’s reception for commence- ment visitors was held in Norton Hall, the large reference room of the new library and the gift of the Hon. David Z. Norton of Cleveland. I he last and most brilliant event was the Senior Reception in Rosse Hall, which brought to a close a Commencement than which no more pleasing one has been seen in years. one hundred and fifty-seven

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Senior-Junior Informals Senior D. Wonders, Chr. F. G. Clark D. C. Wheaton COMMITTEES Junior ). A. Gregg, Chr. L. B. Dobie M. B. Tayler, Jr. First Informal Rosse Hall, November 2, 1912 Second Informal Rosse Hall, December 7, 1912 one hundred and fifty-six

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Events of Commencement Week 7:30 9:30 3:00 4:00 8:00 9:30 7:30 10:30 7:30 9:00 9:30 12:30 3:30 5:00 7:00 Friday, June 14 p. rn.—Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees. Saturday. June 15 a. m.—Adjourned Meeting of Trustees. p. m.—Dedication of Alumni Library. Address by Dr. Talcctt Williams, Dean of Pulitzer School of Journalism, Columbia University, p. m.—President's Reception at Alumni Library, p. m.—Senior Play. Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, Rosse Hall, p. m.—Promenade Concert. Sunday, June 16 a. m.—Celebration of I ioly Communion. Church of the Holy Spirit, a. m. Ordination to the Diaconate by the Bishop of Ohio, p. m.—College Baccalaureate Service. Sermon by the President of Kenyon College. Monday, June 17 a. m.—Morning Prayer. a- Eighty-Fourth Annual Commencement. Class Orator, Harlow Henry Gaines. Alumni Orator. Francis T. A. Junkin. '84 A.B.. '97 A.M., Rosse Hall. p. m. Alumni Luncheon. Toastmaster. J. Edward Good. '84 Ph.B. Rosse Hall. p. m.—Tennis Match. Kenyon versus Michigan and Wooster. College Courts near Old Kenyon, p. m.—Sophomore Minstrel. Rosse Hall, p. m.—Fraternity Banquets. one hundred and fifty-eight