National Louis University - National Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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X!! THE NATIONAL ullumununummmmlummmuulunummmnullumnuuuuumnr 9' E Fortyf rst Annual Commencement Wednesday june 8 1927 HE turmng of many faces toward us as we filed 1n the bobb1ng of a tas sel on the mortarboard worn by the graduate just ahead of me the cheer1ng and lov1ng sm1les of my undergraduate frrends who held the dalsy chaln through wh1ch I was pass1ng the spot of red made by a huge bowl of carnat1ons on the stage these are some of my recollectlons of our entrance ln the commencement CXCFCISCS 1n June 1927 So 1n we came and took our places on the many trered stage The pro gram IS but a hazy memory of songs speeches more songs and then the tr1p down the steps to rece1ve our d1plomas' The fear of steppmg on our long robes and maklng lt a real tr1p -or of loslng our mortarboards was a ter r1ble sensatlon but the blurr1ng of the hundreds of faces 1n the aud1ence and the lov1ng k1ndness of MISS Baker s eyes as she smlllngly gave us our d1plomas made the journey not such an ordeal after all And so we were graduated It may have been an ordlnary sort of af fa1r those th1ngs usually are ln a sense more or less allke but to us It was a beaut1ful tlme and the love that was sh1n1ng 1n the faces of all of our school frrends parents and faculty members made commencement day one that we ll never forget PRQGRAM Processlonal March from Tannhauser Wagner Invocat1on H W Prange Tr1n1ty Lutheran Church Oak Park Ill Good N1ght Czecho Slovak Folk Song Arr by Deems Taylor The GYPSICS Schumann Albert W Palmer D D F1rst Congregatlonal Church Oak Park Grant Us to Do w1th Zeal Bach Evenmg Prayer Hansel and Gretelj Humperdmck Soft Footed Snow ze Floods of Sprmg Rachmanmo Greetmgs from the Board of Trustees Merntt Starr Presldent of the Board The Snow Elgar Presentatron of D1plomas Awarding of Scholarshlps Presldent Edna Dean Baker Glorlous Forever Rachmamno Bened1ct1on Alma Mater The degree Bachelor of Educatlon was conferred upon e1ght students four recelved the Superv1sors D1ploma twenty e1ght the Klndergarten Ele mentary D1ploma and one hundred and slxty scve the Klndergarten Pr1mary D1ploma i 2 . . , . E 5 - - ss - as . ' i- I 5 : . . , . . . E 2 . 1 . , . , . -n . E Address- Like a Tree ......... L- E , , , , 5 Au l I n I ul num mnlmlll Inllunuululmuuulunulllllu E' fr MK H Twenty-seven

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THE NATIONAL by!! llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllunllnlnlllunllllnnlll l lnlll l lnlnlnlln I ulluull nu ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ' :Ig MRS. STELLA KAHL Chairman of House A Head of Elizabeth Hall Ai! Heads of Halls MRS. JENNIE MILLER Head of Franklin Apartments MRS. KENTON H. CLARKE MRS. KATHERINE ELMORE Hostess Head of Gwendolyn Armour Hall Head of Avilla Hall MRS. CORNELIA C. BURLESON Miss JEANNETTE HART Head of Mary Cooper Hall Head of Annie Phipps Hall 541 lllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllf 5 'llllllllll' Y l-ig 'Twentyfsix

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THE NATIONAL xiulnluululunuIulnllllulllumlulllnunullnunnuunllllnllllnunll mn 5 . Scholarships When twentyfseven weeks of school are over, thoughts turn to the closf ing year. Among the high points of the last nine weeks are the festivals, the choosing of the May Queens, the Junior Prom, the Children's Erolic, Comf mencement and-Scholarships. To all of ,us each event holds at least one dear connection by which we remember it. Commencement, however, brings the greatest thrill to everyone in the college, then classes and exams are over-for better or for worse-diplomas and degrees are signed, sealed and ready to be presented-and the scholarships are announced! Who are more concerned about these honors than the members of the graduating classes? Scholarships are honorary gifts to the recipients in recogf nition of the hnest accomplishments of the students during the year. Last June, the Elizabeth Harrison Scholarship was awarded to Kaye Reintges, and the Mrs. john N. Crouse Scholarship to Edith Cries. Both of 'these scholarships are given to students whose scholastic standing has been superior during their courses at National and whose influence have been for the best interests of the student body. These two scholarships are given to the College each year by the Alumnae Association in loving memory of Miss Elizabeth Harrison, the founder of the College, its president until 1920 and president emeritus until the time of her recent death, and of Mrs. John N. Crouse, a member of Mrs. Harrison's first Mothers' Class who caught the vision, secured the financial backing, and as cofprincipal helped to establish the College. The next scholarship, the Jean Carpenter Arnold, was established in memory of one of the greatest and most beloved teachers the College has had. The recipient of this scholarship was Vera Hunte, a girl whom everyone knows and sincerely admires. The Helen Grinnell Mears Musical scholarship was established several years ago by a friend of Miss Harrison's as a memorial to a daughter whose MQ--1.-I-I..--...-.mu--.mmmmm .I----...M Twentyfeigllt