Westminster College - Blue Jay Yearbook (Fulton, MO)

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's 4 i The inauguration oi Dr. Kerr N the 31st of last October, Rev. David Ramsey Kerr, D. D., 259 was formally inaugurated President of Westminster Col- gft. lege, and from far and near friends of the institution l ' gathered to participate in the festivities and to give , honor and dignity to the ceremony. It was indeed an auspicious day in the history of old Westminster and one long to be remembered by those Whose privilege it was to be present and to witness the ceremony and hear the addresses delivered. The following Was the programme: THE INAUGURATION .College Chapel, two o'cloch p. in. A cadefnic procession forms at Reunion Hall, one-forty-five T he Oath of Office Greeting hy the Moderator of the Synod of lllissouri, Pres- byterian Church in the United States Greeting hy' the Moderator of the Synod of llhssouri, Pres- byterian Church in the United States of Annerica Ten-minute greetings from Students, A luinni, Faculty, Citieens of Fulton, Unibersities, Colleges Greeting from Board of Trustees, T hos. S. McPheeters, .' LL. D., President ' ' Inaugural Address Address, Governor Joseph W. Folk' Greetings, Letters ' p Item 1. The day was threatening and the wind blustered While to the stirring notes of a stately march played by the Fulton band, that old soldier, Dr. E. H. Marquess, led the long line of students in wind- ing procession through they beautiful campus to the entrance of Re- union Hall, and opened the ranks for the President, the guests, the representatives of the Alumni, the Trustees and the Faculty to pass to the Chapel Building. Clad in their robes of oihce, We noted the im- posing igure of Chancellor Chaplin of Washington University, the P14 '. sg ' M' li'

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