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18 THE SUNDAY OR EGO XI AN, PORTLAND,. JUNE 6, 1915. REED'S FIRST CLASS RECEIVES DIPLOMAS Degrees Conferred on 44 at Simple Ceremonies -on V College Campus. DR. JORDAN MAKES SPEECH GlrIa Appear In White Dresses, Bcantlfnl In Simplicity l'roud Parents and Barefoot Lads " Mingle as Guests. Keed College yesterday morning; graduated the first class of its youthful career a-s an institution of learning:, and the occasion was given due ob servance by the student body, the fac ulty and a great body of interested friends of the school. The degree of bachelor of arts was conferred upon 2 4 young women and -0 young- men; the degree of master of arts was conferred upon Miss Gladys Lowden, one or this number, and the honorary degree -of doctor of literature was conferred upon Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot, president of-the board of trus tees, and one of the sincere friend3 of the college. Simplicity and conservative en thusiasm two of the attributes that have characterized the college from its inception marked the events of the day. The commencement address by Dr. David Starr Jordan, chancellor of Leland Stanford College Junior Univer sity, was a simple, direct, man-to-man appeal, as if aimed to conform to the plain and unostentatious atmosphere surrounding him. Exercises Held In Open Air. The exercises were held in the open air. immediately north of the main building, with the faculty and officers of the school grouped on the steps, the senior class, attired in conventional caps and gowns, occupying chairs im mediately in front, while the student body and a large , company of friends formed an irregular semi-circle, either seated or lying comfortably on the grassy carpet of the campus, beyond. There was no profusion of decora tions. None was needed. Nature her self furnished the setting for the his toric incident. The wide sweep of lawn stretched far out beyond the crowd to the wooded ravine which bisects the college property. litre and there a stately fir tree breaks the grassy covering and lifts its uppermost branches toward the sky. Far in the distance Mount St. Helens raised its snow-covered summit through the mist. As if providing an evidence of the democratic spirit of 'the school, bare footed boys of the neighborhood lolled contentedly on the grass at the feet of the proud parents of the students who Isad come appropriately attired for the occasion. Clara Marches From Dormitory. Unmarred by any attempt at artificial coloring, this was the scene when the class, led by the faculty, marched solemnly from the dormitory at the western side of the quadrangle formed by the grouping of the college buildings, toward the place selected for them to receive the final testi monials of their completed college work. The audience arose and stood in hushed stillness. As the slowly moving procession approached, the pianist struck up the strains of "fair Reed," one of the favorites of the col lege songs. To this tune the faculty and the seniors took their seats. Without any organized previous ar rangement the girl graduates all ap peared in dresses of plain white beau tiful in their simplicity. There wasn't a silk dress or a crepe de chine dress in the lot. This sensible idea of dress ing simply was an outgrowth of the spirit of social democracy taught by tiie school. Seated on the main platform were Br. Eliot, president of the board of trustees; Dr. William Trufant Foster, president , of the college: Dr. Jordan, Dr. Earl M. Wilbur, president of the Pacific Theological School at Berkeley. Cal.; James B. Kerr. William M. ItrlH. C. E. Wolverton and W. P. Olds, mei bers of the board of trustees, and other members of the faculty. Services Begin With Prayer. Dr. Eliot began the services with a prayer. The formal opening was pro claimed by Dr. Foster, who delivered the address of welcome. Dr. Foster expressed his pride in the completion of the work by this first class of the college and recalled that most of the class members were pres ent on that rainy day four years ago when the work of the school was in augurated. In introducing Dr. Jordan, he recalled that Dr. Jordan officiated when the cornerstone of the main college build ing was laid three years ago, and reiterated his utterances of that occa sion, that Reed College, like Stanford University 20 years ago, is unham pered and unhallowed by tradition. "We have begun, though," he con tinued, "to lay a new foundation of traditions." and. in speaking more di rectly to the class, expressed the hope that they will continue a close rela tionship with the school, inasmuch as they are the first graduates. School Associations Reviewed. Dr. Jordan's address was brief. It dealt largely with his well-known views on war and peace. But he was humorous at times, as when he remarked, dryly: "Reed College has no alumni that she need be ashamed of." The whole audience burst into laugh ter, but he promptly continued: "And I hope that 50 years from now the same can be said of her." He reviewed his pleasant associations with the school and expressed extreme pleasure at being able to participate in both the cornerstone laying and the first commencement exercises. He did not indulge in any of the time-worn platitudes so familiar at commencement times, but launched Into a discussion of the war and its numerous attending evils. He dealt rather with the subject of war In the abstract than with the present European war in particular, and summed up his opinion on the subject by recalling Benjamin Frank lin's utterance, that "war is not paid for in war times, but In the periods' long thereafter." Led by Howard Barlow, the chorus director, the students joined in sing ing, the college hymn the English in terpretation of "Ein Keste Berg 1st "L'nser lott." Diplomas Presented to 44. Then followed the momentous pro ceedings of presenting the candidates for .degrees. The students were con ducted to the president's rostrum by Professor Harold Merriam, the faculty marshal. Dr. Foster passed out the diplomas. calling each student by name. Ho had a smile and a personal ex pression of recognition for each. The audience Joined In the cheerful spirit of the occabion by applauding liberally each presentation until the entire 41 mmmmmmmmMm Bern I, .'rl : iv.'vv-te;" k-;-- r J ( ; : s :jr;v w ri V - f X r?:T (''Pfl JJ " e-' Vvf-w--i 3 11 II H 1 feli'TTriTi-"- -",. 1?4 111 "1 LLk. 4-r,4 fWzJi I jk'- ;r . -mxtCV. M, 1 1 "-t'tl M vx"i4.r I -Kill If y. (ft r -s: -?ssl- fm ri I It ' v" . "?- J&$ -.-"-" l 1, Members of Graduating Class "(In Caps and Gowns In foreground "! lart of Crowd Grouped on Campos 2, Mr. David Starr Jordan. DeliverioK Commencement Address; 3, Ir. Trfa,t Koster. President of Heed Collece, Presenting Diploma to One of the Gradnates; 4, Members of Kaenlty Grouped on Steps Before Exercises Bes an. . diplomas had been bestowed. The pres entations followed formal recommen dations by the major professors for those students who had completed courses in their respective department, as follows: . Biology Linus Herman. Bittner, Vida Ludamilla Fatland, Grace Pinkerton Hays, Donald Elwood Lancefield and Agnes Isabell Winchell; history Lizzie Margaret Ross; mathematics Newton Francis McCoy and Katharine Piggott; philosophy Ellen Evelyn Fatland; economics Delbert Ransom French and Robert Lincoln Sabin, Jr.; education Edna Lucile Acheson, Arthur Andrew Hauck, Bessie Catherine Owens and Jean Carmeta Wolverton; English William Henry Boddy, Nell Brown, Arthur Raymond Caylor, Elsa Fran cesca Gill. Claude Milton Newlin, Stella Milton Newlin, Stella Bushong Roper and Helen Louise Walton; German Alma Voleta Button and Clara Louise Wuest; Greek and Latin Florian Margaret Linklater and Samuel Stephenson Smith; physics Joyce Ray mond Kelly, Lindsley West Ross and Everett Atherton Trousdale; physical education Edna Metcalf; psychology Annie Jordan Harrison, Gladys Lillian Lowden. Ada Cheitoweth McCown and COMMISSIONERS SAY CITY WIDE MKTEHIVG IS ISSIK. An attempt has. been made by afternoon meter newspapers to make the meter issue to be one of 5000 meters instead of one in volving the policy of meters on every house in Portland. Here is what each member of the City Council has to say: Mayor Albee To say that the issue is not that of city-wide metering is to misrepresent the facts. Commissioner Daly This is the first step In general metering. 1 intend to meter the entire city as rapidly as possible. Commissioner Brewster 1 con- . sider that the issue is one of city wide metering,, and if re-elected "1 I will be bound by the vote. Commissioner Dieck It is a question of metering or not me tering the city. Commissioner Bigelow I take it to be a city-wide meter issue. Eunice Townsend: sociology David Ivinssley Brace. Alvin Iviplinger Brad ford. Lowell Clarence Bradford. Mar garet Doris Creech, James Marvin Howes. William Forrest Jenne, Glenn Raymond Johnson. Irma Caroline Lone gren, Edward Milton Runyan and Dorothy Edna Walton. Miss Lowden, who had completed her regular college course last year, re ceived a diploma conferring the addi tional degree of master of arts in rec ognition of work performed during the college year just closed. She. together with Mr. Boddy. Mr. Caylor, Mr. Newlin and Miss Ross, fin ished their studies a year ago. they having had credits from other schools SCENES ATTENDING FIRST COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES IN HISTORY equivalent to a year's work before en tering Reed. Three ; members of the class Mr. Smith, Mr. Ross and C. Bradford completed the four-year term in three years. Mr. Bradford recently won the $1000 . contest conducted by the Meier & Frank Company. Mr. Smith is the youngest member only 18 years of age. A pleasant surprise to the entire gathering was the presentation of a diploma conferring the honorary de gree of doctor of literature upon Dr. Eliot. Dr. Foster, m making the pres entation. said: - . "In pursuance of the authority vested in me by the trustees and agreeable to PRELIMINARY STEPS IN BUILDING LARCH MOUNTAIN TRAIL AS STAGED IN PORTLAND YESTERDAY. 1 . - . : . . . . r-' -"A, - I A I " .JiStffti x I v V ty ' . ; . A:sW4",r;V 4 MRS. K1 MA Zl'MMEK, Lm', the earnest wishes of the entire faculty of Reed College. Z now havo the duty and high privilege of conferring the honorary degree of doctor of literature upon Thomas LainD Eliot. "Thomas Lamb Eliot, bachelor of arts of Washington University, bachelor of divinity of Harvard University, doctor of sacred theology of Harvard Univer sity, doctor of laws of Washington University, and now an honorary grad uate of the college which is peculiarly his own: inspiring pastor of the found ers of Reed College: r-odest and dis tinguished man of letters: shrewd and genial counsellor and friend of teach ers and of students, whose faith has made ttrong our hearts and whose Si, t w--"' i :t A.NO MISS NELL WKRTi! CATCHI.XG SOLD A PENCIL OR. TWO. OF REED COLLEGE YESTERDAY MORNING. wisdom has made light the dark places in the journey to this first commence ment; whose very presence is our ben ediction; beloved leade.- of us all Thomas Lamb Eliot." Dr. Eliot was too much affected to speak, but he smiled his acknowledg ment amid the thunderous applause of the entire assemblage. These graduating exercises offered the students an opportunity of sing ing, under appropriate auspices. "The Song of the First Born," the words and music of which were written four years ago by Dr. Charles T. Barnett, of Bowdoin College, and decidated to the first class of Reed College. The stu dents, and especially the graduates, en- RPI wwr' ' I iff 7 J A WAlT.tKER TO vV'HOM TilEY U f Willi! tered with much zest into the rendition of the chorus, which is: "Fair Reed, we bless three. Our deeds confess thee, We songs address thee. That true hearts feel. Dear college mother. 1 rom thee none other. Or friend or brother. Our love shall steal." Dr. Eliot pronounced the benedic tion and the newly reated alumni were permitted to mingle among their friends and families and receive the congratulations that they had earned. Graduates of Reed College lost no time in forming an alumni association. Immediately after the commencement exercises the members of the 1915 class assembled and proceeded to organize the alumni. The following officers were elected: Arthur Houck. president; Agnes Winchell, first vice-president; Evelyn Fatland, second vice-president; Annie Harrison, secretary; Lowell Bradford, treasurer: Milton Runyan, Elsa Gill and William Boddy, directors. STORYBOOK WRITER HERE Mrs. i:iizal)Oth Gordon, Author for Children, Misses J-'eMival. Airs. Elizabeth Gordon, author of many illustrated storybooks for chil dren, is at the imperial. Mrs. Gordon, wTiose home is in Chicago, passed last Winter in California looking for local color for her new mooks. She came to this city roping to be present at the Portland Rose Festival, but she re ceived a telegram yesterday asking that she return to Chicago to make a business engagement. Miss. Gordon has two new books finished for children "The Butterfly Babies' Book" and "A Sheaf of Roses," both finely illustrated. "A Sheaf of Roses" is specially de signed for the Rose Festival time. The pictures In both books are in color and are exquisitely done. The plan of the books calls for stories in verse, one story to each -page, and a picture illustrating the verse on th s opposite page. Mrs. Gordon plans to leave for Chicago today. DOGS TO RESCUE VESSEL Steamer Gripped in Bering lee and Sleds to Land' 10 6. NOME. June 3. The Corwin. the first steamer from Seattle to enter Bering Sea this year, has been stuck in the ice eisht miles from Nome. There is a stretch of open water three miles toward shore from the steamer and a dog team with sled and rowboat has been sent from Nome to attempt to reach the Corwin and bring the 106 passengers ashore. Cars on some small railways in "hile. where the wind is dependable are fitted with sail for propulsion. , PENCIL SALE IS BIG Larch Mountain Trail Fund Yet $500 Short. MORE WORK THIS WEEK All Selling Records Broken by Little Group of Fair Sex, Including tiic Misses Corinne Key, Madeline Murphy and Xodjn Baker. Did you buy a pencil yesterday? If so, you have the assurance you did your part toward raising $1200 that will go in building the Larch Mountain Trail. Late committees, which failed to re port yesterday, probably will increase this sum to $1500, reported Orton E. Goodwin, who handled the campaign for the Progressive Business Men's Club. f.-.OO Worth Yet I nitold. Approximately ?b00 worth of pencils will remain to be sold this week, after all deliveries are made. The Larch Mountain Trail committee plans a fur ther "business campaign this week to close up the trail matter. All selling records were broken by a little group of young women com posed of Miss Corinne Key, Miss Made line Murphy and Miss Nodyn Baker, who were escorted by Owen Summers and T. H. Sherrard. Well over $125 worth of blue pencils were left in the hands of Portland business men as the result of the clean up campaign the trio inaugurated. One even sold Dr. David Starr Jordan $1 worth of pencils as soon as he con cluded his Chamber of Commerce ap peal for the Belgians. This trio vis ited all the grills, as well as the Cham ber, at the lunch and dinner hours, and their greatest sales were in those places. Brllbops, Ton, Buy Pencil. Miss Key excited everyone's ad miration when she succeeded in sell ing one blue pencil to every Jap bell boy in the Multnomah Hotel.- while "Pop" Bowers was victimized by each of the group. William McMurray bought a dozen pencils for ?1 and sold them back for a dime. A novel feature was the co-operation of the Forest Service, which pro vided a loaded pack mule. From this mule in three hours, C. K. Flory, of the service, and two young women office assistants sold $53 worth of the blue pervcils. Pencils were sold by the dozen and half-gross far easier than singly. Al though they have thrown open their columns to blue pencil day each of the three daily newspapers signed up for a gross of blue pencils. Scores of prominent Portland busi ness men devoted the best part of the day to the work, while the Maza mas and other organizations were well represented. Miss Sarah Stark, a Maza ma. sold $"5 worth of the utility. Koaxlcr Hontlcx Again. An influential committee headed by Jacob Kanzler visited the large rail road offices. Something like ten gross of the value of $100 were ordered. One of the records of the day was reported by Miss Lydia Dammeier, who covered the East Side wholesale dis trict. Miss Dammeier is well known as an East Side booster. She reported she made a sale in quantity at every business house she approached and was not refused a sale by a single in dividual. Reports of all those who sold were that greater willingness was displayed by purchasers than has been noticeable for many "tag days." It was unusual for any person selling to return with less than $10 of the blue pencils sold. The pencils were of an excellent quality and cost 3 cents wholesale each; the profit to tho Trail was, therefore, 7 cents a pencil. 4 TAXES LEVIED ON HEIRS Largest Is for $1716 on Khtale Left by John McCrakcn. Four inheritance taxes of unusual size were assessed against estates after the amounts had been figured by Setb Smith, Deputy ' County Clerk, yester day. The largest was a tax of $1716.79. on the estate of John McCraken, v.-ho died February 13, 1913. The bulk of the $216,178 went to. the widow, two sons and one daughter. The estate of William D. Scott, who died January 21, must pay a tax of $365.62, on a total appraised valuation of $37,958.60. The bulk of this estate went to the widow. The heirs of Patrick J. McGowan must pay 8 per cent penalty on their inheritance. Each of four heirs must pay a tax of $81.15. or a total of $324.60. on the property In Oregon. Charles C. McGowan. a son of Pat rick McGowan, who died just a month later than his father, left an estate worth $62,000. On this his daughter, the principal heir, must pay a tax of $511.84. 'WAR IDEA FALLACIES TOLD Conflict "Was L,ike Game of Whist," Says David Starr Jordan. David Starr Jordan spoke at noon yesterday at a luncheon under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, the Civic League and the Oregon Peace Society, after having delivered the commencement address at Reed Col lege. The luncheon was held in the dining-room of the Members Council at the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Jordan spoke generally upon the causes of the present war in Europe and outlined what he held to be the fallacies of the "-war idea." "It was like a game of whist in Eu rope," he said, "where the Peace party had to take every trick to win. Tliey allowed the 'militarists to take one trick and the- result is all Europe plunged in war." After his address tickets for the re lief of the Belgian war sufferers were offered and sold to those who attend ed the luncheon. ENTRY JUDGING TO BEGIN Registration in City Beautiful Con test Is Closed Officially. Registration in the city-bcautif ul contest closed officially last night, with several hundred entries, and' the judging will begin shortly after the Rose Festival and will continue until the close of the contest, September 30. Arrangements may be made this week' to receive some late entries. The judges will make periodical trips through the city, viewing the proper ties entered in the contest. On their judging will depend the scoring on the general appearance of the property as seen from the street or sidewalk. The purpose of the contest is to arouse interest among the citizens, so that I'OnianU IUH.v uocivJ a 1 . ji u i o i m 1 1 nu having the most attractive residence sections in the world.