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Baccalaureate Services
- The Baccalaureate services were
.held in the Auditorium at 10.30
' .o'clock Sunday morning.
- The under-classes formed outside of
' the Auditorium and marched to their
.seats after the Faculty had taken their
o:usual,places on the platform.
• At a signal from Miss Atherton at
the piano, the choir in the vestibule
-sang a Processional .and marched to
the platform followed immediately by
the members of the Senior class in
caps and gowns, who took the front
The service was unusually impres
sive throughout; the singing by the
choir and the violin duet being especial
ly good. Rev. William Patterson D.
D. of Philadelphia delivered the ser
mon and was accorded the closest at
tention by all his hearers, His theme
was "Growth : Physical, Intellectual
STATE COLLEGE, PA., JUNE 13, 1906.
leaves for Ireland next week, but his
and Spiritual" and by means of effec
tive illustrations from Nature and Life
he made the application that growth is
necessary to all life; otherwise comes
death.
The address was delivered in a
straight-forward convincing way that
carried with it power, and was very
appropriate to the Commencement
season. Dr. Patterson, we understand,
1906 BASE BALL TEAM
Top row - Manager 3 H. Himes, Haverstick, Mason, Pearce, Mahaffey, Conklin, Mitinger
Bottom row—Kilmer, Cree, Mcllveen, capt; Thompson, Ross.
words will long remain in the minds
and hearts of State College men.
The service closed with singing
-Lead Kindly Light" and the bene
diction.
A special committee of the Junior
class at Yale reported that it could
find no honor system in vogue in other
colleges which would accord with the
general sentiment of the class. How
ever, the class declared itself in favor
of honesty in class room work.
legian.
The class which to-day goes out
from State enjoys the distinction of
being the second largest ever gradua
ted from the institution. The class of
1903 numbered 72 men, that of 1904,
79 men, of 1905, 93 men. The pres
ent class started in the fall with 227
men, but as usual many were lost all
along the way, so that only 87 men
will be given their diplomas to-day.
As in previous years. the great ma
jority will graduate as technically
trained engineers, the Electrical De
partment recommending 26, the Civil
Department 18, the Mechanical De
partinent 15, and the Mining Depart
ment 12. Besides these, 13 will
graduate in Chemistry, two in Agri
culture,-two in General Science, and
one in Biology
The members of the class came
Price Ten Cents
The Class of 1906
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