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The Undergraduate Publication of ~rinitp <!!oUege VOL. XVII HARTFORD, CONN., TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1921 No. 30 CLASS DAY IPRESIDENT OGILBY WITH SIGNOR FAIREWELL TO EXERCISES VITIO~ RIO RO'LANDI RICCI, '21 CLASS o·F '21 EXERCISES HELD 'NEATH THE PRESIDENT OGILBY PREACHES ELMS-TWENTY-TWO SENIORS FIRST BACCALAUREATE PARTICIPATE IN ANNUAL SERMON. CEREMONIES. Pres·ident Remsen B. Ogilby preach The Class Day exercises of the ed his first baccalaurea·te sermon Cl·ass of 1921 were held 'Neath the Sund-ay evening, June 14, at Christ Elms on Saturday afternoon. Church Cathedral. In his farewell An appreciative assemblage of message to the class of 1921, the fathers, mothers, sweethearts, and president took occasion to express old grads were present to h ear the the hope that the Harding adminis~ slams and compliments which were traJtion would adopt an extensive r-ather than an intensive policy, and tossed among the twenty-two seniors. criticized Arrnlbassador Harvey for Karl Pierce Herzer as Class Day his recent Pilgrim Day speech. president, said: The Baccalaureate Sermon.. "It is in accordance with an o~d Text-"And immediately the Spirit custom that the class of 1921 is as driveth Him forth into the wi~der sembled this ·afternoon for the exer cises which distinguish the day from ness."---oMark 1: 12. all others. Class day is the day set "The Holy Spir~t is the dynamic aside by the graduates for the enter power of God acting directly upon tainment of friends. We are not human life. Note here the force of present to express our regret on leav the verb: it is not simply the leading ing college but to display the advan of the Spirit, the phrase of the other tage gained here. Gospels, but rather }lrgent, compell "The spirit of the program is good ing power. The Son of Man was fellowship. We feel that you are driven forth. And note the ad'Verb: present this afternoon through an . Trinity College celebrated its Ninety-fifth Commencement M10nday morn "Immediately." ll'his indicates the interest and we hope that you will causal connection between the ac enjoy the exercises. mg, June 20, by conferring thirty-two degrees in course and ten honorary ;degrees upon distinguished men, including three citizens of Hartford. count of the Temptation of the IMras "We ask you, therefore, to inter ter and the pass-age immediately pre pret the meaning of this ;day correct Vittorio Rolandi Ric::i, Italian Ambassador to the United States, received the honorary degree of doctor of laws, amid the greatest enthusiasm which has ceding, the story of His Baptism. ly and so join with us in celebrating The direct result of the intense this occasion. been manifested in Alumni Hall si11ce 1919 when an honorary degree was con fer:_ed upon Major General Clarence R. Edwards. As President Remsen B. spiritual experience through which "Relatives, alumni, faculty and Christ passed when He was baptised Ogu'by of Trinity recited the sonorous Latin formula, which is as o~d as the friends, we welcome you most cor was to drive Him off by Himself to dially to these class day exercises." coll~ge itself, m~king the distinguished Italian an alumnus of Trinity, the audience rose to 1ts feet and applauded for several minutes. consider it in its relatk>n to His life work, now to •be begun. Class Poem. !he hall was _well filled, and was pleasingly decorated with f lags and "Let us dare to draw a compari Jack Gallen of Arlington, N. J., buntmg, the Amer1can flag predominating with the Italian emblem displayed conspicuously at the left of the platform. · son. The young man who receives read the class poem. The poem, from his Alma Mater the recognition "The Cruise of '21," reads: Nearly the whole ceremony was in of graduation is forced, if he be sen Latin or in modern Italian, as all the · And' what shall be our thoughts today MAYOR BRAINARD sible of all that it connotes, to con sider by himself what such recogni If thoughts there need must be, formulas used in conferring degrees, ELECTED TRUSTEE. If every year .that brings us here the president's address to the grad George S. Stevenson Also Honored tion means in its relation to his life work, now to rbe begun. Wle w:ould Must steal an hour from me? uating clas-s, and the introductions of By College-Dadourian Made Associate Professor. not strain the comparison by stress the honorarii to the president by Pro The years will pass in sounding Mayor Newton C. Brainard and ing the consideration of the spiritual fessor Barret were in Latin and flight, George S. Stevenson were elected experience of graduation in the form I hear their ceaseless wings, Ambassador Ricci's speech was . in trustees of Trinity College at the of a Temptation. The acount of what Their songs I hear, some far, some Italian. meeting of the corporation of the Christ went through in , the wilder near, ness is autobiographical: there were All of the members of the grad College held on Friday evening, And thus the burden rings. no apostolic bystanders, and the out uating class received l'Ounds of ap June 17. IMr. Stevenson has just been elect line of the dialogue between the Son I lift a goblet in my hand plause, but Raymond T. J. Higgins, of God and the devil represents the ,If goo;d old wine it hold, ed treasurer of the Society for Sav a first lieutenant in tQe Eleventh parable S'etting ·which Christ gave For wine indeed with a clever toast ings. !He is a •graduate of Harvard U. S. Field Artillery of Camp Knox, University. The election of Mr. when He tried to tell His followers Is just the thing, I'm told. about the terrific trial He went wearing his academic robes over his Stevenson fills the vacancy left by We'll be grayer than the dusky flask, through when He fo-rmulated for khaki service uniform received a spe the death of Judge William S. Quick Yea-older than the sun, of Chicago some time ago. The oth Himself the ~deals which were to gov cial round of applause. Higgins was ern His life ·as the Messiah. The But still our spirit ere shall show er vacancy has existed for some time. The stamp of '2.1. a merntber of the class of 1917, but Dr. Haroutune M. Dadouri-an who world expects young men whom it left college in .the spring of his sen has been assistant professor of phys recognizes as future leaders to New, men! We gathered in the dawn, ior year. He was given credit to ics for two years, was ma.de associate phrase their ideals also, and the care We sever in the dark, with which they do so is an index of professor. He will have full oharge A merry crew and steady, too, ward his degree for work done in of the physics department next year, their qualifications and of their suc On an academic rbark. the army schools. while Professor Henry A. Perkins is cess in life. (Continued on page 7.) (Concluded on page 3.) abroad on a year's leave of absence. (Conclude.d on page 2.) l THE TRIPOD PRESIDENT'S SON BAPTIZED. homes of idealism, were seething with zeal for liberty of the most unselfish Second Baptismal Service In Trinity sort from the very first. The his ~be~ripob Chapel in History of College. torians of the future, balancing the HANDKERCHIEFS TRINITY COLLEGE, Peter Brincket'hoff Ogilby, son of phrases of the Ambassador against Hartford, Conn. President Remsen B. Ogilby, was those of him whom as an editor he Kember, Eastern Intercollegiate Newopaper baptized in the college chapel on Sun reviled most will choose the idealistic FOR THE MEN A11ociat ion. day morning, June 19. Pt'esident statements as most truly representa The Hot Summer Days here, P ublished Weekly thr o u~rhou t the Collece Year. Ogil<by officiated, assisted by Rev. tive of real America, even though Handkerchiefs are in great de Dr. John J. McCook. The fount used he who uttered them phrased r•ather mand. Supply yourself from Subscribers are urged to report promptly was made from the wood of the orig than anticipated the thought of his our complete stock while special any gerious irregularity in the receipt ot prices prevail. THE TRIPOD. All con>plaints and buaineu inal ·Charter Oak and was loane:d by countrymen and lacke:d the vision communications should be addressed to the St. James' Church of Hartford. The which marks the true leader. 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