1800—1900 
 
 100™ COMMENCEMENT 
 
 OF 
 
 MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE 
 
 AND 
 
 Centennial Anniversary 
 of Its Founding 
 
 JULY 1ST — 5TH 
 
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PROGRAMME. 
 
 Sunday , July Js t. 
 BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY. 
 
 10:45 A * M * Baccalaureate Services in the Congre- 
 gational Church. Sermon by President Ezra 
 Brainerd, LL. D., ’64. Subject: “Our In- 
 debtedness to the Past.” 
 
 8:00 P. M. Anniversary Services of the Christian 
 Associations of the College in the Congre- 
 gational Church. Mr. J. E. Parker, ’01, 
 President of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- 
 ciation, will preside. The Rev. Samuel W. 
 Boardman, D. D., LL. D., ’51, President of 
 Maryville College, will deliver the address. 
 Subject: “The Contribution of the First 
 Century of Middlebury College to Christian 
 Progress.” 
 
Monday, July 2d ♦ 
 UNDERGRADUATE DAY* 
 
 10:30 A. M. Class Day Exercises of the Class of 
 1900 on the College Campus. 
 
 3:00 P. M. Preliminary Meeting of the Associated 
 Alumni in the College Chapel. The chief 
 object of this meeting will be the appointment 
 of committees to report at the Annual Meet- 
 ing of Tuesday. 
 
 4:00 P. M. Game of base ball on the Athletic Field 
 between the Alumni and the Students of the 
 College. 
 
 8:00 P. M. Merrill and Parker Prize Speaking in 
 the Congregational Church. 
 
 No tickets will be needed for admission to 
 the Prize Speaking. As they will be required, 
 however, at several of the subsequent exer- 
 cises, it is important that all should register 
 at the old College Library as soon as 
 possible after reaching Middlebury, in order 
 that the necessary information not included 
 in this programme may be furnished in ample 
 
 season. 
 
Tuesday, July 3d* 
 COMMENCEMENT DAY* 
 
 8:30 A.M. Annual Meeting of the Associated 
 Alumni in the College Chapel. 
 
 ioiooa.m. The Trustees, Faculty, Alumni, and 
 Students will form on the Campus and go in 
 procession to the Congregational Church. 
 
 10:30 A. M. Commencement Exercises in the Con- 
 gregational Church. Admission to the floor 
 of the Church will be by ticket; the galleries 
 will be open. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of Vermont Beta, Phi 
 Beta Kappa, will be held in the Lecture Room 
 of the Church at the close of the Exercises. 
 
 3:00 P. M. Dedication of the Starr Library. The 
 address will be delivered by Professor Brain- 
 erd Kellogg, LL. D., '58, Dean of the Brook- 
 lyn Polytechnic Institute. 
 
 The period following the dedication is sug- 
 gested as available for Class Reunions. 
 
 8 :oo P. M. Commencement Concert in the Congre- 
 gational Church. 
 
Wednesday, July 4 th. 
 EDUCATIONAL DAY. 
 
 10:30 A.M. Educational Conference in the Con- 
 gregational Church. The Rev. J. E. Rankin, 
 D. D., LL. D., President of Howard Univer- 
 sity, will preside. Among those who will de- 
 liver addresses are President William J. Tucker, 
 D. D., LL. D., Dartmouth College ; President 
 Matthew H. Buckham, D. D., Univer- 
 sity of Vermont; President Franklin Carter, 
 Ph. D., LL. D., Williams College; President 
 Charles S. Murkland, Ph. D., ’81, New 
 Hampshire College of Agriculture and Me- 
 chanic Arts. 
 
 4:00-6:00 P. M. President’s Reception at his 
 residence, to which all the Alumni and Guests 
 of the College are cordially invited. 
 
 8:00 P.M. A Roman Drama in the Centennial 
 Building, under the direction of Professor M. 
 R. Sanford. The uniform price of admission 
 will be one dollar. Applications for seats 
 may be addressed to Professor Sanford and 
 the seats will be reserved in the order of 
 application. 
 
Thursday, July 5th* 
 CENTENNIAL DAY, 
 
 10:30 A. M. Procession from the College to the 
 Congregational Church. The Trustees, Fac- 
 ulty, Alumni, and Students will assemble at 
 the Chapel, and the Invited Guests in the 
 Starr Library. 
 
 1 1:00 A.M. Centennial Services in the Congrega- 
 tional Church. Hon. John W. Stewart, LL. D., 
 ’46, will preside. The Oration will be deliv- 
 ered by Professor Walter E. Howard, LL. D., 
 ’7 1, of Middlebury College; the Poem by Pro- 
 fessor Edwin H. Higley, A. M., '68, of 
 Groton, Mass. 
 
 Conferring of Degrees. 
 
 There will be a luncheon in the Centennial 
 Building at the close of the exercises. Brief 
 addresses by Invited Guests and Alumni. 
 Every graduate or former student of the 
 College is entitled to purchase one ticket for 
 himself and one for any accompanying visitor. 
 The sale of these tickets will begin at the old 
 College Library at 9 : 00 A. M., Monday, July 2. 
 Price, one dollar each ; all seats reserved. 
 
 8:00 P. M. Promenade Concert in the Town Hall 
 under the management of the Class of 1900.