COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. 



COMMENCEMENT DAY— FORTY -THIRD SESSION MICHIGAN 

 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, JUNE 15, 1900. 



Louis L. Appleyard, Charles W. Bale, ^Villiam Ball, Antranig G. 

 Bodourian, Harry L. Chamberlain, Alice M. Ciuimer, George B. Fuller, 

 Hugh B. Gunnison, Charles H. Hilton, Abraham Knechtel, Charles W. 

 Leipprant, Bertha E. Malone, Wilfred B. Nevins, Clare H. Parker, Ellis 

 W. Ranney, Harriette I. Robson, Charles H. Spring, Paul Thayer, Irma 

 G. Thompson, John K. Thompson, Harvey A. Williams. 



The degree of master of science, in course, was conferred upon A. B. 

 Cordley, '88, and Wendell Paddock, '93. Hon. Jason E. Hammond, '86, 

 State Superintendent of Public Instruction, received the honorary de- 

 gree of master of science, and the degree of master of agriculture was 

 given to William Caldwell, '76. 



COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. 



By ten o'clock the armory was crowded by students and the friends 

 of the College. After a selection by the M. A. C. band, the Board of Ag- 

 riculture, faculty and graduating class marched to their seats upon the 

 platform. The invocation was given by Rev. Mr. Odium, and was fol- 

 lowed by a piano duet by Misses Hudson and Goodrich. Miss Robson 

 represented the Woman's Department, and in her address, "Woman and 

 Her Relations to the Outside World," discussed woman as she is today, 

 as she has been and may be, rationally and sensibly from her stand- 

 point as woman and graduate. 



Mr. Thayer took the subject "Conservation of Food." He explained 

 how scientific agriculture, has resulted in greater production per acre 

 and better crops, how the i)oorer soils are and may be made fruitful, 

 how exhaustion of the soil may be put off almost indefinitely. The vocal 

 solo by Prof. Joslyn was much appreciated. Mr. Thompson, for the 

 mechanical graduates, in speaking of "Rapid Transit from an Engineer- 

 ing Standpoint," compared the methods of the present with those of 

 the past in engineering work, and brought out by many examples the 

 wonderful achievements of the profession. He explained the part of 

 the civil, mechanical and electrical engineers in the great things which 

 have been accomplished. 



Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, was the 

 orator of the occasion, and gave the following address: 



