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106 ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW
50th reunion. It is awarded to the class
returning the largest percentage of living
graduates and non-graduates, regularly enrolled
on its catalogue list.
At 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon alumni
will 'begin to congregate at Oak Hill for
the matinee program, starting at 2 :30.
According to plans now formulating, more
leeway will be granted to the old ( and
young) grads to indulge their personal inclinations
for entertainment. Plenty of opportunity
will be afforded for such group
contests as baseball, volley ball, push-ball,
tug-of-war and the like. Smaller groups
will be free to pitch quoits, throw darts or
simply v isit. Instead of the customary individual
stunts, which om etimes embarras
the participants while entertaining the
crowd, it is proposed to provide a number
of first-class, amateur boxing bouts at a
stated hour to be announced later. T,he
comm ittee hopes so to arrange the program
that the crowd will have opportunity to
relax before the dinner hour and thus find
itself in a better physical and mental condition
to enjoy the menu itself and the
program which will follow.
The dinner bell will sound at 6 :30
o'clock, and tables will be laid on the large
veranda and in the front room of the old
clu'b house. An orchestra will enliven
things, and an alumni glee club, instituted
last year for the first time, will lead in the
singin g of the newer college songs. Unless
present arrangements fail, the dinner
speaker will be Charles Milton Newcomb,
of Cleveland, a man with collegiate background
who has become so famed as an
after-dinner speaker and humorist that he
now devotes himself to that calling. He
gives a psychological talk, punctuated with
delightful and continuous humor. We
went after him because of the big hit he
has made on other local appearances and
consider ourselves particularly fortunate in
obtaining him.
The alumni will want President Rhees
to give them a few word of greeting, althouj?h
his principal speeches will be reserved
for later occasions. The evening
program is in process of incubation at this
writing, but the alumni may re t assured
that it will present some new features,
while measuring up fully to previous offerings.
A well-rounded committee has been
at work for some time on the entire Alumni
Day program, consisting of Herbert R.
Lewis. '97. general chairman: George
Ramaker. '09, matinee; E. Reed Shutt, '13,
dinner; Howard J. Henderson, '17, eve-
President Rhees Returns
President Rhees, who left Rochester
on February 1 st for a foreign
tour, returned to his desk on the
morning of l\Iay +th, apparently
thoroughly refreshed for the strenuous
days ahead. During his absence he
visited Egypt, traveling up the Nile
as far as the second cataract, J erusalem,
Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee,
Damascus, Beirut, Constantinople,
Athens and Venice. There he left
the boat and hurried across France
to England, where he spent a week
around London, enjoying a visit with
his son, Rush Rhees, J r., who came
down from the University of Edinburgh
to meet him. Mrs. Rhees and
their daughter, who accompanied him,
remained in Europe for a stay of another
month in Italy.
ning entertainment; and Hugh A. Smith,
'07, secretary. This committee is enjoying
the counsel and helpful cooperation
of Edward R. Foreman, '92, and Dr. Benjamin
J. Slater, '10, general chairmen of
the last two years.
President Rhees will preach the baccalaureate
sermon on Sunday morning at a
downtown church, probably the First Baptist.
The annual Phi Beta Kappa address
will be delivered at 8 o'clock Sunday evening
in Kilbourn Hall. Negotiations are
under way with a well-known speaker for
the occasion, but no announcement can
be made at this writing.
The Eastman Theatre will again be the
scene of the graduation exercises at 10
o'clock, Monday morning, June 18th. The
Commencement speaker will be Dr. Michael
I. Pupin, professor of electro-mechanics
at Columbia University, scientist, writer
and speaker of national distinction. The
traditional alumni luncheon in the Al umni
Gymnasium will follow at 12 :30 o'clock,
during the course of which the annual
meeting of the Associated Alumni will take
place, with President James M. E.
O'Grady, '85, presiding. President Rhees
will make his annual Commencement
speech to the alumni on the progress of
affairs at the University, and there will
probably be one or two other speakers to
be determined later. The seasonal festivities
will come to a close on Monday evening,
with the president's reception to the
seniors, alumni and their friends.